Chasing Highs

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I spill the tea on the worst experience I have ever had in my life of being coached at the weekend. I explain everything that was wrong with the way I was coached, and why coaching this way is problematic AF. I also share other women’s negative experiences of coaching. Finally I discuss what I think makes a great coach, and why the world needs more great coaches like me (and you, if you’re also a coach).Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share how I’m getting stronger and fitter whilst having less time than ever to exercise. If you’re also time-poor then you need to listen to this episode, because it will give you some ideas of how to fit your training into a busy schedule and still make progress.Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk all about dopamine. I discuss what dopamine is, why it matters, and how we can seek dopamine through healthy and less healthy behaviours.Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about how to set health and fitness goals that you can stick to, and that you’ll actually enjoy pursuing as well.Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I discuss the science of fresh starts. I talk about what the fresh start effect is, what the research says about this phenomenon, why fresh starts can be beneficial when trying to change our behaviour and how to make fresh starts work for you.Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share my 5-step process to manage emotional eating, the HEART method. This is something many of my clients struggle with, so I hope this helps you too.Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share what has happened since I started doing pull ups (almost) every day this year.Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share the real reason why I do what I do. This is why I am so passionate about helping women to become healthier, and why I love my work so much.Apply for coaching hereConnect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share two things that most people get wrong when they start a health and fitness journey, based on what I’ve seen from coaching hundreds of women. The first problem is that people try to white-knuckle themselves into change, and use guilt, shame and discipline to change their behaviours. And the second problem is that people only focus on the physical side of health and fitness but neglect the mindset work. I discuss why both of these things are problematic, and what we should be doing instead if we’re on a health and fitness journey and want to actually stick with it for the rest of our lives.Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about all or nothing thinking. I discuss what all or nothing thinking is, how it can sabotage your health and fitness, and how you can break free from this way of thinking.Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share exactly what I would do if I wanted to become inconsistent with exercise. Please don’t make the same mistakes that so many women make when trying to exercise regularly by avoiding doing these things!Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share the best things I ever did to love myself and my life. These five things that I’ve been working on for the past 15+ years have transformed the way I think, feel and show up in the world. I hope they help you too.Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about how you can feel more than 7% less anxious in under two minutes. This tool can also help you to feel less depressed, more mentally healthy and more satisfied with life. And it’s accessible to all of us, so it would be a shame to miss out!Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about how we can design our environments to become more active. I discuss things you can do at home, and things you can do when you’re out and about, to make being active an easier choice. Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I discuss why we need to do more things that scare us. I share something that scared me this week and how it made me feel, why we feel fear in certain situations, and why doing things that scare us is so good for us.Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I ask whether you’re caring for your mental health as much as your physical health? Sure, we all know we should be getting our 10,000 steps, eating broccoli and getting enough sleep. And most of us are pretty good at doing those things. But how good are you at naming your emotions, talking to yourself kindly, knowing your values, upholding your boundaries, connecting with others and making time for fun?! Because these things are JUST as important for our health! But I’m willing to bet that these things don’t come quite so naturally to you.Connect with me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I have a little rant about something that seems to be EVERYWHERE right now. I also share some nuggets that I think you should know about behaviour change, moving your body, fitness and why I will never promote weight loss.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share six tips to have a gentle January. January is tough, and there’s so much pressure to completely reinvent yourself. These tips are the antidote to that; they are gentle steps that will help you to feel more grounded, happier and more you as we move through this first month of the year.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share ten questions to help you reflect on your year. This is such a helpful activity to do before rushing into setting goals or new year’s resolutions. So grab a pen and paper and a cup of tea and get ready to reflect on your year.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I reflect on my theme of the year. I discuss how I’ve lived in line with my theme in terms of my career, my health and fitness, my relationships and myself.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share five strategies that will help you to manage feelings of overwhelm during the festive season. This includes taking time for yourself, practising nervous system regulation, aiming for ‘good enough’ instead of perfect, setting boundaries and practising self-compassion.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I discuss why exercise is one of the best things you can do for anxiety. I break down what happens in our brains when we exercise and how this can help with anxiety symptoms.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share my advice for how to make exercise easier if you live with anxiety. I discuss how you can regulate your nervous system, reduce your cognitive load, shape your environment and feel calmer afterwards. These strategies will help you to feel safer and more confident with exercise, both in and out of the gym.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about exercise and anxiety. I discuss why, although exercise is one of the best things you can do for anxiety, it can feel so hard to do if you struggle with anxiety. I reflect on some of the anxious thoughts you might have before, during and after exercise that can make starting or sustaining exercise particularly tricky. Next week I will also share some solutions to make exercise easier if you live with anxiety.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I discuss whether social comparison can ever be a good thing. I talk about why comparing ourselves with others can be damaging, and in what contexts it can be helpful.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this special episode I share the lessons I’ve learnt from 50 podcasts.