Dr. Michelle Segar, one of the more progressive health behavioral change experts, says sustainable behavior change with eating and exercise is not a product of rule-following.
In other words, trying so hard to perfectly stick to a plan is not an effective goal or strategy. Rather, we need to learn flexibility. Because life is much more unpredictable these days. Anyone like me who sends their child to daycare knows this deep in their bones!
We also need to learn how to experiment to see what actually works in this stage of our lives. Not what worked 20 years ago when our stress was minimal. Or now, in the menopausal transition.
How does one learn this flexibility and trust in imperfect action, which often just feels like guilt and shame for “being bad”?
I brought on my clients Whitnee and Erin to share their Truce with Food journey of how they learned to listen to their bodies to figure out what really works for them now and effectively experiment to reach their health and wellness goals.
In today’s episode we discuss,
Mentioned in this episode
SMART Goals: How They Sabotage Eating and Exercise Goals workshop (free, 1/11/23)
Truce with Food 2023: Registration runs 1/9-1/20. Save $500 in this once a year program when you register by January 16.
Connect with Insatiable & Ali:
Why Am I Eating This Now? Group Program opens in September! Why does the same hard work and discipline that has gotten you so far in life backfire when you try and apply it to your eating? Don't settle for this “food thing” hanging over you any longer. Find out what’s really happening when your food discipline disappears in the moments when you feel like you need it most. 12 WEEKS. MASTER COACHING. GROUP SUPPORT. Learn more.
Call our new Insatiable hotline: (412) 475-8006. Click here to text (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won't be able to text back. Please don't delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for Insatiable ).
Help me reach 200 reviews by the end of the summer! It only takes 30 seconds to rate, review, and subscribe to Insatiable on your favorite podcast platform—it means more to me than you know—and helps others find the show!
Dr. Michelle Segar, one of the more progressive health behavioral change experts, says sustainable behavior change with eating and exercise is not a product of rule-following.
In other words, trying so hard to perfectly stick to a plan is not an effective goal or strategy. Rather, we need to learn flexibility. Because life is much more unpredictable these days. Anyone like me who sends their child to daycare knows this deep in their bones!
We also need to learn how to experiment to see what actually works in this stage of our lives. Not what worked 20 years ago when our stress was minimal. Or now, in the menopausal transition.
How does one learn this flexibility and trust in imperfect action, which often just feels like guilt and shame for “being bad”?
I brought on my clients Whitnee and Erin to share their Truce with Food journey of how they learned to listen to their bodies to figure out what really works for them now and effectively experiment to reach their health and wellness goals.
In today’s episode we discuss,
Mentioned in this episode
SMART Goals: How They Sabotage Eating and Exercise Goals workshop (free, 1/11/23)
Truce with Food 2023: Registration runs 1/9-1/20. Save $500 in this once a year program when you register by January 16.
Connect with Insatiable & Ali:
Why Am I Eating This Now? Group Program opens in September! Why does the same hard work and discipline that has gotten you so far in life backfire when you try and apply it to your eating? Don't settle for this “food thing” hanging over you any longer. Find out what’s really happening when your food discipline disappears in the moments when you feel like you need it most. 12 WEEKS. MASTER COACHING. GROUP SUPPORT. Learn more.
Call our new Insatiable hotline: (412) 475-8006. Click here to text (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won't be able to text back. Please don't delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for Insatiable ).
Help me reach 200 reviews by the end of the summer! It only takes 30 seconds to rate, review, and subscribe to Insatiable on your favorite podcast platform—it means more to me than you know—and helps others find the show!