It’s Beyond The Food: Non-Diet Health Coaching

On today's episode, we'll talk about 'She's Beyond the Food Chapter 6-My Journey 2.0' From Shame to Fame. That was the title of episode 101 of The Beyond The Food Show Podcast in which I shared my in-depth personal story for the first time. I asked one of my friends Sean Croxton to interview me. I gave him carte blanche... the result was amazing. My Story 1.0 As a public figure, I had shared my origin story in occasion before mainly inside my programs or during my public workshop but never to this level of vulnerability of this interview. Certainly, I remember being very anxious before, during, and after the recording. But the greatest gift came a few days after the interview when it hit me: I no longer need to hide my imperfections, my mistakes, my errors. That is to say, although I was scared of what people would say, the relief of being completely transparent was by far greater. From Shame to Fame episode 101 of our Intuitive Eating podcast was just another chapter in my story... She's Beyond the Food: My Life Story From that interview, I gradually became more confident in sharing the events in my life that brought me to the greatest learning. To synthesize the failure into learning. To process the lowest points in my life into inspiring stories that support my life’s teaching. She’s Beyond The Food podcast episode series was born in March 2019 with Chapter 1 when I shared my business struggle. I shared with the audience how I faced a business failure and how I changed this event. It was by far one of the most well-received episodes because of the vulnerability I was willing to express and share. The lesson here: the teacher teaches best when not perfect. So, I decided to build upon this impactful episode and released: Episode 183-Chapter 2: I shared my life long struggle with exercise Episode 187-Chapter 3: I shared my journey quitting Keto Episode 190-Chapter 4: My experience gaining weight in public eyes Episode 195–Chapter 5: My journey in accepting my body She's Beyond the Food Chapter 6 Today’s episode is about She’s Beyond The Food Chapter 6-it’s my story 2.0. It’s a follow up to episode 101 From Shame to Fame in which I shared 7 lessons learned from my experienced life up to now. The stories that made me who I’m today. The stories that crafted the Going Beyond The Food Method. Lesson 1: Weight stigma is real and freaking powerful Lesson 2: Diet Culture is a powerful monster but it’s optional Lesson 3: Repeat or evolve… my choice. Lesson 4: It’s Beyond the Food Lesson 5: Wellness Diet & healthy body Lesson 6: You can’t hate yourself to happiness or health Lesson 7: Intuitive Eating: gateway to health & happiness Life happens to me or for me One of the biggest lessons I shared in this episode is the shift that I had to do in my late thirties where I stopped looking at life happening to me but instead life happening for me. I spent 25 years believing that I was the victim of the external circumstances and that life was working against me. In other words, I was in the victim mindset... That victim mindset kept me going in circle for 25 years chasing one diet after another and with every failure I was angrier at the world and resentful of my life. In fact, I lost and gain large amounts of weight at least 12 times never learning anything from each failure but instead repeating the same formula the next time. And then one day, every part of me collapsed. I hit my rock bottom and was forced to look at myself and my life from a different perspective. With faith and coaching, I gradually shifted to a mindset of “Life happens for me, not to me”. I began the process of asking myself: What can I learn from this event? What is this person trying to teach me? With every question came learning, growth, and transformation. I took back my power and my life. I shifted to being in charge of my life instead of being the victim of life. Are you willing to be uncomfortable? Knowing what I know today, what I’ve learned from my lessons and my teachers is that what was holding me back in the victim mindset, the life-happens-to-me-not-for-me mindset, was the unwillingness to be uncomfortable. When you shift to being empowered, one thing becomes clear really quickly... things will get uncomfortable. Why? Simply because you have no one else to blame but you! You see when you assume full responsibility, you must be willing to be uncomfortable. The willingness to be uncomfortable is what kept me stuck for 25 years but at the same time crafted the most beautiful journey for my life. It’s also what keeps some of my students from transforming when they start feeling discomfort, they disappear and go back to their comfort zone. I hope that today’s episode She’s Beyond The Food Chapter 6 - My story 2.0 inspires you to begin the process of writing your own story. Of asking yourself “What is there for me to learn in this event? What is this person trying to teach me? Mentioned on the show: Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating I

On today's episode, we'll talk about cyclical living If our body is wise enough to know what to eat, when to eat and how to eat... what else can it do for us? What else can we learn from our womanly body? According to a study from the Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, fluctuations of hormones over the monthly menstrual cycle play a crucial role in our emotional status, appetite, thought processes, and so much more. Women reported high levels of well-being and self-esteem during the middle of the cycle in the study. Increased feelings of anxiety, hostility, and depression were reported before their period. Cyclical Living Our egg wisdom is perhaps for us women another expression of our innate body wisdom. When I say egg wisdom, I’m referring to the wisdom of our female cycle. This wisdom that is our female cycle is wise enough to create life from… an egg and a sperm. What else can it do for us? Over the last year, I became really acquainted with my female cycle and discovered a whole new world of intuition. The more I got familiar with how my body spoke to me through my cycle the more I realized that this is the extension of intuitive eating and also body neutrality. Source: Cycle Synching Body Neutrality & Cycle Synching Body neutrality teaches us to engage with our body as a whole and be grateful for all that it does for us... to care for our body. To build a relationship of trust and respect with our body and for all that it does for us. As women, having a relationship with our cycle is part of body neutrality. Cycling is an exponential opportunity for us to connect with our body at a much deeper level. It’s no secret that at different stages of our cycle, we look, feel, and act differently. Observing our cycles and all that it creates in our bodies allows us to gather information and fully comprehend how symbiotic we are as women. Intuitive Eating & Cyclical Living Intuitive eating requires us to shift from external cues to internal cues when it comes to eating and health. To eat intuitively, we need to be able to connect with our innate body wisdom just like with cyclical living. Intuitive eating teaches us that we have this innate ability to know how to nourish our bodies via our intuition... what else can we learn from our intuitive food decision? In my opinion, there’s a deep connection between cyclical living and intuitive eating. The stepping stone to eating intuitively is to develop interoception, this ability to feel and tap into our internal body cues. In the case of intuitive eating, these cues are hunger, fullness, and satisfaction. Practicing cyclical living will enhance your ability to be an intuitive eater. On today’s episode, Kate Northrup, an entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, and mother is going to teach us how to tap into the wisdom of our cycle to do less and improve our self-worth. Kate has built a digital empire and is committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out in the process. What you’ll learn listening to episode 205 of the Going Beyond The Food podcast: How we’ve learned to seek self-worth externally The impact of patriarchal society on women's self-worth Why seeking self-worth externally is a forever never-ending loop What is cyclical living and how you can implement it in your life The deep connection between our cycle wisdom and body image How to connect Intuitive Eating and cyclical living Mentioned on the show: Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating Introduction Course Get Kate's Book The Secret Pleasure of Menopause Rebecca Campbell Rise sister rise Connect with our Guest Website Instagram Facebook

On today's episode, we'll talk about the BE DO HAVE formula for success That you want to change your health habits, stop overeating or make peace with your body, HOW you go about the process of transformation will determine your success. The process that most of us have been thought to apply when wanting to create something new in our life has been the DO HAVE BE model. In order to BE successful, for example, we need to first DO the things that HAVE the Success. When we DO enough of the “things, we hope to be rewarded by finally BEING successful. DO BE HAVE in health transformation Take the example of the goal of being happy & healthy for women in today’s society. We are taught that in order for us, women to be happy and healthy, must HAVE thinness. We must fit in the proper BMI and have the “normal thin” body. In order for us to have the thin & a proper BMI body, we must DO diets (control food and / or exercise). When we have thinness and proper BMI, we will be rewarded by being healthy and happy. Normal right? Perhaps normal to society standards but not right. The problem is that it doesn’t work... I mean 95% of diets fail and dieters regain the weight which means that 95% of the population doesn’t have access to health and happiness? DO HAVE BE keeps us stuck That model DO HAVE BE keeps us stuck in a state of depression, fear, guilt, and shame which leads us straight to a repeated cycle of failure. The results are that we are forever chasing health and happiness, but never getting “there”. You’ve been there and perhaps are still there. I know I was for nearly 25 years. Stuck in a forever state of personal failure when it came to my weight, body, and food habits. But it wasn’t my fault just like it’s not yours either. I was never taught how to actually create personal success in my life. I knew how to create success when it came to business and money but not personal behaviors. BE DO HAVE model is the solution To be successful with human personal transformation, we must instead apply the Be Do Have model. What is the difference between DO HAVE BE versus DO BE HAVE? In order to HAVE what you want, something that you currently do not have, you are going to have to do things you haven’t done before. You're going to have to do things differently. In order to DO the things you haven’t done before, you are going to have to BE someone you haven’t been before. In this podcast episode, we will teach the most effective way of making changes in your health: The Be Do Have formula. What you’ll learn today: Why we self-sabotage on our way towards our goals Why self-criticism doesn’t work as a means of motivation DO HAVE BE versus BE DO HAVE 3 steps toward any goal achievement using BE DO HAVE approach Mentioned on the show: Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating Introduction Course Free Workshop to discover the Academy Academy Register directly for the Academy

On today's episode, we'll talk about the perfectionist paradigm shift Do you struggle in creating new long-lasting habits in your life? Particularly around food and health? Maybe it’s exercise: you pay your new subscription to the gym with excitement and enthusiasm and plan to go 5 days a week before work. Yet 6 weeks later, you’re not going to the gym anymore and your brain is going crazy with very self-critical thoughts as to why you once again failed yourself and all the things that are wrong with you. Is that you? That was me until I learned to shift my paradigm about perfection. Perfectionist, is that you? The perfectionist is a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high-performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations. Is that an accurate description of you? Perfectionism is a trait of character present in many women that have been dieting for a long time. Our diet brain tells us that we need to be perfect at food & exercise if we hope to ever change our body... and diets reinforce this need for perfection via their food rules and need to be “on plan” all the time. Worse, when we fail to achieve our diet goals, guess whose fault is it? Ours. The reason diet culture gives is that we are flawed... and if we were good enough aka had more discipline, it would have worked for us. So, we keep striving to be better and attempt to offset our flaw with a burning desire to be perfect. Perfectionism and Habit Creation The problem with perfectionist fantasy is that we set ourselves up for failure, which results in a lack of integrity with ourselves. And we feel bad about that, too! Not only are we flawed for not being able to diet successfully, but now we can’t even trust ourselves. So, we fantasize even more about our perfect meal plan and exercise regimen and hope that tomorrow will be the right day. The problem is that in order to be able to create consistent long-term habits, we need to trust and believe in ourselves. We need to be able to start small to be able to grow big but diet brain hates that! Minimum Baseline Minimum baseline is the anti-dote to perfection. It is how you can recover from perfectionism and diet brain all in one. Minimum baseline is how you will repair your integrity with yourself and begin a trustworthy relationship with YOU. Minimum baseline is simple... too simple for our perfectionistic brain. It will be hard to manage your mind and all the self-critical thoughts that will come along. In this episode, I teach you how to use the model of minimum baseline to successfully create new habits in your life when you have a diet brain! This model will shift your paradigm about needing to be perfect! What you’ll learn today: The relationship between us being a perfectionist and dieting What needs to come first before creating new habits The perfectionist paradigm shift to implement in your life The key to consistent lifetime habits What is minimum baseline and how to implement in your life Mentioned on the show: Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating Introduction Course Free Workshop Academy Registration

