The Live Diet-Free podcast

How many times have you scrambled to make dinner after a stressful workday followed by chauffeuring kids around to miscellaneous afterschool activities?

You go to the trouble because sitting down for a family meal, even just once a week, is important to you.

But instead of feeling appreaciated and being rewarded with a pleasant time at the table, everyone sits around in silence, shooting down your attempts at conversation with 1 word answers.

If this sounds at all familiar, today's guest, Linda Lederman is here to help us 

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Linda’s cooking skills were so bad, her own family banned her from cooking when she was a teen. Happily, her skills have dramatically improved. She’s a lawyer who reinvented herself as a kitchen confidence coach.She has over 1000 cookbooks, is a graduate of Rouxbe Cooking School and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and has countless cooking courses from the International Culinary Center and Natural Gourmet Institute under her belt. As owner of Balaboosta’s Secret she helps busy women with meal planning, prep and cooking lessons as well as coaches them on how to serve dinner with side dishes of clever conversations with their family.  Whether you’re a beginner cook or a well-seasoned pro, Linda’s got your back. 

Is it inevitable to feel hungry all the time when you're trying to lose weight?

Maybe it even feels like a badge of honor, like the hunger pangs are your fat cells shrinking?

Let's talk about how much hunger is normal and how to go about minimizing it so that you're not at risk of blowing your deficit when you get hangry. 

Most of us have an inner voice who's pretty critical and can be loud at times (sometimes what feels like all the time).

Having that voice is normal and a byproduct of our brain always being on the lookout for threats to our safety.

While we can't fully eliminate it, today's guest, Cynthia Phelps, is teaching us how we can work on developing an Inner Ally who helps balance out our self-talk and supports us when we need it most. 

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Dr. Phelps is a Stanford Ambassador of Compassion, International Speaker, Certified Mindfulness Instructor, and Founder of InnerAlly, a trauma-Informed company building tools, courses, and mobile apps to improve mental wellness based on the science of self-compassion.  She has extensive experience in learning and behavior change and has been developing mental health tools since 2009.  Her expertise is in helping people to use their inner voice as their superpower to get what they want out of life. Her background in pharmacology and neuroscience helps her create programs and products for effective health behavior change. Cynthia started InnerAlly after having a profound recovery experience with implementing self-compassion in her own life, and now she facilitates live and online trainings and private programs to help others to make their own breakthroughs. InnerAlly celebrates the power of creating a kind and supportive inner voice to change your life for the better.

If you're having trouble staying committed to your weight loss goals when push comes to shove (like when staying in bed sounds way more appealing than waking up to workout or the cookies in the hotel lobby smell sooooo good), you're not alone.

Commitment is one of the 3 Cs of succcess so how do you get better at it?

I'm sharing my top tips here.

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Ya know that cycle of wanting to lose weight, committing to whatever diet or workout program, being "good" for a few days, and then falling off and struggling to start again?

We all do, so don't think there's something wrong with you.

On today's episode, I'm interiewing Gary Fahey about why change is so hard and how we can reprogram our brains to make it way easier to do the stuff that'll help us reach the goals we care about.

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Founder of Strong Men’d and NeuroStoic Solutions, Gary Fahey is an executive life strategist, mental strength and performance specialist, highly sought-after speaker and bestselling author who embodies the mantra of “Lived it, Learned it, Earned it.” His unique Brutal Honesty brand was forged through 18 years with the Australian Federal Police, where he led the Australian Prime Minister’s Personal Protection Team and managed the Office of Commissioner, however his passion for the psychology of peak performance, mental strength and resilience was born following his own fall from grace.

A deep, dark and destructive (silent) battle with mental health and gambling addiction cost him $2 million, his career, his reputation and saw him question the value of his own life – but he refused to go down without a fight. Utilising a combination of formal and informal education, expert coaching and mentoring, trial and error, hard work and just a pinch of pain, Gary developed his own practical systems and strategies for success.

Gary has worked with, studied under and learned from experts around the world in neuroscience, psychology, peak performance, mental health and habit formation and holds a Masters in Brain and Mind Sciences (specialising in peak performance and leadership), an MBA (specialising in organisational strategy and culture) and a Bachelors degree in Health Science to compliment his ‘on the job’ experience working with high performing individuals, teams and businesses to overcome obstacles in their own search for purpose and peak performance.

