Bouncing between WW and keto? ⁠ ⁠ Or are you just wanting to start something and you're not sure whether keto or Weight Watchers would be best for you?⁠ ⁠ You're not alone! And you're going to love this discussion and be sooo helped by it.⁠ ⁠  In this week's episode, you'll learn:⁠ ⁠  ? how Krystal's breaking point about an airplane seat in 2018 led her to a 120 lb. weight loss on keto in 2019⁠ ⁠  ? why she used to view keto as "unsustainable" and "restrictive" even though she was so successful at it, and how she always planned to eventually be able to "eat normal" again⁠ ⁠  ..read more

What is failure? Things didn’t go the way you expected when you were putting in an effort to make them go that way. I didn't get what I wanted when I was actually trying to. If we weren’t trying, we can chalk it up to that's how life goes sometimes. But if we were putting in an effort, it hurts more because we blame ourselves. There's a part inside ALL of us that is in a relentless loving pursuit of answering the questions: "How much better can I feel? How much more could I like my life?" But our nervous system would rather keep us in a familiar hell than unfamiliar heaven. So what do we do? I ..read more

What is failure? Things didn’t go the way you expected when you were putting in an effort to make them go that way. I didn't get what I wanted when I was actually trying to. If we weren’t trying, we can chalk it up to that's how life goes sometimes. But if we were putting in an effort, it hurts more because we blame ourselves. There's a part inside ALL of us that is in a relentless loving pursuit of answering the questions: "How much better can I feel? How much more could I like my life?" But our nervous system would rather keep us in a familiar hell than unfamiliar heaven. So what do we do? I ..read more

Planning your food around your hormones is like planning your outfits around the weather! ?☂️  If you have a monthly menstrual cycle (or know someone who does), you do not want to miss this episode!   This is a follow up of episode 133 on Food Boundaries (so make sure you listen to that one first), because it's so important to take your hormones into account to set up realistic food expectations for yourself and have more food peace, safety, and pleasure in your life.   If you can understand and plan your life around your menstrual cycle, including your work, social pl ..read more

Do you struggle with the all-or-nothing mentality when it comes to food? Creating your own food boundaries is an exercise that I do with my clients that brings them such a sense of empowerment and relief. I know it will help you too! You DO NOT need to be eating keto to do this for yourself, so listen in and please share it with others too. ⁠ In this week's episode, you'll learn:⁠ ⁠ ? the difference between food RESTRICTIONS and food BOUNDARIES⁠ ⁠ ? How food boundaries give you more SAFETY, more PLEASURE, and more SELF-TRUST⁠ ⁠ ? Do you have POROUS boundaries, RIGID boundaries, or FLEXIBLE bou ..read more

The first quarter of 2023 is in the books. How's it going?! Today you'll get 5 questions that will help you create the life you want in 2023, or anytime!  This is one of the first exercises I do with my clients, and I recommend doing it at the start of each new year, or even as often as every quarter, every month, or anytime you feel shitty, stuck, or out of alignment.  These questions help you identify your desired FEELINGS instead of just your desired results, because we don't actually want the result (i.e. the number on the scale) as much as we want how we beli ..read more

Who cares if you reach your weight loss goal faster but you're miserable on the journey? On this episode, I'm talking about choosing ENJOYMENT over efficiency in your weight loss journey, AND I'm asserting that choosing enjoyment actually creates MORE efficiency.  You'll learn: Some aggressive weight loss strategies that I've chosen to forego because they're just not enjoyable for me How your Intelligent Resistance to a restriction/punishment mindset actually makes the journey take even longer  How to determine your intention and desired feelings for your weight loss journey and to s ..read more

I was recently interviewed by Shelby John on the Confident Sober Women podcast, and I wanted to share this mindset-shifting episode with you! You'll learn: Why I’m not as committed to the keto strategy itself as I am committed to my journey of self-care with food The difference between self-soothing and self-care, and why we absolutely should self-soothe The spectrum of harmful use with food The problem with "everything in moderation" How to know which foods are unsafe for you Why we need to stop shaming people for wanting to lose weight The perfectionism all-or-nothing lie baked into th ..read more

I used to feel like if something in my life wasn't working, it was because I needed to improve myself. I needed to be more something or less something. More loving, more patient, more disciplined, more grateful, more content... less selfish, less lazy, less overanalytical or less sensitive. Can you relate? What I have come to learn is that believing I need to improve myself is internalized shame. Shame is the belief that I am wrong, bad, broken, not enough, or too much. Now, when something isn't working in my life, I don't shame myself. Instead, I realize I am simply arguing with reality and o ..read more

On this week's episode, you'll get to hear a clip of me talking to one of my one-on-one clients about how it's truly possible for me to never think less of my clients, and also why that's so important inside of a coaching relationship. You'll learn: why I believe most health coaches are actually functioning as nutritionists, trainers, or consultants what my coaching philosophy is and how I trained for it what exactly I do as a coach some of my personal life story about how I shifted in my beliefs about human nature and our innate goodness why that change in belief actually gives me the since ..read more