On today's episode, we'll talk about stepping beyond the struggle In a way, this podcast is not just a message to those of you who are struggling, but it’s also a message to my former self. It’s the advice I wish someone shared with me when I was struggling. It’s the advice I wish I had when I went through so many dark times. My struggle was my weight. Like most of you... for 25 years, that struggle occupied my life. It caused me lots of emotional pain, physical pain with crazy exercise protocols, tears, break up, missed relationship, the struggle of my body and weight caused a lot of drama in my life. And for 25 years, I believed that the only way to stop the struggle to get over that pain was to lose weight. Some say... but you did lose weight. Yes, I did multiple times but here’s where it gets really crazy... when I did lose weight, you’d think struggle would be over right? No, it didn’t. Instead, I just moved on to the next expression of the problem: saggy skin, soft skin on my belly, I'm still not thin enough for a partner to desire my body... I was addicted to the weight problem... I was addicted to the drama it created in my life. So, what did I do to step beyond the struggle? That what we will explore in today’s podcast. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is Diet Brain and how it plays within your struggle How we get addicted to the problem at the center of our struggle The importance of your mind in stepping beyond the struggle How to step beyond the struggle Mindset Model First model: become aware of your thought Second model: reframe-change your thought T: What is the trigger? What event typically or currently trigger the negative body self-talk? T: What am I saying to myself in this situation? What are my thoughts? Before reframing... F: How does this thinking make me feel? A: How am I reacting (or wanting to react) behaviorally to this experience? What will be my new way of thinking about this trigger? New thinking, new choices, new decision. Mentioned on the show: Academy Scholarship application Academy registration for Fall 2019 Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating Introduction Course

On today's episode, we'll talk about what's missing from your program As I shared on the last episode #200, we are in the midst of an epidemic and no, it’s not an obesity epidemic. It’s the Diet Culture epidemic. It has become completely normal to not like our body. It’s expected that we shame ourselves and our body if it doesn’t fit the “thin ideal”. It has also become the norm to be on some kind of health programs that restrict the way we live our life. These same programs require that we disconnect from our body in order to be successful. This has led us to no longer respect and trust our bodies. This is huge! We live in an approximately 3 cubic foot space (our physical body) that we disrespect & doubt nearly every day. Without a healthy, respectful and trustworthy relationship, how can we expect our body to support us towards our goals? There is one universal law that is common to all religions and spiritual beliefs that I’m aware of (and please correct me if I’m wrong😀): Love is always the answer. In this episode, we dive deeper in what’s missing from your program and provide you with solution to fill the gap! What you’ll learn listening to this episode: Why it has become completely normal to ignore these 2 ”things” from nearly all health programs What are the signs that something is missing from your program 5 steps you can take to begin implementing to fill the gap in your life and health program A quick exercise to help you shift your mindset around what’s missing on your program Mentioned on the show: Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating Introduction Course Power of Intention Part 1 Power of Intention Part 2

On today's episode, we dissect this concept of food labeling We are in the middle of an epidemic. One that is destroying the quality and longevity of our life. It affects not only us but our children and their children. While it’s been around for a while, it’s growing at an alarming rate. Not only here… but all around the world. You’d be hard-pressed to find a culture that isn’t struggling with it. and no, it’s not Obesity. It’s our obsession with weight and diet. 97% of women surveyed by Glamour magazine in 2011 said they felt hatred towards their body at least 1x day and often much more. 8/10 women are unhappy with their reflection. So we diet... and diet some more. Never really getting “there” and then at some point after decades of trying you think to yourself… “That’s crazy I can’t do this for the rest of my life?” but then what? There is a solution to help you stop dieting, a solution that will provide some structure around how you engage with food that will lead you to eat better consistently without restricting or being on a diet. That solution is Intuitive Eating. In this episode, we are going to the basics and sharing with you a FREE tool to get started with ending your relationship with dieting and starting a new one with your body. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: The latest “epidemic” that you need to watch out for What is Diet Culture? Why you have a choice to diet or not 5 steps to gently start undieting and healthy beginning with Intuitive eating Share a FREE tool that will be a game changer for you! Mentioned on the show: Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating Introduction Course Intuitive Eating Research Intuitive Eating Book by Evelyn Tribole Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon

On today's episode, we dissect this concept of food labeling Although we’ve learned to drop magical thinking when it comes to weather, crops or other natural phenomena, we still think of food as magical. We label food in hopes that doing so will bring us closer to our desires and goals. The concept is that if we consume the “good” food will control our health and body unfortunately what comes along is shame & guilt when we do eat the “bad” food. In today’s society not being able to control our food choices makes us weak people. That’s what we think as a result of being told so by diet culture and also according to all the health experts who want us to finally “release the unhealthy weight”. But it’s true that there is such a thing as good food or bad food? If so, what are the healthy foods? Here’s a sample of the myths we will cover: What are the good and bad foods Why are we so obsessed with food labeling What motivates our need for food labeling The side effect of food labeling If there is an option to food labeling, what is it and how can we implement it in our life Mentioned on the show: Get Started with our FREE Intuitive Eating Introduction Course Intuitive Eating Project

On today's episode, we talk about what intuitive eating is and is not Want to give Intuitive Eating a try? These 13 misconceptions may make intuitive eating more challenging and increase the odds of you giving up. Intuitive Eating is picking popularity over the last 12 months... In fact, this Anti-diet approach to eating has been called the next health trend to look forward to in 2020. Not surprising when we consider the 95% failure rate of traditional diets. There no stopping Intuitive Eating and I couldn’t be more excited for what’s in store for 2020. And with every “trend” or popular movement comes questions, doubts, and naysayers. On today’s episode, we are going to debunk 13 popular Intuitive Eating myths. 13 myths about intuitive eating, this proven and well-researched eating framework, that you should stop believing. These 13 myths, we first are going to give them context and then bring facts forward as to why each one is false… or frankly said, bogus! Here’s a sample of the myths we will cover: Intuitive eating will make me gain weight. Intuitive eating leads to binge eating. Intuitive eating means I gave up on myself. Intuitive eating is for healthy-minded people only. Intuitive eating is unhealthy. And 8 more super popular Intuitive Eating myths! Mentioned on the show: Intuitive Eating Introduction Course Research: Impact of weight cycling on risk of morbidity and mortality Podcast Episode 171 The “Health and Wellness in Obesity” study Intuitive Eating Studies

On today's episode, we talk about intuitive eating and cravings Is intuitive Eating not just a way of giving in to your cravings? When women first get introduced to intuitive eating, their diet brain then ignites the thought that Intuitive Eating is a just a way to eat whatever we want and, in some cases, to validate laziness... Intuitive way of eating is such a departure from dieting way of eating that it often ignites cognitive dissonance in women. You know that feeling of discomfort from the new information that is presented to you when it is opposite to the way YOU have been living your life? You fight the new information! And come up with all good facts, science and reason why the new information is wrong... On today’s episode, we answer that specific question. Is intuitive Eating not just a way of giving in to your cravings? If not, how do you manage cravings in the framework of intuitive eating? What you’ll learn listening to this episode: We answer the question, “Is intuitive Eating not just a way of giving in to your cravings?” What is Intuitive Eating? What exactly is considered a craving and when it’s “bad” How we can “manage” our cravings with intuitive eating The one word that can shift everything about cravings Mentioned on the show: Intuitive Eating Free Course Intuitive Eating Project

On today's episode, we talk about intuitive voice In the same way that Intuitive Eating teaches you to tap into your innate body wisdom to know what to eat, you can tap into this same body wisdom to be guided in all the other segments of your life. The body wisdom we’ve been gifted by embodying our human body is awaiting us to notice her and engage with her with trust and respect. Some will call this body wisdom intuition others will say inner voice... all the same. When we do not engage and respect this wisdom, we tend to be engaged in perfectionism as a way to control life... control our life, control our future, control our body. Control so it can be the way it should be. But it doesn’t work... and we try harder. Control more. And we fail harder. On today’s episode, Kelly Covert, an inner voice coach will help us interrupt this pattern. Kelly has a passion for helping women believe and achieve their big vision by connecting deeply with the wisdom that is inside of them all while owning their worthiness each and every day. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is our inner voice? Our intuition, what exactly is it? How does intuitive voice show up in our day to day life? How to hear our inner voice and learn from it. Concrete exercise to practice tapping into our innate body wisdom or intuition. Mentioned on the show: FREE Intuitive Eating Guide Join our community to receive exclusive offers Connect with our guest Website Instagram Facebook Podcast

On today's episode, we talk about bathing suit confidence Usually around April, we start hearing about “getting that bikini body” like it’s a thing we need to earn. After months of hibernation we are supposed to dust ourselves off and work really really hard to get a body that deserves to wear a bathing suit. The truth I discovered through my own journey is that being confident in a bathing suit doesn’t require months of planning and buckets of sweat aren’t required. We don’t have to earn the right to wear our bathing suit in public... we already have it. I just needed to find it! So if you are struggling with enjoying the summer water because of how you feel in your bathing suit and perhaps wearing the bathing suit at all... you’ll want to listen to this! On the episode today, I’ll share the 7 lessons I learned while getting back my confidence in a bathing suit and the exact steps I took. Here’s a very powerful quote from Lindsay Kites from Beauty Redefined “We don’t hate our bodies because they don’t look good enough, but because they’ve learned looks are all that matter." - Lindsay Kites, PhD. And that ladies it the real issue we need to own up too when it comes to bathing suit confidence! What you’ll learn listening to this episode: You don’t need to earn the right to wear the dang bathing suit. Wearing a bathing suit is simply practicality. You can’t fool anyone… Getting the right bathing for you makes all the difference. Practice… yup, walk around the house with the dang thing on! Pick your environment for your coming out party. Invest in a good cover up. Mentioned on the show: Join the Beyond the Food Community FREE Intuitive Eating Guide

