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How to Be Like Yourself Again, and Better, Part 3 of 3, The LongHer Life podcast with Brittany Ford

How to Be Like Yourself Again, and Better: Identity Over Goals, Why Willpower Runs Out, One Decision a Day and Why Nothing Sticks | Part 3/3

 

Part one was how to look like yourself again. Part two was how to feel like yourself again. Part three is who you actually are, and it's the one that decides whether any of it sticks.

I open with something heavy from this week: I can't talk about peptides on Instagram anymore. I had to archive about 20 posts, my TikTok was deleted, and I've been blocked from DMs for three days. So I talk about building on borrowed land, and where I can still speak freely.

Then the three women I meet over and over. The one who knows exactly what to do and still hasn't started. The one who changes for a few weeks and then life creeps in. And the one who's waiting to feel ready. I go into why willpower runs out, why it's cyclical and tied to your hormones, and the five days I took completely off this month while my HRV sat in the 80s.

Then what actually builds it: deciding who she is out loud instead of setting a goal, one decision a day that she would make, changing the inputs instead of the intentions, and refusing to do it alone. Plus the question I asked a client this week that stopped her cold: what does it cost you to feel like this for another year?

This is for education, not medical advice. If you want to do this work with me, The Spark is open, and there are three spots left. One on one, 12 weeks, future self activations plus labs, nutrition, protocols and peptides.

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Timestamps

  • 00:00 - Welcome back, and why I can't talk about peptides on Instagram
  • 03:24 - Building on borrowed land, and why email matters
  • 05:59 - Part 3 of 3: look, feel, and now be
  • 06:56 - The woman who knows exactly what to do
  • 08:42 - The woman who changes for a few weeks
  • 09:57 - Willpower is cyclical, and your hormones run it
  • 11:11 - The five days I took off, and what my HRV did
  • 12:51 - The woman who is waiting to feel ready
  • 15:30 - Decide who she is, out loud
  • 17:06 - One decision a day that she would make
  • 22:30 - Change the inputs, and stop doing it alone
  • 25:12 - The Spark, three spots left

 

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This is for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice.