Direction Not Perfection - Mindset, Menopause & Sustainable Weight Loss for Women Over 40 with Dietitian, Lindsey House

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Free Downloadable Materials: 2021 Accountability Calendar SMART Goal Setting Worksheet Scale of Success Evaluation Form On our journey to live a healthy and happy life, the year 2020 was a speedbump along our path.  It caused us to slow down and assess our lives and proceed with caution.  After reflecting on what was going right for us and what wasn’t work...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Happy New Year!  It is time to say “Goodbye” to 2020 and “Hello” to 2021.  Most of us are thinking “Good riddance 2020!”  Don’t let the door hit you on your way out”.  And “Welcome 2021.  We thought you would never get here”.  All of our lives were changed in 2020 and we had to adjust our routines to work with the new normal.  Now is a good time to sit bac...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! 2020 has definitely been a year to remember.   Most of us are saying that we can’t wait to see it go and start 2021 with a clean slate and hope in our hearts.  The not so good memories can overtake everything and leave us discouraged, defeated and wondering “Why even try”.  But we need to examine our lives and realize that we actually have small wins every...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! “She began to measure herself in contentment and laughter rather than inches and pounds”. If you have read my book DNP you know that reflects my feelings about helping you become the best version of yourself. I love it when I can share with you, other professionals with similar mindsets who can give you their takeaway on those principles.  Katie Hake is a...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! As a registered dietitian I specialize in the science of using food and nutrition to help people lead a healthy lifestyle and/or achieve specific health-related goals.  As I meet with client after client it is obvious that a huge part of finding success on the journey to live a healthy life is related to what is in their head.  When anyone is on a weight l...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Welcome to a bonus episode of your Direction Not Perfection Community! The purpose of these episodes are meant to bring you some insight, motivation and tools to keep your week inspired and flowing with good momentum! Today we bring back a regular on the show, Chiropractor, Dr. Dennis Warren! Dr. Warren will be speaking on Sympathetic Tone and the Hidden b...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Today is a day to celebrate.  Not only is it my 40th birthday, it is also my 100th podcast episode!  When I published my book several years ago, I felt that I could reach out to many people to share my obsession with living a healthy life.  I was thrilled to have a book out in the world, BUT two years ago I realized I wanted to offer more. Launching the Di...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Decrease our distress . Limiting our exposure to distress will be beneficial to our well-being, our longevity and our quality of life.   Increase our Eustress . Good movement and exercise…  weight resistance… adding a variety of exercises is important so that your body adapts and can take on any type of stress that can be thrown on your body!  Weight resis...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Thanksgiving is under our belt (literally and figuratively) and many of us are up before dawn to start shopping Black Friday deals.  We are right in the middle of holiday craziness and tending to our health and fitness can be hard to do. Today, I interview Julie Watters, a visual and performing artist, personal trainer and coach who uses creativity, moveme...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Whether you are an elite athlete, a PTA mom who runs marathons or a grandparent who plays on the floor with their grandchildren, you are subject to injuries which limit your mobility.  You can seek treatment through physical therapy or even surgery, if needed, to eliminate your pain.  But you come out of that treatment in the same shape you were in when th...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! As we usher in another holiday season, most of us would agree that there are many roadblocks and barriers just waiting to detour us on our road to being healthy.  I reached out to a dietitian friend of mine to give you her tips for navigating through the holidays without setting yourself up for failure.  Karah Stanley, is a registered and licensed dietitia...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Once again, I have gained insight from a source far removed from food and fitness, that speaks directly to our journey to a healthy lifestyle.  A marketing podcast called Smart Passive Income with Pat Flynn discussed terrible traps entrepreneurs fall into.  Those traps transfer right into the health and fitness world.   Knowledge is power! Insight is power...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Have you ever heard yourself say “I’m so glad that I’ve never had to go to a chiropractor. I’ve never been in that terrible car accident or been debilitated by back pain… I guess I’m just lucky so far” BUT what if I told you that although chiropractors can absolutely help with pain, they are also a huge player in preventative care! What if I told you we co...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Souvenirs, we buy them when we go on vacation, because we want to bring something home to remind us of the fun we had. There is another type of souvenir that doesn’t cost money to get, but none of us would want it. That would be the souvenirs we get after recovering from a serious illness. Our body may no longer show evidence of disease, but it does have a...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! People on a journey to be healthy and fit often know what they need to do, but for all sorts of reasons they don’t do it. Even those of us who are health professionals fall victim to the many barriers thrown in our path. That is where my accountability groups come into the picture. Each participant receives support and encouragement from the other members...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! I believe in living a healthy happy life, for myself, my loved ones and future generations who are watching and learning. I put my heart and soul into my accountability groups in the hopes that you will join me on that journey and that together we can meet our goals. It gives me great joy to share an accomplishment that can be directly related to the insig...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! As a registered dietitian and personal trainer, people come to me for help on their journey to be healthy and fit. I can give them information on food choices, and exercises and suggest that they read my book Direction Not Perfection, Accountability and Coaching from your Wine-loving Dietitian for in depth information on the subject . This is definitely a...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Would you like to improve your problem solving and decision-making skills, increase your creativity and emotional intelligence, all without talking to anyone, taking a class, going online or reading a book? There is a secret ingredient that can do all that. It will give you an edge, a skill set that will expand your insight and help you to improve professi...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Meditation, mindfulness, peace, relaxation, gratitude, I hope these terms bring you a content, warm and comforting feeling. In today’s world where everything is uncertain and even scary, we can all benefit from a practice that brings us peace. For many of you the thought of meditation brings to mind a person sitting cross legged with their arms out in a lo...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Just like Kenny Chesney sings about “The Good Stuff” we too have some “good stuff” here in the Direction Not Perfection realm. I was reminded of this as I was preparing to speak at a health retreat. Looking back through all the content that I have shared since starting this Direction Not Perfection community, I am grateful for the ability to go back and li...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Whack-a-mole is an arcade game popular with kids (and their parents). They start out, mallet in hand, joyfully whacking each rodent as it pops up in a random position. The more moles you whack, the faster they start to pop up, until the whacker is practically popping a vein trying to get them all. Does this ever resemble your life? Wham, one project succes...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Remember, as a little kid, asking “why” about everything? Why do I have to make my bed? Why do I have to eat my vegetables? Why do I have to go to school? Or maybe you are a parent and you have to take deep breaths because the “why’s” never stop. It is exhausting and you resort to the answer, “Because I said so”! Kids have an innate ability to question eve...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! Whether you are a faithful follower of this Direction Not Perfection podcast or you are tuning in for the first time, you may not know that this podcast stems from my book Direction Not Perfection, Accountability and Coaching from your Wine-loving Dietitian. The book is the realization of my dream to help individuals with weight and health struggles. It wa...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! I love to share podcasts that I find helpful or informative, just as I love it when you share with me the ones that are favorites of yours. You never know when something you hear today might become that “Ah ha” moment that changes your life for the better. That is my hope for you when you tune in to my podcasts. Podcasting was not on my radar until a frien...

Send a text for comments or topics ideas! As a registered dietitian I studied the relationships between diet, health and how nutrients affect our bodies. This gives me the knowledge to advise individuals on how to select and prepare healthy food and establish good eating habits. Working one on one with clients is only one path (out of many) that was available to me within my dietetics major. Today...