Podcast appearances and mentions of robyn downs

When you spread yourself thin and try to be what you think you should be rather than what you actually are, you push the right people away and bring the wrong people in. Robyn Downs from The Feel Good Effect Podcast is here to talk about how to be the REAL you and bring out the best parts of you, the 20% of of you, which is all you really need.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AskWomen/support

If You Want to Transform Your Life with More Self-Love You Should: Get clear on your vision and your big ‘why’ Surround yourself with a tribe that will support you and bring you into tomorrow's results Figure out what is holding you back from being the woman you want to be and take small daily steps to change that Learn the skills to transform your life again and again and again   I believe with my whole being that our transformation is waiting on the other side of self-love. Me and my guest today, Kerry Tepedino, live in self-love every single day and credit it to the massive changes we have made in our lives both mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. By cultivating more self-love and self-compassion, you can radically change your life for the better and become the woman that you want to be in the world.   Creating a Life of True Happiness Kerry Tepedino is a global leader in women’s personal development focusing on mindset mastery, emotional intelligence, and self-love. She supports women in challenging their self-defeating behaviors and overcoming past traumas and fears to create a life of true happiness rooted in self-love. Her programs have supported thousands of women in up-leveling their lives in all areas, including physical, mental, and emotional health, relationships, professional careers, finances, and more.   Getting Clear on Your ‘Why’ Over ten years ago, Kerry made a contract with herself to always go after her big ‘why’. By getting clear on her vision, she has changed her life using self-love to reverse engineer what she wants out of life. Kerry has created the perfect formula for having the life you want and is here today to share the role of self-love in this formula. By empowering yourself with the skills necessary to transform your life, again and again, you can feel confident in your ability to have your own back and course correct when you fall. Nobody’s life is perfect, but accepting and embracing self-love as part of your daily routine, you can create the perfect life for yourself.   Are You Ready to Have It All? Kerry believes that if you stay stuck in yesterday's decisions and conversations, you will never achieve tomorrow's results. You are the common denominator between everything that is happening in your life, which is why you have to do the inner work through small daily steps in order to be in the driver's seat of your life again. What is the gap between where you are now and where you want to be? What is holding you back from becoming the woman you respect out in the world? By shifting your mindset, you can create an environment that works for you and take your life from ‘good’ to ‘extraordinary’. What lesson that Kerry discussed resonated the most with you? Who are you most excited to hear from during the upcoming Women’s Total Transformational Summit? Share your thoughts with me in the comments section of the episode page.   Quotes: “The key factor to turning my life around was self-love. And without that foundational piece, the foundation crumbles.” (12:34) “If self-love isn't there, then something else is going to be there. If it's not self-love then what is it? Is it perfectionism? Procrastination? If it's not self-love, is it overindulgence of the wine or the food or the sex or the shopping or recreational or medicated drugs? Whatever it is, what's taking the place to make you feel good in that moment about yourself? (19:58) “When we focus on us, everything naturally goes to the next level, our finances, our relationships, our physical health. Everything can go to the next level because we have upgraded who we are and that naturally impacts every aspect of our life.” (22:13) “As I started to take good care of myself, I started to trust that I had my own back. And once I was able to trust myself that I had my own back, I started to build confidence up in myself, I started to allow myself to dream again, I started to believe that it could happen for me, and again it all started in the mind.” (29:47) “Learn to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. If you learn that piece, you have nothing left to fear.” (32:39)   In This Episode How Kerry manifested her new twins by cultivating self-love and being present (6:38) Why you need to come back to your ‘sacred self’ in order to experience true transformation (19:02) Tips for getting started when cultivating more self-love and self-compassion (23:00) How the Sacred Self System can help you master your mindset and more (30:38) Learn about the Women’s Total Transformational Summit and how it can help you sustain your transformation (34:17)   Resources Mentioned: Daily 5-Minute Self-Care Journal Get Your Free Ticket to the Women’s Total Transformational Summit Own Your Rituals Free Gift Kerry Tepedino Website Follow Kerry on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube   Related Episodes:  Essentially You Episode #124: How To Create a Fit & Healthy Body and a Life of Self-Love with Bree Argetsinger Essentially You Episode #232: How I Radically Transformed My Stressaholic Behaviours and Traded Them In for More Peace with Dr. Mariza Essentially You Episode #252: 5-Minute Wellness Routines To Feel Good Now with Robyn Downs   Other Resources: Check out the full show notes page Keep up with everything Dr. Mariza Follow Dr. Mariza on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Podcast production & marketing support by the team at Counterweight Creative

