An evening routine for better sleep starts hours before your head hits the pillow, not at bedtime itself. If you call yourself a night owl, functional nutrition coach Lizzie Ens says your circadian rhythm has just been trained wrong, not broken. You guys, this is the difference between waking up foggy and waking up ready to go, and it affects way more than how tired you feel.

Lizzie Ens, functional nutrition coach, business owner, author, and speaker, walks you through exactly why sleep hygiene, cortisol timing, and your circadian rhythm decide how well you sleep and how productive you are the next day. She breaks down why doing anything productive within an hour of bedtime spikes cortisol, wires your brain, and blocks melatonin from doing its job. She explains why your last meal needs a three hour buffer before sleep so your body can focus on healing instead of digesting, and why a short walk after meals does more for insulin resistance than most medications.

Lizzie also shares her own nightly wind down routine and the free Fix Your Zs sleep guide on undietyou.com. If you want your body to heal, your evening routine is where it starts.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why calling yourself a night owl usually means your circadian rhythm has been trained wrong, not that you were built that way
• How your brain shifts from calm beta waves into productive alpha waves the moment you check your phone or start working in the morning
• Why doing anything productive within an hour of bedtime spikes cortisol and makes it harder to fall asleep, even with melatonin and magnesium
• Why eating within three hours of bedtime forces your body to digest instead of heal and detox while you sleep
• How a 10 minute walk after meals supports insulin resistance more effectively than some medications
• What a real wind down routine looks like, from sauna and red light therapy to blue light blocking glasses
• Why treating sleep as flexible instead of a fixed priority is quietly wrecking your next day energy and focus

We talk about:

00:00 Why your evening routine matters more than you think

00:31 How your circadian rhythm decides your bedtime

02:41 Setting a consistent bedtime window for better sleep

03:14 Why your brain needs beta time before alpha time

04:27 How screen time triggers cortisol and adrenal fatigue

05:20 Why productive tasks before bed backfire on your sleep

08:00 What happens when you work right up until bedtime

09:00 Where to grab the free Fix Your Zs sleep guide

10:46 Why nutrition and hydration quietly affect your sleep

12:33 Why eating before bed blocks your body from healing

13:43 How walking after meals helps insulin resistance

15:48 Lizzie's own nightly wind down routine

Ready to stop treating symptoms and start healing at the root? Book your consultation at https://undietyou.com/

Connect with Lizzie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieens_wellness
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizzieenswellness
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzieh_wellness
• Website: https://undietyou.com/

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Invest in yourself is the mindset shift Lizzie Ens says keeps women stuck or sets them free. If you keep telling yourself you're not worthy of spending money, time, or energy on your own growth, you are choosing to stay in the gap between the life you have and the life you actually want. Comfort zones feel safe, but they are also where dreams quietly die.

Lizzie Ens, functional nutrition coach, business owner, author, and speaker, breaks down the exact shift that took her from leaving the Amish community at nineteen with twenty dollars in her pocket to building the life she has today. You'll learn the difference between a poverty mindset and a prosperity mindset around money, why comfort zones kill dreams, and the blunt question Lizzie asks clients before they even think about dating: would you date you? She also opens up about her upcoming book, The Gap Between, and why the loneliest part of growth is usually the part right before the breakthrough.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why a poverty mindset around money keeps you from investing in yourself, and the exact shift Lizzie Ens made to move from a poverty mindset to a prosperity mindset.
• What the gap between dreaming and doing actually feels like, and why most people give up right when the isolation of that gap sets in.
• Why comfort zones are where dreams go to die, and how discomfort is actually a signal that you are finally being pushed toward growth.
• The blunt question Lizzie Ens asks before anyone starts dating: would you date you, and why the answer changes everything about who you attract.
• How growing up in the Amish community programmed Lizzie Ens to believe dreaming was only for other people, and how she broke that conditioning as an adult.
• Why hiring a professional to fast track your health, business, or mindset saves you years compared to trying to figure it all out alone.
• The simple morning gratitude practice Lizzie Ens uses, inspired by a habit she heard about from Tony Robbins, to stay in a prosperity mindset instead of fear.

