Ep. 800: Finding Purpose after Retirement
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
Release Date: 02/10/2026
Ep. 800: Finding Purpose after Retirement
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
What happens when someone listens to every single episode of your podcast for over a decade? In this special conversation, JJ celebrates a major milestone by sitting down with longtime listener Vicki, who discovered the show years ago while walking through life’s biggest transitions — caring for an aging parent, navigating a demanding career, and eventually stepping into retirement. What unfolds is a heartfelt, real-life story about how small daily shifts, emotional healing, and consistent self-care can quietly transform your life. Together, they explore what it really means to: Find...
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Ep. 799: 5 Myths of Bipolar Disorder and Healing
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
JJ welcomes back Michelle Reittinger, author and host of The Upside of Bipolar, for a bold, hope-filled conversation that challenges common cultural narratives around bipolar disorder. Together, they unpack “myths” that can keep people stuck in fear and identity-based labels—and invite listeners into curiosity, root-cause investigation, and a more empowering view of symptoms, healing, and personal responsibility. In This Episode, We Cover · Michelle’s story: diagnosed in 1998, years of intensive psychiatric treatment, polypharmacy, and...
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Ep. 798: Healing the Abandonment Wound
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
What if the deepest wound you carry isn’t about what happened to you—but about whether you ever felt truly held by life itself? In this powerful and intimate conversation, JJ is joined by a longtime soul sister, healer, and registered nurse who shares a deeply transformative experience that healed a lifelong sense of abandonment—not just from people, but from God, Source, and existence itself. After more than 25 years of personal growth, spiritual practice, and emotional work, she realized there was still an existential fracture beneath it all: a quiet belief that life was not fully...
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Ep. 797: The Cost of Always Putting Yourself Last
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
In this solo episode, JJ explores a pattern she sees repeatedly in women who are deeply caring, self-aware, and ready for healing—yet hesitate when it’s time to invest in themselves. Drawing from real conversations with women who are caregivers, over-givers, people-pleasers, and survivors of illness, JJ unpacks the deeper truth beneath statements like “I can’t afford it.” This episode isn’t about money—it’s about self-worth, nervous system safety, and the beliefs that quietly keep women putting themselves last. Through the energetic lens of the Year of the Snake and the...
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Ep. 796: Homeopathy for Flu Season
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
JJ reconnects with longtime friend and homeopath Avghi “Avi” Constantinides (yes—at Trader Joe’s!) for a timely conversation on natural immune support during the holiday season and beyond. Avghi breaks down what homeopathy is, how it differs from symptom-only approaches, and shares her go-to homeopathic “flu season trio” that many of her clients use for prevention and support. The conversation then expands into entrepreneurship, education, and why responsiveness and follow-up are essential for building a sustainable, heart-centered business. In this episode, you’ll hear: How a...
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Ep. 795: Shedding the Skin Needed for 2026
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
Shedding the Skin Needed to Set the Stage for 2026 As we step into 2026, it’s tempting to rush ahead with goals, intentions, and action. But energetically, we’re still in a powerful transition period. Although the calendar year has changed, the Fire Horse doesn’t officially arrive until February 17, meaning we’re still completing the work of the Year of the Snake. In this solo episode, JJ explores why this moment is less about acceleration—and more about discernment, honesty, and conscious completion. The Year of the Snake asks us to shed old skins: identities, coping...
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Ep. 794: Wisdom from a World before Wi Fi
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
In this special intergenerational conversation, JJ and Doug sit down with JJ’s parents—ages 80 and 77—for an honest and heartfelt discussion about happiness, perspective, and what truly matters in life. Together, they reflect on how priorities evolve over time, what contributes to lasting fulfillment, and how ideas around success, relationships, and happiness have changed across generations. The conversation also turns toward the future, with thoughtful reflections and intentions for 2026—what to protect, what to release, and what feels most important moving forward. This episode...
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Ep. 793: 5 C's of Flow with Christy Whitman
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why contrast (the thing you don’t want) is not personal—and not a sign you “did it wrong” How survival responses (fight/flight/freeze/fawn) can pull you out of flow automatically Why self-compassion is the “neutralizer” that helps you move from emotional intensity back to steadiness The “three buckets” model: lack → neutrality → abundance How to move from “what I don’t want” into true clarity using three powerful questions The difference between observing vs. judging—and how judgment instantly shuts off flow How...
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Ep. 792: Super Body with Dr. William Davis
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
In this episode, JJ Flizanes welcomes back cardiologist and bestselling author Dr. William Davis to celebrate the launch of his newest book, Super Body, available starting today, December 16, 2025, wherever books are sold. Together, they explore why our culture’s obsession with quick weight-loss fixes — from low-calorie diets to trending injectables — often leads to muscle loss, more visceral fat, faster aging, and even higher long-term health risks. JJ brings in her Date Your Body philosophy to highlight why resistance training is essential for staying strong, youthful, and independent...
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Ep. 791: Life After Date Your Body
Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes
Real Women. Real Results. Real Transformation. In this very special episode, JJ checks in with past participants of Date Your Body to share where they are now, what has stayed with them, and how their lives have continued to transform long after the program ended. This is more than a “weight loss” conversation. These women healed their nervous systems, rewrote emotional patterns, and finally created a loving, sustainable relationship with their bodies. And the ripple effects? They’ve touched every area of their lives — relationships, confidence, movement, self-worth, energy, and...
info_outlineWhat happens when someone listens to every single episode of your podcast for over a decade?
In this special conversation, JJ celebrates a major milestone by sitting down with longtime listener Vicki, who discovered the show years ago while walking through life’s biggest transitions — caring for an aging parent, navigating a demanding career, and eventually stepping into retirement.
What unfolds is a heartfelt, real-life story about how small daily shifts, emotional healing, and consistent self-care can quietly transform your life.
Together, they explore what it really means to:
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Find purpose after retirement
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Create more joy without “doing more”
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Set boundaries as a helper or caregiver
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Stay healthy and strong as we age
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Use accountability and community to break old patterns
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Choose growth, even in life’s next chapter
You’ll also hear JJ reflect on the journey from the early days of Fit to Love to now — how podcasting became a living, evolving conversation, and why connection with listeners matters more than download numbers.
This episode is a reminder that healing doesn’t have to be dramatic. Sometimes it’s one new habit, one brave boundary, or one small mindset shift at a time.
If you’ve ever wondered:
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What’s my purpose now?
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How do I take care of myself without guilt?
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Is it too late to change?
This conversation will feel like sitting down with a wise friend who’s walking the path right alongside you.
✨ The next 14-Day Manifestation Challenge starts soon — join at jjflizanes.com/14day