Grace & Grit Podcast

Sep 27 2024 368 ep. 38 mins 148
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The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.

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Episode 368: The Two-Step Formula for Midlife Health Mastery

Sep 27 2024 21 mins  
Early in my career, I believed that the key to improving my clients’ health—primarily midlife women—was to hyper-focus on diet and exercise. But as time passed, I realized this approach wasn’t delivering the lasting, meaningful results they truly deserved. Over a decade later, I’ve come to understand how this narrow focus was underserving them, holding them back from achi

Episode 367: Midlife, Menopause and the Brain w/ Dr. Sarah McKay

Sep 13 2024 64 mins  
I don’t know about you but I have a lot of questions about my brain at midlife. Questions like… Why does behavior change feel so hard? Why do so many midlife women rumble with anxiety and depression? How can I better manage my mental stress? What can I do now to help make my brain more resilient as I age? So I reached out to Dr. Sarah McKay to help answer some of these questi

Episode 366: 5 Insights From Midlife Solo Travel (and why you should try it)

Aug 30 2024 28 mins  
Spending time alone at midlife can feel like an impossible task amid so many responsibilities AND it is incredibly important if you want to cultivate a strong relationship with yourself. Why? Because… It is hard to know yourself if you don’t take time to be with yourself. I think solo adventures can be a great way to reconnect with yourself, relieve stress, get clarity around d

Episode 365: The Grief Journey: Midlife Challenges and Emotional Healing w/ Claire Schulz Bergman

Aug 09 2024 45 mins  
Midlife is a period marked by numerous opportunities to grieve. During this stage, we may face the deaths of loved ones, missed opportunities, and the realization of time passing. We also find ourselves letting go of what no longer serves us, experiencing shifts in expectations, and navigating changes in our relationships with parents and children. This episode delves into the mult

Episode 364: The Now Factor: Upgrade your health and happiness immediately with one simple step.

Jul 26 2024 46 mins  
In a world that seems to be spinning faster by the day and giving us more opportunities to consume information and overcomplicate our lives, it is all too easy to underestimate or forget the profound impact that simple measures can make on our health and happiness. For example, learning how to pay attention to your life and be fully present can improve nearly every aspect of your w

Episode 363: Seasonal Grace: Simple Summer Shifts to Amplify Health & Happiness

Jul 12 2024 28 mins  
Health and happiness should not be at odds in any season. That being said, I see many of my clients struggling to honor both health and happiness in the summer months because they feel that they either have to sacrifice self-care to enjoy the summer or sacrifice enjoying their summer to administer self-care. If that’s you, this episode was made for you. In this short but sweet ep

Episode 362: Menopause Unmasked w/ Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Jun 21 2024 53 mins  
Menopause, a major hormonal transition for women, has not gotten the attention it deserves… until now. Enter Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified ob-gyn, a certified Culinary Medicine Specialist in medicine nutrition, a Menopause Society Certified Practicioner and the founder of Mary Claire Wellness, a private medical practice that focuses on women in midlife. Dr. Haver has t

Episode 361: Daring to Fail: Betting on yourself at midlife and beyond.

Jun 07 2024 30 mins  
The things in the hearts of my clients never cease to amaze and inspire me. They want to travel, They want to shift careers, They want to deepen relationships (and maybe start some new ones), They want to create, They want to advocate for the causes they care about, … and so many other things. In other words, they have so much life to live and express. AND… Their biggest barrie

Episode 360: Chasing Dreams Not Exhaustion w/ Dr. Leigha Saunders

May 24 2024 48 mins  
Sleep is where so much of the magic that keeps us healthy takes place and there are so many reasons we struggle to get enough good quality sleep at midlife. Enter Dr. Leigha Saunders who specializes in helping women sleep better so they can spend more time on what matters to them MOST. With over a decade of experience in women’s health, Leigha’s innovative approach to solving s

Episode 359: Power-FULL Aging (Part 4): Express Yourself

May 10 2024 43 mins  
One of the most common things I coach midlife women on in my coaching practice is integrity pain, the very real discomfort that shows up mentally, emotionally and even physically, when we are not living as truly authentic and fully expressed humans. There is no shortage of things that cause integrity pain, of course, but in this episode of the Grace & Grit podcast I challenge you t