We talk about:

00:00 Why most people stay stuck instead of taking action

00:54 The biggest lie you believe about needing it all figured out

02:17 What the gap between dreaming and doing really means

04:52 Living your dream life after years of only believing in it

06:53 The gratitude habit inspired by Tony Robbins that rewires your mindset

08:03 Why investing in yourself beats just spending money on yourself

11:04 Do your dreams die inside your comfort zone

13:51 Why Amish women are taught not to invest in themselves

15:18 How dare you believe you are not worthy of your own dream

17:12 What Lizzie told a client only four years removed from the Amish

20:54 Would you date you today

23:00 Why personal growth can feel lonely before it feels good

Ready to stop treating symptoms and start healing at the root? Book your consultation at https://undietyou.com/

Connect with Lizzie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieens_wellness
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizzieenswellness
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzieh_wellness
• Website: https://undietyou.com/

#InvestInYourself #PersonalGrowthJourney #ComfortZone #DreamBig #GrowthMindset #FunctionalNutritionCoach #RootCauseHealing #MindsetShift #AmishRenegade #BreakingFreeFromConditioning #PovertyMindset #ProsperityMindset #WomenInWellness #UndietYou #InvestInYou #PersonalDevelopment #HealingFromTheInsideOut #TheLizzieEnsShow

People pleasing and autoimmune disease are more connected than most doctors will ever tell you. If you have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's, thyroid issues, or unexplained autoimmune symptoms, and you have already cleaned up your diet and exercise, the missing piece might be trapped emotions, not your fork. You guys, this is the conversation nobody has with you at the doctor's office.

Lizzie Ens, functional nutrition coach, business owner, author, and speaker, shows you how trapped emotions like anger, fear, and grief settle into your liver, kidneys, and gut until you deal with them.

Drawing from her own healing from severe acne, Hashimoto's, and decades of people pleasing rooted in her Amish upbringing, Lizzie teaches you how to tell your gut feeling apart from people pleasing so you stop making decisions that cost you your health. Here's the thing: your body starts to heal the moment you start using your voice.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why using your voice effectively does not make you a bitch, and how people pleasing keeps you stuck in patterns that hurt your health.
• How trapped emotions get stored in your organs, including how anger settles in the liver and fear settles in the kidneys.
• Why your thyroid, Hashimoto's, and autoimmune symptoms may have nothing to do with your diet and everything to do with suppressed emotions.
• How peeling back your own emotional layers, one at a time, helps you finally get to know who you really are underneath it all.
• How to tell the difference between your gut feeling and people pleasing, so you stop making decisions that bring chaos into your life.
• Why speaking up and setting boundaries is the piece most root cause healing plans leave out, and how your body starts to heal once you do.

We talk about:

00:00 What using your voice without guilt actually looks like

01:21 Growing up Amish with no voice and no dreams of your own

02:00 Why anger was labeled a sin in Lizzie's Amish home

03:23 What shutting down a child's voice really teaches them

07:09 Where trapped emotions live in your organs and body

07:56 Is your acne actually a sign of anger repression

10:22 Hashimoto's, 90 food sensitivities, and the real root cause

11:02 The mentor call that showed Lizzie how closed off she was

15:00 What people pleasing has to do with your authority

18:11 How your gut feeling is your connection to God

20:00 Ignoring your intuition is people pleasing, here's the proof

26:00 Why speaking up in your own voice heals your body

Ready to stop treating symptoms and start healing at the root? Book your consultation at https://undietyou.com/

Connect with Lizzie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieens_wellness
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizzieenswellness
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzieh_wellness
• Website: https://undietyou.com/

