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Apply Now to Join the Catalyst Mastermind - catalystmastermind.org A handwritten list of everything he thought was wrong with Jess Connolly landed in her hands, and the man who felt like family walked out. Her knees hit the floor. That kind of fear, the one that whispers you are the problem, is something so many of us carry quietly. In her most personal book yet, Jess talks about fear, faith, and the nervous system, and shows how that can help you face fear without shame. She explains what happens in your body when panic shows up, why fear isn’t a sin, and one simple practice to name what scares you before it grows. What You'll Learn in This Episode: Why naming your fear on paper takes most of its power away, and the free timed exercise Jess swears by What is happening in your body during a panic attack, and why your nervous system is actually on your side The biblical case that fear is not a sin, and how that changes the way you experience God How to catch an old fear before it snowballs into a full spiral What an unregulated Enneagram 8 does to a room, and how self-regulation changes everything Why it is your unprocessed fear, not the fear itself, that holds you back from abundance Timestamps: (01:44) — How Jess knew fear was her next book (a tale of two retreats) (03:31) — The stray thought that snowballed into a four-hour panic attack (05:53) — The biggest surprise in her research: fear is not a sin (06:43) — Anxiety and panic as your body trying to help you (08:16) — What writing this book actually cost her (10:47) — The hurtful post about faith leaders and the nervous system (12:10) — The handwritten list of grievances (14:42) — Staying out of the spiral: remembering you kept breathing (19:15) — The prayer that named self-hatred (20:46) — Enneagram 8 women, regulation, and the temperature of a room (23:13) — The free step for fear: name it on paper (24:48) — Fun questions: a song and a comfort show (26:04) — Faith, wisdom, and using AI well (29:00) — Books and skincare Jess is loving right now (34:11) — Why you need this book Links to great things we discussed: You Can't Be Brave Until You're Scared Jess’ Product Recommendations: The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Moroccan Argan Oil, Medicube Pore-minimizing pads, & Dr. MetaCine Instafacial Plasma Serum Jess’ Song Recommendation: Joy Jess’ TV Recommendation: The West Wing Jess’ Book Recommendation: The Tao of Intimacy and Ecstasy Function Health Uplift App Join me on Substack: Wise Woman Method Alli on YouTube I hope you loved this episode! 🎉Don’t forget to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you never miss a thing. And guess what? We're on YouTube! If you're loving the content, show us some love by leaving a review and giving us some stars. It means the world to me! Take care, and stay fabulous! xo, Alli

Apply Now to Join the Catalyst Mastermind - catalystmastermind.org Most of us grow only when something finally gives way. You learn to set a boundary after you’ve been flattened. You find your confidence a few minutes before the conference call. It works, but it means growth depends on pain showing up first. This episode is about a different way to grow: building capacity in midlife before anything breaks, so you’re already ready when life asks more. When I talk about this, I call it the difference between repair and capacity. Repair is what you do when something breaks, and that’s nothing small. Capacity is quieter. It’s the woman who grows as a leader before she has the bigger team. It’s the woman who strengthens her judgment before the decision costs real money. It’s preparation as stewardship, the kind no one notices and no one applauds, because no one can see it happening yet. What You'll Learn in This Episode: Why being "fine" stops more women from growing than failure ever does, and how to feel the edges of your own comfort before life forces you to The difference between repair and capacity, and why the most competent women are the hardest to move How to protect your ability to be a beginner again, even when you have a reputation to protect (this is what women who keep growing past 40 have in common) The prayer shift that changes everything: from "God, open the door" to "God, make me a woman who can carry what's on the other side of it" A 10-minute exercise for meeting yourself three years from now and naming exactly what she has that you don't yet Timestamps: (02:17) — Two ways women invest in themselves: repair and capacity (03:08) — Preparation as stewardship: the obedience nobody sees (03:33) — Why the competent woman is the hardest to move (04:40) — The real cost of being too successful to be a beginner (05:00) — What women who keep growing past 40 have in common (05:35) — The prayer that changes shape (06:00) — The quiet midlife fear nobody talks about (07:12) — You believed in your kids' potential. When did you last believe in your own? (07:45) — The 10-minute exercise: meet yourself three years from now (08:08) — Name one thing she has that you don't, and write it down (09:00) — Stop letting pain be your driver (09:22) — Inside Catalyst: who it's for and how it works (10:22) — The four seasons of Catalyst 2027 (13:55) — Back to the parking lot, changed (15:11) — You can't break a woman who gets her strength from God Links to great things we discussed: Catalyst Mastermind Function Health - Use code AWORTHINGTON10 for a discount on comprehensive lab testing Wise Woman Method on Substack Take the Secret Superpower Quiz Join the Uplift Community Follow Alli on Instagram Don’t forget to watch Alli Worthington on YouTube! I hope you loved this episode! 🎉If you haven’t already, make sure you tap that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode. And guess what? We're on YouTube now too! If the show has been a bright spot for you, leaving a review or a few stars is such a gift. It truly means the world to me. Take good care of yourself, and keep showing up with joy. Share this episode with a friend who might enjoy it too! xo, Alli

Apply Now to Join the Catalyst Mastermind - catalystmastermind.org You’re doing the things. You bought the probiotic, you’re eating cleaner, you’re trying to sleep. And somehow your energy still isn’t where you want it. In Part 2 of this conversation, Dr. Josh Axe and Dr. Will Cole go deeper into gut health, cellular energy, and the surprising truth that how you feel isn’t only about what you eat. It’s also about what you carry. This one is about healing that actually lasts and learning how to hold onto your energy for the long haul. What You'll Learn in This Episode: Why a GI Map test tells you more about your gut health than guessing at a probiotic off the shelf How probiotics actually work (hint: most of them don't move in and stay), and what to eat to feed the good bacteria The reason probiotics can nearly double your B-vitamin absorption, so a spoon of sauerkraut can beat a multivitamin How your mitochondria and your microbiome talk to each other, and what happens to your energy when that line gets scrambled Why loneliness, shame, and old trauma show up in your cells even though no lab can measure them What the ACE score reveals about the link between childhood experiences and adult inflammation, hormones, and burnout The both/and approach to healing that treats your body, mind, and spirit as one system God designed What Dr. Josh Axe and Dr. Will Cole actually recommend for stubborn tendon pain, plus why rest and Sabbath are part of the plan Timestamps: (00:51) — The probiotic myth, and why a GI Map matters before you supplement (02:14) — Your bowel movements as a daily window into gut health (02:35) — How probiotics really work: transient, but they change the environment (03:12) — Feeding the good bacteria with soluble fiber, polyphenols, and fermented foods (04:31) — Why probiotics can double your B-vitamin absorption (05:18) — Supporting the gut lining with zinc and L-glutamine, plus glutamine for immunity (07:20) — Dr. Will Cole on slow GI motility and what "normal" really means (08:39) — Mitochondria, the microbiome, and the crosstalk that drives your energy (09:50) — The full life cycle of the biome: pre, pro, para, and postbiotics (10:59) — Why you can't supplement your way out of a poor diet (12:16) — How loneliness and lack of purpose show up in a single cell (13:47) — The ACE score: childhood experiences and adult disease (15:27) — The communication theory of aging and the scratched-record analogy (17:14) — Dr. Josh Axe on his mom's cancer and the emotional, spiritual side of healing (18:56) — Confession as the ultimate detoxification (19:43) — Alli's tennis elbow: PRP, BPC-157, and the peptide stack (23:28) — Don't underestimate rest and Sabbath for recovery (24:10) — Lightning round: what to put in your cart for mitochondria and energy Links to great things we discussed: Heal Your Cells Function Health Uplift App Join me on Substack: Wise Woman Method Alli on YouTube I hope you loved this episode! 🎉If you haven’t already, make sure you tap that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode. And guess what? We're on YouTube now too! If the show has been a bright spot for you, leaving a review or a few stars is such a gift. It truly means the world to me. Take good care of yourself, and keep showing up with joy. Share this episode with a friend who might enjoy it too! xo, Alli

