Best Tony from the Breaking Beliefs Podcast Podcasts (2025)

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5 Shifts to End the Food and Body Battle (Workshop Replay) 39:44

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In this special episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna shares the powerful workshop that’s helped hundreds of women finally break free from food obsession, yo-yo dieting, and body shame. If you’ve been stuck in the same cycle for years, these 5 life-changing shifts will show you a new path—one rooted in food freedom, self-trust, and lasting peace. In t…

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Breaking the Silence: Overcoming Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and Reclaiming Your Life After 50 19:43

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What happens when the "perfect" life you've built starts crumbling beneath your feet? At 50 years old, Christina L. Woods faced a life-altering reality—autoimmune issues, anxiety, and the breakdown of her 25-year marriage. Despite a successful corporate career, she couldn’t escape the truth she'd been hiding for years: deep-seated trauma stemming f…

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What Your Future Looks Like If Nothing Changes — And If Everything Does 38:10

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In this powerful episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna walks you through a vivid journey — your past, your present, and the two futures ahead of you. One where nothing changes… and one where you finally break free. This is for the woman who keeps telling herself she’ll “figure it out later.” Because the truth is — waiting has a cost. If you’ve been st…

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Choosing Yourself First: Embrace Healing and Empowerment After 50 26:07

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Michelle Biship's incredible journney from trauma to transformation is a powerfful testament to the resilience and strength within us all. Born into a chaotic, abusive childhood with a mentally ill mother, Michelle’s "perfect" exterior life hid the deep emotional pain she endured. Struggling with anorexia as a young girl, Michelle’s early trauma se…

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You Don’t Have a Weight and Food Problem—You Have a Belief Problem 29:52

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing a personal story about how a health flare-up exposed a hidden belief system that was quietly driving me into burnout—and how that same pattern might be playing out in your relationship with food, your body, and exercise. In “You Don’t Have a Food Problem—You Have a Belief Problem,” you’ll learn… 🔶 How…

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Unlocking Emotional Healing: Toni Bergins and the Power of Dance for Women Over 50 28:10

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In this powerful episode, embodiment coach Toni Bergins shares how movement can serve as emotional medicine, helping us release trauma, pain, and repressed emotions stored in the body. Discover how JourneyDance Toni’s transformative dance practice, helps individuals heal by using movement to express what words cannot. Toni’s personal journey from e…

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The Real Midlife Crisis: Healing After Decades in Diet Culture 37:23

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In this fiery and emotional episode, Deanna exposes the real midlife crisis — the moment you realize your life has been shaped by lies about food, weight, and worth. If you were raised on diet culture slogans like “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” this is your wake-up call to heal. In this episode — “The Real Midlife Crisis: Healing After D…

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The Power of Who You Know: Leveraging Connections for Career and Life Success After 50 28:03

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Have you ever wondered if who you know matters more than what you know? This question lies at the heart of a transformative conversation with Janice Porter, a relationship marketing strategist who turned her teaching career into a thriving business built on connections. Janice’s journey—from elementary school teacher to LinkedIn specialist—offers v…

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Why Body Positivity Never Worked for Me 33:33

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Body positivity was never meant to be personal advice — it was a radical social justice movement designed to fight discrimination and injustice. So if you've tried to love your body and still feel stuck in shame, you're not broken — you're just reacting to a message that was never meant to fix you. In this episode, Deanna breaks down: The true orig…

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From Apartheid to Empowerment: A Journey of Reinvention and Purpose After 50 48:01

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What happens when life keeps pushing you to start over? For Wendy Alexander, every new beginning became an opportunity for transformation and growth. Wendy’s journey begins in apartheid South Africa, where an encounter with racial segregation at the age of seven sparked her passion for justice. That pivotal moment on the beach, when police removed …

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The Cost of Doing It Alone: When To Get Help 25:02

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In this raw and powerful episode, I open up about the hardest lesson I’ve learned as a mother — and how it changed the way I think about investing in support. When I tried to navigate my son’s special education needs by myself, I lost six years of his growth and development. Not because I didn’t care — but because I thought I had to do it all alone…

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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 5 - Why You Self-Sabotage (and How to Stop) 1:07:00

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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 5 – “Why You Self-Sabotage (and How to Stop)”, you’ll learn… 🔶 The surprising truth about self-sabotage—and why it’s not about laziness o…

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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 4 - Why Body Image Issues Keep You Stuck with Food and Fitness 1:11:31

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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 4 – “Why Body Image Issues Keep You Stuck with Food and Fitness”, you’ll learn… 🔶 How body image, confidence, and societal expectations g…

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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 3 - Feeling in Control with Food Without Willpower 1:26:24

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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 3 – “How to Feel in Control Around Food Without Willpower”, you’ll learn… 🔶 Why traditional willpower-based control with food always back…

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Life After 50: Unconventional Paths to Reinvention and Purpose 27:09

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Have you ever wondered if it's too late to completely reinvent yourself? Dr. Alison Schmidt's story will make you think again. Born the questioning "black sheep" middle child, Alison always challenged conventional thinking. After building a successful executive coaching business over 20 years, everything came to a screeching halt when COVID hit—rig…

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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 2 - Tracking, hunger cues, and trust with food 1:08:40

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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 2 – “Why Tracking Makes You Overeat (And What to Do Instead)”, you’ll learn… 🔶 Why relying on tracking apps, meal plans, or macros backfi…

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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 1 - Scale, Weight & Self-Validation 1:16:17

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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 1 – “Scale, Weight & Self-Validation”, you’ll learn… 🔶 The hidden cost of relying on the scale to measure progress 🔶 The shift from chasi…

