Shows
Optimal Health Daily - Fitness and NutritionThe Most Common Cause for Overeating and How to Overcome It by Lizzie Merritt with Tiny BuddhaDiscover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com.Episode 2493:Dr. Neal Malik narrates Lizzie Merritt's blog post from TinyBuddha.com. The post explores the emotional aspects of overeating and unveils the connection between avoiding emotional pain and weight gain. Lizzie shares her personal journey, highlighting the societal pressures of body image and the realization that acknowledging and accepting our emotions is key to achieving optimal health.Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tinybuddha.com...2024-03-1610 min
The LivGreater PodcastYou are a Miracle | Lizzie MerrittLizzie Merritt has always been frustrated that there are so many of us are living by the scale and not feeling happy in our bodies now. She wants to help women see themselves and their bodies as the miracle they already are so they can stop waiting to lose weight in order to participate in life. As a Martha Beck Certified Wayfinder Life Coach and professional weight loss coach, Lizzie specializing in helping people figure out why they don’t do the things they think they *should* do in order to lose weight and feel happy. She believes that diet...2024-01-1636 min
Todd Durkin IMPACT ShowThe World Needs More of YOU! | Ep. 315 with Lizzie MerrittIf there ever is a podcast to remind you of who the heck you are, where you come from, and why you exist, it’s this one. Our special guest, Lizzie Merritt recently wrote a book called “You are a Miracle” and on today’s episode, we discuss WHY right now the world needs even MORE of you. This one is guaranteed to put an extra swagger in your step. Specifically, we talk about: Finding your divine uniqueness and exploiting it to the world. How and why Lizzie became a coach and her AHA momen...2023-08-141h 03
The Holistic Fitness PodcastE37: Why Diets Go Against the Wiring of Your Brain with Lizzie MerrittLizzie Merritt is a Martha Beck Certified Wayfinder Life Coach and professional weight loss coach specializing in helping people figure out why they don’t do the things they think they *should* do in order to lose weight and feel happy. She believes that diets are just the worst; the only way to lose weight is imperfectly; and that weight loss is much more about what’s between your ears than what’s on your plate. Check out her book You Are a Miracle to learn about all the things that diets don’t tell you. She also runs Spartan...2023-08-1150 min
Conversations On Life, Work, And Love27. Body Positivity During Weight Loss with Lizzie MerrittThis week coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs talk with the Confident Body Coach, Lizzie Merritt. Lizzie teaches women how to be happy while they are on their diet journey vs. waiting to be happy until they lose weight. The coaches discuss ways to shift your mindset from negative to neutral and how to show gratitude for your body. Lizzie encourages people to engage their 5 senses while on their weight loss journey, think about the things that they love connected to those senses, and practice them. She also suggests writing yourself a positive note daily to carry with you...2023-08-0353 min
Tune In: Discovering Your Authentic Self#72 - Interview With Lizzie Merritt: Learn How To Transform Your Body And Mind With Brain Science And Self-compassionPrepare to be enlightened by Lizzie Merritt, an empowering weight loss coach who walks us through her inspiring journey of self-discovery and body positivity. Ever wondered how getting fired could lead to an awakening of your inherent gifts and strengths? Well, Lizzie's story is a testament to this, as she recounts how losing her job became a catalyst for her to embrace her calling in coaching. She passionately shares her unconventional approach to weight loss that shuns diets and encourages self-love, irrespective of one's weight. Tune in and let the profound insights remind you that your worthiness...2023-07-3111 min
THE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 4 Step Formula To Finally Make Habits StickIt can be really tough to get a new habit going and more importantly, to KEEP a new habit going.
Today, we talk about
Why it’s hard to keep doing a new habit
And 4 specific steps to implement so that you can hack the habit building process and finally find the formula that helps you to not only start a new healthy habit, but keep doing over time until it becomes part of who you are.
Ready? Let’s get to it!
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach2023-06-0722 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 4 Step Formula To Finally Make Habits StickIt can be really tough to get a new habit going and more importantly, to KEEP a new habit going.
Today, we talk about
Why it’s hard to keep doing a new habit
And 4 specific steps to implement so that you can hack the habit building process and finally find the formula that helps you to not only start a new healthy habit, but keep doing over time until it becomes part of who you are.
Ready? Let’s get to it!
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach2023-06-0722 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat To Do When It Feels Like Nothing Is WorkingHave you ever stepped on the scale and it went up instead of down? And you just feel so defeated.
