Aug 13, 2026 · 31 min · 7 segments
In this episode Danika and Fatima discuss how you don't always become a "better" version of yourself by adding more. Sometimes growth looks like grieving the old habits, old safety nets, and old…
I love this one because I have personally experienced it, and I love when I personally experience something and I can bring some information to the table because it's a, it's a very interesting thing.
I think, like, I had this conversation with one of my clients the other day who, she was so worried about going through a deficit and she was like, "I've done all these things.
I've lost 26 pounds.
I'm feeling amazing." And I'm like, "Great." And she's like, "I don't think I'm gonna manage in maintenance.
I like it here." And I was like, "Why?" And she was like, "No, because I just have all these phobias around food.
Like, do you remember how long it took us to just get here?" And I was like, "Yeah, you learn skills along the way, of course." But at the same time, I kind of laughed at the ideology because I was like, when you're coming into a fat loss process, for example, and you leave at a very different weight, you're actually leaving as a different person because you've learned so much in the process.
Like, whether it's about nutrition, your training, your psychology, your recovery, like there is so much that we cover, I think, from a coaching perspective, that sometimes people forget that they are different at the end of the process versus what they came in as.
And that's, that's quite a, a big realization, right?
Oh my gosh.
Absolutely.
I think knowing that in the very beginning as well, being able to know that there's going to be things that are, like, part of your present identity, like at your start point, there's gonna be things or personality traits or different parts of you that you have to be able to let go of in order to provide space for the new version of you, right? And that, that process is, I think sometimes we forget the process exists because we kind of just like flow through it.
But then also, can I just tell you right now, this is like momming at like...
They're just watching me.
Like, could we not? Could we-
Oh my God.
Oh my God.
They're just staring at me.
[chuckles] Anyways.
Good God.
Um-
And we're having a serious conversation about how your brain changes.
That's hilarious.
I'm pretty sure a vein just popped out of my forehead too because I was like, "Whoa." [chuckles] Like, what? Um-
Is, is that the mom vein?
I love this one because I have personally experienced it, and I love when I personally experience something and I can bring some information to the table because it's a, it's a very interesting thing.
I think, like, I had this conversation with one of my clients the other day who, she was so worried about going through a deficit and she was like, "I've done all these things.
I've lost 26 pounds.
I'm feeling amazing." And I'm like, "Great." And she's like, "I don't think I'm gonna manage in maintenance.
I like it here." And I was like, "Why?" And she was like, "No, because I just have all these phobias around food.
Like, do you remember how long it took us to just get here?" And I was like, "Yeah, you learn skills along the way, of course." But at the same time, I kind of laughed at the ideology because I was like, when you're coming into a fat loss process, for example, and you leave at a very different weight, you're actually leaving as a different person because you've learned so much in the process.
Like, whether it's about nutrition, your training, your psychology, your recovery, like there is so much that we cover, I think, from a coaching perspective, that sometimes people forget that they are different at the end of the process versus what they came in as.
And that's, that's quite a, a big realization, right?
Oh my gosh.
Absolutely.
I think knowing that in the very beginning as well, being able to know that there's going to be things that are, like, part of your present identity, like at your start point, there's gonna be things or personality traits or different parts of you that you have to be able to let go of in order to provide space for the new version of you, right? And that, that process is, I think sometimes we forget the process exists because we kind of just like flow through it.
But then also, can I just tell you right now, this is like momming at like...
They're just watching me.
Like, could we not? Could we-
Oh my God.
Oh my God.
They're just staring at me.
[chuckles] Anyways.
Good God.
Um-
And we're having a serious conversation about how your brain changes.
That's hilarious.
I'm pretty sure a vein just popped out of my forehead too because I was like, "Whoa." [chuckles] Like, what? Um-
Is, is that the mom vein?
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