Being More
173 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe Being More podcast with E-CET founder is the place to be if you want to learn how to stop eating in ways that make you feel like crap, end the weight and food war, and start reimagining healthy eating and living. We’ll show you how to change your mind, your food world and your life with less doing, and more being.
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Unlocking True Health: Why Ditching Weight Loss Obsessions Lead to Happier Lives & Greater Overall Well-Being
July 11, 2023 15:51 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MBIs weight loss really the answer to health, happiness, success and self-love? In this episode, we explore weight-centric and weight-neutral approaches to health and well-being. I share my approach to weight neutrality, the advantages it offers, including the benefits for mental, emotional, and physical health. I also explore why a weight-neutral approach is far superior to the outdated and unsuccessful paradigm of a weight-centric approach and illustrate real-world outcomes through a ser...
From War to Peace: E-CET Graduate Renee, shares her inspiring story
June 01, 2023 12:39 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, we delve into the transformative journey of Renee, a remarkable lady who embraced the principles of the E-CET to embark on a profound path of self-discovery and well-being. Join us as we unravel Renee's inspiring story, from her initial struggles to her current state of peace and empowerment. Renee takes us on a personal journey, sharing where she was when she first join E-CET. With honesty and vulnerability, she recounts her relationship with food, her body, and the challe...
Bouncing Back After a Binge: Expert Tips To Help You Navigate the Aftermath so You can Release Shame & Feel Better Faster
May 18, 2023 09:52 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBIt’s common to feel ashamed, physically uncomfortable and even fearful after a binge, or even after over-eating something you know makes you feel like garbage. But it's important to remember that it doesn’t define you and how we respond in the hours and days after these things happen, can play a large role in whether we keep ourselves stuck in binge eating patterns, or start learning to end them for good. In this episode, I’m sharing actionable strategies to help you do the latter. I'll exp...
Summer Ready: Expert Tips and Insights for Women Struggling with Body Image and Wardrobe Woes
May 05, 2023 16:31 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBFrom understanding and managing summer fears and insecurities to how to survive clothes shopping - in this episode style coach, Amanda Hanson and I talk about navigating shopping, negative thoughts, and summer clothes dread when you struggle with body image or changing body sizes. Find Amanda: Learn more about her upcoming workshop: https://www.simplystylish.ca/seasonal-update On the web: https://www.simplystylish.ca On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplystylish.ca
Your Hunger Secrets: Uncovering the 3 Types of Hunger & How They Influence Your Eating Habits
March 30, 2023 13:18 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode, I share what hunger is (and isn’t), three types of hunger, how they influence your eating habits, and why understanding and honouring them is key for not only healthy eating but also for nurturing a healthy, peaceful relationship with food and your body.
(re)Learning Food Trust and Body Connection: Hear Natalie's Story
March 16, 2023 18:37 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this episode, a conversation I had with E-CET client, Natalie. In it, we discuss her lifelong weight 'noticing', what about E-CET stands out the most for her, why she joined, what she was hoping to gain from the process, how the process is different than anything else she's tried in the past, some of the things that have changed for her since starting, what she loves most about it, how she's learning more trust and connection, and what advice she'd give to someone who is currently where s...
Don't Let Procrastination Hold You Back: Discover Common Causes and Powerful Strategies to Overcome It
March 02, 2023 16:26 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBIn this episode, I'm talking about procrastination. What it is (and isn't), sharing some of the most common reasons clients struggle with it, why you probably struggle with, in fact. I'm also talking about how you're probably making it way worse every day, and I'm sharing some things that can help so you stop falling into a shame spiral and start feeling better and more motivated.
If You Want To Eat Healthy, Contrary To Popular Opinion, This Is Actually The Best Way (Pt 2 of 2)
February 16, 2023 15:41 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MBThe truly healthiest way to eat is to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, even as much as you want. I’d even argue that despite what diets, “healthy eating plans” and really the whole health and wellness industry as a whole need you to believe, it’s the only way to actually eat healthy. In this (and the last) episode, I’m talking about the science of nutrition (the last episode), explaining why I say eating what you want is the healthiest way to eat and exactly what I mean (and don't ...
