Thin Thinking Podcast

How long have you been mad at yourself about your weight? Maybe you're still angry about the weight you gained, the weight you released and gained back, the promises you made to yourself and didn't keep, or all the years you spent thinking you should have figured this out by now. Or maybe it's much smaller than that. You got off track last week, the scale went up this morning, or you ate more than you intended last night and you're still giving yourself a good talking-to about it today. When we've struggled with our weight for years, we can build quite an evidence file against ourselves—and "just forgive yourself" can sound a whole lot easier than it actually feels.

In this episode of Thin Thinking, we're looking at self-forgiveness as a practical Weight Mastery skill. I'll walk you through three very different layers of forgiveness—from making peace with the person you used to be, to learning from the times you get off track, to a five-minute forgiveness practice you can use when you simply ate more carrot cake than your body was particularly thrilled about. Because forgiveness isn't about letting yourself off the hook or pretending your choices don't matter. It's about getting out of the courtroom, getting curious about what happened, and becoming someone you can trust to come back for yourself again and again.

So come on in!

​Join my FREE Masterclass: How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good

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If you're tired of beating yourself up and starting over every Monday, this free masterclass is for you. I'll show you why the "start over tomorrow" cycle keeps so many of us stuck, and the mindset shifts that help you get back on track faster and stay there. It's a great next step after this episode, because breaking that cycle is where real, lasting weight release begins. Come join me!

​In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why being hard on yourself doesn't actually keep you accountable, and how forgiveness frees you up to take real responsibility

• The difference between asking "What's wrong with me?" and "What happened?", and why only one of them helps you get back on track

• Why Weight Mastery isn't about never slipping, and how forgiveness shortens the distance between getting off track and getting back on

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Have you ever started a weight loss journey feeling all fired up and ready to go, and then somewhere along the way, the sparkle wore off?

The meals start feeling a little repetitive, exercise becomes a bit of a chore, the scale isn't giving you the applause you were hoping for, and suddenly your weight release journey feels like one big case of the blahs. And that, my friend, is often when old habits start quietly knocking at the door.

In this episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast, we're taking a look under the lid of weight loss boredom—because there may be a lot more going on under there than you think. We'll explore why boredom shows up, how your Inner Rebel can sneak into the picture, and some simple ways to bring curiosity, challenge, and even a little fun back into the process.

So come on in!

Join the Shiftober Fest Flash Sale: Get the Shift Weight Mastery Self-Study Process for $277​

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Nothing breathes new life into a journey that's gone "meh" like fresh tools and a fresh start on your own terms. For Shiftober Fest, my hypnosis-based 30-day Shift Weight Mastery self-study process is just $277 (normally $397), but hurry, because the sale ends October 1st! You can begin whenever it works for you, move at your own pace, and come back to it as often as you like during your year of access. You'll also get my Weight Mastery Express Hypnosis Pack as a bonus, plus one free enrollment into a LIVE Shift Weight Mastery Process. Pumpkin spice optional!

​In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why the scale can become a dopamine fix, and how creating a "sexier vision" of who you're becoming, plus rewards along the way, keeps you going when the numbers slow down

• How to handle your Inner Rebel when it says "It's not fair!" by acknowledging it and walking it through to the end, so the long game starts to win over the short game

• Why the calorie counts on food labels can be surprisingly inaccurate, and how deepening your weight mastery skills with small challenges turns boredom into growth

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

What if one of the biggest secrets to long-term Weight Mastery isn't making better decisions all day long—but making fewer decisions in the first place? Over the years, I've realized that so much of what keeps me healthy and maintaining my weight isn't willpower. It's sequencing. One thing cues the next, the next thing cues the next, and eventually those healthy patterns become so familiar that I barely have to think about them.

In this episode, I'm taking you inside my morning routine—and we'll look at the science of habit and automaticity, how old Weight Struggle sequences get wired in without us realizing it, and how you can begin creating simple new sequences that support your health, your Inner Coach, and your long-term Weight Mastery.

Come on in!

​Join Our Live Fall 2026 Shift Weight Mastery Process​

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​In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why 43% of what you do every day is running on autopilot—and why "Why am I doing this again?" is usually a well-practiced path, not a character flaw

• Why the "21 days to a habit" rule isn't real, what the research actually found, and why missing a day doesn't undo a thing

• How to pack your anchors instead of your whole routine when you travel—and why "everything falls apart on vacation" is about missing cues, not missing discipline

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a binge thinking, Why am I doing this again? I know better than this.