When you spread yourself thin and try to be what you think you should be rather than what you actually are, you push the right people away and bring the wrong people in. Robyn Downs from The Feel Good Effect Podcast is here to talk about how to be the REAL you and bring out the best parts of you, the 20% of of you, which is all you really need. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AskWomen/support

Nature is waking up, spring is here.  What in your heart, mind, soul, spirit is awakening?  Today I provide 9 ways to know you are waking up.     Episode quotes & resources: ‘The daily practice of letting go of who we thing we are supposed to be and embracing who we are.  Choosing authenticity means cultivating the courage to be imperfect.  ~Brené Brown   “Radical consistency comes from the focus on the process, not perfection.” ~Robyn Downs    https://chopra.com/articles/10-signs-of-spiritual-enlightenment-awakening   https://chopra.com/articles/10-signs-of-spiritual-enlightenment-awakening

In this episode, Jess sits down with Robyn Downs of Real Food Whole Life, podcaster at the Feel Good Effect Podcast, and author of The Feel Good Effect, a book about finding more calm, ease and joy in your life right now. Robyn holds a Master's degree in education with an emphasis in behavior change, and 4 years of public policy & health change at the doctoral level, her work taps into cutting edge science around psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, and habits. In this episode we dive into: how do you help cut that noise and find individualized wellness for yourself? How do you avoid new info distraction? Why it's so hard for us to form and stick with habits? How do we shift our priorities when it feels like EVERYTHING is important (or at least the world is telling us it is) and so much more! We hope you learn something new today that helps you find joy and peace in the present while still working to implement change in you own life! Follow along with Robyn on: Instagram: @realfoodwholelife Podcast: Feel Good Effect Website: https://realfoodwholelife.com/ Thank you to our Sponsors! CODE: modernmamas Shop 15% off Beekeeper's Naturals Shop 15% off Four Sigmatic Shop 15% off Paleovalley Shop 20% off Organifi Shop 15% off BLUblox --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-modern-mamas-podcast/support

In this episode, Robyn repeatedly blows my mind with life-changing insights and ideas for simplifying your life, taking better care of yourself, and decreasing your stress. We talk about redefining our goals for success, finding the middle ground, and her mantra, gentle is the new perfect. Are you ready to feel good in all areas of your life? If so, this episode is for you! Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.jenriday.com/260

I’m very happy to welcome Robyn Downs to the table. Robyn uses simple, science-backed strategies to help people cut through life’s clutter to uncover small shifts that create huge change. She holds a Master’s degree in education with an emphasis in behavior change, and 4 years of public policy & health change at the doctoral level. Her work taps into cutting edge science around psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, and habits. Recently named one of the Most Influential Women in Wellness and she recently published a book titled: The Feel Good Effect: Reclaim Your Wellness By Creating Small Shifts That Create Big Change.    Let me just say that I loved this book. It is practical and helpful while making sense of why I sometimes find myself in ruts when it comes to my wellness. In this episode, we talk about why we struggle to think that we have to do it all. We talk about the unrealistic expectations we put on ourselves, and the guilt that follows. Robyn shares some tips on how to break that guilt cycle, what to do with an all or nothing mentality and how to move from a should to good mentality. We cover so much helpful content in a short period of time. If you feel like your own health and happiness is not even on the "pay attention to" list then you will really be understood by Robyn.   Sign up for Sarah's monthly Survival Kit Newsletter Pre-order Sarah's book: A Mother's Guide to Raising Herself   Connect with Sarah: Website | Instagram Check out bonus content from today's episode over on Patreon.  

