Your Friday Five: When Life Gets Loud, Choose You First
Your Friday Five: When Life Gets Loud, Choose You First  
Podcast: The Obesity Guide with Matthea Rentea MD
Published On: Fri Nov 21 2025
Description: Send a Text Message. Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us. This week’s Friday Five comes with a first in six years: I missed a podcast release. Not because I didn’t care… but because my life got full in a way even I couldn’t out-organize or out-hustle.Between conferences, continuing medical education (because apparently everything happens at the end of the year), and launching another program supporting women physicians, the perfect storm hit. And for the first time ever, an episode simply didn’t go out.And honestly? It needed to happen.This week’s short episode is a gentle, honest reminder of what becomes crystal clear when life is overloaded: your health must come first—before work, before deadlines, before dishes, before being everything to everyone.Inside this Friday Five, I share:Why I chose to skip the episode instead of skipping my health habitsThe signs my body gives me when I’ve pushed too farWhy “being busy” isn’t a badge of honor—it's a warning signHow to look at your calendar and see what you’re really prioritizingA grounded reminder that saying “no” is not selfish—it’s survivalIf you're moving through a season where life feels especially heavy or holiday-busy, this episode is your permission slip to pause, reevaluate, and protect what matters most.Your wellbeing is not optional. And the organizations you serve will never experience the consequences of your burnout—only you will.Take care of you first. I'll see you Monday.All of the information on this podcast is for general informational purposes only. Please talk to your physician and medical team about what is right for you. No medical advice is being on this podcast. If you live in Indiana or Illinois and want to work with doctor Matthea Rentea, you can find out more on www.RenteaClinic.com If you want to go deeper into the science of fat loss, muscle preservation, and what your body composition numbers actually mean, check out my course Body Composition Decoded, where I break it all down in a clear, practical way.Support the show