Ambitious and Fit

Ambitious and Fit

Welcome to the Ambitious and Fit Podcast – the ultimate destination for high-achieving women who are ready to transform their bodies, minds, and lives with purpose and precision. Hosted by Michelle Stallings, a Certified Fitness, Nutrition, and Mindset Coach, this show is your go-to resource for elevating your health, fitness, and mindset to match your highest ambitions. Each episode delivers real, actionable insights backed by years of experience and expertise, empowering you to break free from burnout, reclaim your vitality, and thrive in every area of your life. Whether you’re navigating the balance of ambition and wellness or stepping into your next level of personal growth, Michelle’s guidance will help you take inspired action, without sacrificing the success you’ve worked so hard to build. If you’re ready to become the best version of yourself – physically, mentally, and emotionally – join Michelle and her guests each week for transformative conversations that will leave you inspired, empowered, and ready to show up as the confident, ambitious woman you’re meant to be.

Episodes

November 24, 2025 29 mins

Why You’re On Track All Week & Fall Off on Weekends

🔸 Why perfection → relief is driving your weekend spiral

🔸 “Why-Not” Effect — the psychology behind falling off

🔸 Emotional triggers vs food triggers

🔸 Specific weekend strategies:

  • Social boundary statements
  • Drink limit rules with purpose statement
  • “Release & re-anchor” moments
  • Sunday reset that supports your hormones & nervous system

💡 “Leadership is doing what a...

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Inside this episode:

  • Why old environments trigger old habits (even when you’ve evolved)
  • How to stop shrinking to stay comfortable around others
  • 5 simple ways to protect your standards & energy this holiday season
  • The identity shift: embodying HER even when others don’t understand yet

💬 “Real leadership doesn’t convince — it demonstrates.”

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Tired of constantly starting over? In this episode, Michelle shows high-achieving women how to finally create consistency that lasts — through busy seasons, travel, hormonal shifts, and real life. Learn how to trust yourself, maintain results with ease, and embody the woman who never has to “start again.”

🔑 What You’ll Learn

  • Why perfection keeps you stuck in the start-over cycle
  • The shifts to maintain results in every season:
  • 1️⃣ ...
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Your body isn’t broken — she’s communicating with you. In this episode, Michelle helps high-achieving women decode what their energy, digestion, sleep, and hormones are trying to tell them so they can finally work with their body, not against it, and feel confident again.

🔑 What You’ll Learn

  • How your body is trying to communicate with you daily
  • 3 steps to reconnect and optimize your health:
  • 1️⃣ Stop ignoring the signals
  • 2️⃣ Start p...
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If you want 2026 to feel different — in your body, energy, and confidence — you have to start moving differently now. In this episode, Michelle shares the mindset and identity shifts high-achieving women need to finish the year strong and stop starting over every January.

🔑 What You’ll Learn

  • Why you feel stuck (and it’s not a lack of motivation)
  • The 3 shifts to move differently before 2026:
  • 1️⃣ Stop negotiating your standards
  • 2️⃣ S...
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In this empowering episode, Michelle shares how letting go of control and embracing curiosity transformed her health, confidence, and business.

You’ll learn:

  • Why control feels safe (but keeps you stuck)
  • How to trade perfectionism for progress
  • 4 tactical ways to adopt an experimental mindset
  • How to detach your worth from outcomes
  • The identity shift that makes everything easier

Ready to finally feel free and aligned in your body, h...

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Are you constantly learning but not seeing results?

In this episode, Michelle gets real about why high-achieving women get stuck in information overload — and how to shift from consuming to executing.

You’ll learn:

  • Why overconsumption keeps you stuck in preparation mode
  • The psychology behind “productive procrastination”
  • 4 tactical shifts to start executing today
  • How to rebuild self-trust through daily follow-through
  • The identity shift...
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The holidays can feel like a tug-of-war between your peace and everyone else’s expectations — but it doesn’t have to.

In this powerful episode, Michelle teaches ambitious women how to finish the year strong by setting boundaries that honor their energy, health, and priorities.

You’ll learn:

  • Why boundaries feel so hard (and how to release guilt)
  • What overcommitting actually costs you
  • 5 tangible boundary-setting strategies you can use...
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If you’ve been pushing harder, achieving more, but feeling less fulfilled — this episode is your wake-up call.

Michelle breaks down:

  • Why productivity addiction forms and how to release it
  • The moment when “doing more” stops working
  • 4 practical shifts to lead from alignment instead of adrenaline
  • How to redefine excellence so it actually feels good
  • The identity work behind becoming your next-level self

Ready to step into your next e...

