It's All In Your Head

In this episode of Being More, Roni Davis introduces exciting changes, including the launch of a second podcast, ⁠Women, Weight, and Food⁠, co-hosted by licensed professional counselor ⁠Anne Marie Frost, MS, LPC⁠. Join them as they explore the personal and cultural issues surrounding ⁠women, weight, and food⁠. Anne shares her journey through decades of dieting, the emotional toll of weight loss, and how she found a new path toward peace with her body. This episode is filled with insights on breaking the cycle of diet culture, the power of self-compassion, and the importance of redefining healthy living. Tune in for an empowering conversation about embracing yourself beyond numbers on the scale. ------ For more on Roni's work, including lots of free resources, visit: https://www.ecet.online For more on Anne's work, visit: https://www.hopesourcecounseling.net

Is weight loss really the answer to health, happiness, success and self-love? In this episode, we explore weight-centric and weight-neutral approaches to health and well-being. I share my approach to weight neutrality, the advantages it offers, including the benefits for mental, emotional, and physical health. I also explore why a weight-neutral approach is far superior to the outdated and unsuccessful paradigm of a weight-centric approach and illustrate real-world outcomes through a series of short stories, showcasing the contrasting results of each approach.

In this episode, we delve into the transformative journey of Renee, a remarkable lady who embraced the principles of the E-CET to embark on a profound path of self-discovery and well-being. Join us as we unravel Renee's inspiring story, from her initial struggles to her current state of peace and empowerment. Renee takes us on a personal journey, sharing where she was when she first join E-CET. With honesty and vulnerability, she recounts her relationship with food, her body, and the challenges she faced. As Renee opens up about her motivations and aspirations, we explore the profound impact of E-CET and the transformative power of self-awareness, self-compassion, and breaking free from societal norms. Renee's story will resonate with listeners who have yearned for a deeper connection with their bodies and a more harmonious relationship with food. She shares her renewed sense of body acceptance, improved relationship with food, and the newfound freedom she experienced by embracing a more compassionate and embodied approach to taking care of herself and her body. Tune in to gain valuable insights and inspiration from Renee's story, and discover how the principles of E-CET can revolutionize your own relationship with food, body, and self.

It's common to feel ashamed, physically uncomfortable and even fearful after a binge, or even after over-eating something you know makes you feel like garbage. But it's important to remember that it doesn't define you and how we respond in the hours and days after these things happen, can play a large role in whether we keep ourselves stuck in binge eating patterns, or start learning to end them for good. In this episode, I'm sharing actionable strategies to help you do the latter. I'll explore some dos and don'ts and provide practical steps to help you navigate the aftermath of a binge so you can release feelings of shame and guilt, feel better faster and have some hope of actually breaking the binge cycle. Whether you're struggling with binge eating, or just looking for ways to improve your relationship with food and your body, this episode is for you. So tune in, and let's learn how to bounce back from a binge and move forward with confidence and self-love! For more, or to access the resources I discuss in the episode, visit www.ecet.online

From understanding and managing summer fears and insecurities to how to survive clothes shopping - in this episode style coach, Amanda Hanson and I talk about navigating shopping, negative thoughts, and summer clothes dread when you struggle with body image or changing body sizes. Find Amanda: Learn more about her upcoming workshop: https://www.simplystylish.ca/seasonal-update On the web: https://www.simplystylish.ca On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplystylish.ca

In this episode, I share what hunger is (and isn't), three types of hunger, how they influence your eating habits, and why understanding and honouring them is key for not only healthy eating but also for nurturing a healthy, peaceful relationship with food and your body.

In this episode, a conversation I had with E-CET client, Natalie. In it, we discuss her lifelong weight 'noticing', what about E-CET stands out the most for her, why she joined, what she was hoping to gain from the process, how the process is different than anything else she's tried in the past, some of the things that have changed for her since starting, what she loves most about it, how she's learning more trust and connection, and what advice she'd give to someone who is currently where she was when she started.

In this episode, I'm talking about procrastination. What it is (and isn't), sharing some of the most common reasons clients struggle with it, why you probably struggle with, in fact. I'm also talking about how you're probably making it way worse every day, and I'm sharing some things that can help so you stop falling into a shame spiral and start feeling better and more motivated.

