{"podcast":{"title":"Grace & Grit Podcast","slug":"grace-grit-podcast-991716","podcast_index_feed_id":991716,"rss_url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://graceandgrit.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/4/4/0/f4405a4688bbcbb088c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Grace_and_Grit_Podcast_3000px.png","author":"Courtney Townley","episode_count":608,"summary":"The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:20:56.758135+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 546: Holding Space for Yourself the Way You Would for a Friend","slug":"episode-546-holding-space-for-yourself-the-way-you-would-for-a-friend","published_at":"2026-05-24T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-546-holding-space-for-yourself-the-way-you-would-for-a-friend","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-546-holding-space-for-yourself-the-way-you-would-for-a-friend","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/May_24.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"Think about the way you talk to your best friend when she's struggling — the patience, the warmth, the absence of judgment. Now think about how you talk to yourself in the same situation. If there's a significant gap between those two, it is costing you more than you know. Self-compassion isn't self-pity or lowered standards — it's the same quality of care you naturally extend to people you love, turned inward. Drawing on Dr. Kristin Neff's research, Courtney explains why the inner critic is not a motivational tool but a cortisol trigger, and why you consistently make better health decisions from kindness than from contempt. Get your free chapter of The Consistency Code at https://theconsistencycode.com/freechapter #selfcompassionwomen #kristinneffselfcompassion #innercriticandhealth #selfcriticismandcortisol #emotionalagilitymidlife #selfkindnessover40 #howtostopbeinghardonyourself #womenandselfjudgment #nervoussystemandselfcriticism #healthandselfcompassion #midlifeemotionalhealing #compassionandmotivation","meta_description":"Think about the way you talk to your best friend when she's struggling — the patience, the warmth, the absence of judgment. Now think about how you talk t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":431,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-546-holding-space-for-yourself-the-way-you-would-for-a-friend/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-546-holding-space-for-yourself-the-way-you-would-for-a-friend.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}