09/15/2026
There are two things I’ve seen online recently that make me think we’ve completely lost the plot when it comes to our health...
One was the HYROX situation, where a woman lost all control of her bowels mid-competition and continued through, contaminating the course because she wanted to win. And she did.
The other was a breastfeeding mom talking about running on two hours of sleep, a sick baby, life stress, day two of her period… and still getting up to run at 5am.
And the response to both was some version of:
Wow. The discipline.
But at what point does discipline become overriding the s**t out of your body?
We’ve become so obsessed with pushing through that we’ve started treating our body’s signals like weaknesses to overcome instead of information to pay attention to.
And women are not small men.
Our physiology changes across our cycle and through seasons like pregnancy, postpartum and breastfeeding.
Our capacity for training, stress and recovery isn’t static.
That doesn’t mean women are fragile
… It means context matters.
Your symptoms aren’t character flaws and proof you need to try harder.
They’re information.
And listening to your body doesn’t mean becoming less ambitious.
It means learning what your body needs so it can actually keep up with the life you’re asking it to live.
Double tap if this resonates with you 🤍