If You Want to Create Your Own 5 Minute Wellness Routine You Should: Acknowledge your striving mindset and the differences found in a feel-good mindset Shift your mindset by taking actionable steps to put yourself into a feel-good state Allow yourself time to focus on how you feel rather than be productive Customize your routine to fit into your daily schedule and create habits that enforce that routine   Have you spent your 20’s going non-stop, only to feel the physical burden of your constant busyness now? Often times we don't even realize how bad we feel because we get used to it as our ‘normal’. But the truth is, self-care is a non-negotiable for survival, and you deserve a minute to pause and take care of yourself.   The Feel-Good Effect With Robyn Downs Robyn Downs has been in the same position you are. Robyn has dedicated her life to spreading the feel-good effect. Using simple, science-backed strategies, Robyn helps people implement small hinges that can create big change when it comes to their emotional and physical wellbeing. Her work taps into cutting-edge science and psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, and habits to help you find more calm, ease, and joy in your life right now.   Gentle Is the New Perfect Robyn lives by the motto that ‘gentle is the new perfect’. By rejecting the striving mindset that so many of us have been caught up in, Robyn wants you to focus on what feels good instead.  The feel-good mindset focuses on self-compassion, flexible thinking, and gratitude, the exact opposite of the striving mindset. Despite what you may have been told, being kind to yourself will not make you lazy or a quitter. But it will allow you to stop striving for perfectionism and make space for joy and rest in your daily life.   Get in Where You Fit In You may think that you don't have time for self-care or to take a break. With Robyn’s 5-minute wellness routine, you can practice shifting your mindset for just an instant and see what a world of difference it can make.  Robyn’s system puts into place actionable ways that you can put yourself into a feel-good state. By practicing the 4 R’s, revive, refresh, restore and rest, you can customize how it works into your life in as little as 5 minutes. The beauty in Robyn’s method is that it allows you to stop being productive and take some time to create actions and habits that are solely related to how you feel.  Can you relate to our stories today? Are you feeling the physical repercussions of busyness and are ready to create small changes to support your brain and body? Share how you will create more ease in your life through a 5-minute wellness routine with me in the comments section of the episode page.   Quotes: “If you are going to make long-term sustainable change, you need the mindset and you need the habits and routines. And often what we do is we try to say we need better habits or we need this routine, which is wonderful… but the thing that was actually standing in my way was mindset.” (9:21) “The antidote to the striving mindset is the feel-good mindset, and that is self-compassion, flexible thinking, and gratitude.” (16:00) “In terms of feeling good, the place to start is to start awareness about how you feel and how you want to feel. Which sounds pretty basic, but most of us have not learned how to do that.” (23:51) “I kept playing with the idea of ‘what is the shortest amount of time I can give this for the biggest impact?’, and I did find that five minutes, it's not about the amount of time, it's the energy that comes from it.” (32:15) “It’s not about adding another thing to your to-do list, it’s a way that you ground yourself so that you can be here and feel good. That’s how you stay out of the burnout trap altogether.” (38:21)   In This Episode Learn why perfectionism and comparison thinking is standing in your way (9:45) How to navigate and reorient what it means to have it all (15:43) Tangible practices that can cement a feel-good mindset instead of a striving mindset (18:52) Tips for creating your personalized 5-minute wellness routine (31:15) Suggestions of rituals that you can relish in to make time for you where it fits into your life (35:45)   Resources Mentioned: Register for the Perimenopause and Menopause Relief Summit The Feel Good Effect by Robyn Downs  Real Food Whole Life Website The Feel Good Effect Podcast Join the Real Food Whole Life Community Follow Robyn on Instagram | Pinterest   Related Episodes:  Essentially You Episode #149: Why Mindfulness and Mindset Are Key To Healing Miracles with Elaina Ray   Other Resources: Check out the full show notes page Keep up with everything Dr. Mariza Follow Dr. Mariza on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Podcast production & marketing support by the team at Counterweight Creative