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Connect with him at:

www.garyfahey.com

www.linkedin.com/in/garyfahey

www.instagram.com/strong.mend

www.facebook.com/strongmend

You've probably heard you should be eating small meals throughout the day to stoke your metabolism.

And you've probably also heard that fasting and skipping breakfast will help turn your body into a fat burning machine.

So which is it? Does it matter?

Tune in to find out.

Cravings - we all have em, and most of us struggle with knowing what to do about them.

Not for long.

Today I'm joined by Dr. Glenn Livingston, who literally wrote the book on how to defeat your cravings.

Learn what actually causes them (it's not what you think) and how to break the cycle where you give in to them, beat yourself up about it, rinse, and repeat.

Once you know exactly what to do to make cravings go dormant, you'll be so much more successful at overcoming them!

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Dr. Glenn Livingston, an expert in overeating and binge eating, is renowned for his book "Never Binge Again," which has helped over a million readers. His latest release, "Defeat Your Cravings," extends and updates his earlier work, drawing from vast experience and scientific research on cravings and societal influences on eating behavior. This free resource offers practical benefits, including reducing cravings, decreasing instances of giving in, and fostering a shift in focus from food to life fulfillment.

Dr. Livingston's unique approach, shaped by decades of work with clients and self-funded research, stands apart from traditional psychology and self-help books on food-related issues. His own journey from food obsession to a healthy relationship with food adds a personal and relatable touch to his expertise, while his work has been featured in prominent publications and media outlets, further underscoring the value of his insights.

Should you be eating "clean"?

Are you even really sure what that means?

The alternative, "dirty," sounds bad, right?

Let's dive into clean eating and how much it matters for your weight loss and overall health.

Most of us want to be more productive, disciplined, and confident, but don't know where to start - until now.

Today I'm joined by leadership coach, Desiree Petrich, who's sharing 5 rules you can apply to your life ASAP to to help you live up to your potential. 

Desiree Petrich is a keynote speaker and host of the Lead With Confidence podcast. Desiree is also the owner and CEO of Intentional Action LLC which provides training programs in the form of team building exercises, workshops and DISC Assessments. Desiree helps you to build a life you love by taking control of what you can control. Learn to evaluate your excuses and strengthen your foundation of self through courage, confidence and community!

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We'd all like to just wake up tomorrow and be at our goal weight but that's not how it works.

Losing weight is a process and it's important to be realistic in how long you can expect it to take you to reach you goals.

In this episode, find out what healthy, sustainable weight loss looks like and how to avoid getting too caught up in the scale.

Ever find yourself hunched over your desk like Gollum and think, "I really need to work on my posture"?

Or stand up after 8 straight hours at your chair and the creaks and cracks in your joints are only drowned out by your groans over how stiff and achy you are?

Then you need today's episode where I'm joined by movement and mobility coach, Sammy Wilson, who's giving us advice for how to stay mobile even if we're at a desk all day. 

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Meet Sammy Wilson:

Sammy Wilson, the Pocket PT, is a movement and mobility coach. She has a BSc in sports and exercise science and is a qualified level 3 personal trainer. She’s a retired elite athlete who used to compete for the Great Britain artistic swimming team and have since been navigating staying mobile whilst spending a lot of time at a desk!

Her job is to help people who sit at a desk all day getting achy and lethargic, to move more, feel energized and ultimately become happier!

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Guess what?!

I'm gonna be comin at ya twice a week starting now!

Thursday episodes are going to be "bite-sized", 5-15 minute quickie episodes intended to answer one specific question that will help you be more successful at reaching your goals.

Today I'm answering one I see asked multple times everyday in Facebook groups: "I know eating protein is important but how do I actually do it? What foods should I be eating? Eating this much seems impossible."

Tune in to find out.

Ya ya ya, you know sleep is important.

But did you know the lack thereof could be preventing you from losing weight and putting you at risk of Alzheimer's and heart disease?

Probably not.

Even more importantly, do you know how to make sleep more of a priority -- despite everything else going on in your life (like perimenopause and kids who wake up multiple times per night?

Tune into today's episode with Shawna Robins for just the kick in the pants you need to make sleep (and weight loss, and your sanity) a priority. 

