Thin Thinking Podcast

Oh god, if I have to eat another salad I am going to turn green!I am sooooooo over going to the gym...Why can everyone else eat fun stuff but I have to eat the dull stuff??

Boredom happens–unfortunately boredom often spells the end of many weight loss journeys.

So how do we overcome it so we don't throw in the towel on our weight loss and ourselves? With thin thinking of course!

Get ready to get excited about boredom!

Join me for the 83rd episode of Thin Thinking, where we get inside the mechanics of weight loss boredom--how to recognize it, own it and then move through it so it doesn't derail you and your weight release journey.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• The reasons why you feel boredom during your weight loss journey
• Is it really boredom that you are feeling, or something deeper going on?
• How to shift out of boredom and move forward on your journey

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• FREE Masterclass: How to Stop the "Start Over Tomorrow" Weight Struggle Cycle and Start 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

This month I am celebrating 20 years of Shift Hypnosis--the business I started to help people use their minds to make big changes in their lives with the use of hypnosis.

I started this business with no prior business experience--especially with tech (I know those of you who are rolling their eyes). I nursed my little teeny baby daughter while reading business books and just trying to figure it out--taking a big risk! And I am so glad that I did.

I am so moved by the countless people who have allowed me to be a part of their journeys of weight mastery. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND LOVE along these two amazing decades.

My baby girl is now in college and the Shift is going strong with a worldwide community of people who believe in mindpower over willpower and loving ourselves down the scale.

Alone we Diet--TOGETHER WE SHIFT!! I believe it and in YOU with all my heart.

For the 82nd episode of Thin Thinking, join me as we celebrate Shift Weight Mastery's 20th anniversary with some excerpts from interviews with 3 Shift Weight Mastery graduates, Janet, Julie, and Maureen, who have kept the weight they lost long term. I am talking 14 years, 9 years, and 6 years.

We will also be learning about their secrets on how they finally did it!

LAST CHANCE TO JOIN THE FALL 2022 SHIFT

Doors are closing on your chance to join me for the Fall 2022 Shift Weight Mastery Process! I only lead this special hypnosis-based 30-day process twice a year--doors closing October 5th--no exceptions!!! Read more here--I would love for you to join us – lots of bonuses and support!

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• What's the 3C that Maureen used that kept her maintaining her weight through ups and downs on the scale
• When does magic occur in the Shift Weight Mastery process
• How these three graduates tamed their inner rebel and learned to cultivate a powerful inner coach within themselves

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Find out more about the Fall 2022 online Shift Weight Mastery Process here: https://shiftmonthlymasterymembership.mykajabi.com/shiftlivesales-4pay
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

Life doesn't always line up for us to manage our weight easily. That is why so many people re-gain weight when a personal crisis strikes or they go on vacation or through a stressful time in life.

Ginny released 40 pounds and just when she got to maintenance--a personal crisis happened. But Ginny used her Thin Thinking skills she learned through the Shift Weight Mastery Process and was able to maintain through her cancer diagnosis and treatment and beyond.

In the 81st episode of Thin Thinking, join me in my conversation with Shift member Ginny Kent, who will share her powerful and inspiring weight release story.

Ginny will also talk about how she used a glucose monitor to help her get clear on what foods worked, and didn't work for her.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• When did Ginny began having problems with her weight
• How she was able to know what foods trigger and spike her blood sugar
• The importance of talking and communicating with yourself to finally make the shift

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Why We Get Sick by Benjamin Bikman PhD
• The Glucose Revolution
• Sign up now for my upcoming free online live masterclass: How to Break Through the Weight Struggle Cycle so You Can Lose Weight Consistently and Permanently
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

Most people who finally achieve weight mastery, weight off did not just do it overnight. Most of them struggled for years - or even decades - of gaining and losing on average over 250 pounds.

For the 80th episode of Thin Thinking, let's dive in and hear the story of life coach Steve Dinga, who joined the Shift Weight Mastery Program in April of this year, and how he was able to release 25lbs.

In this episode, Steve, who was a weight struggler for a good part of his life, will also share when and how he realized he needed to finally shift.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• What pushed Steve to finally shift
• The importance of having a strong support system during your weight loss journey
• The standards set by the society around weight and weight loss for men and women

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Steve's Oldie's Inspirational Exercise Playlist
• Steve Dinga's website
• Contact Steve Dinga at
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Phone: 619-630-4780
• Sign up now for my upcoming free online live masterclass: How to Break Through the Weight Struggle Cycle so You Can Lose Weight Consistently and Permanently
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

In the struggle with weight, many times we end up in a self abusive relationship–the way we talk to ourselves and the way we treat ourselves is crueler than the way we would treat our worst enemy.

This inner punishing relationship goes on for years and becomes "normal" Often we don't even see it as abusive, we just see it as the way we control ourselves. Little do we know, this system of control keeps us struggling.

Join me for the 79th episode of Thin Thinking, as I share some ways on how you can end this self-abusive relationship and how you can start a new inner relationship of self love and self compassion so that you can truly begin to love yourself down the scale.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• The steps to ending the self-abuse cycle
• That the environment you grew up in can cause a huge impact on your self esteem, on your mental health, and your life growing up
• How to tame your inner critic

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Sign up now for my upcoming free online live masterclass: How to Break Through the Weight Struggle Cycle so You Can Lose Weight Consistently and Permanently
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

I am another year older in a few days–hopefully wiser as well.

And what do I want to do for my birthday?

