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Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#105 - Your One Life On this podcast episode I talk to you about your one amazing life and ask you to take a moment and check in with yourself, to see if you're truly making the most of your one life’s preciousness. Also learn a little about the upcoming My One Life Mastermind. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women...2022-10-1418 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#104 - Changing Your Tastes On this podcast episode we explore the thoughts and beliefs that you have about foods that you over desire. I'm talking about those foods that you maybe feel a little out of control around, that you maybe tend to over eat or eat when you recognise there's at least a part of you that would rather not be eating the food because you know it's going to take you further away from both your weight loss results and the long term relationship with food that you want. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE I...2022-10-0718 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#103 - Q&A with Clair On this episode you’ll hear the Q&A session that took place as a part of the weight loss mindset coaching experience week. I do a Q&A each month in the Facebook community so if you’ve not joined us there yet, do request to join now by going to www.facebook.com/groups/loseweightlivelife and get your questions ready for the next live Q&A session. Also, if you’ve not yet requested the free guide, 6 Strategies for Overcoming Overeating go and grab it now from www.thebestyou.coach/resources. About C...2022-09-3056 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#102 - The Mindset Coaching Difference On this episode we explore mindset coaching and why it’s not only the difference in you creating sustainable weight loss and lifelong weight management, but how working with a coach to help you change your mindset will make the process of permanent change so much quicker. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done...2022-09-2320 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#101 - Your last weight loss journey On this episode consider the reality of whether your current or next weight loss journey will be the last one. Discover some great tips for how to make that a reality and find out all the details about the Autumn 2022 enrolment in the Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are...2022-09-1654 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#100 - Helping yourself when you're suffering This podcast is for all of you suffering and unhappy in your life right now. Whether that’s because of poor physical or emotional health, feeling unhappy with your weight, or challenged by a life circumstance you’re dealing with. It’s not always easy to do the things to help ourselves in these situations and that’s what I address in this podcast episode. I share how the only way to move beyond your suffering is to help yourself. And I share some tools and tips and mindset approaches for how you can do just tha...2022-09-1014 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#99 - The Urge to Eat On this episode we explore the reasons why we feel the urge to eat. Many of you think the reason you’ve not lost weight, or that you’ve lost it and regained it, is because you’re not disciplined or strong willed enough, but that’s not the case. The path to losing weight is to first understand the reasons why you feel the urge to eat. Because once you understand how you are using food, then you can put different strategies in place to replace food as a tool. About Cla...2022-09-0225 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#98 - Next level – is it time to level up your weight loss? Today’s podcast episode is all about taking the next level on your weight loss journey. No matter if you’re yet to get started, in the messy middle or close to achieving your dream relationship with food, it’s always going to be useful to notice where you are and investigate what the next level of skill mastery could look like for you. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. C...2022-08-2623 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#97 - Holiday Eating & Lessons Learned Join me as I get personal on this episode about how I ate on holiday, how much weight I gained, how I lost it again and what I learned about my relationship with food, myself and my life. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating whilst inc...2022-08-1935 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#96 - Food Journaling You figuring out how you want to eat for life is one big experiment and to not write down what you eat is akin to being a scientist in a lab session who takes no notes and observes what they think is happening without writing down any facts or numbers. As you can imagine no one would take them seriously, which is why if you're serious about losing weight permanently and creating a relationship with food that works for you - you must keep a food journal. Find out more on this podcast episode. 2022-08-1215 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#95 - The One Thing Listen in to this podcast episode and discover the most important skill you are going to want to learn, to ensure this weight loss journey is your last one. Building on from last week’s episode, this week we focus on the importance of knowing what to do after you overeat, emotionally eat, or just eat differently to how you planned or wanted to eat. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIF...2022-08-0518 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#94 - Permanent Weight Loss You can prepare yourself for permanent weight loss no matter where you are on your weight loss journey. But before you do, you’re going to want to think about what permanent weight loss will look like for you. You may have an expectation of what permanent weight loss is like, but your expectation may differ from your reality. Listen in to this episode to consider how you want permanent weight loss to feature in your life and to learn how to set yourself up for permanent weight loss success. ...2022-07-2924 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#93 - When you have a lot of weight to lose This week’s podcast is for you if you think that you have a lot of weight to lose. No matter the number of pounds, if you’re feeling daunted, frustrated or ashamed of how much weight you want to lose, you’re unknowingly making your weight loss journey more difficult. In fact, it may even feel burdensome to get started. Listen in to find ways of helping you get unstuck and learn how to not make the amount of weight that you’re working at losing hinder your weight loss journey. About...2022-07-2220 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#92 - Portion Control This week’s podcast is a look under the covers of the Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy where you get to listen in on a call from last year all about portion control. If you suspect that a part of creating the relationship with food that you want is learning how to not overeat at meal times, then this podcast episode is for you. