F* It!: Recent Episodes
Amy Ledin
A strategic podcast where Amy Ledin talks about the main F’s that have influenced her life and have helped her in creating her best self. She covers areas in faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. She will deep dive into how placing her baby for adoption at 18, losing almost 100 pounds, facing her marriage-ending affair, and battling stage 4 cancer for almost 7 years, has only made her stronger. Join Amy as she takes you through her story, her life-changing struggles, and shares with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome ANYTHING you face.
It’s easy to tell yourself you’re doing fine. It’s harder to look in the accountability mirror and actually measure it. In this Twisted Tuesday, Amy breaks down the weekly audit she uses to assess whether her actions are aligned with the person she wants to be. She explains why tracking your behavior matters, how seemingly small broken promises can affect your confidence and “self-love meter,” and why difficult seasons are exactly when maintaining a few core habits becomes most important.
Amy walks through the areas she evaluates each week: her morning routine, daytime productivity, evening habits, nutrition, training and movement, weekends, and relationships. Rather than relying on vague feelings about whether the week was “good” or “bad,” she assigns numbers based on what actually happened and looks more closely at anything that needs improvement.
The real lesson is what happens next. If you discover you’re repeatedly hitting snooze, wasting time, falling off your nutrition plan, neglecting relationships, or abandoning your routine when life gets difficult, simply promising to “try harder” isn’t a strategy. Amy challenges you to identify the real tripwire and put a specific solution in place.
For Amy, this process reaches far beyond productivity. Staying aligned helps her mentally and physically show up for one of the biggest battles of her life: fighting cancer. She argues that when one part of life starts slipping, it can affect how you show up everywhere else.
If you’ve been feeling stagnant, inconsistent, frustrated with yourself, or stuck in the cycle of saying, “I’ll do better next week,” this episode gives you a simple framework for replacing judgment with data—and data with action.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What would you do if the scale suddenly jumped nearly four pounds overnight?
Years ago, Amy admits that a result like this could have sent her into a spiral of frustration, food sabotage, excessive exercise, and negative self-talk. Today, she understands that a single weigh-in is only one data point—and often a misleading one.
In this episode:
- Amy delivers an important reality check about scale obsession, overnight weight fluctuations, and the emotional power many women unknowingly give to the number on the scale.
- She explains how water retention, inflammation, hormones, sodium, carbohydrates, stress, activity levels, and strength training can all cause temporary weight changes that have little or nothing to do with body-fat gain.
- Amy also reveals how relying too heavily on the scale can distort your perception. You may wake up feeling leaner, notice that your jeans fit better, and feel confident—only to step on the scale, see a higher number, and suddenly convince yourself that your body looks worse.
- She challenges listeners to stop measuring success solely through weight loss and begin paying attention to the indicators that matter: measurements, clothing fit, strength, performance, energy, muscle development, behavioral consistency, and long-term trends.
- The episode also examines the dangerous “get away with it” mentality that can occur when someone abandons their plan over the weekend but sees a lower number on Monday. A temporary drop does not mean those choices created the result. It happened in spite of the behavior—not because of it.
- Most importantly, Amy explains that you cannot completely control how much weight you lose each week, but you can control whether you keep the promises you make to yourself. Your daily actions—not a random scale fluctuation—are the real evidence of progress.
Listen before your next weigh-in and learn how to take back the power you may have unknowingly handed to the scale.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What happens when you're surrounded by cookies, donuts, coffee, and treats every month—but food no longer controls your thoughts?
In this Twisted Tuesday episode, Amy reflects on nearly two years of volunteering at her church café and the surprising lessons it's taught her about dieting, food guilt, and emotional eating. She shares how years of restrictive dieting once made baking feel stressful and triggering, but how building a healthier relationship with food has transformed those same experiences into something joyful.
Amy also discusses a fascinating pattern she's noticed: many women instinctively apologize for their food choices, labeling foods as "good" or "bad," while most men simply eat without explanation. Through these real-life conversations, she challenges common diet culture beliefs and explains why moderation—not restriction—is the key to long-term success.
The episode continues with a personal update about weekly date nights, keeping promises to yourself through daily habits, creating routines that strengthen discipline, and why consistency—not perfection—is what builds lasting confidence. From Bible reading and journaling to fitness habits and intentional relationships, Amy shares how small daily commitments compound into a healthier, happier life.
If you've ever struggled with food guilt, all-or-nothing thinking, emotional eating, or believing you have to earn your favorite foods, this episode will challenge your perspective and leave you with practical ways to build a healthier mindset.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
Here's what actually happened.
The food noise came back louder than I expected, even after twenty years of doing this work.
By week three, the scale was climbing instead of dropping, and my own biofeedback tracking, sleep, hunger, digestion, was flashing signals right alongside it.
In this episode I walk through exactly what happened, the mistake I made assuming my own formula was automatically the right approach for me in this exact season, and the actual research behind why it played out the way it did.
- Why restriction backfires psychologically.
- Why chronic dieters can respond differently to the same formula.
- And why sleep, not just the scale, might be the most important number you're not tracking.
- Plus where I landed two weeks after reversing, because the story doesn't end at the mistake.