On today's episode, we talk about mindfulness One of the most impactful tools for reactive eating behavior is mindful eating. One of the most powerful tools for reactive living (depression/anxiety) is mindful living. Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us and within us including food. Women Food & Mindfulness is an episode that has the power to change your relationship to food in a very easy way... I’ll share the Going Beyond The Food Method way to become more mindful. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is mindfulness and what it’s not! Link between mindfulness and food Why women could benefit more from mindfulness than men How to be more mindful in your life Easy way to incorporate mindfulness practice in your life Mentioned on the show: FREE Intuitive Eating Guide Mind-Body Connection article Religion and Mindfulness Going Beyond the Food Academy

On today's episode, we talk about people pleasing “...but my priority is my family right now. I don’t have the time to do this work right now or to participate.” We did a survey few months ago and asked our community members what is holding them back from doing the “work” meaning healing their relationship to food & body. People pleasing came in the top 3... specifically #2 . These are the women who knew they had people pleasing behaviors. The funny thing is that the #1 reason holding back women from healing their relationship to food and body was: “I need to lose weight. I can’t bear being in this body right now. Got to fix that first before doing mindset work”. I say funny because that #1 reason is: people pleasing “in hiding”. So people pleasing is a huge theme in our community! That’s what we are going to deep dive on this episode. Our guest today is Sasha Heinz, PhD and a developmental psychologist. She is an expert in positive psychology, lasting behavioral change, and the science of getting unstuck. She’s a working mom, she’s lived life on the front line of the battle with perfectionism. So, she is going to help us with that. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is the disease of people pleasing? How does it manifest in our life? Why does it affect women more than men? How to learn to say no? How to let go of the opinion of others? Mentioned on the show: FREE Intuitive Eating Guide Intuitive Eating Project Connect with our guest Website Instagram Goop Article

On today's episode, we discuss if healthy weight loss is possible and provide and answer, too! Is it possible to lose weight in a healthy way? When is gaining weight enough when I try to eat intuitively? Is it wrong to still want to lose weight? I just want because I don’t feel comfortable in my actual one? These are all super good questions and so valid considering the society we live in. We are surrounded by messages that we should want to lose weight and that we should aim to be in a smaller body. We have been taught from a very young age that: Health = Thinness Happiness = Thinner body That if we aren’t in society standards in our body size, we should be actively working really hard on getting “there” (aka smaller body) If the diet doesn’t work, it’s not the diet’s fault rather it’s our fault. We haven’t tried hard enough, exercised enough, or have enough will power, etc... The desire to lose weight is completely and 100% normal. Many of you know through your own experience that the proposed weight loss approach isn’t working so you are looking for an option, a healthy one. Is there a healthy way to lose weight? What you’ll learn listening to this episode: Is there a way to lose weight that is healthy? Should we be tracking our weight? How much weight do I gain eating intuitively before it’s enough? I feel uncomfortable in my body, what should I do? I feel unsexy in my body how to work through this? Mentioned on the show: Beyond Keto Free Workshop Free Intuitive Eating Guide Waitlist Intuitive Eating Project Fitness account to get inspired at any size: Jessamyn Stanley- Everybodyyoga Website Instagram Facebook Louise Green- Big Fit Girl Website Instagram

On today's episode, we talk about how to Unfuck Your Brain I wanted to lose weight so that I could be more self-confident. 95% of the women I work with want to or did want to lose weight so that they can be more confident. We are taught by society that if we are thin, we will automatically be confident and ultimately happy. Yet we lose the weight and we aren’t happier. We still don’t feel confident as we should. Then we regain the weight because, spoiler alert, diet doesn’t work long term. That’s until we repeat the cycle again looking for that “confidence”. How many times do we have to repeat the cycle to see that confidence isn’t an external thing?? I did it for 25 years. You? Our guest today, Kara Loewentheil, a Master Confidence Certified Coach with a B.A. from Yale and J.D. from Harvard Law is going to teach us how to become more self-confident today independent of our weight. The work is all in our mind! What you’ll learn listening to this episode: How patriarchy and socialization thoughts impact our self-confidence How to begin your journey into thought work How to take massive actions and massive thinking in achieving your goals How you can get yourself free access to the self-confidence challenge Mentioned on the show: Self-Confidence Cheat Sheet Body Acceptance Project Intuitive Eating Guide Connect with our guest Website Unf*ck Your Brain Podcast Instagram Facebook

On today's episode, we talk about weight gain Yes, I’ve gained weight. I’m a nutritionist and I’ve gained weight. I’m a woman and I’ve gained weight. I’ve gained weight and I’m ok with it. Just 3 short years ago, I would have never considered writing this, recording this. I doing everything I could NOT to gain weight yet I was gaining weight. The more I try the less it worked. On today’s episode, I’ll share my personal journey with weight gain and how I’m living through it. Some will say “coping with weight gain” and I would have said the same things just 2 short years ago. Today, I’m fully at peace with it. How can this be? What you’ll learn listening to this episode: 9 lessons I’ve learned from gaining weight My journey through dieting Why and How my perspective on weight gain shifted How I changed my perspective on weight & body Mentioned on the show: Free Body Acceptance Challenge Body Acceptance Project Intuitive Eating Guide Health At every Size Manifesto

On today's episode, we talk about how to liberate your body Only 4% of women will call themselves beautiful. That statistics just broke my heart... The truth is I was part of that 96% not finding themselves beautiful for most of my life. To be real it’s almost an act of courage to accept your body in today’s world. One of the most powerful agents in liberating myself from body shaming has been the studying of the concept of patriarchal beauty standard. The historical and economic reasons behind where we are with women’s body expectations in the year 2000. Fascinating and liberating experience and that’s what I want to share with you today. Our guest today is Jess Baker, an author, international speaker and blogger with a background in mental health where she’s worked as a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist. She described herself as an unabashed fat chick and a proponent of harnessing the magnificent power of shame resilience! What you’ll learn listening to this episode: Why only 4 % of women will call themselves beautiful How body insecurity hinders personal and professional productivity: What are the patriarchal beauty standards and how they affect you today Why we must engage in a holistic perspective of health to truly address the issue that is causing suffering How using the word FAT is powerful act towards body acceptance Mentioned on the show: Free Body Acceptance Challenge Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training HAES podcast episode Exercise Trauma podcast episode Connect with our guest Book: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls Book: LandWhale Website Instagram Facebook

On today's episode, we talk about Healing Body Image with Photography Do you struggle with seeing pictures of you? Avoid them altogether maybe? For all of us women who have struggled with body image, taming our self-image via observing our reflection on picture is a very important step in the process of healing body image. Taking pictures of ourselves and choosing compassion over self-critique is key. On today’s episode, we are joined with a professional photographer who is using photography to heal her own body image struggle and the one of her clients in amazing body love photoshoots. Our guest today is Ashley, a professional photographer from Toronto, Canada. Her work has been published in nationwide campaigns with international brands such as Air Miles, Mattel, and Bluenotes. Ashley has also co-founded GRLCHILL which is a passion project about friendship, self-love, and womanhood. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: How to harness the power of photography to move forward with healing your body image struggle How to coach yourself into confidence before taking a picture of yourself Tips on how to take selfies in a powerful and authentic way and tame your self-reflection Why family photos are so important and how to overcome the fear of taking them The power of friendship in your journey towards self-acceptance Ashley’s tips for getting in the mood to embrace your beauty Everyone loves taking a selfie when you’re feeling yourself, but what about when you don’t? Here are a few tips on how to get on that vibe: Find a few minutes and throw on your favorite song and just shut your eyes and let the moment take you. Jump, dance and sing your heart out. Nothing will make you feel sexier and empowered than moving to your power tune. Put on something you feel sexy and confident in and just have some fun taking some photos of yourself. Find your LIGHT! You don’t need a fancy ring light to snap a photo of your beautiful face. Find a window, face that window and let your energy shine through. Run your photo through a quick app to correct any colors that are off or play with some fun filters. You won’t find any Facetune over here. Some apps I like using when I don’t have my computer are: A Color Story, VSCO, and Lightroom CC Mobile. All of them are user-friendly and provide some great filter options to play with. Take your photo for no one other than yourself. As much as likes and comments make you feel good, take a photo to document YOU in this very moment. Having photos to look back on as we age and change will remind Mentioned on the show: Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training Book a photo shoot with Ashley GRLCHILL Project GRLCHILL Instagram Photography Apps A Color Story VSCO Lightroom CC Connect with our guest Website Instagram Facebook

On today's episode, we discover why I quit Keto I’ve been avoiding recording this episode for nearly 2 years. I’ve been scared of the consequences, hesitated by fear of backlash, started recording it and stopped so many times. Something happened this week that triggered me to finally record this episode... It wasn’t just about me anymore. This episode needed to be recorded for you-the listeners, my clients, my patients and my students. On today’s episode SHE’s Beyond The Food Chapter 3, I'll share with you my personal journey with food and diets... particularly the Ketogenic diet. And today, I’m officially making it public: I’m calling it quits with keto and sharing the reasons that led me to make this choice. This is not the type of quitting after just a few months of being keto or because I didn’t lose weight. This shift is way beyond this... I wrote a book about the ketogenic diet, lectured at professional conferences about keto, studied and researched ketosis and ultimately created an entire program about keto “The Keto Connector”. I was an expert on the ketogenic diet before keto became popular... so this is significant for me professionally and personally. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is the keto diet How I came to keto personally and professionally How I become angry at keto Why I wouldn’t recommend keto What I’m doing today instead of keto Mentioned on the show: Intuitive Eating Project Registration Going Beyond the Food Academy Podcast Episode 161 Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training

On today's episode, we discover intuitive eating You are the boss of you, sister.... no one else. So hire, fire and promote accordingly. I’m sure you wouldn’t tolerate anyone telling you what to do in your own house. You wouldn’t let anyone dictate who your date is, right? Yet we let diets control our food choices and the way we feel about ourselves. That’s what we call diet culture. Sisters, it’s time we stop letting diets control our lives. We must take our power back from the latest diet... including the latest keto expert! It’s proven diets not only don’t work they lead to more weight gain. Diet is harmful to the female body. Today, we discover intuitive eating, a proven self-care eating framework that puts YOU back in the driver seat of food choices, body, and health. This way of engaging with food (read here: not a diet) teaches you to be a team with your body. Our guest today Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S is the author of 9 books, with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California. She is a co-creator of Intuitive Eating, a mind-body health process developed in 1995. Evelyn will take us through Intuitive Eating 101. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is intuitive eating and what it’s not. The 10 Intuitive eating principles, why they exist, and how to apply them in real life The Diet paradox and why diets don’t work How intuitive eating and Health At Every Size work together How to awaken the intuitive eater in you! Mentioned on the show: Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training Conquer Emotional Eating Going Beyond The Food Academy Intuitive Eating Workbook Intuitive Eating Book Health At Every Size podcast episode Connect with our guest Website Instagram Facebook