And you brain begins to wonder, am I ever going to lose weight? Am I destined to be at this weight, this size, or more forever? If feels like no matter what I do, it’s just not working.
Today we’re talking about the feeling of defeat. When you feel like it’s not working.
Of course, it’s natural for your brain to do that bt it’s not helpful.
So we’re go...2023-05-3128 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat To Do When It Feels Like Nothing Is WorkingHave you ever stepped on the scale and it went up instead of down? And you just feel so defeated.
And you brain begins to wonder, am I ever going to lose weight? Am I destined to be at this weight, this size, or more forever? If feels like no matter what I do, it’s just not working.
Today we’re talking about the feeling of defeat. When you feel like it’s not working.
Of course, it’s natural for your brain to do that bt it’s not helpful.
So we’re go...2023-05-3128 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialFalling Off The WagonHave you ever had a day where you started off great? You had a nice healthy breakfast. Things are going well through lunch. Then in the afternoon you have a few pretzels and realize that puts you over your calories for the day.
Suddenly you’re thinking, “Ugh. I had three pretzel sticks instead of two, and that put me twenty-three calories over my budget. The heck with it. I really wanted potato chips anyway. And while I’m at it (since I’ve already blown it), I might as well have three cupcakes, a half a box of c...2023-05-2425 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialFalling Off The WagonHave you ever had a day where you started off great? You had a nice healthy breakfast. Things are going well through lunch. Then in the afternoon you have a few pretzels and realize that puts you over your calories for the day.
Suddenly you’re thinking, “Ugh. I had three pretzel sticks instead of two, and that put me twenty-three calories over my budget. The heck with it. I really wanted potato chips anyway. And while I’m at it (since I’ve already blown it), I might as well have three cupcakes, a half a box of c...2023-05-2425 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialHow To Handle TravelWhohoo! Summer is on its way.
Yaasssss.
It’s a time to maybe slow down a little, the kids are out of school. Which means schedules are a little less routine and hopefully maybe there’s a family trip or two it there too.
Which is great!
And can also be a minefield is you’re trying to lose weight.
So today we’re talking about TRAVEL.
Travel doesn’t have to be a disaster nor does it need to set you back and undo a...2023-05-2224 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialHow To Handle TravelWhohoo! Summer is on its way.
Yaasssss.
It’s a time to maybe slow down a little, the kids are out of school. Which means schedules are a little less routine and hopefully maybe there’s a family trip or two it there too.
Which is great!
And can also be a minefield is you’re trying to lose weight.
So today we’re talking about TRAVEL.
Travel doesn’t have to be a disaster nor does it need to set you back and undo a...2023-05-2224 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialI Don’t Want To Let Food Go To WasteHave you ever finished the box of crackers or the package of cookies, just to get it out of the house? Have you ever eaten your kids’ leftovers because you don’t want to let the food go to waste? Or maybe you’ve looked at something leftover in the fridge and thought, “Well I might as well eat this because no one else in the family will.”
Not letting food “go to waste” can be one of the toughest, most deeply ingrained roadblocks that we face. There are lots of reasons why that belief is so deeply ent...2023-05-1728 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialI Don’t Want To Let Food Go To WasteHave you ever finished the box of crackers or the package of cookies, just to get it out of the house? Have you ever eaten your kids’ leftovers because you don’t want to let the food go to waste? Or maybe you’ve looked at something leftover in the fridge and thought, “Well I might as well eat this because no one else in the family will.”
Not letting food “go to waste” can be one of the toughest, most deeply ingrained roadblocks that we face. There are lots of reasons why that belief is so deeply ent...2023-05-1728 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhy We Go Back on Our Promises To OurselvesHave you ever been trying to change a habit like eat less sugar or drink less wine and you’ve got yourself a nice plan thinking “Today I will NOT have sugar. I will be strong.”
And then somewhere along the way your brain sneaks in a thought like, “some chocolate would be really great right now.” or “I just want something sweet” or maybe it’s even that the sugar is there in front of you like in the candy bowl at the office, and you feel like you’re mentally holding on by your fingernails. 2023-05-1028 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhy We Go Back on Our Promises To OurselvesHave you ever been trying to change a habit like eat less sugar or drink less wine and you’ve got yourself a nice plan thinking “Today I will NOT have sugar. I will be strong.”
