Why the Smartest Women Automate Their Health

You’ve got color-coded calendar blocks, recurring meetings, reminders for every deadline, and an inbox that (mostly) stays under control.

Your Google Drive is organized. Your team knows the Monday workflow. Your budget? Dialed in.

But your health? Still running on “I’ll figure it out later.”

For most high-achieving women I work with, especially executive-level moms, the reason you’re struggling to stay consistent with your health has nothing to do with motivation and everything to do with missing systems.

You’re not lazy. You’re operating without infrastructure in one of the most critical areas of your life.

And it’s costing you your energy, your focus, and your ability to show up fully at work and at home.

Let’s talk about why it’s time to automate your health like you automate everything else.

You Don’t Lack Discipline. You Lack Bandwidth.

If your day looks like this:

  • You’re in back-to-back meetings from 8am to 4pm
  • You grab a protein bar between calls and call it lunch
  • You answer Slack messages from the carpool line
  • You reheat your coffee three times and still never drink it
  • You finally sit down to “relax” at 9pm and open your laptop again

…you’re not failing. You’re functioning inside a system that only supports your productivity not your personal sustainability.

You’ve already built incredible automations in your professional life:

  • Recurring calendar invites for leadership meetings
  • Auto-scheduled reports in your financial dashboard
  • Project templates for your team to reduce busywork
  • Automated payroll, invoicing, or CRM follow-ups

But you’re still winging your meals, squeezing in workouts “if there’s time,” and ignoring the fact that you’re falling into bed exhausted but still not sleeping.

The smartest women know: if it’s not automated, it’s optional.

And your health should never be optional.

What Automating Your Health Actually Looks Like

Here’s what I teach my executive clients to do, not to add more, but to make wellness automatic:

1. Pre-Selected, High-Protein Meals You Can Make on Autopilot

Forget 27-ingredient Pinterest recipes. Instead have 3–5 go-to meals that require zero decision-making.

Examples:

Breakfast: Greek yogurt + berries + chia seeds

Lunch: Dinner leftovers

Dinner: Rotisserie chicken + frozen bell peppers & onions + rice or Air-fried salmon + broccoli florets + sweet potato

Make them simple. Make them repeatable. And get your mental energy back for more important things.

2. Recurring Grocery Orders

Set up a weekly or biweekly Instacart or delivery order with your staples already loaded.

No more last-minute grocery runs or wondering what to make. That’s 20+ fewer decisions every single week.

3. Workout & Walk Blocks Like Meetings

Treat your workouts and your daily walk the same way you treat your one-on-ones.

  • 30-minute workout slots, 3–5x/week
  • 10-minute daily walk after lunch or in between calls

Better yet, turn one of your meetings into a walking meeting. It supports your focus, metabolism, and mental clarity.

4. Hydration + Sleep Prompts

Use alarms or smart water bottles to remind you to hydrate mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

Wind-down reminders 30 minutes before bed can trigger your nervous system to start shutting down so you actually rest. Sleep is your CEO-level recovery time. Treat it like your next big meeting.

5. A Shutdown Ritual

At a consistent time each night:

  • Close the laptop
  • Review and set tomorrow’s top 3 priorities
  • Dim the lights
  • Leave your phone outside your bedroom

If your brain never gets the signal that it’s safe to rest, you’ll lie awake while your body stays stuck in “go mode.”

What Changes When You Automate

When these systems are in place, here’s what starts to happen:

  • You stop decision-fatiguing your way into takeout at 8pm.
  • You wake up with actual energy because you finally slept.
  • You lead your team from a place of clarity, not chaos.
  • You stop snapping at your kids over nothing because you’re regulated.
  • You stop feeling like your body is falling apart from stress.

You start to feel like yourself again. And you stop wondering if “this is just what life looks like now.” But the truth is, it doesn’t have to be.

Ready to Build Your System?

You’ve systemized your team. You’ve systemized your calendar.

Now it’s time to systemize your energy, your health, and your ability to actually enjoy the life you’ve worked so hard to build.

And I’ve made it easy to start.

Click here to get my free SYSTEMS tool, the exact strategy I use with my executive clients to help them stop running on fumes and start feeling like themselves again.

Because burnout isn’t a badge of honor. It’s a warning sign.

Let’s fix the system together.

 

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hi, i'm lauren!

I help successful, high-achieving women like you implement efficient, proven and sustainable ways to prioritize your health and find your confidence again.

Hi, I'm Lauren!

I help successful, high-achieving women like you implement efficient, proven and sustainable ways to prioritize your health and find your confidence again.