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Shawna Robins is an international best-selling author of 2 books - Powerful Sleep – Rest Deeply, Repair Your Brain and Restore Your Life, and Irresistibly Healthy – Simple Strategies to Feel Vibrant, Alive, Healthy and Full of Energy Again.  

Her signature program, Rest & Reset Academy, is an online wellness program for women who want to reset their sleep, create healthier habits and change their lives.  

Shawna is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. 

Shawna has been featured on Dr. Mindy Pelz's The Resetter Podcast and in Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, and The Huffington Post.  

A free download of her latest book can be found here: www.shawnarobins.com You can follow her on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. 

Social Media Links:

IG - @kaiahealthcoach

FB - @kaiahealth

LinkedIn - @ShawnaMcKinleyRobins

YouTube - shawna robins

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Mike Doehla helped over 50,000 clients reach their weight loss goals before selling his nutrition consulting company, Stronger U, and even in retirement, continues to help clients and coaches, alike.

Today he's joining me to talk about how to become a better food detective.

We touch on tips to make food tracking a useful tool, how to make changes in a food-centric environment, and figuring out the give-and-take that will allow YOU to reach your goals while living a life you actually enjoy.

At 40 Mike officially retired after selling his nutrition coaching company, Stronger U. After becoming one of Americas fastest growing companies without paid marketing, hiring 100+ coaches, and helping people around the world lose more than a million pounds, he felt his job was done and it was time for change. 

Now, a married full-time dad of two girls, Mike shares his wisdom and experience with the industry to continue to improve the lives of others and help raise the bar. 

Tired of being asked, "what's for dinner?" every night?!

Know you'd save time, money, and a lot of energy if you had a plan for meals but have no idea how to do that without spending half your weekend cooking?

That's exactly why I brought today's guest, Meal Planning expert, Kathy Davis, to the show!

In today's episode we cover the differences between meal planning and prep, the simplest way to make sure you actually follow through on your plan, and so much more!

Kathy Davis is a lifestyle and mindset coach, a Meal Planning Expert, the CEO of VegInspired, and the author of three cookbooks: The 30-Minute Whole-Food Plant-Based Cookbook, The Super Easy Plant-Based Cookbook, and The Budget-Friendly, Plant-Based Diet Cookbook, and a co-author of one personal development book: Absolute Vision. 

Kathy operates on two primary mottos: 1) Eat More Plants and 2) Intention over Perfection.

She founded the Meal Plan Accountability Club to help others become efficient and effective meal planners.

Kathy and her husband, John, are living their plant-based dream while simultaneously traveling the United States in an RV with their cat. They've been to 33 states and 22 national parks so far and have a goal to visit all the US national parks!

If you've ever found yourself thinking about food more than you'd like, or even like it's *all* you think about, this episode is for you.

I'm breaking down what 'food noise' even is, the 2 main contributors to it, and the exact steps you can take to turn it down to a manageable level.

Do you have hobbies? Anything outside of work and family life that lights you up and makes you feel whole?

It's ok if you don't and you're in good company.

That's exactly what I'm talking about with today's guest, clinical therapist and empowerment coach, Sage Olson.

Tune in and learn why it's so common for women to lose their sense of self when they become mothers and, most importantly, what we can do to start rediscovering or making our interests more of a priority in our lives.

Sage is a licensed therapist, coach, and the dynamic host of the It Doesn't Martyr to Me podcast. With a passion for empowering women, especially moms, to embrace authentic self-care, set boundaries, stop people-pleasing, and find balance, Sage brings a unique blend of professional expertise and relatable insights to every episode.

When she's not behind the mic or in session with a client, you can find Sage spending quality time with her family, exploring new hobbies, and continuing her journey of personal growth.

You know that you don't want your kids to develop the same body image and food related issues that you picked up on from your mom but HOW do you make sure they don't, especially when you're actively trying to lose weight?

It IS possible and that's exactly what I'm talking about with today's guest, Michelle Maidenberg.

Learn how to communicate with your kids about food, exercise, and their bodies in a way that sets them up for a healthy and sane future.

(And make sure you listen until the very end when Michelle shares how to make sure that a little slip up with your diet doesn't turn into a complete fall off the wagon!)

