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This is the conversation I’ve had in my head for years: 🧠
💭 Thought #1: “Self-love and self-acceptance are so important. I know I need to love myself more.”
💭 Thought #2: “But if I accept myself as I am now, I’ll let myself off the hook. I’m not where I want to be yet—don’t accept anything less!”
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Linda Downey, an incredible transformation expert with 40 years in health and wellness, to dive into this fear and speak about self-love and self-acceptance when we’re on a healing journey.
Tune in to discover how to love yourself as you are (without letting yourself off the hook) and use that love to LEVEL UP instead.
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"I'd eat ridiculous amounts of chocolate daily and couldn't stop even when I felt sick..." 🍫
My client Jess struggled with this chocolate addiction since middle school, convinced she'd never overcome her sugar cravings.
But for the past THREE YEARS? 🎉
Freedom. A peaceful relationship with chocolate.
In this episode, Jess shares her wisdom in how she made and sustained this huge change, without willpower, restricting, or fighting herself. 💫
🎧Tune in to the podcast now!
Listen to Jess’s first podcast episode from 2022!
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What if you genuinely WANTED healthy food instead of junk?
What if you no longer needed self-control to follow a healthy way of eating?
What if you could eat just one Oreo instead of 10 — not because you forced yourself to stop, but because you genuinely only wanted one?
I know it sounds impossible right now. I used to think the same thing.
But here's what I discovered: There IS a way to rewire what you naturally crave.
I’ve been through it. My clients have been through it. You can go through it too.
I share this process in this episode.
🎧Tune in!
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PS Remember to listen to last week’s episode on willpower too! It will make all this even more effective.
I tried SO HARD to fight my intense cravings and binge urges.
Yet I'd still fall off the wagon. Every time. 🤦🏻♀️
I had amazing discipline in other areas of my life. So why couldn't I control my eating?
In this week's podcast, I reveal why the traditional "just try harder" approach is practically designed to backfire with food issues.
It’ll change how you think about your food struggles, and show you what to do instead.
🎧Tune in!
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"I don't want to be an 80-year-old woman who's afraid of chocolate brownies," Grace decided, before making the decision that would start a new chapter of her life.
In this episode, you’ll get to hear how Grace finally found peace with food after six decades of dieting, therapy, and trying "every healing modality under the sun."
You definitely won’t want to miss Grace’s words. They’ll bring you healing, just by listening
Tune in now! 🎧
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No matter how much planning and research you do …food is that ONE area that still feels massively out of control. Ever wonder why?
In this week's episode, mindset expert Shahar Kovetz reveals why intellectual, analytical people often face unique challenges with food. 🧠
You’ll learn why the very traits that make you smart and successful, might be intensifying your out-of-control eating.
Learn what's really going on in your mental struggles with food, and how to eat healthy, long-term, without ever dieting again. 🚀
🎧Listen to the podcast now!
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Since age 9, Johanna struggled with food. Now after 2 years since beginning her food freedom journey, food is no longer the center of her life.
She can have any food in the cupboard, and it won’t even call to her!
In this episode, she shares insights that have stuck with her, and lessons she’s learned that are key for all of us to know. 🔑
For more: Listen to Johanna’s very first episode on the podcast (recorded 1.5 years before this one!)
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"Why do I keep doing this to myself?"🤦🏻♀️
I'd ask every night, stomach aching from another binge, SWEARING tomorrow would be different.
What made it maddening was knowing how disciplined I could be.
So why couldn't I stop this ONE destructive pattern?
Then I discovered the REAL reason behind self-sabotage.
The truth is, most people are fighting themselves without understanding what's actually happening beneath the surface.
In this episode, you’ll learn the real reason behind your self-sabotage (and the surprising way to finally break free). ✨
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Also, listen to the stories of the two women I mentioned in the episode:
🎧 Hannah’s Story: Ending 25 Years of Binge Eating
🎧 Amy’s Story: Ending 42 Years of Binge Eating
Even though you stick to the plan for a while, you’re sick and tired of binging and feeling out of control.
… having to wipe the slate clean, feeling like a failure, and starting over again. 😤
The crazy part? You're actually a highly committed person. When you decide to do something, you're all in.
But with food, what if that "all in" mentality is exactly what's keeping you stuck? 🧠
In this episode, I'll show you how a simple mindset shift can help build consistent healthy habits.
... and finally stop falling off the wagon for good.
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