The truly healthiest way to eat is to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, even as much as you want. I'd even argue that despite what diets, “healthy eating plans” and really the whole health and wellness industry as a whole need you to believe, it's the only way to actually eat healthy. In this (and the last) episode, I'm talking about the science of nutrition (the last episode), explaining why I say eating what you want is the healthiest way to eat and exactly what I mean (and don't mean) by it (this episode). Before you decide I'm nuts, give these two a listen.

The truly healthiest way to eat is to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, even as much as you want. I'd even argue that despite what diets, “healthy eating plans” and really the whole health and wellness industry as a whole need you to believe, it's the only way to actually eat healthy and in this (and the next) episode, I'm talking about the science of nutrition, explaining why I say eating what you want is the healthiest way to eat and exactly what I mean by it. Before you decide I'm nuts, give it a listen.

In this episode, why I unsubbed from Mel Robbins mailing list, why I'm even talking about it in the first place plus the ‘healthy habits hack' she shared and why it's not only the stupidest, most unhelpful advice a person could ever possibly give (or get) but worse, it's downright harming people… perhaps even you, if you've gotten this same advice.

In this episode, I'm sharing 7 things you need to know before you set more weight loss resolutions. These are some of the dirty little secrets the health, fitness and weight loss industries don't want you to know, from an industry drop out.

Marci Brockmann is a highly educated, multi-passionate woman and the founder of Marci Brockmann International. Using the knowledge from her own healing journey, she became an author, a podcaster, an artist, and had been a high school English teacher for 27 years. As an emotional abuse survivor, journal writing is what saved her and she has been writing expressively in journals for 35 years and this became the basis of her two books: Permission to Land: Searching for Love, Home & Belonging and Permission to Land: Personal Transformation Through Writing. Marci is a painter with her own online art gallery and she hosts a YouTube channel and a blog, both called What's up, Marci? In November 2020, she began her highly lauded podcast Permission to Heal which is available on all major podcast listening platforms. She has been a contributing writer for Elephant Journal, FairyGodBoss, Thrive Global, and Medium and she has been featured on ‘IdeaMensch and in Authority Magazine. All of this is a direct outgrowth of Marci Brockmann's concept of giving ourselves permission to be our authentic selves, to be relentlessly self-compassionate, to focus on our dreams and to heal ourselves and build the rich, abundant life we deserve. She lives in New York with her husband, their grown kids, frisky cats, and many fish. Marci helps people find inspiration to heal from trauma so they can build meaningful lives. As she says, “You only need your own permission to begin.” Get in touch with Marci through these links: Website - www.MarciBrockmann.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/PermissiontoHeal Podcast – Permission to Heal - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/permission-to-heal/id1542485131 Facebook - Facebook.com/Marci527 & Facebook.com/marcibrockmannartist Instagram – www.instagram.com/marcibrockmann27 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcibrockmann/ What's up, Marci YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2HWaqrJ5xHOz02zmm7O_w Twitter - https://twitter.com/marcibrockmann TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@marcibrockmann

In this episode, I'm addressing an email I got about a piece I recently wrote for Tiny Buddha called, "How to Protect our Kids from a Lifetime of Weight, Food and Body Image Issues" because it was indicative of misconceptions and common criticism of my work and work like mine. And it represented the point I'm always trying to make about what's wrong with the way we've been taught to approach healthy eating and living. You can read the entire Tiny Buddha article here if you're interested: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-protect-our-kids-from-a-lifetime-of-food-weight-and-body-image-issues/ Learn more about E-CET at: www.ecet.online Get started with the free Why We Eat video series: www.ecet.online/why-we-eat

In this episode, I'm talking about the perfect healthy lifestyle and why, after spending 8 years of helping countless people with their health and wellness goals through that paradigm, I now believe it to be a toxic, outdated, and fundamentally flawed. I also share my radically new approach to health and well-being and give an example of how to start practicing it for yourself right now. For more information, including free resources visit: www.ecet.online

In this episode, welcome back to season four. Why the name change? What is being more all about? What is wholehearted being? And what does it have to do with healthy eating and living? All that and more in this episode. For more info, including free resources visit: www.ecet.online

In this episode, I'm joined again by my client, Hollie and we're talking about some of the rules she used to have around food, how they impacted her mental and physical health, how scary it was to let go of them, and how much has improved for her since she has.