Michelle P. Maidenberg, Ph.D., MPH, LCSW-R maintains a private practice in Harrison, NY. She is also the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of “Thru My Eyes”, a nonprofit 501c3 organization that offers free clinically-guided videotaping to chronically medically ill individuals who want to leave video legacies for their children and loved ones. 

Michelle is adjunct faculty at New York University (NYU) teaching a graduate course in Mindfulness Practice. She is a Board of Directors member at The Boys & Girls in Mount Vernon and is a member of the American Red Cross Crisis Team. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Westchester Trauma Network (WTN) in Westchester NY. 

Like weight loss, finances can be an area of our lives about which we feel uncomfortable asking for help.

The result is often burying our heads in the sand and not communicating or acknowledging our needs - even to those closest to us.

Financial coach, Karen Hackman, is our guest today with simple tips for opening the lines of communication with your significant other so you can get on the same side of the table, get out of debt, and invest, guilt-free, in the things that are the most important to you.

Karen Hackman is a blogger and a finance coach.

Are you: 

Tired of being stressed about money?

Drowning in debt with no obvious way out?

Anxious about not having a plan for your finances ?

Continually arguing with your partner about your current financial situation, then Karen can help!

FREE E-BOOK: Click on this link to download my FREE E-Book on How To Get On The Same Financial Page As Your Spouse.

"Someday I'll..."

How many times have you talked about something you wanted to do/see/have/be but told yourself now wasn't the time?

Today I'm reviewing Someday Isn't A Day In The Week by Sam Horn and sharing how to "make the rest of your life the best of your life" by doing more of what makes you happy and less of what doesn't.

Learn her strategies for assessing your own happiness, aligning your True Priorities with your Time Priorities, evaluating which of your relationships have your best interest in mind, and how to stop saying "someday" and start creating your happiest reality.

Got a weight loss goal this year?

This episode breaks down the top 6 priorities for fat loss results that last.

Don't spend another year repeating the same diets and programs that have failed you in the past.

Learn what exercise and nutrition habits generate the majority of your results, ignore everything else, and get better results that last longer.

Do you realize how important the way you talk to yourself is?

What we say about food and our bodies is a major predictor of how we eat and care for ourselves.

What you're currently saying to yourself almost guarantees that you'll continue engaging in the same behaviors and gettin the same outcomes.

The key, then, to changing your behaviors and the results you get from them, is to change the way you're talking to yourself.

Good news - you have 100% power over your self-talk.

In today's episode I'm reviewing Words to Eat By by Karen Koenig and you'll learn what is useful vs useless self-talk, understand why you've been stuck in unhealthy patterns for so long, and how to make your self-talk conscious, constructive, and serving of a higher purpose, including the exact words to say to yourself in moments when you're faced with immediate food, exercise, and body image, related challenges.

You give everything to everyone else and can't remember the last time you made yourself a priority...sound familiar?

Probably.

Today's guest, Cindy, can very much relate. As a mom, wife, and small business owner, who recently had a stint in politics, she was used to coming up last on the list. / When she learned she had high cholesterol, she realized something needed to change.

Asking herself, "what can I do to support myself?", she signed up for my Gone For Good program and approached the entire experience with intention that's helped her be wildly successful.

Listen to find out how she was able to let go of feeling like she had to be perfect and how she's embraced a mindset of compassionate ownership to take back her health and get that twinkle back in her eye at the same time.

What makes certain moments of our lives stand out for years to come while so many others immediately escape our memory?

As it turns out, there's a formula for what makes "defining moments" and I'm sharing it this review of The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath.

Learn what makes some moments so memorable and meaningful AND how you can create more of these moments for yourself, your family, and in your career.

For some people, the pandemic was the perfect opportunity to prioritize their health and reach their weight loss goals.

For others, it served as the catalyst to develop some habits that led to weight gain.

Either way, transitioning to post-pandemic life is an adjustment and our health and fitness goals need to adjust accordingly.

Whether you're trying to lose weight or navigate what maintenance looks like now with a more active social life, today's episode is for you.

Learn 4 important questions to ask yourself to figure out how to live your healthiest post-pandemic life.

Ever feel like hibernating all winter and just eating comfort foods and staying snuggled up under warm blankets from Nov-Mar?

