THE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential

Have you ever stepped on the scale and it went up instead of down? And you just feel so defeated.
And you brain begins to wonder, am I ever going to lose weight? Am I destined to be at this weight, this size, or more forever? If feels like no matter what I do, it’s just not working. 
Today we’re talking about the feeling of defeat. When you feel like it’s not working. 
Of course, it’s natural for your brain to do that bt it’s not helpful. 
So we’re going to talk instead about all the ways that invisible progress IS happening and how to help train your brain to see it to give your efforts time to grow. 
 
Ready wrestle back some control over your brain space from the clutches of the scale?
Yeah, lets get to it. 
 
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Have you ever had a day where you started off great? You had a nice healthy breakfast. Things are going well through lunch. Then in the afternoon you have a few pretzels and realize that puts you over your calories for the day.
Suddenly you’re thinking, “Ugh. I had three pretzel sticks instead of two, and that put me twenty-three calories over my budget. The heck with it. I really wanted potato chips anyway. And while I’m at it (since I’ve already blown it), I might as well have three cupcakes, a half a box of crackers, and three slices of pizza.” 
Today we’re talking about falling off the wagon. 
We’ll address 2 specific reasons why our brains are wired to make it feel like we fell off the wagon when we have a slip up
And 4 specific tips to help you banish falling off the wagon forever. 
 
Ready to bust up that wagon and use the leftover scraps as fuel your fire of awesome???
Yeah then let’s go! 
 
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You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/
 

Whohoo! Summer is on its way. 
Yaasssss. 
It’s a time to maybe slow down a little, the kids are out of school. Which means schedules are a little less routine and hopefully maybe there’s a family trip or two it there too. 
 
Which is great! 
And can also be a minefield is you’re trying to lose weight. 
 
So today we’re talking about TRAVEL. 
 
Travel doesn’t have to be a disaster nor does it need to set you back and undo all the progress you’ve made. But it does take some intentional thought. So let’s dive in!
Ready? 
 
Let’s go!! 
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You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/
 

Have you ever finished the box of crackers or the package of cookies, just to get it out of the house? Have you ever eaten your kids’ leftovers because you don’t want to let the food go to waste? Or maybe you’ve looked at something leftover in the fridge and thought, “Well I might as well eat this because no one else in the family will.” 
 
Not letting food “go to waste” can be one of the toughest, most deeply ingrained roadblocks that we face. There are lots of reasons why that belief is so deeply entrenched in our brains.
 
Today we’re going to talk about why it’s hard to let food go to waste. 
 
Then we’ll walk through 4 different ways to look at the idea of wasting food and shifting your perspective on it. 
 
And finally, we’re going to walk through a very specific exercise to dismantle that old belief and allow you to open up to the possibility that that old narrative may not be serving you and you can make a new choice. 
 
Ready to examine some old beliefs? 
Let’s go! 
 
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/
 

Have you ever been trying to change a habit like eat less sugar or drink less wine and you’ve got yourself a nice plan thinking “Today I will NOT have sugar. I will be strong.” 
 
And then somewhere along the way your brain sneaks in a thought like, “some chocolate would be really great right now.” or “I just want something sweet” or maybe it’s even that the sugar is there in front of you like in the candy bowl at the office, and you feel like you’re mentally holding on by your fingernails. 
 
You think to yourself, “What is wrong with me that I make a promise to myself and then I want to go back on it at the first moment of temptation?”
 
Today we’re going to talk about it’s not your fault that you want to go back on your word to yourself and how to look at that whole situation a little differently. 
 
Ready for a mindset shift for your brain? 
Let’s do this. 
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/
 

Do you ever feel guilty when you eat a certain type of food? 
 
Do you think of certain categories of food as “good” or “bad”? 
 
When was the last time you ate a cookie or a piece of cake without feeling guilty?
Today we’re going to talk about food labeling. That's what we’re doing when we say “I was bad last night.” or when we say “sugar is bad” or “I’ve been good all week.” 
 
We’re going to talk about: 
How we’re programmed to think that way
How that kind of thinking is actually holding you back. 
And how to think about it instead. 
 
Ready to redefine what you think of as good or bad when it comes to food? 
Nice. 
Let’s get to it.  
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www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/

Have you ever had a specific food that just feels like it has a little more power over you than you do over it?
There are probably some foods where you feel like you can just take it or leave. But then there are other foods that you’re like “You’ll have to pry this from my cold dead fingers.”
And yet on the inside, you’re maybe feeling a teensy bit scared that this food has more control over you than you do over it? 
Today we’re going to talk about what to do when you get to a place where just want to NOT want it.
And how to take baby steps towards reclaiming your control.
Ready? Let’s get started.
 
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You Are A Miracle book
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Today we’re gonna get deep.
A lot of times when we want to lose weight, there are the normal reasons - feel better, healthier, fit into clothes, confident, etc. 
But sometimes we run into roadblocks on the way there. And if you’re just following a diet plan, it’s hard to uncover what’s slowing you down. 
In my work with clients, the more we work together, we often find that beneath the surface there is a limiting belief holding them back. In the secret recesses of our brain there might be a voice that whispers painful thoughts that feel true.  
Here’s a few examples of real comments from real clients.
“There’s something wrong with me. I think I’m broken” 
or “I’ll only find love if I’m skinny – but I’m not so I must be unlovable.” 
Or “in my family when I was little, love was conditional based on how I behaved or how I looked” 
or the all time favorite that pretty much sums it all up…. “I am not enough”.
Today we’re going to talk about:
Where those beliefs come from.
How to identify them.
And most importantly, how to choose a new story to help move yourself towards FREEDOM. 
This is a good one. You ready my friend? Let’s get to it.
 
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You Are A Miracle book
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Why does losing weight have to come from a place of dissatisfaction? 
Why can’t we love our bodies and lose weight too? 
In today’s special bonus episode, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Sonja Janisse, founder and CEO at Fresh Approach Fitness. 
 
Sony has such a special kind of energy that is just so magnetic and infectious. Sonya made it so easy. I felt like I was talking to an old friend because we were so on the same wavelength. 
 
This conversation focuses on the idea of why can’t we have both.
The yes, and....
Instead of the either or.
When that comes to weight loss we’re talking about loving our bodies while we lose weight rather than waiting until after we reach some number on the scale. 
We talked about everything from movement, meals, mindset, and even money. You might be interested to hear my take on how money is a form of receiving that can be a microcosm for all the ways we receive - or struggle to receive - and how that impacts our weight loss efforts. 
 
I’m so excited to share this special bonus episode with you.
Ready? Let’s go.  
 
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/

Have you ever heard yourself say “I tend to be pretty hard on myself.” or “I can be a bit of a perfectionist.” or maybe you hear yourself say “I beat myself up when I blow it.” 
 
Today we’re talking about how that kind of thinking actually holds you back and LITERALLY leads to worse results.
 
Plus what to do instead so that you can actually move towards the results you’re looking for.  
Ready to get after it? 
Let’s get to it!
 
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/