If you've ever wondered whether the plan is the problem or something else is going on, this one's for you.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
Why do some people keep growing through hard seasons while others slowly lose momentum? In this candid, on-the-go episode, Amy shares the reality of training close to failure, why progressive overload means your workouts may never truly feel easy, and how learning to tolerate discomfort separates people who simply exercise from those who visibly build strength.
Amy also reflects on completing a 30-day personal commitment challenge designed to rebuild trust in herself. After realizing that years of tracking had started to feel automatic and emotionally meaningless, she returned to simple daily promises, visible wins, and honest accountability. She explains why accepting a loss instead of making excuses can create stronger behavior, how tracking can expose avoidance, and why repetition helps reinforce the identity of someone who follows through.
During a spontaneous grocery run, Amy shifts into practical strategies for making nutrition easier. She discusses bulk meal preparation, keeping flexible proteins and carbohydrates ready, reducing food waste, shopping with a plan, and avoiding unnecessary temptations. Her central message is simple but powerful: your environment is often stronger than your willpower, especially after stress and decision fatigue have worn you down.
This episode is for anyone who feels stagnant, inconsistent, or frustrated that healthy habits still require effort. You will learn why discomfort is not evidence that you are failing, why small promises matter more than dramatic declarations, and how better systems can help you make stronger choices without depending on motivation.
Main points include training close to failure and embracing productive discomfort, using progressive overload to build strength and muscle, rebuilding self-trust through seven-day and 30-day commitments, tracking wins and losses without excuses, using visual reminders to reinforce progress, creating identity-based habits through repetition, meal prepping with versatile proteins and carbohydrates, reducing food waste and unnecessary grocery trips, managing decision fatigue, and designing your environment to support your goals.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
In This Episode:
The Mistake Nobody Catches
The single biggest training mistake Erik sees in women 40+, even the ones who think they're pushing hard. It comes down to one thing: not appreciating that your recovery ability has changed.
Why Short Rest Intervals Are a Silent Killer
HIIT, HYROX, boot camps, CrossFit-style metabolic conditioning. Erik explains why short rest interval training comes with a recovery premium most midlife women can't afford, and why it interferes with the muscle and strength gains you're actually training for.
Training vs. Working Out
These are not the same thing. Erik breaks down the real difference and why you can go to the gym every single day and still make zero progress.
The "More Sets" Myth
Why piling on more volume isn't the answer, and why 5 hard sets twice a week can beat 10 sets once a week.
The Soreness Trap
If you've ever chased next-day soreness as proof your workout worked, this segment will change how you think about training.
The Real Number on Muscle and Metabolism
Forget the "50 calories per pound of muscle" myth. Erik does the math live and gives you the real number.
The 5 Training Archetypes
Erik built a quiz to identify exactly where you fall:
- The Effort Leaker – stopping 3-4 reps before failure without realizing it
- The Fatigue Chaser – chasing the burn, chasing exhaustion, chasing the wrong goal
- The Grinder – training 5-6 days a week and never actually recovering
- The Drifter – no consistency, no way to track progress
- On Track – the one who's actually doing it right
Take the quiz yourself: [link in show notes]
Muscle: The Organ of Longevity
Why Erik calls muscle "the organ of longevity," the connection between leg strength and brain health, and why Alzheimer's is now being linked to insulin resistance and called "Type 3 Diabetes."
The Most Common Excuse for Skipping Strength Training
And what Erik actually says back to it.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
Are your habits truly part of your identity—or do they disappear as soon as the weekend begins?
In this episode, Amy explains why Friday night through Sunday can either reinforce your progress or quietly erase the work you completed during the week. She shares how an unexpected change in her routine forced her to examine whether her meals, walking, and personal commitments were dependent on structure or had become genuine habits.
Amy also explores why drinking water has become far more than a health goal. By committing to one gallon a day, she created a daily promise that requires planning, awareness, and presence. Every completed day becomes evidence that she can trust herself, while every difficult workout becomes practice for leaning into discomfort rather than escaping it.
The episode examines how small promises can reshape your identity, why repeatedly starting over can damage confidence, how checkpoints make consistency easier, and why preparing decisions in advance prevents you from choosing the comfortable option when motivation fades.
You will learn why your weekends are the real test of your habits, how one simple daily promise can rebuild self-belief, why discomfort is necessary for growth, and how your fitness choices can prepare you to face harder battles in your health, relationships, and life.
Listen now, audit the way you show up when your routine changes, and discover whether your habits are creating the person you want to become—or keeping you trapped in another cycle of starting over. Subscribe to The F*It! Podcast for honest conversations about faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and the formula for becoming your best self.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
In this episode:
- Why “knowing what to do” is often just trivia, not real awareness, and what real awareness actually sounds like
- How perimenopause can interfere with your body's hunger and fullness signals (interoceptive awareness)
- Why this exact objection hits high-achieving, capable women the hardest, and why the LLYT lens explains why force of will doesn't work on a body run by cortisol and hormones
- The intention-behavior gap: why even sincere intentions only predict about a third of actual follow-through (Sheeran & Webb)
- Decision fatigue and why willpower runs out by 8pm (Baumeister)
- Why vague intentions fail and specific if-then plans work two to three times better (Gollwitzer & Sheeran)
- Self-handicapping: the quiet, protective habit of setting yourself up to fail so it doesn't feel personal (Jones & Berglas)
- Why your environment is quietly making decisions before you do, and how to rebuild your cues (Wendy Wood)
- The reframe that turns an identity problem into a Tuesday problem you can actually fix
Research referenced:
- Sheeran, P., & Webb, T. L. (2016). The Intention-Behavior Gap. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
- Baumeister, R. F., et al. Ego depletion and self-control research.
- Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes.
- Jones, E. E., & Berglas, S. (1978). Control of attributions about the self through self-handicapping strategies.
- Wood, W., & Neal, D. T. Habit research on context cues and behavior change, USC Dornsife.
- Interoceptive awareness and hunger/fullness signal research.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What does your body reveal about the standards you hold for yourself? In this honest walk-and-talk episode, Amy explains how discipline, organization, delayed gratification, and keeping promises to yourself extend far beyond fitness. Building a strong body is not simply about following the perfect diet—it requires becoming the person capable of maintaining it.
Amy also gives a deeply personal update on hormone replacement therapy, including how topical estrogen unexpectedly resolved years of exercise-related bladder leaking and why symptom-based care matters alongside bloodwork. She discusses adjusting progesterone, beginning DHEA, and the importance of openly addressing libido, sexual health, and quality of life during perimenopause and menopause.
The conversation then shifts to the mental fatigue of learning advanced AI tools and the danger of trusting artificial intelligence when you lack enough expertise to recognize inaccurate information. Finally, Amy reveals why she officially ended her dieting phase. Increased food noise, constant thoughts about restriction, reduced recovery, inflammation, and the stress of fighting cancer made the small amount of weight loss feel undeserving of the cost. Her biggest lesson: the most aggressive fat-loss strategy is not always the smartest one, and sometimes maintaining your health is the real victory.
This episode is a direct reminder that transformation is not created by motivation or a magical meal plan. It comes from identity, strategy, self-awareness, and repeatedly proving that you can trust yourself to do what you said you would do.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
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Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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Everyone assumes the meal plan is the hard part. It's not.
In this episode, Amy walks through the eight things she'd do before, and during, the first 30 days of a new deficit, from telling the people around her what she's about to do, to building the one daily promise that determines whether the whole thing sticks. This isn't theory. It's the exact sequence Amy uses with her own group coaching clients to test whether someone is even primed for fat loss before they touch a single macro.
- Day zero setup (02:21) — Tell your support system what you're about to do, decide who you're becoming through it (your “health character”), run an environmental audit on your kitchen, and mute conflicting voices for 30 days.
- Get your real numbers (07:13) — Ditch the generic calorie guess. Body weight x 11 for calories (x 9–10 if you're carrying more body fat to lose), body weight x 1 for protein grams. Lock it in for at least 14 days and weigh your food, no estimating.
- Set it and forget it (08:56) — Build the meal plan in advance so there's zero decision fatigue once day one hits. Amy's free meal plan (link below) is the exact framework used with LBC group coaching clients.
- Start with one promise (10:07) — This is the entry point to the daily agreement cards system. Pick one specific, measurable promise (not diet-related required) and build a streak of seven consecutive wins before adding anything else.
- Know what you're doing in the gym (12:57) — Cardio is not a fat loss tool. Strength training 3–4 days a week, compound movements, training close to failure, with two acclimation weeks before pushing progressive overload. Walking every day for parasympathetic recovery, not calorie burn.
- Track the data from day one (17:18) — Scale weight, measurements, a tight-jeans test every two weeks, biofeedback basics (sleep, stress, hunger, cravings, digestion) starting week one, and meal-by-meal compliance tracking from day one.
- Hold the line for 14 days (20:15) — No substitutions, no new recipes, no changes. Aim for 95% compliance so the data at day 14 is actually readable. Expect roughly a pound a week, not a Biggest Loser-style drop.
- Read the data at day 14 and day 28 (23:40) — Three outcomes: losing (keep going as is), stable (audit compliance first, then consider a 10% calorie drop), or gaining on a deficit (time for a metabolic restoration phase, not more restriction).
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
In this episode of The F*It! Podcast, Amy shares a raw reflection on self-love, discipline, and the quiet ways we lose trust with ourselves. She explains how her “self-love meter” drops when she starts cutting corners, even in small ways, and why rebuilding confidence starts with one simple promise. From not eating after 9 p.m. to resisting the voice of compromise during a power outage, Amy shows how test days become the best days when you prove to yourself that you do what you say you’ll do. This episode covers promise keeping, self-worth, discipline, identity, the body battery, the DAX system, and why the byproduct of small daily wins can become fat loss, stronger relationships, better work, and deeper self-respect.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
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- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
In this episode we get into:
- Why coaches who’ve “been around forever” sometimes quietly rebuild their whole message around whatever’s hot, and how that’s different from genuinely evolving a system.
- The peptide wave that exploded six months ago and is already cooling off, and why we never jumped on it even when clients were asking.