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If you’ve ever felt like you can’t stay consistent unless you go “all in,” this episode is for you.

Michelle breaks down how to finally rebuild trust with your body after years of chasing perfection — so you can find peace, confidence, and results that last.

You’ll learn:

  • Why the all-or-nothing mindset feels safe (and how to break it)
  • How self-trust impacts your consistency and results
  • 5 daily practices to reconnect with your body
  • Th...
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Feeling like you’re constantly behind or not doing enough — even when you’re giving it your all?

This episode is your permission slip to drop the guilt, comparison, and pressure that’s been running your life.

Michelle breaks down:

  • Why high-achieving women struggle with “should” energy ⚡
  • How survival mode shows up as productivity
  • The real cost of living for others’ expectations
  • 5 tangible shifts to lead from alignment instead of guilt...
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Are you still eating like the only goal is the scale? Counting calories, cutting carbs, and wondering why you’re tired, bloated, and inconsistent?

In this episode, Michelle shares how to shift from eating just to shrink → to eating to thrive, with strategies that help ambitious women fuel their bodies for energy, strength, and results that last.

You’ll learn:

  • Why diet culture keeps you stuck in survival mode 🚫
  • The Elite Woman’s Fu...
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Who do you want to be in 2026? Not just what goals you want to achieve, but who you want to be.

In this episode, Michelle breaks down why most ambitious women get stuck in cycles of “resetting” and “someday energy” — and the tactical shifts you can make right now in Q4 to step into your future self.

You’ll learn:

  • Why waiting until January is keeping you stuck ⏳
  • The 5 identity-based shifts to embody your 2026 self now 🔥
  • How to stop ...
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If you’ve ever gone all in on workouts — only to crash, burn out, and start over — this episode is for you.

Michelle shares why ambitious women often get stuck in the “overachiever trap” when it comes to movement and fitness, and how to finally upgrade your workouts and daily movement for real, lasting results.

You’ll learn:

  • Why pushing harder is stalling your results ⚡
  • Daily movement upgrades you can make right now 🚶‍♀️
  • How to str...
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If you’ve been eating less, doing more cardio, and wondering why it’s not working like it used to… it’s not you. It’s the rules you’ve been following.

In this episode, Michelle breaks down the new playbook for ambitious women in their 30s and 40s who are ready for results that actually last.

You’ll learn:

  • Why your hormones, muscle, and metabolism change in your 30s & 40s ⚡
  • The truth about cardio vs. strength training 💪
  • How to f...
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September 11, 2025 19 mins

If you’ve ever thought your health journey was just about workouts and nutrition… think again.

In this episode, Michelle shows you why your transformation isn’t just about you — it’s about the ripple effect you create as a role model in your family, career, and community.

You’ll learn:

  • Why high-achieving women crave more than results — they crave significance 💡
  • How to step into “role model energy” daily (without perfection) 👑
  • The ...
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If you’ve ever thought, “When I hit the goal, then I’ll finally feel confident in my body”… but you still end up feeling like it’s never enough, this one’s for you.

In this episode, Michelle breaks down 3 powerful shifts to help you stop chasing and start feeling at home in your own skin — now, not someday.

You’ll learn:

  • How to stop punishing yourself in workouts and start training with empowerment 💪
  • Why perfection is keeping you ...
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If your health and transformation journey has ever felt like another full-time job… you’re not alone.

In this episode, Michelle unpacks why extreme routines don’t last — and how to finally build health that works with your life instead of taking over your life.

You’ll learn:

  • Why the all-or-nothing approach always backfires ⚡
  • The “flexible framework” that makes health sustainable 💡
  • Simple tactics to fit workouts and nutrition into a...
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You’ve seen the Instagram-perfect morning routines — green juice, meditation, journaling, workouts, and all before 7 a.m. But let’s be honest: for ambitious women like us, that’s not real life.

In this episode, Michelle breaks down the truth about morning routines for high-achieving women — what actually matters, what doesn’t, and a simple framework you can implement tomorrow to feel more grounded, energized, and powerful.

✨ Inside t...

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If you’ve ever felt unstoppable one week and totally drained the next, you’re not broken — you’re just working against your biology.

In this episode, Michelle breaks down how to finally work with your cycle so you can feel strong, confident, and consistent month after month.

You’ll learn:

  • The 4 phases of your cycle and how each impacts your energy, workouts, and cravings
  • Tactical ways to align your training and nutrition to each ph...
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