Thin Thinking Podcast

A survey conducted by the American Psychological Association in 2020 found that 61% of adults in the United States reported experiencing undesired weight changes due to stress eating. It makes sense.  Afterall, eating something to calm ourselves down has become a national pastime–so much so I think that the packaging on salty crunchy foods or soft baked sweet treats could be called "comfort food"...

Did you know that getting enough sleep each night is crucial not only for your overall health, but also for maintaining a healthy weight? In fact, studies have shown that people who consistently get less than seven hours of sleep per night are more likely to be overweight or obese. This may be due in part to the fact that lack of sleep can disrupt hormones that control appetite and metabolism, lea...

Want to live to be 100 with your mind and body intact? There are places on earth that are considered "Blue Zones" regions where people are living to be 100 years old and beyond. Not just living but thriving--living life fully. hat you may find interesting is that there are actually common daily habits and specific ways of eating that people of these Blue Zone cultures are engaged in that author, D...

According to a Institute of Medicine Study, over 100 million adults in the United States alone are impacted by chronic pain--including joint pain and arthritis. The additional health care costs due to pain ranged from $261 to $300 billion per year in the United States alone. Did you know that there are natural ways to manage and cure your chronic pain and inflammation? Dr. Judy Seeger, a trained t...

Maybe you have noticed, that when you are stressed at work or things didn't go as planned, your mind starts craving for something sweet and sugary? It's an impulse we often have a hard time overcoming. In fact, more often than not, that one bite of chocolate that we pop in our mouth to satisfy the craving becomes a second bite and then before you know it, we are looking at an empty chocolate wrapp...

They may seem innocent...but they are deadly… To your self-esteem and your weight. There are specific words and phrases that you may unconsciously use all the time that you think of them as innocent words, but under the surface, they could actually be sabotaging your long-term weight journey. What if we could improve our weight loss vocabulary and use weight loss words that can help us better comm...

Achoo! Getting sick is such a bummer. Not only can it disrupt your life plans, but it can also throw a wrench into your weight loss consistency. We stop exercising. We start eating carby comfort foods. We stop paying attention to our goals. Then as we get better we really don't feel as focused as we did before we got sick. Am I right? This episode of Thin Thinking was inspired by listeners begging...

Sound familiar? "Quick Start Diet!" "Lose 3 sizes in a week without diet or exercise!" "Doctor discovers secret fruit that sheds pounds and inches!" We see it on the internet--in our newsfeed--at the newsstand.  We see it all the time, especially now in January. The diet industry sells diets with the idea of the quick results--which unfortunately we fall for because we want to get out of the pain...

When we think of people who are creative, we often think of painters, writers, actors, architects, Picasso, Emily Bronte, Tony Morrison, Adele, Lady Gaga -- people who make something out of nothing. But is weight management also an art form?  Well--it is! And today, for our 97th Episode of Thin Thinking , we bring you the last segment of my three-part series called Building Weight Loss Resilience ...

Weight Watchers? Jenny Craig? IF? Keto? With tons of weight loss plans in the market, it's so easy to fall into the old habit of going with the crowd and starting a diet at the new year. Unfortunately, these quick fixes take our power away and set us up for failure. Instead, for true weight success what we really need is the ability to stay the course through tempting moments--when we get bored or...

Happy New Year, Thin Thinking Friends! Did you know, of the people who start diets January 1st, only 23% stick with their diet past February? As someone who works closely with so many amazing people on their weight journeys I know first hand that the key to long-term weight loss isn't about finding the perfect diet or exercise plan… The key to success is about consistency: keeping going even in th...

As we begin ending the year 2022, it's the time of 10 Best and 10 Worst lists and all the end of year reviews. So as you review your year, wouldn't it be nice to really leave your 10 Worst behind so that you are not bringing them along as limiting beliefs into your new year? So as you review your year, wouldn't it be nice to really leave your 10 Worst Behind so that you are not bringing them along...

What are your big bold dreams and goals for 2023? Have you got them yet or do they need a bit of a nudge? Have you ever made a vision board--it's a great way to not only create the goals but visually organize them and have them as inspiration all year long. For the 93rd Episode of Thin Thinking , join me as we dive deep with Melanie Moore, UK's leading vision board expert and award winning coach a...