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR...2022-06-2436 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#91 - Proactive Wellbeing Doing what we can to prevent becoming unwell is the best approach when it comes to our physical health and well-being, but have you considered how you are proactively taking care of other aspects of your wellbeing. Taking care of our wellness across all areas of our life is vital to helping us create the relationship with food that we want to have. Listen in to this episode to explore the eight dimensions of wellness and ponder how your wellness or lack of it is helping or hindering your relationship with food. 2022-06-1723 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#90 - Loneliness & Overeating In this podcast episode we explore the connection between loneliness and overeating. All of us experience loneliness at some time in our life. And for those of us who also struggle with overeating the relationship between loneliness and emotional eating can be complex. Listen in to this episode to both explore what to do when you want to stop turning to food to comfort yourself when you feel lonely, and what you can do to avoid isolating yourself because of how you feel about yourself and your eating. About Clair: C...2022-06-1017 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#89 - Thought Upgrades There are lots of factors to consider that impact your weight, from your age, your lifestyle, to certain medical conditions, and genetics. All the things. But none of these are the primary reason that you aren’t the weight that you want to be. The primary reason is the relationship you have with food and the relationship you have with food is determined by how you think about food, yourself, and your life. Listen in to this episode to learn more about how your thinking determines the number you see on the scales and discover how...2022-06-0321 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#88 - Self-ImageOn this episode we explore your self-image. Your self-image is a collection of thoughts and beliefs that you have about how your appearance, personality and abilities. Your self-image will always be a continuous cycle of how you’re thinking, what you’re feeling and doing or not doing, which will feed right back into how you’re thinking about yourself as well as determining the life that you have. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE.2022-05-2715 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#87 - The Open Minded Benefit On this episode we explore how being open minded and having a growth mindset can help you create the weight loss results that you want, whereas being closed minded and having a fixed mindset can keep you stuck and hold you back from making progress on your weight loss journey. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take...2022-05-2019 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#86 - Meeting Yourself Where You're At On this episode we explore the concept of ‘Meeting yourself where you’re at’ with regards to digging into the truth of the foods that you ‘want’ to eat. So often, we’ve spent years and decades thinking that we cannot eat what we want to eat. This is partly due to a diet mentality way of being that has become normal in society in recent decades. And when we are encouraged to fully own what we want to eat it can feel daunting and confusing. This is what we explore on today’s episode....2022-05-1311 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#85 - Questions from Weight Mindset Experience Week On this episode I answer 6 questions that came up during the Finding Food Freedom Weight Coaching Mindset Experience Week, that are questions that many of us ask when we’re just setting out on our weight loss journey. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating...2022-05-0619 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#84 - Food, Feelings & Urges Get a sneak peek inside The Academy with this training on Food, Feelings and Urges that’s been the focus this month. Not only will you get insight into the trainings available to you in The Academy, in addition to the multiple live coaching calls every week. You’ll also learn: what’s going on, step-by-step, when you experience the urge to eat for emotional reasons; and strategies for what to do when you do.. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT...2022-04-2926 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#82 - Calories on the menu Join me on this episode as I talk about the impact of the new UK legislation to publish calories on restaurant menus in the UK. What are the challenges it presents and how can we use it to help and not hinder our dining experience, our relationship with food and weight loss journey. And we consider the challenges it presents for those with eating disorders and how you can both be helped and help others, if this affects you or those you are with. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A...2022-04-1523 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#81 - Finding Food Freedom Join me on this episode as I share what it means to Find Food Freedom for me and members of the Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy. And as always, it’s not just about the food, it’s also about experiencing freedom in everything we think, feel and do in connection with food and ourselves. And it’s about what it means to feel food freedom in our mind, body, brain, and emotions. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT...2022-04-0820 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#80 - Feeling Emotion Join me on this episode as I talk about ‘Feeling Emotion’. Eating is a very normal way for us humans to manage our emotions, but when we’re using food to manage our emotions to the extent that we’re unhealthy or unhappy with our weight, then it’s time to look for new solutions to emotionally regulate. If you know you eat to feel better or avoid feeling stressed or bored or lonely, and you would like to learn to feel better without turning to food, then this episode is for you. 2022-04-0121 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#79 - Your weight and the warmer weather When the sun comes out in Spring, and we’re reminded that summer is around the corner it can feel a bit bittersweet when you’re unhappy with your weight. If you can relate, join me on this episode for hints and tips about what you can do to break that on/off diet cycle that doesn’t give you what you want; and learn to appreciate your body, no matter its weight, size, or shape; ultimately dropping the mental weight as you find a way to eat that you love to ditch the physical weight too. 2022-03-2513 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#78 - Mindset shifts to help you get started with weight loss Join me on this episode as I talk about what to do when you can’t get started with weight loss. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating whilst increasing their self-belief and self-worth. “There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone overcome their detrimental relationship with f...2022-03-1120 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#77 - Feeling Uncertain Join me on this episode as I talk about the emotions we feel when something significant and undesirable happens in our life when we feel uncertain about what’s going to happen next. You might think of this as worry or anxiety or fear. It doesn’t matter how you describe and label the emotion if you can relate to feeling the discomfort of not knowing this episode is for you. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELAT...2022-03-0415 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#76 - When the mental weight is keeping you stuck. This episode is for you if you sometimes feel as though doing the things that will help you lose weight is just too difficult. This might feel like intense resistance against doing the things a part of you either want to or is telling you, that you should do. Or it may feel like you are being weighed down by your own emotions, or thoughts such as ‘it’s too hard’. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATION...2022-02-2514 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#75 - Non-food nourishment It can be easy to get into the habit of only taking a break from our busy day when we eat. And this can be problematic because we end up using food to give us a break instead of fuelling us when we’re hungry. So, on this podcast episode, we explore ways to break that habit and incorporate more non-food nourishment as a part of our day-to-day, so that we don’t seek food as a solution to having a moment’s peace or rest. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZ...2022-02-1815 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#74 - How to Eat on Holiday Holidays, for many of us, may previously have been associated with over-indulging in food and weight gain, especially if we were dieting in the run-up to our holiday. If you don't want that for you on your next holiday, listen in to this episode which is about how to set yourself up to have an amazing holiday without overeating. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an a...2022-02-1118 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#73 - You in 2022! This episode is all about being intentional about deciding what you want to do and create in 2022. As we get older we tend to stop making conscious decisions about major aspects of our life. We stop considering whether we have what we want, have the relationships we want, and are being who we want to be in our lives. Sometimes it is about pursuing something new or different and other times it’s about reaffirming that you have what you want and allowing yourself to appreciate that. About Clair:...2022-02-0411 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#72 - Overeating Opportunities When you’re creating a relationship with food that you love, to be the weight that you want to be; overeating, treat eating, self-sabotage eating, even binge eating will help you create that loving food relationship, when you know how to use those behaviours to move you forward instead of allowing them to keep you stuck or distract you. Listen in to this episode to find out more. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND...2022-01-2809 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#71 - Listener Q&A On today’s episode I answer some questions and respond to topics raised inside of the Lose Weight. Live Life. Facebook community. This is the free community for women in their forties, fifties and beyond who would like a little insight into weight loss mindset coaching. You’re very welcome to join by going to https://www.facebook.com/groups/loseweightlivelife. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses...2022-01-2113 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#70 - You’re Invited! Food 4 Thought This episode is an invitation to those of you who would like ongoing support with your weight loss journey. I am inviting you to join me, not only in the Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy but also in a brand new 10-week program ‘Food 4 Thought’. Would you like me to take you through the entire process of creating a relationship with food that you love, step-by-step over 10 weeks? About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH...2022-01-1413 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#69 - Don’t complicate weight loss On this episode, I talk about how to keep weight loss simple. Weight Loss doesn’t need to be complicated. You don’t need to focus on doing everything right or eating in a certain way. We focus on all the wrong things when we are focusing on everything external to us, primarily food and weight loss, life-changing weight loss has very little to do with knowing all about the food and EVERYTHING to do with knowing all about yourself. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO...2022-01-0714 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. PodcastInvitation to make 2022 The Year of YouListen in to be invited to a very special event taking place in January 2022. The Weight Loss Mindset Coaching Experience week starts on Sunday 9th January and the focus for this free week of coaching is 'Making 2022 the year of YOU!' Listen in to find out more and then visit https://www.thebestyou.coach/22u to register. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an arr...2021-12-2805 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#68 - What I Want You to Know On this episode, I close out the year by sharing 10 things that I want you to know. This is for you if you are someone who wants to ‘find yourself', live a life you love even more than the one you’re living right now, AND lose your weight for the last time as a part of that process. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an arra...2021-12-1718 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#67 - Your Family ManualOn this episode, I talk to you about a Life Coach School concept, The Manual. The Manual is an unwritten rule book we unknowingly have for ourselves and other people in our lives. Listen in to explore The Manual you have for you and your family and how it shows up at this time of year. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools an...2021-12-1020 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#66 - Non Scale Achievements Many of us allow our scales, a relatively small inanimate object to rule how we feel about ourselves. We may feel elated when the numbers go down and heart wrenchingly gutted when the numbers don’t. I danced this dance for years myself and it is oh so common amongst those of you who I am working with too. So, what’s the alternative, well that’s what I talk about on this podcast episode. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPR...2021-12-0313 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#65 - December Desires In this episode we explore what you truly want this holiday season. It’s time to take a moment and really think about what’s important to you in your life right now. What’s on your Christmas wish list? About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their e...2021-11-2622 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#64 - The Lies We Tell In this episode, we explore the lies you tell yourself and how they hold you back from getting what you want in life, whether that’s losing weight or just enjoying your life more. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eating whilst increasing their self-belief and self...2021-11-1920 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#63 - Diabetes - what I want you to know If you are overweight or obese your risk of developing diabetes is increased. According to Diabetes UK, 1 in 10 people over the age of 40 in the UK are diabetic and an estimated 1 in 3 people in the UK are pre-diabetic, meaning that they are up to 15 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. Listen in to this podcast episode to learn more about diabetes, what causes it, and how you can reduce your risk, or if you are a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic, put your diabetes into remission. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS...2021-11-1219 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#62 - Sugar Awareness Listen in today to learn the impact that sugar has on your body, brain, mindset, and emotions and discover steps you can take to reduce the amount of foods containing added sugar and refined carbohydrates in your diet About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools and techniques to help women, who are done with dieting, take control of their eatin...2021-11-0517 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#61 - 5 Steps to End Emotional EatingOn this episode I am pleased to have you listen in to the Masterclass that I ran teaching an updated process for 5 Steps to End Emotional Eating. This is the work that we are doing inside of the Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy this month, and in case you’re interested I tell you more about that at the end of the class. Listen in to discover the process of planning, observing, feeling, rewarding, and learning that will help you make tangible progress in creating a relationship with food that you love. About Cl...2021-10-291h 06
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#60 - Weight Loss Self TalkSelf-talk, your internal dialogue, is the words you have running through your mind. Self-talk (according to Google) reveals your thoughts, beliefs, questions, and ideas. Self-talk can be both negative and positive. It can be encouraging, and it can be discouraging. It can be compassionate or critical. Understanding your self-talk, and up-leveling it to support you in creating the relationship with food and yourself that you want, will make your weight loss journey quicker and easier. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY...2021-10-2216 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#59 - Weekend weight gainsMany of you are sharing that you find it difficult not to gain weight over the weekend so in this episode we explore how you can make weekends help and not hinder your weight loss journey. It’s normal to have a pattern of losing weight during the week and gaining over the weekend and it need not be a problem, but if you’re not seeing a net negative loss then it’s time to explore what’s going on for you so you can enjoy your weekend without seeing a gain on the scales on Monday m...2021-10-1522 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#58 - Comfort Eating Comfort eating is one of the many types of emotional eating. It’s when we eat food to avoid feeling discomfort or we eat food to feel better, soothed, or comforted. Comfort eating can be a desire for physical comfort from the food, emotional comfort from the food, or both. Listen in to this podcast episode to find out more. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses a...2021-10-0814 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#57 - Style at Any SizeI am thrilled to have Style Confidence Coach Sarah Gray on the podcast. Sarah helps professional women uncover their unique personal style and find their confidence to banish outfit overwhelm, look great, and feel fabulous every day. Join our conversation where we talk about style at any size and all things style and mid-life. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an array of coaching tools an...2021-10-0131 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#56 - Food F.O.M.O. On this episode, we explore food F.O.M.O. F.O.M.O is the fear of missing out. You are likely to be experiencing food F.O.M.O. if you feel deprived or having a yearning for something, whether it’s food itself, or the occasion associated with food, or the connection with people associated with food and eating. If you can relate to any of those then this episode is for you. About Clair: ...2021-09-2420 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#55 - Emotional Responsibility On this episode, we explore emotional responsibility. Emotional responsibility is knowing we are responsible for how we are feeling in any situation. And on this episode, we explore the difference between how we are showing up, what we are thinking, feeling, and doing when we are taking emotional responsibility and when we’re not. