Thin Thinking Podcast

Weight Watchers? Jenny Craig? IF? Keto? With tons of weight loss plans in the market, it's so easy to fall into the old habit of going with the crowd and starting a diet at the new year. Unfortunately, these quick fixes take our power away and set us up for failure. Instead, for true weight success what we really need is the ability to stay the course through tempting moments--when we get bored or...

Happy New Year, Thin Thinking Friends! Did you know, of the people who start diets January 1st, only 23% stick with their diet past February? As someone who works closely with so many amazing people on their weight journeys I know first hand that the key to long-term weight loss isn't about finding the perfect diet or exercise plan… The key to success is about consistency: keeping going even in th...

As we begin ending the year 2022, it's the time of 10 Best and 10 Worst lists and all the end of year reviews. So as you review your year, wouldn't it be nice to really leave your 10 Worst behind so that you are not bringing them along as limiting beliefs into your new year? So as you review your year, wouldn't it be nice to really leave your 10 Worst Behind so that you are not bringing them along...

What are your big bold dreams and goals for 2023? Have you got them yet or do they need a bit of a nudge? Have you ever made a vision board--it's a great way to not only create the goals but visually organize them and have them as inspiration all year long. For the 93rd Episode of Thin Thinking , join me as we dive deep with Melanie Moore, UK's leading vision board expert and award winning coach a...

The holiday season is just a blur. Dinner after dinner after dinner. Endless get-togethers with families, with friends or co-workers.  Just thinking about it may make you want to kick the can down the road to January 1 on your weight release plans because it just seems too tough. Hold on to the can! Don't kick it! Friend, managing holiday meetings is totally possible. We can use our thin thinking...

The holidays bring up so many emotions--both good and bad.  Now, couple that with all the tempting holiday food around and it's like watching a slow train wreck of Almond Roca crashing into another train of Peppermint Bark and derailing into the holiday weight gain sea. So take a deep breath because today, for the 91st Episode of Thin Thinking , I walk you through how to set yourself up for succes...

Butter. Flour. Sugar.  Mixed together these ingredients create a drug-like elixir that is the base for a lot of yummy holiday baked goods. They have also been the ingredients for the weight release disasters over the holidays not to mention feeling bloated and imbalanced.  Ever wake up with a holiday baked good hangover? Not pretty, right? How do we bake our gingerbread and eat it too without it b...

Happy Thanksgiving! As we head into the weekend of parties and gatherings and lots and lots of tempting food and drink, most of us hope to make healthy choices and stay on track, right?  But as the pumpkin pie bakes and the wine flows and the holiday stress builds, that resolve wears a little thin.  For the 89th Episode of Thin Thinking , join me as I share a holiday weekend meditation with holida...

With all of our running extra holiday running around, parties, eating out and STRESS, it can be a real gut-punch to our health and vibrancy. Seriously--our gut needs some TLC this coming season. In the olden days we used to think of our gut as just that place that processes the food we eat. But now we know so much more–our gut is now linked with mood, overall health and wellbeing. I think this is...

Soon the winter months will be upon us...I got out my weighted winter blanket just the other night and said to myself "it's that time." Like bears, humans seem to head to our caves and hibernate for the winter months. It's the season of binge watching, and binge eating. And can you blame us--mother nature has set our survival biology in this way.  However, bears do stop eating after putting on eno...

Have you been keeping the right muscles strong? I mean, we all know that for good health and fitness we need to work out to keep our muscles healthy and strong. BUT, today's Thin Thinking guest will argue there is a set of muscles that we are not working out and boy--life gets better when we do! Ever used a kegel? It is a very specific movement designed to strengthen your pelvic floor and can help...

Halloween. It's that time of year where we celebrate all things spooky. But getting controlled by trigger foods-especially those sugary treats can be tricky all year long. Sooooo, in honor of Halloween, I am sharing an episode on trigger foods for you to dive in to. There are some great hacks for you to employ during the season of candy! Halloween may be the official opening of the sugar season bu...