If You Want To Eat Healthy, Contrary To Popular Opinion, This Is Actually The Best Way (Pt 1 of 2)
January 31, 2023 16:32 - 33 minutes - 31.5 MBThe truly healthiest way to eat is to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, even as much as you want. I’d even argue that despite what diets, “healthy eating plans” and really the whole health and wellness industry as a whole need you to believe, it’s the only way to actually eat healthy and in this (and the next) episode, I’m talking about the science of nutrition, explaining why I say eating what you want is the healthiest way to eat and exactly what I mean by it. Before you decide ...
Mel Robbins Health Advice is the Absolute Worst - Why I Unsubscribed From Her Mailing List
January 17, 2023 14:03 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBIn this episode, why I unsubbed from Mel Robbins mailing list, why I’m even talking about it in the first place plus the ‘healthy habits hack' she shared and why it’s not only the stupidest, most unhelpful advice a person could ever possibly give (or get) but worse, it’s downright harming people… perhaps even you, if you’ve gotten this same advice.
7 Things You Need To Know If You Set, or Are Considering, More Weight Loss Resolutions
January 04, 2023 15:45 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBIn this episode, I’m sharing 7 things you need to know before you set more weight loss resolutions. These are some of the dirty little secrets the health, fitness and weight loss industries don’t want you to know, from an industry drop out.
Permission to Heal with Marci Brockmann
November 01, 2022 10:16 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBMarci Brockmann is a highly educated, multi-passionate woman and the founder of Marci Brockmann International. Using the knowledge from her own healing journey, she became an author, a podcaster, an artist, and had been a high school English teacher for 27 years. As an emotional abuse survivor, journal writing is what saved her and she has been writing expressively in journals for 35 years and this became the basis of her two books: Permission to Land: Searching for Love, Home & Belonging...
Addressing Some Common Criticisms and Misconceptions
October 18, 2022 09:49 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this episode, I'm addressing an email I got about a piece I recently wrote for Tiny Buddha called, "How to Protect our Kids from a Lifetime of Weight, Food and Body Image Issues" because it was indicative of misconceptions and common criticism of my work and work like mine. And it represented the point I'm always trying to make about what's wrong with the way we've been taught to approach healthy eating and living. You can read the entire Tiny Buddha article here if you're interested: h...
How to "get healthy" by doing the opposite of everything you’ve been taught you're supposed to do…
October 04, 2022 12:01 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this episode, I'm talking about the perfect healthy lifestyle and why, after spending 8 years of helping countless people with their health and wellness goals through that paradigm, I now believe it to be a toxic, outdated, and fundamentally flawed. I also share my radically new approach to health and well-being and give an example of how to start practicing it for yourself right now. For more information, including free resources visit: www.ecet.online
Being More... wholehearted - Welcome to Season Four
September 20, 2022 12:01 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this episode, welcome back to season four. Why the name change? What is being more all about? What is wholehearted being? And what does it have to do with healthy eating and living? All that and more in this episode. For more info, including free resources visit: www.ecet.online
Food rules: why they're so harmful, but also scary to release
May 22, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MBIn this episode, I'm joined again by my client, Hollie and we're talking about some of the rules she used to have around food, how they impacted her mental and physical health, how scary it was to let go of them, and how much has improved for her since she has.
The Burnout Antidote with Anne Berube, Ph.D.
May 15, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this episode, I'm talking with Anne Berube about her new book, The Burnout Antidote: A Spiritual Guide To Empowerment For Empaths, Over-Givers, and Highly Sensitive People Human beings are hard-wired for service. But if we are designed to care for each other, then why are we so unwell? Anne’s message is for anyone who over-gives and depletes themselves in the process of serving their families, clients, patients, or communities. In The Burnout Antidote, Anne helps you access your innat...
Losing 16lbs in 3 weeks to fit into a dress?