That question can carry a lot of shame. But what if binge eating isn't really about knowing better? What if it has much more to do with the way your brain has learned to find comfort, relief, escape, or even rebellion through food?

In this episode, I'm sharing five powerful mind shifts that can completely change the way you understand binge eating—and, more importantly, the way you respond when an urge shows up. We're going to look at why binging is often more about wiring than weakness, why fighting yourself can actually keep the cycle going, and how small shifts in the way you think can begin putting you back in the driver's seat.

Come on in!

​Join Our Live Fall 2026 Shift Weight Mastery Process​

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Registration closes tonight, Wednesday, September 16th. If you're tired of knowing what to do but still ending up in the same cycle, starting over, getting off track, losing confidence and wondering why this is still so hard, I want to invite you into the Fall Live Shift Weight Mastery Process. It's a 30-day, hypnosis-based process designed to help you change the patterns underneath the struggle and begin becoming the person who can release the weight and live differently around food and in her own life. It isn't another diet or a quick-fix plan. And you won't be doing it alone. We have more than 50 shift coaches in our community at every stage of their own weight mastery. Real people, real life. If something in this episode made you think, "This is what I've been missing," click here to learn more and join me for the Fall Live Shift.

​In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why the moment right before a binge is the most powerful moment you have, and what a ten-minute delay actually does to a craving

• The exact five steps I walked myself through mid-binge in Florida, including the part where I got under the covers in the fetal position for twenty minutes

• What your inner rebel is actually asking for, and what shifts when you sit down with her instead of shouting her down

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Tomorrow I turn 62, and this birthday feels a little different because I realized something that honestly stopped me in my tracks: I have now maintained my ideal weight for 31 years—exactly half my life. And considering the first 31 years included dieting, binge eating, bulimia, smoking, starting over, and a whole lot of wondering, "What is wrong with me?"… that feels pretty remarkable.

But what I've learned is that long-term Weight Mastery didn't happen because I finally found the perfect diet or became spectacularly disciplined. It happened in layers: changing my mind, stepping out of the Weight Struggler identity, becoming an Apprentice, developing actual skills, building a life that could support the person I was becoming, and learning how to come back to myself when life got messy.

So in this week's birthday episode, I'm peeling back those layers and sharing what 31 years of maintenance has actually taught me. Because the thing I'm most grateful for today isn't simply that I released 40 pounds and kept it off. It's that I released the struggle—and weight is no longer the main character in my life.

Come on in!

​Join Our Live Fall 2026 Shift Weight Mastery Process​ ​

​If you are tired of knowing what to do but still finding yourself back in the same cycle—starting over, getting off track, losing confidence, and wondering why this continues to be so hard—then I want to invite you into the Fall Live Shift Weight Mastery Process. This is not another diet or quick-fix plan. It is a 30-day, hypnosis-based process designed to help you change the patterns underneath the struggle and begin becoming the person who can not only release the weight, but live differently around food and in her own life. If something in this episode made you think, "This is what I've been missing," click here to learn more and join me for the Fall Live Shift.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why I had to change my mind before I could permanently change my weight

• How stepping out of the "weight struggler" identity and into being an apprentice of weight mastery changed how I handle every setback

• Why I've never once "started over" in 31 years, and what getting back on track looks like instead

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

What if the money you're already spending every month could take you somewhere you never thought you could afford to go?

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Kelly Butler, The Points Maven. She's helped her clients book over $700,000 in free travel using credit card points, without carrying interest or hurting their credit scores.

We talk about how a health crisis changed her relationship to "someday" travel, and what that shift made possible. She walks through the exact strategy she used to book that trip, and how she now helps her own clients do the same thing.

Come on in!

After booking $700K+ in free travel + hundreds of credit card recommendations...

The #1 question Kelly gets: "What's the best travel credit card right now?" But - that's actually the wrong question. It's not a one-size-fits-all and the best card is all about your existing household or business spending, your travel goals, and where you fall on the Bougie Scale!

Cut the guesswork and get your card recommendation with The Perfect Card Quiz. Take the Quiz

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why asking "how could I make this possible?" opens doors that "I can't afford this" keeps shut

• What actually affects your credit score when you open a new card

• Why the goal is finding the right card for you, not the "best" card out there

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Take Kelly's free quiz to find your best travel credit card match: quiz.thepointsmaven.com

• Follow Kelly on Instagram: @thepointsmaven

• Email Kelly directly: [email protected]

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

The same plan that had you dropping weight like clockwork suddenly seems to stop working, and it's easy to start wondering if it's you.

