Want to STOP starting over? Our best advice and tips

Want to STOP starting over? Our best advice and tips

From Training for Life by Sarah Gilks and Tanna Payne

June 4, 2026 · 18 min · Season 4

About this episode

Sarah and Tanna discuss how to overcome the 'start over' mentality and embrace a sustainable, identity-based healthy lifestyle.

  Ditch the "Start Over" Mentality for Good ✨ ✨There is no wagon; so there's nothing to fall off of.✨ Episode Summary: Forever telling yourself you'll "start Monday," "reset after the holidays," or that you've "fallen off the wagon" again? You're not alone, and that constant restarting might be the very thing keeping you stuck. In this episode, Sarah and Tanna share their best tips for ditching the all-or-nothing, start-over mentality for good. Because the women who stay strong, fit, and healthy year-round aren't the ones who never slip; they're the ones who stop quitting on themselves. No wagon. No square one. Just your next best choice. What You'll Learn: Why all-or-nothing thinking, perfectionism, and guilt spirals trap you in the endless restart loop The Rule of Next Choice; how to bounce back instantly instead of writing off the whole weekend (inspired by Alan Stein Jr.'s "Next Play") How to build an identity-based healthy lifestyle so there's literally no wagon to fall off of Why a real plan includes grace, recovery, and progression; not punishment and perfection How to keep your key habits alive through hard seasons and simply pick up where you left off Your Next Best…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah Gilks, Tanna Payne

Topics covered

  • mental health
  • fitness
  • nutrition
  • lifestyle
  • self-improvement

Keywords

  • start over
  • all-or-nothing thinking
  • healthy lifestyle
  • next choice
  • perfectionism

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