Episodes
July 14, 2022
055: Managing Stress vs Managing Yourself with Kathleen Kelley
On a scale of 1 to 10, where would you rate your stress level today? Sometimes when it’s as high as an 8 or 9, it feels like there’s literally nothing you can do to help yourself feel better. But you’re more in control of yo…
July 7, 2022
054: Believing In Yourself
Perhaps the hardest part of creating new habits is actually believing you can do it. If you start working on new habits believing they will never stick, or think it’s impossible to kick your kryptonite habits, then you’re do…
July 1, 2022
Bonus - Coming Home - An Equine Coaching Retreat for Weight Loss
I am teaming up with Theresa Coombs (Unbridled Equines) and Dorothy Turek (Centaur Wellness) to offer an equine coaching retreat – the FIRST of its kind to be offered in Canada! It’s called Coming Home, and it’s all about re…
June 30, 2022
053: Eliminating Bad Habits
What’s that one bad habit you engage in that always seems to derail your weight loss efforts? We call that your kryptonite habit, and in this third episode of the four-part habit series, you’ll learn why it’s so important to…
June 23, 2022
052: Creating New Habits
"You don't choose your future. You choose your habits, and your habits decide your future." -John Maxwell If you want to change your life, you have to change your habits. This is the second episode in a four-part series on h…
June 16, 2022
051: Cultivating Willpower
You are what you repeatedly do. If you want to change your weight, you have to change your daily habits. This episode is the first in a 4-part series on habits, and it’s all about the role willpower plays in creating change …
June 9, 2022
050: Inside Nourish Yourself
In honor of this 50th episode, I am joined by four amazing women from our Nourish Yourself: Body+Mind group coaching program. If you are curious about what it's like to experience weight loss coaching, you'll want to tune in…
June 2, 2022
049: The Power of Feeling Bad with Jen Frey
Would you do almost anything to avoid feeling bad? Most of us would. It’s human nature to avoid the things that feel uncomfortable and move towards the things that make us feel good. This is why so many of us turn to food wh…
May 26, 2022
048: How Your Body Blocks Weight Loss with Dawn Cuckow
Weight loss can be super frustrating sometimes. You feel like you’re doing everything right, and yet the weight still doesn’t come off. It’s easy to blame yourself, but the truth is it’s not your fault. There are good biolog…
May 19, 2022
047: Who You Are As An Eater
Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to say no to meat if you are a plant-based eater or to shrimp if you’re deathly allergic, but super hard to say no to cupcakes or Cheetos (or whatever your personal kryptonite is)? It …
May 12, 2022
046: Weight Loss and Exercise
When you think about exercise, how do you feel? Excited and ready to go or full of dread? Your answer to that question all depends on how you approach working out. The diet industry would have you believe that exercise is so…
May 5, 2022
045: Setting Goals (and Sticking to Them!) with Angela Veesenmeyer
What comes to mind when you think about setting goals? For some, it may be a sense of excitement. But for many of us, it fills us with dread. As women, we spend so much time focused on taking care of others that we forget wh…
April 28, 2022
044: To HAES or Not To HAES with Cassie Christopher
The weight loss world can be an overwhelming place to navigate. There is SO much conflicting information out there and it’s hard to know who you can trust. For the longest time, the diet industry had pretty much everyone con…
April 21, 2022
043: Exploring Emotions and Embodiment with Rhonda Farr
We always talk about the importance of feeling your feelings when it comes to weight loss. But what does that actually mean, and why is it so important? This week, we’re joined by coach Rhonda Farr, an expert in all things e…
April 14, 2022
042: The Power of Journaling with Jen Laffin
Journaling is a powerful tool for transforming your life, and it’s essential on your weight loss journey. Journaling allows you to gain awareness of your deeper thoughts and beliefs that keep you stuck in old patterns of eat…
April 7, 2022
041: Overdrinking with Caroline Holke
Do you sometimes use alcohol to soothe uncomfortable emotions like stress, anxiety, or boredom? If you do, you’re not alone. It’s so common for those of us who struggle with overeating to overdrink as well. And not just eat …
March 31, 2022
040: Birthday Reflections
It’s my birthday today! The past year has been full of some hard lessons…and also really coming to understand what’s important to me personally and professionally. This podcast and Wayza Health has pushed me way outside my c…
March 24, 2022
039: Defining Your Goal Weight
What’s the first thing you often do when you start a weight loss program? For many, it’s deciding what you want to weigh – your goal weight. We often have that one magical number in mind. The number that defines our success …
March 17, 2022
038: Finding Joy in Movement with Stephanie Lueras
What role does exercise play in your life? We all know that exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle…after all, our bodies were built to move! But so often, we get stuck in the mindset that we have to move or wor…
March 10, 2022
037: Conquering Your Inner Critic with Sharon Natoli
Weight loss is 10% nutrition and 90% a mental game. All those thoughts in your head that tell you what you “should” do to lose your weight tend to work against you. And that’s because those same voices all say you aren’t wor…
March 3, 2022
036: Supersized Lies with Robert Davis
Are you confused by all the diet advice out there? It’s information overload when it comes to weight loss. Should we eat low-fat or low-carb? Should we do weight training or cardio? What about apple cider vinegar and intermi…
Feb. 24, 2022
035: Breaking Up with Ben & Jerry - Interview with Tricia Nelso
Do you eat to comfort yourself when you feel stressed, bored, anxious, tired, lonely…? If so, you aren’t alone. There are good reasons why you do this, and in this podcast episode, you’ll hear why. Join me and Tricia Nelson,…
Feb. 17, 2022
034: Face Your Stuff, Don't Stuff Your Face - Interview with Renee Jones
Have you had enough of trying to lose weight with diets that don’t work over the long term? If you want to lose your weight and keep it off for good, the key is overcoming emotional eating and stress eating. In this episode …
Feb. 10, 2022
033: Let's Talk About Sex - Interview with Debbie Elzea
Do you struggle getting out of your busy mind and into your pleasure? It’s time to get unstuck and finally create life-changing intimacy between you and your partner. In this episode of the Mindful Weight Loss podcast, we ta…