In this episode, I'm talking with Anne Berube about her new book, The Burnout Antidote: A Spiritual Guide To Empowerment For Empaths, Over-Givers, and Highly Sensitive People Human beings are hard-wired for service. But if we are designed to care for each other, then why are we so unwell? Anne's message is for anyone who over-gives and depletes themselves in the process of serving their families, clients, patients, or communities. In The Burnout Antidote, Anne helps you access your innate capacity to heal and shows you that your burnout can become a gateway to embodied wisdom and vitality. Discover how to communicate with your inner child and reclaim the lost and fragmented parts of yourself. Learn to overcome obstacles and gain access to limitless spiritual energy. About Anne Berube Anne Bérubé, Ph.D., is a spiritual teacher with an uncommon ability to share her story and insights in a way that awakens the inner wisdom in others. She helps people free themselves from the societal and parental conditioning that is holding them back from realizing the highest calling of their soul. Her work has also allowed her to share the stage with renowned self-help luminaries, including bestselling authors Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Ken Robinson, Julie Daniluk, Anita Moorjani, Gabrielle Bernstein, and more. To learn more about Anne and her work, visit: https://www.anneberube.com Buy The Burnout Antidote: https://amzn.to/3Fb44qj Connect with her on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnneBerubeAuthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anneberube/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/atberube LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-berube-ph-d-a2842228/

In this episode, I'm joined by my client, Sandy and we're chatting about Kim Kardashian losing 16lbs in 3 weeks to fit into a dress that was never meant for her. Did you hear about that? Were you jealous? Or angry (like Sandy and I were)?

In this episode, I share a short meditative practice for helping move from body shame to acceptance and gratitude taken directly from my new Foundations for Peace program that's been proving to be widely popular among Foundations for Peace members. To learn more about Foundations for Peace visit: https://www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com/foundations-for-peace

In this episode, I chat with another of my clients, Natalie. When she started with me, she was bingeing and restricting. She lived with fear and rules around every food in her house, fear and obsession over weight gain, body hate and judgment all so severe that she was on depression and anxiety meds and told her doctor she didn't want to keep living if she had to live like that. You won't believe where she's at now. Tune in to find out.

After watching the slap heard around the world at the Oscars last week with Will Smith and Chris Rock, my first thought was, "holy disproportionate reaction". And after just talking about this concept in my coach training program, Hollie, one of my coaches in training joins me for the episode while we chat about it. What are they? Why do they happen? How do they impact why we eat? Tune in to find out.

I often talk a lot about releasing food rules and giving ourselves permission to eat what we want but what happens when it feels terrifying and every time you try it for a little while, it feels like it doesn't work and you still feel obsessed with food or end up overeating or bingeing? That's what I'm talking about in this episode. I have a group of testers going through a new program I'm releasing soon and she sent me an email about the permission element this morning with common questions and concerns so I wanted to address them for anyone else who may feel the way she did.

Imagine this scenario... you're minding your own business, standing there in your bedroom getting dressed. As you're pulling up your favorite pair of pants, you notice they feel tighter than they felt the last time you wore them. What happens? The voice in your head that insists on obsessively narrating every waking second of your life, says… “uh oh, these weren't this tight before.” Then what happens? In this episode, I'm sharing how that scenario typically plays out for most - how it used to play out for me. I'm also sharing a different way to approach it. A more helpful, effective and productive way. And how it turns out when you make those changes.

Join me this week for a conversation I recently had with my client Hollie. She shares her story, her history with weight loss, dieting and healthy eating and she talks about what life is like now.

"Everyone" says intermittent fasting is sooo healthy... but, what are they not telling you about it? That's what I'm talking about in this episode.

