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How to Move from Martyrdom to Self-Love and Transformation with Janine

I’m bringing on a series of women who’ve worked with me through my Weight Loss From Within program. I get excited when I get to do this, because it’s an opportunity for them to celebrate their journey. My work has nothing to do with me; it’s all about the women I’m here to serve. I believe in the power of storytelling, and I believe that each of these women will say something that you'll hear and resonate with in your own life. To that end, this week I talk with Janine about her self-transformation as she journeyed through the program.
2:33 - How Janine felt about herself and her body when we first met
9:41 - Our behaviors mirror back to us what is and isn’t okay with us within
18:08 - What it looks like for Janine to be in partnership with her body
26:18 - How Janine created her alter ego and what it’s changed for her
33:32 - Janine feeling a whole other level of worth since beginning the program
40:52 - Being responsible for your choices without self-sabotage or guilty feelings
44:18 - So many women don’t trust themselves but choice is the ultimate freedom
Listen to Episode 34: How to Create Your Alter Ego and Become the Woman You’ve Dreamed About
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What Is It Costing You?

Years ago, around this time of year, I felt really sad and wondered when my business would turn around. I was really living from this place of lack and feeling like I wasn’t good enough. Now, I see that all these different things that have happened for me have become part of my message, and how I teach these stories helps me connect to each of you tuning in. Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. Today, we’re diving into past history, a topic that has really impacted my life.
7:38 - The devastation I felt when my first big launch for E.A.T. barely broke even
11:28 - Carrying around “Post Traumatic Launch Disorder” for many years
16:09 - The moment I let go of my business past and rewrote the story
17:49 - Losing weight has less to do with the doing and more to do with this
Listen to Lisa’s conversation with Tara Newman, episode 107
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What Are You Releasing?

This year I want to release the difficulty I have in batching my podcast episodes. I have some amazing things lined up for 2021, and batching opens up my availability and gives me more space and time to work on what I want to bring you. That’s why I want to talk about this idea of releasing things and having an honest conversation about the things you’re actually very committed to even if you say you don’t want to be, such as negative self-talk. You’re not your thoughts; you’re just the thinker of your thoughts and can always create new ones. So what do you want to leave behind in 2020 that isn’t serving you? Let’s get into it!
5:01 - Habitual thoughts and what you need to do to create new thoughts
9:31 - Worrying is praying for what you don’t want; here’s how you can stop
13:18 - One of the most uncomfortable things to do for most people
16:37 - Why so many of us keep ourselves so busy
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Committing to Something New

How do you want to feel about your body? If you don’t know, start figuring it out by writing how you currently feel about it. But here’s the thing--you can feel the way you want to feel right now, and nothing needs to change. How you think and feel about your body has nothing to do with your circumstances, the number on the scale, or anything else outside of yourself. In this episode, I emphasize this perpetual truth: you get to choose how you feel, starting right now.
2:56 - The work you need to do around your body issues
5:04 - What your real problem is (hint: it’s not your weight)
8:38 - What’s necessary to create an outcome you’ve never had
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Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself

We develop a pattern of being hard on ourselves at a young age. Over the years, I’ve struggled with this myself and worked with ambitious, driven, high achiever women who deny themselves as such until I ask them to list out all their accomplishments. Then they realize they’ve glossed over them and never celebrated their wins. Do you do this to yourself? If so, how does that behavior cost or even benefit you? Listen on for ways to break out of this pattern.
2:45 - Some ways in which I’ve been hard on myself professionally
4:32 - How would you move forward if you weren’t hard on yourself?
5:19 - Relating kind and compassionate treatment of the self to women’s bodies and weight
6:45 - Self-parenting and taking inventory of your life by asking yourself these questions
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The Gift of Both/And

