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Happy and Healthy with Amy Lang

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Helping you create the mindset you need for lasting weights loss,
with a dash of inspiration and stories that will bring it all to life.
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#82: Building Resilience

Lumping all stress in the "bad" for you bucket and something you should avoid is like saying all baby boomers are the same.  In fact, your experience with stress is similar to what research has shown for baby boomers and their attitudes about aging.

How you think about stress has a real...

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#81: When Stress Is A Good Thing

Have you read the book, “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” by Robert Sapolsky?

It’a all about what stress and specifically chronic stress does to the human body, and how it increases our chances of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and even...

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#62: Comfort Food and Stress

How Are You Feeling?

So how would you rate your stress level in this past month?

And when you feel upset or worried or anxious, is comfort food one of your “go to” methods for coping with it?

If you find yourself feeling guilty afterwards, let me just say I don’t...

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#55: Processing Our Negative Emotions

Growing up, a lot of us didn't learn effective ways to deal with negative emotions.  Now, between the election and pandemic, chances are the polarizing rhetoric and negativity are only heightening the pain, worry and stress.

So in this episode, I want to help you unpack these emotions and...

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#52: Asking For Help Is Not A Sign of Weakness with Molly Zive, LCSW

 

In this episode, Molly Zive joins Amy for a wide-ranging conversation about stress, self-care, building your team like Beyonce and the importance of an abundance mindset.

Molly Zive is a licensed clinical social worker and host of the podcast, "Therapy Is Cool."  You can find her on...

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#38: The 3 C’s For Coping With Stressful Times

In this episode, Amy Lang reviews the 3 C’s for coping with these stressful chaotic times.  When you learn how to control what you can, cope with what you can't and concentrate on what truly matters, you are focused on taking consistent action which will help you create the life you...

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#17: Part 2 - Permission To Feel

emotional eating stress May 18, 2020

In this episode, our guest is Brie Pierquet, MSW, LCSW, and we'll be talking about negative emotions, why we avoid them and how to process them.

The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on mental health has clearly become a crisis within a crisis.  Between the isolation that results from social...

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#16: Part 1 - You Are Not Alone

covid-19 stress May 18, 2020

In this episode, our guest is Brie Pierquet, MSW, LCSW, and we'll be talking about the signs and symptom of stress and anxiety, what to look for and ways of coping.

The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on mental health has clearly become a crisis within a crisis.  Between the isolation that...

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#14: Triggering Happy Hormones and Lowering Stress

In this episode, we'll be talking about how stress affects our bodies and how we can counter these effects by triggering our happy hormones - specifically dopamine, endorphins, serotonin and oxytocin - to lift your mood and sense of well being.

If you want to feel more empowered to move in the...

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#12: Emotional Eating - Why We Do It and How To Stop

In this episode, we'll be talking about emotional eating, the #1 cause of overeating and weight gain.  We'll discuss why it happens, how to hack the habit of stress eating and ways to process our emotions rather than turning to food and alcohol.

If you find yourself eating your way through...

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