Tune in this week for the recording from the workshop I recently hosted with leadership coach and my friend Dana Lloyd and learn to get out of your own way. I share: ➔ how to redefine your own version of what it means to eat and live healthy and why it's important that you do ➔ why healthy eating habits are so hard to stick to & why weight loss never sticks ➔ 3 of the biggest causes of binge eating or feeling out of control around food ➔ why “healthy living” doesn't actually require a "lifestyle change", but what it does require ➔ how to gain freedom from dieting/constant broken promises to “eat healthier”, “be good with food” or lose weight and start rebuilding self and body trust Dana shares: ➔ the scale she uses to find her Joy & connect to her Authentic Self ➔ how knowing your Values can provide you fulfillment and she shows you an example of how to discover yours ➔ how you can use your values to provide Direction in your life ➔ how to identify your Inner Critic, the role it plays and how to change your narrative

Last week was #BellLetsTalk day and for the occasion, I wanted to talk about what nobody ever seems to want to talk about. The truth behind even seemingly "successful" diets because my story is NOT unique & we HAVE to stop acting like promoting diets and weight loss is healthy (mentally or otherwise). So, in this episode, I'm again sharing my diet "success" because my story is not unique, varying degrees of it have become the norm and rarely, in discussions about mental health does anyone ever talk about the very real negative mental (and physical) health consequences of dieting and "healthy eating".

Body connection and trust are key elements for building not only a healthier relationship with food but healthier eating habits in general but they're practices that can be difficult to grasp and can often bring up a lot of resistance. In this episode, I share a client example, talk about some of the reasons why there can be so much resistance and I walk you through a super simple little beginning practice.

In this special episode, my friend Dana Lloyd, a leadership coach and author of Soul Prescriptions and host of the Soul Sister Conversation podcast, has joined me to discuss getting out of your own way. What do we mean by that? Why is important? How and why do we get in our own way? Tune in to learn more. To join our upcoming workshop and learn more about how to get out of your way visit: https://www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com/workshop

Because it's the New Year and predictably the weight loss, diet and fitness ads are in FULL on stalking mode again, making all kinds of promises and perhaps making you feel like you're supposed to be starting another weight loss attempt, in this episode, I'm talking about the magic weight loss pill (metaphorically speaking) and share some of its side effects.

Some quick start tips for getting through December while enjoying all your favorites but without the guilt, food hangovers or promises to "get back on track" in January. To grab a copy of the free downloadable quick start guide that goes with this episode visit: https://www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com/healthy-holidays-guide

In this episode, I'm talking about health. What is it? What does it look like? Why is the phrase "picture of health" a toxic lie? Tune in to find out.

A survey of American women done in 2008 found that something like 75% had disordered eating habits. And based on experience, I'm sure the results in most of the rest of the industrialized world where capitalism reigns supreme would be pretty much on par with those. One major way in which disordered eating habits manifest themselves in our lives is through distrust. Distrust in ourselves, and distrust in our own ability to decide what, when and how much we should be eating. In this episode, I'm talking about why trusting ourselves with food can feel so hard when it's actually our natural state.

As with the relationships I had with my body and food, my relationship with exercise was pretty messed up most of my life and this destructive relationship with exercise is something I've seen in almost every woman I've worked with since I became a trainer in 2010. In this episode, I'm sharing how my relationship with it has changed in the last number of ways (in the most wonderful ways) and I'm sharing 4 tips you can use to work on improving yours and why it's so important. Tune in if you're sick of the "on track" and "off track" cycle with exercise and always feel like you're trying to convince yourself to "be more active".

In this week's episode, I wanted to talk about some messages I recently got from one of our newest members in the Cognitive Eating Academy because they were a beautiful real-time example of some of what keeps us from wanting to eat things that help us feel our best… an example of the things that drive self-sabotaging or self-destructive eating patterns… even bingeing. Her message started with, "I feel like I'm on the verge of a binge" Tune in to learn what we discovered about what was driving it and how we got her through it (without bingeing) and ultimately feeling better.

Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who's been having some distressing digestive issues and just got a list of things she can and can't eat from her naturopath. I died a little inside when she started talking about her "can and can't eat" list and in this episode I'm talking about why and I'm sharing a significantly healthier way to approach healthy eating.

Last night on a call with my CE group, one of the gals started her update with the comments about how messed up her stomach had been feeling in the days prior. She'd been experiencing abdominal pain, constipation, bloating, cramps... you name it. Most people would have started telling her what to change in her eating habits to improve her symptoms but that's not what I did. In this episode, I'm sharing why I didn't take that approach, what I did instead, why it worked and why this may the key you need to start feeling better in your own body.

