In this member spotlight episode, Annie and Jen are joined by Balance365 member Bethann for a light and fun conversation about her Balance365 journey, living in the messy middle, loving the community and laughing together about equally messy minivans. Tune in for a great chat!   What you’ll hear in this episode: Cleaning your environment of negative media messaging The value of supportive community Scarcity and consumerism Where we learn about what it means to be a woman Making the shift between focusing on weight loss to postpartum recovery and wellness Media messaging around how women relate to each other Social constructs of women in competition with each other How our sense of self worth impacts how we treat other women How increased self worth drives the ability to participate in your own life The role of sleep and mindfulness in determining appetite and true hunger Trial and error in establishing habits Giving yourself permission to figure it out Calorie counting and how it relates to hunger and satiety cues Getting to a place where food doesn’t hold so much power over you and what that looks like Discussing moderation with your kids   Resources: Tracking Weight, Steps, Food: When It Hurts, When It Helps Arms Like Annie Everyday Strong Learn more about Balance365 Life here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, or Android so you never miss a new episode! Visit us on Facebook| Follow us on Instagram| Check us out on Pinterest Join our free Facebook group with over 40k women just like you! Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play! It helps us get in front of new listeners so we can keep making great content. Transcript Annie:  Welcome to Balance 365 life radio, a podcast that delivers honest conversations about food, fitness, weight and wellness. I'm your host Annie Brees along with Jennifer Campbell and Lauren Koski. We are personal trainers, nutritionists and founders of Balance365. Together we coach thousands of women each day and are on a mission to help them feel healthy, happy, and confident in their bodies on their own terms. Join us here every week as we discuss hot topics pertaining to our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing with amazing guests. Enjoy. Thank you so much for joining us for another episode of Balance365 Life radio. We are back today with our mini series called Member Spotlights. This allows us to introduce you to Balance365 community members who are just killing it inside the program so that you can take their wisdom and stories and learn from them. They're busy women and moms just like you who are changing their habits, their mindsets, and reaching their goals. Today you're going to hear from one Balance365 member who was determined to make changes to her habits in hopes of making a positive impact on her children's lives. Bethann is a seasoned member of our community who came to us looking for help in healing her postpartum body and has since stopped obsessing about food and exercise, lost 30 pounds, connected with true hunger and fullness cues and become more comfortable with taking up space in the world. I can't wait for you to hear more about this mom of three's experience inside Balance365. enjoy! Jen. We have a special guest with us today. Are you so excited to have her on? Jen:  I am. She's like an old friend. Annie:  I know. Well, she actually is an old friend of mine because I got to meet her back when I took a trip to Arizona. Jen:  Oh right! When John went to Phoenix. Annie:  About eight months ago? Jen:  You had a little meet up with all the Phoenix- Annie:  And there's was a lot of them too, which was great- Jen:  girls. Annie:  Yeah. So Bethann, welcome to Balance365 Life radio. How are you? Bethann:  Good, thank you. Thanks for having me. Annie:  Oh, thanks for joining us. I'm so excited to have you because we did get to meet in Arizona. And I think you messaged me, I posted an insta story that was like, "I'm in Ariz