Where have some of your best moments come from? When was the last time you tried doing something new? On this podcast I share 5 reasons why you should try something new, and 4 tips to help you get started on doing something for the first time.

5 reason why you should try something new:

1-YOLO - you only live once

2- Life is full of possibilities

3- The fun factor

4- Find more connection

5- There is more joy on the other side of new

4 tips on how to start something new:

1- Let the new things be a thing of its own new thing

2- Anxiety and excitement are two sides of the same coin

3- Make it manageable

4- Get comfortable with being uncomfortable 

More tips on how to do something to 

https://debbygermino.medium.com/how-to-overcome-your-fear-of-trying-new-things-e39b89535534

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How mentally tough do you think you are? In this week's podcast I define mental toughness as your ability to accept reality, and then choose your response.

I offer ways to help create the response you want through your thoughts that will help drive the emotion you need to move forward. 

I share a story about watching the Spartan Races in Telluride. It was so inspiring to watch athletes with such warrior hearts. They were the epitome of mental toughness. 

I loved en-couraging the athletes and seeing their courageous spirit emerge. 

I would love to help you with your mental toughness. 

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How many times have your weekends sabotaged your weight loss goals? This week I share a few things that can help you create successful weekends around your food. 

1- self awareness- notice what is happening and discover the patterns you follow over the weekend

2- all or nothing thinking - watch the ideas and thoughts of being “perfect” with our food during the week, and being so restrictive that on the weekend we just want freedom. 
So we go “off the plan” on the weekend

3- Get a system in place - create a daily food plan for everyday of the week including the weekend days 

4-weekends matter- instead of listening to the thoughts that we deserve it and the weekends don't matter. We need to redirect our thoughts.  We need to remind ourselves of the thought that weekends matter.

Just changing small things will be the trick to having the lasting weight loss we are hoping for. We can stay on the plan, and not have to start and stop every few days.

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“Live your life with intention. Live the life you’ve always dreamed of; the life you have always imagined living.” Are you living the life you want? Somewhere in middle age, if we are not careful or aware, we can lose sight of what our dreams are or what we really want our life to be like. 

This week I discuss four steps that can give you more direction, focus, vision, and purpose. 

Start becoming aware of what you want, and then begin creating your life with intention. 

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When you are stuck, what do you do? This week on the podcast I offer a tool to get you unstuck. What do you usually get stuck on...overwhelm, anxiety, embarrement, loneliness, inadequacy, humiliation, frustration, etc?

We will all feel emotions that start with one and then lead to another. I share a “backdoor” method. It starts with us getting up and moving. Once our bodies moves, we release the stress hormone (cortisol), we start getting the good feeling hormones,  and we then tap into a prefrontal cortex. There we can start getting some mental clarity to work through our struggle. 

I have used this tool in my life on a constant basis. 

I share two recent experiences.

I love offering tools that have helped me to start moving forward instead of staying stuck.

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This was the most unexpected race I have ever done. I was calmer than I have ever been leading into the race, especially for it being a World Championship race. Calm before the storm really proved true on Saturday morning. I wouldn’t have believed it if you’d tried to tell me beforehand what the weather would do.  And how challenging it would make the course, especially because the course was made to be difficult so it earned the title of a world championship course.

Some races are a battle just because of the nature of the sport, this race added another element with the weather working against us for so much of the race. 

The nagging thoughts to quit or just not care about trying my best were so loud.

The saying “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” became the theme of the race after I looked back on the details of the race. 

I continued to fight and move up the ranking until the last minutes of the race. 

I had a huge burst of energy toward the end of the race, and I let that carry me into the finish line. I was running so fast that my mind was willing but my body was weak, and I almost tripped on the red carpet.

It is amazing to see how determined our spirits are when things get harder and harder. 

How do you go through your race of life? Do you give into the pain or stay determined?

This race will be implemented in my heart forever. The lessons I learned from Saturday will help me to keep moving when I go through the storms of life. 

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Why does it really matter if you find you WHY? Why would you want to find out your WHY NOT? I answered both of those questions this week on the podcast. 

I help you with creating some solid whys. Then we take a look at the thoughts that are not helping us take the action we want i.e. weight loss.
I help you understand how the sneaky default thought or sentence in your head give you temporary relief, but not last results.

Both the why and the why nots are important if we want to really get empowered and take the actions that will take us forward and not stuck.

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“I don’t know what to eat.” How often do we think or say something similar to that? 

When we are in food confusion,  do we take actions that help us move forward, or do we stay stuck in old habits?

In this episode, I share my mom’s story on how she didn’t stay in food confusion after she had a major health concern. Then in turn she helped me when I was in my own food confusion.

I share three ways that can help you get out of the confusion.

1-Curious 

2-Creative 

3-Caring

I share how those three steps will bridge the gap to CLARITY around food. 

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What is the secret to lasting weight loss or to really sticking with a food plan or exercise plan? I share a step by step process to getting the result you want in the future. You may be surprised to realize it all starts with a thought. 

I will discuss awareness, realizing where all you past result have come from, and then going to the future to create a new thoughts. 

Then you have to practice the thought over and over again until you attach a thought to a feeling and then it goes to a belief. 

Once you can get the new thought (belief) attach in our brain, you we will take the massive action that will get us the results we want. 

In the end you will see the thought that you created in our head, now becomes your reality.

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Why have finish lines? Do they make you happier? Why are people afraid to have finish lines?

I  dive into three of the most common reasons.

1-fear of failure

2-doubt 

3-too hard

I talk about what I saw as I was a spectator at the Leadville 100 race mountain bike race.

Then I share some inspiring stories of amazing athlete from a book called 
“Finish Strong” by Dan Green, who finish strong despite their difficulties. 

You will see how intentionally choosing a finish line helps you understand how much courage and strength you  have inside of you. You will also see that the skills you learn while getting to your finish line, will carry over into all areas of your life. 

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