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2025-10-0321 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateBadass Bites: How to Recharge Like a BadassEpisode Description: Are you craving a reset? In this mini Badass Bites episode, I share what it really means to pause, recharge, and reconnect with your intuition. After 13 years of pushing through nonstop education and goals, I’m finally learning to slow down, protect my energy, and honor rest as a vital part of transformation.If you’re navigating perimenopause, menopause, hormone shifts, weight loss, or burnout, this conversation is for you. You’ll hear how I’m tuning into my body, releasing the pressure of “busy,” and finding alignment through gentle movement, me...
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The FitZen Project: Yoga, Mindset & Energy Management for Creators and Conscious LeadersBreaking Free from Toxic Family Relationships | Mindset & Self-BoundariesSend me a text!What does it take to walk away from toxic family dynamics and finally choose yourself? In this powerful conversation, Rachel sits down with Caressa Dunphy to unpack her journey of breaking free from a lifetime of manipulation, conditional love, and control.From being told as a child she was “too much,” to navigating the military for education, to ultimately severing ties with her entire family tree—Caressa’s story is one of resilience, intuition, and the courage to prune what no longer serves. 🌱Caressa’s message is clear: your soul always k...
2025-09-3051 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 10- Why Realignment Isn't FailureEpisode 10 – Realignment Is Not FailureWhat if pausing isn’t failure — but the most powerful, badass move you can make?In this episode, you’ll hear why rest, adjustment, and realignment aren’t signs of weakness — they’re wisdom. Life comes in seasons: big wins, heavy losses, and moments when burnout is real. Instead of forcing yourself to push harder, you’ll learn how to step back, breathe, and protect your energy so you can come back stronger.This episode is for anyone who feels like they’re juggling too much, running on empty...
2025-09-1212 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 9- How to Stop Being a Beginner All the TimeEpisode 9: How to Stop Being a Beginner All the TimeYou’re allowed to learn. You’re not meant to live in restart mode forever.Hello, my little badasses — this episode is your wake-up call (with love). You’re not failing. You’re not broken. You’re just stuck in beginner mode… and it’s time to finally move forward.This isn’t about shaming beginners — being a beginner is brave. But staying stuck in the start–stop cycle for months (or years) isn’t growth — it’s perfectionism and fear i...
2025-09-0524 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 8: Leaning into Resistance- The Emotionally Uncomfortable ZoneEpisode 8 — Leaning into Resistance- The Emotionally Uncomfortable Zone Resistance isn’t proof you’re failing—it’s proof you’re on the threshold of change. In this episode, we unpack how “analysis paralysis” disguises itself as discipline, why your nervous system blocks follow-through when it doesn’t feel safe, and how to regulate your body so you can finally act. You’ll learn fast somatic tools (breath work, humming/singing, grounding), simple micro-commitments that beat all-or-nothing plans, and a nightly “Winning Inventory” that rewires your brain for progress. Clarity doesn’t come before action—it comes after it. Start small. Start...
2025-08-2932 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 7: Fitness vs Fit This Whole Pizza in My Mouth🎙️ Episode 7: Fitness vs. Fit This Whole PizzaBadass Thriving Podcast with Caressa Dunphy, MS, RDWe’ve all been there — chasing perfection like a gym rat with macros taped to the fridge, or burning it all down with a “screw it, I’ll start Monday” pizza binge. Neither one is thriving.This episode is about the messy middle — the gray space between rigid restriction and reckless rebellion. That’s where food freedom actually lives. Where joy and discipline can sit at the same damn ta...
2025-08-2329 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 6: How to Stop Ghosting YourselfEpisode 6: How to Stop Ghosting YourselfShow Notes:If you’ve ever skipped one workout and let it turn into weeks… or told yourself, “I’ll start Monday” — you’ve ghosted yourself. This episode is your call to stop disappearing when life gets inconvenient and instead adapt your plan without abandoning it.We’re talking about the patterns that drain your momentum, the seasons you cycle through (growth, maintenance, recovery), and how to keep your promises even when you’re not at 100%.You’ll learn:How to recognize when...
2025-08-1536 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 5: Structure & Systems for SuccessEPISODE 5: Structural Support — FROM FOUNDATION TO MOMENTUMPodcast: Badass Thriving with Caressa DunphyShow Notes:After rebuilding from square one, what comes next?In this episode of the Badass Thriving Podcast, we talk about the moment you decide to climb—not with hustle, not with chaos, but with structure, systems, and self-respect. Caressa walks you through how to move from surviving to rising, one aligned action at a time.This episode dives deep into the real work:Why motivation is a liarHow disc...
2025-08-0831 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 4: Square 1Episode 4: Square One — Returning Home to YourselfPodcast: Badass ThrivingHost: Caressa DunphyEpisode Summary:What do you do after the dust settles? After you’ve burned it down, walked through the fire, and everything familiar has fallen apart?In this episode, Caressa gets real about what it means to rebuild from square one. Not with urgency, not for anyone else’s approval—but with joy, intention, and purpose. If you’ve ever felt like you were standing in the ashes of your old l...
2025-08-0126 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 3- Rebuilding with IntentionEpisode 3 – Rebuilding with IntentionPodcast: The Badass Thriving Podcast with Caressa DunphyIn this bold and honest episode, Caressa explores what it really means to rebuild your life with intention. Picking up where Episode 2 (Trustfall) left off, she invites you to stop patching over what's broken and ask what needs to be torn down completely. Rebuilding isn’t about hustle or perfection—it’s about radical honesty and designing a life that reflects who you truly want to become.Caressa shares her own story of healing from a serious hip inju...
2025-07-2529 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 2: TrustfallEpisode 2: TrustfallShow Notes:In this episode of Badass Thriving, we explore what it really means to trust yourself — not just in your mind, but in your body, your hunger, your rest, and your intuition.'Trustfall' unpacks how our bodies were never designed to thrive — only to survive. But to step into our fullest, most badass selves, we have to break free from survival-mode patterns like self-abandonment, overtraining, emotional avoidance, and diet culture.Inside this episode, we dive into:Why your nervous system resists vulnerability, change, and growthHow ancient survival wiri...
2025-07-1836 minBadass Thriving: Beyond Mind, Body & PlateEpisode 1: Becoming a Badass🎙 Episode 1: Becoming a Badass with your host, Caressa Dunphy“I didn’t set out to become a badass—it was never on the roadmap. But after everything I’ve walked through? I’m claiming it.”In this raw, vulnerable first episode, Caressa walks us through the very real story behind Badass Thriving—recorded outdoors in the woods, her place of healing and clarity.From a childhood marked by emotional neglect and toxic family dynamics, to joining the military at 17, navigating motherhood, and clawing her way through higher education with nothing but grit and a vi...
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