Isn't it that time of year when you just want to get cozy with a great book? I have a Thin Thinking Read recommendation that I believe you will not only enjoy but that will change the way you relate to yourself in a transformative way. I was lucky enough to be introduced to Tara Brach's work a few years ago by a dear therapist friend of mine. Have you ever read a book and it's been more than a boo...

Oh god, if I have to eat another salad I am going to turn green! I am sooooooo over going to the gym... Why can everyone else eat fun stuff but I have to eat the dull stuff?? Boredom happens–unfortunately boredom often spells the end of many weight loss journeys. So how do we overcome it so we don't throw in the towel on our weight loss and ourselves?  With thin thinking of course! Get ready to ge...

This month I am celebrating 20 years of Shift Hypnosis--the business I started to help people use their minds to make big changes in their lives with the use of hypnosis. I started this business with no prior business experience--especially with tech (I know those of you who are rolling their eyes). I nursed my little teeny baby daughter while reading business books and just trying to figure it ou...

Life doesn't always line up for us to manage our weight easily. That is why so many people re-gain weight when a personal crisis strikes or they go on vacation or through a stressful time in life. Ginny released 40 pounds and just when she got to maintenance--a personal crisis happened. But Ginny used her Thin Thinking skills she learned through the Shift Weight Mastery Process and was able to mai...

Most people who finally achieve weight mastery, weight off did not just do it overnight. Most of them struggled for years - or even decades - of gaining and losing on average over 250 pounds.  For the 80th episode of Thin Thinking , let's dive in and hear the story of life coach Steve Dinga, who joined the Shift Weight Mastery Program in April of this year, and how he was able to release 25lbs.  I...

In the struggle with weight, many times we end up in a self abusive relationship–the way we talk to ourselves and the way we treat ourselves is crueler than the way we would treat our worst enemy. This inner punishing relationship goes on for years and becomes "normal" Often we don't even see it as abusive, we just see it as the way we control ourselves. Little do we know, this system of control k...

I am another year older in a few days–hopefully wiser as well.  And what do I want to do for my birthday?  To share with you what I think are the 5 top keys–the main reasons that I have kept 40 pounds off for 27 years–after struggling for 2 decades to keep it off for even 1 week.  Please make a birthday wish and join me for the 78 th Episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast where I will be sharing wit...

Stress, anxiety and intrusive thoughts–many of us have been struggling with one or more of these things–especially in the last few years.  Have you ever considered that they all actually might be the same thing?? Join me For the 77th episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast , where psychologist, coach, speaker and author of The Little Book of Big Change Dr. Amy Johnson joins me and shares her groundbr...

I am going through "The  Change". That is what my mother called her hot flashes as she rolled her eyes and shook her head with a twinge of shame and wiped the sweat from her brow. For years peri-menopause and menopause have been something we had to endure on our own with dread and shame. It was treated as some sort of disease rather than a stage of life--that when addressed head on can be a powerf...

Stress, anxiety and trauma–have you ever wondered how the impact of these mental states can impact our neurology? Join me today in the 75th episode of the Thin Thinking Podcast as I discuss with my guest, Cat Dillon - a Trauma-informed, registered holistic nutritionist and transformational life coach - the role of stress and trauma on our biology - including our weight. Cat sheds some cutting-edge...

Come on, everyone else is eating it--why can't we? We are too tired to go to the gym--we'll go tomorrow. We will be so good on Monday--so let's live it up until then! Our Inner Rebel can be as seductive and slick as the most expert used car salesman in town. Selling us and our sincere weight goals down the river for an instant of "fun". But it's not so fun feeling out of control and feeling like w...

Putting off going to the gym... Waiting until the very last second to get the article written... Getting last year's taxes filed...and yes, the taxes from the year before filed too... With our busy lives it's so easy to put things off--sometimes it's necessary. But what if procrastination has become more of a chronic issue? What if it may be impacting your work, your relationship, your health or e...

No, I can't do that. I shouldn't do that. That will never happen. Have you ever noticed how many times we shut our ideas and inspirations down before they even have a chance to live? What would life be like if we believed in ourselves enough to say, "yes"--to dare to dream big and then take action on them??, This week, I had a wonderful conversation with the business and life coach who created a p...