Hey Idiots! This week's guest is Robyn Downs ( https://www.instagram.com/realfoodwholelife/ ) !! Author of the incredible new book The Feel Good Effect ( https://realfoodwholelife.com/fgebook/ ) and host of the Feel Good Effect Podcast ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feel-good-effect/id1247583410?mt=2 ) We talk about toxic positivity in the wellness industry and how counterproductive it is to try and do a major overhaul on your life instead of small changes. Robyn is so smart and funny, this was a great conversation. Hear the extra portion of this episode and be part of the livestream recordings of future episodes (+ get access to other exclusive content) on Patreon ( https://app.redcircle.com/shows/97a2832d-fdf6-4328-99da-13e64074eb71/ep/Patreon.com/ignoranceisblessed ). THE TALKTOR is in!!!! Send a text or leave a voicemail with your life questions to receive (likely very ignorant) advice from JMS in our all new unlicensed therapy segment at 424-279-4525! That's HAHA-794-525! COMING IN 2021!! Join the Ignorance is #Blessed Patreon ( https://patreon.com/ignoranceisblessed ) to get episodes early and without all the extra BS PLUS awesome bonus content including exclusive standup clips and hang time (aka "Crappy Hour") with JMS! Join the FACEBOOK GROUP ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/176597036260227/ ) and let us know what small change you made after listening to this episode! Use JMS at GetNeuro.com ( https://app.redcircle.com/shows/97a2832d-fdf6-4328-99da-13e64074eb71/ep/GetNeuro.com ) for 15% off your first order Find an affordable, licensed therapist who you can talk to from the comfort of your home! ( https://app.redcircle.com/shows/97a2832d-fdf6-4328-99da-13e64074eb71/ep/betterhelp.com/JMS ) Follow the podcast on Twitter! ( https://twitter.com/blessedpodcast ) Follow the podcast on Instagram! ( https://www.instagram.com/ignoranceisblessed ) Follow me on Twitter! ( https://twitter.com/JMScomedy ) Follow me on Instagram! ( https://www.instagram.com/JMScomedy ) Follow my Facebook page! ( https://www.facebook.com/JMScomedy ) Subscribe, rate, and review Ignorance is #Blessed on the podcast app! ( https://t.co/HGIHmI3zGq ) Cover photo by Tony Celano Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ignorance-is-blessed1719/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Robyn Conley Downs shares her framework for making small changes add up to big results. For full show notes visit: www.slphappyhour.com/show-notes/85Time Stamps 1:30 Introducing Robyn3:00 Lightning Round8:45 Robyn introduces herself12:30 Where are you on your to-do list?13:40 Our society rewards us for selfless overwork14:40 When you aren't whole, we lose you16:30 Robyn shares her rock bottom moment20:20 Setting goals with the intention of how you want to feel22:50 Goal example - how to leave work on time32:00 Goal example - how to check email less 39:00 How to approach goal setting and progress this year 46:00 We only have one life, and it is only so long, so let's spend it feeling as good as we can 48:00 The power of asking how you feel In this interview with Sarah, Robyn shares: Her work history (including working with plenty of SLPs and children with Autism as a Behavioral Specialist) and why she decided to make some career changesHow self compassion for the days we don’t achieve our goals can help us keep going A framework for making small changes the lead to big resultsHow processing how you feel during a change and aligning with your values as you change can help you make big shiftsWhere to start when you have lots of goals and ideas for goals for yourselfExamples of small changes to make to check your email less and leave work on time What to do when you don’t meet your expectations for a day - what’s the best way to move forward? To connect to Robyn, visit: www.realfoodwholelife.com Want occasional updates from us and the freebies that go with selected episodes? www.slphappyhour.com/newsletterWould you consider reviewing the podcast on Apple Podcasts? https://apple.co/2PuZc8c

Mindset is essentially who we are. What we think, why we think and how we think define our daily wellbeing. They are of such importance that science and researches are constantly coming up with new information about the way our brain functions. But, what can we do to shift our mindset once we see a negative pattern happening? In which way we can impact and influence our behavior to match the positive life we know we can live? In this episode, Robyn Downs discusses some of the most important actions we can take to start feeling good. “When you feel good you can do the things that really matter in your life and then impact the world.” – Robyn Downs You will also learn about habit changing and the reasons why is easier to change ourselves than to expect different outcomes, how you can set goals for the next year in a more sustainable and attainable way (that actually works), and what are the 3 non-changing brain patterns that we need to be aware of in order to uncomplicate life and instigate success. Our ways of thinking end up being just little pieces that we, as rational individuals, must gather to solve the whole puzzle.   Follow Robyn @realfoodwholelife Follow Chase @chase_chewning   Episode resources: The Feel Good Effect by Robyn Conley Downs Feel Good Effect Podcast (Apple Podcasts) Feel Good Effect Podcast (Spotify) The ONE Thing by Gary Keller Own the Day, Own Your Life by Aubrey Marcus

Robyn Downs gives us quantifiable and identifiable mindset strategies that create habits that create real lasting change. If you’re having a hard time knowing why you’re not keeping promises to yourself or you don’t know how to make your dreams a reality, you’ll want to listen! Creating change is how we stay IGNTD. Are you ready? 

