Thinner Peace in Menopause

In today's episode we're going to cover how to mindfully celebrate without over indulging in food or drink. So many of my clients and myself really believed we couldn't celebrate without overdoing food and drink. It was my excuse to lose myself. Since my birthday, my anniversary and my husband's birthday all fall within 6 … Ep 20 Learn How to Celebrate Without Overeating or Over Drinking Read More...

In this episode we discuss the importance of planning a joy eat every day on purpose. I find it freeing for my clients and it also helps them to think they can eat anything they want. Because they can. There is no deprivation or restriction. I review the different tools we use, and then go … Ep 19 Learning to Change the Feelings of Deprivation and Restriction to Lose Weight Read More » The post Ep...

In this episode we discuss the attitude of gratitude. I go over how grateful I am for you, my listener, and how that makes me want to produce amazing podcasts. I also share some of my podcast listener reviews and some mini sessions where the people describe how well they're doing as they're listening to … Ep 18 How Gratitude Can Help You Lose Weight and Sharing Read More » The post Ep 18 How Grati...

Many people think the kitchen is a gathering place when they THINK they don't have anything to do. I have so many clients who wander through their kitchens and cupboards looking for something to do when they're bored. In this episode I give an example of another real coaching session with one of my listeners … Ep 17 How to be More Mindful and Learn to Gently Stop Yourself from Fog or Binge Eating...

In this episode I explain to you what it was like for me when I was in menopause and weight loss was slow as molasses. It was nothing like before menopause. I explain why I was sabotaging myself, and why you might be doing the same. In the "good old days" (before menopause) I could … Ep 16 How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself When Losing Weight in Menopause Read More » The post Ep 16 How to Stop Sabota...

Today we're going to go deeper into binge eating (in my program I call it storm eating.) I'm using another example of another client who was angry. Anger is the most common feeling women have a hard time dealing with. I used this client because she's newer and hasn't started journaling yet. I want to … Ep 15 Binge Eating: Dealing With The Anger vs Binge Eating Read More » The post Ep 15 Binge Eati...

One of the hardest emotions for women to feel is anger. I have more clients who eat their anger than any other emotion. I've told you before that binging or storming is always a result of a strong negative emotion or negative on the Emotional Hunger Scale. As young girls, we were taught anger is … Ep 14 Binge Eating: You Can't Binge Eat Mad. Anger is Not a Food Group Read More » The post Ep 14 Bin...

This episode is all about starting this new way of mindful eating and thinking. I show you how to start, by using the meals that bring up the least emotion first. We are starting with small steps that are really easy, to create bigger results over time. Starting is the hardest part of any process. … Ep 13 Starting Your Mindful Weight Loss Journey When You Don't Know How Read More » The post Ep 13...

In this episode you will see how you can make exercise ridiculously easy. Exercise + Joy = play When you think of exercise, how does it make you feel? If it's not positive, then this episode is for you. By now you know whatever you do comes from how you feel, and if you're dreading … Ep 12 How to Make Exercise Ridiculously Easy! Read More » The post Ep 12 How to Make Exercise Ridiculously Easy! ap...

Joy is not in things, it is in us. In this episode we discuss how much happiness you get from food every day. How much joy do you get from life? Here's the thing: many new clients, myself included, thought 70-80% of happiness came from eating. I didn't realize at the time that means I'm … Ep 11 How to Feel Happy by Creating Joy to Lose Weight Read More » The post Ep 11 How to Feel Happy by Creatin...

This episode is all about night-time eating. This is a big problem for many of my clients and it is different for everyone. Many people storm or binge eat during this time, so I thought I would give a real life coaching session and how mindfulness helps storm eating, or what is commonly referred to … Ep 10 Real Life Moment: How To Stop Binge Eating Using Mindfulness Read More » The post Ep 10 Real...

Today's show is dedicated to helping you understand how to cultivate mindfulness on your journey to losing weight, and understanding that part of mindfulness is using compassion as a tool to help you objectively see what's going on with curiosity instead of punishment. All the tools we have gone over so far will be utilized … Ep 9 Using Compassion to Strengthen Self Control Read More » The post Ep...

Now, I want to introduce you to my food journal. The difference in my food journals and anything you've ever used before, is the real purpose of this food journal is to find out more about what goes on in that mind of yours using all the tools I've taught you so far: PHS, EHS … Ep 8 Using a Food Journal or Food Diary to Build Mindful Eating Habits Read More » The post Ep 8 Using a Food Journal or...

Part 2 of 4 Types of Eating: To lose weight you must be aware of why you are eating so you can stop mindless eating. In this episode I discuss fog and storm eating, how it looks and how you can help yourself by knowing which category you are in. It's also very important to … Ep 7 How to Stop Mindless Eating and Curb Emotional Eating Read More » The post Ep 7 How to Stop Mindless Eating and Curb Em...

In this episode I go over in detail fuel food and joy eating, and wrapping your mind around thoughts that will help you lose weight and feel great. It all starts in the mind, right? To get your free copy of the Thinner Peace in Menopause and Beyond Podcast Companion Workbook please go to https://drdebbutler.com/change. … Ep 6 Mindfully Embracing Healthy Foods and Pleasure Eating During Weight Loss...

As we're learning mindfulness, we're learning to watch ourselves and observe. I have a new tool to help you with your observations, The 4 Types of Eating. Now when you look at yourself as you're eating you will decide if you're fuel eating, joy eating, fog eating or storm eating. Just go to https://drdebbutler.com/change to … Ep 5 Mindfulness and Identifying Your Eating Styles to Help You Lose Wei...

In today's episode we are going to learn how to apply the EHS and PHS to real life situations, and how to observe what you see in yourself with compassion. You need to KNOW what you do and what you THINK on a regular basis. Instead of using punishment as your weapon of choice, you … Ep 4 Some Real Life Physical and Emotional Scenarios and Using Mindfulness Read More » The post Ep 4 Some Real Life...

In today's episode you will learn to differentiate your emotional hunger from your physical hunger. I will teach you my intuitive emotional hunger scale and how you can easily apply it every time you sit down to eat. This is the next step in helping you learn to trust yourself and your body around food. … Ep 3 The Emotional Hunger Scale for Weight Loss Read More » The post Ep 3 The Emotional Hunge...

In today's episode we're talking about how to pay attention to your basic physical hunger, and how to use my innovative physical hunger scale (PHS). You will learn for yourself when it's time to start eating and when it's time to stop. To get a FREE COPY of my complete program with all the tools, … Ep 2 The Physical Hunger Scale in Menopause to Lose Weight Read More » The post Ep 2 The Physical Hu...

In Menopause, physical hunger decreases due to metabolism decreasing. Learn to trust yourself around food again. Welcome to the first episode of Thinner Peace in Menopause and Beyond podcast. In today's podcast we're going to learn how to connect to your most basic instinct: eating. It sounds funny, but unfortunately if you're a lot like … Ep 1 Thinner Peace in Menopause, Weight Loss and Beyond Re...