The Real Weight Loss Coach

Do you feel full after a meal but you still find yourself eating? Is it emotional eating? Is it not enough protein? Is it not enough electrolytes? Why can’t I stop overeating?! In this episode we talk about exactly what nutrients are required to trigger the normal, healthy response of losing interest in food and not longer wanting to eat… otherwise known as achieving satiety. With all the frankenf...

Do you have a broken metabolism? It’s a question that is thrown around the health world and some people say it’s real and some people say it’s a myth. If you are finding it harder and harder to lose weight or shift your health problem then it’s potentially something worth investigating - how to fix your metabolism.  In this episode we discuss:  The broken metabolism - is it a myth or is it legit W...

Are you into researching the world of health? Perfect!!! This episode is with the Director and Producer of the brand new health documentary called, The INside Effects: How the Body Heals Itself. Who is in it? Some epic names: Dr John Demartini, Dr. Tom Cowan, Deanna Courtney, Kim D’Eramo, Kyle Cease, Andrew Kaufman MD, JP Sears and the list goes on! Oh and also, Matty Lansdown is in it.. How epic....

Are you intimate with your partner? You know, that person that you live with? In my experience coaching people in the last handful of years it has become overwhelmingly apparent that there are a lot of couples that are not intimate, do not hug and are therefore leaving their emotional needs unmet… or actually, they meet them via food, alcohol or both prescription and non-prescription medication. T...

What is the thing that you find the hardest to change? Is it your eating pattern? Your workout routine? Your relationship dynamic? Or your work situation? Making change can be frustrating because it doesn’t happen overnight, although, when we do it over night it feels great, but only lasts a couple of weeks. In this episode we have 2 behaviour change specialists talking about how to change, but it...

Should I change or should I stop trying so hard and just be who I already am? It’s a question that plagues anyone that was less discomfort in their lives. We seek to make change because of discomfort, yet change requires hard work and often more discomfort.. So why do it? That’s what we address in this episode, should I do the work or should I not? In this episode we cover:  How to decide what doe...

Are you going through a painful and problematic menopause transition? Or maybe your partner is? In the modern era you’d think menopause was some deadly illness that women catch from someone else. However, it’s been a normal transition in women's bodies for thousands of years. If you’re having a tough time or you know it’s a transition you’ll begin in a few years then you should definitely list...

Are you a stress addict? Maybe you justify it by being a ‘busy person’. In this hyper-stimulated world it’s very easy to get caught up in doing absolutely everything, or giving your kids every opportunity to do every single sport in existence or be studying, working, being married, having kids and also maintaining a social life. It’s a lot. However, there are consequences, maybe not now but later...

Did you know there are a lot of controversial conversations around cancer that just aren’t had? Conversations about confidence, self trust, the consequences of pharmaceutical drugs, the illness and drugs required well after cancer treatment is finished and the role that diet and stress play in that experience. Today's guest is a woman that has survived breast cancer herself and now runs an org...

Do you find change difficult? You said Yes?? Well.. you’re just like me. A human that is a victim being human. We’re trapped in a loop of being who we are and it’s really hard to behave in a different way without feeling like we’re living a lie. In this episode I talk specifically about the idea of being uncomfortable with making positive progress and why the familiarity of pain and suffering appe...

Did you know that there is a little bit of evidence that connects personality type and thyroid conditions - crazy right? In this conversation we chatted about the way that said personality goes about their very busy life and thus the stress, and the extreme diet history and all the things that come with being wired and a people pleaser. This is a good one if you’re beginning your own health journe...

Does it feel impossible to say no to wine or chocolate? Or any other number of yummy foods? Food can be confusing and addictive. It’s good, it’s bad. It’s a tool for self punishment and for nourishment. What a cocktail of confusion. Understanding your WHY surrounding food is the beginning of rewiring the relationship you have with it, that’s what we’re doing on this episode today.  In this episode...

