The Health Wellness & Chocolate Podcast

When life is hard, we think somethings gone wrong, or that we're wrong- but Life Is Hard!  In this podcast episode, I'll share with you some tools that you can use to cope with life when you feel pressure from every angle, tight finances, strained relationships, not enough time to do it all etc.. I'll teach you about Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychologist who shared what he did during his time in a concentration camp and how he got through the hardest part of his life, his biggest take aways and how we can apply the same approach to whatever we're facing today.  When you're ready to take the work deeper, head over to Health Wellness & Chocolate  

 We talk a lot about emotional eating in this podcast. Emotional eating habits are established in childhood, but how do they differ from mindless eating? In this episode, I'll teach you how to identify mindless eating patterns and how to easily change them, reduce your appetite, and feel more satisfied by eating less and losing weight without feeling deprived.  If you want help with this, check out The Health & Wellness Blueprint https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com/pl/146304

This week let's talk about how to create a healthy environment that will help us stick to our health goals. I'll give you 7 things that you can do today to set yourself up for a healthy fall. You'll be able to set yourself up for success no matter what comes your way- even a crazy schedule. If you want some healthy meal ideas & a grocery list too, click for the : Free Grocery Printable

Now that school is back in session and activities have all started again, it's so hard to find time to make a decent meal for our family. rather than being surprised that the kids want dinner AGAIN, use this podcast episode to help you get fast, easy, nourishing dinner ideas onto your table each night of the week. This will help you stick to your health goals and budget! For a free resource, head here for the grocery list as well as the meal ideas I talk about Free Grocery List Printable & Meal Ideas

In this episode, Katie helps you identify your negative core beliefs and shares with you how to notice them as they relate to why you struggle with overeating. You'll learn the link between your negative core beliefs and how each one makes you feel powerless. That powerlessness turns up your hunger dial.  If you're feeling stuck, this episode is a must listen! Join the Health & Wellness Blueprint to take this work deeper.

In this week's episode you'll learn how to use the three different regions of your brain to change the current results you have been creating and shift into a new state of being.  By updating your thoughts you can create an ideal version of yourself to create a new personal reality, you'll use the homework to begin to prune the old neuro-pathways that aren't serving you.  This process takes time & intention but yields such lasting results, way better than any diet. If you want to take the work deeper- head over to Health Wellness & Chocolate and check out more free trainings. 

Did you know that C.S. Lewis &  J.R.R. Tolkien were friends and had a writing group called The Inklings. They would meet in Pubs in Oxford and discuss their writings. They also would romp through the English Countryside enjoying nature, traveling from village to village. Charles Dickens suffered from insomnia and as a consequence, would walk the streets of London. These men were literary legends and their writings made all the better by incorporating downtime into their lives. This is the perfect time of year to find time to rest and be quiet, but it's easier said than done. Listen to this episode to learn how, and when you want to go deeper, check out the Health & Wellness Blueprint. https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com/pl/146304

On a scale of 1-10, how important is food to you? Over the course of the day, how often do you think about food? Are you still eating when you start planning your next meal? Is food the center of your life and the most important part of your day?  Listen in to this episode and we'll break down how to make food less important and how to find things that can replace eating as the center of your world. When you're ready to take this work deeper, head to the signature on demand weight loss course, The Health & Wellness Blueprint https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com/pl/146304

Overeat On Vacation? Telling yourself you blew it? This episode is a must listen!  Katie will teach you how to rebound after a big eating event like the 4th of July or summer vacation. Rather than saying you blew it, ask, "What Can I Learn From This?" Also- accept that sometimes you need a break from your life and rest, use that rest to learn about yourself and increase your wellness literacy. Listen in to learn how, so you don't sabotage yourself & your wellness efforts! Also- to take grab more free help, head over to Health Wellness & Chocolate

There is a time & place to indulge, and to do so while on vacation is totally justifiable. But- if overeating is not going to support your wellness and health goals, you need to listen to this podcast so you'll be able to eat all your favorite foods while on vacation and not sabotage your weight loss efforts. You can use the same skills I give you and apply it to a picnic or any adventure! For more health & wellness tips head over to https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com

There are so many reasons why food feels impossible to resist  even when you're full and today I'll cover a bunch of them and give you some tips on what your next steps should be. Sometimes stopping eating means the relaxing time of connectedness is over- and we don't want it to be, so we keep eating even when we're full. Also- if we are life time yo-yo dieters, we need to learn how to recalibrate our "normal, satisfied feeling" rather than feeling full as the normal way to feel after a meal. And finally- eating even when you're full is rooted in lack and scarcity and I'll share with you some tools on how to shift that in your mind to abundance, so you can stop that habit!  For more help, head over to https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com