On today's episode, we talk about how to strengthen your intuition Do you wish to have more guidance in your life, to be more certain that you are making the right choices for you? That knowing is accessible to you right now. This intelligence is inside you, me and all women: It’s called our intuition. On today’s episode, we explore together the highest form of intelligence: intuition. We will learn how to connect to this superior source of intelligence and also how to strengthen it so you can be more confident. Our guest today, Dr. Joy Martina is a Psychic Psychologist and a Channeler of Christallin Consciousness specializes in High-Level Intuitive Intelligence Training for entrepreneurs, business owners and celebrities. Dr. Joy will take us through her most recent best-selling book: How to use your intuition to transform your life. What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is intuition and what is it not. The 5 steps we must take to strengthen our intuition Why being is a state of joy and happiness fuel our intuition Dr. Joy leads us through an exercise to tap into intuitive eating power How saying YES! 100x times can leads us towards our intuitive power. Mentioned on the show: Book Dr. Joy Martina: How to Use Your Intuition Free Self-Love Audio Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training Register for the Spring Cohort - Academy Connect with our guest: Website Instagram Facebook

On today's episode, we speak with Sheree Clark Are you at a “fork” in the road? You know something needs to change... must change... has to change. You get the feeling that if you don’t make a choice now, life will make one for you. For some, it’s an acute life event that forces them into making a choice... for me, it was collapsing on stage. For other women, their body wisdom takes care of creating this fork in the road with aging and hormones. It’s called menopause. It’s the natural process that moves us from motherhood to coming of wisdom. Coming back to being “just” a woman... no longer the nurturer or caregiver. For many, that’s a hard transition. In today’s episode, Sheree Clark talks about turning midlife crisis into mid-life awakening. Sheree will help you create a vision for your fork in the road creating opportunities for growth, fun, and achievement. Sheree Clark is a midlife courage coach, TV show host, inspiring speaker and accomplished author. What you'll learn listening to this episode: How Sheree found the courage to leave her successful career to find fulfillment. “If I stay this way, life will eat me alive” feeling is real and how we can overcome it. Sheree takes us through a powerful exercise to determine what fulfillment looks like for us. How to approach the second phase of our life from a place of love instead of fear Mentioned on the show: Join the Going Beyond The Food Community Register for Sheree's 'It's Your Time' Event Christian Northrup book Connect with Our Guest: Instagram Facebook

On today's episode - SHE’s Beyond The Food - Chapter 2: I'll share with you my personal journey with exercise, fitness and sports... and it’s been a wild ride. Just like most of you, ladies that have a journey of dieting, exercise has been part of my life in a “not so fun way”... never willingly and because I desired to exercise rather because I HAD TO kind of way: to burn calories, to burn fat, or to punish myself for cheating on my diet and mostly because I needed to alter my body composition, .... The result of this wild ride is trauma. As my mentor in trauma, Irene Lyon taught me “Trauma is in your nervous system not in the event”. I now can see it in most of my students too. We know we have to but for some “unexplainable” reason we can’t bring ourselves to do it. That “unexplainable” reason is trauma... it’s your nervous system protecting you from what has been in the past a very bad experience. In fact, trauma can be healed. So does your relationship to exercise. With a load of compassion, acceptance and love, we can fall back in love with moving our body. Slowly & gently healing happens. That’s SHE’s Beyond The Food Chapter 2. What you'll learn listening to this episode: Why ‘no pain no gain’ exercise is more detrimental than beneficial What is trauma and how to determine if you have a traumatic relationship to exercise Why I never call exercise... exercise How to shift into an enjoyable relationship to movement Mentioned on the show: Join the Going Beyond The Food Community Going Beyond The Food Academy SHE’s Beyond The Food – Part 1

On today's episode, we talk about Feng Shui Get the energy right in your home, closet, and fridge and everything else will follow. Yup, the energy that carries your home is impacting you right now... moving you closer to confidence or further away from peace with your food and body. Imagine you and your home looking like Charlie Brown’s character, Pigpen. With debris and junk whirling around that “pretty” won’t fix. It is essentially putting lipstick on a pig. Instead, let’s get your energy and your home’s energy in pristine shape so that when the “pretty” goes in, it uplevels every damn thing in your life. Who doesn’t want that? Today’s guest, Amanda Gates is a professionally trained Interior Designer, Feng Shui Practitioner, podcaster and award-winning blogger. She has seamlessly married interior design and Feng Shui for almost 20 years to help clients achieve spaces that feel as beautiful as they look. What you'll learn listening to this episode: How the energy in your home is expressed through the design and choices you have made in your home décor. The top 5 disruptors in your home design that sabotage the energy in your home Amanda shares with us easy, applicable tips to change the energy in your home How your closet and fridge carry energy that help you move forward towards being at peace with food and body Mentioned on the show: Join the Beyond the Food Community and receive our free audio training So... You Want to Lose Weight Amanda’s website Amanda’s podcast Closet Blog Feng Shui your fridge Front door podcast

On today's episode, we talk about Healing Body Shaming Healing body shaming permeates through every aspect of your life... you finally stop chasing your worth and you get to find your innate female power. You stop working crazy hours trying to prove yourself to your boss that you are worthy of the next promotion. Reconciling yourself with your body finally gives you the power to stop pleasing everyone... become someone you don’t need anyone to tell you you’re worthy. You know! Being confident leads you to attract the right lover... and have the courage to say no to the one that makes you feel like Sh*&%! This is the first installment of “SHE’S beyond the food,” a new monthly episode. This coaching session will be me, me alone, sharing a very vulnerable moment of my life in which I coach myself to go beyond the food. This is raw, uncut version of me, your host, Stephanie Dodier, the woman, not the expert. In this episode, I share how healing another layer of body shaming led me through a massive transformation of my business. What you'll learn listening to this episode: Why I went on a 4 weeks hiatus from the podcast How I turn a business disaster into a massive win Why body shaming permeates through every aspect of your life... and why healing it guides you to find your strength. How I surround myself to be successful How to stop chasing my worth and you get to find my innate female power & wisdom Mentioned on the show: Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training So... You Want to Lose Weight Conquer Emotional Eating

