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Pick N LicksEp 39: Ian MarshallFor our 2025 Christmas episode we are joined by Ian R. Marshall - a multifaceted Nottingham-based musician, guitarist, bassist, percussionist, DJ, educator, photographer and all round creative whose passion for music radiates through everything he does. Ian also works with Nottingham Music Service, delivering music education to young people. A true creative force in the UK music community. Check out all his work hereWishing all our listeners a very Merry Christmas! Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their...
2025-12-242h 21Pick N LicksEp 38: Mike - LoadDown PodcastFollowing Download festival's recent line up announcement for 2026, we are happy to welcome Mike from the LoadDown Podcast to Pick n Licks to talk us through his dream band line up.Also discussions in this episode range from axe throwing, Dan's ankle and Diehard vest and Danny's drumming face. Check out that face here - Danny's creed coverPick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on...
2025-12-101h 48Pick N LicksEp 37: Arran DayThese Wicked Rivers lead guitarist and all round top bloke Arran Day joins us for episode 37. Catch up with all the latest from the band here. Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-11-261h 48Pick N LicksEp 36: Ed "The Shred" ClarkeYouTuber and incredible guitarist, Ed "The Shred" Clarke, joins us for episode 36 to share his dream band line up. Check out his YouTube channel here. Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-11-121h 20
Love Life And Lose Weight90: Exercising, Exhausted, Craving Sugar, and Not Losing WeightIf you’re still exercising on an empty stomach and you’re going through hormonal changes or post menopausal, this episode is essential for your fat loss strategy. You’ll learn why for you—working out hungry can slow fat loss due to hormonal changes leading up to and following the menopause transition. Learn why exercising on empty for you can drain your energy and trigger the very overeating you’re trying to avoid. Heather breaks down how years of fasting, skipping meals, or “saving up calories” can quietly sabotage your body’s ability to to lose fat and sk...
2025-11-0425 minPick N LicksEp 35: Dick ValentineA truly electrifying guest! American singer, songwriter, musician, and author, Dick Valentine shares his dream band line up with us for episode 35. Best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and co-founder of the rock band Electric Six, you can check out his latest ventures here.Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-10-291h 07
Love Life And Lose Weight89: Exceptions, Triggers, and the Fall SlideWelcome to Season 4 of The Love Life and Lose Weight podcast! In this episode 89, Heather opens with a behind-the-scenes update on her “Big Move” and what it taught her about change — and then she takes you deep into a mindset shift that can be a game changer for your weight goals this Fall. If you’ve ever caught yourself saying things like “I’ll start again Monday,” “It’s just one bite,” or “I’ve been good all week, I deserve this,” this episode will show you why those small exceptions matter more than you think — and how to stop letting them quie...
2025-10-2132 minPick N LicksEp 34: Mike TrampWhat a guest we have for you this week! We are honoured to interview the one and only Mike Tramp. Solo artist and original vocalist of glam metal band White Lion. After several decades in the music industry, playing with some of the biggest names on the planet, you won't want to miss Mike's dream band line up. Give Mike a like and a follow on Instagram here.Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced...
2025-10-151h 31Pick N LicksEp 33: Philip WellerGuitarist and Music Journalist Philip Weller joins us for episode 33 to choose his dream band. Give him a like and a follow here Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-10-011h 42Pick N LicksEp 32: Jamie TurnbullFollowing the recent release of their album "It Can't Rain All The Time", this episode we are joined by Silver Dollar Room guitarist Jaime Turnbull to choose his dream band lineup. Check the band out here.....also Dan Dan shares a painful memory!Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-09-171h 44Pick N LicksEp 31: Ben FinchBadass bassist Ben Finch joins us for episode 31 to present the dream band you definitely didn't see coming!Bass player for The Parallax Method, The Danny Beardsley Trio and formerly Spirytus and Breed 77. Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-09-031h 09Pick N LicksEp 30: Matt Burton (Dr Hell)On the podcast this week we have Laser Bastard - actually we have Matt Burton, also known as Dr Hell from the mighty Evil Scarecrow. As well as choosing his dream band line up, we cover a multitude of topics including tea chat and what have you been listening to. We also get a PODCAST EXCLUSIVE as Matt tells us about their new album. Check out all things Evil Scarecrow herePick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their...
2025-08-201h 37Pick N LicksEp 29: Tim TrumpyJoining us all the way from the US of A this episode, we have Tim Trumpy. Co-host of the popular podcast Crackpot which features two law school buddies discussing the believability of conspiracy theories ranging from aliens to Tupac.Episode 29 also has a mini guest appearance from a little gibbon who shares some interesting facts. Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
2025-08-061h 26Pick N LicksEp 28: Naim CortazziWhat a guest we have for you this week! Naim Cortazzi from Fun Lovin' Criminals, Uncle Frank, Radio Riddler and Fatal Star joins us to pick his ultimate dream band. Make sure you check him out here on InstagramEpisode 28 also brings you multiple tea chats!! Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast, where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-07-231h 47
Love Life And Lose Weight83: Fat Loss Basics: How to Make & Track Real Progress Without Losing Your Mind💡 What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeIf you're doing everything "right" but the scale isn't moving—or worse, it moves the wrong direction—this episode is for you. You’ll learn how to stop obsessing over your weight and instead use smarter tools and metrics that actually reflect your fat loss progress.In this episode, you’ll discover:Why fat loss ≠ weight loss—and why that mattersHow to protect your muscle while shedding fatWhy smart scales and body fat percentages often lie to youWhat to track weekly, monthly, or quarterly for real resultsHow to fuel your work...