- GLP-1s: what the data is actually showing about who’s using them, how long they stay on them, and what happens when they come off without a plan in place. Spoiler, it’s not just regaining the weight. It’s regaining it with less muscle than before.
- Why most people in the gym are “exercising,” not training, and the difference between the two. This is the one we get asked about constantly.
- The “customization” myth. If you’ve ever wondered whether a group training program can really work as well as something built just for you, Erik breaks down exactly what question to ask back when someone tells you their plan is more custom. It’s a good one.
- Why training is a sport, not a chore, and what changes when you start treating it like one.
- We’re voting on a new segment, Friday Fire, where we get into the stuff that’s actually annoying us in this industry. You’ll hear how that vote went.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
In this off-the-cuff Twisted Tuesday episode, Amy shares what her first real cut in almost three years is teaching her about hunger, food noise, structure, and discipline. From skipping date night to packing meals for cancer treatment, she breaks down why dieting is as psychological as it is physical—and why keeping small promises may be the missing link for women who struggle with consistency. This episode is a sharp reminder that confidence is built through follow-through, identity, and doing what you said you would do, even when it is inconvenient. Amy also challenges listeners to move their bodies, rebuild trust with themselves, and support the podcast’s mission to reach more people.
- What it feels like to cut again after nearly three years in maintenance.
- How food noise returns when hunger increases, even when no foods are technically off limits.
- Why volume-friendly meals, protein, vegetables, and consistent meal timing can make dieting less miserable.
- Skipping date night, packing meals for cancer treatment, and choosing discipline even when compromise feels tempting.
- Connect confidence to personal integrity, showing that progress comes from keeping promises to yourself—not just losing weight.
- Challenge listeners to choose one measurable promise, track the win daily, and rebuild trust through follow-through.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
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- Leave a review.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What We Cover
- Why AI photo scanning apps struggle with portion estimation… even when they correctly identify the food
- The crowdsourced database problem in apps like MyFitnessPal and why it introduces 15-30% calorie variance
- The hidden calorie problem that no photo can detect (oils, sauces, cooking fats)
- Why Lean Bodies Consulting built its own USDA-sourced food substitution calculator, and why that matters
- The unglamorous truth: a food scale and a verified database still beats every AI app on the market
Research Referenced
- Li et al. (2024). Evaluating the Quality and Comparative Validity of Manual Food Logging and Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Food Image Recognition in Apps for Nutrition Care. Nutrients, 16(15), 2573. University of Sydney. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39125452/
Links Mentioned* LBC Free Food Substitution Calculator https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What happens when you're already happy with your body—but decide to pursue a new challenge anyway?
In this honest Twisted Tuesday episode, Amy pulls back the curtain on starting a short-term cut for an upcoming photoshoot while continuing to navigate life as a long-term cancer survivor. She shares the reality of transitioning from maintenance calories into a calorie deficit, the unexpected return of food thoughts, the importance of meal structure, hydration, and mindset, and why choosing hard things can elevate every area of your life.
Amy also discusses the difference between chronic dieting and strategic fat loss, how maintenance phases can reduce cravings and food obsession, and why self-love—not self-punishment—is the foundation of lasting transformation. Whether you're pursuing a fitness goal, working through a personal challenge, or simply trying to become your best self, this episode is packed with practical insights and powerful mindset lessons.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
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- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What happens when the battle isn't just cancer—but the fear that comes with every scan?
In this deeply personal Twisted Tuesday episode, Amy shares her honest thoughts while driving to Buffalo for routine brain scans, discussing the emotional rollercoaster of living with stage 4 lung cancer for over 13 years. From scanxiety and survivor's guilt to the unexpected fears that can come with remission, she offers a raw and inspiring look into the mindset required to keep moving forward.
Amy also tackles a major nutrition topic that many women desperately need to hear: why eating less is not always the answer. If you've been stuck in a fat-loss plateau, chronically dieting, or struggling to achieve the toned, athletic look you want, this episode explains the difference between fat-loss phases and metabolic rebuilding phases. Learn why maintenance calories, muscle growth, and strategic calorie increases may be the missing pieces preventing you from seeing lasting results.
Whether you're navigating health challenges, struggling with body composition goals, or simply looking for motivation to trust the process, this episode delivers both inspiration and practical coaching you can apply immediately.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What You'll Hear in This Episode
- The objection Amy keeps seeing in the DMs and why it needed its own episode
- The cookie recipe analogy: why you measure ingredients without drama but panic over weighing chicken
- The money analogy: you cannot troubleshoot a budget you refuse to look at
- How the meal card system eliminates the need to weigh forever once it's built
- How to portion your food when you're cooking for the whole family
- What to do about restaurants and eating out (and why it's probably not as big a deal as you think)
- Why fat loss is a season, not a lifestyle sentence
- The real talk on sacrifice and why other coaches aren't saying it
Key Takeaways
- You're already choosing your stress. Weighing your food takes 10 seconds. Carrying extra weight you hate takes years. Pick one.
- The cookie analogy. You follow a recipe with measured amounts and don't think twice about it. Weighing your chicken portion is the exact same action. The only difference is the emotional story you've attached to it.