May 08, 2022 22:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode, I'm joined by my client, Sandy and we're chatting about Kim Kardashian losing 16lbs in 3 weeks to fit into a dress that was never meant for her. Did you hear about that? Were you jealous? Or angry (like Sandy and I were)?
Body Acceptance and Gratitude Meditation
May 01, 2022 22:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBIn this episode, I share a short meditative practice for helping move from body shame to acceptance and gratitude taken directly from my new Foundations for Peace program that's been proving to be widely popular among Foundations for Peace members. To learn more about Foundations for Peace visit: https://www.ecet.online/foundations
Natalie's super inspiring transformation
April 17, 2022 22:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this episode, I chat with another of my clients, Natalie. When she started with me, she was bingeing and restricting. She lived with fear and rules around every food in her house, fear and obsession over weight gain, body hate and judgment all so severe that she was on depression and anxiety meds and told her doctor she didn't want to keep living if she had to live like that. You won't believe where she's at now. Tune in to find out.
Will Smith & Disproportionate Reactions: How They Affect Why We Eat
April 03, 2022 22:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBAfter watching the slap heard around the world at the Oscars last week with Will Smith and Chris Rock, my first thought was, "holy disproportionate reaction". And after just talking about this concept in my coach training program, Hollie, one of my coaches in training joins me for the episode while we chat about it. What are they? Why do they happen? How do they impact why we eat? Tune in to find out.
When Permission Doesn't Work
March 20, 2022 22:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBI often talk a lot about releasing food rules and giving ourselves permission to eat what we want but what happens when it feels terrifying and every time you try it for a little while, it feels like it doesn't work and you still feel obsessed with food or end up overeating or bingeing? That's what I'm talking about in this episode. I have a group of testers going through a new program I'm releasing soon and she sent me an email about the permission element this morning with common question...
So your pants are tight... now what?
March 13, 2022 22:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBImagine this scenario... you’re minding your own business, standing there in your bedroom getting dressed. As you’re pulling up your favorite pair of pants, you notice they feel tighter than they felt the last time you wore them. What happens? The voice in your head that insists on obsessively narrating every waking second of your life, says… “uh oh, these weren’t this tight before.” Then what happens? In this episode, I'm sharing how that scenario typically plays out for most - how it...
A conversation with my client, Hollie A.
March 06, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBJoin me this week for a conversation I recently had with my client Hollie. She shares her story, her history with weight loss, dieting and healthy eating and she talks about what life is like now.
What they don't tell you about Intermittent Fasting
February 27, 2022 23:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB"Everyone" says intermittent fasting is sooo healthy... but, what are they not telling you about it? That's what I'm talking about in this episode.
Get Out of Your Way - The Workshop
February 20, 2022 23:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MBTune in this week for the recording from the workshop I recently hosted with leadership coach and my friend Dana Lloyd and learn to get out of your own way. I share: ➔ how to redefine your own version of what it means to eat and live healthy and why it’s important that you do ➔ why healthy eating habits are so hard to stick to & why weight loss never sticks ➔ 3 of the biggest causes of binge eating or feeling out of control around food ➔ why “healthy living” doesn’t actually require a "...
Let's talk about what no one wants to talk about
January 30, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBLast week was #BellLetsTalk day and for the occasion, I wanted to talk about what nobody ever seems to want to talk about. The truth behind even seemingly "successful" diets because my story is NOT unique & we HAVE to stop acting like promoting diets and weight loss is healthy (mentally or otherwise). So, in this episode, I'm again sharing my diet "success" because my story is not unique, varying degrees of it have become the norm and rarely, in discussions about mental health does anyone ...
#BellLetsTalk: Let's talk about what no one wants to talk about
January 30, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBLast week was #BellLetsTalk day and for the occasion, I wanted to talk about what nobody ever seems to want to talk about. The truth behind even seemingly "successful" diets because my story is NOT unique & we HAVE to stop acting like promoting diets and weight loss is healthy (mentally or otherwise). So, in this episode, I'm again sharing my diet "success" because my story is not unique, varying degrees of it have become the norm and rarely, in discussions about mental health does anyone ...