Why do I need to go beyond the food to make peace with food and my body That’s the one question I get and yes... that’s a very valid question, and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a very powerful conversation. We’ve been trained for years via diet culture to seek a solution to our food, weight and body issues with food and exercise. If we whip in shape our physical body, we will get result. Get thinner... and then, we’ll be happy and healthy. yet it doesn’t work. We know that and hence why you and I are here... Why doesn’t it work... because our relationship with food and body doesn’t stem from our physical body, rather it shows up in our physical body. It originates from our mind, emotions, and spirit. That’s what I’ve found through my own struggle and later on what my training and education has taught me. The 4 layers of the human being is what we address in the Going Beyond the Food Method. It stems from a very old body of work - Holistic health. In today’s episode, will deep dive into the emotional body particularly with Dr. Joan Rosenberg. In show 177, we spoke about the mental body with Christina Hyland. In show 178, we spoke about the spiritual body with Dr. Louise Swartswalter. In show 179, we spoke about the physical body with Dr. Michelle Sands. Finally, show 181 we’ll talk about a unique aspect of human that has a tremendous impact on why we urge to eat or self-destruct via body shaming: our nervous system with our resident expert, Irene Lyon. In this episode I discuss The role of the Emotional Body in relation to the holistic health model The real purpose of our emotions How having emotional strength is part of confidence, too: Developing emotional strength Last episode was an interview with Dr. Michelle Sands and she talked about the role of the physical body in relation to the holistic health model. She also shared her view why we cannot separate each of the 4 bodies from each other and the impact of menopause and perimenopause to women’s body’s overall health. Finally, she detailed why suffering is optional when dealing with perimenopause and menopause and how the Physical Body plays as a vehicle to making peace with food and body. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Dr. Joan Rosenberg latest book: 90 Seconds to a Life You Love Dr. Joan Rosenberg free gift Take the Self-assessment to evaluate your relationship to food and weight Free Audio Training Episode 177: The Mental Body Episode 178: The Spiritual Body Episode 179: The Physical Body Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Holistic Approach to Making Peace with Food and Body Why do I need to go beyond the food to make peace with food and my body That’s the one question I get and yes... that’s a very valid question, and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a very powerful conversation. We’ve been trained for years via diet culture to seek a solution to our food, weight and body issues with food and exercise. If we whip in shape our physical body, we will get result. Get thinner... and then, we’ll be happy and healthy. yet it doesn’t work. We know that and hence why you and I are here... Why doesn’t it work... because our relationship with food and body doesn’t stem from our physical body, rather it shows up in our physical body. It originates from our mind, emotions, and spirit. That’s what I’ve found through my own struggle and later on what my training and education has taught me. The 4 layers of the human being is what we address in the Going Beyond the Food Method. It stems from a very old body of work - Holistic health. In today’s episode, we’ll deep dive into the physical body particularly around perimenopause with Dr. Michelle Sands In show 177, we spoke to the mental body with Christina Hyland. In show 178, we spoke about the spiritual body with Dr. Louise Swartswalter. Upcoming in show 180, we’ll talk about the emotional body with Dr. Joan Rosenberg. Finally, show 181 we’ll talk about a unique aspect of human that has a tremendous impact on why we urge to eat or self-destruct via body shaming: our nervous system. In this episode I discuss The reason why we cannot separate each of the 4 bodies from each other The role of the physical body in relationship to the holistic health model Perimenopause and menopause: their impact to women's body overall health Why suffering is optional when dealing with perimenopause and menopause Last episode was an insightful interview with Dr. Louise Swartswalter as we deep dive into the spiritual body and its impact on the way we engage with food and body. She gave us a clear understanding of what energy medicine is and how to begin to heal our spiritual body. She also gave us practical situation how the spiritual body shows up in our day to day life. Ultimately, she talked about how the Spiritual Body is key to making peace with food and body. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Register for The Perimenopause Summit Stephanie’s favorite menopause book: The menopause wisdom: Take the Self-assessment to evaluate your relationship to food and weight Free Audio Training Crave Cure Guide Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Spiritual Body to Making Peace with Food and Body Two questions that keep coming back from new members in our community: What does it mean to Go Beyond The Food? And then... Why would I need to Go Beyond The Food? These are GOOD questions and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a very powerful conversation. To answer these 2 questions, we must first recognize that for most of us, women, we’ve been trained since a young age via Diet Culture to seek a diet solution to our “food issues, weight and body” within the constraints of our physical body. The solution being to a-beat our body into shape and b-restrict our food. Ultimately, we’ve been deeply trained to believe that getting a thinner physical body would bring us health and happiness. Yet it doesn’t work. We know that and hence why you and I are here... Why doesn’t it work? Because our relationship to food and body doesn’t stem only from our physical body. Our desire to eat and shame ourselves originate from our mind, emotions, and spirit. That’s what I’ve found through my own struggle and later on what my training and education have taught me. The 4 layers of the human being are what we address in the Going Beyond The Food Method. It stems from a very old body of works in Holistic health. Today’s episode will deep dive into the spiritual body with Dr. Louise Swartswalter and its impact on the way we engage with food and body. In show 177, we spoke about the mental body with Christina Hylan. Upcoming in show 179, will talk about the physical body and show 180, will discuss emotional body. Finally, show 181 will talk about a unique aspect of human that has a tremendous impact our why we urge to eat or self-destruct via body shaming: our nervous system. In this episode I discuss The Spiritual Body to making peace with food and body How the spiritual body shows up in our day to day life What is energy medicine? How to begin to heal our spiritual body Last episode was an insightful interview with Christina Hyland as she talks about the Mental body and its impact on the way we engage with food and out body. She talks about the reason why individuals develop eating disorder or problem and the process on how to come back to ourselves from our false selves through the 'feel to heal' approach. You don't wanna miss this episode in this series. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Dr. Louise Swartswalter's website Mind Gems, 12 little exercises that balance the brain- soul! Brain Soul Success Bootcamp FREE webinar- The Five Secrets to a Beautiful Amazing YOU! Take the Self-assessment to evaluate your relationship to food and weight Free Audio Training Crave Cure Guide Essay on religion and the Going Beyond The Food Method Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Holistic Approach to Making Peace with Food and Body Two questions that keep coming back from new members in our community: What does it mean to Go Beyond The Food? And then... Why would I need to Go Beyond The Food? These are GOOD questions and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a very powerful conversation. To answer these 2 questions, we must first recognize that for most of us, women, we’ve been trained since a young age via Diet Culture to seek a diet solution to our “food issues, weight and body” within the constraints of our physical body. The solution being to a-beat our body into shape and b-restrict our food. Ultimately, we’ve been deeply trained to believe that getting a thinner physical body would bring us health and happiness. Yet it doesn’t work. We know that and hence why you and I are here... Why doesn’t it work? Because our relationship to food and body doesn’t stem only from our physical body. Our desire to eat and shame ourselves originate from our mind, emotions, and spirit. That’s what I’ve found through my own struggle and later on what my training and education have taught me. The 4 layers of the human being are what we address in the Going Beyond The Food Method. It stems from a very old body of works in Holistic health. That’s what we will dive into today... We first going to talk about Mental body. Episodes 178-179-180 will address the other 4 bodies and 181 will talk about a unique aspect of human that has a tremendous impact our why we urge to eat or self-destruct via body shaming: our nervous system. Let’s start today by exploring the mental body and its impact on the way we engage with food and body. In this episode I discuss The Mental Body: It's impact on the way we engage with food and our body The reason why individuals develop eating disorder The process on how to come back to ourselves from our false selves What feel to heal means in relation to how you engage with food and your body Last episode was an interview with a another holistic nutritionist who has a unique way of looking into meeting our daily needs. That’s what Rachel Molenda refers to as filling your cup. Rachel inspires women to take action to meet their daily needs so that they don’t use food to fill the lack of self-care. Rachel will inspire you in this episode by sharing how prioritizing your needs is instrumental to showing up the best version of you. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Offer from Christina: Free 30-minute consultation meet and greet. Email her: [email protected] Live Events Free Audio Training Going Beyond the Food Academy - Coaching Program Take the Self-assessment to evaluate your relationship to food and weight Crave Cure Guide Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Fill Your Cup Are good are you at meeting your daily needs? That’s what Rachel Molenda refers to as filling your cup. Rachel is a holistic nutritionist who inspires women to take action to meet their daily needs so that they don’t use food to fill the lack of self-care. Rachel will inspire us today to make it happen. Prioritizing your needs to show up the best version of you. In this episode I discuss What "fill your cup" really means The real reason why you should keep your cup full How the "fill your cup" philosophy can be an instrument to developing intuitive eating Last episode I talked about the elephant in the room... yes, I talked about weight loss. If you're one of those women who wanna lose weight, you are not alone. I was there for many years along with millions of other women just like you. The truth is 91% of women are unhappy about their body and seek weight loss as a solution. It’s a basic human need to be accepted by our tribe and peers, therefore to be “normal”. All we want to be “normal”, we want to be confident in our body and image. We are ready to do what needs to get done to feel “normal” in our body. For most of us in this community, this desire to be “normal weight” has gone one of two ways: we did lose weight at some point but it didn’t “stick” OR we haven’t yet attempted to lose weight because we are so afraid of failure and change. Why is it that we can’t do what we deeply desire? Curious? You gotta listen to this episode. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Sign up for Rachel's Community Live Workshop Replay Going Beyond the Food Academy - Coaching Program Want to know if our coaching program is right for you? Complete our Assessment Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

