Today I take you behind the scenes inside my digital weight loss course so you can experience a lesson I taught on handling failure. Mid-way through any weight loss journey is typically when thoughts of giving up usually happen. In this class you'll hear how I guide clients through understanding setbacks and using them for long term success.

Untangling habits like overeating or overdrinking starts with first understanding what's happening in the moment when you decide to turn to food or alcohol. Being an observer of your own mind and the actions you take is a subtle art that takes practice, but it rewards you with valuable information. Today I explain how this small shift in thinking can lead to dramatic results with weight loss.

Revisiting yearly resolutions is a great way to reset and recommit to what you are working to accomplish. In today's episode of the podcast I teach you how to approach this process so you can gain momentum over the last six months of the year and finish strong.

What keeps you from always following your food plan? The idea that there is an "easy" path is one of the most common lies we believe from our brain. Today I shed light on the full truth of what happens when you eat or drink more than you want to. And I teach you how to understand "easy" and "hard" in a new way.

I am sharing the story of my 2 ½ year journey of going after a huge goal and the numerous setbacks it took to get there. At the time it felt like one failure after another, but now I see it as an enormous win. I learned some important lessons about how to achieve any dream, and how the brain attempts to steer you off course.

Today I am redefining what it means to emotionally eat. For years I misunderstood this concept and never believed it applied to me. But the process can be so unconscious that many of us don't even realize why it happens. I will show you how to take steps to solve this habit.

In the final episode on how to release mental weight, so you can reach your ideal size, I describe the effect of judgment on our ability to stay motivated. I show you how to turn off the inner critic and how curiosity is a much more useful perspective to have.

Overwhelm is an easy emotion to indulge in, but it is never helpful. In fact it can keep you stuck, feeling powerless to change your circumstances or create the results you want. On today's podcast I help you understand where overwhelm comes from and how to change it so you feel in control and released from its weight.

This is the first of a 3-part series on how to release the mental weight that leads to overeating. Today I am teaching you how worrying creates more problems than it solves. I also give you a strategy for going on a worry-free diet so you feel in control of the life you are creating, instead of at the mercy of it.

Today I'm teaching you a new tool to add to your arsenal for successful weight loss. Visualization is a powerful way to practice new habits around food and alcohol, and one of the best ways to set yourself up for success in challenging situations. Tune in to find out how to do it.