The Feel Good Effect Leigh Martinuzzi · 956 Robyn Downs – The Feel Good Effect What if wellness isn't about achieving another set of impossible standards, but about finding what works­—for you?  In this episode, I speak with Robyn about her book – The Feel Good Effect. Instead of trying to get more done, Robyn offers … Continue reading 956 Robyn Downs – The Feel Good Effect

The Feel Good Effect What if wellness isn’t about achieving another set of impossible standards, but about finding what works­—for you? In this episode, I speak with Robyn about her book - The Feel Good Effect. Instead of trying to get more done, Robyn offers a refreshingly sane approach that will allow you to identify and focus on the elements that actually move the needle in your life right now. Less striving. More ease. It’s time to feel good. Guest Bio. Robyn Conley Downs is a speaker, entrepreneur, podcaster, and author of The Feel Good Effect: Reclaim Your Wellness By Creating Small Shifts That Create Big Change. Holding a Master’s degree in education with an emphasis in behaviour change, and 4 years of public policy & health change at the doctoral level, her work taps into cutting edge science around psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, and habits. Recently named one of the Most Influential Women in Wellness, she believes that small shifts in thinking and action create big change in life.

Song : Ants Marching - Dave Matthews   Quotes: “It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.”  Tony Robbins   “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ~Benjamin Franklin   “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule but to schedule your priorities.” ― Stephen Covey   “Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” Brian Tracy   “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” —Samuel Johnson   “Focus on being productive instead of being busy” ~Tim Ferriss    “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” Jim Rohn   “Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade” ― Tony Robbins   “It’s not enough to just hope for a happy and healthy life; it’s a combination of mindset, routines and habits working together that will get you there.”  Robyn Downs   Recommended Reads: Atomic Habits- www.jamesclear.com Indistractable - https://www.nirandfar.com

With each day comes a new array of things to do, choices to make, and blessings to count. Today’s guest, Robyn Downs shares how she’s become “brilliant at the basics” and applied her systems to organize and prioritize her life. Robin Long and Robyn Downs discuss the benefits of “exercise snacking”, the inspiration for Robyn’s new book, and overcoming the pressure of the fitness and wellness industry. Join Robin in this episode full of tangible and tasty tips that you can apply to your daily practices. Show Highlights: Robyn shares a snapshot of her life and what her current season looks like What a day in the life looks like for Robyn What is exercise snacking and its benefits How Robyn had to shift her mental approach to wellness Robyn shares how she practices the 80/20 rule in her life How to make anchors of priorities and knowing when to stay no How to limit unnecessary decisions Robyn shares how she creates her daily menu How Robyn and her husband manage childcare Why you shouldn’t try to take everything on alone How the wellness industry has put pressure on body image Rapid-fire question session with Robyn     Links: Balanced Life Sisterhood The Balanced Life on Instagram The Pilates Strength + Stress Relief Link Contact Robyn: Robyn’s Website Instagram: @realfoodwholelife Feel Good Effect Podcast The Feel Good Effect: Reclaim Your Wellness by Finding Small Shifts that Create Big Change by Robyn Conley Downs Resources: Counter+ Overnight Resurfacing Peel from BEAUTYCOUNTER PLUMPING SERUM from Primally Pure Unlocking Us with Brené Brown Podcast Good Life Project Podcast Good Ancestor Podcast

When we feel like we’ve given into bad habits or can’t seem to shift our mindset, there’s always a way to change - and sometimes it’s with small steps and big realizations. This week’s guest, Robyn Downs,  the author of The Feel Good Effect and the host of The Feel Good Effect podcast shares tips on mindfulness and habits for health, healing & happiness.   Ps. Come hang out here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/anyyounger   Ps. Check out the Unstuck series here: http://www.jenglantz.com/unstuck

In episode 147 of Fit Mama Real Food Radio Robyn Downs, speaker, educator, entrepreneur, and author of The Feel Good Effect joins me to chat about cultivating healthy habits and behaviors. Robyn and I talk about why creating new habits is difficult, why perfectionistic thinking is limiting and strategies to create habits that will leave you feeling good. Enjoy the show! Show notes: www.fitmamarealfood.com/radio147