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How to Stop Thinking Like a Dieter (And Start Thinking Like the Ideal Body Formula™) 22:26

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In episode 276 of Fitness & Sushi, we’re exposing one of the sneakiest reasons you still feel stuck — even after “quitting” dieting. It’s not your food choices holding you back… it’s your thoughts. In this episode — “How to Stop Thinking Like a Dieter (And Start Thinking Like the Ideal Body Formula™)” — you’ll learn… 🔶 Why diet culture thinking lin…

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How to Opt Out of ‘Summer Body’ Season and Still Feel Amazing in Yours 23:50

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In episode 275 of Fitness & Sushi, we’re calling out one of the most exhausting lies women face every spring: that you need to “get your body ready” to enjoy summer. In this episode — “How to Opt Out of ‘Summer Body’ Season and Still Feel Amazing in Yours” — you’ll learn… 🔶 Why “summer body” culture is still alive and well — and how it preys on wom…

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Healing Through Creativity: Transforming Trauma and Finding Purpose 18:01

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In this inspiring episode of ''Aging With Purpose and Passion", Jenny Leigh Hodgins takes us on a transformative journey of healing and self-discovery through creativity. Growing up in a dysfunctional family, Jenny found refuge in music at a young age, using the piano as her emotional sanctuary. What began as a source of comfort became her life’s p…

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Relationship With Mind [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 5] 33:41

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, we’re uncovering the toxic mental patterns you didn’t realize were symptoms of diet culture. If you’ve ever felt like your mindset is the problem—or worse, that you are the problem—this episode will show you the truth about why you feel stuck. In this episode – “Top 10 Signs You Have a Poor Relationship With Your…

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Relationship With Exercise [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 4] 21:21

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m exposing the hidden ways that diet culture has twisted your relationship with exercise. If movement feels like punishment, pressure, or just another thing to fail at—you’re not lazy. You’re likely stuck in the exercise version of the diet mindset. In this episode – “Top 10 Signs You Have a Poor Relationship W…

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Relationship With Body [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 3] 24:09

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m breaking down the 10 most common signs that your relationship with your body has been shaped by shame, fear, and diet culture—not by truth or self-compassion. If you think your body image struggles are just a personal flaw, this episode is your wake-up call. In this episode – “Top 10 Signs You Have a Poor Rel…

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Surviving Military Sexual Assault: Kim Langling's Journey to Healing 26:59

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What happens when trauma gets buried for fifteen years? Kim Langling's powerful journey from military sexual assault survivor to advocate and author shows us both the cost of silence and the liberation that comes with breaking it. Kim never planned to join the military when she was growing up in small-town America, but with limited options and no i…

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Relationship With Food [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 2] 23:44

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the 10 most overlooked signs that your relationship with food might be more toxic than you realize—and why it’s not your fault. These symptoms are so normalized in diet culture that you’ve probably mistaken them for personality flaws. Let’s shine a light on what’s actually going on. In this episode – …

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Guess Who's Back! [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 1] 26:21

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In this episode, Fitness & Sushi returns — and Deanna's flying solo. She’s sharing why the podcast is back, what’s changing, and the powerful framework at the center of everything she teaches: the Ideal Body Formula. If you’ve been stuck in food guilt, body shame, or on-again-off-again health habits, this is where it all begins. You’ll learn: Why y…

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Living Your Legacy: Finding Purpose, Connection, and Fulfillment After 50 26:35

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What if the secret to aging well isn’t found in anti-wrinkle creams or retirement plans, but in purpose, community, and perspective? Filmmaker Sky Bergman discovered this truth when she interviewed 40 elders aged 75+, gathering a collective wisdom of 3,000 years. Sky’s journey from a 30-year university teaching career to documentary filmmaking at m…

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Finding Strength in Adversity: Caren Paskel’s Path to Self-Belief 37:17

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In this inspiring episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Caren Paskel shares her extraordinary transformation from a shy, anxious teenager to a woman of unshakable self-belief. Her journey began with yoga, a practice that sparked a spiritual awakening and became her anchor through life’s storms. When she met David—her soulmate and a bold dreame…

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Addict to Judge: Mary Beth O’Connor’s Story | Aging with Purpose 25:33

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Mary Beth O’Connor’s life is a gripping redemption story of addiction recovery and resilience. From surviving childhood abuse, sexual assault, and decades of methamphetamine addiction to achieving 30 years of sobriety as a federal court judge, her journey inspires women over 50 to find purpose and passion. In this Aging with Purpose and Passion pod…

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Veterans, Purpose, and the Power of Service: Inspiring Women Over 50 31:25

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Shelia Schneider's journey from military spouse to nonprofit leader reveals how our life experiences perfectly prepare us for unexpected purpose. Raised in a family where all nine siblings had military connections and later marrying an Air Force serviceman, Shelia intimately understood the challenges military families face—frequent relocations, yea…

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Rebuilding After Loss: Dr. Kimberly Harm's Journey From Survival to Purpose 25:47

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What does it take to rebuild your life after unimaginable tragedy? Dr. Kimberly Harms knows this journey intimately. Born as a thalidomide baby with seven fingers, she defied an advisor who told her dental school was impossible, going on to become the first female president of the Minnesota Dental Association. But her greatest challenges came later…

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Life After 60: How Aging Can Spark Your Creativity 27:33

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Step into a world where age is embraced, creativity flourishes, and women empower one another. In this enriching episode, Beverley Glazer talks with Jacqueline Perez (Jack), a gifted poet and founder of Kuel Life, who discovered her passion for poetry at the age of 60. With a backdrop of cultural challenges as a child of Cuban refugees, Jacqueline …