- The money analogy. You can't fix a budget problem if you refuse to look at your bank statements. You can't troubleshoot your food if you won't measure it. You can't fix what you won't measure.
- You weigh to build the system, not forever. Once your meal cards exist, the decisions are already made. Pick a card, eat it, done. No tracking apps, no obsessing.
- Eating with your family is the goal. You weigh your portion, they eat from the same pot. That's it. It's not complicated.
- Out-of-routine eating is 10% of your life. Two meals a week eating out are not derailing the other 90% when that 90% is locked in. Hear Amy's episode 213 for the full strategy on restaurants, travel, and parties.
- Fat loss is a season. It's not supposed to take years. It takes years because people are inconsistent and don't have the structure. The system fixes that.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
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- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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Can you enjoy concerts, travel, social events, and still achieve your fat loss goals? In this candid Tuesday episode, Amy shares the story of attending a Bruno Mars concert with her daughter Kamele and the unexpected lesson it revealed about commitment, planning, and sustainable results. From strategically planning meals to resisting impulsive food choices and staying focused on long-term goals, this episode proves that fat loss doesn't require perfection—it requires intention. Discover how small promises kept consistently can build confidence, create momentum, and transform your results while still enjoying the experiences that matter most.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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Are you convinced your hormones, metabolism, or busy schedule are the reason you are not losing fat? This episode delivers the direct truth many women do not want to hear but desperately need. Amy breaks down why “too much structure” is often not the real problem, why hot yoga, random workouts, clean eating, and normal labs do not automatically equal fat loss, and why most women need consistent calories, proper training, recovery, daily movement, and mindset work before spending thousands on testing. If you have been stuck, frustrated, or tempted by the next shiny hormone or gut health solution, this episode may be the wake-up call that saves you time, money, and more spinning your wheels.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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A study just tracked 112 adults logging over 105,000 food entries across 12 weeks. The people who repeated their meals lost 37% more weight than the people eating a wide variety. Not because they ate less. Not because they had a better plan. Because they stopped making so many decisions about food — and that freed up the mental energy that usually runs out by Tuesday evening.
In this episode, Amy breaks down what the research actually found, why decision fatigue is the real mechanism behind why diets fail, and the thing that macro tracking completely misses: it is not just your daily calorie total that matters, it is how consistent your meal calories are from day to day. Then she introduces the meal card method — the system that makes all of this work in real life by removing the decisions before you ever sit down to eat.
In This Episode
- The study: 112 adults, 105,000 food entries, and what actually predicted weight loss
- Why 37% more weight lost comes down to decisions, not discipline
- Decision fatigue: what it is, how it works, and why it destroys good intentions by dinnertime
- The calorie consistency problem nobody talks about — especially in the macro tracking world
- Why your daily total can look right while your meal calories are all over the place
- What consistent meal calories actually do to your hunger cues, portion recognition, and mental load
- The meal card method: how to build a system where the decisions are already made
- Why this is not a meal plan — and what makes it feel like a lifestyle instead of a diet
- How to access the full meal card teaching inside LLYT right now
Research Referenced
- Oregon Research Institute and Drexel University — published in Health Psychology (American Psychological Association)
- 112 adults, overweight or obese, average age 53, 85% female, average BMI 34.5
- 12-week behavioral weight loss program, real-time food logging via app, daily weigh-ins on wireless scales
- High repetition group lost 5.9% of body weight vs. 4.3% for high variety group — a 37% difference in results
- Every 100-calorie daily swing in intake was associated with 0.6% less weight lost
- Decision fatigue research: the average person makes over 35,000 decisions per day
- Israeli parole board study: decision-making quality declined measurably throughout the day, recovering only after food breaks
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- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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In this raw and honest Twisted Tuesday episode, Amy opens up about battling vertigo, navigating post-travel overwhelm, and reflecting on a painful vacation lesson after drinking too much at an all-inclusive resort. What started as a fun anniversary trip became a major moment of self-accountability as she questioned why alcohol still had a place in her life when it no longer matched her health, values, identity, or future self. Amy shares the shame, the journaling, the conversations with Eric, and the decision to choose environments that support the woman she is becoming. This episode is for anyone who has ever wondered why they keep reaching for something that never actually makes them feel better.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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Every day you make hundreds of decisions about food. What to eat, when to eat it, whether it fits, what to do when life gets in the way. That mental load is not a discipline problem. It is a design problem. And in this episode, Amy teaches the meal card method: a system that replaces daily food decisions with a personal library of pre-built meals you can pull from without doing any math, opening any app, or negotiating with yourself at 6pm.
Whether you have been tracking macros for years and are exhausted by it, or you have never had a solid plan and do not know where to start, this episode walks you through exactly how to build the system from scratch. One meal, two cards. That is the whole assignment.
