You likely get that you’re not the only one who’s dealing with food noise and not feeling great in your body, but it sure feels like it sometimes. It can help to hear another person’s story.

Today you’ll hear from my client Tammy who started working with me following a painful breakup. Even with decades of nutrition and fitness knowledge, she wasn’t making progress with her weight.

Hear how she released 30lbs by transcending emotional eating and how food no longer has power over her: no more snack bags on trips, pantry raids, emergency snacks, or overeating spirals.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How she not just understanding the skills of weight loss conceptually, but embodies them
• How journaling can become a breakthrough tool
• How she’s transforming perfectionism and all or nothing thinking

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You just need to follow through. Be more consistent right? Wrong. Well kinda. If you only listen to ONE of my podcast episodes, please let it be this one!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why trying harder is just spinning your wheels
• How to challenge your current capacity
• A 1 min real time somatic exercise to make following through accessible and automatic

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If you ever feel confused, overwhelmed, and disillusioned with all the weight loss or general advice out there, I want to help you navigate that with an experimental approach. Learn how to cut through all that noise and run a personal experiment of your own with 3 simple steps.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How to deal with the information overload around fat loss
• 3 Mindsets that keep you stuck: Cynical, Escapist, Perfectionist
• The do’s and don’t to enjoy the process

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At 64, Wendy only had 10-15 lbs she wanted to release but had spent her life 'white knuckling' with food. Hear how she stopped 'food noise' by aligning mind, body and spirit. We chat about trusting yourself, shifting current beliefs, and even how contentment can be the thief of joy. If releasing weight and food restriction seem like a drag for you, listen in for a fresh perspective.

You’ll learn:

• Her four bite strategy
• Proof that it is actually possible to stop food noise no matter how long it’s been a part of your life
• Evidence for your brain to believe you actually CAN eat one piece of pizza without feeling deprived

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Part 2! Readiness isn't a feeling, it's a way of thinking that you go back to over and over again. Go back to the previous episode if you haven't already listened to part 1. Here we finish the checklist to help you identify if you're truly ready for change and if not, where to focus your thinking.

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We all have something we’d like to change whether it’s getting stronger, releasing that 15 lbs, getting better sleep, drinking less...

But change is hard. Our brains are not inclined to change. In Part 1 of this two part series, I’ll introduce a ‘readiness checklist’ to help you identify if you’re ready to take on that new workout or weight loss plan and if you’re not, exactly where to focus to GET yourself ready for real change so it’s not just another failed attempt.

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Is this you? You have a few chips and it spirals into the whole bag, an entire day or whole weekend of overeating. You feel tempted by one-size-fits-all meal plans that you never end up following. You stop tracking your food or planning meals because you didn’t do it yesterday which means your 4 day streak is over, so you think, screw it. This episode is for you.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• That even though you’re not a “perfectionist,” perfectionism is likely derailing you
• Why 100% every day is the wrong goal
• The mindset shift you need to get out of all or nothing thinking

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After gaining 30 lbs over six years, my client Amy was feeling desperate and stuck. We talk about her decision to get coaching, how she handles indulgences on the weekends, and the specific keys to releasing the weight while feeling energetic and confident.

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