Happy & Healthy with Amy

You've probably heard me say that your self-worth is not dependent on the size and shape of your body. And yet, if you believe that this is true and you would still like to lose some weight, and perhaps you're thinking that you would look better and feel better if you were thinner, you're not alone. In this episode, I'm going to explain how you approach weight loss in a way tha...

As you travel on the road to success, do you think it would be easier to get to your destination - to achieve your goals - by traveling on a paved road or an unpaved road? Probably the paved one, right? In this episode I'm going to be talking about how we make our environment more conducive to achieving our goals. If you have a particular habit in mind and you would like some help in making t...

As we approach the end of the year, you may find yourself with goals you still want to accomplished... if only you could figure out a way to stay motivated. Well, in today's episode, I share  the five keys to staying motivated so you can create new healthy habits on your journey of building a happier and healthier life. In This Episode: Download the excerpt of Amy Lang's new book,  Thoug...

“Prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child." Have you heard this expression before? As a parent, do you find yourself wondering what it actually means to raise healthy and successful adults? In this episode, special guest Pam Godbois, LCSW, joins me for a wide-ranging conversation filled with helpful tips for the parents of tween and teens. We'll be covering everything f...

Have you noticed that your efforts to lose weight have taken a toll on your mental health? If so, this is an episode you'll want to listen to from beginning on end. I'm taking a dive deep into the connection between mental health and achieving lasting weight loss. In This Episode Huberman Lab Podcast - How To Understand and Assess Your Mental Health with Dr. Paul Conti Huberman Lab: The...

Consider this quote... "What got you here won't get you there." Wondering how it applies to weight loss? In today's episode, I'm reviewing and exploring ten things that you probably didn't know about weight loss. I'll be debunking some common myths and pointing out some mistakes you may be making. But don't worry... I'll also share with you what to do i...

How often do you think you misinterpret information and wind up feeling (unnecessarily) stressed, upset, or angry? Even worse, what if the way you're thinking about a given situation artificially limits the choices available to you? What I'm describing here are cognitive distortions. These are thought patterns, or habits, if you will, that usually lead to reactions and responses that are...

When it comes to processing your emotions, creating calm in your mind and body provides the conditions for clarity. In this episode, we're talking about the process of exploring your options and choosing how to respond based on your values. In other words, how to make choices that align with your values and your long-term goals.  This is the key to living a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life...

How much tension do you feel in your body? And where do you feel it? When it comes to processing your emotions, aka emotional regulation, we're talking about releasing tension and freeing the energy that is stored in your body and how this affects your mind. Emotional regulation is a skill you want to develop so you can make values-based decisions... ...in other words, so you can respond inst...

Do you struggle with emotional eating where you find yourself getting really angry or upset, and then after you eat, you feel guilty? And so really this whole idea about processing your emotions is something that's really important to your overall health. In the last episode, I talked about noticing and naming what those emotions are. In this episode, I'm going to be talking about what i...

When it comes to difficult situations how do you deal with the emotions that arise from them? Do you suppress them, as in not allow yourself to feel? Do you avoid them? Perhaps you turn to emotional eating or going for a run? Or do you actually process them? Do you actually know what that means? Processing your emotions is a core aspect of emotional regulation, which is essential for healthy funct...

Are you familiar with the Hunger Scale? If you have a history of dieting - relying on external things like counting calories or tracking points, or keeping track of macros -  as opposed to listening to what your body is telling you, this is an opportunity for you to rebuild trust. I'm going to walk you through the Hunger Scale, including what it means to be at a -10 is versus a +10 and everyt...

Have you heard of Intuitive Eating? It's gotten a lot of press in the last year, and has been gaining popularity. I passed all the requirements to become a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor earlier this summer, but ultimately decided it's not for me. There are some really good things about Intuitive Eating, but there are some aspects of it that I fundamentally disagree with, so at the...

Have you lost a bunch of weight recently? Maybe you've been taking one of the weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic or Mounjaro and youdon't plan on staying on it? Maybe it's too expensive Or it's got some unpleasant side effects and you just don't feel good when you're on it. Or you just don't like the idea of having to take this drug from now on. If this is yo...

When you look at your life, do you think your best years are behind you or in front of you? If you believe what you see and hear in the media, you probably think outer beauty and youth are more important than anything else, especially for women. It's why anti-aging anything is so popular. But the media and the marketing machine is about creating demand for products, and they do this by leadin...

When it comes to weight loss and getting healthy and fit, are there so many things you could be doing, or you think you should be doing, that you wind up feeling overwhelmed? Do you try to overhaul your life? Perhaps choosing two or three habits to work on at once? Or maybe because you think you've got to do it exactly right... that you really can't afford to make a mistake, so then you...

When you are stressed, do you tend to turn to food or maybe alcohol as a way to deal with the stress?  As a way to cope? Or maybe it's not stress. Maybe it's boredom or sadness or loneliness, so really it's more emotional eating in the broader sense, than just stress eating. Well, in this episode, we're talking about why emotional eating happens and the three things that you ca...

When you see an ad on TV or you hear someone make a comment, are you able to recognize when it's diet culture and when it's not? For example, is the famous Dove ad campaign about body positivity or diet culture in disguise? Or how about if you want to lose weight? Is it because you've fallen prey to diet culture messaging or something else? If you're not sure, this is an episod...

Are you the CEO of your business? How about of your home? Do you have a self-care plan in place and the systems and strategy to make sure it happens? In today's episode, I've got business and mindset coach and bestselling author, Dena Patton, joining me to talk about the two halves of a self-care program that she has all of her CEOs implement when they start working with her. So if you w...

With summer right around the corner, do you find yourself thinking, "I would love to shut a few pounds," but you find yourself constantly overeating. Are you wondering how you can stop doing this so that you can actually lose the weight for good? Well, in this episode, I identify the five primary triggers for overeating, along with a whole bunch of easy-to-implement tips that you can sta...

Do you know what it feels like to be the target of projection, where someone who doesn't know how to deal with their own stuff, projects it onto you and makes you feel less than? If that's the language that's going through your head, this is an episode you don't want to miss. In this episode, I'm sharing how to recognize when it's not about you and what you can do abo...

It's that time of year again... Memorial Day, the unofficial beginning of summer. Does this fill you with excitement or dread? When you think about shorts, dresses, and bathing suits, are you saying to yourself, "Ugh, I just need to lose some weight." If that's you, this is an episode you don't want to miss because I'm walking you through: 7 signs you're using th...

Do you have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep? Maybe it's not so much staying asleep as it is falling back to sleep after you've gotten up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, or your kids had a bad dream, or because you had a hot flash. First, rest assured, waking up in the middle of the night is normal. Second, this usually happens more as we age. Again, perfectly...

Have you been trying to eat clean in order to lose some weight and be healthier? Do you find yourself looking forward to cheat days perhaps a bit more than those days where you're eating clean? Well, this may actually be a sign that your clean eating mindset is hurting your relationship with food. Not sure what I mean by that? Well, in this episode, I explain exactly what that means, the 3 si...

Have you noticed, as you've gotten older, that you have a few more aches and pains than you used to have? Maybe when you stand up after you've been sitting for a while, you're a little stiff. Well, this may be a sign that it's time to work on improving your flexibility. In this episode, we're focusing on how yoga can help. I've got the founder of Stretch Love Yoga, De...