Robyn Downs is the founder of the mission-driven media and education brand, Real Food Whole Life, creator of the Feel Good Effect Mindset & Method, and author of the upcoming book, The Feel Good Effect. Holding a Master’s degree in education with an emphasis in behavior change, and 4 years of public policy & health change at the doctoral level, her work taps into cutting edge science around mindset, strategies and habits; and how people create and sustain lasting wellness. She combines this professional research background with work as a certified yoga teacher, specializing in mindfulness and self-compassion, to share science-based, life-tested, radically simple solutions to help people feel good. When not writing or speaking, Robyn can be found behind the mic of her Apple-top rated Feel Good Effect podcast, in the kitchen creating simple real food recipes, hiking, reading, or practicing yoga. Recently named one of the Most Influential Women in Wellness, she lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Andrew, and their daughter Elle. So, I adore Robyn and this conversation. This woman is so incredibly humble and has accomplished SOOOO much in her professional life— most of all in her amazing business. I can’t wait for you to hear how she moved through her biggest insecurities to create a deeply aligned body of work. In this episode, she shares her past life in the academic world, the moment she woke up and realized she wasn’t happy with it, and why wellness felt like the perfect thing to pour her energy into, the ways she had to check her tendency to push and strive as she became a yoga and mindfulness teacher, upped her wellness routine, and more so that she didn’t burn out, her experience starting a food blog as an introvert and her struggle with putting herself out on social media, and how she was able to get past that barrier in order to have an authentic online presence, why neuroscience is such a big part of her approach to wellness and how taking action despite fear over and over again will quite literally change your brain, and shift your ability to do uncomfortable things more often, the journey busting her butt to build her blog to 1 million views per month, what it was like for her to realize she needed to pivot her content and business model away from only food, and how shifting resulted in a follower loss and why she was ok with that, why showing up as her true self, creating an aligned business, and putting herself out there is what ultimately got her an amazing book deal, and so much more!   To learn more about Robyn Downs and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Robyn Downs is a friend, researcher, author of the book "The Feel Good Effect," and podcast host. In this episode we talk about research-based wellness mindset blocks—aka: what might be holding you back from truly feeling good. Robyn also dishes on how small shifts in our daily habits can lead to big change, and she educates on compassion as being not just transformative for ourselves as individuals, but how it can actually help us connect deeper to others and serve our communities. What Robyn offers is so radically simple and logical. Listening to this show will likely teach you something new. It will for sure remind you of a truth that you've been overlooking. Connect with Robyn at realfoodwholelife.com and catch her on Instagram at @realfoodwholelife.

It’s all great to educate and inspire based on personal experience, but it’s also great to have solid profesh research to back that jazzzz up. My guest today brings both to the table full of healthy food.. and to this energizing chat. Robyn Downes is the creator of Real Food Whole Life, and the host of the top-rated Feel Good Effect podcast who also holds a Master’s degree in education with an emphasis in behavior change who, at the doctoral level has researched the crap out of how people create and sustain lasting wellness. What I heart most about Robyn is not just her willingness to be honest and vulnerable about her shtuff, not just her mission to embody and amplify a gentle approach to wellness, (hence her motto, #gentleisthenewperfect), but her super nerdy professional research background which she draws on to share cutting edge science-based, (and life-tested) radically simple solutions for wellness. I think this couldn’t be sexier. She says the opposite. I’ll let you listen and be the sexy judge.   Get amped to hear: The sexiest meal planning advice you’ve ever heard. Truly. How to stop feeling like a failure and instead, start feeling in control of your mental and physical wellness. Why self care is so not that hard and how to simplify it! The three components that make up a “striving mindset” (which are probs blocking you from achieving your goals). How to nix the all-or-nothing approach that leads to quitting! Why gentle is the new perfect. What “the essential six” are and how they’ll simplify your grocery shopping and cooking. And lots more!   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS” Try Thrive Market and get an EXTRA 25% off your first purchase AND a FREE 30 day trial & check out my favorite products Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

“Mindset matters. Everyone talks so much about what the perfect diet is—we debate what foods you should take out of your diet, and whether you should exercise or meditate in the morning or the night. And those are all important, but they are totally missing the point if you have a mindset that has you suffering and feeling like you're a failure.” That's Robyn Downs, and along with her husband Dr. Andrew, they're fascinated with the mindsets that lead to healthy eating. This podcaster teamed up with her psychology professor husband to conduct a study on the way we think about food—and the results were surprising. They joined us to talk about their story and what mindsets can help us to be actually healthy.   Robyn & Dr. Andrew Downs Real Food Whole Life The Feel Good Effect Podcast Instagram Their online course! Actually Healthy   Vegan pot pie with sage crust | A Couple Cooks   Preorder A Couple Cooks cookbook >> Pretty Simple Cooking   A Couple Cooks on Instagram and Twitter

