{"podcast":{"title":"The Emma Guns Show","slug":"the-emma-guns-show-1106287","podcast_index_feed_id":1106287,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5ddfa7be-69b9-413c-9c51-4965d3fb699a","website_url":"https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583855258373361/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611e770906c05e2cf2f40943/1664048564942-514f72a9e18e212f063abcfb3359b288.jpeg","author":"Emma Gunavardhana","episode_count":1065,"summary":"If you're in the mood for a deep and meaningful then this is the podcast for you. Every week, broadcaster and journalist Emma Gunavardhana has an intimate conversation with her guest about the risks they've taken, struggles they've had to overcome, successes they are proud of and much more before they tell us about a time when they were wrong, and what they learned from it. Watch clips from the show on Youtube The Emma Guns Show Follow Emma on Instagram @emmaguns Join the podcast's Facebook group The Emma Guns Show | The Forum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T08:20:01.992749+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-emma-guns-show-1106287"},"episode":{"title":"The Bit That Makes People Quit","slug":"the-bit-that-makes-people-quit","published_at":"2026-02-02T17:26:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-emma-guns-show-1106287/the-bit-that-makes-people-quit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-emma-guns-show-1106287","url":"https://shows.acast.com/emmagunavardhana/episodes/the-bit-that-makes-people-quit","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/emmagunavardhana/e/6980b5142c62bf72e530a5e0/media.mp3","summary":"In the previous episode, I talked about how my new approach to diet and exercise - working smarter, not harder - had been a challenge because things got worse before they got better. Many listeners wrote to me asking me to delve a little deeper into this uncomfortable phases so, in this episode, I'm talking about the 'messy middle'. Forget about the metrics, this 'messy middle' was more about the mental and emotional discomfort that started to show up. After years of being rewarded for control, I let go. I stopped restricting, I stopped over-training, I decided to let go of the idea that doing more would yield bigger, better and more impressive results and what I saw was - nothing. Actually, not nothing. I saw all my metrics going in the 'wrong' direction. Did I panic? Of course I did! Yet, when it would have been so easy to quit, to go back to those old behaviours that had always given me the quick result and felt virtuous in their doing, I held fast and even though I'm still learning and it's not as though I'm through the worst of it, I can now see signs that this new approach, which requires far less stress and strain, might actually be working... Let's chat about the 'messy middle' over on Substack... Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience even better. Complete this listener survey to tell me what you want to hear: http://bit.ly/theemmagunsshow-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In the previous episode, I talked about how my new approach to diet and exercise - working smarter, not harder - had been a challenge because things got w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1923,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-emma-guns-show-1106287/episodes/the-bit-that-makes-people-quit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-emma-guns-show-1106287/the-bit-that-makes-people-quit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}