Feed Your Health

This week’s episode is all about the importance of having flexibility and adaptability as part of your plan when you are pursuing a body change goal. I share the importance of preparing for obstacles and challenges and how thinking about them ahead of time will get you to your results faster. Welcome to “Feed Your Health,” a weekly podcast with your host Morgan E. Shepherd where we’ll be taking a...

Today’s podcast is a quickie about the importance of practicing self-compassion while pursuing a health goal. I go into how the journey is long and why self-compassion is important. I share that learning is a journey, and it is okay if it looks messy and isn’t perfect. If you have ever felt that you’re doing it wrong because you were struggling, this episode is for you. Welcome to “Feed Your Healt...

Today I’m talking all about how to set yourself up for success when building a new habit by making your decisions ahead of time and using your environment to provide support. When building a new habit too often we leave it up to our brain to make decisions in the moment and then we are unable to follow through with our new heathy habits because we encounter resistance that we did not make a plan f...

This week’s episode dives into my personal experiences with Self Sabotage. I also share my methods for helping clients recognize their own patterns of self-sabotage and how to start to begin to make a change. I share how the stories your brain tells you are excuses, not facts. This one is a great episode if you want to build a new habit but keep standing in your own way. Welcome to “Feed Your Heal...

Today I’m talking about the importance of reflection and doing a Habit Audit. When you’re looking to improve your healthy and take on new habits it’s helpful to look at what you are already doing well and learn from your current patterns and behaviors. Welcome to “Feed Your Health,” a weekly podcast with your host Morgan E. Shepherd where we’ll be taking a deep dive into the big dial movers of hea...

In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss choosing process goals over outcome goals and learning to celebrate those intentional actions as progress and success. I talk about the productivity trap and how we spend too much time focusing on accomplishments instead of just living in the moment. Where can you lean into celebrating changes in your behavior instead of outcome-based accomplishments? Welc...

Welcome to “Feed Your Health,” a weekly podcast with your host, Morgan E. Shepherd, where we’ll be taking a deep dive into the big dial movers of health, focusing on movement, nutrition, and stress management. You’ll get tangible takeaways, tactical knowledge, and exclusive stories to inspire and empower you on your transformational health journey. Let’s get thriving! This episode is a quickie tha...

In this episode, I share the habits I’ll be implementing over the next 6 months to “Get Fit AF by 40.” Not only am I sharing the most impactful habits you can make toward better health, but I’m also breaking down how I’m actually going to stick to them and sharing some tools and strategies for you to take into your own life! Welcome to “Feed Your Health,” a podcast with your host Morgan E. Shepher...

In this episode, I talk about how to navigate situational eating and share some practical tools and strategies to help you keep your health goals in mind even while having a good time! Welcome to “Feed Your Health,” a weekly podcast with your host Morgan E. Shepherd where we’ll be taking a deep dive into the big dial movers of health, focusing on movement, nutrition, and stress management. You’ll...

In this week’s episode, I share what I would focus on if I were starting my nutrition from scratch or trying to eat better in the new year. I share the three big reasons protein is so important and some benefits you get from eating more. I talk about what happens if you don’t eat enough protein and share my personal experience and some of my clients. I share some fears that may come up around havi...

Starting the year off with my comeback episode, we’re talking about where I’ve been, my word of the year, and how to set one yourself. I share some practical tips for thinking about the next year and implementing new habits. Welcome to “Feed Your Health,” a weekly podcast with your host Morgan E. Shepherd where we’ll be taking a deep dive into the big dial movers of health, focusing on movement, n...

In this week’s episode, Rachel and I discuss our recent travel and share what we do to ensure that we stay mostly on track with our fitness and nutrition while still having fun!  We know how scary it can feel when you’ve put in the work to adopt healthy habits only to feel like everything will fall apart when your routine is disrupted, and you’re in a new environment.  That’s why w...