This is Part 2 of 2. Part 1 can be accessed here. Do you want to lose weight? If so, you are not alone. I was there for many years along with millions of other women just like you. The truth is 91% of women are unhappy about their body and seek weight loss as a solution. First, let’s level up on one fundamental point: No one wakes up one morning wanting to be fat, carry extra weight or not be able to lose weight. It’s a basic human need to be accepted by our tribe and peers, therefore to be “normal”. All we want to be “normal”, we want to be confident in our body and image. We are ready to do, what needs to get done to feel “normal” in our body. For most of us in this community, this desire to be “normal weight” has gone one of two ways: we did lose weight at some point but it didn’t “stick” OR we haven’t yet attempted to lose weight because we are so afraid of failure and change. Why is it that we can’t do what we deeply desire? That’s what we will cover in this 2-part podcast series: episode 173-175. In this episode I discuss What you need to consider in your desire to lose weight Why do we want to lose weight Does Thinness equals Happiness? How I changed my relationship to food from overeating, binging and emotional eating to food freedom Last episode I talked about the elephant in the room... yes, I talked about weight loss. If you're one of those women who wanna lose weight, you are not alone. I was there for many years along with millions of other women just like you. The truth is 91% of women are unhappy about their body and seek weight loss as a solution. It’s a basic human need to be accepted by our tribe and peers, therefore to be “normal”. All we want to be “normal”, we want to be confident in our body and image. We are ready to do what needs to get done to feel “normal” in our body. For most of us in this community, this desire to be “normal weight” has gone one of two ways: we did lose weight at some point but it didn’t “stick” OR we haven’t yet attempted to lose weight because we are so afraid of failure and change. Why is it that we can’t do what we deeply desire? Curious? You gotta listen to this episode. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Going Beyond the Food Academy - Coaching Program NEW- Live Workshop Registration Readiness Assessment for Academy program - Quiz Health At Every Size studies Book - Intuitive Eating studies Journal of Obesity study on impact of body image perception So You Wanna Lose Weight - Part 1 can be accessed here Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Your Past Doesn't Define You Do you let your past failure define your today? Perhaps you think you are limited in your future possibilities because of your past failure? “I have tried so many diets and programs and failed; that I can't bear to go to my husband with another program, especially one that costs $800+. I simply can't go to my husband with yet another "magical pill" .... he won't understand; even if we could afford it." - Going Beyond The Food Academy scholarship applicant This type of message is unfortunately very frequent when we open our scholarship program. It saddens me because so many of us let our past define who we can be in the future. The truth is... You are not the choices you’ve made. You are not the child you once were. No, you are not your failed marriage. You are not the setbacks of yesterday. Neither you are the bad things that have happened to you. You can be that woman that wakes up tomorrow morning and that say I’m not doing this anymore… I’m going to figure this out. I’ll do this by my morale, my value. I’m going to be honest with myself. Because I decided that this is me. And because I decided I'm NOT my past! You are the person who LEARNS from a great deal of her past experiences. And because you are processing these experiences correctly, you’ll have the happier life, the health and the confidence to achieve what you want. That’s what this episode is about... I’ll share with you the process that I use to NOT be my past! In this episode I discuss The Past Guides Our Choices — It Doesn’t Make Our Choices For Us What happens IF you stopped beating yourself up How to not be defined by your past diet failure: My 4 step-process Last episode I talked about the elephant in the room... yes, I talked about weight loss. If you're one of those women who wanna lose weight, you are not alone. I was there for many years along with millions of other women just like you. The truth is 91% of women are unhappy about their body and seek weight loss as a solution. It’s a basic human need to be accepted by our tribe and peers, therefore to be “normal”. All we want to be “normal”, we want to be confident in our body and image. We are ready to do what needs to get done to feel “normal” in our body. For most of us in this community, this desire to be “normal weight” has gone one of two ways: we did lose weight at some point but it didn’t “stick” OR we haven’t yet attempted to lose weight because we are so afraid of failure and change. Why is it that we can’t do what we deeply desire? Curious? You gotta listen to this episode. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Going Beyond the Food Academy - Coaching Program NEW- Live Workshop Registration Readiness Assessment for Academy program - Quiz Links to Free Resources - Podcast Episodes 149-People Pleasing: How to Stop Being a People-Pleaser 151-How Much Is the Desire to Control Your Food & Weight Really Costing You? 152-Finding the Courage to Do What’s Best for You with Jessica Tomasko 147: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There-You Can Be the Hero of Your Story 150-Boost Your Self-Confidence in 4 Steps 173-So You Wanna Lose Weight? Part 1 Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Wanna Lose Weight? Do you want to lose weight? If so, you are not alone. I was there for many years along with millions of other women just like you. The truth is 91% of women are unhappy about their body and seek weight loss as a solution. First, let’s level up on one fundamental point: No one wakes up one morning wanting to be fat, carry extra weight or not be able to lose weight. It’s a basic human need to be accepted by our tribe and peers, therefore to be “normal”. All we want to be “normal”, we want to be confident in our body and image. We are ready to do, what needs to get done to feel “normal” in our body. For most of us in this community, this desire to be “normal weight” has gone one of two ways: we did lose weight at some point but it didn’t “stick” OR we haven’t yet attempted to lose weight because we are so afraid of failure and change. Why is it that we can’t do what we deeply desire? That’s what we will cover in this 2-part podcast series: episode 173- 174. In this episode I discuss What you need to consider in your desire to lose weight Why your relationship to food now is simply a reflection of your relationship to yourself How I changed my relationship to food from overeating, binging and emotional eating to food freedom Last episode was an interview with a Type A woman, a graduate student of the Going Beyond the Food Academy, Susan. Susan is just like you and she shares her journey. Her journey to find peace with food and body using the Going Beyond The Food Method. She openly shared with us how hard-working A-type women who are used to being in control can also achieve success with food and their body. Moreover, the role that our beliefs play towards achieving Food Freedom and success in all aspect of our lives. Are you a Type A woman struggling with your relationship food and body? This interview is for you. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Going Beyond the Food Academy - Coaching Program Free Info Session - Registration NEW- Live Workshop Registration Audio Training: How to Change Any Eating Habits Free Assessment - Quiz Health At Every Size studies Book - Intuitive Eating studies Journal of Obesity study on impact of body image perception Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Type A Women Are you a type A- achieving women, successful in many aspects of their life: career, family, finances but they don’t feel as successful in one area of their life: food & body? If that’s you, this episode is a MUST-listen. Susan is just like you and she shares her journey. Her journey to find peace with food and body using the Going Beyond The Food Method. The Going Beyond The Food Method is designed to help women 40+ that are successful in their career, family and finance but feel unsuccessful with their body and weight remove the emotional blocks that keep them stuck: tunnel approach to their weight via diets and exercise, negative thoughts patterns towards their body, and low self-esteem finally stop sabotaging with food and engage with their body from a place of compassion so that they can be at peace and live fulfilling life right now! What I’ve found over the years is that most women that are successful in most aspects of their lives except their body feel like they’ll never be able to lose weight. They’ve tried everything: all the diets, over exercising, personal trainers and nothing works. Frustrated, so they end up self-sabotaging with food in secret as a way to manage their feeling of guilt. What they really want is to feel confident and healthy in their body, to be free from food obsession and live life on purpose and satisfied but most of them are stuck and feel ashamed. So the mistake they make is that they attempt to control what they eat in hopes to finally lose the weight. They end up dieting and restricting even more which feels like self-punishment and self-loathing (brute force) themselves as a way to motivate themselves. When in reality, what they only need to do is to remove the emotional blocks of self-loathing and worthiness that keep them feeling stuck: feeling worthiness and self-loathing and engage with body from a place of compassion instead judgment and finally stop sabotaging with food. In this episode I discuss Susan’s journey - from using food as a weapon to beat herself up to Going Beyond the Food and making peace with food and her body How hard-working A-type women who are used to being in control can also achieve success with food and their body The role that our beliefs play towards achieving Food Freedom and success in all aspect of our lives Last episode was an interview with Molly Bahr, a Health At Every Size expert. She talked about the act of dieting as the greatest predictor of weight gain. Most of us know diets have failed us and continue to fail us. The older we get, the worse it gets… it’s not just failing us physically on the scale but also emotionally and mentally. In fact, the side effect of food and exercise obsession is leaving us feeling overwhelmed, stressed and terribly anxious. We want to be confident and healthy but we know diets don’t work… but we feel we have no other choice. Right?? Is there another choice other than dieting? This interview episode will rock your world. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Info Session - Academy Registration NEW- Live Workshop Registration Free Assessment - Quiz Join the Academy - Register Here Susan's essay on Christianity Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Health At Every Size The act of dieting is the greater predictor of weight gain. Most of us know diets have failed us and continue to fail us. The older we get, the worse it gets... it’s not just failing us physically on the scale but also emotionally and mentally. In fact, the side effect of food and exercise obsession is leaving us feeling overwhelmed, stressed and terribly anxious. We want to be confident and healthy but we know diets don’t work... but we feel we have no other choice. Right?? Is there another choice other than dieting? Yes, there is... Chasing health instead of weight loss. Adopting compassionate and healing behaviors towards our whole self. The truth is weight management isn’t a guarantee of health. What?!?! Yup... and now enter Health At Every Size. A movement and scientific approach to health that isn’t focused on weight but instead what really drives health in humans. In this interview, Molly Bahr takes us through the Health At Every size basic principles. In this episode I discuss What is HAES: Health At Every Size 101 The collateral damage of dieting 'What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight' Last episode I shared my interview with one of the graduates of the Fall 2018 Going Beyond the Food Academy. It was a vulnerable one as she shared her personal journey going beyond the food and transforming her relationship to food and her body. Indeed, her inspirational story proved that the journey to body confidence and peace with food and body image is possible and quickly achievable if you... If you get committed and invest in yourself! For Erin, the transformation led her to have peace of mind and body confidence... and yes, peace with food. She is now on her way to healing other parts of her life seeking the next best version of herself. Learn more about her story through this interview episode. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Info Session - Academy Join the Academy Free Assessment - Quiz Molly's Instagram account Resources: HAES Manifesto: HAES HAES book Podcast Episode 117: Body Kindness Intuitve Eating Guide & Body Image Guide for kids Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Body Confidence The journey to body confidence and peace with food and body image is possible and quickly achievable if you... If you get committed and invest in yourself! Commitment is the biggest component of the process. Commitment to YOU via commitment to your time, mental headspace, physical space, boundaries and financial. Erin, a graduate from the Going Beyond The Food Academy Fall 2018 is sharing her inspirational journey with us which started with commitment... For her, it was commitment to not letting her fear get in the way of her transformation. For Erin, the transformation led her to have peace of mind and body confidence... and yes, peace with food. She is now on her way to healing other parts of her life seeking the next best version of herself. In this episode I discuss Erin's inspirational journey Going Beyond the Food What's on the other side of taking this journey of undieting your life and Going Beyond the Food The possibilities of tweaking your relationship to food and to your body from a place of peace, love and compassion Last episode I talked about how we set goals for the year in the Going Beyond the Food Academy. And yes, we do it differently... probably something you're never head before. In fact, we don’t seek weight loss, more money or a new house... Instead, we chase how we think we’re going to feel when we “get there”. We chase our Desired Feelings... because what’s really behind all “regular goals” is wanting to feel a certain way... We chase weight loss to be accepted, to be beautiful in the eyes of others, to not feel marginalized by society, to feel sexy. I also explained the difference between motivation and inspiration and my top 3 tips to bring inspiration into your life and to hold the vision all year. Get ready to hear some of my favorite inspirational quotes, too! Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Join the Academy Free Assessment - Quiz Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

This time next year... 2019 is going to be the best year of my life. I know this is true. Each year is always better than the last. I keep evolving and working on myself. My goals keep getting bigger. My heart keeps getting bigger. My clients’ lives keep getting bigger. In December, in the Academy, we write our goals for the year. But we do it differently than anyone else. We choose how we want to feel. We chase our Desired Feelings. because what’s really behind all “regular goals” is wanting to feel a certain way... We chase weight loss to be accepted, to be beautiful in the eyes of others, to not feel marginalized by society, to feel sexy. We don’t really seek weight loss, more money or a new house... we chase how we think we’re going to feel when we “get there”. I did this last year at this same time. So, did all my #academysisters. And this year we are celebrating all the successes. I’m inspired by my students and clients every day to be the best version of myself. I feel free. I live in an abundance. Everything is possible. I experience beauty all the time. I have faith in what the universe has in store for me and my tribe of academy sisters. How will you feel this year? This time next year, will you tell me your success story? I say yes. Let's set your desire feelings for 2019. Then, let’s make it happen together. Join me in the Going Beyond The Food Academy. In this episode I discuss Motivation versus Inspiration My top 3 tips to bring inspiration in your life How to create an environment of inspiration My top inspirational quotes Last episode I shared why I decided to ditch resolutions all together 5 years ago. Like many women, I used to have resolutions every new year. Yes, some of them worked... until they didn't. Does this sound familiar to you? Here’s cold hard truth about resolutions: 40 to 45% of American adult make one or more resolutions each year. Now, I don’t chase regular goals... I chase desired feeling. Yes, goal setting with feelings. You can too! Chasing feelings is the key to staying motivated all year and confident! I'll tell you how. Click here! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Food Freedom Challenge - January 1, 2019 Join the Academy Get your Food Freedom Score Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey Undiet Series 165-Body Acceptance: The Must-Have to Make Peace with Food 166-Strategies to Maintain Motivation and Consistency 167-How to Get Results: 5 Obstacles to Avoid 168-Goal Setting with Feelings Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Goal Setting with Feelings Did you make resolutions last year? How did it work for you? Here’s cold hard truth about resolutions: 40 to 45% of American adult make one or more resolutions each year. Top new year's resolutions for 2017: - Save money - Lose weight / get in shape - Have more sex The following shows how many of these resolutions are maintained as time goes on: - not even 1 month: 43% - one month: 66% - less than 3 months: 80% Is that you? That was me for years.... until I decided to ditch resolutions all together 5 years ago. Once I’ve done that, I’ve achieved all of my goals. Now, I don’t chase regular goals... I chase desired feeling. Yes, goal setting with feelings. You can too! This is what we talk about in today’s episode. How to flip the resolutions model on its head and chase what really sits under traditional goals: a desire to feel a certain way. Chasing feelings is the key to staying motivated all year and confident! In this episode I discuss Why you should ditch SMART goal setting How to set goals that will stimulate your right brain: your feelings, emotions, creation and possibilities Goal setting with feelings: step-by-step process Last episode was all about how to get results when desiring to change some things in our lives. Some women go on to achieve their goal and others don’t. Why? To be honest, it has nothing to do with your capacity as much as your mindset. Your ability to have an honest discussion with yourself and accepting what will need to change in your life in order to achieve your goals. And likely what needs to change isn’t what you think... because the truth is if you knew you’d already done, right? The secret to achieving your goals resides in what you don’t know or what you don’t want to see or accept about yourself. Click here and I’ll share with you the 5 obstacles that women face when desiring change in their lives. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Food Freedom Challenge - January 1, 2019: Podcast listener can use coupon code 50OFF until Dec 25th to get $50 off the registration price Register to the Academy waitlist Get your Academy Gift Card - until December 24, 2018 Get your Food Freedom Score Undiet Series 165-Body Acceptance: The Must-Have to Make Peace with Food 166-Strategies to Maintain Motivation and Consistency 167-How to Get Results: 5 Obstacles to Avoid Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