On the podcast this week, I'm sharing with you truths that I've discovered and had reinforced after reading a few books from prominent psychologists. The leading takeaway was the importance of telling th truth and keeping your word to yourself and how that ripples into every area of your life. I'll share with you some studies and surprising results that back up success of keeping your word to yourself.  Take this work deeper- head over to https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com

In the fourth and final part of our four part series- The 4 D's of Weight Loss, we talk about the 4th D, Do It For 24 Hours. Why 24 hours? It keeps your brain from freaking out- it allows you to tweak and give yourself grace to make mistakes on your weight loss journey and know that all you have to do is for 24 hours and then you can adjust till you find what works.  This eliminates black and white thinking as well as the thought- one mess up and throw it all away. All four steps work together perfectly, and if followed, weight loss becomes inevitable.  Check out other free resources at https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com 

If eating helps you deal with a life you don’t like, you’ll get really good at living a life you don’t like, instead of changing your life In Part 3 of our series on the "4 D's Of Weight Loss", we're talking about how to develop life strategies to avoid using food & emotionally eat.  This is the difference between typical diets and weight loss strategies that actually work. And if you want help doing this- head here https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com/pl/259715 and join me for the next 90 days - don't wait doors close June 5th.   

If eating helps you deal with a life you don’t like, you’ll get really good at living a life you don’t like, instead of changing your life  Listen in To This class and learn how to create major changes in your belief level. You'll learn how to make better decisions at the meta level and everything else will follow. Your self sabotaging will end, your goals will get hit, and the weight will come off.  And you can start your wellness journey right away, and to  learn more about the 90 Days Of Wellness Program go here: https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com/pl/259715

This episode will help you understand why you always feel hungry and food seems impossible to resist at times.  You'll learn important questions to ask yourself that will allow you to understand why your brain is telling you that the ice cream you eat at night feels so important and irresistible. Don't miss the opportunity to join me for the 90 Days Of Wellness- starting June 6th! for more information head here: https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com/pl/259715

In this episode, we talk about how to get your mental house in order. Just like you would hire a home inspector to check out a potential investment and discover any problems or flaws, let's do that with our thoughts! Use your internal critic to your advantage, take stock and learn how to do an internal audit so that you can start fixing up your mind and creating a life you love. When you're ready to work with me- email me Katie@healthwellnessandchocolate.com and let me know you want to learn more about my super simple weight loss program. 

The urgency to lose weight is rooted in lack & fear. We think arriving at a smaller number on the scale will make life magically better.  So when we're in a hurry to lose weight, we become more self critical, rigid, hasty in choices, perfectionistic, all or nothing, expect immediate results and feel hopeless if there aren't drastic changes right away.  This leads to feeling easily frustrated, which leads to quitting a diet as soon as you feel it's not working, and you feel miserable because you just want to get it over with. This episode is a must listen if you do any of this! You need to learn how to shift your mind from lack to sufficiency and use a gentle approach to your weight loss if you want it to be sustainable. I'll teach you how to do this. Also- If you're ready to lose weight the right way and want to work with me, email me at katie@healthwellnessandchocolate.com and let me know you want to have a consultation call with me. 

Often, when we have a pain point in our life- we avoid it. Typically we'll find something that will bring us pleasure, it allows us to be distracted momentarily.  It even feels good in the moment, but eventually pain follows.  In fact, pain always follows us when we try to avoid it and seek after pleasure.  Rest assured, that's totally normal! Your brain wants you to be safe, avoid pain and seek pleasure. Nothing has gone wrong. Listen in to this week's episode as I share some examples of how we avoid pain and what behaviors we do instead. You'll also learn how to stop this habit and make some real changes once and for all. When you're ready to hop on a free call and learn how to lose weight forever with the tools I teach, email me at katie@healthwellnessandchocolate.com and let me know you want to hop on a free call. 

Celebrating Easter, or any Holiday is always so special; friends, family, good food & making memories, there is so much to enjoy! Are you beating yourself up after a big Holiday event where you ate too much rich food? Listen in to this week's podcast where Katie will share with you some tips on how to get back on your wellness journey without guilt or remorse.  Use this past event to learn from  and develop new strategies for what to do next time. When you're ready to take the work deeper, reach out to Katie & tell her you want to work together- email her at katie@healthwellnessandchocolate.com or go here to learn more: https://www.healthwellnessandchocolate.com/pl/181424