2025-07-2244 minPick N LicksEp 27: Kris Graham-MartinAhead of this weekend's mighty Mangata Festival in Nottingham, we have the main man himself, Kris Graham Martin in the studio with us, choosing his dream band lineup for episode 27. Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-07-091h 50Pick N LicksEp 26: Davina SongbirdWe are honoured to have Davina Songbird in the studio with us, choosing her dream band line up for episode 26. Born in London, raised in Luton and made in Nottingham, Davina has been wowing crowds with her incredible voice for years. A mixture of Neo Soul, Jazz and spoken word make up her original music. Davina is also a co-founder of the Nottingham Black Creative Network. Please check out her work here. Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast where guests create their ultimate dream...
2025-06-251h 43Pick N LicksEp 25: Nick JennisonGuitarist, producer and vocalist Nick Jennison joins us for Episode 25. Tune in to hear who he picks for his dream band. Find out what he's up to recently and give him a like and a follow here. Also during this episode hear what Dan Dan thinks of one of his favourite bands new album and find out what Schurkin is!Pick N Licks is presented by musicians Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes - The Dream Band Podcast where guests create their ultimate dream band. Produced by Heather Beardsley....
2025-06-111h 27Pick N LicksEp 24: James Norbert IvanyiJoining us for episode 24 we have our first Australian guest - progressive master-mind James Norbert Ivanyi. James is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, educator and proudly independent solo touring musician hailing from Sydney, Australia. Described as one of the most original, commanding and versatile guitarists on the international instrumental scene today. Please check out James' work here and give him a like and a follow in Instagram too. During this episode you also get an update on Dan Dan's cloven hoof, a new tea to try for Tea Chat and find out what the boys have been listening...
2025-05-281h 45Pick N LicksEp 23: Rob TownFor episode 23 we bring you Rob Town - founder of Stampede Press and ex-bassist for British rock group Panic Cell. Rob has toured the world and shared stages with the likes of Metallica, Papa Roach, Alice in Chains and Alice Cooper. Currently running his PR/Marketing agency Stampede Press, Rob has worked with artists such as Terrorvision, Wayward Sons, The Virginmarys and Winger, as well as helping up and coming artists like The Rocket Dolls, Samarkind, Buffalo Summer, Courtesans and others to establish themselves in the music industry. In 2018, he co-founded music management consultation firm Lightning in a Bottle...
2025-05-141h 52Pick N LicksEp 22: Jas MorrisJoining us for Episode 22 we have Firekind Guitarist and Vocalist Jas Morris. Jas is an official Seth Baccus Guitars Artist and Manson Guitars Demonstrator. Check out his website here.During the episode Danny and Dan Dan also review the latest albums from Steven Wilson and Coheed & Cambria in "What have you been listening to". Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-301h 41Pick N LicksEp 21: Sam BellChoosing his dream band this episode we have Mask of Judas guitarist, Lick Library demonstrator and WaterBear Collage of Music lecturer Sam Bell. Check Sam's social media out here to see everything he gets up to and give him a like and a follow. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-161h 20Pick N LicksEp 20: Phil DyerJoining us for episode 20 we have another excellent guitarist - Phil Dyer. Check out who Phil picks for his dream band then give him a like and a follow here.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-021h 58Pick N LicksEp 19: Ryan WaltonFor episode 19 we interviewed our great friend Ryan Walton, frontman for the band Spirtyus. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane and discuss some of the good times we've shared together over the years. For some metal funk you can find Spirtyus music on all streaming platforms.We recorded this episode for the 2025 Podcasthon which aims to bring together podcasters globally to raise awareness for charitable causes. We are dedicating this episode to raising awareness for The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. As many of you will know the foundation was set up following the...
2025-03-192h 08Pick N LicksEp 18: Liam UnderdownPicking his dream band this episode we have superb guitarist Liam Underdown. Give Liam a like and a follow here. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-051h 14Pick N LicksEp 17: Steven NunnPowerhouse vocalist Steven Nunn is sharing his dream band line up with us for episode 17. Give him a like and follow on Instagram here. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-02-191h 43Pick N LicksEp 16: Charlie GriffithsHarbinger Guitarist Charlie Griffiths picks his dream band for episode 16. As well as being an amazing guitarist for the band, he is also an exceptional guitar coach, you can find all the details on his website.Also give him a like and a share on Instagram here Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-02-052h 07Pick N LicksEp 15: Nick RichardsonGuitarist and composer for Furyborn and Maelstrom Aeterna, Nick Richardson is our guest for episode 15. Tune in to find out who makes his dream band........and if all the rules were adhered to! Check out Nick's musical endeavours here. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-221h 30Pick N LicksEp 14: Jen HillFor our first episode of 2025 we are welcoming manager of UK heavy metal band Evil Scarecrow, Jen Hill, to the podcast. Jen chats to us about the best and worse parts of managing a band, music festivals and, of course, her dream band.You can find Jen on social media here and make sure you check out all things Evil Scarecrow here.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-081h 55Pick N LicksEp 13: Rob LaneMerry Christmas listeners! Thank you for joining us for our Christmas special, episode 13 and our final podcast of 2024. This week's special guest, crafting his ultimate dream band line up is Rob Lane - Bassist, host of the Straight 2 Video podcast and self proclaimed pop culture nerd. As well as discussing dream bands, we delve into the spirit of the festive season, debate the best holiday movies and the perfect Christmas dinner menu. A special little friend of Pick N Licks makes a guest appearance too to discuss a recent PnL day trip! Please...
