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Ep. 122 Is It “Food Noise” or Are You Actually...

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2026/09/30

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! “Food noise” has become one of the biggest phrases in the GLP-1 conversation. But are we starting to label normal hunger as a problem that needs to be suppressed? Not every thought about food is dysfunctional. Sometimes you’re thinking about food because you’re eating 1,200 calories, skipping meals, strength training, dieting aggressively, or simply not giving your body enough energy. In this episode, we’re breaking down the differe...

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28:36

Ep. 121 You Can’t Supplement Your Way Out of This:...

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2026/09/23

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Functional health was supposed to help us look deeper. But somewhere along the way, “looking deeper” started to mean more labs, more supplements, more protocols, more peptides, and more things to optimize. In this episode, we’re talking about what happens when functional health becomes so complicated that we overlook the conditions the body is actually being asked to function under. Because if you’re sleeping five hours a night, chr...

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26:36

Ep. 120 Why You Can’t Stay Consistent With Healthy...

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2026/09/16

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! You know you should work out. You know sleep matters. You know you feel better when you meal prep, drink enough water, eat enough protein, and stop scrolling before bed. So why is it still so hard to consistently do the things you already know are good for you? In this episode of Reality Check with Jess and Jill, Jess and Jill break down the gap between health knowledge and behavior change, and why more information, motivation, or “...

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Ep. 119 The Health Hierarchy: What to Focus on First...

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2026/09/09

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Everyone wants to optimize their hormones, reduce inflammation, improve gut health, lose fat, and age well. The problem is that more health strategies do not automatically create better health. In this episode of Reality Check, Jess and Jill break down the health hierarchy and explain why something can be good for your health without being the most important thing for your health right now. We talk about why people often prioritize ...

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41:24

Ep. 118 Why Opposite Health Advice Can Both Be Right:...

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2026/09/02

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! What if fasting and eating more can both be the right answer? What if pushing harder and recovering more can both improve your health? What if AMPK and mTOR, autophagy and muscle growth, catabolism and anabolism are not opposing sides you need to choose between, but different biological states your body needs access to? In Episode 118 of Reality Check Podcast with Jess and Jill, we break down why so much health advice sounds contrad...

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40:09

Ep. 117 Why Some People Never Change Or See Results:...

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2026/08/26

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Why can someone have the perfect workout plan, nutrition strategy, coach, and protocol and still struggle to make progress? In this episode of Reality Check with Jess & Jill, we’re talking about one of the biggest factors in any health, fitness, or body transformation: coachability. After years of coaching women through fat loss, strength training, gut and hormone issues, metabolic adaptation, and major behavior change, we’ve le...

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Ep. 116 The Biggest Mistake in Hormone Health (That...

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2026/08/19

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Women are spending more money than ever on hormone testing, supplements, peptides, cortisol protocols, fasting schedules, detoxes, and advanced health optimization. But many are overlooking one of the strongest tools available for improving metabolic health, insulin sensitivity, bone density, body composition, hormone resilience, and longevity: building muscle. In this episode, Jillian explains why obsessing over the smallest detail...

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Ep. 115 Why Menopause Is the Start of Your Strongest...

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2026/08/12

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Women reaching menopause today have lived through nearly every version of diet culture: fat-free foods, meal-replacement shakes, calorie counting, points, low-carb diets, detoxes, intermittent fasting, endless cardio, HIIT, macro tracking, and now GLP-1 medications. The method kept changing, but the message stayed the same: eat less, exercise more, and keep trying to become smaller. In Episode 115 of The Reality Check Podcast, Jess ...

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Ep. 114 The Worst Advice We Ever Received and Why You...

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2026/08/05

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Some of the worst advice we receive is not malicious. It comes from people trying to protect us through the limits of their own experiences, fears, regrets, and worldview. In this episode of Reality Check, Jess and Jill unpack the awful advice they were given about careers, entrepreneurship, motherhood, fitness, money, stability, and success. From being told not to leave a secure job, to being warned that motherhood would make stayi...

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Ep. 113: The Problem With Viral Fitness Advice:...

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2026/07/29

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Social media has made health and fitness information louder, faster, and much easier to take out of context. In Episode 113 of the Reality Check Podcast, Jessica and Jillian go through some comments on Jillians' recent posts in real-time to unpack some of the misinformation spreading online about Pilates, strength training, muscle growth, calorie deficits, body composition, and sustainable fat loss. They explain why “feeling the bur...

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Ep. 112 Controversial Health Q+A Part 2 | Women’s...

