Weighing In On Happy with Victoria Evans Official

The new buzz word these days seems to be "manifestation" and how using it is essential to achieving the life of our dreams!  If you're like me, you're intrigued by the world of manifestation but have a lot of questions about what it is, how it works and how I can apply it to my life!  Well, today on the podcast I am excited to have Kim Khunaraksa who is a Manifestation Coach and the foun...

Do you know that feeling you get when you're phone is at 1% battery? You start to panic, feel frantic, irritable and anxious... The thoughts start to come in "how will I get home without maps on my phone?" "I won't be able to listen to any music" " I can't message them back" "I don't even know what time it is" "who has a charger?" Can you relate to feeling this way before? Well on this short solo...

Laura is back for another AMAZING discussion around our experiences with fitness, restriction and binging! Like myself, Laura (known as @Lauragfit on her prominent Instagram account), has overcome disordered eating and now shares her experience and what she has learned! In this podcast episode with the audio taken from our wildly popular joint Instagram live, we go over: negative results with extr...

We are so quick to demonize men in our society for the constraints they have placed on women but often fail to recognize that there are less obvious yet equally as stifling constraints for men. Together let's examine from a males perspective what it is like to live in a society of toxic masculinity. My guest this week is Connor McCreesh,  a serial entrepreneur with a fascination for nutrition...

In today's quick solo episode I share with you my secret to finding where it is that you need healing in your life. For many of us, and myself included, it can often be unclear what it is that is holding us back and keeping us from our own happiness.  On today's episode, I discuss: common triggers you may be experiencing how to find your triggers that need healing simple tools you can use to...

Have you ever jumped on some crazy diet or spent hours counting calories? We have! (spoiler alert, it wasn't a good idea) My guest this week is the beautiful Jillian Axelrod who, like me, has had her struggles with eating disorders, mental health + self-confidence. Jillian started working her way through these issues by revamping her social media, building a community around her and slowly sharing...

My guest this week is someone who I've had the absolute joy of watching transform over the last few months. Mili Velikova is a previous client of mine and a graduate of my 'Craving Food Freedom 1:1 Coaching Program.  We worked together to understand and overcome a lot of her issues surrounding food but more importantly, we dug deep and really got to discover the root cause behind these issues...

Simon Pelland, my coach and friend has taken on the task of helping me uncover blind spots in order to radically overhaul my mindset. He is an inspiration to all those who meet him with a positive and upbeat attitude that makes him one of the top relationship coaches around ! A few years ago though, Simon was also diagnosed with Huntington's disease. Now, he is a passionate Huntington's disease ad...

In this week's episode, I had the incredible Kait Rich sit down with me on the podcast.  Kait is a digital nomad, award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, AND TV personality. Straight out of university Kait landed here 'dream ' job as a speechwriter for the Canadian government. She had the job, the house, the money that a lot of us strive for but rarely makes us any happier. Stressed and depresse...

Have you ever had a moment in your life where in an instant, everything changed? Where all a sudden you finally felt heard, seen and understood in a way you never thought was possible? Well, that is exactly what happened to me the first time I listened to Blythe Baird’s powerful spoken word “ When the Fat Girl Get’s Skinny” . This week's guest, the incredible actress, author, award-winning poet ,...

This week, Life Coach and Trauma mentor Michael Anthony shares his powerful story with us and  his tips on how to take back control of your own life! Michael Anthony is one of the millions who grew up in a world of addiction and abuse. At age 12 he was sent to live with his racist grandmother and was already battling his own drug addiction but against all odds at he had begun to find success...

Overcoming an eating disorder is no easy task but supporting someone going through that can be just as tricky sometimes. My Mom is joining us this week to help me share both sides of the story on my road to recovery. We share some of our best tips on how to support someone recovering from an eating disorder and REGARDLESS of if you are supporting someone with an eating disorder, recovering yoursel...