And then somewhere along the way your brain sneaks in a thought like, “some chocolate would be really great right now.” or “I just want something sweet” or maybe it’s even that the sugar is there in front of you like in the candy bowl at the office, and you feel like you’re mentally holding on by your fingernails. 2023-05-1028 min
Lets Have This ConversationThe Missing Piece of Weight Loss The Piece Between Your Ears with Lizzie MerrittThe Journal of Clinical Nutrition has compiled data from a
registry of volunteers, and here are some of their findings. After one year,
35% of people regain at least 5 lbs. 59% maintained their weight. Only 6% continued to lose weight.
Lizzie Merritt is a Martha Beck Certified
Wayfinder Life Coach and professional weight loss coach specializing in helping
people figure out why they don’t do the things they think they *should* do to
lose weight and feel happy.
Her philosophy on weight loss is:
1) Diets are just the worst.
2) The only way t...2023-05-0836 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat To Do When You Feel Food GuiltDo you ever feel guilty when you eat a certain type of food?
Do you think of certain categories of food as “good” or “bad”?
When was the last time you ate a cookie or a piece of cake without feeling guilty?
Today we’re going to talk about food labeling. That's what we’re doing when we say “I was bad last night.” or when we say “sugar is bad” or “I’ve been good all week.”
We’re going to talk about:
How we’re programmed t...2023-05-0319 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat To Do When You Feel Food GuiltDo you ever feel guilty when you eat a certain type of food?
Do you think of certain categories of food as “good” or “bad”?
When was the last time you ate a cookie or a piece of cake without feeling guilty?
Today we’re going to talk about food labeling. That's what we’re doing when we say “I was bad last night.” or when we say “sugar is bad” or “I’ve been good all week.”
We’re going to talk about:
How we’re programmed t...2023-05-0319 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialI Want To NOT Want ItHave you ever had a specific food that just feels like it has a little more power over you than you do over it?
There are probably some foods where you feel like you can just take it or leave. But then there are other foods that you’re like “You’ll have to pry this from my cold dead fingers.”
And yet on the inside, you’re maybe feeling a teensy bit scared that this food has more control over you than you do over it?
Today we’re going to talk about what to...2023-04-2620 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialI Want To NOT Want ItHave you ever had a specific food that just feels like it has a little more power over you than you do over it?
There are probably some foods where you feel like you can just take it or leave. But then there are other foods that you’re like “You’ll have to pry this from my cold dead fingers.”
And yet on the inside, you’re maybe feeling a teensy bit scared that this food has more control over you than you do over it?
Today we’re going to talk about what to...2023-04-2620 min
You Are A MiracleConclusion: The Golden BuddhaConclusion2023-04-1904 minYou Are A MiracleTool 15: How To Handle TravelTool 152023-04-1901 minYou Are A MiracleTool 14: How To Handle the HolidaysTool 142023-04-1917 minYou Are A MiracleTool 13: How To Get Better SleepTool 132023-04-1904 minYou Are A MiracleTool 12: How To Not Get Wrapped Up In Your ThoughtsTool 122023-04-1917 minYou Are A MiracleTool 11: How To Feel Good In Your ClothesTool 112023-04-1920 minYou Are A MiracleTool 10: How To Drink More Water (and Why)Tool 102023-04-1902 minYou Are A MiracleTool 9: How To Handle Increased Cravings From ExerciseTool 92023-04-1902 minYou Are A MiracleTool 8: How To Handle Stress EatingTool 82023-04-1902 minYou Are A MiracleTool 7: How To Handle A Snack AttackTool 72023-04-1904 minYou Are A MiracleTool 6: How To Reduce SweetsTool 62023-04-1905 minYou Are A MiracleTool 5: How To Manage PortionsTool 52023-04-1903 minYou Are A MiracleTool 4: How To Not Blow Everything When Eating Out At RestaurantsTool 42023-04-1903 minYou Are A MiracleTool 3: How To Make Weekends Your Weight Loss FriendTool 32023-04-1904 minYou Are A MiracleTool 2: How To Experiment With Intermittent FastingTool 22023-04-1905 minYou Are A MiracleTool 1: How To Meal PlanTool 12023-04-1917 minYou Are A MiraclePart 2: The Imperfect ToolboxPart 22023-04-1902 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 11: How To Be More PresentChapter 112023-04-1920 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 10: How To MotivateChapter 102023-04-1937 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 9: How To Stop Eating Your FeelingsChapter 92023-04-1948 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 8: How To Handle Self-Sabotagy Thoughts - Part 2Chapter 8 Part 22023-04-1942 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 8: How To Handle Self-Sabotagy Thoughts - Part 1Chapter 8 Part 12023-04-1936 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 7: How To Make the Scale Your B****Chapter 72023-04-1933 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 6: How To Seriously, Like For Real, Change Your HabitsChapter 62023-04-1933 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 5: How To Change Your Habits Chapter 52023-04-1935 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 4: How To Make Failure Your FriendChapter 42023-04-1925 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 3: How To Love The One You're WithChapter 32023-04-1918 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 2: How To Feel EnoughChapter 22023-04-1928 minYou Are A MiracleChapter 1: How We Got HereChapter 12023-04-1925 minYou Are A Miracleintroduction: Part 1 - The Piece Between Your Earsintroduction2023-04-1905 minYou Are A MiracleOpening Creditsopening credits2023-04-1900 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialHow To Overcome The Secret Thing That’s Holding You BackToday we’re gonna get deep.
