The Cry For Help: A MasterClass
Inspired by a “Cry For Help” on my Facebook feed, this episode defines and outlines the 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® model, demonstrates the shortcomings of the “Diet and Exercise” approach, and illustrates how the Happy Calories Don’t Count® principles create a sense of peace and freedom around food and exercise while optimizing sustainable wellness results.
Law of Attraction, Weight Loss & Happy Calories Don’t Count®
Is the Law of Attraction real? Does it work? Can it work for weight loss?
This episode explores all things Law of Attraction – as it specifically relates to weight loss.
It discusses the mind traps and fallacies that occur from the common misunderstandings and misapplication of the Law of Attraction – and how the 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Method overcome these hurdles to harness the power of this spiritual principle to effectively work on your behalf.
Happy Calories® 101: The 5 Steps
Part 3 of the Happy Calories® 101 Series…
The 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Method: The No Diet, No Drama, No BS Way to Create a Body AND a Life You Love.
Happy Calories® 101: Happiness is the Key
Part 2 of the Happy Calories® 101 Series…
Happiness is freedom from the conventional, cultural “diet and exercise” model.
The “diet and exercise” model is the root of all of your pain, shame, drama and dysfunction surrounding food, exercise, your body and your weight because it demands that you disconnect from your body in order to be “successful.”
Overriding your body’s natural instincts in hard and painful – which is the entire reason that a “weight loss industry” exists.
Furthermore, this model suggests that you have to “pay a price” to eat. The price – exercise – or weight gain. And this idea creates all of the crazy-making head games.
Finally, this model suggests that your weight is your fault. But that fact that you are responsible for what you eat and what you do for exercise does NOT mean that you can therefore control your body’s size and shape through diet and exercise. That is a fallacy.
And this is the key to reclaiming your happiness AND sustainable results.
Happy Calories® 101: Back to Basics
The conventional cultural “diet and exercise” model is the root of all pain, shame, drama and dysfunction surrounding food, exercise, your body and your weight.
From this model two assumptions naturally follow.
Assumption #1: You have to pay a price to eat. The price? Exercise – or weight gain. This is the underlying cause of all of the anxiety and crazy head games surrounding food and exercise.
Assumption #2: It’s your fault. According to the “diet and exercise” model, if you are overweight or not the size you want to be, you are at best unmotivated or undisciplined – or at worst, lazy or stupid because “everyone knows how to lose weight – it’s diet and exercise.” This assumption is the root of the pain and shame you have surrounding your body and your weight.
But the fact that you are responsible for what you eat and what you do for exercise, does not mean that you can therefore control your weight and your shape through diet and exercise. This is a fallacy.
The key to finding freedom from food and creating true healing and transformation is to reject the “diet and exercise” model and embrace a relationship-based, body-centered approach.
Culture Wars: Body Shaming vs Fat Celebration
The conventional cultural “diet and exercise” model is the root of all pain, shame, drama and dysfunction surrounding food, exercise, your body and your weight – AND it is the source of the confusion and acrimony in the “culture wars” surrounding health, obesity and fat pride.
The diet and exercise model suggests that your body’s size and shape is simply a result of what you eat and what you do for exercise. But the fact that you are responsible for what you eat and what you do for exercise, does not mean that you can therefore control your body’s weight and shape through diet and exercise – that is a fallacy.
Both sides are using the diet and exercise model and a framework and both sides get stuck. One side gets tripped up on the control fallacy side of the coin. And the other side gets tripped up by not accepting the responsibility that they DO have to honor and respect their bodies by working to create optimized health and well-being. And this side gets all twisted by rejecting of the cultural standards of health – without rejecting the diet and exercise model. So everyone remains stuck.
The key to finding freedom from food and creating true healing and transformation is to reject the “diet and exercise” model and embrace a relationship-based, body-centered approach.
Time To Move & Shake with Zibby Owens
My guest episode for Zibby Owens’ podcast. In this podcast, I teach actionable strategies to create more time for busy moms who deal with food, exercise, and body-image issues. Sharing personal insights gleaned from my own painful and life-threatening struggles surrounding my body and my weight, I outline a path for optimizing health, vitality, well-being, joy — and time!
Food For Thought: Your Body Knows How To Create Results
YOUR BODY IS YOUR GPS WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW Your body is a complex system of living intelligence that knows how to optimize its state of health vitality, well being, beauty and joy, and it is always guiding you in that direction. All you have to do is take a beat, take a breath and […]
Food For Thought: Acceptance Creates Transformation
ACCEPTANCE IS GIVING UP THE PAIN WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW So many people struggle with acceptance – accepting their bodies and accepting themselves – because the “diet and exercise” model says that you can’t. Within the context of the “diet and exercise” model, it suggests that to accept something means that you wouldn’t necessarily have […]
Food For Thought: “Diet & Exercise” Does Not Work Long Term
YOUR BODY KNOWS BEST WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW The “diet and exercise” model demands that you disconnect from your body in order to be successful. And that is one of the many reasons it never works long term.