Health and Fitness in Moderation (0:00:00)

 

With the holidays upon us, so are all of the treats and goodies that come with it. It’s easy to blow all of our fitness progress the month of December, telling ourselves we’ll get back on track at the New Year. But maybe there’s a better approach to health. Today we are talking with Annika Christensen, a certified personal trainer and fitness instructor. Her philosophy is that balance and moderation are the keys to building and maintaining a healthy relationship with exercise and food.

 

 

 

Finding Hope in the Holidays (0:21:19)

 

It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a chaotic year with everything that’s happened. Almost everyone has been affected by the pandemic in their own way and has caused a spike in mental health decline. However, the holidays present a special time for us to regain optimism during these trying times. Here with us today is a longtime friend of the show, Ganel-Lyn Condie, who is here to help us identify some ways that we can find hope during the holidays.

 

 

 

The Underpinnings of People Pleasing (0:34:49)

 

We all want to be accepted by our peers. But sometimes our desire to be liked can be taken to the extreme and turn into excessive people pleasing.   We’ve all known people pleasers—we might even be a people pleaser ourselves. But if we’re constantly going the extra mile to make other people happy, we might just lose who we are in the process.  In order to get rid of the problem we have to identify the roots. So, where do these people pleasing tendencies come from? And what can we do about them? Here to answer these questions is psychotherapist and author of three books on parenting, narcissism, and relationships, Dr. Erin Leonard.

 

 

 

Giving Extra Special Gifts (0:52:46)

 

The holidays are drawing nearer and nearer and you’re still missing a gift for the most important person on your list—your spouse. You’ve spent weeks researching, eavesdropping on their conversations with the kids, and covertly peaking at their Amazon history and still nothing. You’re beginning to think that you’re not going to come up with the perfect gift idea after all. The reassuring thing is that this gift-giving writer’s block happens to the best of us and not only with our spouses and partners but with good friends too. Here to help us with this gift-giving quandary for the extra-special people on our list is Stephanie Yrungaray, The Gifty Girl.

 

 

 

How Not to Diet (1:11:36)

 

Diets are kind of the worst. While they might help you lose weight—the stress and struggle of making rules about what you can and cannot eat seems like more trouble then it’s worth. And then on top of that, almost 80% of people gain back the weight they lost post-dieting. Is there a way we can lose the weight without all the drama of dieting? Here to share his advice with us is nutrition expert and author of How Not to Diet, Dr. Michael Greger.

 

 

 

Weekend Review (1:34:44)

 

Richie talks about what there is to do this weekend, from the New York Times bestseller list to what’s coming to streaming services to what’s happening in your community.