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The Comeback Season
Welcome to The Comeback Season—where we have real conversations about fueling your body, rebuilding strength, and stepping back into the life you were meant to live. Whether you’ve been caring for kids, aging parents, or just lost sight of your own needs—we see you. This is your season to rise. Follow Christi and Nichole on Instagram: @christicountsmacros and @mcleodnichole
Episodes
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Episode 56: You Know What to Do. So Why Aren't You Doing It?
You know what you need to do to reach your goals. So why is it so hard to actually do it? If you've ever told yourself, "I'll start again on Monday," struggled…
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Episode 55: Over 100 Pounds Down and Stronger at 56 with Sarah Elledge
At 56, Sarah Elledge says she is in better shape than she has ever been. After spending much of her life identifying as “the big girl,” Sarah made the decision…
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Episode 54 (part 2): Beth Chisolm EFT demo
In Part 2 of our conversation with Beth Chisholm, Beth guides us through a simple EFT tapping demonstration you can follow along with in real time.EFT, or…
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Episode 54: Anxiety Is Not a Life Sentence: Finding Relief Through EFT Tapping with Beth Chisholm
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with advanced EFT practitioner, biofield tuning practitioner, and spiritual coach Beth Chisholm to…
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Episode 53-Finding Joy After Grief, Loss, & Life's Hardest Seasons with Jennifer Rigley
How do you find joy again after grief, loss, or a season that changes everything? In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with TEDx speaker…
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Episode 52- When You’re Ready to Feel Again: A Different Conversation About Antidepressants with Carla Bate
What happens when medication helps you cope, but you eventually wonder if there’s another path? In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole talks with…
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Episode 51: Your Body Is a Miracle: Care for the Life You’ve Been Given with Bill Quateman
What does it mean to live your best life for as long as possible? In this episode of The Comeback Season Podcast, Christi talks with Bill Quateman, founder of…
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Episode 50: The Comeback Isn’t Linear: What This Year Taught Us About Resilience
Growth is rarely a straight line, and sometimes the comeback begins right in the middle of the mess.In this honest, unscripted conversation, Nichole and…
The Comeback SeasonEpisode 49: The Confidence Comes After You Speak: Donna Riccardo on Finding Your Voice
In this episode of The Comeback Season Podcast, Christi Kelsey talks with professional speaker, trainer, author, and public speaking coach Donna Riccardo about…
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Episode 48:From Fear to Faith: How Nervous System Regulation Helps You Lead, Heal, and Trust Yourself
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with Kristi of SomaSkye Wellness, a nervous system educator, somatic practitioner, and lead…
The Comeback SeasonEpisode 47: From Reactor to Creator: How to Rewrite Your Self-Talk with Ly Smith
In this episode of The Comeback Season Podcast, Christi sits down with Ly Smith, founder of UpCycle Coaching and creator of the G3 Collective, for a powerful…
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Episode 46: Delayed Dreams Are Not Wasted Seasons with Leslie Nelson
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Christi sits down with Leslie Nelson, founder and CEO of Pivotal Connections.Leslie shares her powerful journey of…
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Episode 45: Money, Mindset, and Your Comeback Season with Lori Curtiss
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with Lori Curtiss, an advice-only financial planner and founder of A Moneymaker Mindset, to explore…
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Episode 44: Divorcing a Toxic Partner: How to Rebuild Your Life and Trust Yourself Again
In this episode of The Comeback Season Podcast, Christi sits down with high-conflict divorce coach Mardi Winder to unpack what it really looks like to navigate…
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Episode 43: Your Second Spring: Pleasure, Power, and Renewal with Carla Wainwright
In this powerful conversation, Christi sits down with holistic wellness coach Carla Wainwright to explore how midlife can become a woman’s “second spring”—a…
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Episode 42: Healing After Loss: How to Move Forward with Strength with Kym Coco
In this powerful episode of The Comeback Season, Kym Coco shares the life-changing story of her late husband’s catastrophic accident, the years of healing that…
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Episode 41: Precision Focus: The Shift from Overwhelm to Extraordinary Living with Jenifer Merifield
In this episode of The Comeback Season, we dive deep into what it truly means to live in a state of integrated personal excellence. Joined by Personal…
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Episode 40: No Shame in a Dollar: A Smarter Way to Think About Money with Andrew Quebbemann
In this episode of The Comeback Season Podcast, Christi sits down with financial advisor Andrew Quebbemann to talk about what a financial comeback can look…
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Episode 39: When Hair Loss Doesn’t Feel Like Vanity (It Feels Like Losing You) with Jennifer Polly