2024-12-252h 16
Love Life And Lose Weight67: Joyful Eating During the Holidays: Letting Go of Food GuiltIn this episode of Love Life and Lose Weight, learn how to enjoy holiday meals without stress or guilt. You'll discover strategies to release restrictive thinking and fully embrace your favorite holiday foods while staying aligned with your wellness goals.Key Topics CoveredFood Guilt Origins: Understand how cultural messages label foods as "good" or "bad," leading to overeating and feeling out of control. Learn to replace this with a more empowering mindset that keeps you in control.Mindful, Integrative Eating: Shift from rigid rules to listening to your body’s...
2024-12-1731 minPick N LicksEp 12: David HenryJoining us for episode 12 to discuss his dream band line up is guitarist David Henry from UK Rock n Roll band Gwailo.Find out more about Gwailo here and give David a like and a follow on Instagram here.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-12-1158 min
Love Life And Lose Weight66: Plan Your Best December Yet In Less Than 30 MinutesIn this episode, Advanced Certified Weight and Life Coach Heather Beardsley helps you set up for a holiday season that feels calm, controlled, and aligned with your goals. Perfect for anyone who wants to avoid the holiday overwhelm and end the year on a high note, this episode provides tools to help you stay intentional and meet your December weight goals without stress. Grab a pen, paper, or open a digital note for this one!Why You Should Listen:Craft a Holiday that Fits You: Heather guides you to identify what you...
2024-12-0318 minPick N LicksEp 11: David StottLead guitarist of UK theatrical metal band Ward XVI David Stott is our guest for episode 11. Have a listen and find out who he has chosen for his dream band line up.Find out more about Ward XVI here and give David a like and a follow on Instagram here.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-11-271h 16Pick N LicksEp 10: John HartwellJoining us for episode 10 is John Hartwell, singer and guitar player for rock band These Wicked Rivers and owner of a very impressive beard! Find out more about Theses Wicked Rivers here and give John a like and a follow on Instagram here. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-11-131h 22Pick N LicksEp 9: Simon McMurdoSimon McMurdo joins us for episode 9 to choose his dream band. Simon is a writer, music enthusiast and has his very own podcast - The Podcast and the Pendulum - the first Nightwish fan podcast which looks at every song in the band's history, track by track. Find out more about The Podcast and the Pendulum here and find Simon on Instagram here. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-10-301h 39
Love Life And Lose Weight63: How To Shrink The F-it/Distracted Cycles That Interrupt Weight LossIn this episode, Advanced Certified Weight and Life Coach, Heather Beardsley revisits the concept of anti-fragile weight loss and delves into the "fuck-it/distracted cycle"—a common pattern where life's disruptions cause you to lose focus on the new habits. This episode focuses on how to shrink that cycle and regain your sense of agency when life gets messy.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:What the "fuck it distracted cycle" is and why it happensWhy these cycles are completely normal and how to recognize when you're in oneHow to avoid using these cycl...
2024-10-2216 minPick N LicksEp 8: Danny Dela CruzChoosing his dream band this episode we have the very talented Danny Dela Cruz, lead guitarist for Thxnes.Check out Danny and his band Thrxnes on Instagram here: @delacruzguitar, @thrxnes_officialPick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-10-161h 13Pick N LicksEp 7: Dallas DeanOur great friend Dallas Dean joins us for episode 7 to share some outrageous stories and discuss her dream band line up. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-10-021h 13Pick N LicksEp 6: Simon ClementsFor episode 6 we bring you Simon Clements - Guitarist, producer, songwriter, session musician and music tutor.Find out all about his current projects here: Simon Clements.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-181h 15Pick N LicksEp 5: Joedy RoseThis episode we are joined by Joedy Rose - Guitarist, online body transformation coach and all round lovely guy. Find out all about his current projects here: Joedy Rose.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-041h 24Pick N LicksEp 4: Richard ShawChoosing his dream band this episode, we have guitar god Richard Shaw. Session guitarist, educator, songwriter and transcriber. There are no end to this man's talents. Our band mate from our Emperor Chung days, Rich also spent 8 years playing guitar for extreme metallers Cradle of Filth. Find out all about his current projects here: Rich Shaw and Plague of Angels. Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-211h 07Pick N LicksEp 3: Dave WrightThis episode we have our great friend and The Parallax Method / Danny Beardsley Trio drummer extraordinaire Dave Wright, with some awesome choices for his dream band!Self proclaimed social media recluse - don't even bother searching from him.You can however find The Parallax Method here.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-071h 05Pick N LicksEp 2: Alex CooperThis episode we have the very talented Alex Cooper joining us on the Podcast. Vocalist/Producer/Drummer are just a few of his many gifts.Follow Alex and his bands Devilfire and Nitrate on Instagram here: @alexdevilfire @devilfireofficial @nitrateofficialband As mentioned in this episode Alex produced the Emperor Chung self titled debut album which can be found herePick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan Hayes Produced by Heather Beardsley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-07-241h 03Pick N LicksEp 1: Martin JacksonAs our very first guest on Pick N Licks, from Nottingham alternative rock act Confyde, singer for the international System of a Down tribute, Chop Suey, and our buddy from our Emperor Chung days, we have musician Martin Jackson.Follow Martin on Instagram @mjacksonmusic and his band Confyde here.As mentioned in this episode here is the video for I Vow This Day by Emperor Chung.Pick N Licks is presented by Danny Beardsley and Dan Dan HayesProduced by Heather Parfitt. Hosted on Acast. See...
