Your Nervous System Is the Missing Piece with Lizzie Merritt
The Life You Crave
If you know what to do to lose weight but still can’t seem to do it, this episode is for you. Lia is joined by certified life coach and author Lizzie Merritt to explore why willpower keeps failing and why your nervous system is actually running the show. They unpack how diets create fear, why food becomes a source of safety, and how real change happens at the speed of safety. This conversation offers a powerful reframe for anyone ready to stop blaming themselves and work with their brain instead of against it. Website: LIGHT ebook: www.confidentbody.coach/ebook IG: @coachlizzie.merritt...
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When Healthy Eating Becomes Harmful with Annie Valentine
The Life You Crave
What’s the difference between healthy eating and disordered eating, and how do you know when wellness becomes harmful? In this episode, Lia is joined by mental health educator and eating disorder recovery advocate Annie Valentine to unpack how diet culture, thin privilege, and wellness messaging quietly shape our relationship with food, body image, and self-worth. This conversation explores body distress, control, and why weight loss doesn’t always deliver the confidence it promises. A must-listen if you want to define health on your own terms. Do you know there are 3 different types...
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Assigning meaning to our body image differently with Sara Chambers
The Life You Crave
Is body positivity really the problem, or is it the meaning we’ve been taught to assign to our bodies? In this episode, Lia is joined by brand strategist, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author Sara Chambers for a powerful conversation about identity, self-image, and choice. Together, they explore how women are often held back not by their bodies, but by inherited stories about worth, visibility, and success. This episode invites you to rethink body positivity, define success on your own terms, and discover what becomes possible when you decide to assign meaning differently. Do you know there...
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How to Stay Grounded When the World Feels Overwhelming
The Life You Crave
When the world feels overwhelming, your nervous system experiences it as threat, not news. In this episode, Lia Pinelli explores how to stay grounded, informed, and emotionally present without burning out or numbing out. Learn how to protect your energy, regulate your nervous system, and practice female self-leadership in real time. This conversation is about staying compassionate without collapsing, taking intentional action without spiraling, and reclaiming your agency when the world feels chaotic. Do you know there are 3 different types of overeater? Find out which one you are by...
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Food Freedom Meet Financial Freedom With Michelle Campbell
The Life You Crave
What if your struggles with food and money come from the same place? In this episode of The Life You Crave, Lia sits down with financial expert and author Michelle Campbell to explore the powerful connection between food shame and money shame. Together, they unpack why so many women repeat cycles of debt, dieting, and starting over — even when they know better. Michelle shares her journey out of long-standing debt and explains why lasting change doesn’t come from willpower, but from understanding the emotional root beneath our choices. Lia and Michelle discuss why you can’t abstain from...
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The 3 Biggest Weight Loss Goal Mistakes Women Make, And the Self-Leadership Shift That Changes Everything
The Life You Crave
Struggling to follow through on weight loss goals? You’re not broken. You’re learning how to lead yourself here. In this episode, Lia breaks down the three biggest mistakes women make with weight loss goals and the self-leadership shift that builds self-trust, sustainability, and real follow-through. Do you know there are 3 different types of overeater? Find out which one you are by taking my FREE QUIZ: ➡️ Let’s Connect: Ready to take this work deeper? Join me inside The Fempire, where we make transformation feel effortless. ➡️
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Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail — and the Identity Shift That Actually Creates Lasting Weight Loss
The Life You Crave
Why do New Year’s resolutions fail—even for disciplined women? In this episode of The Life You Crave, Lia Pinelli explains why discipline-based weight loss doesn’t work and how identity, self-leadership, and feeling good create sustainable weight loss. Learn why deprivation and “no pain, no gain” keep women stuck—and how to stop starting over by changing who you’re being, not just what you’re doing. Do you know there are 3 different types of overeater? Find out which one you are by taking my FREE QUIZ: ➡️ Let’s Connect: Ready to take this work deeper? Join me inside...
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How I Did It: The Simple Shift That Ended Dieting and Created Food Freedom
The Life You Crave
If dieting has never worked for you, this episode explains why — and what actually does. In this Greatest Hits conversation, Lia shares the simple shift that ended years of yo-yo dieting and created lasting food freedom. You’ll learn why calorie restriction disrupts your metabolism, how hunger and fullness cues really work, and why the holidays aren’t the problem. This episode strips food down to identity, awareness, and self-leadership — so you can stop starting over and start trusting yourself again. Do you know there are 3 different types of overeater? Find out which one you are by...
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TLYC Ep. 175 - Fempire Foundations: 12 Essential Rules for Young Women
The Life You Crave
What if you’d learned to trust yourself before the world taught you not to? In this episode, Lia shares the 12 essential “rules” she wishes she’d known as a teen—truths about autonomy, confidence, power, pleasure, and protecting your freedom. Written for girls but meant for women of all ages, this episode is a loving wake-up call to stop living by other people’s rules and start choosing a life that actually brings you alive. Do you know there are 3 different types of overeater? Find out which one you are by taking my FREE QUIZ: ➡️ Let’s Connect: Ready to take this work...
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TLYC Ep. 174 - From Craving to Confidence: How the Urge Practice Transformed My Relationship with Food
The Life You Crave
Discover how the Urge Practice helped Lia Pinelli break free from decades of overeating and finally trust herself around food. In this episode, Lia reveals the mindset shifts and daily practices that transformed her confidence, ended the diet cycle, and created true food freedom. Learn how allowing urges—not answering them—can change your relationship with food and your life. Do you know there are 3 different types of overeater? Find out which one you are by taking my FREE QUIZ: ➡️ Let’s Connect: Ready to take this work deeper? Join me inside The Fempire, where we make transformation...
info_outlineIn this engaging episode of The Life You Crave, host Lia Pinelli welcomes ADHD coach Annie Fernandez to explore the unique challenges that adult women with ADHD face, particularly regarding food and eating habits. Annie reveals her personal journey of being diagnosed with ADHD in her thirties and how it reshaped her approach to life, work, and health. The discussion highlights why traditional diet plans for weight loss fail for neurodivergent brains, and the importance of developing custom strategies for managing ADHD symptoms. Annie also shares valuable insights on understanding sensory needs, planning meals, and the significance of emotional regulation for our eating habits. This episode is essential for women struggling with ADHD and those looking to support them better.
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ADHD & Food: Why Your Neurodivergent Brain Needs Different Strategies Workshop
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