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The Burn Stress Lose Weight Podcast

The Burn Stress Lose Weight Podcast

Dr. Priyanka Venugopal 259 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

The Burn Stress Lose Weight Podcast is a weekly audio letter for professional working moms, offering inspiration and education on achieving lasting weight loss. Hosted by Dr. Priyanka Venugopal, a busy physician mom, it shares her personal struggles and solutions for weight management. The podcast emphasizes a science-based and perspective-driven approach, aiming to help listeners feel unstoppable.

Episodes

232: How my Weight Loss Journey Prepared me for TEDx Rejections (TedX Story, 3 of 4)
232: How my Weight Loss Journey Prepared me for TEDx Rejections (TedX Story, 3 of 4) Aug 18, 2026 11:34 This week, I'm sharing part three of my TEDx journey, and the part that I believe matters most when you're going after a big goal: what happens when you get rejected. As an overachiever, rejection can feel like so much more than a simple "no." It can quickly turn into questioning whether you're good enough or whether the goal was ever meant for you in the first place. In this episode, I'm sharing
231: Why We Procrastinate on Goals That Matter (My TEDx Story, 2 of 4)
231: Why We Procrastinate on Goals That Matter (My TEDx Story, 2 of 4) Aug 11, 2026 13:51 This episode starts with a surprising realization: making the decision to chase a big dream isn't actually the hardest part. The real challenge begins after the excitement fades. In part two of my TEDx journey, I'm sharing the mindset shift that helped me move forward when motivation disappeared, and why this lesson changed not just my TEDx experience, but my weight loss journey too. If you've eve
230: I Landed a TEDx Talk and how almost talked myself out of it (TEDx Story, 1 of 4)
230: I Landed a TEDx Talk and how almost talked myself out of it (TEDx Story, 1 of 4) Aug 4, 2026 12:58 A few years ago, I had a dream that felt way too big, and I almost talked myself out of it before I ever took the first step. In this episode, I'm sharing a milestone I've been waiting months to announce and the mindset shift that finally helped me stop dismissing my own dreams. This is the first episode in a four-part series that takes you behind the scenes of my TEDx journey. If you've ever had
229: The What If Loop and How Craving Certainty Keeps Overachievers Stuck (plus what to do instead)!
229: The What If Loop and How Craving Certainty Keeps Overachievers Stuck (plus what to do instead)! Jul 28, 2026 10:11 We're wrapping up the six-part summer series with the mindset pattern I see most often in the smartest women I work with: wanting to feel completely certain and in control before you take action. It sounds responsible. It even feels productive. But if you've ever spun through every "what if" scenario, you already know what this really is: a time machine that takes you out of the only moment you ca
228: "I'll Decide Later" is Sabotaging Your Health Goal (and what to do about it)
228: "I'll Decide Later" is Sabotaging Your Health Goal (and what to do about it) Jul 21, 2026 06:14 If you've ever made a plan on Sunday and thought, "But what if I don't feel like eating that way by Thursday?" and then quietly made no plan at all, this one is for you, friend. In Part 5 of the Success Mindset summer series, I dig into the mindset that keeps so many of us overachievers stuck: the fear of feeling boxed in, and the way that fear quietly hands your most important decisions to the mo
227: Win Now by Doing the Hard Thing First
227: Win Now by Doing the Hard Thing First Jul 14, 2026 10:45 If you're the kind of woman who gets a little hit of satisfaction every time you cross something off your list, this one's for you, friend. Because here's what I've noticed after years of chasing those tiny checkboxes: the small, easy tasks we tell ourselves are "productive" are often the exact thing keeping us from the goal that actually matters. I call it procrasto-working, and overachievers are
226: How Overworking is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Wins
226: How Overworking is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Wins Jul 7, 2026 10:11 If you're the kind of woman who scans the room to make sure everyone else is comfortable before you even think about yourself, this one is for you. Somewhere along the way, a lot of overachievers picked up a quiet belief: that rest has to be earned. That you can take care of yourself once the to-do list is finally done, once the fires are out, once everyone else is handled. It sounds generous on p
225: Why Choosing Inconvenience Will Create Your Next Weight Loss Win
225: Why Choosing Inconvenience Will Create Your Next Weight Loss Win Jun 30, 2026 10:59 Most overachievers don't fall short of their goals because they lack a plan. They fall short because they're running their life on autopilot — and a goal, by definition, means you want something different than what you have right now. In part two of the Success Mindset series, Priyanka unpacks the sneaky mindset that quietly keeps smart, busy women waiting: the when-then thought. When my calendar
224: Double Your Weight Loss Results This Summer by Letting Go of All-or-Nothing Thinking (mindset series)
224: Double Your Weight Loss Results This Summer by Letting Go of All-or-Nothing Thinking (mindset series) Jun 23, 2026 08:40 If you've ever caught yourself thinking, "If I can't do it perfectly, why even bother?" — this one's for you, friend. Welcome to the very first episode of a brand-new summer series, where I'm sharing shorter, more unfiltered, off-the-cuff thoughts on the mindset of success — the gaps I'm watching come up again and again for the overachieving women I coach every single week. We're kicking it off wi
223: Coaching vs. Therapy, Self-Worth, and Raising Emotionally Aware Kids with Dr. Shivana Naidoo
223: Coaching vs. Therapy, Self-Worth, and Raising Emotionally Aware Kids with Dr. Shivana Naidoo Jun 16, 2026 47:18 If you've ever gotten the A+, the promotion, the passed board exam... and felt good for maybe two days before sprinting toward the next thing, this episode is for you. This week I'm joined by Dr. Shivana Naidoo, a child and adult psychiatrist I met at a women physicians conference, where her talk hit me so squarely in the heart that I tracked her down afterward and asked her to come on the show. W
222: How to Lock In on your Health Goal
222: How to Lock In on your Health Goal Jun 9, 2026 23:47 If you've ever told yourself "I'll get serious about this after summer… after the holidays… in January," this one's for you. There's a quiet thought error running underneath that delay, and once I name it, you won't be able to unsee it. So many of us keep pushing off the best parts of our lives because a primitive part of the brain has decided that losing the weight you want has to feel terrible a
Bonus Episode: Inside The Burn Stress Lose Weight Group Coaching Experience
Bonus Episode: Inside The Burn Stress Lose Weight Group Coaching Experience Jun 4, 2026 17:52 You've done this before. You get a clean plan, the macros mapped out, a tidy calorie budget, and you feel completely ready... and then a busy work week, an on-call shift, or the after-school chaos quietly dismantles it by Wednesday. In this short bonus episode, I'm talking about why a plan on paper almost never survives real life, and what actually does. There's a big difference between having a s

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