In This Episode:
- Why tracking burns people out — and why a meal plan alone is not the fix
- What a meal card actually is and how it works in real life
- Why you need a starting plan before you can build cards — and what to do if you do not have one yet
- How to build your first card: the exact steps, the two rules, and how to name it so it feels like food not a diet
- The two rules every card has to follow: calories within 5, protein at 80% or above
- On-the-go cards: how to build a Chick-fil-A card, a restaurant card, and a non-perishable emergency card
- The glove box meal and why a little preparation eliminates a lot of bad decisions
- What to do this week — the one assignment that starts the whole system
Mentioned in This Episode:
- Free meal plan — a starting template if you do not have a plan yet: [LINK]
- LLYT (Look Like You Train) — where the full meal card system lives, including templates, the food substitution calculator, and the meal card database: [LINK]
- Coming next: the 37% episode — a brand new study on 105,000 food entries that shows exactly why this method works
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- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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In this deeply personal episode, I open up about my recent trip to Hawaii and why it became so much more than a vacation. After a difficult family experience last year that resurfaced old wounds, this trip gave me the chance to see what healing, emotional growth, and healthy relationships can actually look like in real time. I share honest conversations about family dynamics, emotional immaturity, nervous system regulation, childhood triggers, boundaries, parenting, faith, and the daily habits helping me stay aligned through it all. From late-night talks with my brother to reflecting on how far I’ve come mentally, emotionally, and physically, this episode is a raw reminder that healing is possible — and that sometimes the people who once triggered us can also become part of our growth story.
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- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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In This Episode:
- The Hotel Housekeeper Study- what Harvard researchers found when they changed nothing but a belief
- Your sympathetic vs. parasympathetic nervous system and why your body needs to feel safe to respond
- Why perimenopausal women are more cortisol-sensitive now than they were ten years ago, and what that means for your results
- How the mental story you tell about your walk, your meals, and your workouts changes what your body actually does with them
- "Have to" vs. "get to" and why this isn't just a mindset tip, it's a different nervous system input with a different hormonal output
- Why identity has to come before the protocol, and the physiological cost of staying stuck in the wrong one
Research Referenced:
- Crum, A.J. & Langer, E.J. (2007). Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect. Psychological Science, 18(2), 165-171.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17425538/
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
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- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
This episode is a powerful reality check for anyone chasing results but feeling stuck. Amy dives into why modern expectations around fat loss have become dangerously unrealistic, how chronic dieting is sabotaging progress, and why discipline—not hacks—is the real game changer. She unpacks the importance of understanding fat loss phases versus maintenance, the mental shift required to stop self-sabotage, and how building true confidence comes from doing what most people avoid. Plus, she shares a behind-the-scenes look at how she approaches vacations without falling off track, proving that balance comes from structure—not shortcuts. If you’re tired of being sold “easy,” this episode will wake you up and show you what actually works.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
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- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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Same milkshake. Same calories. Same ingredients. Two completely different hormonal responses. A Yale study changed how I think about everything I teach around food, restriction, and the body. This episode breaks down what the research actually says, and why your mindset around food is doing more physiological damage than you probably realize.
In This Episode
- The Mind Over Milkshakes study: how belief about a food changed measurable ghrelin response
- What ghrelin actually does, and why staying in "still waiting" mode keeps you mentally preoccupied with food
- The cortisol study: how calorie restricting AND calorie tracking independently raise your stress hormones
- Leptin resistance: why you can eat enough and still not feel full, and why it’s not a willpower problem
- The Forbidden Fruit Effect and why labeling a food as “off-limits” makes you eat more of it
- The "What the Hell" Effect: why one bite turns into an entire evening of unintended eating
- The Dutch guilt study: why associating food with guilt leads to worse outcomes over time
- Structured Flexibility: what it actually means and why it works physiologically
- Four practical shifts to start rewiring your food mindset today
The Big Idea
Your body doesn’t just respond to what you eat. It responds to how your brain interprets what you’re eating. Years of labeling food as good or bad creates a measurable, hormonal stress response, and that stress response is actively working against the results you’re trying to create. Flexibility isn’t weakness. It’s the thing that rewires your system back toward safety.
Research Referenced
- Mind Over Milkshakes — Crum et al., Yale: Ghrelin response differed based on belief about calorie content, not actual content
- Low Calorie Dieting Increases Cortisol — Tomiyama et al., 2010 (UC San Diego): Restricting AND tracking calories both independently raised cortisol and perceived stress in 121 women
- Restrained Eating Research — Polivy & Herman: Cognitive restriction paradoxically increases craving and food reactivity
- The "What the Hell" Effect — Polivy & Herman, 2002: Breaking a dietary rule triggers disinhibited eating driven by all-or-nothing food rules
- Ironic Process Theory — Wegner, 1994: Suppressing a thought makes it more intrusive, explaining why forbidden foods become obsessions
- Guilt vs. Celebration Around Food — Dutch Study: Women who associated chocolate cake with guilt reported less successful weight control over time
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
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- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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In this powerful episode, Amy Ledin gets real about the missing piece in so many fitness journeys: true training intensity. After a hard leg day and conversations with clients, she unpacks why simply following a “good program” is not enough if you are not bringing the effort, focus, and mindset required to actually build muscle. Amy shares how preselecting weights, logging workouts, filming lifts, and treating strength training like a sport can completely change your results. She also dives into GLP-1 medications, identity change, and why lasting weight loss requires more than appetite suppression. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who wants to look like they train, build real confidence, and stop leaving results on the gym floor.