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE Clair’s uses an...2021-09-1012 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#53 - Obstacle ThinkingIt's for those of you curious about what it's like inside of the Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy. The call is all about how to overcome obstacles on your weight loss journey. We talk about setting goals, using failure to help you, and explore how you can break down your obstacles to truly understand them, and subsequently overcome them more easily. On this episode, I bring you something a little different. I thought that some of you might like to get an idea of what goes on inside of the Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy...2021-08-2741 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#52 - Not Enough Time to Lose Weight Do you find yourself thinking that you could lose weight if only you had more time to do all the things? That was me, so I can relate. And yet of course you likely know that eating less food or different food doesn’t need to take more time. If time is blocking you from doing what you want in life, whether that’s being healthier or doing other things that are important to you, then it's time to take control of your time.2021-08-2015 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#51 - Weight Loss Stories I am so pleased to introduce you to my favourite podcast episode ever. Today I am talking to 3 ladies from the January 2021 - 6 month Lose Weight. Live Life. Mastermind. Join me in hearing their amazing stories of their amazing weight loss journey’s, the challenges they’ve overcome and hear them share what’s changed for them after working on their relationship with food. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRE...2021-08-1331 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#50 - Other People's Opinions How do other people help or hinder you on your weight loss journey? In today’s episode we shine a light on how other people’s opinions, or your perception of other people’s opinions, are making your weight loss journey more difficult. We explore how we allow the words that people say and the things that people do to create emotion that has us eating differently to how we want to be eating to lose weight, be healthy and have a relationship with food that we love. About...2021-08-0618 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#49 - Weight Related Mindset Models Discover how you can use the Mindset Model to help you understand how your thoughts and feelings are causing you to overeat. Learn what causes you to feel unhappy about your weight and what you can do about it. And identify the truths keep you stuck from making progress on your weight loss journey. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRANSFORMING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND TH...2021-07-3020 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#48 - Weight Loss Results Weight loss results are about so much more than the number on the scale. Often when the number on the scale isn’t coming down, or not coming down quickly enough we think that our weight loss efforts aren’t working, worth it, or paying off… but nothing could be further than the truth. Learn all about the non-metric results of changing your relationship with food on your weight loss journey on this episode. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS...2021-07-2311 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#47 - The Challenge of Change Listen in to this episode to hear about the challenges we can expect when we choose, or are forced, to make changes in our life. Learn what it is that makes change challenging and feel difficult at times and discover how we can make change easier and appreciate the journey. There are many parallels to be drawn between the challenge of change as it relates to losing weight and creating a relationship with food and other changes that may appear in our lives, whether that’s moving house as I just expe...2021-07-1616 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#46 - Letting Go On this episode I talk about letting go of the default negative thoughts and beliefs that you have about yourself. We spend so much time doing and so little time being. We don’t stop to question the incessant chatter, the dialogue we have running in the back of our mind. We might notice the day feels difficult, or we feel a bit ‘down in the dumps’, but we don’t contemplate why. And often it’s the negative sound track to...2021-06-1812 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#45 - Diabetes - a conversation with my husband On this episode I chat to my husband about his diabetes diagnosis and management. More people than ever have diabetes. In the US 14.3% of people have Type 2 diabetes and 38% are pre diabetic. That’s more than half of the population. Many people do not realise the catastrophic effect diabetes has on the entire body. In the US Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness and the leading cause of end stage kidney disease. It up to quadruples your risk of having a heart attack and increases your risk o...2021-06-1120 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#44 - Eating Out So today I am talking to you about everything to do with eating when you’re not preparing your own meals to have at home. So I am talking about eating in restaurants as a part of a social occasion, dining in others homes, eating on the go when traveling, work entertaining – all the things that you’ve maybe not had to think about for a long while. It’s not the eating out that makes things challenging for us, it’s the mindset, the thoughts we have on default about what eating...2021-06-0414 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#43 - Journaling Listen in to this episode to learn about journaling and how it can help you on journey to create a relationship with food that you love. One of things that distinguishes us humans from other animal species is our ability to observe our own thinking. Our thoughts underpin who we are, what we do, and what we create in our lives. Having the ability to choose our thinking is a human super power but many of us aren’t aware of our thoughts, let alone tapping into our ability to use our...2021-05-2815 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#42 - My weight loss journey On this episode I share something a little different. A Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy member recently asked me a question about my personal weight loss mindset changes on one of our live calls. It was a great question and made me think about the changes that occurred over time, and how some of my mindset shifts were intentional and others were not. And the reason that I want to share my response to that question with you here on the podcast too is because I want you to see how fe...2021-05-2137 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#42 - My weight loss journey On this episode I share something a little different. A Lose Weight. Live Life. Academy member recently asked me a question about my personal weight loss mindset changes on one of our live calls. It was a great question and made me think about the changes that occurred over time, and how some of my mindset shifts were intentional and others were not. And the reason that I want to share my response to that question with you here on the podcast too is because I want you...2021-05-2117 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#41 - Self-care made easy On this episode I address why we don’t take better care of ourselves and how we can incorporate self-care into our lives more easily. On the surface it seems crazy that we don’t take better care of ourselves. We intellectually know that our physical and emotional well-being is one of our highest, if not the highest, priorities in our life. And yet we push self-care activities, doing all the things that ensure we create a healthy life for ourselves in the long term, to the bottom of our to-do-list. ...2021-05-1414 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#40 - Proactive Emotional Health On this episode I talk to you about proactive emotional health. Just like physical health, mental health affects us all. And in just the same way that there is a direct relationship between our weight and physical health, there is also a very distinct correlation between weight and our mental health. Listen in to learn about five things you can do to proactively improve your emotional wellbeing. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HELPS FEMALE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS LOSE WEIGHT BY TRAN...2021-05-0716 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#39 - Lockdown weight gain On this episode I talk to you about lockdown weight gain. I’m hearing lots of you tell me how you’re starting to feel very uncomfortable about the weight you’ve gained during lockdown because maybe you’re seeing people you’ve not seen for a while or starting to wear more clothes in your wardrobe. Listen in today as I talk you through three ways to start to feel better right now. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WH...2021-04-3012 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#38 - The B.A.L.A.N.C.E Pathway On this episode I introduce you to the BALANCE Pathway. The B.A.L.A.N.C.E Pathway will transform your physical and emotional well-being. It's your step-by-step approach to balance eating for nourishment with eating for pleasure, to balance your emotional life, and to help you empower your inner mentor and take control of your inner critic. The difference between the BALANCE Pathway and a diet is that the diet is effectively papering over the cracks of whatever the reasons are that you are or hav...2021-04-2323 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#37 - Different types of eating Learn about the many different types of eating that you may be doing. Discover the difference between fuel eating, withdrawal eating and the many variations of emotional eating that you do. There is nothing wrong with any eating pattern done in moderation and in a balanced way. But when your eating patterns creates problems in your life it’s time to do something about it. Understanding your eating is a crucial first step towards figuring out your relationship with food for life. About Clair: 2021-04-1614 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#36 - Giving yourself the gift of 12-months On this episode I talk about the gift of giving yourself a full 12-months to prioritise and create permanent weight loss in your life. Now I know that when I wanted to lose weight the thought of having to work at it for a full 12-months would have filled me with horror but working on it for 12-months is not the same as waiting for 12-months to feel amazing. So, listen in to this episode if you're interested in finding a permanent weight loss solution that will equ...2021-04-0916 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#35 - Special occasions & getting what you want On this episode find out ten ways to help yourself get what you want from specials occasions. How many times have you been on a diet and been totally derailed by over indulging when you've had a special occasion? So often it's now about what you eat during the meal out or celebration itself, it's about what happens next. Listen in to this episode for insights into how you can truly get what you want from special occasions with tips for what to do before, during and afte...2021-04-0218 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#34 - The right time to lose weight This episode is all about whether there is a right, or a better time, to lose weight. You are invited to be curious about what you may be waiting for and why thinking ‘it’s not the right time’ may be holding you back from living the life that you want. Listen in to discover: whether there is a right, or better time, to focus on weight loss; the difference between the right time to lose weight vs. improve your relationship with food; the connection between 'right time' and diet culture; and approaching weight...2021-03-2616 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#33 - When losing weight is difficult On this episode explore what’s going on when sometimes eating in a way that enables you to lose weight feels easy, and then at other times it feels incredibly difficult. Find out about dwindling motivation in the absence of weight loss rewards and loss of commitment as you start to feel the benefits of your weight loss that can make losing weight more difficult the closer you get to your goal. And discover ways that you can reframe how you’re thinking about your weight loss journey so that it...2021-03-1926 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#32 - When dinner is the highlight of your day When dinner or food, or any eating or drinking, is the highlight of your day – then you’re going to want to figure out what’s going on for you. In this episode we explore what to do if you think you have overly positive associations with food and eating compared to other aspects of your life. We consider whether the problem is your life or just how you’re thinking and feeling about it. And I give you some steps you can take to ensure that you are eating to live, not...2021-03-1216 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#31 - My thoughts about obesity Obesity is a problem of epidemic proportions. It costs us billions each year. And the problem is rapidly worsening. When I was at my heaviest, I estimate I had a BMI of at least 42 putting me in the morbidly obese category. On today’s podcast I share my thoughts about obesity and how it’s a problem created by the modern world in which we live. I talk about how I managed to let go of my shame about being obese and not figuring out how to lose weight for life and ho...2021-03-0516 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#28 - Food planning On this episode I talk to you about food planning. Food planning is a tool that will help you see the difference between lower brain and higher brain food related thinking. Whilst food planning in and of itself helps you to eat in way that is going to help you lose weight, or have more nourishing and nutritious meals, the magic of food planning is that it’s going to help you see how you are using food in a way that isn’t useful. Whether that’s because of outdated thinking...2021-02-1913 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#28 - Love yourself first Self-love is about having an inner acceptance and gentle