Every human out there self-sabotages from time to time. For many of us, negative thoughts come up around our weight and our relationship with ourselves. These negative thoughts then cause us to feel badly, which then drives us to take actions that don’t serve us (like binge-eating, skipping exercise, snapping at family, etcetera). 

The good news is that we can stop doing this. With some work to identify these thoughts and stop hiding from them, we can learn to pause when we have self-sabotaging thoughts. During this pause, we can choose new thoughts, feelings, and actions that will serve us and our goals, instead of undermine us. 

In this episode, we’re talking all about self-sabotage and how you can start to shift this behavior. I’ll share how this came up for me during my time on the diet roller coaster, why it was so frustrating, and how I learned to pause my negative thoughts in action. 

Finally, here are three transformational questions for you...

I used to really overdesire food and have a hard time dealing with my urges for it. This was so hard for me that I even started to fear food and situations where there would be a lot of it – especially things like family parties. Until I figured out how to respond to my urges and slowly change my overdesire, food was an obstacle rather than a neutral circumstance. 

We can learn to not fear food or overdesire it. We have to work around the messages we get from culture that encourage us to overeat, and we have to rewire our brains to handle urges, but both of things are completely possible for you. And a key step in this process is understanding how our brain works, especially in relation to rewards like food. 

Today we’re talking about how to handle overdesire for food and the urges that come up around eating. I’ll share some of my experiences with these feelings and how I’ve slowly but surely reprogrammed my brain so that I no longer...

One of the hardest parts of being on the Diet Roller Coaster was the way it eroded my ability to trust myself. For years, it felt like I could keep commitments to everybody but me. On Sunday, I’d make a plan to eat well and exercise throughout the week, but by midweek, I’d failed enough (and then beat myself up about it) that I’d just give up. 

When I finally decided to take a new approach, I realized that I needed two things: a compelling reason, and commitment. My compelling reason, or my “why”, was the thing that kept me going even when I wanted to quit. And my commitment meant that even though I’d fail sometimes, skip a workout, or overeat, I was still committed to my overall goal – no matter what. 

In this episode, I’m introducing these two concepts to you and talking about  why they are so important. I’ll tell you about what a compelling reason looks like in action and share stories about...

Welcome to the very first episode of Weight Loss for Successful Women! I am so excited to bring this podcast to you – I’ve been dreaming about how I could help more women, and this podcast is a huge and wonderful step in that direction.

If we can build a habit of pausing as we communicate with ourselves, we can take back control of our thought patterns, feelings and actions. Breathwork and awareness are two incredibly useful tools for learning to press pause on our thoughts and consider whether they’re helping us build the healthy, fulfilling life that we deserve. 

In today’s episode, you’ll learn about me and my backstory, including some of my struggles with the diet rollercoaster. I’ll tell you what led me to finally seek out a new way to lose weight and keep it off. I will also share an important concept with you about perfectionism, and we’ll wrap things up with two transformational questions.

When you’re done listening to...