The holiday season is just a blur. Dinner after dinner after dinner. Endless get-togethers with families, with friends or co-workers.  Just thinking about it may make you want to kick the can down the road to January 1 on your weight release plans because it just seems too tough. Hold on to the can! Don't kick it! Friend, managing holiday meetings is totally possible. We can use our thin thinking...

The holidays bring up so many emotions--both good and bad.  Now, couple that with all the tempting holiday food around and it's like watching a slow train wreck of Almond Roca crashing into another train of Peppermint Bark and derailing into the holiday weight gain sea. So take a deep breath because today, for the 91st Episode of Thin Thinking , I walk you through how to set yourself up for succes...

Butter. Flour. Sugar.  Mixed together these ingredients create a drug-like elixir that is the base for a lot of yummy holiday baked goods. They have also been the ingredients for the weight release disasters over the holidays not to mention feeling bloated and imbalanced.  Ever wake up with a holiday baked good hangover? Not pretty, right? How do we bake our gingerbread and eat it too without it b...

Happy Thanksgiving! As we head into the weekend of parties and gatherings and lots and lots of tempting food and drink, most of us hope to make healthy choices and stay on track, right?  But as the pumpkin pie bakes and the wine flows and the holiday stress builds, that resolve wears a little thin.  For the 89th Episode of Thin Thinking , join me as I share a holiday weekend meditation with holida...

With all of our running extra holiday running around, parties, eating out and STRESS, it can be a real gut-punch to our health and vibrancy. Seriously--our gut needs some TLC this coming season. In the olden days we used to think of our gut as just that place that processes the food we eat. But now we know so much more–our gut is now linked with mood, overall health and wellbeing. I think this is...

Soon the winter months will be upon us...I got out my weighted winter blanket just the other night and said to myself "it's that time." Like bears, humans seem to head to our caves and hibernate for the winter months. It's the season of binge watching, and binge eating. And can you blame us--mother nature has set our survival biology in this way.  However, bears do stop eating after putting on eno...

Have you been keeping the right muscles strong? I mean, we all know that for good health and fitness we need to work out to keep our muscles healthy and strong. BUT, today's Thin Thinking guest will argue there is a set of muscles that we are not working out and boy--life gets better when we do! Ever used a kegel? It is a very specific movement designed to strengthen your pelvic floor and can help...

Halloween. It's that time of year where we celebrate all things spooky. But getting controlled by trigger foods-especially those sugary treats can be tricky all year long. Sooooo, in honor of Halloween, I am sharing an episode on trigger foods for you to dive in to. There are some great hacks for you to employ during the season of candy! Halloween may be the official opening of the sugar season bu...

Isn't it that time of year when you just want to get cozy with a great book? I have a Thin Thinking Read recommendation that I believe you will not only enjoy but that will change the way you relate to yourself in a transformative way. I was lucky enough to be introduced to Tara Brach's work a few years ago by a dear therapist friend of mine. Have you ever read a book and it's been more than a boo...

Oh god, if I have to eat another salad I am going to turn green! I am sooooooo over going to the gym... Why can everyone else eat fun stuff but I have to eat the dull stuff?? Boredom happens–unfortunately boredom often spells the end of many weight loss journeys. So how do we overcome it so we don't throw in the towel on our weight loss and ourselves?  With thin thinking of course! Get ready to ge...

This month I am celebrating 20 years of Shift Hypnosis--the business I started to help people use their minds to make big changes in their lives with the use of hypnosis. I started this business with no prior business experience--especially with tech (I know those of you who are rolling their eyes). I nursed my little teeny baby daughter while reading business books and just trying to figure it ou...

Life doesn't always line up for us to manage our weight easily. That is why so many people re-gain weight when a personal crisis strikes or they go on vacation or through a stressful time in life. Ginny released 40 pounds and just when she got to maintenance--a personal crisis happened. But Ginny used her Thin Thinking skills she learned through the Shift Weight Mastery Process and was able to mai...