If you feel like a shell of yourself in the cold, dark winter and then come back to life with all the plants and animals in the spring, you're not alone!

Today's episode will help you navigate the winter blues with actionable tips for everything from how to adjust your nutrition and exercise to the mindset shifts you can make to thrive this time of year!

Ever feel like sex is just another thing on the To Do list that you'd rather keep putting off?

You're not alone and you're not broken!

SO many women don't look forward to or enjoy sex -- and it's largely not for the reasons you'd think!

Today I'm joined by mental health and sex therapist, Courtney Boyer, who literally wrote the book on this, called "Not Tonight, Honey."

Listen and learn how we've ended up here and what you can do about it.

Courtney Boyer, M.Ed., M.S. is a relationship and sexuality expert and author of Not Tonight, Honey: Why women actually don't want sex and what we can do about it. Courtney believes we can reclaim our power through our sexuality and she helps her clients to infuse passion and creativity into their lives by helping them uncover what's preventing them from connecting with their priorities and purpose. 

As her work in this field develops, Courtney is drawn to the emerging fields of epigenetics, neuropsychology and energy work. She is trained in evidence-based methods like NLP, EMDR, IFS, and trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

According to Neil Pasricha author of the Happines Equation and focus of today's episode, happiness is 10% circumstances and 90% everything else - including intentional activities.

What does that really mean? We have more control over our happiness than you might think.

Listen and learn 7 QUICK activities proven to boost happiness, how to free yourself from criticism, appreciate how fortunate you already are, and how to live a life that makes YOU happy.

Ever feel like the only way you can force yourself to be consistent with your workouts and healthy eating is if you berate and shame yourself into submission?

But doing that feels terrible...and also still doesn't do much to improve your show rate?

This episode will show you exactly how to get more consistent - without being an asshole to yourself.

If you've ever said, "I need to get my life together," you'll love today's episode.

I'm joined by therapist, author, and coach, Danielle A. Vann and we're talking all about her upcoming book, Get Your Life Together, Girl.

Learn her 7 step framework to do just that and start creating the life of your dreams.

Danielle A. Vann is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, renowned Life Coach to women, Master-Level Advanced Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, HeartMath Trauma-Sensitive Certified Practitioner, MSBR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) instructor, Master-Level Emotional Intelligence Therapist, and  Positive Psychology practitioner.

Danielle has created the ultimate blueprint for getting your life together, healing, creating self-love and inner peace, which combines psychology, mind and spiritual healing, somatics, neuroscience, mindfulness, purpose work, and the development of emotional intelligence. It’s a total mind, body, and soul awakening through the principles of Eastern and Western beliefs and practices. This blueprint has served thousands of women as it has been uniquely tailored to their individual journeys.  

If you feel like you've tried it all to lose weight and nothing has stuck long-term, you'll love today's episode.

That's how this week's client spotlight, Cassie, felt before joining our Gone For Good program 6 months ago.

Now she's down almost 20 pounds and lots of inches -- despite traveling almost 50% of the time!

I know you'll learn something from Cassie's insights about what made this time different and how you can finally get the results you deserve, no matter how long you've been trying.

Ya know that now-famous YouTube video "when you want to succeed as badly as you want to breathe, that's when you'll be successful?" (Link below, if not)

Well today's book review is that guy (ET the hip hop preacher)'s book, You Owe You.

After almost 20 years of coaching hundreds of women to lose weight, I feel pretty confident that the #1 issue standing in the way for most is having an all-or-nothing mentality toward their goals.

This approach is what causes the fluctuations from doing it all, to it all falling apart.

If there's one thing that needs to change in order to be more successful at actually reaching your goals and then keeping the weight off, it's this.

Tune in to find out exactly what it looks like to break out of this pattern and start taking a more gradual and sustainable approach.

You may recognize today's guests from their massive TikTok accounts or top ranking podcast, Cut the Crap.

They're joining me today to talk about a whole bunch of stuff, from alcohol and assessing the role it has in your life, to common food tracking mistakes, and what it's like to have their every move critiqued by the masses on social media!

Beth Feraco is a Strength And Nutrition Coach, Recovering Alcoholic, Runner, Wife, Mother, Lifter of Heavy Things, Fitness Motivator and Champion of Personal Growth and Development! 