In this episode, I'm talking about what really happens when that early excitement fades: the scale slows down, you're hungrier, exercise starts feeling optional, and the old thought creeps back in, "here I go again."

I walk through why this isn't failure, it's just the next season of the journey, and I share five mind hacks to help you stay in the game instead of starting over.

Come on in!

EARLYBIRD DOORS ARE CLOSING for The Live Fall 2026 Shift Weight Mastery Process, September 16th–October 24th.

Get an Earlybird Discount and BONUS Permission to be Slim Hypnosis Pack, plus a Nutrition/Cooking lesson. Click the link to learn more.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why the "weight release honeymoon" always ends, and why that's normal, not a sign you've lost your motivation

• Why pain gets you started but purpose carries you, and the question to ask when old motivation stops working

• Why the real goal isn't staying perfect, it's shortening how long it takes you to come back to yourself

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Have you ever reached for something you really didn't intend to eat, and in that moment, the food seemed to have a much louder voice than your goals?

​In this episode​, I'm sharing one of my favorite mind hacks for putting yourself back in the driver's seat: future pacing. It's a technique we use in hypnosis to help you fast-forward past the immediate craving and connect with how you truly want to feel 30 minutes from now, tomorrow morning, or even six weeks from now. Instead of letting your brain play the very short movie of the cookie bite, we extend the movie and bring the reward of feeling free, aligned, and proud of yourself into the decision you're making right now.

Come on in!

Join me live for my Pre-Fall Masterclass with Weight Release Hypnosis

It's free, online, and running August 19-22, 2026. I'll show you why the struggle isn't a personal failure but the result of wired subconscious patterns you can actually change, so you can start releasing weight that stays off for good. Click the link to register.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• What future pacing is, and why it's something you already do every day, whether it's working for you or against you

• How to use future pacing on a bigger scale, like planning a trip or a six-week program, and in the moment, like the second glass of wine or the cheese board at a party

• The FAST method for using this in real time: Feel the impulse, Ask where this choice leads, See the future, Take the feeling back

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

GLP-1 medications have become one of the biggest conversations in weight release, and most of that conversation lives at two extremes, miracle drug or cheating shortcut.

​​In this episode​, I wanted to get past the headlines and hear directly from the women actually living this experience. So, we surveyed 505 people who are currently using a GLP-1, have used one in the past, or are navigating questions about what comes next.

What they shared was both hopeful and far more nuanced than the usual conversation. In this episode, I'm walking you through the most revealing results—and exploring what they may teach all of us about food noise, self-trust, and building Weight Mastery with or without medication.

Come on in!

Join me live for my Pre-Fall Masterclass with Weight Release Hypnosis

It's free, online, and running August 19-22, 2026. I'll show you why the struggle isn't a personal failure but the result of wired subconscious patterns you can actually change so you can start releasing weight that stays off, whether or not medication is part of your journey. Click the link to register.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why 79% of survey respondents said reduced food noise was the best part of taking a GLP-1, ahead of weight release.

• What's really behind the fear of stopping the medication.

• Why a quieter appetite is a good window to learn what actually keeps you steady, and why so few people are using it that way.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies

Many of us fall into the trap of thinking we have to do everything perfectly or we've completely fallen off track.

In this episode, I talk with Monica Packer, host of the About Progress podcast and author of the new book Sticky Habits, about a compassionate, effective approach to creating lasting change.

We get into why most habit advice fails women specifically, what "invisible labor" is and why it drains your energy, and why flexibility and consistency are actually friends, not enemies.

Loving your progress isn't about being more disciplined. It's about letting go of perfectionism for good.

Come on in!

Pre-order Monica's STICKY HABITS HERE and get bonuses

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why perfectionism is really a misplacement of identity, not a high standard.

• How trading the "picky eater" label for something like "veggie adventurer" can make trying new foods feel like play instead of a chore.

• My 10 practical hacks for building a vegetable habit, from starting with what you already like to mindful eating and celebrating small wins.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join my FREE Masterclass: "How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Begin Releasing Weight for Good."
• Sign up for the FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD: Shift Out of Sugar Cravings
• My book, From Fat to Thin Thinking: Unlock Your Mind for Permanent Weight Loss (Includes a 30-day hypnosis process.)
• What would you love to hear about on the podcast? Click here and let me know
• Subscribe to the email list so that you never miss an episode!
• Get more thin thinking tools and strategies