Restriction v.s. Abundance
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Release Date: 06/13/2024
Why You Rebel Against Your Diet Plans
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Ever make a perfect eating plan and then rebel against it by Thursday? You're not broken. You're not self-sabotaging. You're rebelling against diet culture telling you to do shitty stuff to yourself - and that rebellious streak is actually powerful. In this episode, I explain why rebellion shows up in our eating and how to harness it so it works FOR you instead of against you. Because that same rebellious part that got you through medical school? It's trying to protect you from unfair diet rules. I'll share my empowered eating approach plus the abundance strategy that may sound backwards but...
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The Self-Care Paradox: Why Physicians Skip What They Know Would Help
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Ever notice how you know exactly what would make you feel better, but somehow never actually do it? This episode tackles the self-care paradox that's messing with every physician I know. We're wired to respond to urgency, but self-care isn't urgent - so it gets pushed to "later" and later never comes. I'll tell you why your medical training is working against you here, how to think about outcomes instead of tasks, and share my simple morning routine that creates spaciousness even on tough days. Perfect for any physician who's tired of running on empty and ready to stop treating herself worse...
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Monday Mornings Without the Guilt Trip
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Ugh, another Monday morning promising yourself "this week will be different"? Yeah, I've been there too. That whole song and dance where you beat yourself up about all the stuff you ate this weekend and swear you'll be "good" this week. Here's the thing - that approach is keeping you stuck. And it's not because you suck at willpower. It's because the whole process is messed up. In this episode, I'm breaking down why that Monday morning shame spiral doesn't work and what to do instead. Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with meal prep or trying harder. I'll show you...
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The 3 Skills That Work Better Than Willpower
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Forget everything you think you know about reaching your goals. Willpower? Please. Perfect eating? Yeah, right. I'm sharing the three things that actually make the difference between spinning your wheels forever and getting where you want to go - and staying there. After years of working with physicians and my own messy journey, I've figured out what really works. It's not what diet culture sells you. It's not about trying harder or being more perfect. These three skills will make willpower completely obsolete. Finally! If you're exhausted from fighting yourself every single day, this episode...
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From Binge Eating to Weight Loss: A Physician's Guide
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Think losing weight will fix your binge eating? Think again. In this myth-busting episode, I explain why trying to diet your way out of binge eating actually makes the problem worse, not better. I break down the binge-restrict cycle that keeps so many physicians trapped, and why traditional weight loss approaches intensify this cycle rather than stopping it. You'll learn why you need to stabilize your eating FIRST (for 3-6 months) before addressing weight, and how restriction comes from your thoughts about food, not the food itself. Most importantly, I outline a clear path forward that honors...
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Eating in Secret: Why it happens, how to regain control
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Ever thrown away fast food wrappers before getting home so no one would see them? You're not alone. In this episode, I dive into why so many physicians eat in secret and what it REALLY means (spoiler: it's not about willpower or the food itself). I share my own journey with drive-thru French fries and the shame that made me hide the evidence, plus the breakthrough realization that changed everything. This isn't about "a food problem" - it's about unmet needs your brain is trying to fulfill. Perfect for any physician who's ever felt out of control with food, hidden wrappers, or eaten in their...
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What to Eat: Simplifying Food Choices for Physicians
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Ever feel like you're obsessing over what to eat? In this episode, I tackle the age-old question that plagues so many physicians: "What should I eat to lose weight?" As doctors, we think we should have this figured out. Yet many of us bounce between diets, chase every Netflix documentary promise, and still feel stuck. I share my personal experience with this frustrating cycle and offer a refreshing approach to food choices that actually works long-term. You'll learn why consistency trumps perfection, why you deserve food you actually enjoy, and how to trust yourself as the expert on your own...
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The 3-Minute Happiness Fix for Burned Out Doctors: Interview with Dr. Greg Hammer
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
If you're a physician who can't remember the last time you felt genuinely happy at work, this episode is for you. In this intimate conversation with Dr. Greg Hammer, Stanford professor, author and fellow physician, we explore a simple path back to joy that doesn't require changing jobs or adding more to your already impossible schedule. Dr. Hammer shares his GAIN method - a 3-minute morning practice specifically designed for the physician mind. It's not about toxic positivity or pretending medicine isn't hard. It's about finding small pockets of peace in the storm of your day - between...
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When World Events Make You Stress Eat: How to find peace
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Feeling like each news alert sends you straight to the pantry? You're not alone. In this episode, I offer a heartfelt pep talk for physicians struggling with stress eating during challenging times. I share why your brain turns to chocolate when doom-scrolling about threatened rights and freedoms (and why that 10pm cookie binge makes perfect neurological sense). More importantly, I explain why adding self-criticism about your eating only makes things worse. You'll learn practical ways to be kinder to yourself, focus on what you can control, and find better ways to process those big feelings...
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Create Your Own Weight Loss Menu
Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Tired of diets that don’t work and leave you feeling defeated? In this episode, I share a total mindset flip that changed everything for me and hundreds of physicians I've coached. Instead of trying to fit into someone else's "fixed menu" diet plan, I show you how to shift your focus to putting you at the centre of your plan. Selecting and adapting tools so they meet you exactly where you are right now (and work way better for you). You'll discover why you're already amazing (not broken!), how to design an approach tailored to YOUR preferences and schedule, and why this personalized...
info_outlineRestriction sucks and it doesn’t help you build sustainable change in your eating or weight.
Especially when you factor in your busy physician schedule. You don’t have time to be restricted all the time.
What works better? Abundance.
Learning to create abundance in your weight loss will naturally make it easier to follow through and keep going through the (predictable) challenges.
Wanna learn how to do this in your own life? Listen to this episode. I’m sharing all my tips that I use every single day in my own life and teach the physicians I coach.
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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?
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EVENING OVEREATING FOR PHYSICIANS: Common Myths & Practical Solutions.
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