Want to make 2026 your worst year ever? Cool. I’ve got a six-step blueprint for staying stuck and hating your life.

Inspired by a Leila Hormozi episode on “how to have your worst year,” I riffed on the idea and realized… I’ve been accidentally doing a bunch of these over the last 6–8 weeks. So in today’s solo episode, I’m laying out six sneaky, high-performer patterns that quietly drain your energy, dilute your momentum, and keep you spinning in the same loops (even when you’re successful everywhere else).

We’re talking about:

• collecting strategies like Pokémon cards while ignoring the energetic root
• forcing yourself into other people’s “5-step plans”
• being wildly promiscuous with your attention (yes I said it 😅)
• using external validation as emotional blood sugar
• treating yourself like a fragile flower instead of building resilience through action
• and the big one: confusing growth discomfort with misalignment suffering

This episode is equal parts playful roast and loving reality check, especially for high-performing creatives and growth-oriented women who are ready to stop outsourcing their power and start building momentum that actually fits their nervous system.

And if you recognize yourself in 4 or more of these patterns, you might want to join us for the next round of Food Freedom Fantasy: deep health + consistency that feels like foreplay, without dieting or giving your power away to someone else’s formula.

Next week: the antidote episode (fiery + tactical) to help you do the rest of 2026 radically differently.

Links Mentioned:

• Food Freedom Fantasy: Learn More & Join The Next Live Round
• Episode 230: Food Is Not Love & The Algorithm Is Not Your Daddy
• Leila Hormozi's Podcast Episode

What if your struggles with food, energy, confidence, and even pleasure weren’t about discipline… but about disconnection from your body?

In this episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, I’m joined by somatic sexuality and relationship coach Melanie Bonk (yes, that’s really her name 😏), where we explore the powerful link between pleasure, nervous system safety, embodiment, and vitality.

We dive into:
✨ Why pleasure is your birthright (and why society trained you out of it)
✨ How breathwork and somatic awareness unlock deeper presence and sensation
✨ The connection between body safety, self-trust, food patterns, and confidence
✨ Why pressure kills pleasure (in the bedroom AND in life)
✨ Simple tools to get out of your head and back into your body

This conversation is a reminder that when women reconnect to their bodies, everything changes, including how they nourish themselves, lead their lives, and experience joy.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected, numb, stuck in your head, or caught in cycles with food or self-sabotage, this episode is your invitation back home to your body.

Links Mentioned:

• Melanie’s Instagram
• Melanie’s Website
• Food Freedom Fantasy Enrollment Page

In this special episode, I’m taking you inside Lesson 1.3 of Food Freedom Fantasy.

You’ll hear the full framework behind Narrative Alchemy — a five-element, identity-based healing process designed to address the five core wounds that silently drive emotional eating, perfectionism, burnout, and inconsistency in high-achieving women.

If you’ve ever wondered:

• Why you can excel in business, relationships, and growth… but still struggle with food
• Why rigid accountability challenges sometimes make things worse
• Why “just try harder” never seems to solve the deeper patterns
• Why you spiral after one “off” meal
• Why healing feels endless but consistency still slips

This episode is for you.

Inside, I break down:

• The 5 Core Wounds:
  • I am not safe (Earth)
  • I am not loved (Water)
  • I am powerless (Fire)
  • I have to be perfect (Air)
  • I can’t trust (Ether)
• How each wound contributes to binge eating and self-sabotage
• Why misdiagnosing your wound keeps you stuck
• How Dance Alchemy heals these patterns somatically
• Why identity transformation must replace food obsession

This is not about willpower.
It’s not about discipline.
It’s not about finding the perfect plan.

It’s about healing the root patterns that made food your regulation strategy in the first place.

If you’re ready to move from performance-based consistency to identity-based embodiment… press play.

• Food Freedom Fantasy Enrollment Page
• Patrick Dominguez – Inner Coach
• Brooke Yantzi – Dance Alchemy
• Podcast Episode: Stop Icing the Knee (Misdiagnosed Wounds)