A lot of times when we want to lose weight, there are the normal reasons - feel better, healthier, fit into clothes, confident, etc.
But sometimes we run into roadblocks on the way there. And if you’re just following a diet plan, it’s hard to uncover what’s slowing you down.
In my work with clients, the more we work together, we often find that beneath the surface there is a limiting belief holding them back. In the secret recesses of our brain there might be a voice...2023-04-1923 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialHow To Overcome The Secret Thing That’s Holding You BackToday we’re gonna get deep.
A lot of times when we want to lose weight, there are the normal reasons - feel better, healthier, fit into clothes, confident, etc.
But sometimes we run into roadblocks on the way there. And if you’re just following a diet plan, it’s hard to uncover what’s slowing you down.
In my work with clients, the more we work together, we often find that beneath the surface there is a limiting belief holding them back. In the secret recesses of our brain there might be a voice...2023-04-1923 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialBonus Episode - Why Can’t It Be Both?Why does losing weight have to come from a place of dissatisfaction?
Why can’t we love our bodies and lose weight too?
In today’s special bonus episode, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Sonja Janisse, founder and CEO at Fresh Approach Fitness.
Sony has such a special kind of energy that is just so magnetic and infectious. Sonya made it so easy. I felt like I was talking to an old friend because we were so on the same wavelength.
This conversation focuses on the ide...2023-04-151h 07THE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialBonus Episode - Why Can’t It Be Both?Why does losing weight have to come from a place of dissatisfaction?
Why can’t we love our bodies and lose weight too?
In today’s special bonus episode, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Sonja Janisse, founder and CEO at Fresh Approach Fitness.
Sony has such a special kind of energy that is just so magnetic and infectious. Sonya made it so easy. I felt like I was talking to an old friend because we were so on the same wavelength.
This conversation focuses on the ide...2023-04-151h 07THE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialHow To Stop Beating Yourself Up (and Why It Is THE Key To Weight Loss)Have you ever heard yourself say “I tend to be pretty hard on myself.” or “I can be a bit of a perfectionist.” or maybe you hear yourself say “I beat myself up when I blow it.”
Today we’re talking about how that kind of thinking actually holds you back and LITERALLY leads to worse results.
Plus what to do instead so that you can actually move towards the results you’re looking for.
Ready to get after it?
Let’s get to it!
L...2023-04-1230 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialHow To Stop Beating Yourself Up (and Why It Is THE Key To Weight Loss)Have you ever heard yourself say “I tend to be pretty hard on myself.” or “I can be a bit of a perfectionist.” or maybe you hear yourself say “I beat myself up when I blow it.”
Today we’re talking about how that kind of thinking actually holds you back and LITERALLY leads to worse results.
Plus what to do instead so that you can actually move towards the results you’re looking for.
Ready to get after it?
Let’s get to it!
L...2023-04-1230 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat To Do When You Think ”This Will Never Work”How many times have you looked in the mirror and thought “I look fat in these pants.” or “I can’t wear sleeveless shirts because of the chicken wings on my arms.”
Thanks to movies, magazines, society and of course, social media, we have these expectations of how we should be or how we should look and when we don’t measure up, we beat ourselves up.
That can be rough because now you find yourself in a constant battle with the person you spend the most time with - yourself.
...2023-04-0524 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat To Do When You Think ”This Will Never Work”How many times have you looked in the mirror and thought “I look fat in these pants.” or “I can’t wear sleeveless shirts because of the chicken wings on my arms.”
Thanks to movies, magazines, society and of course, social media, we have these expectations of how we should be or how we should look and when we don’t measure up, we beat ourselves up.
That can be rough because now you find yourself in a constant battle with the person you spend the most time with - yourself.
...2023-04-0524 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 5 Step Process To Recover From an OvereatHave you ever had a day where you’ve been on a roll, doing well for a little while. And then inexplicably, you find yourself going off the rails?