Resisting body connection and trust
January 23, 2022 23:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBBody connection and trust are key elements for building not only a healthier relationship with food but healthier eating habits in general but they're practices that can be difficult to grasp and can often bring up a lot of resistance. In this episode, I share a client example, talk about some of the reasons why there can be so much resistance and I walk you through a super simple little beginning practice.
Get Out Of Your Way
January 16, 2022 23:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this special episode, my friend Dana Lloyd, a leadership coach and author of Soul Prescriptions and host of the Soul Sister Conversation podcast, has joined me to discuss getting out of your own way. What do we mean by that? Why is important? How and why do we get in our own way? Tune in to learn more.
If you had this magic weight loss pill, would you take it?
January 09, 2022 23:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBBecause it's the New Year and predictably the weight loss, diet and fitness ads are in FULL on stalking mode again, making all kinds of promises and perhaps making you feel like you're supposed to be starting another weight loss attempt, in this episode, I'm talking about the magic weight loss pill (metaphorically speaking) and share some of its side effects.
Practical tips for healthy holidays
November 28, 2021 23:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBSome quick start tips for getting through December while enjoying all your favorites but without the guilt, food hangovers or promises to "get back on track" in January. To grab a copy of the free downloadable quick start guide is no longer available. For other free resources visit: https://www.ecet.online
What I learned about health by being "the picture of health"
November 21, 2021 23:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIn this episode, I'm talking about health. What is it? What does it look like? Why is the phrase "picture of health" a toxic lie? Tune in to find out.
Why is it so hard to trust ourselves with food?
November 14, 2021 23:00 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MBA survey of American women done in 2008 found that something like 75% had disordered eating habits. And based on experience, I’m sure the results in most of the rest of the industrialized world where capitalism reigns supreme would be pretty much on par with those. One major way in which disordered eating habits manifest themselves in our lives is through distrust. Distrust in ourselves, and distrust in our own ability to decide what, when and how much we should be eating. In this episod...
The Key To Moving More Isn't Motivation, It's This
November 03, 2021 17:39 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBAs with the relationships I had with my body and food, my relationship with exercise was pretty messed up most of my life and this destructive relationship with exercise is something I've seen in almost every woman I've worked with since I became a trainer in 2010. In this episode, I'm sharing how my relationship with it has changed in the last number of ways (in the most wonderful ways) and I'm sharing 4 tips you can use to work on improving yours and why it's so important. Tune in if yo...
When you want to binge - a client example of understanding what can drive the desire to binge
October 31, 2021 22:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this week’s episode, I wanted to talk about some messages I recently got from one of our newest members in the Cognitive Eating Academy because they were a beautiful real-time example of some of what keeps us from wanting to eat things that help us feel our best… an example of the things that drive self-sabotaging or self-destructive eating patterns… even bingeing. Her message started with, "I feel like I'm on the verge of a binge" Tune in to learn what we discovered about what was driv...
The problem with "can vs can't eat" food lists + a healthier way to approach food
October 24, 2021 22:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MBRecently, I had a conversation with a friend who's been having some distressing digestive issues and just got a list of things she can and can't eat from her naturopath. I died a little inside when she started talking about her "can and can't eat" list and in this episode I'm talking about why and I'm sharing a significantly healthier way to approach healthy eating.
Why don't you feel good?
October 17, 2021 22:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBLast night on a call with my CE group, one of the gals started her update with the comments about how messed up her stomach had been feeling in the days prior. She’d been experiencing abdominal pain, constipation, bloating, cramps... you name it. Most people would have started telling her what to change in her eating habits to improve her symptoms but that's not what I did. In this episode, I'm sharing why I didn't take that approach, what I did instead, why it worked and why this may the ...
Fear or love? Why'd you eat that?
October 10, 2021 22:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBSelling fear has become the backbone of the diet, weight loss, fitness, and even health and wellness industries because nothing is easier to sell than when you're feeding upon someone's fear. And holy hell, do those industries ever feed upon our fears. But what's the result of that? How does it impact the choices we make for ourselves and our bodies? And is there a better way? A healthier way? That's what I'm talking about in this episode. -- Visit the website: https://www.ecet.online ...
