Legally Clueless

In this powerful episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with Stephanie Mwaura, a personal trainer and women’s wellness coach with 19 years of experience helping women reconnect with their bodies and build strength on their own terms.Stephanie breaks down why so much of the fitness advice women receive was never designed for us from “go hard or go home” culture, to extreme cardio, to diet fads that feed shame instead of strength. She explains how hormones, stress, emotional load, and lifestyle shape women’s fitness journeys and why empathy is a crucial part of any real transformation.This episode will completely reframe how you think about fitness, food, movement, aging, and the emotional realities women carry. In this episode, we explore:• Why most fitness rules were created for the male body• How women’s hormones shift monthly — and why workouts should too• Why intense cardio often works against women’s goals• The connection between stress, cortisol, and stored fat• How shame shows up in g