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Episode 108Aug 10, 2026· 5:18

What Babies Know About Movement That We Forgot

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Babies never worry about how their bodies look. They just eat when they're hungry, stop when they're full, and move because it feels good. In this episode, Ashley shares a voice note from Shirley Billigmeier, founder of Energetics, who breaks down why we're born knowing exactly how to listen to our bodies, and how life slowly teaches us to ignore that wisdom. Shirley talks about trusting your own signals over outside noise, why nutrition research keeps flip-flopping, and how reconnecting with your natural instincts can bring the joy back into eating and moving. Ashley adds her own take on how small daily choices, like what you pack for a road trip, train your brain toward better habits over time. If you've ever felt disconnected from your own hunger, fullness, or desire to move, this one is for you. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult a healthcare professional before starting any diet or exercise program. - Follow Shirley online: https://www.innergetics.com/book https://instagram.com/innergeticsmethod https://linkedin.com/company/innergetics https://facebook.com/learn.innergetics Join the FREE accountability group: https://famousashleygrant.com/group/ --------------------------------------- This podcast is supported by affiliate partnerships. Please check out a few of our partners below: – Start a podcast today here: https://rss.com/?via=moremovementplease – Create content from your own voice with Castmagic's Suite of AI Tools: https://get.castmagic.io/dcjy15cirnts – Want to help support our show? Buy a girl a drink perhaps? https://ko-fi.com/famousashleygrant – Need content for your podcast or blog? Check out Tools for Motivation: https://toolsformotivation.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=962&url=1914 The links above are affiliate links. This means my podcast will receive a small commission if you order through any of them at no additional cost to you. Affiliate commissions are one of the ways my podcast makes money so that I can create episodes free of charge. If you do purchase anything from my links, I sincerely would like to thank you for your support!
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Babies never worry about how their bodies look. They just eat when they're hungry, stop when they're full, and move because it feels good. In this episode, Ashley shares a voice note from Shirley Billigmeier, founder of Energetics, who breaks down why we're born knowing exactly how to listen to our bodies, and how life slowly teaches us to ignore that wisdom. Shirley talks about trusting your own signals over…
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Full transcript
00:00
Maybe we could learn a thing or two from children
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about fitness and nutrition. What's up, you guys?
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Famous Sasha Grant here. Welcome to More Movement,
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Please, the podcast where I hope to inspire you
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to move your body more. Today, I have another
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voice note for you, and this one comes to us
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from Shirley Billigmeyer, and here's what she
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had to say. I'm Shirley Billigmeyer, the founder.
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of energetics. Energetics is inner spelled I
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-N -N -E -R because it is your own energy from
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within, your choice. And this is key regardless
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if it is your choice of what you are eating or
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how you are moving. Choice is your identity and
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it is important to own what gives you life, food,
00:42
and how you move forward in life, both physically
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and mentally. And once you are choosing what
00:49
to eat and how to move, you own it. and it will
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become permanent and pleasurable. We are born
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with our own eating boundaries and the desire
00:58
to move. Think of an infant. They know when they
01:01
are hungry, they want to start eating. And they
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certainly know when they are no longer hungry,
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they want to stop eating. And they will be quite
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forceful in their desire to stop eating. They
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will spit it out, throw it, clench those little
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lips to tell you they want to stop eating. and
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they could care less about their weight or their
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diaper size. They simply want to stop eating.
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We were also born with over 10 ,000 taste buds,
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unique to each and every one of us, to let us
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know what feels good to us. True health, how
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you feel. It is why the research keeps changing.
01:41
The research isn't wrong. It depends on how that
01:44
group of people responds to a particular food
01:47
or group of foods in the study. For example,
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if you read that shrimp is healthy, yet when
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you eat it, you have a reaction, who really is
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the final authority? You are. In addition, have
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you ever seen an infant not want to learn and
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get moving? It is our natural desire to want
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to learn and move. So what happened to our natural
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eating boundaries and our desire to move? We
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just stopped listening to ourselves and stopped.
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making our own choices. And we left the one place
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that had all the answers, our gut brain, our
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own wisdom, our own selves that houses our identity
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created from total and complete choice of what
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we eat and how we decide our movement. And once
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we reclaim it, we reclaim the joy of eating and
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the joy of movement and the joy of living in
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a body you love living in without storage, which
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is my term for fat, because it is truly stored
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information. You can follow me on Instagram at
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energeticsmethod or check out my website, Energetics.
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So I find that kind of fascinating, what Shirley
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said about the fact that we could actually learn
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something from children, basically. Because when
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you really think about it, our food, our nutrition,
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our movement, it really was something that was
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like nurtured. Nature tells us, you know, we
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want to move our bodies more and that we want
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to eat things that are feeling good to us and
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healthy for us. But nurture is what. kind of
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creeps up on us and makes us think that, well,
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okay, if everybody else is drinking sodas, I
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drink sodas. Or if I'm served a bunch of sugar,
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I'm supposed to consume a bunch of sugar. And
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at some point, you have to make a decision for
03:40
yourself. You have to decide that you want to
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kind of go back to the better way of doing things,
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which is moving your body more and consuming
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foods that are good for you. And I said something
03:51
about this recently. that you know for my road
03:54
trip we chose to pack snacks that were a little
03:58
bit healthier and you know not just a bunch of
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crap because that's one thing that's really bad
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about road trips is that it's very easy to just
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reach for chips and cookies and candy bars and
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all kinds of junk but if you're constantly reaching
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for junk then you're training your brain and
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your body that you want junk But if you are reaching
04:17
for healthier foods, you're training your mind
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and your body that you want healthier foods.
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So I really like what Shirley had to say. I hope
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you guys enjoyed it too. And if y 'all want to
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leave a voice note for me too, to be featured
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on the show, I would love to hear from y 'all.
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Whether you're a fitness industry expert or just
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someone who's on the same journey as I am and
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want to talk about it, please hit me up, famousalshagrant
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.com backslash fitness. I would love to hear
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from y 'all. Thank you so much for tuning in.
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Onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you worked
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out today?