Mindful Shape

Dec 11 2024 117 ep. 19 mins 19

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If you’ve been dieting and exercising your whole life and have yet to reach your weight-loss goal and keep it off, this podcast is for you! Most programs solve for the effect (the excess weight) but not the overeating problem - the reasons why you put on the extra weight in the first place. In each episode you’ll learn how to master your thinking so you can banish self-sabotage, feel at peace with food and finally experience life in the body you secretly know is your natural shape. Let’s do it together. Find Free PDF Handouts at mindfulshape.com/resources

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116 My Top 6 Books For Releasing Excess Fat

Dec 11 2024 28 mins

I’ve read soooo many books on losing weight and here are my top picks. It’s a mix of science based fat loss books and psychological mastery books…so there’s a little something for everyone with a weight loss goal. I’ll share my hot take so that you can decide if it’s a must-read for YOU and worthy of shelf space. In this episode you’ll learn:The top 6 books I recommen

115 Reflection Questions Before Moving On

Dec 06 2024 18 mins

Whether you’re thrilled with your weight loss or you're disappointed in yourself, answer these 6 reflection questions I use with my coaching clients to move forward with wisdom, compassion and a strategic mindset. The full transcript Instagram: @mindful_shape Free Self Coaching Resources Interested in getting coached by me? Go to my website mindfulshape.com

114 Taking a Break Without Going Backwards

Dec 05 2024 16 mins

Needing a break from weight loss is really wanting to feel a sense of relief, to feel free, to know we have options. Let’s talk about how to make changes to your eating plan without going off the rails with food. In this episode you’ll learn:The top thinking trap to avoid when you’re “on a break”How to redefine freedom around foodUnconventional food rules you’re welcome

113 Rethinking Self Sabotage

Nov 27 2024 12 mins

You likely think of overeating as a form of self sabotage. We say things like I just keep doing this. I know what to do and yet I keep sabotaging myself.But when we believe that we are in fact sabotaging ourselves we are both the victim and the villian. A victim is helpless. A villain is just plain mean.But you are neither of those. Learn how to think differently about why you’re

112 Reducing an Over Desire For Food

Nov 20 2024 13 mins

Ever wish you could eat whatever you wanted and be at your natural weight? You can, so long as what you want (your desire) is at a natural level. If you find yourself continually wanting more food than your body needs, you likely have both a physiological and emotional OVER desire for food. When we can reduce this to a natural desire, you won’t feel like you’re in a battle agai

111 Deciding Your Self Concept

Nov 13 2024 12 mins

If you’ve been struggling with food and weight your whole life, it’s hard to imagine a life in which you don’t eat ice cream straight from the container after dinner. That’s because your self-concept when it comes to food and weight loss is based on previous failures. In this episode I challenge you to re-decide some assumptions you have about weight loss and yourself.In th

110 Anxiety Eating

Nov 06 2024 11 mins

Whether it’s eating ice cream to ward off Sunday scaries or scarfing down handfuls of cashews before your next meeting, overeating from anxiety will impede your weight loss. Learn what to do so that your brain doesn’t even offer food as a suggestion when you feel anxious.In this episode you’ll learn:The mindset shift you need around anxietyWhat to do when you’re overeating

109 Getting Out of Scale Drama

Oct 29 2024 14 mins

Weighing yourself on the scale is a helpful measurement when you’re trying to lose weight. But if it’s triggering you and making you feel like crap, the answer is not to avoid it, but to use it as an opportunity to manage your brain so that you can monitor progress.In this episode you’ll learn:All you need to know about weighing yourself How to overcome your fear of the scale

108 Mastering Weight Loss Skills

Oct 23 2024 23 mins

After so many failed attempts to lose weight we start thinking we’re just someone who will forever struggle. But weight loss is simply a set of skills that with practice you can get better at no matter your history with food. Listen to identify which skills you are already good at, which you’re just ok at and which need a lot of work so that you have a road map that gets you to

107 Showing Up For Yourself

Oct 16 2024 21 mins

Showing up for yourself is easier said than done. Our brain resists change and offers up excuses instead, like “I’m an all or nothing person” or “I know what to do, but just can’t follow through.” But showing up doesn't need to be more work, more restriction. It can feel energizing - like you're becoming more of who you want to be.In this episode you’ll learn:How to g