Goddess Got Goals
Goddess Got Goals is a podcast for women in midlife who feel tired of pushing, pretending, and holding it all together — and know, deep down, that something is ready to change.
Hosted by Lisa Barwise, Wellness Alchemist and author of Unarmoured, this show explores what it really means to soften, heal, and return to yourself after years of over-giving, people-pleasing, and carrying invisible armour. Through honest personal stories, nervous system wisdom, energy psychology, sacred strength, and practical magic, each episode invites you to stop fighting your body and start listening to it.
This isn’t about discipline, reinvention, or becoming someone new.
It’s about safety before strength, compassion before consistency, and learning how to live — and lead — from a regulated, embodied place.
This is the Warrior Goddess SAGA.
Not the rise before the fall — but the rise after you come home to yourself.
Because Goddess Got Goals.
Goddess Got Goals
184: Why Strong Women Burn Out First (and Call It Discipline)
Why Strong Women Burn Out First (and Call It Discipline)
Strong, capable women don’t burn out because they’re weak.
They burn out because they’ve been strong for too long — in ways their bodies can no longer sustain.
In this episode of Goddess Got Goals, we explore why traditional ideas of discipline and consistency often fail women in midlife — especially Type-A women navigating perimenopause, chronic stress, and ADHD-wired nervous systems.
You’ll learn how what we call “discipline” is often a survival strategy, why pushing harder backfires as hormones shift, and how burnout is not a mindset problem but a biological response to prolonged pressure.
We also talk about what to do instead: replacing discipline with discernment, consistency with rhythm, and self-control with self-trust — so strength can become supportive rather than self-destructive.
This episode is an invitation to stop forcing, soften the armour, and lead differently in this next chapter.
Because strong women don’t need to be stronger.
They need safety, support, and a new way forward.
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And find...
• The Quickening (nervous system reset & re-entry)
• Warrior Goddess Archetype Quiz
• Unarmoured- the Book
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Be sure to connect with Lisa Barwise and Warrior Goddess Kettlebell Training on social media:
@lisa_barwise
@wgkettlebelltraining
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https://www.youtube.com/warriorgoddesskettlebelltraining
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