This week I talk to Dr Sadaf Lodhi, OBGYN, life coach, sexual counselor and host of the Muslim Sex Podcast all about the similarities between weight loss and sex coaching.

We talk about...

• Learning to love our bodies

To find out more and connect with Dr Sadaf, go to https://drsadaf.com/

What do you think of when you hear the word pleasure?

It's a totally natural feeling that's actually one of the ways our brain ensures our survival and keeps us safe.

But in this day and age, there are so many false pleasures that always have a net negative, and can be a major barrier to achieving permanent weight loss.

In this episode, I explain the differences between natural and false pleasures, how to be aware of false pleasures and how I've found more joy in the natural pleasures.

To book a consult or join the May group coaching programme, head to www.amruticoaching.com/group

Last week (at the time of recording) I was running my Slimmer for Summer Mind Body Challenge!

It was so interesting hearing all the ladies in the challenge talk about the extreme fad diets they've tried...and failed.

Trust me, I know what that feels like. So, in this podcast I'm sharing the lessons I learned from fad diets, and my biggest pieces of advice for someone who feels like they've tried them all.

A lot of my clients spend a long time battling their inner critic.

Their inner critic offers them thoughts like, "why haven't you done this, you're not good enough, nobody likes you....", which of course doesn't feel good.

It's something that I've been working on, and still do every day.

So in this episode I share with you...

• How to identify what your inner critic is saying.

I've even included some practical exercises you can start doing today, so I know that this will be super useful for you.

This week I'm bringing you a very special episode, featuring my amazing Mum!

Listen to her perspective on having an overweight child, my crazy diets and the role of food in our relationship, as well as her thoughts on how coaching has changed me for the better, and how she's learned a few things along the way as well.

This is such a special episode, I'm so excited for you to hear it!

This might sound counter-intuitive, but you might just need to cut yourself some slack.

Having a perfectionist mindset and berating yourself for 'failing' after you eat something off protocol could be the very thing that is holding you back!

What would it feel like to give yourself a break?

What if you could make weight loss more fun?

In this episode I explain why our brains are primed to take weight loss too seriously, and what you can do to show yourself more compassion, and find the joy in losing weight.

Do you think you'll never be able to lose weight because you're such a foodie?

I can tell you from first hand experience that it is possible.

The way to lose weight and keep it off forever isn't to deprive yourself of chocolate, cake, pizza or whatever it is you love for the rest of your life.

In this podcast, I share my strategies for being able to eat the foods you really love...while still losing weight and keeping it off.

Many of my clients come to me with a version of the same thought.

That they're not doing enough, or they're not good enough.

This week, I talk to Dr Karen Leitner about how those thoughts and feelings can turn into burnout.

She shares her own journey through burnout, and we talk about how to process those thoughts of not being enough in a helpful way...rather than avoiding them by overeating, drinking, scrolling social media or whatever way you find yourself buffering.

Dr Karen Leitner empowers women physicians to feel better and live their best lives.

Connect with her at www.karenleitnermd.com

6 months ago, Dr Sophie Dear was just like you. Listening to the podcast, wondering if coaching with the right option for her.

Since joining my group coaching program, she's lost 10kg (even starting with a normal BMI!) and transformed her mindset, self-worth, relationships, career, and so much more.

It has been an honour to be her coach and see her achieve all of this that she didn't think would ever be possible.

Listen now to hear my chat with Dr Sophie Dear, and learn what it's really like to join the group coaching programme!

In this episode, I chat to the wonderful Niha Wunnava about how we can become the leaders of our own selves, our minds and our families. We cover everything from learning how to prioritise our health and wellness, how to embrace and use our rich culture for our benefit and the good of the world around us, and how to have the confidence to do something different to achieve our deepest goals.

Niha Wunnava is a leadership coach for high achieving, underrepresented leaders.

Connect with Niha:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niha-wunnava/

Instagram: @nihawunnava