Muffled Ambition & Postpartum Clarity: What No One Tells You with Fitness Expert Gina Buber

This week on Behind the Fold, I’m joined by one of my best friends and former podcast co-host, Gina Buber, fitness entrepreneur and creator of Up to the Beat, a YouTube channel and community that's all about feel-good movement and making fitness fun again. She's helped so many women fall back in love with moving their bodies in a way that actually feels good, and now she is a mum to her beautiful baby Rocco. In this episode, Gina shares what it’s really like to navigate identity, ambition, and change after becoming a mother. Together, we dive into the duality of loving your new life while grieving your old one, the slow, and messy, road back to yourself, and the tension between wanting to hustle and choosing presence instead. Gina shares the raw, unfiltered truth of building a career in the fitness space while honouring the pull to be fully present during her son’s first year.In this episode, we cover:• 03:32 – How Gina's ambition has shifted seven months postpartum, and why the hustle no longer excites her the same way.• 07:33 – The grief of letting go of an old identity while rebuilding a new one, and how Gina’s considering her brand with who she is now.• 14:14 – Practical ways she’s managing comparison online, protecting her energy, and reconnecting to what truly matters.• 17:38 – Movement as a form of therapy, how Gina is redefining fitness in this season, and the importance of energy over aesthetics.• 27:12 – The fear of losing momentum in business, and the slow, intentional steps she’s taking to find her voice again.• 36:20 – The glorification of doing it all, and why it’s okay if your version of “balancing it” looks nothing like what you see online.If you’re navigating a quiet season, this episode is your permission slip to move slower, embrace the pause, and trust that your next chapter doesn’t have to look like your last. You’re not behind, you’re just becoming someone new. And she’s worth the wait! Connect with Gina:Instagram: @uptothebeatfitYouTube: Up To The Beat FitLet's Connect!Instagram @RachelleSaevilSaevil Row Branding Agency - WebsiteLinkedInSaevil Row - YoutubeWant to launch a podcast or need your podcast edited? I work with The Social Snippet https://thesocialsnippet.com, and you can get $500 off your launch or 10% off your services by using the code RACHELLE!