Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life

Stop arguing against reality in your weight loss efforts and choose acceptance.  In this episode, I will show you why arguing against reality creates more struggle and how to shift to a place of acceptance. Send me any comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

The decisions we make right now can be gifts for ourselves in the future and make the weight loss journey easier. Learn to harness the power of this way of making decisions in this episode.   Send me your comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Sexuality is an important part of the human experience. And yet, when you are dealing with weight issues, it can be really easy to set it to the side.  Joining me this week on the podcast is Dr. Sonia Wright, MD. Dr. Sonia Wright is a board-certified radiologist, a sexual counselor and a life coach. She is on a mission to help women embrace their sexuality as well as end the emotional pain and iso...

There are probably a lot of things you trust yourself for.  But is weight loss one of them?   Why is it that we can trust ourselves to show up for work, to care for other people, to get things done in our life but find it hard to trust that we can care for our body?     In this episode, I will show you why you should and how to start building trust in your weight loss journey.   Send me comments t...

Neutral is powerful.  In this episode, I am showing you why feeling neutral about the weight loss process and everything that is involved is the best place to be.  We can sustain neutral emotions and keep taking action a lot easier than we can with either positive or negative emotions.  Positive or negative can trip us up.  Neutral lets us keep going. Send me comments and questions to info@weights...

Learn to go from knowing what you want to do to lose weight, to actually doing it.  And doing it consistently.  That is a very important skill that takes some practice. I'll be teaching you how in this episode.   Send me questions & comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Dr. Rob Cywes is joining me this week for an in-depth discussion about carb addiction and other underlying causes for weight and overeating.   Dr. Cywes is a bariatric surgeon and expert in obesity care using a multidisciplinary approach.  He has a lot of great points to share in this interview. Check it out now. Send me comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

One of the biggest causes of weight regain or healthy eating struggles is stress eating.  Understanding exactly what is going on in you brain is the key to managing this.  In this week's episode, I am sharing a simple way of stopping stress eating through understanding it better.   If you want more help with stress eating, join my Stress Eating SOS Program.  Learn more at https://weightsolutionsfo...

How do you cope when chronic pain decides to pay you a visit? It can be such a powerful disruptor to normal life that it can easily throw your eating back into old habits. In this week's podcast episode, I'm sharing my approach to chronic pain and how you could apply it to your life. Comment at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

What are your most important priorities in your life? Do your daily actions support those priorities? If you struggle with turning your priorities into action, then this week's podcast is for you.    Send comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca.

Do you wish you could leave work with your notes and paperwork done? To have your evenings and weekends to yourself again? The chronic stress of always having work to finish is significant and can lead to overeating.   This week I'm happy to welcome Dr. Sarah Smith, MD from https://www.chartingcoach.ca .  She is giving you her best tips to leave work at work and gift yourself freedom from night ch...

Feeling hungry and unsatisfied by food can be a big hurdle in your weight loss journey. n this podcast episode, I'm giving you all the reasons why hunger might be showing up in your life.  Understanding the type of hunger you have and what is driving it will put you in the best seat to manage your weight. Send me your thoughts to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Mindfulness is a powerful tool in stress management.  Learn how to apply mindfulness techniques to help cope with COVID related stress.  This week's guests are Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang, Dr. Sara Dill and Dr. Jessie Mahoney who are all physicians and mindfulness based stress reduction teachers. Send me comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Failure can really hold us back in our weight loss journey.  But it isn't the failing itself that holds us back.  It is our thoughts about failure and what we make it mean.   Listen to this week's episode to learn to turn your fails into your best success tool.   Send me your comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Catastrophizing is thinking the worse case scenario.  Assuming the worst possible outcome will happen. The problem with predicting future outcomes is that it can be exhausting and it can generate a lot of anxiety and other stress.  If you are always thinking about the worst case scenario, then this episode is for you.   Dr. Melissa Kwak and Dr. Devon Gimble are joining me to give you tips on manag...

Self sabotaging or self defeating behaviours can play a big role in weight struggles. Learning about this topic and recognizing where it is showing up in your life is key.  When it is unrecognized or thought of as being out of your control, it will keep interfering with your long term weight loss success.   Listen to the podcast episode below to hear about how to recognize it and what to do about...

COVID-19 has created change for everyone.  Our daily routines and schedules have been turned upside down.  This can generate stress and overwhelm. This bonus episode will help you find strategies to adjust to the changes in routine and keep your self care intact.   My guest is Dr. Silky Bagga who is an obesity medicine physician and life coach.  She can be reached at silky.coaching@gmail.com .   S...

Have you ever spent time wondering how our food environment may impact our children. How did the food you eat as a child impact your food cravings and weight issues later on? I think this is a very interesting topic and one that needs more research. Joining me this week is Dr. Joan Ifland who is a food addiction expert and author of the Processed Food Addiction textbook. I'm welcoming her back to...

If you are struggling with fear around COVID, then this podcast episode is for you. This is a bonus episode where I interviewed fellow physician coaches, Dr. Sunny Smith and Dr. Krystal Sodaitis. We discuss approaches you can take to manage your fear, anxiety and other negative emotions during this pandemic. Send me your comments at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca.

Managing your thoughts in an active manner is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. 

Do you have days where it feels like nothing is working and your weight loss efforts are doomed to fail? Don't despair- in this episode we are talking about   one of the most important tools to help you re-focus and get back on track.   And it is an easy one! Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/nothing-is-wrong or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

What if you could pick the brain of a life coach to find out the best areas to focus on in your life? This episode Dr. Errin Weisman is joining me and talking about her top 5 areas that she coaches her clients on. Errin Weisman, DO is a physician life coach, podcaster and fierce advocate for wellness in medicine. She is the host of the Doctor Me First podcast and truthrxs.com Comment at https://ww...

If you have ever caught yourself saying that about your chosen food plan, then this week's post and podcast episode is for you. Concerns about boring food is a big tripping hazard in your weight loss. You don't have to experience food boredom in order to lose weight. Listen in to learn how stop feeling bored. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/boring-food or email info@weightso...

Discomfort is a fact of life and yet is often a barrier to weight loss. Many of us have learned that eating can help ease different types of discomfort. And so our brains offer food as the answer to everything. But here is the truth… Eating does not avoid discomfort, it delays it and it can shift it, but discomfort still remains, Learn how to be intentional with the discomfort you choose in this e...

Have you ever wondered about weight loss medications. Do they work? Who should take them? Today, I am interviewing Dr. Richa Mittal, Obesity Medicine Physician and Founder and Medical Director of Radiant Health Weight Loss and Wellness in Frisco, Texas. We are talking about all the ins and outs of anti-obesity medications so make sure you listen in. Comment by emailing info@weightsolutionsforphysi...