The Healthiest Version of You Isn't the Most Disciplined (It's THIS) | Dominique Elissa

You are allowed to let go of the rules and routines that no longer fit your healthiest self, and this episode might just be the permission slip and re-evaluation you've been waiting for.

In this episode of The Balance Theory, Erika sits down with Dominique Elissa, founder of Selfdom, for a conversation that moves through pregnancy, body image, grief and gratitude, and keeps landing on the same question: what does it actually mean to be well when your body, your routine and your world are all changing at once? This is not another conversation about doing more, optimising harder or adding one more rule to your routine. It is an honest look at why flexibility, not discipline, is what actually makes you well.

If you have ever caught yourself thinking:

"I am doing all the right things and it still is not enough"

"My body is changing and none of this feels like mine anymore"

"I want to trust what my body is telling me instead of following another rule"

"I know gratitude is supposed to help, but some days it feels impossible to even try"

Then this episode is for you. In this conversation, Erika and Dominique cover:

- Why being told she wasn't "good enough" for a modelling job changed the way Dominique saw her own body

- The moment Dominique realised her wellness rules were about control, not about actually feeling good

- How pregnancy is reshaping her relationship with discipline, structure and flexibility

- Why rigidity can cap your life experience more than it protects you