On body love and acceptance- it's not one and done
October 03, 2021 22:00 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MBThis episode was taken from a conversation I had with Amanda Hanson for The Real Diet Story project. In this episode, we talk about why body love and acceptance is so hard, why it's a constant practice and we shared a number of tips and strategies to help you get started. Amanda starts the conversation with a story about a conversation she had with a client over her pant size and how it triggered her, even though she felt like she was starting to get in a good place with her body.
S03 - Ep. 02: 3 things that drive feeling out of control with food + what you're probably doing every day that make them worse
September 28, 2021 09:41 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, I review what I went over in the workshop I hosted in case you missed it. That is: the three things that most often drive feeling out of control around food or struggling to "stay on track" the things you're probably doing every day that are making them worse and I share some tips on how to start shifting them If you want access to the worksheet I spoke of in this episode, shoot me an email at [email protected] and ask for the workshop worksheet. I'll send you a copy ...
3 things that drive feeling out of control with food + what you're probably doing every day that make them worse
September 28, 2021 09:41 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, I review what I went over in the workshop I hosted in case you missed it. That is: the three things that most often drive feeling out of control around food or struggling to "stay on track" the things you're probably doing every day that are making them worse and I share some tips on how to start shifting them If you want access to the worksheet I spoke of in this episode, shoot me an email at [email protected] and ask for the workshop worksheet. I'll send you a copy ...
I felt like I'd been taught to sell a lie - why I quit the fitness industry
September 26, 2021 21:00 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBI loved being a personal trainer... until I didn't. In this episode, I'm sharing why I quit. --- Learn more about ECET and access free resources: www.ecet.online
S03 - Ep. 01: I felt like I'd been taught to sell a lie - why I quit the fitness industry
September 26, 2021 21:00 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBI loved being a personal trainer... until I didn't. In this episode, I'm sharing why I quit. --- Learn more about Cognitive Eating at: www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com Grab a copy of the ebook at: www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com/ebook
S02 - Ep. 32: Your body isn't the problem, the clothes are
June 17, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBIn this episode, taken from a recent live I did for The Real Diet Story with Amanda Hanson of SimplyStylish.ca, Amanda talked about why your body isn't the problem, the clothes are. If you've ever had a moment of body hate, in the mirror while getting dressed or trying on clothes, this one is for you.
Your body isn't the problem, the clothes are
June 17, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBIn this episode, taken from a recent live I did for The Real Diet Story with Amanda Hanson of SimplyStylish.ca, Amanda talked about why your body isn't the problem, the clothes are. If you've ever had a moment of body hate, in the mirror while getting dressed or trying on clothes, this one is for you.
S02 - Ep. 31: When you want to lose weight because your body feels terrible all the time
June 10, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIf you feel terrible in your body every day and want to lose weight to feel better is dieting or weight loss the answer? What else can you do? That’s what we’re talking about today! Tune in for another conversation with Amanda Hanson of SimplyStylish.ca for The Real Diet Story.
S02 - 31: When you want to lose weight because your body feels terrible all the time
June 10, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIf you feel terrible in your body every day and want to lose weight to feel better is dieting or weight loss the answer? What else can you do? That’s what we’re talking about today! Tune in for another conversation with Amanda Hanson of SimplyStylish.ca for The Real Diet Story.
When you want to lose weight because your body feels terrible all the time
June 10, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBIf you feel terrible in your body every day and want to lose weight to feel better is dieting or weight loss the answer? What else can you do? That’s what we’re talking about today! Tune in for another conversation with Amanda Hanson of SimplyStylish.ca for The Real Diet Story.
S02 - Ep. 30: Navigating diet talk with family & friends (with Amanda Hanson)
June 03, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MBThis is another episode taken from a recent live I did for The Real Diet Story with Amanda Hanson. In this episode, we talked about how to navigate diet and body talk with family and friends when we're trying to break away from those destructive mindsets but they're still firmly planted in diet culture.