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EPISODE · Mar 2, 2026 · 25 MIN

How to Stop GIVING UP On Your Routines and ACTUALLY Stay Consistent

from Balancing Hormones Naturally · host Leah Brueggemann

Join the Reset Retreat: https://landing.leahbrueggemann.com/reset-retreat-oct26If you’re constantly “starting over” on Monday, buying the next planner, trying the next supplement, or looking for the next diet that will finally fix everything, this episode is for you. The problem isn’t discipline. It isn’t laziness. And it’s not that you haven’t found the right plan yet. The real reason you keep stopping and restarting has everything to do with your nervous system and subconscious patterns.In this episode, I’m breaking down why willpower isn’t the solution, and what actually creates lasting change.I'm covering:Why your brain’s #1 job is survival and how that quietly sabotages changeThe real reason you’re great at starting but struggle to maintain or finishHow your subconscious patterns run 90% of your habits (and why affirmations alone don’t work)Why your nervous system chooses familiar discomfort over unfamiliar healingThe connection between thoughts, emotions, and actual hormone chemistryWhy you can’t hate your body into health and how negative self-talk keeps you stuckThe identity shift that has to happen before consistency becomes naturalHow dysregulation fuels procrastination, cravings, scrolling, and self-sabotageThe difference between forcing change vs. creating emotional safety around itA simple nervous system regulation pattern you can use immediately to interrupt old habitsIf you feel like you’re stuck in an endless cycle of “on track” and “off track,” this episode will completely reframe what’s happening. Healing isn’t about trying harder, it’s about teaching your body that change is safe.Leah’s Favorite Things: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites🙏 Thank you to Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!👉 Go to https://paleovalley.com/leah and enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off.—I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.Through the Balance Hormones Naturally podcast, you’ll discover why your cycle is so important to your everyday health and how you can use nutrition to help support the rise and fall of your hormones and finally feel truly amazing. We dig deep to understand and heal the root causes of your symptoms so you can achieve lasting results through manageable and realistic lifestyle changes, allowing you to live a healthy and balanced life without a life-long pharmaceutical prescription.Let’s connect:📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/balancinghormonesnaturally/🙋🏻‍♀️ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_brueg/🎥: Watch episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahbrueggemann🌐 Website: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/📧 Email: [email protected]

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