Thinner Peace in Menopause

In this episode I share a mini session with you. Most women are more compelled to fix their weight than deal with their lives and their emotions. Weight gain can be an invitation to find out what you're thinking and feeling that isn't working for you. Weight is just a symptom. Fixing your weight is …

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In this episode, we discuss your reviews on iTunes. What I want to point out to you is we always think it's about the food we're eating but we find out, with mindfulness, is it's about our lives and how we're thinking and living in our one precious life. Every time we're eating when we're …

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In this episode I tell you about one of my mini-sessions. This woman was 47 years old and has struggled with her weight and control since she had her two children. She said that the reason she struggles are: She's under a lot of stress. She works from home, and kitchen is too close. She …

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In this episode I talk about my trip with my sisters to the mountains. I go over an eating experience, and how different thoughts create different actions. Most of us believe if we're not a naturally thin woman, we can't become one. But, it's possible to become one by how we decide to think on …

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In this episode I talk about the reasons for over-desire that create overeating. The three reasons for over-desire are: Neurotransmitters are programmed to desire anything that gives up a subtle, let alone dopamine, response. We are all being marketed to by food experts all day, every day. Recommended book: Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss. …

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In this episode we go over how the mind works. I reintroduce the model, and talk about the thoughts you choose to think on a regular basis, called a belief system. These thoughts will automatically create weight loss or weight gain. I go over one of my students who has a fattening thought about chocolate …

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In this episode we talk about how joy is created. Most of us think that it comes from things. You will find out by the end of this episode that joy is always a choice and lives inside your mind. You can get the joy worksheet by clicking here and follow along with me on …

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In this episode I go over the physiological effect of being kind to yourself, and self-compassion versus self-criticism, since we're all looking to feel better, more peaceful and calm. All we really have to do is learn how to soothe ourselves and we will create powerful hormones such as oxytocin, that will help us. It …

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In this episode we talk about how to listen to your own body, not only to know when to eat, but also what moves you to do what you do. How do you make decisions for yourself? Do you let your mind run the show? OR do you try to connect to what your "spirit" …

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This episode is about how to honor your own commitments to yourself, even though sometimes if feels very confusing and perhaps you don't know how. I share with you two different authors who have helped me and who can help you too: Kristen Neff and Byron Katie. This is Kristen Neff's definition of self compassion: …

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