Apply Now to Join the Catalyst Mastermind - catalystmastermind.org Your phone is holding what you meant to come back to: a plan, a half-finished application, and an email from someone whose work you love, still marked important. In this episode, I talk about what it feels like to be the woman who keeps circling the thing she wants to start. I unpack why waiting rarely feels like a real choice. I show how procrastination gets heavier the longer you carry it and how to put a real number on what waiting has already taken from you. If you have been stuck in the overthinking loop for months or years, this one is for you. What You'll Learn in This Episode: Why waiting is one of the most expensive decisions women make, and why the price tag stays invisible until you count it How your brain rewards a waiting season and quietly trains you to keep procrastinating How to tell the difference between real discernment and "praying about it" as a hiding place (hint: peace answers plainly, avoidance gets defensive) Why the dream you never launch stays perfect, and why part of you likes it that way The willpower vs. environment truth that changes how you make decisions: willpower gets you through a day, environment carries you through a year A simple index card exercise to price your waiting and turn a stuck "maybe" into a clear yes or a dated no Timestamps: 00:00) — The plan you keep circling (01:00) — The parking lot where dreams go to die (01:35) — The hidden price tag on waiting (01:55) — Meet Becky, (aka Alli's amygdala,): why your brain loves a waiting season (02:41) — How postponing quietly becomes a habit (03:15) — When "praying about it" is really avoidance (04:52) — Why waiting keeps the dream safe and untested (05:36) — Alli's story: three months of coaching herself in the mirror (08:57) — Willpower vs. environment (09:35) — The index card exercise: put a number on your waiting (11:48) — Why a "no" with a date on it is a decision (13:15) — Inside Catalyst Mastermind, and how Suzanne finally launched (15:10) — Becoming her by default or by decision Links to great things we discussed: Catalyst Mastermind Function Health - Use code AWORTHINGTON10 for a discount on comprehensive lab testing Wise Woman Method on Substack Take the Secret Superpower Quiz Join the Uplift Community Follow Alli on Instagram Alli on YouTube I hope you loved this episode! 🎉If you haven’t already, make sure you tap that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode. And guess what? We're on YouTube now too! If the show has been a bright spot for you, leaving a review or a few stars is such a gift. It truly means the world to me. Take good care of yourself, and keep showing up with joy. Share this episode with a friend who might enjoy it too! xo, Alli

Apply Now to Join the Catalyst Mastermind - catalystmastermind.org You’ve done everything you’re supposed to do. You eat well, move your body, take supplements, and still feel exhausted, foggy, and off. If you’ve ever been told your labs look fine when you know something isn’t, this conversation is for you. Alli sits down with two of the most trusted voices in natural medicine, Dr. Josh Axe and Dr. Will Cole, to talk about why real healing starts at the cellular level and why common has never meant normal. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 airs next Monday. What You'll Learn in This Episode: Why people who look the picture of health can still be quietly at risk, and what uneven organ aging actually means The first step to take when your labs say fine but your body says otherwise, especially in perimenopause How medical gaslighting keeps women stuck, and how to start reading the signals your body is already sending Why tracking and wearables changed everything for Alli, plus the one small change that finally gave her deep sleep What your biological age can (and can't) tell you about how you're really aging How quickly your gut, liver, and skin can regenerate when you give them the chance Timestamps: (02:44) - What losing their fathers taught them about hidden risk (05:57) - The Stanford study on uneven organ aging (09:19) - When your labs say "fine" but you feel terrible: the first step (10:44) - The cellular report card and medical gaslighting (13:24) - Wearables, tracking, and Alli's glycine sleep experiment (15:09) - Where you are, where you're headed, and the map to get there (17:22) - Biological age: Alli's numbers and what they mean (20:00) - How fast your organs regenerate (and Dr. Axe's recovery story) (23:15) - Alli's seven-year gut journey off Dexilant Links to great things we discussed: Heal Your Cells Function Health Uplift App Join me on Substack: Wise Woman Method Alli on YouTube I hope you loved this episode! 🎉 Don't forget to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you’re always in the loop. And hey, while you're at it, why not pop over to our YouTube channel and check us out? If you're feeling the love, leave a review and sprinkle some stars because your support truly means the world to me! Take care, and keep shining bright! xo, Alli