Some stress eaters reach for food when they are sad or confused, while others often eat as a way to avoid thinking about problems or taking the action required to solve them. Can you relate?  Let's dig deeper, what is actually happening inside our body when we get stressed? In today’s podcast episode we explore: What is happening in the body when we get stressed Why stress is harmful to the b...

Sexologist, goddess and good friend Kristen Murray is back for another kick-ass episode to teach us everything we need to know about being a badass feminine woman. It is not uncommon in our society to perceive femininity as weak and fragile and masculinity as strong and capable. I was guilty of this and spent the majority of my life trying to avoid being feminine. It is only recently that I have b...

When something is common, we recognize that we are not alone and that others also deal with this problem as well... But we can't get that confused with what is normal. Normal implies that we are ordinary, that nothing needs to change and that we should continue on living the way we are. Here's the thing however, until we are shown evidence or talk about what is normal, then by default we consider...

We are asking ourselves the wrong question when it comes to our eating habits. We need to shift our focus to "why" we're eating instead of "what" we're eating.  It is not uncommon for us to search for happiness in all the wrong places and Joni Seeto was no exception. Joni who struggled binge and emotional eating, falsely thought that she was the only one who couldn't stick to a diet and for y...

Do I fit into the body positivity movement? This was a question that haunted me for many years and to be honest I thought the answer was no.  No, I don’t fit it because my body does not resemble the people I see calling themselves body positive in media...therefore I cannot be apart of this popular movement, right?  Well as I moved through my eating disorder recovery I began to see the b...

Are you ready to take action to live the life of your dreams, to be the best version of yourself, but don't know where to start? Meet Esther Inman; businesswoman, plus-size model, super mom, loving wife and digital nomad extraordinaire. A few years ago Esther was stuck in a corporate job she didn't love yet was determined to figure out how people were working online and living remotely. Fast forwa...

"I went from alcohol and drugs to food to people... subbing in different addictions.... Could I sit with myself and be a little uncomfortable with myself? ” -Sara Silverstein Sara was living the fast life in New York City where for 6 years she was stuck drinking and being a "disaster party girl", often putting herself in unsafe situations and surrounded by bad people. After hitting a low point she...

I get raw. I get real. I get vulnerable. I share with you my honest account what some days in recovery feel like in hopes that others feel less alone. Below are excerpts from this episode. "My eating disorder was my worst enemy and my best friend. You tell me that anorexia is bad, you tell me that bulimia is bad yet you have the audacity to stand there and look me in the eyes and tell me I look be...

“ We look at individual eating disorder sufferers and say “what’s wrong with you? Why do you think this way around food?” And we put in on them and ignore the structures that created this toxic environment that girls grow up in.” -Naomi (@dietculturesucks) 22 year old Naomi, also known online as “@dietculturesucks” is destroying the diet industry by speaking out about all things diet culture, eati...

"When grounded in self-love, everything will be ok."  As a former professional dancer living in Prague, L was dancing herself to the breaking point when rehearsing upwards of 12 hours a day. In her late 20s her body finally forced her to pay after years of living in a "Spartan mentality and her life collapsed around her.  She was dealing with extreme pain and was diagnosed with trig...

"Between expectation and reality there is frustration".  I discuss this notion in this week's episode  as it relates to difficult people in our lives and what we can do about it.  I will explain to you what it means to prime your brain and then teach you step-by-step my favorite tool when it comes to removing the anger and frustration when dealing with these difficult people. ...

Looking at Laura now, a prominent leader in the fitness industry,  one would never assume she had struggled with binging in the past. In this episode we discuss how Laura overcame her disordered eating  to find balance and sustainability in her life.  We address common issues such as: the "all or nothing" approach to dieting fit chicks science (influencers promoting improper techniq...

Numbers control our lives, what time we get up in the morning, how fast we drive,  the money in the bank and the bathroom scale.  What does the numbers in your life say about you, who you are?  We create stories about the numbers in our life and then assign them moral value. In this episode we dive into why the numbers related to our body hold no real "weight" when it comes to who w...