Project Weight Loss

Send us Fan Mail This week we unpack, what I consider to be the most impactful of the emotions that can move us to act against our best interests, against our Project Weight Loss, that of anxiety. My goal in this episode is to help you discover the possibility of transforming yourself by going within yourself. This understanding of the emotions and understanding what is behind them will help you s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I unpack the emotion of anger as an emotion that we inevitably will feel and could be on the other end of the manifestation of this emotion. I speak to value that comes from being in awareness of this emotion, because this emotion can create an incredible amount of energy, energy that if is not harnessed can lead us to regret our actions from this emotion.   I also...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we break down boredom, the first of  what I call the trifecta of triggering emotions.  The three emotions are boredom, anger and anxiety. I wanted to start with the first one, boredom that seems so benign on the surface. And in a way it is a bit of an innocent emotion.  There are 3 camps in the way we deal with boredom. We either hate it, love it, or we just let it...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we learn that the Mediterranean diet is really a mix of cuisines from some varied and ancient cultures, 21 to be exact and that Maesters have found this diet to hold health benefits. I speak to the teachings of the Maester Ancel Keys, and the Maesters from our previous episodes T Colin Campbell and Dan Buettner who talked about primarily plant-based eating and the...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I am so excited to bring you 5 very useful strategies to help you conquer the urges to overeat, by finding your truth, through self-compassion, a quick recovery, finding new natural comforts, reprogramming your behaviors and planning with your prefrontal cortex.  I break it all down for you in this episode, it's the kind of information I wish I had in my twenties.  Ple...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we celebrate a year of Project Weight Loss, a year of the work, on our sense of safety, our work to live a healthy, wealthy and peaceful existence. And this existence is grounded in a self-compassion and acceptance of who we truly are. I wanted to come to you, today for this special episode and in this special month of mental health awareness, of women's heal...

Send us Fan Mail The blue zones are regions in 5 countries where some interesting health discoveries have been uncovered. Those countries are Costa Rica, Greece, Italy, Japan, and the US; the Nicoya region in Costa Rica, Ikaria Greece, Sardinia Italy, Okinawa Japan, and last, but not least, my state California US, and the region is Loma Linda CA which is in southern CA.   They matter and are very...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we talk to one of my beautiful and successful clients Vic. We talk about her experiences and she gives us her nuggets of wisdom and her stories. To me, Vic is an all-around extraordinary person, who embodies what it means to really care about people.    We learn from her that we do deserve the beautiful feedback from others and how she is living in her...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I break down what  a life coach is; I define it, provide contextual comparisons and  some examples of the results from the valuable work. To me, a life coach simply  someone who helps you to move your life from good to great, helping you get unstuck.  This existence of freedom and strength brings you the courage to trust in yourself, in your abilities and in your p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I bring you the author of the renowned and amazing book, the China Study, T Colin Campbell, PhD. I share with you what I have learned from his teachings and how this work has impacted the way I think and was part of why I love data and respect data. To me, Dr. Campbell's information is what needs to be shared in the world and can make such an incredible impac...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I break down the communication concept of holding space. I speak to what holding space is and what it is not.  My goal is to provide you some tools to use to communicate with others that are in need of our space and to provide service to those that want to share their deep hurts and their deep joys.  Remember that while being whole is a non-negotiable for us, the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I break down my understanding of macro nutrients "macros" and provide you with information on what the Maesters say about it and of course, my experience with counting macros. The recommendation is to first consult your doctor and watch yourself- adjusting your food nutritional values based on your health needs Macro counts and percentages may be best use...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk with my lovely client Cheryl as she imparts her wisdom and experience about how valuable it is to be fully present for your life and the joy of finding your tribe.  We talk about her experience working with me in our Project 66 and her decision to go into the un-chartered territory of going all in to trust oneself in this process. She is Cheryl 2.0, the  “r...

Send us Fan Mail A decision starts with a choice of options you have, decisions you need to make to reach a conclusion, live that vision, that intention. Everything is on the table for you to sift through and make a thoughtful decision. In project planning, indecisions can cost us. Start by setting a time and space for you to make your important decisions. Layout all the considerations, and ask yo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I interview my sister who really wanted to be my client, because she believes so strongly in the work that I am doing and because she is seeing the results.   I worked with her project weight loss, helping her lose what was weighing her down. We worked on the topic of relationships and self-confidence.  And if you listen to my podcast a primary tenet of my project...

Send us Fan Mail I dedicate this episode to my dear client and to you my friends, in the hope that our mental health journey is strengthen by our own knowledge.  We are stronger than we think and smarter than we let on. We are tough as nails. And I share the words of a very special Maester to me, Cheryl Strayed. I highly recommend any of her books, but in particular her New York Times best selling...

Send us Fan Mail I have a very special guest for you this week, her name is Maritza Ilario and she is such an amazing soul. She will share with us how she achieved her weight loss goal and her overall journey in Project 66.   I really wanted to bring you not just a success story, but really to humanize this process. And for me, what brings me so much motivation and really pushes me to show up for...

Send us Fan Mail Hello my friends, hope your week was everything you wished it to be and that you had a moment to yourself this week. In this episode we break down mediation, the so called zen practice and I introduce you to some new Zen Maesters, with the ultimate goal of finding your footing, finding yourself in a moment of stillness. We do not meditated in this episode, but I bring you the scie...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we break down regret and look at it from the lens of our past self, our future self and our current self.   We consider the aspects of regret and how at times, it can serve us and at times it does not. I offer some possible solutions and insights into this important topic and I appreciate my client, Cheryl for requesting our conversation on this topic.  I also crea...

Send us Fan Mail “Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.”  -Thomas Dekker I wanted to bring you the information I have learned from the sleep Maester, Dr. Michael Breus on the sleep science I have learned from his teachings and some strategies he recommends and of course, why all this matters. And it certainly does matter to our Project Weight loss and overall quality...

Send us Fan Mail The resting mind is fantastic at bringing us solutions and innovation.  And what this means to me is that rest is not the absence of work, but the decision to chose to do something different than your job, that 9-5 or that business. How you spend your rest values more than how much you rest? The higher level of detachment the higher recovery, the higher restorative rest, the break...

Send us Fan Mail I am so excited for you to create your own Atomic thoughts and that’s is what I am to share with you this week. Atomic thoughts have five main components 1.    they are simplified, generally small and clear   2.    They are very powerful, and drive our emotions, drive how we feel. And we know that our emotions move us to act or not act.   3.    Atomic thoughts are energetic in tha...

Send us Fan Mail Today it is all about what will help bring courage and power to our lives. And that is by asking ourselves the questions that we are sometimes not ready or willing to ask. In this episode I offer a path to explore powerful positive questions that bring our lives into alignment with our truths. And it starts by asking ourselves some base questions:  1.    What am I choosing to feel...

Send us Fan Mail Discover about an incredible turning point and milestone in our Project Weight Loss, that of becoming fat adapted.  In this episode I break down what this concept means and the benefits it provides for us. I also do a deep dive on sugar and flour, with the hope that with this information you will make some pivot point decisions for your health if you have not done so already. Plea...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I want to focus on taking stock of some lessons learned from my goals from last year and the process of the intentions that align with creating your best life for this year.  I break down the process I used to create my goals last year and my intentions on how to create my goals for the upcoming year. This process entails creating concordant, SMART (Specific, Measu...