2024-07-101h 27Pick N LicksPick N Licks TrailerJoin musicians Dan Hayes and Danny Beardsley on Pick N Licks, the podcast where guests come together to design their ultimate dream band. Each episode features a captivating guest from the music scene who sits down with Dan Dan and Danny to delve into their musical inspirations and dream lineups. The guests reveal their ideal band members for various roles, discussing why they chose each musician and sharing personal anecdotes and insights about their selections. With lively debates, nostalgic stories, and unexpected choices, Pick N Licks offers an intimate look into the minds of some fantastic artists as they craft...
2024-06-2902 min
Love Life And Lose WeightSustainability & The End of Season OneSustainability is the ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time. In order for your weight loss to remain sustainable, we need to find a way to regulate and attune to our energetic, financial, emotional, physical, and interpersonal needs enough to sustain our desired habits around food. It requires deep listening and paying attention to your limits and boundaries of what's possible. Doing a review of the periods of time in your life that have resulted in weight gain can reveal unsustainable circumstances. These might be able to be made sustainable with practice or maybe no...
2023-09-1928 min
Love Life And Lose WeightRelational CapacityRelational capacity, as I define it describes your ability to meet your expectations of what you know you need to think, feel, and do in order to lose weight. Weight loss will always involve noticing what level of performance you are at; especially when you notice you did not take the desired actions you are after. Understanding these letdown moments is so much more helpful if you frame the situation in terms of where your capacity level was at that moment. Noticing how you aren't doing what you know you want to do will be so...
2023-09-0524 min
Love Life And Lose WeightNegative Emotional FluencyIn this episode, I explain how to translate the top eight negative emotions to learn what might be needed. The emotions listed below are the top eight negative emotions that we often eat over. If you are in a place of wanting to move beyond reacting to them, resisting them, or avoiding them, this episode is for you! For any negative emotions we experience, we can take 100% responsibility for them by how we have chosen to think about the world and what's happening that created them. When we do that, we create a space of intentionality and a...
2023-08-2945 min
The Art BizOvercoming Anxiety about Making Art World Connections with Heather Beardsley (#160)Heather Beardsley's art has been influenced by extensive travel and residencies in diverse cultures. This started with her year in Vienna as a Fulbright Scholar and then continued for several years until the pandemic shut down her residency in Kyiv, Ukraine. Like everyone else, Heather had to pivot upon returning to the U.S. She used the downtime to her advantage by getting organized and shaping her career path. In our conversation in this episode of The Art Biz, you'll hear how she managed to transform her social anxiety into opportunities—realizing that real growth co...
2023-08-2448 min
Love Life And Lose WeightThought LeadershipIn this episode, I discuss our internal human experience of how we think both spontaneously and intentionally, how I understand it and frame it as a weight loss coach for my clients, and how to accommodate it and shape it with the intention of helping you lose weight. Your habit brain is going to resist changing your habits around food. We want to expect that and accommodate it without making its resistance mean anything about what is possible for us. Ways to create thought leadership in your mind's eye: Identify what area of your bra...
2023-08-2249 min
Love Life And Lose WeightBook Launch PartyMy book, Love life And Lose Weight, Eat What You Love, Trust Your Body, and Lose Weight Without Restriction, launches today, so we are having a virtual party to celebrate. I kick off the party by reading you the introduction chapter, so you can decide if purchasing the book is right for you. Next, I will tell you exactly HOW I launched a podcast and wrote a book in less than ten months. Finally, I tell you about what this journey has meant to me personally and WHY I wrote it. If you want to sup...
2023-08-1533 min
Love Life And Lose WeightDo I Have To Food Plan To Lose Weight?Food planning is the workhorse habit of sustainable weight loss and maintenance. Making a daily food plan is a tool to help you become an adept self-manager who is keenly aware of her true tastes and preferences for food. Food planning helps you design the food lifestyle that is right for YOU. It's also a way to practice keeping promises. You also need to be willing to get planning wrong many times in order to learn your true tastes and preferences around food because you are learning how to plan for what and how much is right f...
2023-08-0842 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow I Coach On MaintenanceToday I'm sharing with you how I coach on maintenance. This can be helpful for those in or approaching maintenance (within 10 pounds or so). Learning about the unique challenges and skills of maintenance is also a great way to give you some insights about what comes after active weight loss mode even if you're not there just yet. Maintenance is always a range of weight rather than an exact number (usually 1-3+ pounds) due to natural fluctuations in water weight, inflammation, your menstrual cycle, if you are sick, having traveled or flown in an airplane, and what k...
2023-08-0141 min
Love Life And Lose WeightCreative Visualization For Weight LossCreative Visualization is a tool for mental rehearsal. It involves creatively exploring mentally what it would be be like to engage with being in a potential situation. It’s a way to mentally get practice in without actually needing to practice. The interesting thing is that the brain doesn’t exactly know the difference between creative visualizing something and actually doing something! You can use creative visualization to help you get in visual practice doing something or NOT doing something that you are working on as part of your weight loss goal. You can visualize what it would...
2023-07-2525 min
Love Life And Lose WeightThe Love Life and Lose Weight Book Is Launching on 8/15/23Here are all of the details about the Love Life and Lose Weight book! The official title is Love life And Lose Weight: Eat What You Love, Trust Your Body, and Lose Weight Without Restriction. It will be available on Kindle format on August 15th, 2023, on Amazon. The paperback format will follow a few weeks later. Mark your calendar for August 15th to purchase the book on that date. My goal is to sell as many copies as possible on that day in order to become a Kindle bestseller in my book’s category. To enti...
