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One Percent Woman Podcast
Hosted by Gabrielle Villermaux · EN
Empowering conversations and inspiring stories from female leaders about the journey of finding inner success through authenticity, alignment, and abundance.
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The Pro-Metabolic Diet Protocol: How to Eat for Fat Loss, Hormonal Balance, and a Healthy Metabolism
1w ago00:47:06Tap to summarizeIf you have been eating well, training consistently, and still not seeing the results you want — this episode is for you. Today I am breaking down what it actually means to eat for your metabolism, why a metabolism-first approach produces body recomposition instead of just weight loss, and the four nutritional pillars that support your hormones, gut, liver, and adrenals from the inside out. We also cover the metabolic accelerators that either amplify or completely undermine everything you are doing nutritionally. In this episode:Why losing weight and leaning out are not the same thingThe four pillars of pro-metabolic nutrition and the hormonal systems each one supportsThe truth about meal timing, blood sugar stability, and cortisolWhy your gut, liver, and inflammation levels directly impact your body compositionThe case for all three macronutrients — including carbs and fatThe lifestyle factors that accelerate or destroy your metabolic health
Transcribe →The Hidden Cost Of External Discipline For High Achievers
2w ago00:19:20Tap to summarizeYou don't have a discipline problem. You have a direction problem.In this episode, Gabrielle breaks down why discipline stops feeling like a choice and starts feeling like punishment — and what it actually means to build discipline that lasts. She shares her own experience going from bikini competition to burnout, the difference between aesthetic discipline and healing discipline, and the one root-level shift that changes everything: moving from fear-based discipline to self-worth-based discipline.If you've ever felt like you're white-knuckling it, constantly starting over, or doing everything "right" and still feeling like something is off — this one is for you.In this episode:Why discipline feels like punishment and what to do about itThe real definition of discipline — and why most women have it pointed in the wrong directionAesthetic discipline vs. healing discipline and how to know which one you're inFear-based vs. self-worth-based discipline — and why one always falls apartWhat healing discipline actually looks like in practice (the unglamorous, uncelebrated version)
Transcribe →Your Diet Isn't the Problem, Your Nervous System Is
3w ago00:23:19Tap to summarizeIf you've been eating clean, training consistently, and still not seeing results — this episode is the missing piece nobody's talking about.Today I'm sharing something I wish I had understood years ago: the direct connection between your nervous system and your ability to lose fat. Not as a surface-level wellness trend, but as real physiology — and something I've experienced firsthand through my own health journey.I'm sharing the arc of my own story: what happened after my bikini competition in 2021, losing my period, the grief after losing my dad, years of trying to out-discipline a body that was stuck in survival mode, and where I am now — still healing, still in the middle of my own protocol, and learning more about my body than I ever have before.Because you can't out-discipline a dysregulated nervous system. And until your body feels safe, fat loss will always be a fight.
Transcribe →7 Beliefs I've Changed My Mind On: Nutrition, Fitness, and Wellness Unpacked
Apr 1400:25:28Tap to summarizeI have been in the health and fitness space long enough to have held a lot of opinions that I no longer believe and today I am being honest about all of them. From my bodybuilding days to eating disorder recovery to the functional health space, my views on nutrition, training, metabolism, stress, and wellness culture have shifted significantly. This episode is a raw, honest debrief on what I got wrong, what I have learned, and where I have landed. If you have ever felt confused by conflicting health information , this one is for you.In this episode:Why "everything in moderation" needs a complete reframeWhat I got wrong about meal timing in my calories in calories out eraWhy more lifting is not always better — and what actually moves the needleThe difference between self love and self respect and why it matters for lasting changeWhy metabolism is cellular efficiency — not just calories burnedWhy managed stress is a growth tool — and rest is not lazinessHow the wellness industry is becoming the new diet culture
Transcribe →How to Avoid Burnout Without Getting Soft
Apr 1400:26:13Tap to summarizeBurnout looks different for everyone — but for high-achieving women, it usually shows up in one of two ways: you've stopped taking care of yourself because life got loud, or you're doing everything right and still not getting anywhere. In this episode, we break down what burnout actually is, why the "do more" approach keeps backfiring, and how to build the kind of capacity that lets you perform at a high level without running yourself into the ground. This is the conversation about ambition and health that doesn't ask you to choose.