Selling fear has become the backbone of the diet, weight loss, fitness, and even health and wellness industries because nothing is easier to sell than when you're feeding upon someone's fear. And holy hell, do those industries ever feed upon our fears. But what's the result of that? How does it impact the choices we make for ourselves and our bodies? And is there a better way? A healthier way? That's what I'm talking about in this episode. -- Visit the website: https://www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com Get the free ebook: https://www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com/ebook

This episode was taken from a conversation I had with Amanda Hanson for The Real Diet Story project. In this episode, we talk about why body love and acceptance is so hard, why it's a constant practice and we shared a number of tips and strategies to help you get started. Amanda starts the conversation with a story about a conversation she had with a client over her pant size and how it triggered her, even though she felt like she was starting to get in a good place with her body.

I loved being a personal trainer... until I didn't. In this episode, I'm sharing why I quit. --- Learn more about Cognitive Eating at: www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com Grab a copy of the ebook at: www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com/ebook

In this episode, taken from a recent live I did for The Real Diet Story with Amanda Hanson of SimplyStylish.ca, Amanda talked about why your body isn't the problem, the clothes are. If you've ever had a moment of body hate, in the mirror while getting dressed or trying on clothes, this one is for you.

If you feel terrible in your body every day and want to lose weight to feel better is dieting or weight loss the answer? What else can you do? That's what we're talking about today! Tune in for another conversation with Amanda Hanson of SimplyStylish.ca for The Real Diet Story.

This is another episode taken from a recent live I did for The Real Diet Story with Amanda Hanson. In this episode, we talked about how to navigate diet and body talk with family and friends when we're trying to break away from those destructive mindsets but they're still firmly planted in diet culture.

This episode is another conversation taken from an Instagram live Roni did with Amanda Hanson for The Real Diet Story's IG live. In this episode, they're talking about navigating body changes and clothes not fitting as we come out of the pandemic and head into summer.

Another episode taken from an IG live with Amanda Hanson of www.simplystylish.ca that was done for The Real Diet Story. Amanda doesn't really have any history with dieting and I was technically a diet "success" who made a living by firmly planted in the middle of the fitness industry's diet culture. So how did we each get so anti-diet? That's what we talk about in this episode.

A conversation with Amanda Hanson from The Real Diet Story's first Instagram live. Amanda Hanson is a style coach at SimplyStylish.ca and my friend and co-founder of The Real Diet Story. This episode of It's All In Your Head features the first IG live we did over on The Real Diet Story and in it, we're talking about being anti-diet / anti-diet culture. For more from The Real Diet Story visit: www.therealdietstory.com For more from Amanda visit: www.simplystylish.ca For more of Roni's work visit: www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com

In this episode, I review what I went over in the workshop I hosted last night in case you missed it. That is: the three things that most often drive feeling out of control around food or struggling to "stay on track" the things you're probably doing every day that are making them worse and I share some tips on how to start shifting them If you want access to the worksheet I spoke of in this episode, shoot me email at roni@ronidavis.com and ask for the workshop worksheet. I'll send you a copy and even review it for you when you're done if you want to send it back to me. It's important to keep in mind that these are complex issues that can run deep. They take time and a whole lot of understanding to shift. If you want help making the process easier, The Cognitive Eating Academy has tools, practices, and supports in place to guide you, step by step on exactly how to change all of them.

Heart screams run. Body says, nope. Which do I listen to? Back in 2007 when I started my “fitness journey” (god I hate that phrase now) within a couple months of walking, I started running. And predictably, got obsessive about it. So obsessive in fact that within about 3 months I went from being completely inactive for years to running 10ks up to 5 or more days a week. Do you know what happens when you go from inactive to obsessively exercising in a short period of time? I do! Tune in as I share the surprising blessings that came from years of injuries and pain. And how changing the way I looked at those things, changed everything, including helped to change how I ate.

In this episode, I'm talking a little bit about a new project I'm working on with a friend and talking about why sharing stories and releasing the shame of weight & food struggles is sooo important.

I recently saw an article about a study that was done on how many people report weight gain since the pandemic hit and if you're one of them tune in for this episode. I'm talking about why worrying about it is the worst thing you can do, taking you through a short exercise to help you understand why and also a short exercise to help ease the worry.