Maybe you’re at an event and the cookie plate is just right THERE in front of you. Or maybe it’s 3:47pm and the kids snacks just look good and then you find yourself going back for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th serving.
And even while you’re eating you’re thinking “I know I should stop.” but weirdly you don’t And then later you f...2023-03-2922 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 5 Step Process To Recover From an OvereatHave you ever had a day where you’ve been on a roll, doing well for a little while. And then inexplicably, you find yourself going off the rails?
Maybe you’re at an event and the cookie plate is just right THERE in front of you. Or maybe it’s 3:47pm and the kids snacks just look good and then you find yourself going back for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th serving.
And even while you’re eating you’re thinking “I know I should stop.” but weirdly you don’t And then later you f...2023-03-2922 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential4 Tips To Make Habit Change EasierHow many times have you tried a New Year’s cleanse or a 30 day strict diet to kick start things?
Maybe you stuck to the plan, maybe not. But over time, whatever changes you may have seen during that intense time frame didn’t stick.
And that can make you feel like you’re starting over again every time and ends up leading to the yo-yo cycle of down and then back up the scale.
Today we’re gonna talk about:
Why it’s normal to feel drawn in by...2023-03-2224 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential4 Tips To Make Habit Change EasierHow many times have you tried a New Year’s cleanse or a 30 day strict diet to kick start things?
Maybe you stuck to the plan, maybe not. But over time, whatever changes you may have seen during that intense time frame didn’t stick.
And that can make you feel like you’re starting over again every time and ends up leading to the yo-yo cycle of down and then back up the scale.
Today we’re gonna talk about:
Why it’s normal to feel drawn in by...2023-03-2224 min
Simply Resilient - A Podcast For Military WivesEpisode 112 - An Interview with Weight Loss Coach Lizzie MerrittIt is my pleasure to introduce you to Lizzie Merritt! She is a 20 year military wife and weight loss life coach and I'm thrilled that I had the opportunity to interview her on my podcast. We were able to discuss weight loss as it relates to military life and deployments as well as talk about what makes it hard and what makes it sustainable. One of my favorite nuggets from Lizzie is about being willing to lose weight imperfectly and about finding ways to feel good in order to maintain motivation. Lizzie also has an awesome podcast and a new...2023-03-1553 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential3 Hacks to Feel More Love For Your Body TodayHave you ever looked at an old photo of yourself and thought “Wow, I look so skinny in that picture! I’d be happy to weigh what I weighed then!”
…and yet you remember when that picture was taken.
You felt self conscious then.
You wanted to lose weight then.
You were thinking THEN … “I’ll be happy when I’m X weight or when I lose 10 lbs.”
How much of our lives do we spend living for “when”? Chasing that horizon of happiness that happens at some...2023-03-1519 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential3 Hacks to Feel More Love For Your Body TodayHave you ever looked at an old photo of yourself and thought “Wow, I look so skinny in that picture! I’d be happy to weigh what I weighed then!”
…and yet you remember when that picture was taken.
You felt self conscious then.
You wanted to lose weight then.
You were thinking THEN … “I’ll be happy when I’m X weight or when I lose 10 lbs.”
How much of our lives do we spend living for “when”? Chasing that horizon of happiness that happens at some...2023-03-1519 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat to do when your clothes don’t feel rightHow many times have you walked through your day constantly reminding yourself “Ugh these pants are too tight. I need to lose weight.”
It can be just THE WORST when your clothes remind you all the time that you’re not at the size you want to be.
But those negative feelings accumulate throughout the day and you end up trying to muscle your way down the scale with willpower and chastising yourself.
And that doesn’t feel very good. Nor does it work long term.
Toda...2023-03-0818 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat to do when your clothes don’t feel rightHow many times have you walked through your day constantly reminding yourself “Ugh these pants are too tight. I need to lose weight.”
It can be just THE WORST when your clothes remind you all the time that you’re not at the size you want to be.
But those negative feelings accumulate throughout the day and you end up trying to muscle your way down the scale with willpower and chastising yourself.
And that doesn’t feel very good. Nor does it work long term.