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- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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Amy sits down with Marcia Agius, founder of The Kindness Circle, for a conversation that is equal parts inspiration and wake-up call. Marcia's story starts where a lot of ours do: feeling invisible, unsure of what she had to offer, and playing small. What happened next is the kind of thing that makes you want to get off the couch. From a 50th birthday photo shoot to 450+ people featured in her kindness spotlight, to a full membership community, annual gala, and a growing movement built on one simple idea: kindness starts with you.
In This Episode:
- Why Marcia calls herself the 'poster girl of it's never too late' and what that actually means in practice
- The 50th birthday photo shoot that cracked everything open
- How her 52-week kindness challenge started strong, fell off, and what she learned from that
- The ripple effect story that stopped her in her tracks (and why the woman who never commented still changed everything)
- Why she swapped pillars 1 and 2: kindness to self now comes before kindness to others
- Two questions Marcia asks herself every single day
- The difference between online kindness and in-person connection and why she thinks we're starving for the real thing
- What it means to share your time, treasure, or talent (and why you don't have to give money to give big)
- Why she hired a speaking coach and what that says about how she's thinking about her next chapter
Find Marcia:
- Instagram: @kindness.circle.community
- Website: kindnesscircle.ca
- Kindness Circle Gala: October 16th
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
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- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
In this raw Twisted Tuesday-style episode, Amy opens up about the small habits that changed everything—especially her commitment to daily outdoor walks through a brutal winter, even while going through radiation. She shares why keeping tiny promises to yourself builds confidence, discipline, and identity faster than chasing perfection ever will.
Then the episode takes a sharp turn into one of the biggest wellness trends right now: peptides. Amy calls out the growing culture of influencers and coaches selling “miracle stacks” while most people still are not doing the fundamentals—walking, eating enough protein, drinking water, and following through consistently. She breaks down why that should concern you, how false hope gets marketed, and why real transformation still comes back to the basics.
If you are tired of quick-fix fitness promises and want a real talk episode about effort, health, and lasting change, this one will hit hard.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
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Resources:
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- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
If you're a woman over 40 and you've noticed more fat storing around your belly… even without major weight gain- this episode is the explanation you've been looking for. The belly fat isn't the problem. It's a symptom. And the reason most women stay stuck is because they're responding to the symptom instead of addressing what's actually causing it: chronic metabolic stress.
In this episode, we break down exactly what's happening hormonally in perimenopause and beyond, why the strategies that used to work are now making things worse, and five specific mistakes to stop making, starting today.
In This Episode
- Why belly fat redistribution after 40 is a stress and hormone issue, not a willpower or calorie issue
- How chronically elevated cortisol triggers a cascade that disrupts progesterone, estrogen, thyroid, and insulin sensitivity
- Why the sex hormone ratio shifts in midlife and how that contributes to central fat storage
- Why low carb diets and intermittent fasting backfire for this specific population, and the real reason coaches keep recommending them
- Mistake #1: High-intensity workouts- why HIIT, CrossFit, and boot camps are adding fuel to the fire right now
- Mistake #2: Putting yourself last- why self-care isn't optional and how to stop treating it like a reward
- Mistake #3: Avoiding carbohydrates- what carbs actually do for your metabolism, sleep, mood, and thyroid
- Mistake #4: Treating sleep like a luxury- the cortisol-sleep cycle and how to break it with circadian rhythm
- Mistake #5: Training to burn instead of build- why muscle is your most important metabolic asset after 40
- The seesaw framework: sympathetic vs. parasympathetic balance and how to shift it in your favor
Resources Referenced or Mentioned
- F It Episode: Metabolic and Menopausal Mind Games*
- F It Episode: How Much Cardio Should I Really Be Doing?*
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
Look Like You Train (LLYT)
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
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- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
The 2 Tiny Habits That Changed Everything
Are your mornings setting you up to win, or quietly pulling you off track before your day even begins? In this honest and motivating episode, Amy opens up about the habit that started slipping back into her life, checking her phone first thing in the morning, and how cutting it out for the first 60 minutes changed her mood, focus, productivity, and peace.
She also dives into a second breakthrough: the life-changing truth that what gets measured gets managed. From fitness and mental health to food, routines, and personal growth, Amy shares how getting serious about tracking again helped her make some of her biggest strength gains in years.
This episode is a wake-up call for anyone who feels distracted, reactive, inconsistent, or stuck in patterns they know are holding them back. Small habits. Big shifts. Real results.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
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- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
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- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
You can eat perfectly at home all week, and then completely blow it the second you walk into a restaurant, hop on a plane, or show up to a party. Sound familiar? That's not a willpower problem. That's a system problem. And in this episode, Amy breaks down the strategy that actually fixes it.
From the language shift that stops all-or-nothing thinking in its tracks, to the five tools you can deploy at any event — this is the episode to share with every woman you know who feels like she's either "on" or "off."
Key Takeaways:
The Language Reframe
The word "off" signals your brain to go all the way off. "Out of routine" keeps your identity intact- you're navigating a situation outside your normal environment, not failing. This one shift stops the all-or-nothing spiral before it starts.
