Holistic health practitioner Sarah Anne Stewart joins JJ to talk about the power of mindfulness and meditation in helping to achieve permanent weight loss. Listen as Sarah shares her inspiring story of how she used meditation to overcome her struggle with an eating disorder and yo-yo dieting, plus find out why your emotions could be blocking you from losing weight and how meditation can help. Learn everything you need to know to get started with meditation so you can break your subconscious patterns, improve your relationship with food, and lose stubborn weight for good!

 

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Main Points From Today’s Episode

1. Meditation and mindfulness can rewire your brain and help you break subconscious patterns around food. Research shows that meditation is a powerful tool for helping you improve your relationship with food.
2. Emotional issues can impact weight loss. Your emotions could be blocking you from losing weight.
3. The easiest way to start meditating is by regulating your breath. Focusing on breathing can also increase your energy levels, making you more motivated to work out.

 

Episode Play-By-Play

[:44] Sarah Anne Stewart’s career briefing and personal story.

[2:48] How did Sarah Anne become interested in health and nutrition?

[5:20] Meditation and mindfulness can rewire your brain and help you break subconscious patterns around food.

[6:11] Meditation is a powerful weight loss hack.

[7:58] The rates of obesity in the United States have increased dramatically.

[8:42] Despite being more informed, Americans continue to gain weight.

[9:23] Dieting can cause stress and anxiety.

[10:45] There’s lots of research showing that meditation helps with weight loss.

[12.17] Emotional issues impact weight loss. 

[15:15] What is a good way to get started with meditation?

[16:27] Regulating your breath is the first step.

[16:55] Get Sarah Anne’s free 21-day program to start shifting your mindset around food.

[17:20] Tracking your emotions while you eat can help you recognize patterns.

[18:08] Looking at your subconscious patterns around food can help you overcome them.

[20:05] Sarah Anne keeps track of the mindful actions that help her on a daily basis.

[22:45] If you’re struggling with gas and bloating, food intolerances, or any other digestive unrest, check out JJ’s Leaky Gut Support formula!

[23:29] Listener’s question: I have terrible cravings every afternoon, and I always give in to them. What can I do?

[25:30] Helpful strategies to use as a pattern interrupt.

 

 

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