Brain Boss

This EP talks about what Brain Boss is, who I am, and what to expect! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are talking about why failure is important and why it’s required for sustainable weight loss. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on Brain Boss I’m sharing one of the pillar BRAIN TOOLS I teach my clients to put a stop to self-sabotage. If you only practice 1 tool I teach, let it be this one. It gets to the core of any problem, providing an antidote, not just a band-aid.   Once I learned this tool, it totally changed how I approach weight loss and totally changed my relationship with food. It brought me so much freedom and I hope it will for you too!   This episode is perfect for anyone who has ever wondered why they sabotage their hard work on their weight loss journey and want to learn how to overcome it.   If you are interested in having a better relationship with food, stop self sabotaging, and stay committed to your weight loss goal, then this episode is for you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on Brain Boss I talk about having an all-or-nothing mindset and why perfectionism sabotages our weight loss goals. I provide 2 tools: How to interrupt the cycle of eating when you aren’t hungry (stop mindless snacking) What to do if you do sabotage, and how to get quickly back on track This episode is perfect for anyone who starts the day with good intentions of eating perfectly all day but starts to unravel after 3pm. Don’t forget to download the free cheat sheet: 6 Steps to Crush a Craving (or stop mindless snacking). If you are interested in having a better relationship with food, stop self sabotaging, and stay committed to your weight loss goal, then this episode is for you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on Brain Boss I hypothesize that we’re approaching weight loss backwards and provide you with an alternative mindset. You'll also hear a bit of my story as I tried this new weight loss approach (it worked!).This episode is perfect for you if:·     what you’ve been trying isn’t working;·     you need to learn how to use patience or grit to stop sabotaging when you don’t see results fast enoughIf you are interested in having a better relationship with food, stop self sabotaging, and stay committed to your weight loss goal, then this episode is for you!PS Check out this Ted Talk on Grit by Angela Duckworth See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on Brain Boss I talk about the 3 overarching categories of why we sabotage and how to overcome them.This episode is perfect for you if:·     You experience cravings·     Eat when you are tired / stressed / restless·     Eat out of habit, not actual hunger(unnecessary snacking, TV eating, entertainment eating)If you are interested in having a better relationship with food, stop self sabotaging, and stay committed to your weight loss goal, then this episode is for you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on Brain Boss I talk about what it means to “surf the wave”, and how that keeps you from sabotaging your good intentions.This episode is perfect for you if you want to stop grabbing handfuls of trail mix or cereal throughout the day because you know that habit is sabotaging your results. If you are interested in having a better relationship with food, stop self sabotaging, and stay committed to your weight loss goal, then this episode is for you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’ve got diet fatigue – if you’ve spent years (decades even!), trying to eat less, move more, quit sugar, quit flour, and your weight has been up and down, you may just need to regain a sense of meaning and purpose for your goal. On today’s episode, I talk about what Values are, how they are the secret sauce to staying committed, and the 4 reasons how they help us reach our goal of sustainable weight loss.This episode is perfect for you if you are sick of yo-yo dieting and want a solution that will make you happy NOW – not in some future scenario of when you reach your ideal weight. Let’s not postpone happiness any longer.If you are interested in having a better relationship with food, stop self sabotaging, and stay committed to your weight loss goal, then this episode is for you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After Values Part I, you know what values are and how they relate to weight loss. The deeper level is to ensure we are building values from an intrinsic place, not from external pressures, and how to make sure our values don’t become rigid rules.To align your Values with your weight loss goal the how looks like this: we want to align our goals with intrinsic, flexible values that bring joy to the journey, not just in achieving the result.Because our values differ based on life domain: relationships, weight loss, career, finance, we can also run into Value Conflict. That’s why I think it’s equally important to talk about Values Hierarchy and what to do in those situations.Your only responsibility with this episode is to identify your intrinsic weight loss goal values, and I’ve made it super easy for you: I’ve created a downloadable workbook for this episode. Head over to my website www.jenpillipow.com to grab it, or download it here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on the podcast I’m answering a listener question from Kelley about how to handle social situations when you love good wine and good food, but it leads to sabotage.I offer her 2 tools to practice, how relying on willpower just increases desire and sabotage, and how to work with the competition in our brains between wanting to lose weight, but also wanting to drink wine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want to join one of my FREE online classes to learn how you can stop feeling deprived, stop self-sabotaging, stop working out harder, and lose weight in a sustainable way?Where previous participants have said versions of: “I’ve never put these tools to practice with weight loss before: mind. blown.”