Kelli France is a Master Certified Life Coach, a Perfectionist Coach, Founder of the Empowered Life Academy, Author of One Goal for 100 Days, and Host of the Finally Fearless podcast. She works with women to help them recognize and break free from perfectionist patterns– the kind that keep you stuck, burnt out, and constantly waiting to feel ready before you start.

Kelli discovered her own perfectionism during her master coach certification and realized it was showing up in almost every woman she coached. She built her entire framework around it, including four perfectionist archetypes rooted in the nervous system's fear response — and the practical tools to move through them.

This episode is a really honest, relatable conversation about the ways perfectionism quietly runs our lives — and what it actually looks like to break up with it for good.

In this episode, we cover:

• The four perfectionist archetypes — controller, overachiever, people pleaser, and procrastinator — and how each one is rooted in fight, flight, fawn, or freeze

• Why perfectionism is a nervous system response, not a personality flaw — and how it starts in childhood

• How people pleasing is really a form of control — and why it's linked to lying and manipulation without us even realizing it

• The difference between guilt and shame — and why the shame spiral is the most damaging part of the perfectionist cycle

• Why so many women don't even know they're perfectionists — they just think they're undisciplined, unmotivated, or not ready yet

• The identity crisis that hits when your title, role, or company disappears and your worth was tied to all of it

• Perfectionist mom patterns — the panic that you're not doing it right, attaching your identity to your kids' behavior, and the all-or-nothing trap

• Body image and perfectionism — why women won't show up online because their hair isn't the right color

• All-or-nothing thinking, cognitive distortions, and the SCAM acronym

• The "and" thinking — why adding "and" instead of "or" breaks the black-and-white trap

• "Dating discomfort" — what it means, why it matters, and how to get better at tolerating hard feelings without letting them drive

• The two S's for getting started: Start Sloppy and Super Small Steps

• The T model — thoughts create emotions, emotions create actions, actions create results

• Why your imperfections are what actually create connection — not the highlight reel

• What to do when you want to quit — and why that urge is just a feeling passing through, not a fact

• How Gen Z is dealing with perfectionism — and the conversations Kelli is having with her own kids

Connect with Kelli:

Instagram: @kellifrance https://www.instagram.com/kellifrance/

Book — One Goal for 100 Days: available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Goal-100-Days-Motivational-Journal/dp/B0CQHZ4K19

Podcast: Finally Fearless - https://open.spotify.com/show/56CKDOAOuW5PGV27QjZLcl?si=03cef683f1d14f37

Rachel Covert is a financial coach, founder of Electrify Wealth, and creator of the Rachel Talks Money platform. A former New York City fashion VP at Isaac Mizrahi Live, Rachel walked away from the corporate ladder after realizing that lifestyle creep and overconsumption weren't just draining her bank account — they were stealing her identity. She's been featured on NASDAQ and now helps people get out of debt, break the impulse spending cycle, and start building actual wealth.

She currently lives in Portugal, where the contrast with American consumer culture couldn't be more stark — and it informs everything she teaches.

This episode is a practical, no-math-required conversation about money. Whether you have credit card debt, no savings, or just feel like the money comes in and goes straight back out — this one is for you.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why overconsumption is a societal norm baked into American culture — and why awareness, not shame, is the starting point

• The dopamine cycle behind impulse shopping and why most of the hit comes from the anticipation, not the purchase

• How your nervous system drives your money decisions — and why staying broke can feel "safe" if that's how you grew up

• How influencers are wired to get you to spend and how to stop emulating and start building your own financial identity

• Living in Portugal vs. the US — what a culture with a tenth of the consumption looks like

• The "wiggle room" number — the only money math you actually need to know

• Why avoiding your finances is already the wrong thing — and how even 40% effort makes a real difference

• Credit card debt, interest rates, and why the points system is mostly a trap if you're carrying a balance

• The "eternal employee" cycle — what keeps people from ever being able to retire

• How to teach your kids about credit cards the right way

• Why retirement isn't an age, it's a number — and how to start thinking about it no matter where you are right now

• 401k basics, employer matching, and why boring investing beats sexy investing every time

• Why you won't remember the things you didn't buy — but you will remember Italy

• Her one piece of advice: be patient with yourself, pick a sustainable strategy, and compare yourself only to where you started

If you’re trying to control spending, pay off debt and build wealth, tune in. Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe.

Connect with Rachel

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel_talksmoney/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rachel_talksmoney?lang=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rachel-Talks-Money/61556383892353/#

Website: https://www.racheltalksmoney.com/

Mike Collins has been completely sugar-free for over 35 years. He is the founder of SugarDetox.com and SugarAddiction.com, past chairman of the board of the Food Addiction Institute, and the creator of the Quit Sugar Summit. He has helped over 60,000 people break their sugar dependency and has spent a decade interviewing more than 400 of the world's leading experts on sugar, addiction, and metabolic health. He and his wife raised two children without sugar until the age of six, and both of his sons scored perfect on their college entrance exams.

This is one of the most eye-opening episodes we've done on this show. Sugar isn't a willpower problem. It's a brain chemistry problem, and Mike explains exactly why, and what to do about it.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why sugar addiction is the largest substance use disorder the world has ever known — and why it's not your fault

• How sugar affects dopamine, serotonin, GABA, oxytocin, endorphins, and every brain reward chemical — not just one

• The connection between sugar, drugs, and alcohol — and why so many people in recovery can't put sugar down

• Why sugar stunts emotional development starting in childhood — and how it compounds over a lifetime

• How Mike's mother's story explains why so many of us learned to equate sugar with love, comfort, and reward

• Sugar as the "good girl's drug" — why women ages 50–80 make up 95% of his clients and what that says about people-pleasing and emotional soothing

• Why "eat less, exercise more" is a $78 billion lie that doesn't address the actual problem

• The difference between conditioned guilt, emotional eating, and true sugar addiction

• What dopamine dysregulation actually means — and whether those receptors can come back

• His 90-day approach to behavioral change and why he calls it a recovery program, not a diet

• GLP-1s, Ozempic, and why the most interesting research will be about what they're doing to the brain — not the body

• Why over-supplementing may be stalling your weight loss — and what the liver has to do with it

• Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), how to use one, and his free book CGMs for Everybody on Amazon

• Alzheimer's, brain clarity, and why he believes sugar is a neurotoxin

• The journaling practice he recommends — tracking how you felt before and after eating, not just what you ate

• What to say to yourself when a craving hits — and the simple self-check that changes everything

  
  

  Connect with MikeWebsite: https://sugardetox.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realsugarfreeman/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SugarAddiction

  
  

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