It's time to stop fighting your body
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Release Date: 01/15/2024
A New Year’s Approach That Feels Good & Works Better
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
If you’ve ever started a New Year with big goals and strict plans, only to feel burned out and disappointed a few weeks later, you’re not alone. I’ve been there too. In this episode, I’ll show you a better way to approach your goals—one that feels kind, realistic, and actually works. Instead of focusing on what’s “wrong” or trying to “fix” yourself, I’ll help you set goals from a place of trust and self-compassion. I’ll share how choosing one simple guiding word—like replenishment—helped me recover from burnout and make lasting changes in my life....
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Stop Obsessing About Food
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Do you feel like food takes up too much space in your brain? You’re between patients, driving home, or sitting with your family, and your thoughts keep circling back to what you ate—or what you should eat next. As physicians, we’re trained to fix problems with effort and focus. But when it comes to food, working harder doesn’t help. It just leaves us feeling frustrated, exhausted, and stuck. In this episode of Thriving As A Physician, I’ll show you how to: Break free from food obsession and stop the endless mental tug-of-war. Understand the real reasons physicians...
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Holiday Survival Series Pt 4: Self-Care for Busy Physicians
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
This is the fourth and final episode of the Holiday Survival Guide for Physicians, and it’s all about self-care that works for your busy life. This isn’t another lecture about doing more—it’s a practical guide to creating small moments of self-care that actually fit into your day. You’ll learn: • Why physicians are trained to sacrifice self-care (and how to change that). • Quick, time-efficient tools you can use during packed clinic days or call shifts. • How these tools help you feel more in control—with food, stress, and your day. Tune in for a self-care...
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Holiday Survival Guide Part 3: Treats Without Guilt
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Holiday treats everywhere? Feeling out of control? In part three of the Thriving as a Physician Podcast holiday series, Dr. Siobhan Key dives into how to navigate holiday treats without guilt or frustration. You’ll learn: How to enjoy your favorite treats while feeling in control. Why treating holiday food as scarce or forbidden leads to overeating—and how to stop. How stress (not the food itself) fuels cravings, and simple steps to manage it. The mindset shift that helps you stay aligned with your goals. This episode is packed with insights and tools to help you...
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Holiday Survival Guide Part 2: Dealing with Food Pushers
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Have you ever felt trapped by holiday food pushers? In this episode of the Thriving as a Physician Podcast I'm sharing practical strategies to handle those well-meaning relatives or colleagues with confidence. You’ll learn how to enjoy holiday treats while staying true to your goals—without guilt or stress. This is Part 2 of my *Holiday Survival Guide* series, designed specifically for women physicians navigating the challenges of holiday eating. 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast player today and take control this holiday season. 🎁...
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Holiday Survival Series Pt 1: Recognizing Your Triggers
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Welcome to the Holiday Survival Guide for Physicians! This 4-part podcast series is designed to help you navigate the holiday season with confidence, calm, and control. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by breakroom cookies, family food pushers, or the all-or-nothing mindset, you’re in the right place. In this first episode, Recognizing Your Triggers, we’ll dive into why the holidays feel so challenging. From exhausting days at the clinic to family gatherings where everyone insists you “just try one more bite,” we’ll uncover what’s really behind those moments of overeating...
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Lasting Weight Loss As A Physician: What Does It Really Take?
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Feel like weight loss is a battle you keep losing as a doctor? In this episode of Thriving as a Physician, I’m sharing the four essential steps to achieving lasting weight loss, without the pressure of a “perfect” diet or the need to push yourself harder. This is about finding a path that actually works for you and fits the reality of life as a busy physician. We’ll cover the basics—consistency, patience, and belief—and show how these steps can help you reach your weight loss goals for good. *** Are you ready to go from “trying not to eat” to not...
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Stay on Track During the Chaotic Weeks
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Let’s talk about those chaotic weeks—the ones that turn our eating plans upside down and leave us feeling like we’re always starting over. As physicians, we know that these weeks come and go, and they’re just part of our reality. But to reach your goals and stay there, you’ll need to learn how to stay on track during these super busy weeks. Which is what I'll teach you to do in this episode. Listen in to learn how to set yourself up for success, even when life feels like a whirlwind! *** Are you ready to go from “trying not to eat” to not being bothered by food after...
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GLP-1 Myths & Misconceptions: Interview with Dr. Sandra Cortina
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Sandra Cortina, an internal medicine and obesity medicine physician, to unpack common myths and misconceptions about GLP-1 medications. Whether you’re a physician considering GLP-1s for yourself or helping patients navigate their options, this episode will give you a clear, empowered understanding of how to make these medications work as an effective tool in weight management. Listen in to explore the real story behind GLP-1s and what they could mean for your health journey. *** Are you ready to go from “trying not to...
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Let Weight Loss Be Simple
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
In this special episode, I’m sharing a recording of a live session where we tackled a big question: Why is weight loss so hard, and how can we make it easier? If you’re a physician who’s tired of feeling guilty about every snack, of feeling out of control with food after a long day, or waking up worried about your eating, this episode is for you. I share practical ways to understand where these struggles come from and how to let go of the strict diet rules that set us up to feel defeated. From handling stressful moments when it feels impossible to “eat right,” to creating changes...
info_outlineWhat if we all just stopped fighting our bodies in our weight loss? Instead created change including our body as a valued team member (including its adipose cells) ?
If you want different results in your weight loss journey, you have to do things differently and this is an important place to switch things up.
Listen to this episode to learn how changing some of the foundational approaches to weight loss can make you more successful.
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Are you ready to go from “trying not to eat” to not being bothered by food after clinic? Even after your most exhausting days of caring for patients?
Feel in control around food and take back your evenings with INSTANT access to the video masterclass:
EVENING OVEREATING FOR PHYSICIANS: Common Myths & Practical Solutions.
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Questions? Comments? Want to share how this podcast has helped you? Shoot me an email at [email protected]. I would love to hear from you.