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Do you struggle with emotional eating? Many people do. Recognizing that emotional eating is deeply ingrained in us through both positive and negative eating patterns is an essential step in the healing process. Whenever something happens emotionally, we eat. For example, we eat and have meals around both weddings and funerals. The connection between emotions and food is always present.

We are taught to push emotions down with something else, and it's often food and eating. Talking about our feelings is not always comfortable because confronting, feeling, accepting, admitting to our emotions can be uncomfortable, and it is easier for us to eat instead.

When we were children, we would often receive a sweetie or candy for an uncomfortable experience like the doctor or dentist or a cry. This reinforced the idea that candy/food will solve the issue.

Andrea Caprio is an expert in emotional eating, a master transformational nutrition coach, and Wellness the founder and CEO of Wellness Methods. She developed her Food Freedom Formula to help busy women who struggle with cravings and emotional eating lose weight holistically without dramatic changes to their diets or workouts.

We talk about the five steps for her Food Freedom Formula and how they can help you achieve long-term success by getting to the root of the situation and holistically heal emotional eating patterns.

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Links mentioned in the show:

• The Empty Nest Reboot
• Beat Your Emotional Cravings

• Free Food Freedom Consultation
• Book mentioned: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything - BJ Fogg PhD

How you can reach Andrea Caprio

• Website

• Instagram

• Pinterest
• Youtube

The time between Thanksgiving and New Year's is the most challenging time of the year to stick to your hard-earned health and wellness goals. We are preparing meals that we don't make any other time of the year, and you might be looking forward to the special stuffing your daughter-in-law makes or the pie that Aunt Jane will bring.

Are you taking a trip this year and celebrating Thanksgiving or Christmas or the holidays with your grown kids and their families? Or is everyone coming to your house to feast?

The trouble is not the actual holidays. It's the days between where we might think since we didn't stick to our routine, it's ok to blow the rest of the year and restart in January. But what about your intermittent fasting strategies during the holidays? Unfortunately, you might end up gaining 5 - 10 lbs during that time without even noticing.

This year, don't let that trip you're taking be a guilt trip. The holidays are a time to enjoy your family, food, and having fun. Remember that intermittent fasting is flexible, practical, and straightforward by nature, and that doesn't change during the holidays. So use Intermittent fasting and my 5 Important Intermittent Fasting Strategies For The Holidays as your secret weapon this year to stay healthy and not gain weight.

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Links mentioned in the show:

• Causes of Inflammation
• Alcohol Calories Content
• 5 Tips For a Strong and Lean Core Over 50
• YouTube Channel
• The Empty Nest Reboot
• How Intuitive Eating Can Improve Your Health And How To Get Started

Our guest today is Iffy Ibekwe; she is an estate planning attorney. We are talking about how estate planning is for everyone, no matter your estate's size or age. First, we'll find out How to Leave a Legacy through Estate Planning. Estate planning is not just for the super-rich but for everyone. It's a wonderful gift to your loved ones to not have the stress and headache of having to deal with.

Iffy is an estate planning attorney evangelist for intergenerational wealth transfer and legacy building with effective wills and trusts. She activates intentional women so they can take agency over their lives and build impactful legacies. We cover the best steps to getting started on your estate planning and how, like anything else in life, estate planning is fluid and must be kept up to date with your situation and wishes. Iffy also speaks about how she handles being an entrepreneur and mom.

I used to think that my small townhouse and car did not count as an estate and was too simple to worry about making a plan for my children, but after some life experiences and talking to Iffy, I now know that no estate is too small or simple for an estate plan. My kids have told me they feel so relieved knowing that I have made a plan for the future.

People often do not want to think about doing it because it feels morbid to plan for the worst or your death. But, actually, a fantastic way to give your loved one's peace of mind when the time comes, so they can focus on grieving and not the added burden of handling your estate after you are gone.

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Links mentioned in the show:

• Fasted and Fit Over 50 Club

How you can reach Iffy

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• Instagram
• Website

Looking young and staying young is the message we are bombarded with all the time. We are often marketed to by someone or other that we need something to look younger, more toned, more fit, and perhaps like our younger self. A multi-million-dollar anti-aging industry promises to help older adults (like me) to feel young again - implying that there is something wrong with us looking and feeling the way we are.

What's wrong with aging and the way we look?

It's time to create a new narrative in the second half of life.

Instead of letting yourself believe that, "now I'm old," "I can't do that anymore," "I don't fit in anymore," change the narrative and instead create positivity around aging. In place of "I can't," start saying "yes, I can," even though it takes a little bit of work.

I firmly believe that we have to appreciate ourselves for what we've accomplished in our lives, giving ourselves that pat on the back! Aging is a normal rhythm of life. In today's episode, I share a story that might feel familiar to you on why we need to end ageism.

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Links mentioned in the show:

• Passionista Summit 2021 - Topic Equality

Have you ever had a dream so big that people called it a pipe dream? A pipe dream is defined as an unattainable or fanciful hope or plan. Today we will be talking about turning those pipe dreams into reality with Christine Renynebeau, the founder and CEO of Dreambuilt Books, an independent children's book publishing company dedicated to providing books that tackle big topics. 