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2026/07/22

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In part two of this controversial Q+A, Jess and Jill go deeper into the conversations women’s health tends to avoid. They talk about whether “healing” has become a more socially acceptable form of dieting, why hormone balance is one of the most overused phrases in the wellness industry, and whether women are sometimes blaming perimenopause for symptoms that may be more connected to years of under-eating, low muscle mass, poor sleep,...

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Ep. 111 Controversial Health Q+A Part 1 | Women’s...

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2026/07/15

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode, Jess and Jill sit down for part one of a controversial Q+A on women’s health, fitness, fat loss, muscle, motivation, labs, and the culture of “healing.” They get into the questions that tend to create the strongest opinions in the health space, including whether health is built through awareness or discipline, whether labs actually change outcomes, whether every woman should prioritize building muscle before fat los...

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Ep. 110 Constipation, Gut Health, Hormones, SIBO, and...

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2026/07/08

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Constipation is usually treated like a simple bathroom issue. Drink more water, eat more fiber, take magnesium, use a laxative, and move on. But constipation can be one of the clearest signs that digestion, motility, bile flow, thyroid function, nervous system regulation, minerals, gut bacteria, and hormone clearance are not working efficiently. In this episode, Jillian and Jess break down why constipation happens, why regular bowel...

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Ep. 109 The Ugly Side of Healing: Why Functional...

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2026/07/01

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Healing is often sold as clean, calm, and instantly rewarding. But real functional healing can feel disruptive before it feels empowering. In this episode of Reality Check with Jess and Jill, we’re talking about the part of healing most people are not prepared for: the behavior change, consistency, discomfort, and lifestyle shifts required for the body to actually respond. Functional labs, supplements, and protocols can give you cla...

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Ep. 108 Building Solvi, Burnout, and the Truth About...

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2026/06/24

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check, Jess and Jill pull back the curtain on what it actually looks like to build a health tech startup while running businesses, coaching clients, raising families, and trying to stay healthy in the process. This is an unfiltered founder’s file on Solvi, the health app they are building to connect people with whole-person, root-cause providers while helping users improve their daily health foundations be...

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Ep. 107 How to Interpret Hormone Labs Beyond “Normal”...

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2026/06/17

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check with Jessica and Jillian, Jess and Jill break down how to interpret hormone labs beyond “normal” and why so many women are told their bloodwork looks fine while still dealing with fatigue, PMS, heavy periods, irregular cycles, acne, hair shedding, low libido, bloating, cravings, anxiety, poor sleep, stubborn weight changes, night waking, mood swings, and a body that no longer responds the way it used...

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Ep. 106 How to Interpret Hormone Labs Beyond “Normal”...

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2026/06/10

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In this episode of Reality Check with Jessica and Jillian, Jess and Jill break down how to interpret hormone labs beyond “normal” and why so many women are told their bloodwork looks fine while still dealing with fatigue, PMS, heavy periods, irregular cycles, acne, hair shedding, low libido, bloating, cravings, anxiety, poor sleep, stubborn weight changes, night waking, mood swings, and a body that no longer responds the way it used...

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Ep. 105 PCOS to PMOS: The Bigger Conversation About...

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2026/06/03

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In episode 105 of Reality Check with Jessica and Jillian, Jess and Jill use the recent PCOS to PMOS name change as a starting point for a much bigger conversation about metabolic health, symptom management, and what actually creates long-term change in the body. PCOS is now being reframed as PMOS, or Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, which better reflects the endocrine, metabolic, systemic, and ovarian patterns involved. But...

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Ep. 104: Solvi App Explained | Root Cause Health...

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2026/05/27

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! In Episode 104 of Reality Check with Jessica and Jillian, Jess and Jill break down the vision behind Solvi, their new health app designed to make root cause healthcare, functional health support, and whole person care more accessible. This episode covers what the Solvi app is, why it was created, and how it plans to change the way people find qualified health providers. Jill and Jess explain how Solvi goes beyond a basic provider di...

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Ep. 103 Part 2 Inflammation, Detox, and Fat Loss...

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2026/05/20

Text us to let us know what you want to hear on the podcast! Inflammation gets blamed for everything, but very few people actually understand what it is, what it is doing, or why it matters so much for metabolism, detoxification, and fat loss resistance. In part 2 of this series, Jessica and Jillian break down what chronic inflammation actually means at the physiological level. This episode explains why inflammation is not just a symptom like puffiness, bloating, joint pain, fatigue, fluid re...

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