#RootCauseHealing #FunctionalNutrition #PeoplePleasing #TrappedEmotions #Autoimmune #HashimotoHealing #ThyroidHealth #EmotionalHealing #GutFeeling #Boundaries #SelfSilencing #HealingFromTheInsideOut #FormerAmish #AmishRenegade #HolisticWellness #WomensHealth #MindBodyConnection #UndietYou #TheLizzieEnsShow

How to build your dream life starts with one question: do you believe you're worthy of it? If you've spent years staying comfortable instead of dreaming, this episode is your wake up call. You'll hear why comfort zones kill dreams, why so many women stop dreaming without even realizing it, and what changes when you finally trust yourself and God with the life you actually want.

Lizzie Ens, functional nutrition coach, business owner, author, and speaker, walks you through the exact process she used to manifest her new home and a ten day dream trip to Europe: write it down, hand it to God, and get uncomfortable on purpose.

You'll walk away with a simple journaling practice to get your dreams out of your head and onto paper, plus the mindset shift that finally let Lizzie believe her dream life was allowed to belong to her too. If you've ever thought your dreams belong to someone else, this episode will change that.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why staying in your comfort zone is the number one reason most people never build the dream life they say they want, and how to recognize when you're settling instead of growing.
• How to identify the subconscious belief that your dreams belong to someone else, and why naming that belief out loud is the first step to breaking it for good.
• A simple journaling practice for getting your dreams out of your head and onto paper, including how to write your requirements the same way Lizzie did before finding her home.
• Why making yourself uncomfortable on purpose, instead of waiting for life to force it on you, is what actually creates lasting growth and change.
• How trusting God with the outcome while still taking action helped Lizzie find a home with everything on her list, down to a sunset view she never even said out loud.
• Why growing up Amish or Mennonite can teach you that dreaming isn't allowed, and the first step to giving yourself permission to dream again.
• Why it's so hard to dream about your life when you don't feel good physically, and what to address first if your health is what's holding your dreams back.

We talk about:

00:00 How to build your dream life starts here

00:52 Why your comfort zone kills your dreams

02:00 What belief is blocking your dreams

04:00 How to get uncomfortable on purpose

07:33 Writing down your dream home requirements

10:00 Why journaling your dreams actually works

12:27 Finding a home with everything on the list

14:12 Do you believe you are worthy of your dream life

17:05 Planning a ten day dream trip to Europe

19:09 Permission to dream after an Amish upbringing

21:24 Why feeling unwell makes it hard to dream

Ready to stop treating symptoms and start healing at the root? Book your consultation at https://undietyou.com/

Connect with Lizzie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieens_wellness
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizzieenswellness
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzieh_wellness
• Website: https://undietyou.com/

#DreamLife #ComfortZoneChallenge #Manifestation #JournalingPractice #PersonalGrowth #MindsetShift #FunctionalNutritionCoach #RootCauseHealing #HealingFromTheInsideOut #FaithAndManifestation #AmishRenegade #FormerAmish #WomensWellnessPodcast #EntrepreneurMindset #LifeByDesign #UndietYou #TheLizzieEnsShow

Holiday eating tips that actually work start with one mindset shift: one bad bite doesn't blow the whole day.

If you've ever eaten a muffin at breakfast and then decided the rest of the day was a total write-off, you already know the all-or-nothing trap. It derails progress fast, and it has nothing to do with willpower.

In this solo episode, functional nutrition coach Lizzie Ens breaks down her real strategy for navigating Fourth of July parties, summer cookouts, and any event where the food isn't exactly on your plan.

Lizzie shares her protein-first plating framework, the three-bite rule for dessert and the dopamine science behind it, and what to take before and after drinking alcohol to support your liver. This is short, practical, and honest. No guilt, no perfection required.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The all-or-nothing mindset is the real reason you blow your eating plan at parties, not the food itself, and exactly how to break the cycle for good.
• Lizzie's protein-first plating framework: how to build your plate at any party so you leave feeling good instead of sluggish and regretful.
• The three-bite rule for dessert, and the dopamine science that explains why every bite after the third one gives you zero additional benefit.
• How to prep your system before drinking alcohol, including glutathione, NAC, and charcoal, to support your liver and reduce the aftermath.
• Why bringing your own food to a party is one of the easiest and most effective ways to stay on track without anyone noticing.
• How to set your boundaries around food and alcohol at social events without awkward explanations or feeling like you're missing out.