Many of us fall victim to the “all or nothing” mentality when it comes to our efforts to lose weight, or get healthy. As someone in recovery from perfectionism, from multiple back surgeries, from an eating disorder, and from subscribing to other people’s standards for my body, this is something I’ve had a great deal of personal experience with. If you had asked me 10 years ago if I was a perfectionist, I probably would have said, “fuck no.” I didn’t see myself as a perfectionist because I thought that being a perfectionist means that you are perfect. But I began to slowly recognize the ways that I was sabotaging my own success by holding myself to incredibly high standards. In this episode I share my own personal journey to acknowledge, and overcome, my own perfectionism. I’ve learned how to harness my tendency to set really aggressive goals, and hold myself to a very high standard. Now, it’s your turn! Key takeaways: * Episode 002, with Robyn Downs, brought up this topic and is an excellent primer for this topic! * Trying too hard to do things perfectly means you sometimes don’t do them at all * Perfectionists aren’t necessarily people that are “perfect” * Unrealistic standards of body “perfection” are perfectionist kryptonite * The hard fall from “badass” female athlete to a gimp recovering from back surgery * The start / stop, perfectionist method to recovering from multiple back surgeries (not recommended) * The nasty things we tell ourselves when we don’t attain perfection * Internalizing “failure” to achieve perfect standards robs you of the chance to make gradual improvement * Experimentation and failing forward are key to creating a life, a routine, and an experience that feels good to you * Perfection doesn’t enable your success, it can actually hinder it! * How I’ve managed to harness my perfectionist tendencies to create positive change   Mentioned in this episode:   Healthy at Any Size podcast Episode 002 Robyn Downs, of Real Food Whole Life and The Feel Good Effect My history with eating disorders My recovery from multiple back surgeries Gouveia International Talent Management   Share the Body Love!   Share what you learned here via Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, or Twitter   Subscribe on iTunes and leave a review. I love hearing what you have to say!   Post your own experiences, thoughts, and feedback to social media using the hashtag #healthyatanysize!   Subscribe on iTunes and leave a review. I love hearing what you have to say! Post your own experiences, thoughts, and feedback to social media using the hashtag #healthyatanysize!

Robyn Downs is the researcher, educator, storyteller and mama behind her blog, Real Food Whole Life and The Feel Good Effect podcast! She is a working mom and a woman in the real world who is trying to balance the demands of her life with creating a healthy lifestyle for herself and her family. In this episode, Robyn shares her own personal journey to creating this healthy balance. She encourages us all to examine our goals in a different way, to let go of perfectionism, and to infuse all of our self-improvement efforts with an oft-overlooked success factor: self-compassion!   Key takeaways: Robyn’s journey to a healthy pregnancy, and getting healthy during early mom life By walking away from something, you give yourself the space to say yes to something else Taking those small steps builds momentum to be able to say, “this isn’t serving me anymore” The two main challenges for women trying to live a healthy lifestyle Moving away from someone else’s prescriptive plan of perfection Setting incremental goals as opposed to always aiming for perfection Living with that shame spiral and guilt of not being able to achieve “perfection”  Self-compassion as jet fuel for your transformation Changing your mindset so that you can actually be happy right now! Modeling the behavior we want our children to exhibit when it comes to how we talk about our bodies Cutting ourselves off from any influences (magazines, social media, etc.) that feed our negative self-perception   Mentioned in this episode: Real Food Whole Life The Feel Good Effect How to Create a Wellness Routine (with Goal Setting Activity)   Share the Body Love! Share what you learned here via Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, or Twitter Subscribe on iTunes and leave a review. I love hearing what you have to say! Post your own experiences, thoughts, and feedback to social media using the hashtag #healthyatanysize!

You’re listening to the Goal Digger Podcast Episode 020. Today I am coaching Portland-based food blogger Robyn Downs as we talk all about her business, where she’s headed and how to punch fear in the face! To enter to be coached on the Goal Digger Podcast, just go to www.bit.ly/GDPcoaching for info on how to apply or head to today’s show notes at www.GoalDiggerPodcast.com.