153: Start Where You Are: The Anti-Prescription Health Coaching Approach
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Mari and Molly discuss the misconceptions around health and wellbeing, emphasizing the importance of starting from where you are.
Mari welcomes back her college roommate and Crew health & wellbeing coach Molly Fitterer for a refreshingly honest conversation that starts with a wine hangover confession and ends with permission to watch Real Housewives all day as health homework. Molly breaks down the myths keeping women from prioritizing wellbeing - that health equals how you look, that it's a luxury requiring time and money, that you need to be in a perfect place to even start - and explains why choosing her daughter's first basketball game over speaking at Jumpstart was actually a masterclass in wellbeing coaching. They discuss why "movement snacks" (10 counter pushups while your coffee brews) count, the shame women face whether they want to lose weight OR take GLP-1s OR embrace body positivity, why health coaching isn't prescriptive but deeply inquisitive, and how Molly's biggest mission is simply giving hope that things can change. Plus, the vulnerable truth about sharing your screen in productivity sessions, why the Q&A sessions aren't recorded, and why selling a headache-inducing rental property is actually a wellbeing win. Spoiler: You don't need to get anywhere before you join The Crew - start…
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