How to get results All of us have goals. Goals like getting married or maybe having children. Taking the next step up in our career or for some, having more energy. Making more money and losing weight are the top two goals people set in their lives... especially, new year’s resolution. Some women go on to achieve their goal and others don’t. Why? To be honest, it has nothing to do with your capacity as much as your mindset. Your ability to have an honest discussion with yourself and accepting what will need to change in your life in order to achieve your goals. And likely what needs to change isn’t what you think... because the truth is if you knew you’d already done, right? The secret to achieving your goals resides in what you don’t know or what you don’t want to see or accept about yourself. In this episode of the podcast, I’ll share with you the 5 obstacles that women face when desiring change in their lives. In this episode I discuss The 5 obstacles to avoid to get results Why the most powerful transformations HAVE TO feel scary Why your 'Why' is soooo important Last episode, I talked about one of the top 3 questions I get asked on open forums. “I get off track very easily and difficult to get back on track. Finding a way to be motivated every day is hard. What should I do?" Does this sound familiar to you? Have you asked the same question before? The truth is maintaining motivation is a struggle for many as it was for me and is still when it comes to exercise. Here’s the secret... Motivation is not something you have or don’t have. It’s something you cultivate via your intention... your 'why'. What's yours? Click here now and let's dive into the 5 strategies to maintaining motivation... this episode will rock your world! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Food Freedom Challenge - January 1, 2019 Register to the Academy waitlist Get your Academy Gift Card - until December 24, 2018 Get your Food Freedom Score Undiet Series Podcast Episode 165: Body Acceptance: The Must-Have to Make Peace with Food Podcast Episode 166-Strategies to Maintain Motivation and Consistency Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Maintaining Motivation “I get off track very easily and difficult to get back on track. Finding a way to be motivated every day is hard. What should I do? That’s one of the top 3 questions I get on open forums. Along with how to be consistent and how can I lose weight (I never answer this one anymore!). The truth is maintaining motivation is a struggle for many as it was for me and is still when it comes to exercise. Here’s the secret... Motivation is not something you have or don’t have. It’s something you cultivate via your intention. Research and science are clear: Willpower doesn’t work. So, what then? Your big why, your intention, your higher purpose is what works to sustain motivation day in and day out. Your 'why' is what we call an internal motivator and the key to maintain motivation is to be clear on your 'why'. To set the intention based on internal motivators that will activate the right part of your brain and create the magic of motivation without having to resort to willpower and self-punishment as a force to make you do things. And that, ladies, is in every part of your life... personal / career/ family... and yes your health. Motivation works the same way for everything. Everything! Let’s dive into the 5 strategies to maintaining motivation... this podcast will rock your world! In this episode I discuss Internal motivator versus external motivators 4 strategies for maintaining motivations Changing relationship to food and body: what you need to do Last episode, I talked about the must-have to make peace with food... Body Acceptance. More than a must-have, it’s essential. We think that we can delay accepting our body until we get our relationship to food OK. Most of us are ready to do the work with our emotions but when it comes to doing the work with our body image... we resist. And we resist hard! The truth is.... you can’t make peace with food without making peace with your body right now as is! Yet we think that we can avoid accepting our body. The pain and suffering associated with non-body acceptance is the cause of many emotional eating roller coaster, binges and diet cycle... Click here to learn the 3 things you can do now to start accepting... yep, no-cost involved. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Register to the Academy waitlist Get your Academy Gift Card Get your Food Freedom Score Check out podcast episode 162: All or Nothing Mindset Trap Podcast Episode 70: The Illusion of Perfection Podcast Episode 157: The Secret Fear of Success Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

We think that we can delay accepting our body until we get our relationship to food OK. Most of us are ready to do the work with our emotions but when it comes to doing the work with our body image... we resist. And we resist hard! The truth is Body Acceptance is the must-have to make peace with food. More than a must-have, it’s essential. Can’t make peace with food without making peace with your body right now as is! It’s like trying to heal a splinter without removing the foreign object. Crazy right? You never think of not removing what causing the infection, the pus, the pain, the inflammation... Yet we think that we can avoid accepting our body. The pain and suffering associated with non-body acceptance is the cause of many emotional eating roller coaster, binges and diet cycle. In this episode I discuss Body Acceptance: the definition What happens when we don't accept our body as is The 3 things you can do now to start accepting... yep, no-cost involved Last episode, I shared my Holiday Survival Guide cause I know the holidays can be tough and can cause more anxiety than pleasure for many. So, I've gathered my tools and shared it with you, my community to help you thrive during the holidays and focus on things that really matter in this special time of the year. The Beyond The Food Holiday Survival guide will move you from self-destructing eating habits during the holiday to thriving and loving the holidays altogether! and Yes, it’s possible... As with anything we teach here, a few tweaks in your mindset and how you approach certain situation or event will be needed to move from shriveling at the idea to anticipating the holiday with excitement. Click here and enjoy the holidays! Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Register to the Academy waitlist Get your Food Freedom Score 2013 Journal of nutrition study body acceptance consequence Podcast Episode 135: Body Neutrality Podcast Episode 157: 7 Lessons From Accepting My Body Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Holiday Survival Guide Surviving the holidays can be tough. Thriving in the holiday nearly impossible for some. Perhaps the holiday period is causing you more anxiety than pleasure. The anticipation of seeing certain family members might be causing you to be in an emotional eating rollercoaster. Perhaps the business of it all drives you to completely forget about yourself and by the time you get to Christmas, you’re completely exhausted and completely lost control on any healthy habits you might have in place just a few weeks before. The Beyond The Food Holiday Survival guide will move you from self-destructing eating habits during the holiday to thriving and loving the holidays altogether! and Yes, it’s possible... As with anything we teach here, a few tweaks in your mindset and how you approach certain situation or event will be needed to move from shriveling at the idea to anticipating the holiday with excitement. In this episode I discuss The #1 cause of emotional eating loop My personal advice on how you engage with food and weight during the holidays How to deal with negative family members Last episode, I shared why smart women don't diet and what they do instead. I know exactly based on my personal experience... after 27 years of dieting, I’m clear on one thing… diets don’t work. We think that a “thin” body is going to unlock our happiness, our acceptance, our joy. The stats are clear... 91% of all women are unhappy about their body and resort to dieting. And 95% of all dieters regain their all weight within 1-5 years. Yet we keep dieting. We keep hating our body. We keep judging ourselves for our inability to be in freaking control… yet neuroscience is clear: WILLPOWER is a limited resource. Still dieting? You gotta listen to this, smart woman! Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Holiday Survival Guide: 5-part series: Get started with any article... Teaching Good Holiday Eating Habits to Kids The critical importance of self-care during the holiday period Must do during the holiday: Stress Management and dealing with negative family members How to survive the holiday parties My top 5 healthy baking tips Making Healthy Holiday Easy: Negative Family Members video Get your Food Freedom Score Register to the Academy waitlist Subscribe To Our Coaching Newsletter Register for the 2019 Retreat Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Why Diets Don’t Work Smart women don’t diet... they do THIS instead. After 27 years of dieting, I’m clear on one thing… diets don’t work. 91% of all women are unhappy about their body and resort to dieting. We think that a “thin” body is going to unlock our happiness, our acceptance, our joy. And 95% of all dieters regain their all weight within 1-5 years. Yet we keep dieting. We keep hating our body. We keep judging ourselves for our inability to be in freaking control… yet neuroscience is clear: WILLPOWER is a limited resource. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."- Albert Einstein The question is… are you? After making peace with food and my body by going beyond the food as a nutritionist and looking at what was really driving our desire to eat and judge our body, today, I help women do one thing: Transform your relationship to food and body so you can…. *FEEL BETTER about YOUR body as it is today without having to lose anything. *BE HEALTHIER in your body and mind as you make aligned choices. *Finally no longer being controlled by food instead, having the power to say yes or no. *Being able to release the emotional blocks that keep you stuck. *Be at peace with your body, eating and most importantly, yourself so you can be happy NOW… not conditional to losing something. If you’re not sure if you need more peace around food or your body OR if you are the right fit for the food freedom challenge, I have the perfect thing for you… Get Your Food Freedom Score Today, we are going to find out how you fare on the scale of food freedom (10 questions only). Are you “normal eater” and have no emotional attachment or control issue with food? Or are you a woman that is being controlled by food? … And worst-case scenario, you’ll spend 90 seconds seeing what could be possible for you that maybe you aren’t ready for in your life or maybe you’ll have a realization that what you thought was a healthy relationship to food isn’t? Who knows what will be the outcome of this 90 secs assessment score?!?! Get Your Food Freedom Score In this episode I discuss The real reason why smart women don't diet Why I don't talk about weight loss and my programs are not designed Why your intention is key in changing the way you eat The truth about why diets don't work Last episode, I talked about the "All or Nothing Mindset" trap. This absolutist thinking is one of the most common denominators in our Going Beyond The Food community. It’s the source of many emotional eating loops, overeating weekends and restricted food binges. In fact, this all or nothing mindset is a negative thought process also known as cognitive distortion. Everything- from food to your views of yourself to professional life– is divided into black or white terms. Everything is either success or failure. So, this episode focused on defining this mindset and providing you with a step-by-step solution to the "black or white" mentality. You don't wanna miss this episode. Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Get your Food Freedom Score Register to the Academy waitlist Get Thrive Special Offer Subscribe To Our Coaching Newsletter Dr. Charlotte Markey's book Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Do you say things like “I’m on track”, “I’m having a good or bad day” and the ultimate “on and off the wagon”? Absolutist thinking is one of the most common denominators in our Going Beyond The Food community. It’s the source of many emotional eating loops, overeating weekends and restricted food binges. The truth is the all or nothing mindset is a negative thought process also known as cognitive distortion. Everything- from food to your views of yourself to professional life– is divided into black or white terms. Everything is either success or failure. The consequences of this way of engaging with food and, quite frankly, life are anxiety, stress, self-doubt, low self-esteem, feeling of failure and shame and long-term distorted relationship to food. Most critical, it affects our ability to have a healthy and balanced life experience. To add fuel to the fire, the fact is that diets are built around the all or nothing framework. We start the diet, we restrict food and it works until it doesn’t. Then, we try harder and feel that we need to be 100% to get results… we feel deprived… we cave in having “bad food” … as a result, we feel ashamed of ourselves… and it goes on and on. The Solution to the "All or Nothing Mindset" The solution is to learn to live in the grey… to separate your self-worth with how you engage with food or your weight. You are so much more than the way you eat or what you weigh. Step 1 The first step, instead of trying to suppress your hunger and cravings, seek to understand why you desire to eat. Shift the focus from bad and good to compassion and acceptance. Step 2 The second step is to learn to manage your emotions with something else than food. We teach using your breath (The Crave Cure Formula) to ride the wave of your emotions. Some use tapping… many other solutions... just got to program your subconscious mind to seek something else than food. Final Step The last step is to tap into your intuition to know what to know, what to eat instead of diet rules. We call this intuitive eating, your internal nutritionist. Yes, every human was given one at birth! I used to be the Queen of “All or Nothing”… extreme in everything. At 36 years old, it came to end. My body couldn’t take the stress anymore and shut down. That’s why I’m so passionate about my work and what I teach. In this episode I discuss The truth about the 'all or nothing' mindset The real consequence of the absolutist thinking to the women of the Beyond the Food community The solution to the 'black or white' mentality Last episode, we answered a number of questions about sugar addiction with Bitten Jonsson, RN and ADDIS/SUGAR Certified and a Sugar Addiction Specialist. I also gave her carte blanche to use my own assessment to explain and help you understand addiction. In this episode, I also shared my personal take on the labeling of 'addict' and how I view my addictive behaviors which paved the way for the creation of the Going Beyond The Food Method. The Going Beyond The Food Method was born from me hitting rock bottom and seeing the story repeating itself in my patients. It's about shining the light on your possibilities by acknowledging and having compassion for your darkness. The Going Beyond The Food Method is what healed my sugar addiction at 38 years old. But it also what allowed me to stop nicotine too at 36 years old... I just didn’t know that’s what I was doing! You don't wanna miss this episode. Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Get your Food Freedom Score Subscribe To Our Coaching Newsletter Register to the Academy waitlist Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Are you a sugar addict? Is sugar addiction even real? What’s the difference between sugar addiction and emotional eating? If we’re addicted to sugar, what should we do? These are all the questions we will answer with Bitten Jonsson, RN, ADDIS/SUGAR Certified and a Sugar Addiction Specialist. I gave her carte blanche to use my own assessment to explain and help you understand addiction. If you look at the medical definition of addiction… I’m an addict. Throughout my life, I have been addicted to many substances and activities: started with sugar then moved on to drugs and nicotine and then human co-dependency and work. As Bitten described, I have an addictive personality. But I don’t like the label of addict. To be honest, I don’t like labeling altogether. I find labeling to be very disempowering. When I labeled myself as an addict, which I did in my twenties, it made my addiction worse. I thought I was powerless.... that the substance had more power than I could ever have over my own addiction. For me, my addictive behaviors are a message from my soul... once I understood this concept of addiction, it allowed me to recover as they say in the word of addiction. Instead of recovery, I say I surrendered. Surrendering to my addictions created the Going Beyond The Food Method. The Going Beyond The Food Method was born from me hitting rock bottom and seeing the story repeating itself in my patients. It's about shining the light on your possibilities by acknowledging and having compassion for your darkness. The Going Beyond The Food Method is what healed my sugar addiction at 38 years old. But it also what allowed me to stop nicotine too at 36 years old... I just didn’t know that’s what I was doing! That you are watching on video or listening on the podcast I hope my vulnerability in sharing my story will help one of you... to see the light and what is possible. In this episode we discuss The definition of sugar addiction A quick tour to your brain - the three types of brain I also shared my own addiction assessment that Bitten completed Last episode I talked about a superstar student of the current semester of the Going Beyond The Food Academy is seeing so much results in a short 4–week period that she feels the duty to share our method with people in her life that need it. She wanted to know if we have an episode of the podcast she could share with people that would encapsulate our approach and what to do to get started… we didn’t have one. Well, that’s not true. We had many that dissected one point but none that recaps our approach at a higher level. One designed for beginners. So, I created it… Practicing the basics is just that! Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Bitten Jonsson's website Get your Food Freedom Score Take the Food Freedom Challenge Audio Training: How to Change Any Eating Habits Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email

