Sally is a certified Health & Life Coach who helps women to change their habits so that they love how they eat, drink, and feel in their bodies. Her mission is to support women to feel calm, in control and empowered around food and alcohol. This weekly podcast shares her approach to create lasting and loving habits.
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Can we learn to make smarter choices? Listen in as host Katy Milkman--behavioral scientist, Wharton professor, and author of How to Change--shares stories of high-stakes decisions and what research reveals they can teach us. Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab, explores the lessons of behavioral economics to help you improve your judgment and change for good. Season 1 of Choiceology was hosted by Dan Heath, bestselling author of Made to Stick and Switch. Podcasts are for inf ...
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In this episode, I cover the behaviours that make us regret how we’ve eaten and drunk on holiday. And give you practical tools to better understand what you want your outcomes to be. A sneaky dieter’s mindset will trip you up on holiday and lead to misaligned eating that frustrates you. An empowered and loving mindset, which is tuned into your body…
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Bonus Ep 159: She said what?! Navigating judgement & reframing comments about food from friends & family
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32:00We've explored this topic around the Christmas holidays before but a client asked me to recap on how to navigate comments from friends and family about what you are and aren't eating! I explore how to reframe these comments (or your imagined perception of what's being thought) so that you react in the most empowered way possible, showing compassion…
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Ep 158: Learning from Geneen Roth about stopping emotional eating
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28:43I read Women Food & God by Geneen Roth last week and found it incredibly powerful. It's always comforting to hear from other women about what it's like to be an emotional eater and how to truly change that instinct and behaviour for good. Geneen is funny and honest and it's an easy read. In this episode, I share a few of the concepts Geneen talks a…
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Bonus Ep 157: Up-levelling your planning mindset & why it's so important
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30:20A client asked me to talk more about my planning mindset so here I am explaining what my mindset has always been around daily food and drinks planning and how to make it work for you. I truly believe this tool is crucial to helping you drop diet mentality and become the eater and drinker you've always wanted to be: feeling at peace around food/alco…
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Ep 156: Why dieting is getting in your way
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48:28It's not about the food but about why/how we're eating it. Learning to focus on improving the energy behind you're eating will be the thing that changes everything for you and your body, and it starts with deciding to step out of the diet cycle for good. In this heartfelt episode, I explain why you need to stop dieting if you want to be consistent …
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Bonus Ep 155: Real hunger V sneaky cravings
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32:39This episode kicks off a bonus series where I asked clients what they'd like podcasts on! I explore how we can tell the difference between true hunger and cravings, and why that can feel harder in the evenings. And I give a practical tool (spoiler alert: it involves boiled eggs!) to start exploring what's really going on for you so that you can bec…
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Ep 154: Breaking free of the cravings merry-go-round
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28:18Do you find yourself having the same cravings at the same time every day/week?! Are you sick and tired of them?! If so, listen to this episode where I explain a powerful visualisation that will help you get through to the other side of the craving without rewarding it -- knowing that the more you can do that, the quicker you'll extinguish the unhel…
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Ep 153: How to create your eating & drinking protocol this summer
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37:50This episode covers the energy that you need to have when creating your protocol and how to write one which feels compelling and motivating. Instead of writing out another diet, I want you to write an identity-based protocol about the eater and drinker you want to embody for the rest of your life. This is how you can leave the quick-fixes and fad d…
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Little Bits of Happiness: With Guests Sally Millington & Ellen Evers
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28:27Were you the kind of kid who devoured all your Halloween candy in one sitting—or savored it daily until, somehow, it was Easter? And when it comes to bad news, do you prefer it all at once or with some time in between? Turns out, the way we bundle or separate life's highs and lows can influence our happiness. In this episode of Choiceology with Kat…
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Ep 152: How Covid lockdowns changed your eating & drinking habits
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26:50Nothing everything goes back to our childhood! I know that many of us developed unhelpful eating and drinking habits during the covid lockdowns that have felt particularly hard to change. We placed a lot of importance on food and alcohol as entertainment and solace, fun and relief. Drink on a Monday at 4pm? OK! Cake for breakfast? OK! Three course …
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Bonus Ep 151: A question to ask yourself when you have urges to go off-plan
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22:13Do you find that you have urges and cravings at the exact same time and place every day?! This episode explains what to do with that desire and what to focus on to change the way you react to it. sallywebstercoaching.com @sallywebstercoachingBy Sally Webster
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Ep 150: Q&A with Katie Sadler - Growing your own business, your self-employed mindset, and marketing yourself for success
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1:04:22Katie is a book marketing expert who works with authors and publishers to build effective marketing plans. I loved picking her brain on how she built her successful freelance business. She offers fantastic insight that will help those of you that are considering making the jump or have already done so. We talk about: What to consider when going fro…
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Cents & Sensibility: With Guests Melina Palmer & Devin Pope
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32:49Would you pay more for a car with 29,999 miles than one with 30,000? The answer should be no—it's a negligible difference, after all—but research shows that people often do pay more than they should for cars that are just short of certain odometer thresholds. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at why a price or an age or a te…
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Bonus Bitesize 149: For my mealtime overeaters, start practising this today!
