In this episode of the Muscles and Mindset Revolution, Anne Jones shares the story behind a decision that didn’t come from burnout, collapse, or failure, but from clarity.

After seven years of building a successful fitness and mindset coaching business, one that worked on every logical level, Anne chose to step away. Not because she couldn’t continue, but because she no longer wanted to hold it.

This episode explores what happens when capacity becomes obligation, when success outlives alignment, and when the bravest decision isn’t building more, but recognizing completion.

You’ll hear:

• Why leaving something successful doesn’t always mean something went wrong
• How nervous system work expands capacity, and why that gives you a choice
• The difference between burnout and completion
• Why “choosing less” can be an act of self-trust, not avoidance
• How to honour a season of restraint without rushing to replace it

This conversation is for high-achieving women who are capable, consistent, and reliable, but quietly wondering what they’re carrying simply because they can.

If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t want to hold this anymore,” this episode will help you understand why that knowing matters.

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to the Muscles and Mindset Revolution
00:36 This Is Not a How-To or an Announcement
01:40 Walking Away From a Business That Worked
02:50 When Logic Says “Stay” but Something Else Says “No”
03:55 How Capacity and Capability Become a Trap
05:05 The Difference Between Burnout and Completion
06:30 What Nervous System Work Actually Changes
07:55 Choosing Less Without Collapsing
09:10 Outgrowing an Identity Without Erasing Yourself
10:55 Honoring Seasons of Restraint and Integration
12:30 Completion, Thresholds, and Self-Trust
14:10 Final Reflections and Closing

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

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Have you ever caught yourself thinking:

“If they would just change, I could finally relax”

“If people saw me differently, I’d feel okay”

“If I could just get my life together, I could breathe”

In this episode, Anne explores why trying to control how other people think, feel, or perceive you keeps your nervous system locked in tension, and why peace doesn’t come from fixing yourself or getting everything just right.

Drawing from coaching work, nervous system regulation, and insights from Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön, Anne unpacks:

• Why outsourcing your safety to other people never works
• How perfectionism disguises itself as “self-improvement”
• What it actually means to stop arguing with reality
• Why peace comes from being with discomfort, not eliminating it

This episode is not about discipline, control, or becoming a better version of yourself.

It’s about learning how to stay with yourself, even when things feel uncertain, messy, or unresolved.

Nothing here is meant to push you or fix you.

Let it land. Let your body catch up.

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...

If you’ve ever felt like every hard season knocks you off your routines

If you’ve called yourself inconsistent, lazy, or bad at follow-through

If discipline has never quite worked the way it’s “supposed to”

This episode is for you.

In this deeply personal episode, Anne shares her story, not as a lesson in willpower or motivation, but as a lived example of how the nervous system adapts long before the mind understands what’s happening.

From early childhood surgery to body image struggles, bingeing, burnout, postpartum anxiety, and repeated identity shifts, Anne unpacks how what looks like inconsistency is often a nervous system doing its best to survive.

This isn’t an episode about trying harder.

It’s about understanding your body, rebuilding self-trust, and learning how to stay with yourself when life changes.

If you’re done white-knuckling your way through routines and ready for calm, sustainable consistency, this conversation will land exactly where it needs to.

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...

Why do you fall off track when life gets busy — even though you know exactly what to do?

In this episode of The Muscles & Mindset Revolution, Anne Jones breaks down one of the biggest myths in personal growth: that motivation is a character trait you either have or don’t.

Anne explains why motivation fluctuates with stress, sleep, hormones, and nervous system capacity — and why high-achieving women don’t fail because they lack discipline, but because they’re trying to do everything alone.

This conversation reframes support as a strategy, not a weakness, and explores how reducing cognitive load, increasing containment, and designing the right kind of support allows consistency to feel steadier and less exhausting.

You’ll learn:

• Why motivation disappears under stress (and why that’s not your fault)
• How discipline without support turns into self-abandonment
• What “containment” actually means for a busy, overthinking mind
• Why capacity — not willpower — determines follow-through
• How support helps your nervous system stay online when life gets loud

If you’re tired of starting over and want a more sustainable way to stay with yourself through real life, this episode is for you.

🎧 Listen now and let this episode be enough for today.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:33 Why Motivation Isn’t a Personality Trait

01:35 Discipline Without Support Backfires

02:38 Self-Leadership vs Doing Everything Alone

03:47 What Support Really Looks Like

08:24 Capacity, Stress, and the Nervous System

12:05 Final Reflections + Where to Go Deeper

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...

If your week starts strong and collapses by Wednesday, you’re not broken.

