To Your Health

BONUS EPISODE: My first book, To Your Health, was released on October 15 and I'm so excited!

Take a walk down memory lane with me from my decision to write a book in December of 2022, to the deadlines I gave myself to get it done in the midst of an international move, to today, when it's released to the world.

I hope you'll find this inside look interesting and I'm so grateful for your support!

You can buy a copy at https://a.co/d/1mmaPjk

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Food and finances have a lot in common, like the fact that you can't abstain from interacting with either of them, whether you'd like to or not.

You do get to choose what your relationship with them is like, though.

Another commonality is the fact that the majority of people also don't have a good relationship with them so it's not helpful to look at what most others are doing in order to figure out what you should do.

Today I'm rejoined by financial advisor and health enthusiast, Chad Hufford, to discuss where our beliefs about food and money come from and how to improve our relationships with them to help ourselves create the most financially and physically healthy futures possible.

Molly McNamee is an online fitness coach and the founder of MFit Workouts. She specializes in chronic stress and pain relief. Her clients call her “the moving therapist” as she helps them heal their anxiety through movement.Get her Anxiety Toolkit at: https://mollymcnamee.com/anxiety/ Check out her website: https://mollymcnamee.com/Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mfit.workouts/

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We've all got stuff we need to do each day or week but we just don't wanna: working out, taking walks, meal prepping, getting to bed on time.

The thing is, if we just don't do those things, we also pay the price (whether just not getting the results we want or suffering additional consequences) so we gotta figure out how to get them done day-after-day, week-after-week.

In this episode I'm sharing a handful of strategies I use to help myself be consistent with the stuff I'd rather not do.

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Cooking enough to feed a family comes with its own challenges but something a lot of people overlook is the challenges that come with cooking for just 1-2 people, especially after spending years feeding hungry kids and now having them out of the house.

Today's guest, Chef Christine Van Bloem, is here today to share her best cooking tips for empty nesters or those with fewer mouths to feed who still want to enjoy their meals.

Hi! I’m Christine, and I’m so excited to be cooking, writing, and helping everyone sink into to a better life. If you’re looking for healthier recipes for one and two, you’re in the right place.

My philosophy is simple:

It’s a meal, not a mortgage.

Real food is the most important factor in good cooking.

After surviving a heart attack in 2020 and the loss of my brick & mortar cooking school business, I’ve found new purpose cooking for my empty nest.

Post heart attack, I’m reforming my butter-loving, heavy cream worshiping ways by making changes to how I cook, taking things in a healthier direction, without doing a complete 180 and still keeping things flavorful and delightful. The key here is healthier. I’m not afraid of butter, but I’m using a touch instead of stick. A tablespoon or two of cream or half-and-half, not a cup, and so on and so forth. And now that the kids are grown and living lives on their own, I’m re-learning how to cook for two.

I’m currently training in culinary nutrition with The American College of Culinary Medicine and have researched The Mediterranean Diet & Menopause for my capstone project.

https://emptynestkitchen.com/

FB: @emptynestkitchen

IG: @theemptynestkitchen

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Do you feel like you're just missing one thing that would flip the switch in your head and make all this health living stuff finally feel easy?

I'm sorry to say it's very often like that.

There's probably nothing big that you're missing. You probably have a decent foundation. You're probably just not being as consistent with those "Big Rock" habits as you need to be to see the results you want.

So if you're not missing One Big Thing, what are you missing?

A more robust set of tools and strategies that all help you a little bit but can make all the difference.

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Transitions are tough and can make you forget who you are.

For today's guest, Kim Mosiman, retirement meant going from owning a gym and being surrounded by people motivated to improve their health, to lacking the structure and community that had helped her be successful in the first place.

After getting back to a healthier version of herself, she wrote a book chronicling the steps she took so that she could help other women get back to themselves.

We're chatting today about all the things: journaling, nutrition, exercise, and how to get started when you feel overwhelmed.

Kim Mosiman owned a gym for many years where she met many women who believed their dreams would come true when they reached a magic number on the scale. I worked to cheer them on and help them move forward by celebrating non-scale victories. Unfortunately, I forgot to treat myself with the same love and respect after I retired.She’s also a wife, mom, and grandma, and author of a new book, Reflections of Joy, which provides practical, faith-infused strategies to inspire strength, beauty, and holistic growth in every aspect of life.

www.kimmosimanwellness.com

https://www.facebook.com/kim.mosiman

https://www.instagram.com/kim_mosiman

Buy her book: https://a.co/d/fNvOFye

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You want to lose weight and you also want to make sure that your young, impressionable kids, don't leave the house with the same messed up relationship with food that you picked up from your own mother's dieting attempts.

Can you have both?

That's what returning guest, Registered Dietician, Jessica Setnick, and I are discussing on today's episode.

If you missed her previous episode, tune into #217 to learn about how

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If you've been finding yourself not exercising (at all or consistently) because you don't enjoy the types of movement you feel like you "should" be doing, this episode is for you.

Although walking and lifting weights would benefit the majority of us, the best exercise for you is the type you'll do consistently.

Tune into this episode to hear real client examples of how starting with what they enjoy (pilates and running) helped them get into a consistent routine and the unexpected places that took them.

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Join me and Coach Meg as we deep dive into the world of GLP-1 medications and seek to help you sift through the mountain of information you're probably seeing about them.

In this 3-part series we strive to educate you on what they do, what the risks are and whether they're safe, how to maximize your results while minimizing side effects, whether you can wean off or if you'll be on them for life, and so much more.

We hope this and the other 2 episodes will help you decide whether GLP-1 medications are a tool that could be useful on your journey.

Get your copy of our GLP1s & Me User Guide at www.madebymecoaching.com/guide Join our GLP1 Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/459759346737747

Learn more about Esther & Meg’s collaboration at www.madebymecoaching.com 

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