

Grace & Grit Podcast
Courtney Townley
The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.
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Aug 15, 2020 • 43min
Episode 210: Realignment: Part 2
All month long on the Grace & Grit podcast, we have been talking about the Practice of Realignment because life is going to present you with a LOT of opportunities to get "thrown off your game" in terms of your self-care. And when you do… there are graceful ways to pivot yourself back with less struggle and more grace. Really. In part 1 of this series (episode 209), I introduced the first two steps of realignment. In this episode, I dish out the 3rd and MOST potent thing to consider when working to realign yourself. Have a listen. I hope it helps! You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-210/ And, be sure to sign up for the FREE #five2thrive Five Part Video Series: https://graceandgrit.com/five2thrive **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

Aug 1, 2020 • 44min
Episode 209: Realignment: Part 1
To say that 2020 has thrown us a curveball is a massive understatement. Routines have been disrupted, new stressors have emerged and a lot of people are struggling to navigate these new waters while keeping their mental and physical health in check. I get it! I have been swimming in those waters too. So, I am dedicating the entire month of the Grace & Grit Podcast to "Realignment" and in today's episode I dish out a few tips and tricks for helping you get traction with your self-care in this new reality. Have a listen. I hope it helps! https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-209/ **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

Jul 18, 2020 • 56min
Episode 208: Wanting It More: A Conversation About Sex with Janna Denton-Howes
I have long wanted to have an expert come on the Grace and Grit podcast to talk about sex because having worked with hundreds of clients over the years, I know there is a lot of shame, resentment, and frustration about what happens, or doesn't happen, in the bedroom. Since our theme this month is pleasure, I thought this would be the perfect time to broach this topic. My guest, Janna-Denton Howes, is a Sex Coach who specializes in helping married women want and enjoy sex more with their husbands. We cover a ton of ground in this episode, including: How to prioritize pleasure (like sex) in your life and how it benefits your health How to design a safe and enjoyable sexual experience How to ask for what you need How to reconnect to your body's "pleasure potential" How to set boundaries inside and outside of the bedroom … and so much more. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-208/ **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

Jul 4, 2020 • 43min
Episode 207: Seeking Pleasure That Promotes Health
The human brain is hard-wired to seek pleasure. The problem is we are living at a time where concentrated pleasures are being sold to at every turn and our over-consumption of them is actually hurting our well-being. In this episode of the Grace & Grit Podcast, I talk about natural vs false pleasure and why the type you pursue will have a huge impact on the future of your health. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-207/ **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

Jun 20, 2020 • 40min
Episode 206: Granting Yourself Permission to FEEL Emotion & Why It Matters to Your Health
Emotion can be incredibly helpful or horribly destructive depending on what we do to process them or if we process them at all. I deeply wish that emotional management was a course taught in primary school. There is so much needless suffering in the world because people either do not allow themselves to feel difficult emotion or they don't take responsibility where they can for the emotion they do feel. In this episode of the Grace & Grit Podcast, I talk about why learning how to FEEL all emotion is so important to your health and how to retrain yourself to feel emotion rather than deny, resist or numb it. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-206/ **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

Jun 6, 2020 • 33min
Episode 205: Acknowledging Gaps & The Art of Listening
Admitting where we could do better is not necessarily fun, but oh-so-important to our personal health and even to the health of the world at large. The past few weeks have shown me where I could serve women (all women) better AND reminded me of the art of listening. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-205/ **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

May 16, 2020 • 32min
Episode 204: Rising To the Occasion That Is Your Life
I wish I could tell you that deep health could be attained by following a playbook that worked for someone else's life, but that's not how it works (the horrific failure rate of the diet industry is proof of that). Deep health requires deep inner work so YOU can author the playbook for your own life. I meet women every day who say they want to get off the diet hamster wheel but they also want to avoid the inner work at all costs. Inner work isn't optional if you want to nourish your mental and physical health in a way that is sustainable. In this episode, I talk about what inner work is and why it is the very thing that will help you rise in the most powerful way to the occasion that is your life:) You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-204/ And, be sure to register for the FREE Masterclass for Women here: https://graceandgrit.com/ditchthediet **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

May 2, 2020 • 37min
Episode 203: Why You Must Rumble in Order to Rise
I have long believed that improving health, be it mental or physical, is a practice of self-leadership. Self-leadership is a practice of righting decisions and habits that may no longer be serving you. To move your life to higher ground, you must be willing to rumble between who you have been and ultimately who you want to be. Rumbling is how we learn, how we grow, and ultimately how we become stronger and more confident versions of ourselves. In this episode of the Grace and Grit Podcast, I explain why rumbling is so necessary to the change process and how to rumble well. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-203/ **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

Apr 18, 2020 • 38min
Episode 202: Rumbling with Courtney: Your Questions Answered
This week for the podcast I decided to reach out to my community and ask them what they were rumbling with, and I got some GREAT questions that are going to be relevant to a lot of women. In this episode, I answer 4 questions: I was doing so well with not eating sugar, why am I struggling again? How do I get traction with a routine again when life has been so disrupted? I am noticing that I am driven to take action out of guilt (a lot), and I know it isn't serving me. How do I remedy this? Why can't I seem to take action that counts? Is it a lack of commitment? Listen in here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-202/ And, don't miss the FREE online summit starting Monday. You can learn more and sign up here: https://confidentwomenrising.com **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/

Apr 11, 2020 • 36min
Episode 201: Start Your Day With the End in Mind: Navigating Through the Storm
Yes, life is a little (or a lot) disorienting right now and we are being challenged in new ways. It is all too easy to focus on everything that is wrong with our current reality and why it shouldn't be happening. The sooner you stop fighting reality (because let's be honest you will never win that argument) the easier you will be able to navigate your way through it. No, we cannot control what is happening out in the world (pandemic) but we can control how we live this day despite what is going on in the world. Meaning… You can control how you show up today. You can control how you spend your time. You can control how you feel You can control what you choose to focus on. And in this episode, I teach you one of the most powerful practices I know to help you do just that. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-201/ Have you signed up for the free online Confident Women Rising summit? It starts Monday, April 20th with 16+ speakers and a ton of free bonus gifts. Learn more at https://confidentwomenrising.com **** Are you loving the Grace and Grit Podcast? Help us keep the mic on! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/graceandgrit Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Looking for more Grace and Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/


