One of my favorite quotes about the food police is, "Unless you killed the chef, there is no morality or guilt in what you eat," by Evelyn Tribole.

The food police are those voices, either the real ones from people in your life or the ones in your head, that are basically telling you what foods...

Just in time for the holiday season, this episode is jam packed with tips to help you deal with travel – whether by air or by land – the stress, and your day of game plan.

Let's set you up this holiday season for a heart filled with joy and gratitude so that this can truly be a Happy...

Do you find yourself worrying or ruminating about stuff that you really can't control? Is it interfering with your ability to get a good night's sleep, taking away your sense of inner peace?  Maybe you're turning to alcohol or smoking or or comfort food?

Want to figure out how to stop?

In...

When you feel guilty, is it because you actually did something wrong?

Or do you feel guilty because you think you shouldn't have done something?  Or because you had to make a difficult choice and it upset someone?

In this episode, I talk about the power of gratitude and grace, so you can...

When was the last time you were triggered?

I'm not just talking about the triggers that lead to emotional eating, sleepless nights, and that extra glass of wine or two at the end of a long, stressful day.

I'm also talking about the triggers for self-care habits, the ones that create deep health...

How often are you triggered and are those triggers leading you to take cactions that align with your long-term goals? 

Or are they routines and behaviors that are actually moving you further away from those goals?

Well, I spent the past week dog sitting my sister's new puppy, Kona. (In...

Have you been trying to figure out why it is that none of the diets and weight loss programs you've been on have you actually worked - where you've lost the weight AND kept it off?

Well, one of the keys to lasting weight loss is tapping into your 8th sense.  It's your interoception.

When...

When was the last time someone said something to you, or maybe it was a thought that you had like, "You need to lose weight," that you accepted as true - hook, line, and sinker? And then you reacted to it without even thinking, as opposed to being able to respond to it?

Given all the recent...

What do you have in your coping toolkit?  When you're dealing with stressful situations, do you use different tools for different situations or do you have a go-to coping mechanism?

In other words, are you using eating or drinking like a carpenter who uses a hammer for nails, along...

In this episode, Matt Martell joins me for another insight-packed conversation about the keys to effective leadership. We take a deep dive into the topic of personal responsibility and its importance, especially in difficult and stressful situations.

As a listener of this podcast, Matt also...