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7:49If you find yourself regularly eating past the point of enough (+4 on the hunger scale) at mealtimes, this episode is for you. Slow down, breathe, and repeat this thought several times at the start and close of each interaction with food. sallywebstercoaching.comBy Sally Webster
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Ep 148: Understanding your learned eating behaviours
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21:38We can't change what we don't understand. This episode encourages you to go back in time and identify the key moments where you built pathways in your brain between feelings and food so that you can address your current behaviours more effectively. sallywebstercoaching.comBy Sally Webster
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Bonus Bitesize 147: What would Beyonce do?!
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10:51If you find yourself snacking and debating whether you're really hungry or not, start asking yourself this question! It might just give you the insight you need to make the most supportive, honest and loving choice in those moments. sallywebstercoaching.comBy Sally Webster
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Ep 146: Urges 101 - from resisting to allowing
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47:30If you feel like you're constantly going to battle with your urges and cravings, this is the episode for you! We explore why resisting the urge causes us more problems, and why allowing the urge is the goal. I also touch on labelling food as "good" or "bad" and why it's so unhelpful! Urge management is a skill which you can start mastering today. H…
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Hooked on Streaks: With Guests Chloë Hamilton & Jackie Silverman
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31:27Streaks have long been logged in the world of sports. And for tracking habits, like daily writing. But now apps encourage us to keep streaks going for just about anything. Messaging friends, learning new languages, meditating, exercising, you name it. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we explore the motivational power of streaks. An…
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Ep 145: Q&A with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ian Martin - Understanding ADHD & how it impacts eating behaviours
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45:16This week, I have the pleasure of chatting with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ian Martin about ADHD and how it can impact our eating (and drinking) behaviours. Dr Martin explains what ADHD is, how it most commonly presents in women in their 30s, 40s and into menopause, and how best to create eating habit change for those with ADHD. We discuss self-cri…
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Bonus Ep 144: Choosing Discomfort Over Buffering & Setting Your Goal
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30:02Do you regularly eat when you're bored, stressed, happy, angry, sad? Do you regularly eat when you're not physically hungry but want the act of eating to soothe and comfort you? If YES, this is the episode for you. I share why I think changing your goal from weight loss to stopping buffering can be much more compelling and effective in helping you …
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Obstacle Illusions: With Guests Daniella McCahey & Tom Gilovich
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30:41First-born children tend to believe that their parents were harder on them than their siblings are willing to grant. Football fans take disproportionate note of the challenging games on their team's schedules. We're wired to interpret our challenges as bigger than our advantages, even if the reality is more balanced. In this episode of Choiceology …
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In this short episode, I read a poem by Jeff Foster about what we really want in life. I like the idea of considering your cravings and desire for food and alcohol through the lens of this poem, thinking about what might be lacking in your life, and how to see abundance in the present moment that you're in. I'm wishing you all a beautiful Easter an…
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The Reality Trap: With Guests Ken Adelman & Julia Minson
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38:22Is it ever possible to see the world objectively, as it is? Turn on the news, open social media, engage with that family member at Thanksgiving, and it appears to some the answer is yes. But what if our biggest blind spot is thinking we don't have a blind spot? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how we can easily be fooled…
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Bonus Ep 142: Try this urge reframe today!
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28:14If you've ever smoked, you know how strong your desire can be for a cigarette. And if you've quit smoking, you know it's normal to sometimes still fancy one and like the smell! The key is to not panic in those moments thinking your desire for a cigarette is a problem or has to mean you start smoking again! In today's episode, I explain how I smelle…
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Ep 141: How to use your calendar to achieve your goals
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38:04Do you have a running to-do list which just seems to grow? Do you have big goals that feel like they keep moving further from you? Does perfectionism and fear of failure hold you back from going after what you really want? In this episode, I share my guide to using your calendar in a systematic way so that you start achieving the outcomes you want …
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Bonus Episode 140: ALCOHOL-FREE! DAY 365!