Have you ever met an endurance athlete? They’re absolutely mind blowing and so I’m going to introduce you to one today. Lisa Tamati has an incredible 25+ year career as an ultramarathon runner and her story is incredible. Since retiring she has become one of the leading biohacking and alternative healing strategy experts in the world and is usually people’s first touch point when it comes to the b...

Is saying no to chocolate or your favourite sugary treat or the people around you something you find difficult to do? Putting a boundary in place with anything in our life can be difficult but at the same time, applying willpower and grit as the tools to help out, also isn’t the best strategy. If you’re bad at saying no and you want to know how to change that, this podcast episode is for you. On t...

Why does disease run in your family? Is it because you have the same genetics? Or is it because you eat the same food and live in the same way? This conversation with Dr. Bruce Lipton discusses this exact topic. We explore how mind-body medicine influences the disease, health and wellness outcomes that the body experiences, from the water you drink to the thoughts you think. Interestingly, your ps...

Would you say you’re a perfectionist? Celebrating good stuff isn’t really encouraged, in fact it’s just expected that good stuff is the norm and that everything else isn’t good enough which in case you’ve been living in some other realm, you know isn’t true. The norm is a bit of a lucky dip of good bad and bloody annoying… this is why learning to celebrate good things, wins and progress will make...

Did you know psychedelics are becoming legal in Australia? Not totally legal but kind of. I know it might fire up some people but the public messaging around psychedelics of the last 50 years has been highly misleading but fortunately there is an uprising and coming together of mental health experts, psychologists, scientific researchers and traditional plant medicine healers and shamans. It’s cha...

Have you ever spent time studying yourself? In the way you would study any field, topic or qualification we simply neglect to study ourselves outside of brief moments of reflections and that can result in recurring life problems and patterns that you don’t truly understand. The path to eternal happiness is from the one true saviour… that saviour is your journal (had you going there didn’t I). You...

Have you ever checked how many times you unlock your phone each day? You can do it inside the backend under Digital Wellbeing on a Samsung or Screen Time on Apple devices. I think if you do you’ll be really shocked at how many times you open, not only your phone but each individual app. If you’re shocked and embarrassed or you just know that you need to break up with your phone or delete some apps...

Do you feel stuck in a rut? Sometimes (or all the time) we go round and round on the same problem, circumstance or chocolate addiction wondering why we never change, despite knowing what is good for us. The good news is that rut is changeable, the rut is real but it’s changeable and it’s due to a natural biological mechanism called neuroplasticity which is your ability to rewire your own brain, fr...

Are you losing your hair? Or is it thinning out? Hair loss seems to be a feature of many hardcore restrictive diets, particularly those that are plant based. But diet aside, when you take into account the way that stress affects your hair growth then it’s no wonder that so many people have issues with the hair on their head. If you’re having hairy challenges right now, this episode is for you.  On...

Sadly our world is designed for failure but we rarely recognize that fact as our reality. Sugar is everywhere, soda is everywhere, screens and social media are everywhere and it’s hard to go 5 seconds without having some level of anxiety about all of that! Which is why we need to change the environment of our lives to one that is designed for success. I call this creating conditions for success an...

Would you describe yourself as a sugar addict? Many people do but where is the line between sugar addiction and emotional eating… are they the same? Different? It can be confusing trying to decipher which of the 2 categories you might fall under and so on this episode we speak to the underlying cause and the things that need to change in your relationship with food to start moving your body in a d...

Do you fall off the healthy eating bandwagon after you start a new diet? It’s super common because all of these rules and restrictions really aren’t that fun and make us feel limited when being healthy should feel anything but limiting and restrictive - who wants to be healthy if that’s what you get. Of course having boundaries with food and your environment is necessary so that you do choose the...

Do you need help with getting control of your emotional and binge eating? It’s actually very common to be an emotional eater. In fact the number of people that can moderate their relationship with food and control their sugar intake is tiny. So, you’re like most of us, challenged by this situation and needing guidance to change your eating habits. This episode is a superb place to begin as we have...