Toda...2023-03-0818 min
It Just Takes OneYou are a Miracle l Lizzie Merritt, #54Today I am interviewing one of my close friends, Lizzie Merritt. She is the bestselling author of You are a Miracle: How to Lose Weight and Love Your Body Too. As you will hear in this episode, Lizzie has a wonderful way of telling stories and creating visuals to make her points, and her book is full of real-life examples and tools that we can all use in our daily lives. Her most important message is that rather than putting ourselves down or judging ourselves, we need to remember that we are a miracle! Once we remember that, our w...2023-03-0250 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential4 Strategies To Make Weekends Your Weight Loss FriendDo you ever feel like you did great all week, from Monday till about 5:27 pm on Friday and then you end up undoing all your hard work over the course of the weekend?
How should it be possible that just 2 days of being less strict can override 5 days of awesome? It’s so frustrating!
Today we’re going to talk about…
Why we tend to blow our progress on the weekends,
What’s going on in your brain when that happens,
And 4 specific strategies to break you out of that up-down weeke...2023-03-0121 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential4 Strategies To Make Weekends Your Weight Loss FriendDo you ever feel like you did great all week, from Monday till about 5:27 pm on Friday and then you end up undoing all your hard work over the course of the weekend?
How should it be possible that just 2 days of being less strict can override 5 days of awesome? It’s so frustrating!
Today we’re going to talk about…
Why we tend to blow our progress on the weekends,
What’s going on in your brain when that happens,
And 4 specific strategies to break you out of that up-down weeke...2023-03-0121 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 5 Step Process That Is THE Skill of Weight LossHave you ever tried a 30 day challenge or a 90 fitness program and felt really motivated at the start, but sorta secretly worried in your heart that you weren’t sure you could keep it up the whole 30 days or 90 days?
We tend to do that with weight loss and particularly with diets. We start off strong and feel super motivated! But there’s this fear in the back of your mind that says…
“What if I can’t keep this up? What happens when my motivation wanes?”
Today we’re going to tal...2023-02-2220 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 5 Step Process That Is THE Skill of Weight LossHave you ever tried a 30 day challenge or a 90 fitness program and felt really motivated at the start, but sorta secretly worried in your heart that you weren’t sure you could keep it up the whole 30 days or 90 days?
We tend to do that with weight loss and particularly with diets. We start off strong and feel super motivated! But there’s this fear in the back of your mind that says…
“What if I can’t keep this up? What happens when my motivation wanes?”
Today we’re going to tal...2023-02-2220 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 7 Most Common Self Sabotaging Thoughts (Self Sabotage Part 3)In the last 2 episodes, we’ve talked about
What self-sabotage is
Why it happens
How if you’re human, it’s normal to self-sabotage
And the 3 step process to bust through self-sabotaging thoughts and behavior.
And there are 7 categories of common thoughts that lead to self-sabotage. Be aware of these common traps and learn how to avoid them.
Falling off the wagon
Food labeling
“I don’t want to let food go to waste”
Worry
Comparison
Vanity
Permission
If you’ve ever struggled with any of the 7 common categories of self-sabotage, t...2023-02-1533 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 7 Most Common Self Sabotaging Thoughts (Self Sabotage Part 3)In the last 2 episodes, we’ve talked about
What self-sabotage is
Why it happens
How if you’re human, it’s normal to self-sabotage
And the 3 step process to bust through self-sabotaging thoughts and behavior.
And there are 7 categories of common thoughts that lead to self-sabotage. Be aware of these common traps and learn how to avoid them.
Falling off the wagon
Food labeling
“I don’t want to let food go to waste”
Worry
Comparison
Vanity
Permission
If you’ve ever struggled with any of the 7 common categories of self-sabotage, t...2023-02-1533 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 3 Step Solution For Self Sabotage (Self Sabotage Part 2)Self-sabotage happens to EVERYONE. If you have a human brain, you have the capacity for self sabotage.
In this episode we talk about the 3 step process you can use to take those old self-sabotaging thoughts and make them work to your advantage.
We also talk about 5 specific “SNEAKY SABOTAGERS”: sneaky thoughts that can derail your progress and how to turn them around so they don’t trip you up.
Ready? Let’s get to it.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle...2023-02-0831 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe 3 Step Solution For Self Sabotage (Self Sabotage Part 2)Self-sabotage happens to EVERYONE. If you have a human brain, you have the capacity for self sabotage.
In this episode we talk about the 3 step process you can use to take those old self-sabotaging thoughts and make them work to your advantage.
We also talk about 5 specific “SNEAKY SABOTAGERS”: sneaky thoughts that can derail your progress and how to turn them around so they don’t trip you up.
Ready? Let’s get to it.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle...2023-02-0831 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential4 Reasons Why We Self Sabotage (Self-Sabotage Part 1)Have you ever tried to lose weight and and began to see some success and you’re like “I’ve got this!”
