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209: when what used to work doesn’t anymore

209: when what used to work doesn’t anymore

Hi friends!

I’m finally back with a new podcast episode and apparently I had a lot to say.

This one is part honest life update, part behind-the-scenes business plot twist, and part “ok, what am I doing next?”

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After almost 18 years of building this business, the version that had worked for a very long time suddenly wasn’t working the same way anymore. Losing a major income stream I had built on someone else’s platform sent me into a full identity crisis and forced me to ask some uncomfortable questions.

What do you do when the thing you know how to do – and have done successfully for years – stops working?

Who are you when an old version of your business, career, health, or life no longer fits, but the next version isn’t completely clear yet?

In this episode, I’m sharing what has been happening behind the scenes, what this season has taught me, and why I’m going all in on helping women over 40 understand what’s happening in their bodies and feel like themselves again.

We chat about:

  • The identity crisis that happened when something I had built for 18 years stopped working the way it used to
  • What losing ShopMy forced me to face about building a business on platforms you don’t own
  • Why I’m focusing more than ever on the things I do own: my expertise, website, email list, content, and relationships with all of you
  • My own health journey—including the eye flares, rashes, joint pain, exhaustion, histamine issues, and positive autoimmune markers that completely changed the way I approach health
  • Why treating every symptom like a separate problem kept me stuck
  • The moment I realized that functional health wasn’t going to remain a side note in my business
  • My new signature health coaching program, SPARK, which is officially launching October 14th
  • Who SPARK is designed to help and why I created it specifically for the woman who is still getting everything done but knows it should not feel this hard to live in her body
  • What I’ve learned about burnout, reinvention, and making decisions when you absolutely do not have the next 20 years mapped out
  • Why you don’t need to know exactly where the new path leads—you just need to identify the next right step

I wish I could wrap this up by telling you I know exactly what the next chapter looks like, but I don’t. I’m still figuring it out as I go.

What I do know is that I feel more excited and hopeful than I did a few months ago. I have a direction again, even if I can’t see the entire path or exactly where it’s headed yet.

If you’re in one of those weird in-between seasons too, I hope this episode makes you feel a little less alone.

I’m also sharing more about SPARK, my new four-month health coaching program for women who feel exhausted, inflamed, foggy, stuck, or just not like themselves anymore.

SPARK is for the woman with a running list of symptoms that have all been treated like separate annoyances, even though she has a feeling they may be connected. We look at the full picture, use testing thoughtfully, figure out what deserves attention first, and build a plan she can actually follow in her real life.

If you’re listening and thinking, “This sounds like me,” send me an email at gina@fitnessista.com with SPARK in the subject line. You can also DM me on Instagram and tell me what you’ve been struggling with.

Thank you for being here through every weird pivot, plot twist, and version of this business. Some of you have been here since the very beginning and it genuinely means the world to me. I’m so grateful for you and excited about where this next chapter is going.

xo

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Detailed show notes are available at fitnessista.com/podcast.

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