If you’re  looking to lose weight, gain strength, improve your mental and physical health, feel great and become the best version of yourself she’s here to help!

A week or two into our Gone For Good coaching program, Liz was feeling like a new woman: energy through the roof, headaches gone, finally getting glimpses of feeling like herself.

And then as life has a way of doing, the perfect storm of "life stuff" knocked her down a few pegs.

Normally self-motivated, she couldn't bring herself to do, well, anything except for lay on the couch.

She could have wallowed in the "grind" she was experiencing but she did something else, instead.

She reached out to her coach, Amber, and told her how she was feeling. She made it a priority to attend group coaching calls to surround herself with the support she needed to pull herself out of this funk.

And it worked! Instead of this doom and gloom sticking around for weeks and really setting her back, within a week she was feeling just as good as she had been. The improvements of learning to put the right fuel in her body and letting go of the dozens of food "rules" that had been bogging her down were undeniable and they've just kept coming.

Tune into this episode as Liz and I discuss how leaning on your support system can expedite your results, how to feel comfortable reaching out for help when you have a problem you don't know the answer to, and some of the non-scale benefits that are making Liz's life so much easier and more enjoyable!

Ready to learn how to navigate change, wrestle with failure, and live an intentional life?

I know that seems like a lot to cover in a single podcast but we're doing it!

Today I'm reviewing You Are Awesome by Neil Pasricha and sharing 9 "secrets" to help you be more resilient, happy, and successful.

You'll love how simple and easy-to-implement these tips are!

Losing weight is so much harder when no one supports you.

Feeling alone and ostracized in your efforts is a shortcut to giving up on your goals with a quickness.

But sometimes what seems like a lack of support is actually something else entirely.

In this episode, I'm diving into all the reasons why people who love you might seem to not support your goals -- and how to stay committed to them, regardless.

I know you hear a lot about how important it is to treat yourself with compassion, to learn to trust yourself, and to want to change from a place of love rather than self-hatred but easier said than done, right?

Today I'm joined by therapist-turned-mindfulness-and-self-love-coach, Karel Chan, who's sharing with us a specific tool called the RAIN practice that will help you actually DO those things.

When done consistently, this practice can help you reduce or even completely eliminate cravings for food, booze, cigarettes, or whatever is your default coping mechanism.

Tune in to learn what RAIN is and how you can start using it today.

Karel Chan is a licensed therapist and mindfulness and self love coach. Anchored Awakening is her coaching practice, guiding passionate, high-achieving women to heal from heartbreak, shame, and self loathing through inner child work and authentic self love. She has healed multiple mental and emotional wounds using mindfulness, self love, and self compassion, and it is her mission to help others do the same. She lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with the most amazing pup and spends her time deepening her spiritual practice, knitting and designing knitting patterns, and enjoying connected friendships.

Getting older does NOT mean resigning yourself to living out the rest of your days on a rocker on the front porch and today's guest, Jimeane, is all the evidence you'll need of that.

Married to her marathon running husband for 45 years, she was unwilling to accept that getting older would mean being overweight and sedentary.

She joined Gone For Good 3 months ago wanting to lose weight, keep up with her 8(!) grandkids and lower her cholesterol.

Now? She's reduced her cholesterol by 65 POINTS, lost more than 14 pounds, more than 20 inches, and has the energy to watch the majority of her grandkids all summer!

Get ready to be inspired by Jimeane's positive outlook and willingness to learn new things so she can live her best life.

If you feel like you're drowning under the mental load of running your household on top of, well, everything else, today's episode is for you.

I'm reviewing Fair Play by Eve Rodsky and teaching you exactly how to go about dividing those domestic tasks more equitably so you have time to take care of yourself, maintain friendships, and do the things that (used to) light you up.

Even if you feel like you have plenty of support at home, you'll still learn a thing or two in this episode!

Moving back to the US after 3 years in Germany opened my eyes to just how difficult it is to lose weight (or keep it off) in the US.

While there are a lot of improvements we could make on a societal or cultural level, I want you to see the autonomy you have over your choices so you don't feel like a victim of circumstance.