In this episode, Anne Jones explains why most fitness and nutrition plans fail high-achieving women 30+, and how to stop starting over every Monday.

This isn’t about pushing harder or becoming more disciplined.

It’s about building gentle structure that works even when life is messy.

Inside the episode:

Why rigid routines assume predictable energy and schedules

• The difference between Big 3 goals and Anchors
• How to stay connected to yourself when the plan breaks
• Real client stories about returning without guilt
• Simple movement and nutrition anchors for hard weeks
• Why consistency is really about self-trust, not willpower

If your workouts, meals, or routines only work when everything is calm, rested, and uninterrupted, that’s not a plan. It’s a fantasy.

This episode will help you build a system you can return to on your worst weeks.

💙 Want help choosing anchors that actually fit your life?

You can reach out on Instagram @annejonesfit or email anne@annejones.ca .

No pressure. Honest support.

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...

If you’re a high-achieving woman who feels like trying harder isn’t working anymore, this episode is for you.

In this episode of The Muscles & Mindset Revolution, Anne Jones breaks down why effort alone eventually backfires and what’s actually missing when consistency starts to fall apart.

Most high-achieving women are conditioned to believe that discipline, motivation, and pushing harder are always the answer. And for a long time, that works. Until life changes. More responsibility. More emotional load. A nervous system that’s been in overdrive for years. A body that starts giving different feedback.

Anne introduces the concept of capacity and explains why you can have discipline and desire but still not have the capacity to sustain what you’re asking of yourself.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why “trying harder” stops working as life gets fuller
• The difference between motivation, discipline, and capacity
• How an overloaded nervous system turns structure into pressure
• Why burnout often looks like inconsistency or “falling off”
• How regulation expands capacity and resilience
• What supportive structure actually looks like in different seasons of life
• Why sustainable change comes from self-trust, not white-knuckling

This episode is especially for women who:

• Feel like they should be able to handle everything
• Swing between being consistent and completely falling off
• Are tired of pushing themselves just to stay afloat
• Want results without burning themselves out in the process

Anne closes the episode with a powerful reflection question:

What would change if you stopped trying to overpower your life and started designing around it?

If this resonated, come share your takeaway with Anne on Instagram at @annejonesfit.

⏱ EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

00:00 The Hidden Saboteur Behind Burnout

00:25 Welcome to Muscles & Mindset Revolution

00:55 Why Trying Harder Eventually Backfires

01:44 Capacity vs Discipline vs Motivation

03:16 Why Regulation Changes Everything

04:12 Structure That Matches Your Season

05:02 The 2025 → 2026 Reframe

06:08 Final Reflection + Invitation

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...

Consistency doesn’t fall apart because you’re lazy, unmotivated, or lacking discipline.

In this 2026-orientation-style episode of The Muscles & Mindset Revolution, Anne Jones explains why most women struggle to stay consistent under pressure — and why the real issue isn’t effort, motivation, or habits.

This episode explores:

• Why rushing, overriding, and procrastination are signs of disconnection (not failure)
• How January pressure quietly pulls you out of relationship with yourself
• Why steadiness creates better results than intensity
• The difference between discipline and self-connection
• How staying with yourself under stress is the real work

January isn’t asking you to try harder or “lock it in.”

It’s asking you to notice when you leave yourself — and to practice staying.

If consistency feels fragile right now, this episode will help you understand why — and what actually creates lasting change.

🎧 Subscribe for weekly episodes on mindset, strength, nervous system regulation, and sustainable consistency for ambitious women. x

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...

If you’ve ever told yourself “I’m just bad at routine” or “I need more discipline,” this episode will change how you see yourself.In this episode of the Muscles & Mindset Revolution Podcast, Anne Jones breaks down why most high-achieving women don’t struggle with consistency because they’re lazy, unmotivated, or disorganized.

They struggle because their nervous system is overloaded.

When your brain is overstimulated and dysregulated, it doesn’t reach for consistency. It reaches for control, avoidance, dopamine, or “start over Monday” energy. And no planner, meal plan, or morning routine can fix that.

In this episode, Anne explains:

• Why discipline fails when your nervous system is overwhelmed
• How overstimulation and dopamine sabotage your routines
• The difference between control-based routines and supportive flow frameworks
• A real client story that shows why routine was never the problem
• A simple bedtime flow framework to calm your brain and improve follow-through

If you’re a busy, high-achieving woman who can crush work and life but keeps falling off with fitness, food, or self-care, this episode will help you stop restarting and start repairing.

You are not failing.

You are overloaded.

And this is fixable.

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...