2023-07-1813 min
Love Life And Lose WeightValidationValidation is a practice of being aware of and deciding how to think and feel about something in your life. Validation is your sense of focus and awareness about where you ARE in relation to where you WANT to be with your life. Calorie counting, counting points, macros, or other people’s opinions are all external sources of weight and food lifestyle validation. You might be drawn to counting programs that tell you clearly how you are ‘doing’ when you measure yourself against their standards to know how to feel about how you are doing or feel good abou...
2023-07-1136 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Create More EnergyIn this episode, I discuss two kinds of energy. One is feeling energetic the other is a physiological capacity of energy (gas in the tank). These are two aspects you want to work together to drive a state of increased overall energy.I include six ways to build up your emotional and mental reserves and some do’s and don’ts for increasing and/or conserving your physical energy.Your coach's homework this week is to do an energy study of your week to understand better what is depleting and increasing your energy balance so you can iden...
2023-07-0452 min
Love Life And Lose WeightWeekly Planning & Assessment for Weight Loss 101Now that you've been using the daily planner for at least one full weigh-in week (as explained in episode #38), it's time to learn how to use the Weekly Planning & Assessment Worksheet to optimize &/or troubleshoot your weekly results when you weigh in. You can use any weekly planner that works for you or the one I created and demonstrate with in this episode. To get your copy, you'll need to join the email list by visiting HBeardsley.com/subscribe. Next, review this podcast in your podcast listening app and REPLY to my welcome email telling m...
2023-06-2728 min
Love Life And Lose WeightDaily Planning For Weight Loss 101In this episode, I explain how to use a daily food plan to lose weight each week. You can use any daily planner that works for you or the one I created and demonstrate with in this episode. To get your copy, visit HBeardsley.com/subscribe, and you'll get an email immediately with instructions on downloading your copy. In that email is the link to watch the companion video that shows the planner I describe in this podcast so you can see each section as I go through it. If you a...
2023-06-2048 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Set Blowing Our Own Minds (BOOM) GoalsIn this episode, I share with you how to create BOOM Goals! As a No BS Team member, we do these as part of our self-development work. A BOOM goal stands for = Blowing Our Own Minds. To start, journal on this question: What are the things in my life I would LOVE to accomplish, and if I did, I would blow my mind and my current idea of what’s possible for me?These BIG dreams should feel improbable but not IMPOSSIBLE.List them in order of importance. Then decide how you...
2023-06-1332 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow I Coach On Semaglutide In this episode, I talk about Semaglutide (often referred to by the brand name Wegovy), the new class of weight loss prescription drugs used to treat obesity by medical doctors.My role with my clients on any topic, including any prescription medication prescribed under professional medical advice, is to support them in their health goals by figuring out actions and thinking that help make reaching those goals easier.This includes how they think about what it means to be on the medication and helping them do troubleshooting and thought work around side effects, weight changes, c...
2023-06-0624 minLove Life And Lose WeightWhy I Hate Snacking As A VerbIn this episode, I explain snacking as a habit that I often see gets in the way of weight loss A snacking habit is often the solution to a very calorie restricted approach to weight loss where we feel hungry all the time. We hold on to snacking as our savior from feeling super restricted and hungry all the time. When you change from restrictive calorie counting to intuitive eating; what changes is that you are now eating to a neutral place where you are are no longer creating overt chronic hunger, and you are r...
2023-05-3015 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow I Troubleshoot Weight Loss With My ClientsI generally use about six different levels to troubleshoot weight loss with my clients. I give you an overview here so you can use the same approach for yourself. Level 1: Commit to regular weigh-ins (or data gathering (like taking measurements or gathering habit data) on the same day of the week, weekly. Level 2: Look at the frequency of overeats. How many times over the past seven days did you overeat? Are you aware of the cumulative overeats? Do you need to work on that awareness? Level 3: How many times did you eat food th...
2023-05-2336 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Stop Falling Off The Weight Loss WagonInevitably in our weight loss journey, exceptional phases of life happen (both positive and negative) that put a ton of pressure on our ability to apply our typical daily weight loss strategies effectively. I see my clients unconsciously grasp onto this idea that they need to apply weight loss exactly the same way during these exceptional circumstances. This creates a ton of self-judgment and tension during those exception times, creating this perception of failure. What’s needed is not to 'try harder' or ever think you are falling off anything, but rather to develop different habits. The fir...
2023-05-1632 min
Love Life And Lose WeightStop Pushing Past Tired With FoodEating when you are tired (but not physically hungry) is a habit that will get in the way of weight loss. Why do we push past tiredness and eat instead when we know it works against us in weight loss? The habit of pushing past tired can be created for many reasons: 1. Wanting to take back time for yourself when you have a lifestyle of never scheduling that during waking hours, so you eat to stay up and reward yourself.' 2. Wanting to get more done or believing you HAVE to get more done even...
2023-05-0934 min
Love Life And Lose WeightWhy Saving Up Calories Doesn't workSaving up calories is a restrictive strategy to push past hunger in order to eat less. It's about believing that you must put off eating as long as you can tolerate it. Saving up calories as a strategy comes from a belief that you can't eat an amount that feels satisfying and still lose weight. If you believe that, then you can see it would make sense that you have to override normal hunger cues and allow overt hunger in order to lose weight. In this way, a practice of saving up calories allow generates feelings of c...