I recorded this episode on Saturday, an odd day for me. But I felt inspired to talk about this now with the latest wave of COVID-19 in progress worldwide. Believe it or not, despite doing this podcast every week, I sometimes find it hard to find my voice. But right now, we’re living in a world with so much diametrical thinking: you have to be on one side or the other, you have to do this or the opposite thing. This week, I’m making an impassioned plea for us all to wake up and embrace both/and thinking.
2:15 - The gift I’ve always struggled with thanks to my empathetic nature
4:45 - What prevents many women from having a healthy body relationship
6:49 - The impulse to control in order to avoid feeling fear
10:51 - Looking at where else in your life you’re getting into either/or thinking
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Emotions are simply ENERGY in MOTION

The year 2020 has been such an emotional roller coaster ride. It’s caused people to either lean into their feelings or double down on behavior that only serves to numb them emotionally. But what are emotions really, and why are they so powerful? In this episode, I talk about the consequences of getting stuck in your emotions and what it means to allow yourself to feel what you feel.
2:23 - What emotions are and why you need to let them move through you
6:14 - Our tendency to avoid emotions and label them as good or bad
9:49 - Why we tend to struggle to be with our own emotions
14:40 - Ways in which suppressed emotion can show up to create chaos in your life
17:09 - What a simple practice of self-care looks like
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Why I Invest In Myself - A Conversation with My Coach, Tara Newman

I’m sharing something a little different today: an interview I did with my business coach, Tara Newman. We talk about the journey I’ve taken with her over the last few years to burn my business down and start anew. I don’t couch my story in the shiny facade we often see online. Mine showcases not just a transformational business journey but also a personal healing journey. It’s a story you’ll want to hear if you’re struggling to get from point A to B or make different decisions, find yourself holding back, or want to know the progress that’s possible with the right coach in your corner.
7:06 - The big, pivotal moment I had while working with Tara and what kicked it off
10:55 - Debt I racked up trying to grow my business and other costs, personally and professionally
19:32 - Fighting against the misleading image of how successful entrepreneurs operate online
22:55 - The shame that used to drive my business decisions
28:38 - Restarting from zero and breaking the cardinal rule of sales calls on every sales call
30:45 - Why I choose not to do sales calls anymore (and what I do now instead)
40:09 - Recognizing that I created my business transformation
44:40 - My epiphany about the similarities between running a business and training in the gym
47:44 - Taking a break from tracking metrics that trigger negative feelings
55:56 - How the pandemic has changed and impacted my financial household
1:01:32 - The #1 attribute that has carried me far in business and everything else
1:06:21 - Putting skin in the game and seeing business investment as an investment in yourself
Find Tara at her website, https://theboldleadershiprevolution.com/
Listen to Tara’s Podcast, The Bold Money Revolution Podcast
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Birthday Reflections: What I’ve Learned in 48 Years

In Episode 106, it’s my birthday! I’m reflecting on what I’ve learned in the last 48 years. My life is FULL. I take really good care of myself. It wasn’t until I took a couple of days, checked myself into a hotel, and stepped out of my life that I realized how fatigued I was. There comes a time when you have to pause and say, “What is working and what is not working?” Connection to yourself is so important.Take the opportunity to give yourself space and allow yourself to be present.
7:00 - What I realized when I took a moment to step out of my life to rest
11:10 - How I changed my business 2 years ago by slowing down
17:15 - Reflections of my latest 48 years on the planet
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Rewiring Your Subconscious with Penny Chiasson

In Episode 105, Penny Chiasson joins me to talk about the benefits of hypnosis. We can rewire anything in our subconscious. Penny explains how the process of digging into our underlying beliefs, unpacking those stories, and feeling those emotions can help us move past huge blocks in our lives.
2:03 - Penny shares her journey to becoming a professional hypnotist
3:36 - How digging into your pattern of underlying beliefs can help rewire your brain
10:08 - Why Penny does not work with weight loss clients
12:28 - How your life is a reflection of what’s going on in your subconscious
18:22 - Examples of how Penny’s clients have moved past their blocks
25:25 - We can rewire anything by digging into our emotions, unpacking the story and rewriting it
30:08 - Anger is NOT a bad emotion
Find Penny at her website, https://pennychiasson.com/
Listen to Penny’s Podcast, Design Your Destiny
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