Mastering Mindfulness™ Podcast

By Gina Worful, MS, RDHealth & Fitness Nutrition

Mastering Mindfulness™ Podcast episodes

November 05, 2024 The Secret to Freedom From Dieting: Listening to His Body
Imagine breaking free from the endless cycle of dieting and finally feeling at peace with your body.In this powerful episode, we explore The Secret to Freedom from Dieting through the incredible story of someone who learned to tune into his body’s signals and transform his relationship with food.And that person is former Mastering Mindfulness student, Terry Worful, who is my dad!Discover how he stopped relying on willpower and restrictive food rules, and instead, began to trust his body’s natural wisdom. We'll dive into the pivotal moments that shifted his mindset and how you, too, can make this life-changing leap.If you've ever felt stuck in patterns of dieting, or wondered how to truly connect with your body, this is for you. Learn how listening to your body's cues can be the key to lasting freedom and a more joyful, nourishing experience with food.
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44 min
August 05, 2024 The Mind's Force: Enemy or Ally on Your Journey
The MIND is one of the strongest unseen forces that influence our food choices. It can be our nemesis or our greatest ally when changing our health. Without awareness of how to work with your mind, it can take you on a rollercoaster of self sabotage, self doubt, and limitations. If you work with it, it can be a powerful force to drive your change forward. I created this series to help you THINK DIFFERENTLY about your approach to health. Outdated dieting models just barely scratch the surface of what true health means. Health is not restriction. It's the relationship we have with ourselves. And today, we explore our relationship with the mind.

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38 min
July 29, 2024 Deeper Than Dieting: The New Path to Freedom
Are you tired of your diet not working? It's time to break outside the conventional dieting model and go deeper into your own self exploration. If you've been scratching your head wondering, "Why do I know so much about health... but I can't stick to it? I get so motivated one minute but impulsively grab food the next minute.. Why can't I trust myself with food?"These are clues that there's more to the story. It's not always about how much health information we know. It's about understanding WHY we make the food choices we do. I want to invite you on a journey with me to THINK DIFFERENTLY about health and challenge the conventional dieting approach. This 6 part series is designed to break through what you think you know about health and show you an entirely new path.As a registered dietitian with a master's degree in nutrition, I've had a strong knowledge base in health and yet I struggled with the same on and off patterns that many people do.In this series, I decided to share what I've learned and the new way of thinking to build trust and confidence with your food and body. Join me as we go deeper than just dieting to challenge conventional health approaches that have notorious low success rates. Are you ready to shift your mindset, lean into discomfort, and unlock a new level of freedom? Stay tuned for the upcoming 6 part series where I'll guide you through thinking differently so you can break past the "on and off" cycles and move toward mastery with your health.Together we will embark on a transformative adventure towards a healthier, harmonious relationship with yourself. Get ready to challenge the conventional path to health, in order to experience the true freedom of self-trust.

