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The High Functioning Hot Mess Podcast

The High Functioning Hot Mess is where high-achieving women come to drop the perfection act and get real about stress, health, and healing.

Podcast · By Elizabeth Bronk McLaughlin · American English · Official site

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Aug 31, 2026
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  1. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    33. Your Health Isn’t the End Goal—Your Life Is (opens the original)

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    What if the goal of taking care of yourself… wasn’t actually to get better at taking care of yourself? In the final episode of the Create Capacity for Fall mini series, we’re bringing everything together and talking about the real reason we create rhythms, nourish our bodies, support ourselves, and make our lives a little more effortless: So we have the capacity to actually LIVE them. Because your health isn’t the end goal. Your morning routine isn’t the end goal. Your nutrition, habits, product

  2. Episode · Aug 17, 2026

    32. Creating Capacity to Flourish (opens the original)

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    What if the answer isn't figuring out how to do more ... but creating a life that requires less force from you? In this episode of The High Functioning Hot Mess , we're continuing the mini-series with a conversation about capacity —and how the things we sometimes convince ourselves we "don't have time for" may actually be the very things that give us more energy, patience, creativity, and presence for the rest of our lives. We're talking about rest, nourishment, movement, intuition, and creating

  3. Episode · Aug 10, 2026

    31. What Does It Really Mean to Be Nourished? (opens the original)

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    What does it really mean to be nourished? Last week, we asked: Where in my life am I trying to force what actually needs support? This week, we're taking that conversation one step further with another question: What truly nourishes me? After seven years as a dietitian, one thing has become increasingly clear to me: wellness is about the food…and it’s not about the food at all. In this episode, we're expanding nourishment beyond what’s on our plates and exploring the many ways we can care for ou

  4. Episode · Aug 3, 2026

    30. Where In My Life Am I Trying to Force What Actually Needs Support? (opens the original)

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    What if you don’t need more discipline - you need more support? Back-to-school season brings a return to routines, structure, and often a renewed desire to “get healthy again.” But when life is already full, adding more wellness goals to the list can quickly become another source of pressure. In the first episode of this mini-series preparing for fall, we’re exploring a different approach to wellness—especially for high-functioning, highly sensitive women. What if the problem isn’t your motivati

  5. Episode · Jul 13, 2026

    29. What Little House Taught Me: My Biggest Takeaways from a Summer on the Prairie (opens the original)

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    In the final episode of the Little House Summer series, I'm reflecting on everything this journey with Laura Ingalls Wilder has taught me — about slowing down, stepping back from social media, building rhythms that ground us, and prioritizing family above all else. I share my thoughts on the new Netflix adaptation vs. the original series, why the heart of the books still shines through both, and the biggest lesson the prairie taught me: life is hard, life is unexpected, and we still have so much

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