toughness of knowing that you have your own back. That you are prepared to be your own best friend. That you can be gentle and patient with yourself, as well as being persistent and resilient. When you love yourself first, you love the work in progress that is you instead of chasing ‘the you’ of your perfectionist fantasies. Join me to explore the concept of self-love and several different concepts about what it means to ‘love yourself first’ in today’s...2021-02-1218 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#27 - Losing Weight During Lockdown Today's episode is about losing weight during lockdown. My clients have lots of thoughts about losing weight during lockdown. Some of them think that being in lockdown makes weight loss easier, some of them think it makes lockdown more difficult. And recently some of my clients who are doing really well and creating a relationship with food that they love, and losing weight as a part of that process, are starting to be fearful of what will happen when lockdown ends. They are wondering whether they will be able to navigate the opportunities and challenges t...2021-02-0524 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#26 - When you can't get 'back on track' On this episode we explore what’s going on for us when we’re thinking we’re not on track or that we cannot get back on track. And I’m guessing that even if that’s not your experience right now, that you know what I am relating to. In fact, this idea of not being able to get back on track, is often one of our greatest fears when our weight loss is going well, and we are eating what we’ve planned. It’s the fear that it’s outside of our control, w...2021-01-2915 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#25 - How to enjoy and not endure your weight loss journey When your approach to weight loss has been a restrictive diet, it’s likely that when you think about losing weight, you’re thinking of a process that you want to be over as quickly as possible. Your focus in on the end goal, your target weight or a certain clothes size, or a health improvement and you expect to feel deprived, frustrated, and other negative emotions as a part of the process and something you must endure. But what if it doesn’t need to be that way...2021-01-2219 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#24 - How to eat to lose weight when you’re not dieting When I was struggling to lose my weight, I used to think that losing weight through not dieting was just another way of eating a healthy balanced diet, without all the extras, and to me that still felt like a diet. Now I understand that it’s much less about what and how you’re eating and more about your approach, and how you’re thinking and feeling about what you’re eating. Join me on this episode to explore the three key differences between dieting and eating to l...2021-01-1515 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#23 - Weighing Yourself Today we explore your thoughts and feelings about weighing yourself. We consider why we sometimes avoid weighing ourselves, why we sometimes weigh ourselves every day, or why we feel that once a week is the right thing to do. And we explore the idea that how often you weigh yourself is far less important than the relationship you have with your scales. So, if you’re curious about why you feel the way that you do when you get on the scales, or if you...2021-01-0813 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#22 - Weight goals for the New Year So, if you’re reading this your survived 2020! Congratulations! So, what’s next? What are your intentions for 2021? One thing that I’ve discovered this year is that no matter what happens in my life, and I’m talking about those things over which I have no control, I can cope and show up in better support of others when I am taking excellent care of myself. So, I would love for you to consider a journey of self-care and creating...2021-01-0115 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#21 - Food and your relationship with others On this episode we look at the sway or influence that your relationship with food has over your relationship with other people, whether they are family, friends or colleagues, and vice versa. So we also explore how your different relationships with other people impact what and how you eat. Have you given much thought to this? Do you eat differently, or talk about food differently, depending on who you are with? Do you have some friends who you are more likely to overindulge with than others? Do you maybe always ask for...2020-12-1817 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#20 - Christmas thought errors In this episode I talk to you about Christmas thought errors. What if I told you the reason that you, me or the average woman gains weight over Christmas has little to do with the parties and celebrations and the special Christmas foods available, and far more to do with a person’s thoughts, mindset and beliefs about Christmas. Your thoughts about Christmas parties and celebrations, Christmas food, family members and friends you see at Christmas and the perspective you have on your life throughout the rest of th...2020-12-1116 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#19 - Overcoming Overwhelm In this episode I talk to you about overwhelm. Overwhelm is something that many of us experience much of the time, but it can be especially prevalent at this time of year. Overwhelm is an emotion, a feeling which is a one-word description of a vibration in your body. There is no upside to overwhelm, it does not help us to get things done or be more productive, in fact it’s just the opposite. Overwhelm keeps us spinning our wheels and stuck. It prevents us getting stuff...2020-12-0419 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#18 Coaching Support Systems In this episode I talk about weight coaching and life coaching and how you can use weight and life coaching tools to coach yourself. We explore the different options available to you, if you’re interested in private coaching or joining a small or large group programme for coaching, accountability, help and support. And I share a little about how life and weight coaching has helped me create a more intentional life. About Clair: CLAIR MACKENZIE IS A LIFE & WEIGHT COACH WHO HE...2020-11-2716 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#17 - Taking care of youSelf-care is more than being about just what we do. Who we are being, and what I mean by that is, how we’re thinking and feeling about taking care of ourselves is crucial. When we shift from thinking of, we’re at the bottom of the priority list, to being worth taking care of, as a matter of high priority – then doing the actions becomes so much easier. So, what keeps us from taking better care of ourselves? In this episode, first we explore...2020-11-2016 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#16 - Emotions to help you lose weight In today’s episode we take another look at emotion. So many women tell me how desperate they are to lose weight and then say that the reason that they can’t do it, is because they don’t feel motivated. Emotional awareness is an import part of the work that I do with clients because emotions are the reasons for everything that we want or don’t want to do in life, everything that we want to have or not have. And it’s importa...2020-11-1315 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#15 Snacking Today’s episode is all about snacking. Your body and brain are not well adapted to the habit of snacking between meals. Snacking may well be the cultural norm, but that doesn’t mean that it’s good for you. When food is concentrated and refined in the way that many snack foods are, they become more desirable because of the dopamine surge response in your brain. In this episode we explore habitual snacking patterns and the steps you can take to change them....2020-11-0615 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#14 - When Life Doesn't Go To Plan Today’s episode is all about when life doesn’t go to plan. Right now, October 2020 every single one of us has experienced a year of unfulfilled plans and research is showing that people in the UK are more discontented now, more than at any other time this year. And that research has shown that uncertainty around what’s to come and challenges with making plans in life are contributing to that. So in this episode we take a look at how our brain thinks our future is more u...2020-10-3020 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#13 Making it easier to lose weight Today’s episode is all about how to choose what and how you eat carefully, so that your body is ‘fat adapted’. When you are fat adapted your body is efficient at using its own fat as a source of fuel and energy. And this is what you want when you’re losing weight because, not only will the weight come off more easily, but it will be easier not to overeat because you will feel less hungry. But unfortunately, many of us, especially those of us who are ove...2020-10-2322 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#12 When you think you can't lose weight In this episode I talk to you about the reasons you can’t lose weight and how to overcome them. We consider how medical and physical challenges, life-style difficulties, having an out-dated diet mentality and your thoughts about yourself and your own abilities are keeping you stuck. We then look at how we can apply Dan Sullivan’s 4 C's Formula ™. Dan identified a series of stages that successful people go through every time they achieve a new breakthrough in their lives. I explore how the 4 C’s, commitment, courage, capability and confidence...2020-10-1619 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#11 Creating momentum with ending overeating Our inability to lose weight as quickly as we would like is one of the greatest challenges, we face with weight loss. With learning most skills, we know that the more time we put into it, the more we concentrate that time, the quicker we get the results. For example, when learning to drive we can choose to take a lesson a week for maybe 4 or 5 months, or we can go on a one-week intensive course and expedite our results. And we cannot do th...2020-10-0918 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#10 Living your best life What does it mean to live your best life? In today's episode we explore that question and consider how it's less about what you have and do, and more about who you are being. We look at how, when you are regularly eating to feel better, it's a sign that you have an opportunity to make your life better. When life's amazing you don't need food as a copying mechanism or to look forward to at the end of the day. And it's not necessarily about changing you...2020-10-0214 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#9 Thinking You're Not Good Enough Being self-critical is a part of being human. And when we are overweight or obese, often we link our thoughts about not being good enough to our weight and our inability to lose it, or our inability to lose it and maintain that loss. The problem with doing this, with thinking negative thoughts about ourselves when we tend to use food to help us to feel better, is that we are making the situation worse. We are adding fuel to the fire. When we t...2020-09-2518 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#8 Feeling compelled to eat On today's episode I talk about what's happening when you feel compelled to eat, and what you can do about it. Most of us often feel compelled to eat things, knowing that it has nothing to do with physical hunger. Oftentimes we think something will taste really good so we desire it, and sometimes maybe we're feeling frustrated and want something to take our mind of what we're frustrated about, or maybe we're feeling in need of some comfort and we want those foods that make us feel better. Our usual response is either to have, to e...2020-09-1818 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#7 Eating your feelings Everything that you do, and everything that you don’t do in your life is determined by how you think doing or not doing those things will feel. Each time you decide to eat something it’s because of you think, eating whatever it is, will impact how you are feeling. You might want to eat something because you believe the taste will be pleasurable. You might want to eat something because you are feeling discomfort and eating whatever it is will take you out of the discomfort and replace it temporarily with comfort. Likewise when you decid...2020-09-1118 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#5 When you feel conflicted So today I am talking to you about when you feel conflicted over food choices. Maybe this shows up for you at the end of the day when you promised yourself you would eat healthily but you desperately want something sweet or a glass of wine as a treat, and you’ve worked really hard so you deserve it. Or maybe you notice it most when you’re out for a meal and everyone else is ordering dessert and a part of you wants dessert and a part of you wishes you could be strong and gracefull...2020-08-2820 min
Lose Weight. Live Life. Podcast#4 How to eat right for you Today’s show is all about how to eat right for you. Many of us tend to feel deprived and restricted when we go on a diet because we tell our selves we’re not allowed certain foods. Today I talk to you about why you want to create your own way of eating that isn't about losing weight as quickly as possible by restricting what you eat in a way that feels depriving, but is about creating a way of eating that feels like self-love, because it enables you to get to, and maintain your body, at the weight that you...2020-08-1116 min