#210: From Self-Doubt to Self-Trust: Rebuilding Confidence with Aly Breathe
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
Release Date: 11/11/2025
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
If Thanksgiving makes you anxious about overeating, losing control around certain foods, or gaining weight, this episode is going to feel like a deep breath for you. I’m walking you through 3 simple, empowering strategies that will help you build a holiday plate you feel confident about while actually listening to your body. These strategies are designed to help you enjoy Thanksgiving…REALLY enjoy it…with more ease, more satisfaction, and trust in yourself. Whether this is your first holiday season practicing intuitive eating or you’re deepening the work, you’ll walk away with...
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Do you feel like dieting is where you shine? Where you can follow the plan, feel in control, and you feel like you’re doing something positive for yourself?...But when you’re not dieting everything falls to pieces and suddenly you’re stuffing your face with cookies and feeling like crap? Dieting offers a sense of structure, security, and the hope that if you just “stick with it” and “do it right” that you’ll have the body (and life) of your dreams. My guest today is a client of mine who grew up in a home shaped by diet culture where her mother was...
info_outlineIn this episode, I’m joined by Aly Breathe, a mindset and self-trust coach. Aly moved solo to Canada at just 22 and rebuilt her life and business from the ground up. Through that experience, she learned that self-trust isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you build one decision at a time.
We talk about how self-doubt can show up in sneaky, rational ways, the mindset shifts that help women stop second-guessing themselves, and why confidence isn’t about “faking it till you make it.” Aly also shares simple daily practices to strengthen your self-trust muscle and tune back into your inner wisdom.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in self-doubt around food, your body, or your life, this conversation will help you reconnect with that calm, confident voice within you.
Episode Highlights
✨ The subconscious and subtle ways that self-doubt shows up and undermines your confidence
✨ How to stop second-guessing yourself and listen inward
✨ What happens when you finally listen to (and trust) yourself
✨ Simple daily practices to overcome overwhelm
Resources Mentioned
- Listen to Aly Breathe’s podcast Brave Enough to Win
- Check out Aly Breathe’s coaching programs and resources
Read the full episode show notes here.
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