We talk about:

00:00 How to stay on track during Fourth of July parties

00:35 The four-tire analogy: why one bad bite doesn't ruin your day

02:18 Where the all-or-nothing mindset really comes from

03:00 How alcohol shows up as an emotional escape and what Lizzie does instead

05:00 How to set your boundaries at parties without explaining yourself

05:40 Lizzie's strategy: what she ate at a pool party and why she left feeling great

07:13 Why you should bring your own food and what actually works best

08:00 The protein-first plating framework for any party situation

08:35 The three-bite rule for dessert explained

09:19 How dopamine drops with each bite and why this changes everything

10:21 What happens after the third bite and why you're still eating

12:00 How to apply the three-bite rule to alcohol too

12:28 Glutathione, NAC, and charcoal: how to prep your liver before drinking

14:16 The full party prep checklist: what to do before you go

15:16 Closing: how to have an amazing Fourth of July without wrecking your progress

Ready to stop treating symptoms and start healing at the root? Book your consultation at https://undietyou.com/

Connect with Lizzie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieens_wellness
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizzieenswellness
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzieh_wellness
• Website: https://undietyou.com/

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Emotional blocks to weight loss are the real reason so many women stay stuck no matter how clean they eat or how hard they train.

If you are sick and tired of doing everything right and still not seeing results, your body is not broken. The block is underneath the surface, and it is wrapped around your heart.

In this solo episode, functional nutrition coach, business owner, author, and speaker Lizzie Ens introduces The Onion Framework, her powerful framework for understanding how unhealed trauma, childhood conditioning, and emotional shutdown silently sabotage physical healing.

Drawing from her own Amish upbringing and her years of coaching real women through real transformation, Lizzie gets raw about what it actually takes to lose weight and feel well from the inside out. You will walk away knowing exactly where to start.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What The Onion Framework is and why the layers of emotional protection wrapped around your heart are directly blocking your body's ability to heal and release weight.
• Why healing from the inside out is not just a mindset concept but a physical necessity, and how unresolved trauma shows up as thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, gut problems, and unexplained weight gain.
• How Lizzie's Amish upbringing created specific patterns of emotional shutdown and overworking that she has since unpacked, and why so many women share these same patterns without recognizing them.
• Why the number on the scale triggers you so deeply, what that emotional charge is actually telling you, and how to face it instead of letting it derail your progress.
• The one question Lizzie asks every new client to reveal how closed off they are from themselves: "If you took away every title you carry, do you know who you are?"

We talk about:

00:00 Why most people never reach their health goals

01:30 The friend conversation that sparked this episode

03:00 What is The Onion Framework and how does it work

05:30 How growing up Amish shaped Lizzie's emotional shutdown

07:00 Were you meant to stay or were you meant to leave

09:00 Who are you without your titles and your work

10:30 What do you do for fun, and why that question matters

12:30 How Lizzie learned to live outside of work

14:30 Can you stay in parasympathetic long enough to heal

16:00 How to make big things happen instead of just dreaming

18:00 Why people invest in their health when they are truly ready

20:00 The scale went up. Now what do you do with those emotions

22:00 What pulling the onion back actually feels like

23:30 The client who applied for 600 jobs and never gave up

26:00 You cannot hate your body into healing. This is what works

Ready to stop treating symptoms and start healing at the root? Book your consultation at https://undietyou.com/

Connect with Lizzie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzieens_wellness
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizzieenswellness
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzieh_wellness
• Website: https://undietyou.com/

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