2023-05-0221 min
Love Life And Lose WeightPerformance EatingPerformance eating is a habit of eating differently in front of other people because you are conforming to your belief about how you SHOULD eat (perform with food) as opposed to how you eat differently when you are not in a social setting. If you think you performance eat, when does this tend to happen and why? How do you feel about performance eating afterward? What do you think you get out of practicing performance eating? Are there patterns of overeating that follow performance eating for you? Performance eating is taking actions that, at some level...
2023-04-2523 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Quit Middle Of The Night EatingMiddle-of-the-night eating is just a habit that can be developed by believing that eating helps you get back to sleep. Middle of the night eating is like a dashboard indicator light that is trying to get your attention about unresolved things in your life that need your attention. Try these strategies for at least two weeks to help you break the habit of nighttime eating. 1. What are the thoughts you think about when you wake up in the middle of the night? The next day explore those thoughts in your journaling by using cur...
2023-04-1833 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Quantum Leap Your ResultsOne way to quantum leap your results is to experiment with detaching yourself from believing that you are the sum product of your past events. We all have been conditioned to believe that as a person, you are always affected NOW by the sum effects of your past events and experiences. When we participate in that past-focused narrative, it limits our perspective as to what we are capable of because we are believing the past limits what is possible NOW. The story of your past does not have to filter what is possible for you...
2023-04-1136 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Keep Your Promises To YourselfIf you have a habit of making yourself promises around your food and often feel frustrated or deflated that you break your promises, this episode will really help you start changing that. Breaking your promises is just a habit. Take heart, because you can turn this around with a little bit of focused effort and persistence. Keeping promises is a practice which means it’s an intentional interaction with how you engage with the world where it’s never done and you never arrive. It’s the practice itself that brings the rewards in the engagement of making...
2023-04-0430 min
Love Life And Lose WeightSelective IgnoringIn this episode I talk about developing a practice of selective ignoring of thoughts to overeat rather than giving them negative attention. The practice of selective ignoring is a weight loss superpower that requires: 1. Awareness2. Intentional decision making (boundaries) 3. Detaching your attention and energy from the thought and a shift of attention toward something you DO want. I think selective ignoring is one of the most underused skills in ANY habit change. I’ve used it professionally, as a parent, and with all my goals. When you get good at ignoring wh...
2023-03-2834 min
Love Life And Lose WeightWhy Advanced Coaching Works For Weight LossI'm so excited for you to meet my boss and mentor, Corinne Crabtree. Corinne is a Master Certified Weight and Life Coach. She is the founder and CEO of the No BS Weightloss Program. Over 1 million women have taken her free weight loss course and her podcast, Losing 100 Pounds With Corinne, has been downloaded over 50 million times in 160 countries. Corinne is an 8-figure earner on a mission to help every woman lose her weight. She is a maverick who is changing the way we think and approach weight loss that actually works without restriction.
2023-03-2138 min
Love Life And Lose WeightWhat Your Body Envy Is Trying To Tell YouSo, what is happening with body envy? Body envy and resentment reveal limiting beliefs that we can't have what other people have or that it's harder for us than for others.But when we focus on envy/resentment as true, we miss how unfair our overeating habits are to our own bodies. If you resent your own body, it proves that unfair belief about the world as true. Do you want to practice your bias of the world as unfair, or do you want to practice figuring out how to get what you want?
2023-03-1422 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Stop Fighting With Yourself Over Your EatingFocusing on a 'problem' as THE way to 'fix' it is paradoxically a habit that can keep you locked in a cycle of overeating. Because when you judge your overeating as 'bad,' you lose the ability to look closer in that moment and be curious about why you are using food in the first place to meet a need. THAT curiosity and willingness to see the need underneath the habit of overeating is how you work WITH your current habits to start shaping them and changing them to meet your underlying needs in a more direct...
2023-03-0723 min
Love Life And Lose WeightWrite Your Weight Loss Success StoryToday your coach's homework is to write your weight loss success story by creatively imagining what is needed to get to your goal weight.Answer these questions from the version of you in the future who has lost all of her weight. You can imagine I'm interviewing you about how you got to your goal weight.I also shared some very exciting news in this podcast! I am turning this podcast into a book! Make sure you are connected with me via email to get updates about the Love Life and Lose Weight book (link...
2023-02-2814 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow to Stop Your Nighttime SnackingWhat if our nighttime snacking urges are just trying to get our attention about what is REALLY needed beyond what food can give us for our life? That is the real work called for when we look at our habit of eating when we are not hungry. Nighttime snacking is in the way of consistent weight loss if you eat at night after dinner without physical hunger, AND you aren't losing weight, or your weight loss is inconsistent.Why is nighttime snacking especially problematic? Because adding food/fuel to your body interrupts your greatest fat...
2023-02-2129 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Love YourselfThis week we take a closer look at the important relationship of intentionally loving yourself to help you make not only your weight loss but your entire life richer and more meaningful. We often take on the conditional and judgmental messaging we grow up with that if you have weight to lose your body and therefore you as a person are somehow less lovable. We then rationalize that assumption by unconsciously believing that when we lose weight, we will give ourselves feel love for ourselves and others easily. This condition we put on permission to love ourselves...
2023-02-1418 min
Love Life And Lose Weight6 Steps To A Drama-Free Weigh inHere are your six steps to a drama-free weigh-in. 1. Review your week by skimming your daily plans, assessment, calendar, journal, and memory recall of the week. 2. Count the number of overeats you had. 3. Note all other data, including body measurements, progress photos, journaling your observation of areas of progress, and areas for improvement around your eating habits. Note your levels of energy, patterns around sleep and water, and the emotional weather of each day. 4. Assess all of the data above and take your best guess as to what the scale will...