35 min
June 15, 2024 Intermittent Fasting: Is It Helping or Holding Me Back?
Fasting.. is it the key to speeding up weight loss, blood sugar issues, and health or does it create further distrust with our food and bodies leading to the perfect storm for eating disorders?
As someone who has been on the road to resolving my health issues as well as my relationship to food, I feel compelled to unpack this topic. Here I share my personal journey with fasting and research about its effects on hormones, metabolism, and our relationship with food.
This isn't a one-size-fits-all answer, so I'll help you determine if intermittent fasting is right for you.
Key takeaways:
🌟 Who's a good candidate for fasting and what benefits they might see - 🌟 The 3 main reasons people gain weight from fasting
🌟 How to know if fasting is affecting your hormone balance
🌟 What to do if you want the health benefits of fasting but you lose control over your food
🌟 My criteria now for feeling confident with what my body needs
I'd love to hear your fasting experiences too! Has it helped or hindered your goals? What questions do you still have around making it work for you?
In this episode, you will be able to:
Uncovering the Benefits and Risks of Intermittent Fasting: Explore how intermittent fasting can impact your health and well-being.
Understanding the Impact of Fasting on Hormone Levels: Discover the surprising ways fasting can influence your body's hormones.
Unlocking the Health Benefits of Fasting: How to Get the Benefits of Fasting - without Fasting
Exploring the Relationship between Fasting and Eating Disorders: Gain insight into the connection between fasting and binge eating, and how to navigate it mindfully.
Maximizing Nutrient Intake during the Intermittent Fasting Window: Find out how to ensure you're getting the essential nutrients while fasting.
The key moments in this episode are:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Fasting
00:02:05 - Personalizing Your Approach to Fasting
00:04:33 - Criteria for Fasting - Is it Right for You?
00:08:56 - Negative Impact of Fasting
00:12:44 - Reasons for Weight Gain with Fasting
00:16:36 - Impact of Fasting on Cortisol Levels
00:19:50 - Influence of Fasting on Hormone Levels
00:22:11 - Personal Experience with Hormone Imbalance
00:27:34 - Psychological Impact of Fasting
00:31:28 - Impact of Fasting on Safety Mechanisms
00:31:57 - Building Self-Trust and Mindful Eating
00:32:49 - The Impact of Fasting on Self-Trust
00:34:50 - Fine-Tuning Self-Trust Through Mindful Eating
00:37:49 - Navigating Fasting and Self-Trust
00:42:26 - Balancing Health and Fasting
00:46:02 - Finding Your Optimal Fasting Window
00:46:52 - Trusting Your Body's Relationship
00:47:40 - Criteria for Successful Fasting
00:48:32 - Tuning into Your Body
00:49:29 - Feedback and Future Topics
Reach out to me on Instagram to share your thoughts, ask questions, or suggest topics for future podcast episodes.
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49 min
June 09, 2024 Acceptance, Humor, & the Power of Surrendering Control
What if the key to freedom lies in accepting the very things you resist the most?
In today's episode, we're facing the edges of discomfort that comes with acceptance. Acceptance of:
- ourselves and physical bodies,
- our behaviors we just don't like,
- or the frustration of things that are out of our control.
Together, we're going to go on an eye-opening journey of radical acceptance and self-discovery. We dive deep into the intricacies of why acceptance is so challenging and the freedom that comes with surrendering the need to control.
If you've ever struggled with surrendering control and crave to find freedom in acceptance, this episode is for you.
Key Moments:
⏱️ 00:00:29 - The Challenge of Acceptance: Discover why accepting ourselves and others can be so difficult.
⏱️ 00:03:06 - The Two Directions of Motivation: Learn how our motivations shape our acceptance journey.
⏱️ 00:07:27 - The Trap of Non-Acceptance: Uncover the pitfalls of resisting acceptance and how it holds us back.
⏱️ 00:10:56 - Surrender and Acceptance: Find out how surrendering control leads to greater peace and fulfillment.
⏱️ 00:16:25 - The Power of Acceptance: Witness the transformative impact of true acceptance.
⏱️ 00:21:09 - Embracing Aging and Body Acceptance: Celebrate the beauty of aging and accepting our bodies as they are.
⏱️ 00:25:17 - Imperfection and Self-Acceptance: Learn to love your imperfections and find true self-acceptance.
⏱️ 00:29:24 - Making the conscious choice to embrace yourself fully.
⏱️ 00:33:02 - Viewing the Body as a Tool for Experience
⏱️ 00:34:24 - Self-Acceptance and Beauty: Discover the connection between self-acceptance and perceiving your own beauty.
⏱️ 00:36:16 - Accepting Unwanted Behaviors: Understand how to accept and transform behaviors you wish to change.
⏱️ 00:39:33 - Accepting Our Humanness: Embrace the entirety of your human experience, flaws and all.
⏱️ 00:43:57 - The Playful Path to Acceptance: Find Humor in the journey
⏱️ 00:48:51 - Opening and Acceptance: Open your heart to the possibilities that acceptance brings.
⏱️ 00:49:17 - Fully embrace the concept and practice of acceptance in your life.
⏱️ 00:50:04 - Walk the path of acceptance with confidence and grace.
⏱️ 00:50:47 - The Medicine of Acceptance: Discover how acceptance can heal and transform your life.
⏱️ 00:51:45 - Finding Freedom through Acceptance: Ultimately, find the freedom that comes with radical acceptance.
Resources:

The most valuable information condensed into one FREE weekly newsletter: https://www.masteringmindfulness.institute/newsletter

Coaching with the Mastering Mindfulness Institute: https://www.masteringmindfulness.institute/group
Book - Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach: https://www.tarabrach.com/books/radical-acceptance/
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52 min
May 07, 2024 Why You're Hungry and Think About Food All The Time
This is the biggest mistake I see even most nutritionists and dietitians make.
If you're feeling like every day is a fight, constantly battling with your food and your body, white-knuckling it through hunger and food obsession, then you are not alone my friend.
Despite having extensive health and nutrition knowledge, I found myself in the same struggle, wondering why it felt like an uphill battle every single day. I was constantly hungry, thinking about food non-stop, and it seemed like achieving a balanced, healthy relationship with food was an impossible task.
The biggest mistake I made, and that many other health professionals make, is approaching health and weight loss by cutting back on food and changing what you eat. This method creates difficulty in our bodies due to elevated stress hormones, and I want to break down the science behind it all and share a completely different approach that has transformed my own journey and that of my clients.
Let's dive into the science behind hunger and fullness hormones and discover a more harmonious way to achieve a balanced and healthy relationship with food.
Once you make the change, health will no longer feel like a daily war with your body but instead gentle and easy transformation.

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23 min
April 14, 2024 Everything I Did to Heal My Health & Relationship to Food
In celebration of the 100th episode, I thought I'd share my crazy winding journey of getting answers about the truth with nutrition, healing my health issues, and finally coming into harmony with my food.

It has been a wild ride of mentors, programs, books, and many hours of self study to get here.

I hope my journey helps you find the next breadcrumb on your trail.

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40 min
April 07, 2024 Who Am I? Reigniting Your Inner Spark with Cris Redford
Do you ever wonder, "Who am I? Where did my inner spark go?"
In this honest conversation, I interview transformation expert, Cris Redford on how we lose ourselves in life and how we begin the path to discovering who we really are.
Cris Redford is an accomplished transformational life coach with a proven track record in guiding individuals through the process of self-discovery and personal growth. With a strong focus on reigniting inner sparks and facilitating fulfillment, Cris brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the conversation.
Cris provides transformational coaching to explore the deeper layers of self-awareness, enabling them to embrace their true selves and lead more fulfilling lives.
www.tlc-transforminglives.com
[email protected]
Instagram: @cris.Redford
Instagram: @gina.worful
28 min
March 31, 2024 When Health Feels Like an Inner Tug of War
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In this episode, I answer the question.... "Why do I so badly want to be healthy.... but watch myself doing the opposite!?!?!"
We dive deep into the interplay between our conscious and subconscious minds. I share a personal story of feeling like I had two competing forces within me when it came to my health goals. On one hand, my conscious mind wanted to get healthier. But on the other, I would unconsciously sabotage myself by making poor food choices. I felt frustrated, almost like I had multiple personalities! Have you experienced this internal battle?
Through my own journey, I've learned how childhood experiences and core beliefs stored in our subconscious end up driving 95% of our behaviors.
Even when our logical mind knows better, these hidden drivers derail our best intentions.
My hope is that by shining light on the inner workings behind self-sabotage, you'll feel empowered!
This is a safe space to explore the root causes of struggles with food.
The goal is self-understanding and inner harmony, not getting stuck in surface-level quick fixes.
32 min
March 17, 2024 The Truth About Losing Control with Food and Getting Your Power Back
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In today's video I chat honestly about what to do when you know you should eat healthy, but find yourself sabotaging anyway. I've gotten some vulnerable calls lately from people feeling frustrated about losing control around food. I share the science behind why this happens: our brains seek food for safety when our nervous system doesn't feel secure. This isn't about willpower; it's that our body learned to use food to self-soothe. I explain the mind/body connection and why we lose touch with physical hunger cues when stressed. The good news is you can retrain your system! I share my personal journey and a healthier perspective focused on nurturing true mind/body harmony. There's no quick fix, but with self-compassion, you can get to the root and heal. Let me know in the comments if this resonates or you have any thoughts to add! What has your experience been in feeling empowered around food?
39 min

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