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39:47WE MADE IT! I've been surprised by how emotional today has felt and the deep sense of accomplishment which is moving through me. In this final episode of the alcohol-free series, I share what I'm doing next with alcohol and why, and encourage you to explore what you might want for yourself -- because only YOU know what's best for you. X sallywebste…
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Ep 139: Believing in your capacity and capability to create the life you want
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44:14In this episode, I take a step back from talking about weight loss and eating habit change to help you establish what you really want in your life and what you need to do to achieve it! It's a powerful episode that encourages you to start leaning on your ability to create a deliberate mindset rather than listen to the limiting thoughts that keep yo…
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A Numbers Game: With Guests Linda Chang & Stephen M. Colbert
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29:37Workplaces often rely on numerical ratings for performance reviews. Election debates focus on poll numbers and approval ratings. Your watch counts your steps in a day. Numbers increasingly influence our decisions. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at our very human tendency to fixate on digits even when words or graphs repre…
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Bonus Ep 138: Why you're not writing your food plan and how to commit
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36:14Do you find that you're inconsistent with writing your daily food and drinks plan? Only doing it when you feel like it or avoiding it because it feels hard or pointless? This episode covers some (not all!) of the reasons why you might not be writing your food and drinks plan so that you can uncover what's really going on for you. This simple tool i…
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Ep 137: Q&A with Career Coach Abby Hughes. Imposter syndrome, overwhelm and burnout!
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1:09:48In this packed episode with career coach (and dear friend) Abby Hughes, we dive into: - what imposter syndrome is, why women commonly experience it, and how to navigate it - setting realistic goals to match the different seasons of your career journey - overwhelm and burnout (how to recognise and address them) - changing the areas where you're stru…
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This episode explores the concept of body gratitude and what it could mean for your eating and drinking behaviours. When you focus on body gratitude, you don't tear yourself apart each day hoping that the unkindness will make you finally follow your eating plan or lose weight. You focus on all the things your body does for you and how you can repay…
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Bonus Ep 135: Alcohol Free Series Day 337! Skiing G&Ts and thinking about the future
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27:37I can't believe we're nearing day 365 of being alcohol-free! A week of skiing with my eldest son brought up unexpected challenges and has helped me to consider what I want to do on day 366. I think I know what I want to do now... but curiosity and open-mindedness is the name of my game... sallywebstercoaching.com…
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Talking to yourself in an unkind and unhelpful way is something we don't always recognise we're doing. This episode explores how this default, unkind, b*tchy behaviour, limits our ability to change our eating and drinking habits. If you want this weight loss approach to work, you've got to DECIDE to not do this to yourself anymore. This doesn't mea…
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Ep 133: New 1:1 Coaching Offer! 90 Minute Pillars & Protocol Session
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12:11Exciting news! I have a new 1:1 offer available to my amazing podcast listeners. 90 minute Pillars & Protocol Session In this 90 minute deep dive session, I will: take an eating and drinking audit to better understand your current health and habits go through each of the four pillars to establish where you might be getting stuck and give you practi…
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Ep 132: Are you doing the work to stop emotional eating?
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34:31This episode is a bit of a pep talk to remind you that changing emotional eating requires attention and commitment, AND that it's worth it... that YOU are worth it. I want more of you to put pen to paper when it comes to understanding and changing your emotional eating habits. It is ONLY through understanding your habits better that you will be abl…
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Bonus Ep 131: The real reason you're not motivated to lose weight & what to do about it
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26:45If you've lost a bit of weight but are now finding yourself inconsistent with the habits that got you there, this episode is for you. I break down why your weight goal might not be cutting it anymore and explain how to reignite your desire to follow through with the things that make you feel your best. *NEXT 1:1 COACHING INTAKE APRIL 2025: Book a f…
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Ep 130: Why it's so important to get out of diet mentality & how to do it
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41:26If there was one podcast that I wanted everyone to listen to, it would be this one. Diet mentality is deeply engrained within us and our culture, and is STOPPING us from getting the weight loss results we want. It's a complete diet paradox! The thing we're doing creates the opposite results to what it claims. This episode explains why it’s tripping…
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Bonus Ep 129: Creating More Feel-Good Feelings
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21:27In this bonus episode, I share a story from my commute to the British Library last week. In a fleeting moment, I had two choices: to walk the escalator or stand to the right! And instead of thinking what I "should" do, I thought about how each decision would make me feel, and how that feeling would impact the rest of my day and habits. The feeling …
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Ep 128: The helpful mindset I learnt from my Dad
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24:46Do you consider yourself a solutions-focused person? Do you know how to apply this mindset to your weight loss goals? We tend to rely on the diet as our solution to our weight. It doesn't work and then we try another. When I started to pair my solutions-focused mindset - which I had instilled in me from my Dad - with the thinking cycle and finally …
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Bonus Ep 127: Getting Granular re Fats, Milky Drinks, Carbs & Sugar!
