Create Your Balance

In this episode I have a very special guest who shares her story with us about how she went from feeling alone as a teenager and turned things around and gave back to the community. She became who she needed to be when she was younger. 

Bre Zolfo shares her story in this podcast and talks about her speech, that touched my heart, in New York and how her Cafe Fresco business came to be. She speaks of her business vision of “COMMUNITY LOVE” and how she gives back to her community. 

This was a touching podcast and got me a bit choked up to say the least. I am incredibly honored to now Bre and very thankful she shared her story with us. This world needs more community love and I believe Bre is on to something. She has been featured on Steve Harvey , WGN Radio and CBS This Morning. She has won community involvement awards and is about to receive another BIG AWARD in the next week. 

Be sure to give Bre a shout out and stop in for a cup of coffee if you’re ever in Crown Point, Indiana. Cafe Fresco is where you want to be!! (April 17th @ 9 am is the big day of the award ceremony) 

SHOW NOTES: 

Bre’s Speech in New York… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOTthy2DRGc

Cafe Fresco’s Facebook Page.... https://www.facebook.com/frescocp/

“Oh, you look good!” I would hear that as I was slowly dying inside. Those words meant nothing to me as I was in a very ugly place on the inside. How I looked and how I felt did not add up.

In this episode, I’m going to be talking a bit more about my story and how I felt like I was suffering internally as my external was “looking good”. 

I’ll be discussing how I was feeling on the inside and struggling with my thoughts about myself and HOW I worked to overcome those thoughts and work on myself from the inside out. 

How's your relationship with food? 

Many of us don't realize that our relationship with food may be unhealthy. We're too busy going on diets, restricting certain foods and losing weight. 

In this episode, I will be discussing how chronic dieting CAN lead to an unhealthy relationship with food and how you can heal that relationship. 

I'll be discussing thing like: 

Emotional Eating

Binge Eating

Falling off the Wagon

Body Image 

I'm giving you my top 8 tips on working towards a healthier relationship with food and your body. 

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We all start our diets with good intentions. Maybe we want to drop a few pounds for the summer, or a special event. It’s possible the doctor had told you that you are a bit overweight. Maybe you just want to look good in the mirror and tone up a bit.

We all know the drill when it comes to dieting. We get all ready to go and geared up with our new “going on a diet” toys. The water bottle, the new workout clothes, our scale that measures our body fat along with our weight and our new shiny scale to measure our food. You think you’re making all the right moves, so why aren’t the pounds melting off? You might be making these 4 crucial mistakes…without even really knowing it.

In this episode, I’ll be discussing 4 crucial mistakes you may be making, without even knowing it...things like

• Are you eating enough
• Are you doing the right diet
• Are you counting the numbers right
• Are you doing something sustainable

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People ask me quite often…What’s the secret to healthy eating? I’ve actually got a little known motivator that can do wonders…

Are you finding yourself feeling defeated in the face of seemingly easy to follow WEIGHT LOSS advice, such as eating more vegetables, eat smaller portions, don’t eat when you aren’t hungry, and move more?

Are you searching for the motivation to put all of that together to see results? 

If you’re finding yourself unable to follow the same old “one size fits all” approach and, silly bits of advice, you are not alone. 

We all know what we “should be doing” ( or at least that’s what I always hear from my clients) BUT we’re not getting into the nitty-gritty of why you aren’t already doing it. 

In this episode, I’ll be discussing the SECRET to healthy eating...it’s time we get to the ROOT of the issue and start eating better. 

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In today’s episode I have a special guest. She has been a friend of mine for a few years now and I have seen her kick butt at being her own advocate for her health. She has pushed past barriers and made sure she gets the answers to her questions. 

She was recently diagnosed with Sjogrens, an autoimmune “disease” ( I really hate the word disease). It was a hard hit and a big pill to swallow when the diagnosis came BUT she is a warrior and had been stepping up and being her own advocate and finding the RIGHT doctors who will listen to her and work with her to make sure she gets the right answers and treatment. 

Her story is one of courage, fight, determination and of course setbacks and tears...but she keeps fighting and she is sharing her story with you all today….Please welcome my friend Stefanie.

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In this podcast Stefanie shares that she has been writing a blog to document her journey. If you’d like to hear more of her story you can check it out by heading here >>>>> Learning and Living with Sjogrens <<<

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Do you know these 4 hidden reasons why your diet may not be working?

We all start our diets with good intentions. Maybe we want to drop a few pounds for the summer, or a special event. It's possible the doctor had told you that you are a bit overweight. Maybe you just want to look good in the mirror and tone up a bit.

In today's episode, I’ll be talking about the 4 hidden reasons why your diet may not be working. I’ll be discussing whether or not you are eating enough or too much, diving into how a calorie is NOT a calorie and talking about the numbers and which “diet” you may be on. 

Let’s dive in and learn more about these hidden reasons that I’m about to uncover. 

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When it comes to weight loss, I’d have to say emotions are most of my clients biggest obstacle.

Even more than the physical barriers we may deal with, our emotional patterns or reactions can be the hardest to overcome. I’ve found this to be true with not only myself, but with a lot of the people I work with in my programs. It’s an emotional rollercoaster to say the least.

• Stress
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Guilt
• Anger

Those are just a few that come to mind and have gone through myself.

In this episode I’ll be giving some great tips on how to handle the emotional journey of weight loss with things like Self-Awareness, not obsessing over the numbers and finding support to help you along your journey. 

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Are you stressed out? Do you know that your stress and how you handle it can cause you to gain weight? Let's talk about stress and weight gain.

In this episode I’ll be diving into the common mistakes we are making, without even being aware, that may be causing stress and weight gain. I dive a little into the role HORMONES play in all of this stress/weight gain area. I will also give tips and advice on how to handle this said stress and see results you deserve from your weight loss efforts. 

Most importantly, I will talk about how TO stop the weight gain from stress. 

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References from podcast: 

* Stress Reducing Supplements

Good quality supplements have the potential to dramatically improve your results if taken correctly and for a sufficient amount of time. Trust me on this one, I know from experience and I've found some pretty high quality supplements that have dramatically changed my life and helped reduce my stress levels.

These supplements, called adaptogens,  have many studies showing that they can alter cortisol (3), but that they can also promote weight loss by increasing muscle mass and by reducing recovery time post work out.

Supplementing with high-quality supplements such as ashwagandha or Rhodiola may be the boost your body needs.

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How to drop those last 10 pounds!! They can be stubborn, can’t they? Heck, some people are on their 87th time of trying to lose those last 10 pounds.

I get it, those last 10 pounds can be a PAIN in the A$$!

In this episode, I’ll be filling you in on the #1 reason you’re having such a hard time with those last 10 pounds and talking about what your SWEET SPOT is. 

That number on the scale may just be hampering your progress so let’s work on getting through that and dropping that weight an easier way. 

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