About this episode

Becky Holliday discusses her transition from project management to health coaching, offering insights on building sustainable health habits for busy professionals.

Dale flies solo (briefly!) to close out 2025 and welcomes first-time podcast guest Becky Holliday - a project manager turned health coach . Becky shares how redundancy in October 2023 became the catalyst for a career pivot, and why she now helps busy professionals (especially women) build sustainable health habits. Val drops in mid-episode and the conversation expands into discipline vs motivation, managing workload pressure, eating well without weekend meal-prep marathons, and why small wins beat heroic last-minute sprints. In this episode, you’ll learn Why Becky left project management and what she brought with her into health coaching How to start improving health when you “don’t have time” Why trying to change everything on Monday usually backfires A simple way to reduce stress and decision fatigue: the “3-item to-do list” Practical approaches to healthier eating that don’t require your Sunday afternoon How movement can support mental resilience when work pressure spikes Discipline vs motivation—and why habit size matters The role of identity, purpose, and values (and a thoughtful detour into spirituality) To get your FREE 5-Step Guide to Creating Healthy Habits that Stick…

People in this episode

Host: Dale Foong

Guest: Becky Holliday

Topics covered

• health habits
• project management
• career pivot
• workload management
• discipline vs motivation
• healthy eating
• mental resilience

Keywords

• health coaching
• busy professionals
• sustainable habits
• stress reduction
• meal prep
• motivation
• identity
• values

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: beckyholliday.com

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