To fully understand your relationship with nutrition and how it impacts your life, we need to go to the core: identity. As someone who has spent 25 years coaching women on training, nutrition, mindset, and every other facet of health and fitness, change doesn't come from rules. It comes from understanding. In this episode, we are going to unpack understanding with identity and share a few examples of various identities that involve nutrition. Remember: understanding is a life long pursuit and doesn't happen overnight but I hope this podcast allows you to see identity for what it truly is.

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(1:15) Building Our Understanding Around Nutrition

(6:45) Nutrition Identity Doesn't Happen Overnight

(11:00) "This Is What Works For Me"

(15:50) The Foodie Identity

(17:35) The Athlete Forever Identity

(18:18) The Food Rules Identity

(19:02) The Social Eater

(20:10) When Identity Drives Automatic Decisions

(28:15) Preferences vs Principles

(31:15) Systems Are Meant To Evolve

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Building on our previous episode around nutrition advice, I want to take this episode and discuss the topic of nutrition literacy and why this is the skillset that will determine whether nutrition ultimately works for you. This is an episode that goes beyond food labels as we'll talk about strategies that will make your life easier, better, and give you agency over your nutrition. We'll also talk about the mental side of nutrition literacy and how to lessen your mental load with the tools I'll share with you.

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(0:45) Skill Building Episode

(2:25) What Is Nutrition Literacy?

(9:50) Assembling Balanced and Repeatable Meals

(12:55) The Reinforcing Gym Atmosphere

(17:40) Reducing Mental Load

(23:55) The Compound Interest of Daily Habits

(28:43) Decision Speed

(31:30) Why I Care About Great Coaching

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It's officially 2026 and I want to start this year off with a foundational concept that will lead the way though the entire year and that is understanding. We cannot change what we don't understand and I want to explain why understanding is so important in our modern world and how you are influenced and marketed to as women. We'll discuss the responsiveness of our bodies, why trends hit women heavy, why your body is like running a business, and more!

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(1:40) This Episode is About Understanding

(6:00) The Human Body is Responsive

(10:58) Seasons Changed But Your Approach Didn't

(12:20) Why Trends Hit Women So Hard

(18:34) Your Body Is Like Running A Business

(20:30) Low Hanging Fruit Works

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There's a certain quietness that happens between Christmas and New Years and I want to take this week for reflection and reinvention over resolutions. I have no issues with New Year's resolutions but I want you to listen to this episode so you'll understand what I mean by reinvention. We'll discuss hibernation season, what habits really are, why this week is so important, and more.

Time Stamps:

(0:50) The Quietness Between Christmas and New Years

(3:50) Reinvention Is Powerful But Vague

(6:28) Where Are We Right Now?

(9:25) Hibernation Season

(15:10) What Habits Really Are

(16:22) The Smallest Version Example

(18:00) Resolutions Aren't Evil

(20:40) Why This Week Is Important

(23:06) Subtraction Is Powerful

(26:05) Power Of Data

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As we take a look back at some of the moments that stood out in the podcast during 2025 and as I reflect on the past year, I hope you give yourself the same gift this week. Whether you reached every goal you had or fell short on a few, 2025 taught us all valuable lessons to take and learn from for the rest of our lives. From all of us at SFHQ and the SF Coaching Method, we wish you a Merry Christmas!

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In 2025, I grew in so many ways I didn't plan for. As I reflected on this year, I wanted to share some of my deeper insights with you and what 2025 taught me about women, health, and emotional maturity. We'll discuss some of the improvements I would love to see going into 2026 along with what I was deeply impressed with. I hope you take this episode to reflect on your year because I believe self-awareness doesn't fix everything but it does illuminate everything.

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(1:30) Growing In Ways I Didn't Plan For

(2:55) Thinking vs Being Securely Attached

(5:02) Deeper Into Reactivity

(7:53) What I Saw In Women This Year

(8:10) Dissassociation

(11:36) Willingness To Learn

(17:45) Awareness is Illuminating

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I've learned so much throughout 2025 as a coach and business owner and I wanted to have a reflective and educational episode for you today on what stood out to me the most in this industry specifically. These top 10 trends or fads I noticed throughout the year drove me absolutely crazy as a functional health coach and I don't want you to fall victim to these.

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(0:45) More Everything Than Ever Before

(4:41) #1: Hormone Pellets

(12:20) #2: GLP 1's Promoted Through Social Media

(16:03) #3: Med Spa Hormonal Clinics

(17:35) #4: Peptides

(19:47) #5: Fear Based Food Rules

(21:56) #6: Aggressive Intermittent Fasting

(23:55) #7: Self-Diagnosing From Social Media

(25:32) #8: Weight Loss Drugs With No Attention to Muscle

(27:35) #9: Testing Obsession With No Interpretation

(32:35) #10: The 1200 Calorie Woman

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I've learned so much throughout 2025 as a coach and business owner and I wanted to have a reflective and educational episode for you today on what stood out to me the most in this industry specifically. These top 10 trends or fads I noticed throughout the year drove me absolutely crazy as a functional health coach and I don't want you to fall victim to these.

Time Stamps:

(0:45) More Everything Than Ever Before

(4:41) #1: Hormone Pellets

(12:20) #2: GLP 1's Promoted Through Social Media

(16:03) #3: Med Spa Hormonal Clinics

(17:35) #4: Peptides

(19:47) #5: Fear Based Food Rules

(21:56) #6: Aggressive Intermittent Fasting

(23:55) #7: Self-Diagnosing From Social Media

(25:32) #8: Weight Loss Drugs With No Attention to Muscle

(27:35) #9: Testing Obsession With No Interpretation

(32:35) #10: The 1200 Calorie Woman

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This Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, other professional health care services, or any professional practice of any kind. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk and Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this Podcast or the information presented in this Podcast. All contents and design for this Podcast are owned by Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC. Always consult your professional team before beginning any exercise or nutrition program.