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I'm back with part two of my conversation with psychologist Ekaterina Amirkhanova, and this half gets into the question I get asked most by ambitious women: how do you actually honor your ambition without burning yourself to the ground? We start with the "feel your feelings" movement and why Ekaterina says emotions are data, not orders, then dig into why "I'm honoring my energy" can morph into avoidance if you aren't careful, what resistance actually means in the brain, and why the thing you're resisting is often exactly where you should go. We also get into her take on burnout, how to survive a season where you have to push hard and a long break just isn't possible, why balance may be the wrong goal for high performers, and why guilt is sometimes just the price of prioritization. Toward the end we talk about what happens when ambitious women try to abandon their drive, how taking care of your body and building the life you want are more connected than most people realize, and the simple exercise Ekaterina recommends for getting your goals aligned with who you are. If you missed part one, go back and listen to that first first. To connect with Ekaterina and learn about her 12-week one-on-one program, The Expansion, check the links below. - Ekaterina's Instagram Ekaterina's Website Ekaterina's 12-week program for ambitious founders/leaders Only tools that meet my standards make it into my routine, and BON CHARGE's research-backed Red Light Face Mask is one of them. Use code EMDUNC to get 15% off sitewide. Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

I'm so excited to share part one of my conversation with psychologist Ekaterina Amirkhanova, who specializes in working with high achievers and ambitious founders. We dig into why so much psychology content treats ambitious women as something to fix, how growing up in an entrepreneurial family in Siberia shaped her work, and whether ambition is really a trauma response. Ekaterina shares her take on what the research does and doesn't say, and offers a simple but powerful question to ask yourself: what is my ambition actually running on? Fear, guilt, and proving yourself can look a lot like drive, but they're different fuel sources, and the good news is you can rewrite them. We also talk about owning what you want without tacking on a "because of my kids/family" explanation, why organization and decision-making are skills instead of masculine traits, why women can be harder on ambitious women than anyone else, and why manifestation and affirmations aren't enough without action and honest self-talk. If you've ever felt guilty for wanting more, this episode is for you. Part two drops [day], where we get into emotions, resistance, and burnout. Connect with Ekaterina and learn more about her 12-week program, The Expansion, in the links below. - Ekaterina's Instagram Ekaterina's Website Ekaterina's 12-week program for ambitious founders/leaders - For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

I've been talking a lot lately about the winning season I'm in right now, and it's easy to look at that and assume it's always been this way. And GWORL… it hasn't. This episode is the chapter before the chapter. The years I got sick from breast implant illness and gained 70+ pounds, the 2022-2024 stretch where our business had months bringing in less than $30K and I wasn't paying myself so I could pay my team. These weren't single bad days, they were sustained seasons where nothing seemed to move in a positive direction, and what felt like TRUE rock bottom moments. When you're an ambitious woman who's used to winning, that specific kind of stuck is uniquely destabilizing because it breaks the unspoken contract you've built your whole identity on: effort in, result out, on a predictable timeline. In this episode I'm breaking down exactly what happens when that contract breaks, why it tricks you into treating a temporary season as a permanent verdict on who you are, and the four reframes that turned my own rock bottoms into springboards instead of the new normal. If you're in a season right now that feels like a waiting room, I want to give you a different way to see it: it was never a waiting room. It's a workshop. — For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

We needed a palate cleanser. After a stretch of some pretty intense, deep-diving episodes the last few months, I put Chris back on the mic for a lil break room energy. Rapid-fire questions, zombie apocalypse survival predictions, an impression battle, and a big life update we haven't formally announced anywhere else yet- Chris is officially the new owner-operator of Kollective's North Austin location - huge, and I'm so proud of him. We played "translate the other person," debated beige flags, ranked the most useless thing I own, and somehow ended up talking about Cheerios, grape jelly sandwiches, and why Chris's emotional world is a lot deeper than his deadpan delivery lets on. If you've been with me through the heavier identity and mindset episodes lately, this one's your breather. Fun, a little chaotic, genuinely funny, and a real look at the relationship dynamic I talk about on the show but rarely let you actually hear in real time. Stick around for the end… Chris drops a really sincere piece of perspective that hit harder than either of us expected. - Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). LMNT is LMNT is a DELICIOUS, science-based electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. No sugar. No coloring. No artificial ingredients. No gluten. No fillers. No BS. Head to drinklmnt.com/emdunc to get a FREE variety pack with your purchase! Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

Perfectionism is one of the sneakiest traps I coach high-achieving, high-responsibility women through, and today I'm breaking down exactly why. We're going three levels deep: the top-level story and behavior, the mid-level symptoms, and then the deeper truth underneath all of it, which isn't actually "fear of failure" like a lot of us would say or think. It's that perfectionism is an unconscious permission slip to avoid mastering the gray area, because the ambiguity of the middle is scarier than the certainty of all-or-nothing ever will be. If you've ever lost and regained the same 20 pounds, made a hundred plans that never turned into real change, or told yourself "I'm just a perfectionist" like it's a personality trait instead of an avoidance strategy, this episode is for you. I'm sharing my own story of learning to win in the gray after years of all-or-nothing extremes in competitive bodybuilding, and how rebuilding self-trust, not stricter rules, is what actually gets you unstuck. — For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram