Feel Good Every Day

Feel Good Every Day

by Annie Vinje

Health & Fitness

Season 1

Sheila Elaine: Why We Refuse the Help We Need (And How to Stop)

Sheila Elaine, known as The Grateful Goddess, is an executive coach and speaker who's spent over a decade helping people at Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa harness gratitude, the law of attraction, and the mind-body connection. She joins Annie to unpack her 5-step Make Space Method for women who've spent their lives taking care of everyone but themselves. Stillness that doesn't require meditation, learning to trust your body's wisdom, knowing when to quit, and why receiving help makes you smart, not weak. Plus: the real reason perimenopause feels like your body screaming for change. More on Sheila: https://sheilaelaine.org/

The Perimenopause Symptoms No One Warns You About (And What Your Body Is Actually Saying)

Brain fog. Itchy ears. Rage that shows up out of nowhere. Perimenopause has a symptom list that feels endless and half of it sounds made up until you're living it. In this solo episode, Annie walks through what she's actually navigating in her own perimenopause, physically and mentally, and makes the case that this stage isn't something to manage and push through. It's your body demanding a different relationship with yourself. Grab the free "Why Am I So Tired" checklist: annievinje.com/why-am-i-tired-checklistBook a Feel Good Strategy Session: link in show notes

You Can't Come Back to a Body That Doesn't Feel Safe ft. Byrd Graciano

Last week was about finding her, that version of you that got left behind. This week is about why she disappeared in the first place. Personal trainer and pelvic floor specialist Byrd Graciano is back, and she and Annie are going somewhere most wellness conversations don't go: the question of whether you actually feel safe enough to live inside your own body. Not safe from the world, safe inside yourself. Safe enough to go slow in the grocery store. Safe enough to take up space. Safe enough to stop analyzing and start feeling. They talk about what it means to run on code orange every time you walk out the door, why the feminine got shut down and what it costs your health when it does, and what perimenopause is actually asking of you - not a breakdown, a reawakening. Plus the simple things that start to bring you back. A candle. A song. Pausing mid-dishes to ask what's clenched. This is a permission episode, not a protocol episode. Find the free "Why Am I So Tired?" checklist and book a Feel Good Strategy Session at annievinje.com.

Episode 16: Your PMS Isn't Normal (with Amy Dave, PA-C)

Doctors told Amy Dave her PMS was normal. Years into her career as a physician assistant, she found out that wasn't true, and cycle syncing was the reason why. Amy is a PA-C and founder of The Wealth of Wellness, where she now teaches women that PMS is not normal and how to get rid of it with simple daily habit shifts. In this episode: what cycle syncing actually is, why over-exercising and under-eating raise cortisol, what your cravings are really telling you, and the one thing to start tracking before you change anything else. Find Amy at: https://thewealthofwellness.com/ and get her Free Guide Live a Life Without PMS: https://subscribepage.io/LifewithoutPMS More at annievinje.com, home of the Feel Good Method.

Why You're Exhausted in Midlife - It's Not What You Think ft. Byrd Graciano

Doing all the right things and still exhausted? This episode goes deep on why. Byrd Graciano - personal trainer and pelvic floor specialist - joins me to talk about what's really behind midlife fatigue: the nervous system, the cortisol loop, perimenopause, and why high-functioning women are often the last to realize how dysregulated they've been running. We cover the tired-and-wired cycle, the surprising connection between jaw tension and pelvic floor health, what rest actually means for your nervous system (hint: it's not an action movie on the couch), and the one awareness practice Byrd gives every new client before anything else. If you've been going, going, going for 20 years and wondering why nothing is working - this is the episode. Free checklist - Why Am I So Tired: annievinje.com/s/why_am_i_so_tired_checklist.pdf

I Did Everything Right and Was Still Exhausted — Here's What Was Actually Wrong

In 2018, Annie Vinje hit a wall. Getting up at 4:45 for CrossFit, homeschooling three kids, tracking her food, doing all of it right, and more exhausted than she'd ever been. Hair falling out. Wired at 2 am. Dragging. Doctors found nothing. Every diet failed. She finally told herself it was just her new normal. It wasn't. In this solo episode, she shares what was actually going on, including a genetic mutation affecting iron storage that no standard test caught, why everything she tried kept missing the root cause, and the reframe that finally shifted things. Plus, a free checklist you can download right now if you've been doing everything right and still don't feel good.

Perimenopause, Cortisol Rage & the Ice Cream She Hid in the Outside Trash Can

Annie and her best friend Byrd Graciano (personal trainer and pelvic floor specialist) get real about what perimenopause actually feels like from the inside — the rage, the sweats, the cycles that show up whenever they want, and the cortisol belly nobody warned you about. But the bigger conversation is this: how much of what you're feeling now is the compounded result of 20 years of putting yourself last? They talk about what they wish they'd known in their 30s, why stress might be masquerading as perimenopause, and what actually moved the needle — rest, real food, and learning to listen to a body you've been dragging along like a meat sack. Plus: the bell. You'll want to hear about the bell.

Ep. 2 — 3 Daily Non-Negotiables for Feeling Good (Starting With Worthiness)

Feeling good isn't about doing more — it's about deciding you deserve it. In this episode, Annie shares the mindset foundation that makes everything else possible, plus her three simple daily habits: protein before coffee, movement (even five minutes counts), and getting outside. Short, honest, and actionable — this one's for anyone who keeps putting themselves last.

I Still Feel Guilty Walking Out the Door (And I'm 48)

Even at 48 with three teenagers, Annie still feels guilty grabbing her keys and leaving the house alone. In this episode she talks about the guilt we carry around self-care, why midlife women keep putting themselves last, and the mindset shift that actually changes things — not toxic positivity, just three honest steps. Plus: why your sugar cravings might be your nervous system talking, not your willpower failing.

Why You're Still Exhausted Even When You're Doing Everything Right

Annie gets honest about something she hasn't wanted to say out loud: doing all the "right" things - the yoga, the meditation, the supplements, the stress regulation - and still not feeling good. This episode is about why. She traces the exhaustion most high-functioning women carry back to something deeper than sleep or nutrition: the years spent leaving the body, locking up the feminine, and living almost entirely in the masculine just to get through the day. She shares the moment from a spiritual training where she found her feminine living in a dirt-floor shelter in rags - neglected, unseen, forgotten. And what it meant when she realized she'd been the one who locked the door. If you've been checking every box and still don't feel like yourself, this one might be the missing piece. annievinje.com

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