One superstar student of the current semester of the Going Beyond The Food Academy is seeing so much results in a short 4-week period that she feels the duty to share our method with people in her life that need it. She wanted to know if we have an episode of the podcast she could share with people that would encapsulate our approach and what to do to get started... we didn’t have one. Well, that’s not true. We had many that dissected one point but none that recaps our approach at a higher level. One designed for beginners. So, I created it... Practicing the basics is just that! In this episode I discuss What is the Going Beyond The Food Method The Framework that guides our approach When are you ready to for the Going Beyond The Food method How to get started Hope this serves many of you! Last episode was an episode recorded via Day 1 Wrap-up session of the Going Beyond the Food Project 2018. We answered questions submitted about the talks of the day. It was a 'nothing-is-off-limits' kind of episode. The Going Beyond the Food Project is an annual online conference that I host where I gather 21 experts from around the world that I handpicked to teach you what you need to know to finally be at peace with food and body. I also shared quick tips on how not to get overwhelmed with all the information from an online conference like this one. Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode Webinar with Bitten: My Sugar Addiction Show 101 My Story Show 155: Cycles of transformation Visit our website Read: Diet Mindset Article: Overcome Emotional Eating Link to Stop Self-Sabotage article The Food Freedom Map Training Audio Training: How to Change Any Eating Habits Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

The last time we did a live recording, the episode quickly went to the top chart! That live Q&A session on Facebook was almost a year ago! There’s so much fun to do... We are well overdue for another one... Just like the last one, we recorded this one over a Facebook Live during our yearly Going Beyond the Food Project online conference. In this episode I discuss The questions received from the talks of Day 1 of the Going Beyond the Project 2018 How to get started with your transformation by going beyond the food How not to get overwhelmed with all the information from an online conference like this The fundamental aspect that you should focus on to bring about permanent change to your life Last episode, I talked about an article that was published by Huffington Post on September 19th, 2018 that sent shock wave in the world. The article titled “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong” by Micheal Hobbes is controversial... is challenging all of our societal beliefs around obesity all of them. From obesity is the #1 enemy of health to dieting throws it all in the air... and also explains why we suffer so much when stigmatized with weight issues. Is it all true? Almost... Although I agree with most certain elements just encourage even more victimization and more suffering. You gotta tune in to this episode! This will rock your world! Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Resources discussed while answering questions: Get Started Step 1: Audio Training: How to Change Any Eating Habits Step 2: Ebook with bonus food journal Step 3: Emotional Eating program Step 4: Join the waitlist - Going Beyond the Food Academy Get Your Upgraded Package now! Mold Resources Test Bridgit recommended for mold testing Free online conference Bridgit's free support Facebook group Trace mineral for reverse osmosis water “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong”... Almost! Best menopause book Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

An article was published by Huffington Post on September 19th, 2018 sent shock wave in the world. The article titled “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong” by Micheal Hobbes is controversial... is challenging all of our societal beliefs around obesity all of them. From obesity is the #1 enemy of health to dieting throws it all in the air... and also explains why we suffer so much when stigmatized with weight issues. Is it all true? Almost... Although I agree with most certain elements just encourage even more victimization and more suffering. In today’s podcast, we are going to look at this article and dissect what is right and what is wrong... and most importantly, what to do with this information. In this episode I discuss The reason why how we've handled obesity is wrong Why fat-shaming isn't only not cool, but also doesn't work in weight loss The importance of addressing the issue why we gain weight Why Weight and Health are not perfect synonyms Fatphobia can come from medical providers. Yes, statistics prove it! The reasons why intervention or approach to change weight should be guided he HAES Last episode, I revealed to you some of our experts that will be speaking at the Going Beyond the Food Project 2018 starting October 8 to 19, 2018! Take a listen to this episode and learn what the speakers are presenting and sharing with us during the conference that will surely blow your mind! From the power of positivity, how toxins are making you fat, the impact of trauma to your health to how chronic pain is actually a problem of the brain, not the tissue... this online conference will surely rock your world and challenge what you know about your relationship to food and your body. Get a sneak peek now! Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode: Register for the online conference: Going Beyond The Food Project 2018 Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong by Huffington Post Sign up for the podcast live coaching Studies Beauty is good stereotype study Effect of weight stigmatization 1 in 124 women 0.8% obese women attaining normal range One-third to three-quarters of people classified as obese are metabolically healthy Unfit skinny people were twice as likely to get diabetes as fit fat people Doctor have shorter appointment with obese patient We shame our own kind Health At Every Size study Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***

Tired of fighting with your body and food? Exhausted of being in a constant struggle with yourself and willpower? Did you know that it doesn’t have to be...? You can change your relationship to food and your body and finally be at peace. Our yearly online conference is back to support your journey to Make Peace with food and body. The Going Beyond The Food Project is a free online conference starting Oct 8-19th 2018. During this event, you’ll have FREE access to over 22 talks from experts from around the world that I have handpicked to teach you what you need to know to finally be at peace. You can register here! In this event, you’ll learn: Identify the root cause reason WHY you eat Learn new approaches How to eat consciously Transform your relationship to your body Move beyond body image struggles Overcome binge eating behaviors naturally Discover how to stop overeating easily Change your emotional eating behaviors to serve you Understand why weight management is not the solution to be healthy Discover cutting-edge approach to be healthy beyond diet Leverage the power of neuroscience to change your mindset Transform your mindset to claim your food freedom After 25 + years of dieting and suffering, what I’ve found is that if food hasn’t been going the way you’ve planned, know this: It’s not your fault, you aren’t broken. I can help you Go Beyond The Food for solutions! Last episode, I talked about my journey towards accepting my body. It has been hard but one of the most rewarding difficult processes I have ever done. I have learned many lessons in this journey and I found that body acceptance is possible for all of us. So, let me share the 7 life lessons I have learned and that have seeped through my whole life. You gotta listen to this! Click here. Leave me a review, if you enjoy the show and would love to encourage and support my work, leave me an honest review using this link, click here. For a podcaster like me, reviews are like a fuel... and I would appreciate hearing from you more than I could possibly say! Here's a quick tutorial on How to leave a review. Links mentioned in the episode: Register for the online conference: Going Beyond The Food Project 2018 Submit a question for the next episode If you want to submit a question for Stephanie's next episode, click here and join our free and private community. Reach Stephanie Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Email ***For your information - some links above may be my affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you click on it and make a purchase. Doing so is no additional cost to you, but helps me tremendously. Your support is SO greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance if you choose to do so***