Do you ever have moments where you’re maybe going out to a restaurant, you’ve planned what you’re going to eat, and then the breadbasket comes out and the urge to eat off-plan is so strong that you find yourself negotiating with your brain? The simple thought, “But I want it,” is one that has kept […]
Continue readingEp #35: The Number
Today, we are talking about the number. I spent most of my life obsessing over the number on the scale that I thought would make me good and happy, and I know that so many of my ladies have the same experience. I thought that if I could just weigh 120 pounds, then everything would […]
Continue readingEp #34: How Perfectionism Shows Up in Weight Loss
I remember a time when I wanted the “perfect” body, and to be honest, perfection in everything I did, everywhere in my life. We are all taught this idea of perfection as kids when we’re taught to strive to be the best student or the best child, so it’s no surprise if this pattern of […]
Continue readingEp #33: When You Think You Can’t Lose Weight, You Don’t
I’m sure you, like me, have tried a whole bunch of quick-fix diets and different food plans with hopes that it was going to be the missing piece to your weight loss journey. We all know they don’t work, that they keep us stuck on the diet rollercoaster and in the cycle dieting and binging, […]
Continue readingEp #32: Accepting the Mess
I think it’s fair to say that life isn’t going quite the way anyone had planned at the start of this year. This happens in so many areas of our life on a much smaller scale, where things get messy. But it’s how we handle the mess that determines our success. When things go wrong, […]
Continue readingEp #31: How Worry Keeps Us Stuck
For me, Easter has always been a time of big family gatherings and getting together with loved ones. 2020 has changed this tradition for my family, and I found myself in a cycle of constant worry, fearful about the future and what might be different when all of this is over. I know that some […]
Continue readingEp #30: Fall in Love with Movement
I’ve talked before on the podcast about how I managed to stop dieting by changing the way I approached food. I stopped following restrictive plans made by other people and started listening to my body instead. And it’s made a huge difference. One thing I’ve never really discussed on the show, however, is exercise. Now, […]
Continue readingEp #29: How to Create Meaningful Connections
On today’s episode, I’m diving into one simple but very necessary thing that we all have to do, even though we’re practicing social distancing and staying at home: create connections. Meaningful connections are important to us as humans at all times, pandemic or not, but in our current climate, it has never been more essential […]
Continue readingEp #28: Feeling Your Feelings in a Crisis
Welcome to part two of this series that I’m doing on how to get through this crisis right now without losing yourself. Loves, we’re seeing things that we have not ever experienced before in our lifetime, and so the chaos and frenzy that you might be feeling is inevitable. Trying to push away or avoid […]
Continue readingEp #27: Solutions to Help You Manage Your Fears
Things are changing rapidly around us as the Covid-19 outbreak spreads, and I know this is impacting all of us in various ways. When things change so quickly, it’s inevitable for fear and uncertainty to come up, and I’m offering two solutions to help you manage your negative emotions during this time. Unfortunately, we can’t […]
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