In this episode, Nichole sits down with integrative trichologist Jennifer Polly to talk about the emotional and physical reality of hair loss—especially for…
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Episode 38: Your Mind Is Already Creating Your Life: How to Shift the Pattern and See Results with Irena Portnova
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole McLeod sits down with manifestation coach Irina Portnova, founder of LifePalette, to unpack what manifestation…
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Bonus: Tracy Simoneta
In this bonus episode, Tracy from Interstate Hypnotherapy guides us through a simple exercise designed to help you recognize and begin shifting the patterns…
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Episode 37: Anxiety Is Lying to You: How to Feel Safe, Calm, and Enough Again with Bonnie Brindle
Anxiety isn’t always a diagnosis. Sometimes it’s the constant mental noise that tells you you’re not safe, not ready, or not enough. In this episode of The…
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Episode 36: The Intimacy Shift: A Blueprint to Move from Conflict to Lasting Connection with Dan Sneider
n this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with Dr. Dan Sneider, a licensed couples therapist and creator of The Intimacy Shift, to talk about…
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Episode 31: From Scaredy Cat to Extreme Courage Coach: Jennie Milton’s Story of Reinvention
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with Jennie “Adrenajen” Milton—elite kite surfer, former Australian women’s champion, and the Extreme…
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Episode 35: From Awareness to Embodiment: Designing a Sustainable Comeback with Lulu Agan
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with Lulu Agan of Swell Women for a real conversation about truth, alignment, and what it actually…
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Episode 34: The Habit Became the Addiction with Kathryn Eipl
Nichole sits down with Kathryn Eipl (founder of EIPL Healing: “Every Individual Person is Love”) to talk about the quieter side of addiction—how coping habits…
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Episode 33: Your Brain Was Protecting You: Understanding Trauma, Worth, and Healing with Haley Edwards
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole is joined by mindset coach-in-training Haley Edwards for an honest and deeply personal conversation about…
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Episose 32: Stop Pushing Through What’s Breaking You with Jennifer Keable
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole talks with burnout coach Jennifer Keable, who shares her personal experience with burnout and why it often…
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Episode 30: From Midlife Crisis to Midlife Creation with Caren Paskel
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Christi is joined by author and speaker Caren Pascal for a powerful conversation about reclaiming your life in midlife…
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Episode 29: From Fear to Forward: Rebuilding Identity in Your Comeback Season with Dr. Tamera White
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole McLeod sits down with Dr. Tamara White—therapist, author, coach, and “the Divine Disruptor”—for a powerful…
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Episode 28: From Depletion to Renewal: Perimenopause with Lindsey Spivey
Perimenopause can feel like a hurricane—especially if you’ve already battled chronic illness. In this candid conversation, nutritionist and “menopause energy…
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Episode 27: From Frazzled to Flourishing: Healing the Roots of Reactive Parenting with Tracy Simonnettas
In this episode, our guest, Tracy Simonnettas, dives into generational patterns in motherhood—how they’re formed, how they show up in our reactions, and how…
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Episode 26: Building Habits That Last
This is our last holiday episode. Listen to this before you set your New Year resolution. We want to help you with your Comeback in 2026. Please download our…
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Episode 25: The Holiday Motivation Slump: Small Shifts That Bring You Back
If motivation feels hard to come by during the holidays, you’re not alone—and nothing is wrong with you. In this episode of The Comeback Season: Holiday…
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Episode 24: Boundaries Without Guilt — Protecting Your Peace
The holidays can bring joy, connection, and meaning—but they can also stretch women emotionally, mentally, and physically. In this solo episode, Christi shares…
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Episode 23: The Guilt Hangover (Holiday Comeback Episode 2)
In this episode of The Comeback Holiday Edition, Nichole and Christi unpack the “guilt hangover” that lingers after holiday eating, skipped workouts, or…
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Episode 24: Holiday Burnout (Holiday Comeback Episode 3)
In this episode of The Comeback Holiday Edition, Nichole and Coach Christi unpack what nervous system burnout really looks like during the holidays—that…
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Episode 22: Breaking the Holiday Binge–Restrict Cycle: Finding Your Intentional Zone
In this first episode of our six-part holiday series, Christi and Nichole unpack why the binge–restrict cycle shows up so strongly this time of year—and why…
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Episode 21: Healing the Nervous System: Turning Grief into Growth with Michelle Vaughn
