Why do you fall off track when life gets busy — even though you know exactly what to do?

In this episode of The Muscles & Mindset Revolution, Anne Jones breaks down one of the biggest myths in personal growth: that motivation is a character trait you either have or don’t.

Anne explains why motivation fluctuates with stress, sleep, hormones, and nervous system capacity — and why high-achieving women don’t fail because they lack discipline, but because they’re trying to do everything alone.

This conversation reframes support as a strategy, not a weakness, and explores how reducing cognitive load, increasing containment, and designing the right kind of support allows consistency to feel steadier and less exhausting.

You’ll learn:

• Why motivation disappears under stress (and why that’s not your fault)
• How discipline without support turns into self-abandonment
• What “containment” actually means for a busy, overthinking mind
• Why capacity — not willpower — determines follow-through
• How support helps your nervous system stay online when life gets loud

If you’re tired of starting over and want a more sustainable way to stay with yourself through real life, this episode is for you.

🎧 Listen now and let this episode be enough for today.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:33 Why Motivation Isn’t a Personality Trait

01:35 Discipline Without Support Backfires

02:38 Self-Leadership vs Doing Everything Alone

03:47 What Support Really Looks Like

08:24 Capacity, Stress, and the Nervous System

12:05 Final Reflections + Where to Go Deeper

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

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