Off the Wagon

Are you concerned? Does emotional eating, weight loss, weight gain, or weight acceptance, and body image and body love issues seem insurmountable? Then let's talk about belief.

In this episode, we're talking about New Year's Resolutions and how we look at and think about our journey towards health, wellness, and wholeness.

In this episode, we're talking about a controversial subject when it comes to emotional eating and that's planning; specifically planning a binge or an emotional eating episode in advance. And is that planning to fail? Or something else?

In this episode, we're talking about some of the external ways you can support yourself on your emotional eating journey.

In this episode, we're talking about building, establishing, and maintaining healthy boundaries because so many of us struggle with our boundaries while others don't seem to have them at all.

In this episode, we're going to be talking a bit about off plan eating, body bullying and body shame, how to deal with those behaviors, and also how to deal with and prevent any self punishment that comes as a result of those behaviors.

In this episode, we're getting clear on the difference between willingness and willfulness because it can determine how much resistance and struggle you experience on your journey. (And who want's more of that?)

In this episode, we're talking about how to handle enablers, people who needle you into eating, also known as the food forcers and food pushers at the holidays.

In this episode, I'm sharing some more actionable tips to help you survive the holidays, complete with social outings and family gatherings.

In this episode, we're talking about what a healthy relationship with food and your body looks and feels like.

In this episode, we're about talking about how to survive and thrive through Halloween, so I'm providing a mindset hack should you want to abstain as well as 4 ways to indulge should you decide to treat yourself.

In this episode, we're about getting clear on our purpose, our intentions, and actions - and asking ourselves: is the goal, our desired end result, really the point?

In this episode, we're talking about how to determine whether your emotional eating is a problem or not.

We’re talking about labels and diagnoses, both the ones we give to ourselves, the ones we try on from Dr. Google, and the ones given to us by others. We discuss how they can be helpful, but also how they can be hurtful, and how to keep yours from hurting you.

We’re talking about a triggering word for many: elimination. At various points on your health and wellness path you may come to a crossroads with elimination. How you approach it, look at it, and think about it, will determine how you feel about it, and ultimately your success.

We’re talking about momentum, how it's difference than motivation, how it helps you on your path, and finally, how to get some.

We’ve been talking about emotions both pleasant and unpleasant and how we can sometimes use food to deal with, avoid, and distract ourselves from those emotions. This week we’re talking about how to process your emotions.

This week we're talking about digging up and uncovering the hidden fears that are holding us back from our emotional eating, weight loss (or gain), and health goals.

This week we're talking about self-doubt because all of us - even the most positive people among us - have moments when we doubt ourselves.

In this week's short podcast we're talking about several topics I've talked about before: Appreciation, Gratitude, Flexibility. But in this episode, we'll be looking at them again together, through the lens of Real Life.

This week we are talking about some unconventional tips and tricks for mastering and managing our emotional eating.

This week we are talking about some of the ways that emotional eating habits are established and I wanted to also provide you with some tools and tips for managing those urges and impulses when you have them.

This week we're talking about how to tell the difference between physical and emotional hunger, how to use the hunger and fullness scale, and what to do when using that scale doesn't work.

This week we’re talking about how to take responsibility for our life experiences without blaming ourselves so that we can let go of the past.

This week we’re talking about our model of health, what it looks like, and how to live it.

This week we're talking about learning to deal with difficult emotions instead of negative reactions. And I'm sharing some key things you can do to harness the ability to keep your cool in times of chaos or confusion.

This week we're talking about success and failure and how failure isn't always a bad thing. In fact, it may be required to succeed at all.

This week we're talking about weight loss and what to do, and focus on, when all your progress and the scale has seemed to have stalled.

This week we're getting clear on the differences between cravings and urges and I'm sharing with you what you can do about them when they show up.

This week we're talking about how to use SMART goals for weight release and emotional eating issues.

This week we’re talking about self-acceptance and self compassion and how they can help you with your quest to release unwanted weight and master your emotional eating.

This week we’re continuing our discussion on self-sabotage. This is such an important topic because this self-sabotage is what keeps us from the very things we desire in life: that promotion, a healthy relationship, even health and weight loss. Be sure to check the website for a downloadable worksheet to help you thru the exercises I talk about in the podcast.

This week we’re talking about inner conflict. What it is, how to get to the root of it, and how to resolve it.

This week we're talking overwhelm. It can be a general state of being for some people that can lead to overeating. Today, I share some effective ways to handle overwhelm (and procrastination) that you can start using right now.

This week we're talking about how to stop hating and shaming your body. This kind of negative feedback is a poor source of motivation and ultimately erodes your body image and self-esteem. Listen in for the 7 ways to release body hate and body shame. And don't forget to check the website for your hypnotic download.

This week we're talking about the body positivity movement, what it is, what it should be and whether you can want to release excess weight and still be body positive.

No matter how positive, outgoing, or successful we are, everyone has some degree of this negative thinking going on. In this episode, we're talking about tips, tricks, and tools, for shutting down that Negative Nancy in your head so you can get on with being, doing, and having whatever it is you want.

This week we're talking about donuts and other cravings and how your mindset around those delectable items of desire MATTERS if you ever intend to be able to pass by them without shoving handfuls in your face.

This week we're talking about the difference between acknowledging our thoughts, feelings, and situation and getting stuck down in those thoughts, and feelings. AND when we find ourselves stuck down in it, what to do to get out of it!

This week we're talking about more techniques you can use to mange your emotions and get you back in control, so you can make the next best steps for yourself without guilt and regret.

This week we're talking about emotions obviously, what kind of emotions need managing, and we're going to be talking about how to manage them.

This week we're talking about how to get started with your own mindful eating practice.

This week we're talking about the steps you can take (starting today) to change your life. (It's simpler than you think!)

This week we're talking about how food becomes a "friend," and how to change your inappropriate relationship with food so it can be fuel for your body.

This week we are talking about getting grateful for our emotional eating, as well as learning how gratitude can help us every day on our journey to Emotional Eating Mastery. Also included are some ways you can start a gratitude practice of your own.

This week we're talking about 10 excuses or rationalizations we use for emotionally eating more than our bodies need. Have you used one of these excuses? Listen and find out!

Valentine's Day is a day that's beset with landmines for the emotional eating. Listen in to find out how to determine your best personal roadmap for getting thru the day without dissolving into an emotional eating episode.

In this episode, we're understand where we are on the Emotional Eating journey, covering some of the road-signs and pit-stops along the way, as well as understanding and defining progress while on this journey.

In this episode, I'm answering the question I am often asked... Which diet should I choose as an emotional eater?

We're talking about how to recover from seemingly innocent, or accidental mistakes that seem to have BIG consequences.

We're talking about how to be more successful at emotional eating mastery, being mindful about your eating habits, managing your stress or over eating so that you can lose weight, or even eliminating your dependence on sugar foods to help control your blood sugar issues, and get off off (or prevent needing to go on) diabetes medication. *Those* kinds of "health and wellness" goals. If you're looking for the Chocolate PDF and video guide I mentioned, you can find it here: http://bit.ly/Healthy-Chocoholic