In this week’s episode of “Feed Your Health,” I talk about the importance of putting your health first. I see too many people struggling with overwhelm and burnout – myself included – and I know from years of experience that when you take the time to prioritize all the healthy habits, you can function better. Finding ways to fit these habits into your daily life will actually help you...

Are you struggling with feeling good about changes in your body? In this episode of “Feed Your Health,” I share my experience of feeling large and judgmental about myself because my body is changing. I talk about my previous experience working with a coach, building muscle in the gym, and re-learning how to track macros and implement new behaviors. You’re not alone if you’ve gained 10-15 lbs...

In this episode of “Feed Your Health,” I talk about the different tools we use to get things done when we are easily distracted. I share some of the games we play with ourselves and tools you can use to help you get to the gym more, eat healthier, and go to sleep on time. Essentially this is a list to help you prioritize the things you want to put first and have those habits become a part of your...

I’m super excited for this episode of “Feed Your Health” with special guest Patty McMahon. Patty coaches women to quit, cut back or abstain from drinking alcohol. You’ll hear us do a deep dive into alcohol and its effect on your body and the impact it has on your life. Patty shares how she works with clients through education, research-backed strategies for changing habits, and self-reflection pra...

This Episode of “Feed Your Health” is for all my listeners who want to understand the foundations of nutrition better. I share how to design a balanced meal. I briefly explain what macronutrients are and why you need them. I also discuss how much to be eating based on your goals. I briefly introduce a periodized eating approach to help attain specific goals – maintenance, deficit, and revers...

This week on “Feed Your Health,” I’m talking about all things Self-Sabotage. Self-Sabotage is one of the big things many clients and people I talk to struggle with. They keep getting in their own way and do things to prevent them from achieving their goals. So in this episode, I go over different forms of self-sabotage and talk about how it might be showing up in your life. I talk about why it mig...

In this episode of “Feed Your Health,” I explain how dieting makes you dumber. I illustrate how it perpetuates a lack of mindfulness and awareness of what is happening in our minds and bodies. Dieting is NOT the solution to your weight loss challenge. I clarify how making little shits that move you toward mindfulness, and awareness allows you to learn to eat in moderation. Eating in moderation wil...

In this episode, I introduce the Deprivation Indulgence Scale. I talk about how this happens when you practice dieting behaviors based on extreme restriction. I share my experience with being stuck in this cycle and ending up emotionally eating and having binge behavior. I also give you a bunch of tactical tools you can implement in your own life to help get you out of this cycle. I teach you abou...

In this episode of “Feed Your Health,” I’m breaking beliefs and talking about misconceptions people often have regarding nutrition for weight loss. I discuss the top 5 beliefs people come to me with that often prevent them from progressing on this journey. The 5 common myths people tell me: “I don’t want to have to make a bunch of sacrifices.” “It’s too hard.” “I don’t know how and don’t believe I...

This episode of “Feed Your Health” is a chatty sit-down with me as I talk about some recent adventures and share how I’m leaning into pushing myself to get uncomfortable this year. If you feel like your life needs a little bit more excitement – I discuss a few ways I’m creating that. Making a change isn’t easy, and trying new things takes guts, but the results are worth it. Thank you s...

If you are overwhelmed by all the dieting rules and health things you think you “should” be doing, and you keep stress eating, late night snacking, or boredom eating and you’re not getting the weight loss results you want, you’re probably over your Total Mental Load Threshold. This week I’m deep diving into talking about Total Mental Load and the BIG dial movers of he...

This week on “Feed Your Health,” I do a deep dive into understanding limiting beliefs and the resistance that shows up when we try to adopt new behaviors. I share some personal stories, talk about the beliefs holding me back and share how I will push myself in the New Year. I also break down the exact steps to let go of your limiting beliefs, shift your perspective and create new ones. This is a g...

I am so excited about this episode. I have the fabulous Sabrina Gilbert on the podcast, and we talk about eating in moderation, understanding your relationship with food, and what balanced eating can actually look like. Sabrina is certified in Moderation365, and we discuss some of the foundations she works clients through on their transformational journeys. She shares her story of overindulging an...