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Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEpisode 16: Energy Vampires in Santa Hats‘Tis the season for food, family… and emotional fatigue.In this episode, Dr. Kristin Lloyd and Coach Frances Vogel expose the truth about “energy vampires in Santa hats” — those well-meaning (and not-so-well-meaning) family members who can drain your energy faster than a buffet drains your willpower.Together, they unpack how to protect your peace during the holidays — not just from overeating, but from emotional overload, guilt, and toxic family dynamics. You’ll learn how to stay grounded, maintain your boundaries, and show up for yourself even in the most triggering environments.Whether you’re recovering fr...
2025-11-1256 min
Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEpisode 15: Bariatric Tools Don’t Stop Working — Why Personal Responsibility Still MattersThe surprising truth about why bariatric surgery and weight-loss medications seem to “stop working” might completely change how you approach your journey.Dr. Kristin Lloyd and Coach Frances Vogel dismantle the myth that bariatric tools or GLP-1s lose power over time. In reality, these tools are neutral amplifiers—mirrors of your existing behaviors, not magic wands. Just as diabetes medication requires ongoing dietary management, weight-loss tools demand continual commitment to lifestyle, mindset, and emotional health.Together, they explore how metabolic adaptation isn’t failure—it’s biology—and why genuine transformation happens when you pair medical t...
2025-11-0554 min
Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEpisode 13: Rewriting Your Food Story - How Hidden Narratives Keep You TrappedWhat if the stories you tell yourself about food are actually keeping you stuck?In this powerful and deeply relatable episode, Dr. Kristin and Frances Vogel unpack how our internal food narratives—formed from childhood conditioning, diet culture, and emotional survival—can quietly sabotage our relationship with food, our bodies, and ourselves.Frances shares her vulnerable personal journey from internalized shame and food restriction to food freedom and self-compassion. Together, they explore how seemingly harmless beliefs (“I can’t be trusted with food,” “I’ll never have self-control,” “healthy people don’t eat that”) become the very scripts that...
2025-10-221h 00
Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEpisode 9: Food, Shame & SurvivalEpisode 9 - Food, Shame & Survival: From Disordered Eating to Eating DisordersThe most shocking revelation? How childhood food shaming—being nicknamed “Thunder Thighs” or sneaking food in secret—doesn’t just shape eating habits. It ripples across family systems, rewiring how generations relate to food, body image, and even self-worth. It’s time to tackle the fears around food and elements of body shaming that lead to disordered eating and eating disorders. Let’s cut to the chase: Which lies of diet culture are still running your relationship with food, your weight, and your body?In this r...
2025-09-241h 03
Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEpisode 8: Deconstructing Diet Culture’s GripEpisode 8 - Deconstructing Diet Culture’s Grip: Ditching Diet Mentality, The Path to Healing Hunger, Appetite, Hormones And Headspace Beyond Bariatric Surgery & GLP-1s. What if the tool that quiets your hunger doesn’t teach you how to handle your appetite? What if the very solutions we're turning to for weight loss are actually masking deeper emotional wounds?Dr. Kristin Lloyd and Coach Frances Vogel make a clear distinction: hunger is physiological; appetite is psychological. GLP-1s and bariatric surgery can legitimately lower hunger and quiet part of “food noise,” but they don’t teach emotion re...
2025-09-1752 min
Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEPISODE 3: Decoding DesireEpisode 3: Decoding Desire — Healing Through Self-Compassion: Navigating Emotional EatingIn this deeply honest conversation, Kristin Lloyd, PhD and certified coach Frances Vogel unpack the tangled web of desire, hunger, and emotional eating—especially for bariatric and GLP-1 patients. They break down the difference between hunger, appetite, and “food noise,” revealing how trauma, stress, and ingrained habits shape eating patterns.They begin by drawing a clear line between biological hunger (your body’s physical need for fuel) and psychological appetite (the mental pull toward food, often sparked by emotions like stress, boredom, or loneliness). This distinction is crucial...
2025-08-121h 09
Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEPISODE 2: The Identity Shift After Weight Loss — Who Am I Now?⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of self-harm and emotional distress. Please take care when listening.Disclaimer: This conversation is not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care. If you’re struggling, please reach out to a licensed provider or a crisis support line in your area. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 for immediate, free, 24/7 support.In this deeply honest episode of Bariatric Mindset Success, Dr. Kristin Lloyd is joined by Bariatric Mindset Coach Frances Vogel to explore the raw and often-overlooked reality of identity transformation after weight loss surger...
2025-08-0859 min
Bariatric Mindset® Success PodcastEPISODE 1: From Trauma to Triumph — A 90-Pound Weight Loss Journey with Frances VogelIn this powerful premiere episode of Bariatric Mindset Success, we’re not sugarcoating a damn thing.I’m joined by one of our very own Bariatric Mindset team coaches, Frances Vogel, who shares her deeply personal journey — from childhood trauma and emotional eating to reclaiming her health, her body, and her identity.Seven years post-op and 90 pounds down, Frances gets real about what the before-and-after photos don’t show: the emotional excavation, the identity unraveling, the grief no one warned her about, and the inner work it took to rebuild from the inside out.This c...
2025-08-0747 min