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Ep 118: Cycle Breaking, Self Compassion, and Trusting Your Body’s Wisdom
Cycle Breaking, Self-Compassion, and Trusting Your Body's Wisdom
Trusting Dorothy Podcast | 12 Weeks of Free Coaching Week 4
Are you exhausted from starting over every Monday? Tired of white-knuckling your way through diets only to end up right back where you started, maybe even more frustrated with yourself? This episode is for you.
In Week 4 of the free 12-week coaching series, we're diving deep into one of the most powerful shifts you can make on your health journey: breaking the cycles that keep you stuck not with more willpower, but with self-compassion, body awareness, and a whole new way of listening to yourself.
What You'll Learn in This Episode
Key Takeaways
The Guilt Binge Cycle (And How to Break It)
Guilt doesn't break the pattern, it fuels it. When we break our own rules around food, guilt can actually become permission to keep going. Add in food restriction and deprivation, and your body's hunger hormones ramp up, making the cycle almost biological. Understanding why this happens is the first step to changing it.
Your Body Has Cycles
From the afternoon energy dip to the week before your period when hunger spikes, your body is constantly sending signals. Learning to recognize these rhythms rather than labeling them as failures is where real change begins.
Why "Mind Over Matter" Might Be Holding You Back
We explore why training yourself to override physical signals, in workouts and in life can actually disconnect you from your body's wisdom. The new approach? Mind with matter, using your mind to listen to your body, not silence it.
Practical Tools to Pause the Pattern
Who This Episode Is For
This episode is for women who are done with dieting and ready to build a relationship with food and their body rooted in trust, not control. Whether you're in the middle of a habit reset, feeling the motivation dip around week 4, or just starting to question why traditional "willpower" approaches haven't worked, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.
______________________________________________________________________
✨ Ready to go deeper?
Sign up through the link in the show notes and join this 12-week coaching experience.
Mentioned in this episode:
Trust Your Body, Change Your Habits 12 Weeks of Free Coaching Join HERE
Optional personalized coaching and workouts inside The Lift Library
_____________________________________________________
Click HERE for the Show Notes.
If you enjoyed the episode, leave a review - it means the world to me + helps the show reach more people! Thank you!
📲 Let’s Connect:
Connect with me on Instagram - @dorothymcgatlin
Connect with me on Facebook - Dorothy McGatlin
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By Dorothy McGatlinCycle Breaking, Self-Compassion, and Trusting Your Body's Wisdom
Trusting Dorothy Podcast | 12 Weeks of Free Coaching Week 4
Are you exhausted from starting over every Monday? Tired of white-knuckling your way through diets only to end up right back where you started, maybe even more frustrated with yourself? This episode is for you.
In Week 4 of the free 12-week coaching series, we're diving deep into one of the most powerful shifts you can make on your health journey: breaking the cycles that keep you stuck not with more willpower, but with self-compassion, body awareness, and a whole new way of listening to yourself.
What You'll Learn in This Episode
Key Takeaways
The Guilt Binge Cycle (And How to Break It)
Guilt doesn't break the pattern, it fuels it. When we break our own rules around food, guilt can actually become permission to keep going. Add in food restriction and deprivation, and your body's hunger hormones ramp up, making the cycle almost biological. Understanding why this happens is the first step to changing it.
Your Body Has Cycles
From the afternoon energy dip to the week before your period when hunger spikes, your body is constantly sending signals. Learning to recognize these rhythms rather than labeling them as failures is where real change begins.
Why "Mind Over Matter" Might Be Holding You Back
We explore why training yourself to override physical signals, in workouts and in life can actually disconnect you from your body's wisdom. The new approach? Mind with matter, using your mind to listen to your body, not silence it.
Practical Tools to Pause the Pattern
Who This Episode Is For
This episode is for women who are done with dieting and ready to build a relationship with food and their body rooted in trust, not control. Whether you're in the middle of a habit reset, feeling the motivation dip around week 4, or just starting to question why traditional "willpower" approaches haven't worked, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.
______________________________________________________________________
✨ Ready to go deeper?
Sign up through the link in the show notes and join this 12-week coaching experience.
Mentioned in this episode:
Trust Your Body, Change Your Habits 12 Weeks of Free Coaching Join HERE
Optional personalized coaching and workouts inside The Lift Library
_____________________________________________________
Click HERE for the Show Notes.
If you enjoyed the episode, leave a review - it means the world to me + helps the show reach more people! Thank you!
📲 Let’s Connect:
Connect with me on Instagram - @dorothymcgatlin
Connect with me on Facebook - Dorothy McGatlin