ü 4 Tools for your Food Freedom Toolkit Registration (FREE):https://jenpillipowcoaching.lpages.co/multipleOn vacation? Got the kids? No worries – sign up to receive the replay.ü Stop Self-Sabotaging Registration (FREE):https://jenpillipowcoaching.lpages.co/materclass-live-coachingIf you’ve already caught my free class, have been listening to my podcast, and you’re ready to take a deeper dive, sign up for Stop Self-Sabotaging. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today’s Brain Boss episode covers 2 areas I feel are so important with making changes and losing weight in a sustainable way:#1 is the difference between Being vs. Doing – and what I mean by that is really creating change from the inside out (your Being), rather than just ‘dieting’ (the Doing).In other words, rather than trying to follow a food protocol and exercise more (although important), choosing to make the internal changes and becoming a new person. You know, building the foundation of the house before you buy the furniture. And within this framework I want to talk about the adjectives that make it possible with weight loss – clarity, confidence, commitment, and consistency. Words to describe your way of being for sustainable weight loss in your right sized body. #2: We can’t talk about new ways of BEING without addressing limiting beliefs, what they are, and how to identify them.PS Have you signed up for one of the upcoming FREE online classes?4 Tools for your Food Freedom Toolkit Registration (FREE):https://jenpillipowcoaching.lpages.co/multipleOn vacation? Got the kids? No worries – sign up to receive the replay.Stop Self-Sabotaging Registration (FREE):https://jenpillipowcoaching.lpages.co/materclass-live-coachingOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” —Marianne Williamson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a very special episode where I interview my client Candice at the end of her time working one-on-one with me. She shares how she overcame frustration, confusion, and a fear of the scale in 8 short weeks. Not only did she shift her mindset with regards to weight loss (and lost weight), but the tools also helped her through some difficult circumstances that came up during our time together.She beautifully exemplifies the power of the tools and that they really help you build meta skills to solve any problem in your life.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you self-sabotage your weight loss efforts? I view self-sabotage as a band-aid for uncomfortable moments in our lives.Although it may solve an immediate problem of anxiousness, boredom, or stress, it creates problems on the back end: it interferes with our long-term goal of weight loss and robs us of living our best self and showing up the way we dream. In this episode I talk about one way I used to self-sabotage I call the “swap”. I discuss what it is and share a tool to stop it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you ever been “good” all day, only to overeat at dinner, then think “I might as well keep going, the day is ruined now anyway”?Have you ever eaten off plan and it took you days to get back on track?Maybe this happens every Friday night and you get back on track every Monday?This episode is for you!I teach a tool called the “Reset” to get you back on track to becoming your best self and avoiding the pitfalls of further sabotage. Just like our phones and computers, our brains need a reset too - a chance to stop negative thought loops from further sabotaging our results and to remember that all is not lost. Check out and download my free worksheet called “The Art of the Reset”.https://jenpillipowcoaching.lpages.co/reset-workbook-ep-14 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have a vacation coming up? This is for you!This episode is inspired by one of the ladies in my Commitment Secrets online program. She asked “How do you handle vacations? I just started seeing real consistent progress, now I have a holiday and I don’t even want to go for fear of undoing all my hard work.”I totally relate to this fear; I used to hate vacation – the thought of being out of routine, not exercising properly, and being tempted by food that led to deprivation – made me want to just stay home. In this episode I share my tips on how to overcome this fear and how to get your brain working for you so you can enjoy your holiday AND meet your goals.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’ve ever wondered if you should be eating every 2 hours (or not), this episode is for you! I talk about what happens physically in our bodies when we do snack, and how to break the habit if you want to stop.Learn how to become a fat burning, emotion processing machine and listen in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this weeks’ episode I break down how goal-focused, high performers sometimes overuse food and alcohol as their “fun” (I should know – I’ve been there).I offer a mindset shift to help you feel empowered instead of trapped – and a way to stop delaying happiness. “You won’t clean up your eating until you clean up your thoughts.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does Dr. Seuss have to do with weight loss? Turns out he is a prime example of how constraints work in our favor. This episode also introduces the concept of cognitive distortions and how they disrupt our weight loss goals - and how to overcome them. If you want to learn how to make the mindset shift to viewing your chosen protocol as art and not rules of deprivation, listen in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you trust yourself around food? Can you keep chocolate in the house? Can you go to social events without going overboard or losing control?For some people it comes natural. For me – not so much! If you are like me, you’ll appreciate this episode where I break down how you can develop self trust and feel good around all kinds of food. Even when you’re super hungry!“Think of deprivation like this: it comes from not what you think you are missing out on – but from the expectation of what we think we are entitled to.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.