But then something strange happened on your way down the scale.
Maybe subtly, maybe suddenly, but definitely inexplicably, you stopped doing the behaviors that helped you have some of that success in the first place.
And you’re like “Why am I sabotaging myself?”
In this episode, we’re going to talk about:
What self sabotage is,
Why it happens,
How it’s completely normal...2023-02-0127 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential4 Reasons Why We Self Sabotage (Self-Sabotage Part 1)Have you ever tried to lose weight and and began to see some success and you’re like “I’ve got this!”
But then something strange happened on your way down the scale.
Maybe subtly, maybe suddenly, but definitely inexplicably, you stopped doing the behaviors that helped you have some of that success in the first place.
And you’re like “Why am I sabotaging myself?”
In this episode, we’re going to talk about:
What self sabotage is,
Why it happens,
How it’s completely normal...2023-02-0127 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialSolutions For When You Feel Like Giving UpHave you ever tried to lose weight - maybe been on a diet or a specific program - and you’re working really hard. Maybe you had some success the first few weeks, but things tapered off and you’re FEELING FRUSTRATED and you want to quit?
Today we’re going to talk about:
Why that happens
How it’s NORMAL that it happens
And the 5 things you can do to help yourself move past that feeling.
If you’re ready to get over giving up, this episode is for you!
Learn more!
www.conf...2023-01-2525 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialSolutions For When You Feel Like Giving UpHave you ever tried to lose weight - maybe been on a diet or a specific program - and you’re working really hard. Maybe you had some success the first few weeks, but things tapered off and you’re FEELING FRUSTRATED and you want to quit?
Today we’re going to talk about:
Why that happens
How it’s NORMAL that it happens
And the 5 things you can do to help yourself move past that feeling.
If you’re ready to get over giving up, this episode is for you!
Learn more!
www.conf...2023-01-2525 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe One Habit The Makes Weight Loss EasierIf I could only ever give you 2 pieces of advice on how to make weight loss sustainable, this episode covers the first one: meal planning. (The other would be that how you talk to yourself is more important than what’s on your plate, but that’s a different podcast.)
Today’s episode is packed! We’re going to talk about:
Why meal planning makes weight loss so much easier,
Bust through some of the common roadblocks to meal planning like, “I don’t have time” or “I just like to go with what I feel like eating in...2023-01-1820 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe One Habit The Makes Weight Loss EasierIf I could only ever give you 2 pieces of advice on how to make weight loss sustainable, this episode covers the first one: meal planning. (The other would be that how you talk to yourself is more important than what’s on your plate, but that’s a different podcast.)
Today’s episode is packed! We’re going to talk about:
Why meal planning makes weight loss so much easier,
Bust through some of the common roadblocks to meal planning like, “I don’t have time” or “I just like to go with what I feel like eating in...2023-01-1820 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat an old picture of you can teach you about feeling great todayHave you ever looked at an old picture of yourself and thought how good you looked? You think, "I’d love to have that body now!"
But you remember when it was taken and the thoughts in your mind at that time weren’t happy then either.
You're not alone! So many folks feel the same way.
Today we're talking about why that happens and how it's not your fault.
Plus 3 specific action steps for how to feel great NOW.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
Yo...2023-01-1127 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialWhat an old picture of you can teach you about feeling great todayHave you ever looked at an old picture of yourself and thought how good you looked? You think, "I’d love to have that body now!"
But you remember when it was taken and the thoughts in your mind at that time weren’t happy then either.
You're not alone! So many folks feel the same way.
Today we're talking about why that happens and how it's not your fault.
Plus 3 specific action steps for how to feel great NOW.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
Yo...2023-01-1127 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential“Help! The scale went up for no reason!”Have you ever had a day where you stepped up to the scale expecting to see a happy number (because you know you’ve been doing all the right things.) Then inexplicably, that number is NOT a happy number.
You think “How can this be happening? And then the rest of your day you walk around with a cloud of unhappy thoughts following you.
Today we’re going to talk about the SCALE.
-> How it gets in our heads and why.
-> Plus 3 different perspectives to help you approach the sc...2023-01-0422 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential“Help! The scale went up for no reason!”Have you ever had a day where you stepped up to the scale expecting to see a happy number (because you know you’ve been doing all the right things.) Then inexplicably, that number is NOT a happy number.
You think “How can this be happening? And then the rest of your day you walk around with a cloud of unhappy thoughts following you.
Today we’re going to talk about the SCALE.
-> How it gets in our heads and why.