To share with you what I think are the 5 top keys–the main reasons that I have kept 40 pounds off for 27 years–after struggling for 2 decades to keep it off for even 1 week.

Please make a birthday wish and join me for the 78th Episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast where I will be sharing with you the top 5 main reasons how I was able to lose and keep 40 pounds off for 27 years.

I am also inviting you to join me – for my Free Live Masterclass with Hypnosis that will happen on the 28th of September at 9am and 5pm. It is called How to Break Through the Weight Struggle Cycle so You Can Lose Weight Consistently and Permanently.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• How to not only lose weight, but completely shift your mindset about losing weight and eating healthy
• The big difference between short-term and long-term weight loss–get INSIDE the winning mindset so that you can get consistency…
• How the weight industry shaped our belief in "diet" and losing weight

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Sign up now for my upcoming free online live masterclass: How to Break Through the Weight Struggle Cycle so You Can Lose Weight Consistently and Permanently
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

Stress, anxiety and intrusive thoughts–many of us have been struggling with one or more of these things–especially in the last few years.

Have you ever considered that they all actually might be the same thing??

Join me For the 77th episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast, where psychologist, coach, speaker and author of The Little Book of Big Change Dr. Amy Johnson joins me and shares her groundbreaking new approach on how to manage and master stress, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts.

Dr. Amy also gave the first two chapters of her book The Little Book of Big Change for free in the show notes.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• How to look at anxiety, depression, stress, and intrusive thoughts from a completely different perspective
• The way Dr. Amy Johnson discovered this new approach to these negative feelings and emotions
• Why Dr. Amy Johnson sees negative habits, anxiety and intrusive thoughts as the same thing

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Download the first few chapters of Dr. Amy's books for free.
  • Just a Thought: https://dramyjohnson.com/just-a-thought
  • The Little Book of Big Change: https://dramyjohnson.com/lbbc/
• Visit Dr. Amy's website: www.DrAmyJohnson.com
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

I am going through "The Change". That is what my mother called her hot flashes as she rolled her eyes and shook her head with a twinge of shame and wiped the sweat from her brow.

For years peri-menopause and menopause have been something we had to endure on our own with dread and shame. It was treated as some sort of disease rather than a stage of life--that when addressed head on can be a powerful transition into a new and fulfilling phase of our lives.

The key though, is to understand what is going on hormonally and then address some of these fluctuations that may be causing anxiety, changes in sleep and weight gain if needed.

In episode 76 of the Thin Thinking Podcast, join me as we go all the way to Australia and I speak with Kylie Pinwill, a clinical nutritionist speaker and host of the Hormone Hub Podcast. Kylie will help us on how to deal with our hormones especially as we grow older.

Kylie also offers a gift to our listeners, an e-book entitled, "Is Stress Sabotaging Your Weight Loss?" Get to know more about it as you listen to our podcast.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• How Kylie Pinwell started her practice in dealing with hormonal issues towards women
• An overview of Menopause and Perimenopause
• How our hormones affect our weight, sleep, stress and even memory

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Get Your FREE E-book: Is Stress Sabotaging Your Weight Loss?
• FREE GUIDE: Hormone Healthy Foods
• Contact Kylie Pinwill at [email protected]
• Kylie Pinwill's Website
• Kylie Pinwill - Hormone Hub
• The Hormone Hub - Perimenopause and Menopause Support
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

Stress, anxiety and trauma–have you ever wondered how the impact of these mental states can impact our neurology?

Join me today in the 75th episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast as I discuss with my guest, Cat Dillon - a Trauma-informed, registered holistic nutritionist and transformational life coach - the role of stress and trauma on our biology - including our weight.

Cat sheds some cutting-edge insights and some very do-able solutions to what has become an issue for many.

Cat also offers a 30-minute complimentary energy and overwhelm session which you can find here so join us in this week's podcast to know more about it.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• The definition of trauma, stress and anxiety and the difference between these three
• The different kinds of trauma, stress and anxieties and how you can learn to control them
• The Voo - a breath exercise that help make our nervous system calm down

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Link to Book Your 30 Minute Complimentary Energy + Overwhelm Session
• The "Voo": Activate Your Parasympathetic State For Better Resilience and Calm Aliveness
• On-line Self Paced Challenge: 21 Day Stressed Gut Challenge
• Meal Plan For Stress and Anxiety: Stress + Anxiety Meal Plan
• Cat's Website: www.catdillon.com
• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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

Come on, everyone else is eating it--why can't we?

We are too tired to go to the gym--we'll go tomorrow.

We will be so good on Monday--so let's live it up until then!

Our Inner Rebel can be as seductive and slick as the most expert used car salesman in town. Selling us and our sincere weight goals down the river for an instant of "fun".

But it's not so fun feeling out of control and feeling like we are constantly breaking our promises to ourselves.

In episode 74 of The Thin Thinking Podcast: 3 Mind Hacks to Tame Your Inner Rebel, I will share with you some hacks on how to manage your Inner Rebel and stop it from pulling you off track so that you can start to feel like you are in charge of yourself and your health.

In This Episode, You'll Also Learn…

• Why our inner rebel works against our weight loss
• 3 techniques that will help us to overcome our impulsive episodes, before, during and after it happens.
• How the Inner Critic and Rebel work together to keep us in the struggle cycle and how we can get control back

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Sign up for my FREE video series: "The 3 Mental Shifts to End the Weight Struggle Once and for All"
• 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