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28:17In this episode, I break down some common problems that I see in my coaching practice when it comes to fats (how we're monitoring/ measuring them), milky hot drinks throughout the day (and how they impact our blood sugar levels), carbs (thinking we can't have them), and refined sugar (and how it *CAN* create desire for more sugar which feels overwh…
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Ep 126: What to do when your weight loss has stalled...
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23:58This episode helps you take an audit if you feel like your weight loss results have slowed or stalled. You're going to have to get honest with yourself and be curious about the possibility that simple, small tweaks (which you might think are pointless or not worth it) could create extraordinary results for you. sallywebstercoaching.com…
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Bonus Ep 125: How to successfully moderate alcohol after Dry January
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27:50Do you feel better for having not drunk alcohol in January? Do you want to be able to feel like you can "take it or leave it" when it comes to alcohol, and drink in a way that feels good to you? Less hangovers, more energy? Less anxiety and self-criticism, more time for other things? Being able to drink alcohol in moderation is possible for many of…
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Ep 124: Four Pillar Series Part 4 - The Joy Of Food
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44:51*PLEASE NOTE at minute 25 I say "I AM SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T EAT"(!) and what I meant to say was: "I AM SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T EAT IN BETWEEN MEALS!" Now that we've cleared that up (!) I can share what this episode is all about which maximising the joy that's available through food. Diet mentality and a fraught weight/diet history often means we aren't t…
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Bonus Episode: Using the Thought Model to eat for hunger
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26:47Using the thought model really helped me to stop emotionally eating in the way that I was. It made me feel more in control and capable of choosing a different path for myself. In this short episode, I explain how to use the thought model to differentiate between physical and emotional hunger, and how to stop using the circumstances you face (like a…
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Ep 122: Four Pillar Series Part 3 - Waiting for hunger & stopping at enough
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45:22The magic tool chronic dieters disregard! Before you eat, do you ask yourself how hungry you are? Are you tuned into your hunger cues? And whilst you're eating, do you assess how full you're becoming? Do you stop and ask yourself if you've had enough to fuel and nourish your body? Eating when you're not hungry, and past the point of enough (into ve…
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Ep 121 Alcohol-Free Series: Day 293 - Christmas cravings & will I ever drink again?!
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36:15An update on my year-long break from alcohol, including how I found not drinking at Christmas for the first time in over twenty years (!), the new advice from the U.S. Surgeon General, and what I'm thinking I will do when the 365 days is up! sallywebstercoaching.comBy Sally Webster
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Ep 120: Four Pillars Series Part 2 - DECISIONS AHEAD OF TIME
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55:58This pillar is how we take our results into our own hands rather than letting our primal wiring and habits take over. Becoming someone who makes decisions ahead of time and follows through with them is a skill that will serve you in all areas of your life and open up the possibilities that are available to you. You can say you're going to do ANYTHI…
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Ep 119: Four Pillar Series Part 1 - BELIEFS
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39:46We create what we believe. Our thoughts and beliefs create our feelings which drive our actions which create our results and outcomes. If you want different outcomes, you'll need different beliefs. It all starts there. Understanding the beliefs that have been driving you towards eating and drinking behaviours that you don't like, and which have bee…
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Ep 118: Q&A with Dr Hugh Coyne - What's the deal with weight loss drugs?
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1:05:13In this jam-packed episode with the wonderful Dr Hugh Coyne from Coyne Medical, we talk about all things weight loss drugs and how to create genuine eating behavioural change. Hugh is a Private GP who's deeply invested in the prevention and early detection of diseases. He advocates strongly for the role of lifestyle in disease prevention. He's a fo…
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