2023-02-0719 min
Love Life And Lose WeightDopamine: The Pretty Little LiarBy understanding dopamine’s critical role in human desire and survival, you can understand the powerful effect it has on your habits around food which can help you in your desire to lose weight. Dopamine gives us the will and desire to get up and pursue activities that keep us alive, like drinking water and eating food, by urging us to get up and get them. Without dopamine, we lose the will to survive. Other modern-day pursuits also elicit a powerful effect on dopamine response like gambling, pornography, alcohol, and concentrated forms of food like sugar, fat, an...
2023-01-3117 min
Love Life And Lose WeightA Blueprint for Consistent Weight LossAfter nearly 10,000 hours of experience weight coaching hundreds of clients, I've noticed six elements that tend to be in place with clients who start losing weight consistently. Today, I'm sharing them with you as a way to check in with your own process. If your weight loss isn't consistent, you look and see which of these elements you can focus on and add to what you're already doing. Everyone is different, of course, so take what resonates and leave the rest. 6 Elements for Consistent Weight Loss: Don't make weight gains or stal...
2023-01-2422 min
Love Life And Lose WeightStop Complaining And Start Creating Weight loss is not a goal to task yourself with in order to get yourself to do what you don't want to do. It will be much easier to attach your weight goal to a vivid and compelling version of you who has normalized her relationship with food. In order to embrace this new version of yourself and start, it can help to say goodbye to the previous version of you so you can step into this new relationship. Homework: Write a goodbye letter to past you. Start with gratitude. Validate that version of you...
2023-01-1744 min
Love Life And Lose WeightMind ControlMind Control is developing the skillset of controlling thinking patterns or allowing thoughts to slow down or even stop altogether. Meditation is one form of mind control. that allows you to practice the skillset of slowing the cadence of your active thinking. Why is meditation helpful for weight loss?We know that when we intend to stop overeating, what gets in the way are patterns of thinking that create feelings we try to avoid, distract ourselves from, or react to by eating. Meditation is a proactive practice that will help you keep those pat...
2023-01-1033 min
Love Life And Lose WeightThe F WordFeeling emotions on purpose is one tool that can help you to regulate your nervous system and help you reach your goals. You will learn the usefulness of processing feelings and how that process helps you in the pursuit of your weight goal. Feelings are always taking place in the context of habits of thinking. So, if you have urges to eat when you are not hungry, your work is to become aware of these thinking patterns. Some common patterns of thinking that can drive overeating are: worryinghypervigilanceoverdoing identifying with being 'broken' or constantly needing fixing Man...
2023-01-0337 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Break The Habit Of OvereatingLosing weight requires you to break the habit of overeating. Like any other habit you've ever broken, you'll need to follow a few steps in order to allow the habit to extinguish and replace it with a different response/behavior that also meets your needs. The first step to breaking the habit of overeating is to become aware of when, how often, and the physical and emotional environment in which overeating occurs. So you are aware of when you can interrupt the overeating habit cycle from playing out. Step 2: You'll need to make a plan a...
2022-12-2738 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Sell Yourself On Weight LossIn this episode, I explain common objections I see in weight loss and how to overcome them to go all-in on your weight loss. It is normal to both want to lose weight and then at the same time feel conflicted about doing all the things. We need to uncover those quiet beliefs that are opposed to weight loss. What will I have to give up? I already failed all my other diets. Diets don't work. My partner/family/friends don't support me or sabotage me.I don't have time to spend on weight loss. I don't have money...
2022-12-2037 min
Love Life And Lose WeightHow To Adjust Your Food ExpectationIn this episode, I teach you how to adjust your food expectation to get the scale moving. Step 1: Serve yourself a little bit less than you're used to eating. If you are doing this right, you will hear a flurry of old shitty thoughts like: --This is what a toddler would eat. --This will never be enough. --I'll never make it to dinner. --I'll wake up starving. --This is SOOOO much less than I used to eat.Do not allow yourself to be distracted by these thoughts that feel so tru...
2022-12-1320 min
Love Life And Lose WeightAnalog Weight Loss: Think Less Do MoreWhen you want results you don't have, it requires you to go into the real world and experiment with your actions to get them lined up to create the result you are looking for. The actions that create these results are some combination of: eating less often eating less food Creating weight loss can't happen just by 'thinking' about weight loss. It HAS to include analog (real world) actions that will create different results from what you are doing now. Think about doing hard things as a badge of honor. To do this, you'l...
2022-12-0629 min
Love Life And Lose WeightLiars Don’t Lose WeightSustainable weight loss requires a responsibility to tell the truth about what you do and your awareness of how you are thinking. How I learned to tell the truth and align my actions through teaching 8th graders. The excuses and justifications we use in weight loss are lies we tell ourselves. Why it’s so important not to lie about your progress in weight loss. Look at the data to get perspective on whether what you think is true or not. Examples of common thoughts that indulge in the habit of lying to yo...
2022-11-2931 min
Love Life And Lose WeightOvereating: The Dream StealerIn this episode, you're going to learn a perspective on overeating that will help you no longer want to overeat, which will make weight loss so much easier for you. Overeating is a normal human experience. Overeating can also be a learned habit and or a learned strategy that gives us a reward.Power thoughts to think:I no longer want to overeatI'm learning how to love not overeating Coach Homework: Write down the reasons why you do not want to stop overeating. What do I need to be willing to give up? In w...
