• Frustrated You’re Not Getting Stronger? 4 Tips to Up Your Dumbbell Weights with a Progressive Overload Program
    Feb 4 2025

    If you are following a progressive overload program and you're frustrated that you aren't getting stronger, I have 4 tips for you to help you increase your dumbbell weights and see and feel the results of following a program built for midlife moms!

    Download the PDF version of my signature 12 week program, THRIVE!

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

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    LET’S CONNECT:

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    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com

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    14 min
  • HABIT HACK: How To Use Instant Gratification to Make Your Habits Stick
    Jan 30 2025

    Habit loops are the way to ensure you take action on your healthy habits! However, many of us forget the last step of the habit loop--the reward! This is probably the most important step as it reinforces the habit and allows it to eventually become an unconscious behavior. Today let's chat more about reward/instant gratification examples you can be on the look out for to help your habits stick once and for all!

    Need some help creating your own habit loop! Take the 3 day email challenge, HABIT LOOP BOOTCAMP, and get 60 habit loop ideas and a private podcast to help you take action creating your own habit loops!

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

    JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY!


    LET’S CONNECT:

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    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com




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    8 min
  • Habits to Lose the Scarcity Mindset While Decluttering Your Home and Life with Emily McDermott
    Jan 27 2025

    Do you ever just feel so overwhelmed by all the stuff you have accumulated in your home and then feel even more overwhelmed at the thought of decluttering everything? You're not alone! Many times, we are buying more and more things that are piling up in our homes in order to fill a void, indulge in emotional shopping or due to comparison. Today our guest is going to help us not only declutter our homes, but also our minds and hearts and switch to an abundance vs. a scarcity mindset!

    Why do women have to do healthy habits differently? I share why and the system to help you finally make your habits stick in my private podcast, ATOMIC HABITS FOR WOMEN.

    About Emily:
    Emily McDermott is a wife, mother of two energetic boys, and simplicity seeker. She is also the host of the top 1% globally ranked podcast Moms Overcoming Overwhelm, where she helps moms declutter their homes, heads, and hearts. As a virtual and in-person decluttering coach, she works with moms one-on-one to define what matters, eliminate what doesn’t and automate the rest. Emily enjoys writing custom poetry, dancing, and eating peanut butter out of the jar.

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

    JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY!


    LET’S CONNECT:

    Connect with Emily:
    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com


    Get your free 7 day trial in my habit based fitness app, TRAINING FOR LIFE!

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    38 min
  • HABIT HACK: How to Eat Out, Travel, and Get Brunch with Your Girlfriends Without Derailing Your Progress
    Jan 23 2025

    When you get into the habit of meal prep and have control of your food freedom, going out to eat, travel for work, parties and more can sometimes trigger something in our minds that we have derailed our progress! However, there is a balance to help you still feel in control of your food freedom without restricting. Here are 5 tips to help you next time you find yourself losing control of your food freedom.

    Want some easy meal prep? Grab my 5 Weeknight Ingredient Meals download complete with a grocery list!

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

    JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY!


    LET’S CONNECT:

    Connect with Emily:
    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com


    Get your free 7 day trial in my habit based fitness app, TRAINING FOR LIFE!

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    11 min
  • 5 Tips for a Successful Orangetheory Transformation Challenge from an OTF Coach
    Jan 20 2025

    I've been a group fitness instructor/personal trainer for 10 years and during this time I've been an Orangetheory Coach for 4 years. Every year in January, OTF does an 8 week Transformation Challenge to help members jumpstart their year but jumpstarting with some healthy habits that can lead to MORE LIFE. In my years of leading members through this, I have seen some really great results from folks and some folks going to extremes at all cost to win, just to have their results not last. So today I'm going to share 5 tips for a successful Orangetheory Transformation Challenge to help you not just transform in 8 weeks, but TRAIN FOR LIFE beyond the challenge! **And this episode is not just for OTF members...all the tips can apply to anyone on their own healthy habit journey!

    Want to become a member of the TRAINING FOR LIFE app and access my habit based fitness programming for midlife moms? Grab a free 7 day trial!

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

    JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY!


    LET’S CONNECT:

    Connect with Emily:
    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com


    Get your free 7 day trial in my habit based fitness app, TRAINING FOR LIFE!

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    18 min
  • HABIT HACK: Should You Workout from Home or At the Gym? 4 Questions to Ask Yourself (Plus a free workout for you!)
    Jan 16 2025

    Should you workout from home or at the gym? The answer is...it depends on you and the season of life that you are in! There are many factors to consider (and again why women have to do habits differently) but today I'm going to help you make that choice with 4 questions to ask yourself!

    Whether working out from home or going to the gym, I have a free resource to help you! You can grab a free sneak peek of my TRAINING FOR LIFE app and get access to a free progressive overload program and 3 episode podcast with bonus habit trainings!

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

    JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY!


    LET’S CONNECT:

    Connect with Emily:
    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com

    Get your free 7 day trial in my habit based fitness app, TRAINING FOR LIFE!

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    14 min
  • Why Traditional Habit Formation Doesn’t Work For Women and How You Can Do Habits Differently with Monica Packer
    Jan 13 2025

    Why do women have to do habits differently? Well, today we are going to dig deeper into why we have to do more with less time and how traditional habit formation might not work for us with practical solutions and habit hacks from our friend, Monica Packer, of About Progress

    Want to learn more about why our HEALTH habits in particular are challenging to stick with? Go listen to my private podcast, ATOMIC HABITS FOR WOMEN!

    About Monica: Monica Packer is a normal mom and recovering perfectionist who uncovered the truest model to lasting growth: it's progress made practical. As a podcaster and coach, she guides women to find sustainable growth by adopting progress over perfection. Monica is a mom of 5, former middle school teacher, sourdough obsessor, and beginning gardener. You can find more about Monica at aboutprogress.com

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

    JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY!


    LET’S CONNECT:

    Connect with Emily:
    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com

    Get your free 7 day trial in my habit based fitness app, TRAINING FOR LIFE!

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    46 min
  • HABIT HACK: Are You Looking Out the Windshield or The Rear View Window When It Comes to Fitness?
    Jan 9 2025

    For us midlife moms, we have tried it all when it comes to fitness trends. Some things have worked back then, those same things sometimes won't work now due to the stages of life we're in with work, our kids and don't get me started on perimenopause! Don't get paralyzed and don't take action though due to frustration looking back in the past, and focus on what you can do now in the future with this episode for your mindset!

    Remember, we as women have to do habits differently! Download the free secret podcast, ATOMIC HABITS FOR WOMEN, to break up with diet culture, refocus on training for life and learn to the system to help you take action!

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    HABIT HACKS:

    -Get a free 7 day trial in the TRAINING FOR LIFE app!

    -Need 1:1 accountability for your habits? Schedule a FREE DISCOVERY CALL to find out more!

    -CHECK OUT THE FREEBIE VAULT!: Access habit tools, self care checklist, ingredient meal tips, free workouts and more!

    JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY!


    LET’S CONNECT:

    Connect with Emily:
    @emilynichols22
    www.emily-nichols.com

    Get your free 7 day trial in my habit based fitness app, TRAINING FOR LIFE!

    Voir plus Voir moins
    10 min