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of The Comeback Season, host Nichole McLeod sits down with Michelle Vaughn to explore how the nervous system…
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Episode 20-You Can: Clarity, Purpose, and the SMILE Formula with Shelley Meche’tte
After surviving three strokes in a matter of hours—one that took her speech and another that nearly took her life—Certified Life Purpose & Confidence Coach…
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Episode 19: Quieting the Inner Critic: How to Rewire Self-Sabotage Into Self-Compassion with Mary Crayston
In this powerful conversation, Nichole McLeod sits down with life coach Mary Crayston to unpack one of the most universal struggles we all face—the inner…
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Episode 18: Energy, Faith, and Healing: Restoring the Body’s Natural Design with Beth Chisholm
Nichole and energy coach Beth Chazome (Kamiya Coaching) unpack how the body stores stress and trauma—and how simple tools like EFT tapping, breathwork…
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Episode 17: Breaking Free from Toxic Patterns with Darla Ridilla
Have you ever been told you’re “too much”—too emotional, too opinionated, too intense? In this episode of The Comeback Season, I sit down with Darla Ridilla, a…
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Episode 16: Purposeful Pivot with Kellie Grutko
Ever felt that whisper in midlife that says, “there has to be more than this”? In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole sits down with Kellie Grutko…
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Episode 15: What’s Eating You? Forgiveness, Hormones & the “Inner Genie” with Hanna Kok
Educator and medical intuitive Hanna Kok joins Christi to explore how unspoken emotional baggage can surface as bloating, burnout, skin issues—and why…
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Episode 14-Training Smarter: Execution, Recovery, and Lifestyle for Lasting Results
It’s not the plan on paper—it’s how you execute it. In this episode, Nichole and Christi break down intentional training (form, tempo, mobility), recovery that…
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Episode 13-Sleep: The Real Foundation of Your Comeback (with Morgan Adams)
Nichole sits down with sleep coach Morgan Adams to unpack why sleep is the bedrock of health—impacting hormones, mood, metabolism, decision-making, and…
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The Episode 12-The Evolving Self: How to Grieve, Grow, and Rediscover Who You Are with Amy Haydak
Motherhood changes us in ways we don’t always expect. Parenting coach Amy Haydak joins The Comeback Season to talk about the identity shifts we face—from…
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Episode 11: Your Inner Foundation: Worth, Esteem, Confidence & Love That Transforms
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole and Christi break down the differences between self-worth, self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-love, and how…
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Episode 10: Your Mindset in Menopause Matters-With Shazia Warsi
In this empowering episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole and Christi are joined by menopause expert Shazia Warsi to explore how mindset, nutrition, and…
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Episode 9: Finding Your Purpose (Part 1 of 3)
Do you ever wonder if there’s more out there for you—but feel stuck, unsure where to start? In this powerful and personal episode, Nichole and Christi dig into…
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Episode 8: Inflammation & Menopause – What Your Body’s Been Trying to Tell You with Guest, Tricia Brady
If you’ve been feeling puffy, stiff, tired, or like your body just isn’t responding the way it used to—this episode is for you. Inflammation is often dismissed…
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Episode 7: Meal Plans vs. Mental Plans – Why Nutrition Isn’t Just About the Plate
In this episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole McLeod and Christi Counts Macros get real about a truth too often ignored: changing how you eat isn’t just…
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Episode 6: Reclaiming Your Intuition Through Breathwork with Rikki
Ever feel like you’ve lost touch with your intuition? That you’re just “getting by” on autopilot, listening to everyone else’s advice instead of your own inner…
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Episode 5: The Becoming Zone – Finding Strength in the Messy Middle
In this episode of The Comeback Season, we sit down with guest Jo-Dee Hecko to explore “The Becoming Zone”—that vulnerable, often-overlooked space between who…
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Your Comeback Starts in Your Nervous System
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right but nothing is working, this episode is for you. This week, Christi and Nichole go deep into why…
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Your Summer Comeback — Anchor Habits That Keep You Grounded
Summer doesn’t have to be the season that derails your goals. In this episode, Nichole and Christi are breaking down the real secret to staying consistent—even…
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Summer Self-Sabotage: Why We Fall Off Plan During Summer Months
In this refreshingly honest episode of The Comeback Season, Nichole and Christi unpack the sneaky ways summer throws us off track—and why that happens more…
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Your Rock Bottom Isn't the End
Episode 1 – Rock Bottom Isn’t the End: How Breakdowns Become Breakthroughs Welcome to The Comeback Season, where we have real conversations about fueling your…