Not only will Christine be sharing with us about her journey of pursuing her pipe dream of becoming an author, but she is also sharing her tips for how you can pursue becoming a published author as well!

Her books tackle big topics that are great for kids and help parents start those tough conversations. These are great treasures to share with your kids and your grandkids! I love her books because they are an enjoyable read for all ages, not just the little one! 

I believe we can reach for the stars and make our hopes, plans, and dreams a reality. Sometimes not exactly as we envisioned them, but nothing is impossible! 

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Followed by the episode's summary, the bottom line is that there seems to be a pattern between weight gain and the holidays every year. These include Halloween parties, Thanksgiving, and other holiday feasts. You may plan to invite your family over or to visit them during the holidays. That means you’ll eat more and move less.

Why is it important to have strong abs and a strong core? I want you to start this end of the year a bit different than other years by starting to strengthen your abs and core. Not only is it helpful when you schlepp your luggage through the airport, lift a grandkid in the air, and play active games with your grown kids. But strong abs and core have so many health benefits, especially as we are getting older. So I’m also sharing my 5 top core exercises that anyone can do to strengthen their abs and core. 

This episode includes 5 tips to get strong and lean core for women over 50s plus a video for you to get started with great exercises. You can have a strong core and great-looking abs at any age. Remember that everybody is different, but what we are willing to do to get those abs looking the way we want can be a considerable commitment. So instead of thinking about washboard abs, think: health and fitness and using that strong core for adventures during your second half of life.

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Links mentioned in the show:

• 5 Pilates Abdominals Video
• The Empty Nester Reboot

Can you think of someone who has betrayed you? If you are like me, you have experienced betrayal before. Whether it be from a coworker, a romantic relationship, a good friend, or even family, we have all experienced betrayal by someone you trusted deeply that shook you to the core. 

That is why I am talking to guest speaker Dr. Debi Silber on this podcast episode on how to recover and heal from a betrayal. She shares with us how it is not only possible to heal from such a life crisis but to also rebuild better than ever before. Rebuild yourself and your life! 

Debi is the founder of the Post Betrayal Transformation Institute and a holistic psychologist, health, mindset, and personal development expert, and author. Debi is dedicated to helping people move past their betrayals in their health, work, and relationships. In addition to Debi’s education and professional experience in the field of betrayal and forgiveness – she has lived it all, multiple times.  

We talk about the 5 stages from betrayal to breakthrough that are vital for recovering, as well as making sure you do not get stuck in one of these stages and so prolong your recovery period. We dive into how an unhealed betrayal impacts your life and your health. Recognizing if you are stuck in one of these stages and how to keep moving forward towards breakthrough is vital. 

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Links mentioned in the show: 

• The Empty Nest Reboot 
• The PBT Institute 
• The latest TEDx: “Do You Have Post Betrayal Syndrome?“  
• TEDx: Stop Sabotaging Yourself 

How you can reach Debie

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• Facebook 
• LinkedIn 

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Are you self sabotaging? What are some of the signs and ways you could be doing it? For example, you followed a nutrition or fitness program for the longest time and reached your goals. But then something happened, and during your Netflix binge, the snack gremlins come out, and you couldn’t help but give in. So you’re thinking, why am I doing this to myself??? Why am I sabotaging what I worked so hard for? 

Do these sound familiar to you? 

Self sabotage is when you undermine your own goals and values. You do things that directly conflict with your goals. There are two forms of self sabotage. Conscious and unconscious, and they may vary how they may be showing up for you.

Many of my clients come to me feeling helpless and frustrated with stories of self sabotage. If you want to know how to stop sabotaging yourself for good, the key is to start building your emotional tolerance and understand what needs your self sabotage serves within yourself. I also share the three self sabotaging habits that you need to break.

If you want to learn how to stop sabotaging yourself for good, go to the Pursue Your Spark podcast this week to develop alternative habits that fill the same need more healthily and productively!

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Today more than ever, women in midlife are letting go of society’s expectations of them and truly stepping into the lives they desire. There long was an “acceptable” way to age, but that’s no longer the case. Instead, women can be as wild and free in their golden years as they were decades before. There’s something about getting older and being more sure of who you are that is so freeing!

My guest on today’s podcast, Stephanie Raffelock, is the author of Creatrix Rising: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women and the award-winning book, A Delightful Little Book on Aging. Stephanie is a fierce advocate for women standing in the light of their truth, unapologetically.

In this episode, we talk about how being grateful can impact your life and how making peace with your older age can help you get to know yourself better than you ever have before.

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How you can reach Stephanie:

• Website

• Book - A Delightful Little Book on Aging

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• Facebook

• LinkedIn

During quarantine, it became a lot easier to snack more and exercise less. This lead to weight gain for some, what is now dubbed the “Covid-19” (pounds, that is). For others, this time at home was utilized to create better eating and exercise habits. Your own health and what you ate were some of the only things you could control during this time.

However, some of my clients are experiencing weight gain now that things are opening up again. They wonder, “Why is this happening NOW and didn’t before?” They want to know how to lose the extra weight and get back to their best habits again.

In my podcast this week, I give you my three best tips to manage weight gain after the pandemic, so you can get back to feeling like yourself again in the new world!

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Links mentioned in the show:

Fasted and Fit over 50 Club Membership