Strong Is a Mindset

If you have trouble following through on your habits, you're in the right place! In today's episode, I'm sharing a concept to help keep you on track with your habits. Practicing this skill will keep you from veering off your plan, skipping out on your commitments, and allow you to be honest with yourself so you can move toward the lifestyle you really want.

Discover how to stay in the game and be aware of how your brain is responding as you try to form new healthy habits. I'm showing you why old habits are so difficult to drop and how to stay present in your brain as you build new patterns in your life.

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If you're quick to say, "I can't…" when it comes to exercise, eating well, or making any change for that matter, I'm here to help you flip the script. I've evolved a concept over time that has opened the doors to change for myself, and it's been the key to losing weight for many of my clients: thinking in terms of possibility.

Discover how to kickstart your nutrition and exercise by thinking in terms of possibility. I'm showing you how to identify the thoughts that keep you stuck in unhealthy patterns, and how to find a more helpful filter for your thoughts to show you that whatever you want to change in your life is really possible.

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If you're committed to your weight loss, there are some hard truths you need to be aware of. I'm giving them to you straight this week to set you up for success. These hard truths come from recent observations from coaching sessions, inspired by the fantastic results some clients are getting, and the common themes I'm noticing.

Discover what it really takes to lose weight and change your relationship with food. I'm sharing the common mistakes people make in the pursuit of weight loss and showing you how to adjust your thoughts so you can create long-term, sustainable change in your life.

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When we pick apart the word fine, what does that really mean? It's a word that we use as a placeholder. It's a knee-jerk response, and the belief that we're fine keeps us from becoming the next best version of ourselves. If you're tired of feeling just fine, tune in and let me help you do something about it.

Discover how to change your life into something better than what you are accepting and why you don't have to settle for a career, a relationship, a body, or a life that is just fine. I'm showing you why fine is an easy word to think and say, how to identify when you don't actually feel fine, and what changes when you stop settling for good enough in your life.

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Do you consider yourself an emotional eater? Well, you might be surprised to know that we are all emotional eaters. When we eat for any reason other than hunger, we are emotionally eating. This may sound like a stretch, but this is a truth that needs to be acknowledged if we want to create real habit changes around the way we eat.

Tune in this week to discover the truth about emotional eating. I'm sharing what emotional eating is and the typical characteristics versus eating out of true physical hunger. I'm showing you how to start using your true physical hunger to guide your eating, and a simple method to stop emotionally overeating.

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Changing up your life isn't easy, that's often what prevents people from getting started. But if you can implement just one of my suggestions that I'm sharing with you in this episode, you'll be on the path to creating real long-term change around your health, weight, and strength.

This week, I'm sharing 6 super-simple habits that you can start implementing today, so you can begin losing weight and sustainably living a healthier life, both now and in the future.

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If you want to know how to manage yourself around foods that trigger overeating for you, you're in the right place. There are two different approaches you can take: moderation or abstinence. I'm explaining the pros and cons of each method on today's episode.

I'm discussing what it looks like when you moderate your exposure to your trigger foods, the potential issues you might encounter, and my tips for successfully moderating your consumption. Additionally, I'm sharing the other option: abstinence. Learn why abstaining isn't about restriction and deprivation, and how to make a deliberate choice about how to approach your trigger foods.

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Weight loss, strength, and health are not one and the same. For my clients, losing weight is often a goal, but it isn't always. You might be happy with your current weight, but you want to look more muscular. On the other side, you might feel strong physically, but not particularly healthy, or any of the shades of gray in between.

I break down weight loss, strength, and health, helping you get clear on the important distinctions between them. I'm showing you how to decide which goals or which combination is most important to you, so you can start focusing your efforts appropriately.

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If you're struggling with following through on the habits you want to develop, I have one simple sentence to help you. It is a mantra that has helped me adopt new habits.

Discover the power of this sentence for inner peace when you're struggling to create new habits: "Something is better than nothing." I'm sharing why something is always better than nothing and how to use this idea to start changing your habits and forming new ones that serve you in the life you want to live.

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Do you want to know how to succeed at weight loss? Discover the five characteristics of people who are successful in their weight loss efforts. I'm sharing why you need a plan to lose weight, how to stick to the plan, and why following the plan perfectly isn't the goal here. Instead, it's all about how you take ownership of your decisions and get back on track.

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