-> Plus 3 different perspectives to help you approach the sc...2023-01-0422 min
Older Women & FriendsWhy Diets Don't Work with Lizzie MerrittSend us a Text Message.Diets make weight loss seem simple by telling you to follow their “simple” steps. But diets don’t address the subconscious wiring underneath our behaviors that override our best intentions when we’re tired, stressed, or bored.Lizzie Merritt is a Martha Beck Certified Wayfinder Life Coach and professional weight loss coach. She specializes in helping women figure out why they don't do the things they think they "should" do in order to lose weight and feel happy. She believes that diets are just the worst; the only way to lose wei...2022-12-2234 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential3 Tips To Start Seeing Progress TodayIt’s natural to want to see progress. It's part of our human nature. That’s why weight loss can be so hard because it takes time and patience.
In this episode we cover:
1) How to look at progress differently.
2) How to create simple action steps to make it easy to get started.
3) And the one type of food that makes an outside impact on your weight loss efforts.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach...2022-12-1720 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential3 Tips To Start Seeing Progress TodayIt’s natural to want to see progress. It's part of our human nature. That’s why weight loss can be so hard because it takes time and patience.
In this episode we cover:
1) How to look at progress differently.
2) How to create simple action steps to make it easy to get started.
3) And the one type of food that makes an outside impact on your weight loss efforts.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach...2022-12-1720 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential3 Reasons Why It’s Not Your Fault That the Diet Didn’t WorkYou are not broken. Diets go against the grain of how our brains are wired. The diet mentality keeps us stuck in self sabotaging thinking. In addition, we make it harder for ourselves by thinking "I'll be happy when I lose weight" versus "I choose to be happy WHILE I lose weight.
Instead, think of weight loss like nurturing a garden rather than running a race towards a finish line.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/
2022-12-1713 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potential3 Reasons Why It’s Not Your Fault That the Diet Didn’t WorkYou are not broken. Diets go against the grain of how our brains are wired. The diet mentality keeps us stuck in self sabotaging thinking. In addition, we make it harder for ourselves by thinking "I'll be happy when I lose weight" versus "I choose to be happy WHILE I lose weight.
Instead, think of weight loss like nurturing a garden rather than running a race towards a finish line.
Learn more!
www.confidentbody.coach
You Are A Miracle book
https://confidentbody.coach/tips/
2022-12-1713 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe Confident Body Podcast TrailerStop feeling like you are the problem and start working WITH the natural wiring of your brain to lose weight.
This podcast helps you see yourself and your body as a miracle so you can stop waiting to lose weight in order to participate in life.
If you want to look in the mirror and see what’s RIGHT about you…Learn solutions that are easy and fit your busy life…Find out how to train your brain for weight loss…and love yourself and your body all the way down the scale, the...2022-11-2804 minTHE CONFIDENT BODY PODCAST - Brain-based strategies and self-compassion practices to unlock your full potentialThe Confident Body Podcast TrailerStop feeling like you are the problem and start working WITH the natural wiring of your brain to lose weight.
This podcast helps you see yourself and your body as a miracle so you can stop waiting to lose weight in order to participate in life.
If you want to look in the mirror and see what’s RIGHT about you…Learn solutions that are easy and fit your busy life…Find out how to train your brain for weight loss…and love yourself and your body all the way down the scale, the...2022-11-2804 min
A2Z Healing ToolboxHealing Tool N: Nutrition with Life Coach Lizzie MerrittWhat does self-compassion have to do with eating while grieving? How can we retrain our brain from over-eating or under-eating as we live with profound loss? In this episode, Susan chats with Lizzie Merritt- Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach- about harnessing new nutritional habits to help us along the way.Get in touch with Lizzie Merritt -Professional Weight Loss Coach here Find out how to navigate grief and trauma with Susan Hannifin-MacNab here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-05-1641 min
Beyond the Military Podcast: Women Transitioning from the Military, Veteran Women, Confident in Life & Career, Transitioning out of the Military into the Civilian SectorWomen's History Month: How to stay on track during a military move and avoid excess pounds at your next duty station with Lizzie MerrittSend us a textHey lady,If you are changing duty stations or simply making changes in your life and more specifically starting a weight loss journey then this podcast is for you! Today we have a guest fellow Navy military spouse and Body Confidence Coach, Lizzie Merritt and she helps busy folks lose weight imperfectly through mindset shifts and hacks that make weight loss attainable for those of us that are NOT perfect all the time. I pray this episode blesses you!Much love, Wendi2022-03-0232 min