With the heightened awareness you'll have after today's episode, it'll be easier for you to overcome these challenges and be in the minority of Americans who successfully lose weight and keep it off.

If you've ever looked in the mirror or seen a picture and felt a disconnect between what you see and how you feel, you need today's episode.

My guest, Anna Marcolin, is a psychotherapist and personal development coach, here to share her tips for overcoming body image issues and body dysmorphia, as well as learning to love and accept yourself even while changing how you look.

You don't want to miss this one.

Anna Marcolin

As a psychotherapist and life coach, Anna has built a thriving private practice over the past 25 years. In addition to working with clients one-on-one, she has also spoken to companies across the country from billion dollar giants like Amazon to small businesses making a big impact.

Anna has helped hundreds of people heal from trauma, break through limiting thoughts and confidently go after the life they want through her evidence-based, holistic approach. She engages clients and audiences quickly with her unique ability to connect with authenticity, empathy and humor. Anna is not your average therapist; she’s more like a personal trainer for your mind.

After raising 5 kids and more dogs than you can count, Anna has seen it all. With an unwavering belief that every human being deserves a deeply fulfilling life, Anna meets everyone where they are and gives them the tools they need to truly thrive.

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Through her own podcast and as a guest on other people’s platforms, Anna challenges women to shed their inner critic, shame, guilt and regret that hold them captive and get real about the life they want to live and what it will take to get there. With powerful, actionable steps, Anna teaches women how to master their thoughts, feelings and behaviors and unleash the badass within.

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After trying every quick fix under the sun, Amy knew something had to change if she wanted what she saw in the mirror to reflect how she felt inside.

The pandemic allowed her the opportunity to do some self-reflecting and decide that she needed help.

Now 10 weeks & 22 pounds into Gone For Good, Amy's entire mindset has shifted from, "I'm not good enough," to "I will not look back."

Learn the lessons that have helped Amy make this transformation & will help you develop the same unwavering confidence in your future.

If you've ever felt any sort of anxiety about a social or work related situation, you're in good company. 99% of us have!

Today's episode is a review of How To Be Yourself by Ellen Hendriksen and will help you quiet your inner critic and rise above social anxiety.

You'll learn what social anxiety is and how it differs from shyness or being an introvert, as well as specific tools and strategies for reducing your anxiety to something that just happens sometimes, rather than your whole identity.

Don't miss the end where we talk tips about making friends as an adult!

If you haven't experienced the "grind," you will.

You probably have, you just may not have heard of it by this name.

The "grind" is when you've been committed to your weight loss goals for 4-6 weeks, have made some progress, but start to feel like you're still working really hard and have very little to show for it.

It's when you're tempted to throw in the towel since what you're doing obviously isn't working, anyway.

It's when you are most prone to giving up but you CAN'T if you want to make more progress than the first few pounds.

Tune in to find out what signs to look for and, most importantly, how to get through the "grind" so you come out the other side stronger, more resilient, and more confident that you can and will reach your goals.

We're talking all about pain today and I guarantee you are going to be fascinated and learn a thing or two.

Tune in to better understand what pain is, the brain-body connection, how to reduce pain, tips for reducing nervous system sensitivity, and more.

Today's client spotlight, Susan, came to EA Coaching ready to go all-in on learning and applying everything she needed to stop feeling so fluffy and start feeling STRONG, again.

She did just that. Being coachable, immersing herself in our coaching community and resources, Susan didn't just drop a clothing size and gain a whole new wardrobe of clothes she wasn't sure would fit, again.

She set herself up to maintain her results pretty effortlessly while enjoying retirement and being a grandma.

You will learn so much from Susan and I can't wait for you to get to know her.

Raise your hand if setting boundaries sounds uncomfortable and you'd rather...not.

Same. But after listening to this review of The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban, you'll realize just how necessary they are if you want to protect your sanity, lose weight, and so much more.

In this episode you'll learn how to set boundaries at work, with your inlaws, your spouse, around food & alcohol, and with YOURSELF.

Wanna know one of the best ways to stop eating all the snacks every afternoon/evening?

Shape your environment to support the choices you want to make!

This episode will walk you through all my tips for cleaning out your kitchen, organizing it, and rebuilding it in a way that makes it easier to resist temptations & eat the fruits & veggies you keep telling yourself you should.