2022-11-2242 min
Love Life And Lose WeightMaking Peace With HungerIn this episode, you will learn why it’s important to develop a peaceful and accepting relationship with normal physical hunger so you can lose weight sustainably. You will learn how restrictive dieting leaves us resisting hunger. When we avoid hunger, we eat more often than we need to and/or we try to avoid feeling future hunger by overeating. Chronically overeating can lead to leptin resistance which makes weight loss harder. Physical hunger is how your body communicates the level of ready-to-use fuel. Hunger is designed to get your attention and cue you to eat s...
2022-11-1536 min
Love Life And Lose WeightThe Power of Positive Expectation In Weight LossIn this episode, you will learn how your brain works with the feeling of expectation to prove what you are thinking is true whether that expectation is positive or negative.Expectation establishes an attraction to the expected result. Expectation = desire + belief. With positive expectations, there is an absence of resistance to what you want. This absence of resistance is an essential part of successful and sustainable weight loss. Practicing negative expectations seems logical but it just makes reaching your goal harder. It's normal to doubt if you'll meet challenges. But what...
2022-11-0819 min
Love Life And Lose WeightThe Secret Belief That Keeps You StuckThis episode invites you to take a closer look at whether you believe you can’t have certain foods because they are ‘bad' and/or block weight loss. I dig into the implications of beliefs like this on how they can create feelings of restriction and create an overdesire for the food we are trying to avoid in the first place. I discuss the cult of diet mentality and how this secret belief that you can’t eat certain foods and lose weight keeps us over-desiring those ‘bad’ foods. When we overdesire food but try to resist that; it sets...
2022-11-0134 min
Love Life And Lose WeightCreating A Food Lifestyle That Allows Weight LossThis episode invites you to take a closer look at your current habits and thoughts and compare those with lifestyle habits that allow for weight loss. Your Coach Homework is to journal and then TAKE action on the following questions: 1. If you had a magic wand and could create any lifestyle habit, what food lifestyle elements would you create for yourself that would help you lose weight? 2. What is ONE small change you can make today that moves you toward that change? 3. How will you do it in a way that feels easy and that y...
2022-10-2529 min
Love Life And Lose WeightWhat Works And What Doesn’t For Weight LossThis episode contains an introductory explanation of what works and what doesn’t for weight loss. The diet industry has spent billions of dollars teaching you impossible approaches to weight loss that keep you stuck in the yo-yo cycle of losing and gaining. To lose weight sustainably you’ll want to stop using unsustainable methods that don’t work and focus instead on what does work. What Doesn’t Work: 1. Exercising to burn calories, justify overeating, or lose weight. 2. Playing the calorie restriction game where the program goal is for you to ignore your...
2022-10-1829 min
Love Life And Lose WeightWhy You're OverweightIn this episode, I ask you to tell the old story about why you are overweight in the first place. When we make being overweight a justification for our perceived limitations, it can become part of how we see ourselves and part of our self-identity. The default story is usually one that includes judgments about our faults or stories about lacking self-control around food. The truth is that being overweight is just the result of learned habits of association around food and the normal human desire to feel better. Your Coach's Homework is to journal...
2022-10-1116 min
Love Life And Lose WeightIntroductionLove Life and Lose Weight is a podcast that will teach you how to become a normal eater by changing your thoughts and habits around food. Season 1 will cover the basics of weight loss without restriction. I’ll teach you how to lose weight without feeling restricted, overly hungry, rebelling against your own wishes, or hating your scale. By the end of season 1, I’ll teach you how to incorporate all of your new eating and thinking habits into a new way of thinking about yourself as a normal eater who can fe...
2022-09-2627 min
Podcasting with Purpose for Life Coaches130 Perfectly Imperfect with Heather BeardsleyIn this episode, I'm joined by my friend and fellow certified life and weight coach, Heather Beardsley who helps women to thrive in midlife. We riff on the topic of perfectionism and how this keeps us stuck in scarcity. We share oodles of inspiration and truth bombs to help you get unstuck, and our own personal vulnerability and willingness (even though it's hard!) to let go of the bonds of perfection. We shed light on why saying YES to imperfection is the green light to take a deep breath and relax and become the "curious watcher" on the journey...
2020-12-311h 05
Podcasting with Purpose for Life Coaches130 Perfectly Imperfect with Heather BeardsleyIn this episode, I'm joined by my friend and fellow certified life and weight coach, Heather Beardsley who helps women to thrive in midlife. We riff on the topic of perfectionism and how this keeps us stuck in scarcity. We share oodles of inspiration and truth bombs to help you get unstuck, and our own personal vulnerability and willingness (even though it's hard!) to let go of the bonds of perfection. We shed light on why saying YES to imperfection is the green light to take a deep breath and relax and become the "curious watcher" on the journey...
2020-12-311h 05
South Florida Scoop | Boca Raton LifestyleEp 007: The Keto Lifestyle w/ Heather Beardsley! Welcome to this episode of the #SoooBoca business spotlight with my interview with my good friend Heather Beardsley! I met Heather at a fabulous blogger meetup and became fast friends. She is kind and caring and knows just a thing or two about Keto and thriving in midlife. Hope you enjoy today's episode and don't forget to subscribe to her website! www.hbeardsley.com for FREEBIES as well as informative tips and more! Heather is a Health Coach and Nutrition Expert based in South Florida. She holds a masters in Education from Florida Atlantic University. Heather specializes in...
2019-01-2815 min