Transcribe →The Pro-Metabolic Diet Protocol: How to Eat for Fat Loss, Hormonal Balance, and a Healthy Metabolism
Apr 700:47:06Tap to summarizeIf you have been eating well, training consistently, and still not seeing the results you want — this episode is for you. Today I am breaking down what it actually means to eat for your metabolism, why a metabolism-first approach produces body recomposition instead of just weight loss, and the four nutritional pillars that support your hormones, gut, liver, and adrenals from the inside out. We also cover the metabolic accelerators that either amplify or completely undermine everything you are doing nutritionally. In this episode:Why losing weight and leaning out are not the same thingThe four pillars of pro-metabolic nutrition and the hormonal systems each one supportsThe truth about meal timing, blood sugar stability, and cortisolWhy your gut, liver, and inflammation levels directly impact your body compositionThe case for all three macronutrients — including carbs and fatThe lifestyle factors that accelerate or destroy your metabolic health
Transcribe →7 Environmental Hormone Disruptors Every High Achiever Needs To Know
Apr 700:27:15Tap to summarizeThis episode breaks down the six environmental triggers that are quietly disrupting your hormones — and none of them have anything to do with what you're eating. From the structure of your workday to the relationships you're in, your environment may be keeping your nervous system in chronic fight-or-flight and making metabolic and hormonal healing impossible. Topics covered:-- Why your nervous system needs a transition signal between work and rest-- The hormonal cost of overcommitting and tying identity to productivity-- How people-pleasing creates chronic cortisol elevation-- The signs you're emotionally unsafe in your relationships — and what that does to your hormones-- Why constant digital noise keeps cortisol from clearing-- The comparison and performance loop of social media — and how to break it
Transcribe →What I Wish I Knew About Birth Control
Mar 3100:40:48Tap to summarizeIn This EpisodeMy full personal history with birth control — the pill at 16, losing my period for years, the copper IUD, and why I'm finally having it removedWhat a withdrawal bleed actually is and why it is not the same as a real periodHow the combination pill, hormonal IUD, and copper IUD each workThe 3 red flags every woman on birth control should know about: hormone suppression, inflammation and gut disruption, and metabolic dysfunctionWhy the pill doesn't fix your acne or regulate your cycle — it silences your entire hormonal systemHow the copper IUD drives systemic disruption without containing a single synthetic hormoneThe five ways birth control creates systemic inflammationThe specific nutrient depletions — magnesium, zinc, selenium, B vitamins, CoQ10 — and exactly why each one mattersWhy so many women on birth control can't lose weight — and what's actually driving itHow to support your body if you're choosing to stay on birth controlAPPLY FOR 1:1 COACHING
Transcribe →Why Healthy Women Lose Their Period (And What To Do About It)
Mar 2400:32:36Tap to summarizeIf you eat well, work out consistently, and genuinely care about your health — but your period is still gone — this episode is for you.Losing your cycle doesn't mean something is permanently wrong with you. It means your body is adapting to its environment. And once you understand what it's adapting to, that's when things can actually start to change.In this episode I'm walking you through the four most common reasons I see health-conscious, high-achieving women lose their cycles — including some causes that almost never get talked about. I'm also sharing a bit of my own story, because I've been here too, and I want you to know this is something that can genuinely be healed.If this resonated with you:I work with women one on one inside my program, Define, to help them heal their metabolism, restore hormonal balance, and build a sustainable approach to their health and body composition — without the restriction and burnout that got them here in the first place.Three of my clients have gotten their periods back this year. If you're ready to actually figure out what's going on and get real support doing something about it, I'd love to work with you.👉 https://forms.gle/eRyEX1qBqeMWT9J27
Transcribe →Most Common Root Causes Of Fat Loss Plateaus
Mar 1700:35:52Tap to summarizeIn This Episode We Cover• Why high-achieving women often struggle the most with fat loss plateaus• The difference between a discipline problem vs a physiology problem• How to perform an honest audit of your habits and adherence• What metabolic adaptation is and why dieting longer isn’t always better• The hormones that commonly stall fat loss: thyroid, insulin, leptin, and cortisol• Signs your body may be operating in a chronic stress response• The hidden role gut health plays in metabolism and fat loss• The biggest gut healing mistakes health-conscious women make• Why fat loss often resumes once internal systems are functioning properly againAPPLY FOR 1:1 COACHING
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