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about the exercise hack that you’re probably not doing, which is habit stacking. I discuss what habit stacking is, how I used habit stacking this weekend, and how you can create your own habit stacks to help make exercise part of your routine over the winter.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! Inthis episode I share my advice about how to stay well this winter. I share ten things you can do to keep yourself physically and mentally well over the next few months as the days get shorter and the weather gets worse. Find me on Instagram hereApply to work with me here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about how to make exercise more fun. It’s so important to make exercise fun, especially during the winter, because if you enjoy it then you’re more likely to get out the door and do it even when it’s dark and miserable outside.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! Inthis episode I share three things I think everyone should know about mental health. I discuss why mental health affects all of us, how struggling with your mental health is not your fault, and break down some of the causes of poor mental health. I also talk about the things you can, and should, do to give yourself the best possible chance of having positive mental health.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share my career journey over the past 15 years. I talk about my experience of university, working in academia, quitting my job and deciding to become a personal trainer, navigating lockdown, rebuilding my business, becoming fully self-employed, and more recently venturing into the online space and curating my dream job.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about why you need to stop looking for the ‘perfect’ workout and why embracing imperfect action is a much better idea. I discuss why ‘perfect’ doesn’t even exist when it comes to exercise. I also talk about why focussing on perfection is missing the bigger picture, which is that most women are not getting enough exercise, particularly when it comes to strength training. I share why I’d much rather my clients build an imperfect yet consistent exercise routine than a perfect but irregular one, and how you can do the same.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I discuss why values are key to health and happiness, how you can work out what your values are and how you can live more in alignment with them.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk all about anxiety. I discuss what anxiety and panic attacks are, and I share an important message about anxiety that nobody talks about. I also share some strategies that can help you when you’re feeling anxious.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I talk about how I recharge my batteries as an introvert. I discuss personality psychology and what it means to be an introvert, why we need alone time as introverts and the things I do to help restore my energy.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I share five beginner fitness tips you need this September. This month is a really popular time for people to make changes to their lives and improve their health, and these tips will help you to build a fitness routine that you enjoy and can actually stick with!Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good! In this episode I discuss whether body size matters for health. I talk about why this is a relevant topic right now given the huge increase in the use of weight-loss jabs, what the research says about BMI and health, the problem with the narrative that weight = heath, and what the latest evidence shows is actually a better predictor of health.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I talk about the power of the pause. I discuss the benefits of incorporating pauses into your day, how I build pauses into my life, why so many of us struggle to take pauses, types of pauses you could take and tips for getting the most out of your pauses.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I talk about the science of stress. I discusswhat stress actually is, why we are all so damn stressed all the time, common coping mechanisms for stress and how we can complete the stress cycle. Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I talk all about self-care. I discuss whatself-care is (and what it isn’t), bust some myths about self-care and share some common barriers to self-care and solutions.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I discuss three of the most common mindsettraps, or cognitive biases, that stop you from exercising regularly. I talk about why all or nothing thinking, catastrophising and present bias are problematic when it comes to exercise, and I share some solutions to help you overcome these mindset traps.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I talk about a planning trick that can double your chances of exercising. I discuss what implementation intentions, or if-then plans, are, what the science says about them and why they work. I also give my tips for how to create your own if-then plans for exercise.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I discuss what to do if you think you don’thave time to exercise. I encourage you to challenge your beliefs that you don’t have time and that you need to exercise for a certain amount of time for it to count.I share the importance of reflecting on your values and how you can link exercise to your values. Finally I share some tips for how to make your busy days more active.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I share one of my favourite tips to stick with an exercise routine, which is to use financial incentives. I discuss what financial incentives for exercise are, what the research says about them, why they are so effective, and how you can use financial incentives in your life to help you become more active.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I talk about the psychology of rest. Idiscuss the different types of rest, including physical, mental, emotional, social and creative rest. I talk about why rest is so important for our health and the science behind why it makes us better. I discuss the most common types of rest that myclients struggle with. I finish with some practical tips about how to incorporate more rest into your life.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I discuss why my approach to exercise is different from many other coaches in the fitness industry. My approach is different because I care about your mental health just as much as your physical health, I use psychological principles in my coaching, I am inclusive, and I have lived experience of mental health issues and not always wanting to exercise.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I share some things I hate about the fitness industry. This includes the fitness industry’s obsession with aesthetics, the spreading of misinformation, a lack of awareness amongst coaches about how to actually motivate people to exercise, and a lack of mental health literacy amongst coaches.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I discuss something a lot of people get wrong about body image. I also share some tips to help improve your body image.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I talk abut why being present is so good forour mental and physical health. I also share some techniques to help you become more present.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!In this episode I talk abut the science and psychology of pain, and debunk three common myths about pain.Find me on Instagram here:⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