The Three Types of Out-of-Routine Meals:
- Planned & Aware: You knew it was coming, you walked in with intention. The food may not be weighed, but the behavior was aligned. This is something to be proud of.
- Unplanned & Reactive (The Cave): Something triggered you in the moment. The goal isn't shame- it's finding the pattern driving it.
- Completely Out of Your Control: Business dinners, work events, someone else's kitchen. You can't control the menu. You can always control your behavior, portions, and awareness.
The Strategy Toolbox:
There is no one-size-fits-all. Pick the tool that fits your situation… but always bring something. Winging it is not a strategy.
- Food Rules: Written guardrails before you go. Think bumper guards at the bowling alley. Drink a full bottle of water per drink. Appetizers go on your plate only. Protein at every meal. These are not restrictions, they're protections.
- The Contract: Best for multi-day trips. Write out the things you most want to enjoy, the meals you'll anchor, and your alcohol and dessert parameters for the entire trip. Seeing "21 drinks over 7 days" in writing is its own intervention.
- The 90/10 Calendar Plot: 365 days x 10% = 36 full days off per year. That covers every family birthday, two weeks of vacation, and every major holiday… with days left over. Your Thanksgiving dinner is not the problem.
- Reflection Journaling with Self-Scoring: Score each day 1-10 based on alignment to your plan, not perfection. A 10 is not a perfect food day. A 10 is doing what you said you'd do.
- The Plate Photo Method: For meals you can't control at all- take a photo before you start eating and after. Write a quick note on what you chose and why. Grade yourself. Awareness alone changes behavior.
The Mindset That Makes It All Work
Every time you rise to what you said you'd do- even when you're tired, even when it's harder, you raise your internal temperature. You become someone who follows through. Every cave lowers it. It's that direct.
Ready to Build the Full System?
If this episode resonated… if you're tired of the on-again off-again cycle and want a real framework for navigating your life without losing yourself, LLYT, our group coaching is where this work happens.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
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If this episode resonated with you:
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If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
Two walk-and-talk clips from Amy. First up: a friend visit turned Canadian adventure — 100-pound transformation, Muskoka paddleboarding, Niagara Falls, and a reminder that adults need to play. Second clip: a real-time lesson on the voice of compromise, why gamifying your habits protects your integrity, and how a half-liter of water at 4:50 p.m. became a win worth talking about.
In this episode:
- Jessica's visit: 100 pounds down, confidence oozing, and a full Canadian itinerary: Muskoka cottage, paddleboarding, Niagara Falls, Lululemon, and the weekly pizza night
- How Amy's clients become long-term friends: fat loss doesn't happen in isolation, it changes everything
- Vacation nutrition in practice: managing portions, prioritizing protein, and traveling with your protein shakes already packed
- Adults need to play: the value of being silly, present, and off the clock
- Croc walks explained: why wearing Crocs keeps Amy out of speed-walker mode and in a parasympathetic state
- The DAC boot camp inside LLYT: 14 days, building momentum win by win
- Gamifying habits: why tracking and measuring creates the internal accountability that willpower alone can't
- The voice of compromise: how we rationalize skipping small commitments and what it quietly costs us
- Personal integrity vs. habit tracking: it's not about the half-liter of water, it's about being someone who does what they say they'll do
- Erik's Friday night leg day: keeping a streak when every excuse is available
- When you up the ante on your DAC card, you already know it's the thing that will grow you
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
If you've been dealing with unexplained joint pain, chronic fatigue, full body inflammation, or symptoms that every doctor tells you look 'normal on paper' — this episode is for you. Amy sits down with Kristina, a 54-year-old LLYT community member, for a raw and real conversation about breast implant illness (BII), the road to explant, and what it actually takes to rebuild your health on the other side.
Kristina carried textured PIP implants for 24 years before connecting her debilitating symptoms to BII. Her story- from CrossFit athlete to bedridden on her Montana homestead, is a powerful reminder that your body keeps score, and that getting answers sometimes means going looking for them yourself.
What You'll Hear in This Episode
- Kristina’s implant history- textured PIP saline implants placed in 1999, and why she had no idea what was actually inside her body
- The symptoms that started showing up in 2018- severe knee pain, full body aches, and why she dismissed them for years
- The 20+ doctors, steroid injections, MRIs, and naturopaths she cycled through before anyone mentioned her implants
- What 'seronegative RA' and 'full body inflammation' led her to Google, and how that one search changed everything
- Why BII tends to show up harder for women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, and how perimenopause, stress, and cortisol create the perfect storm
- What healed in 5 days post-surgery, and what took longer
- The body image work that came after: learning to live in a new body after 24 years with implants
- How she found her way to my husband, Erik at Lean Bodies Consulting, why she was put into a metabolic maintenance phase, and why she resisted it hard at first
Resources Mentioned
- Explant documentary- available on Paramount+
- FDA Black Box Warning on breast implants (enacted October 2021)
- BII Facebook support groups — large private communities with shared stories, surgeon recommendations, and resources: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biiresearchandrecovery/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/400894279268227/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT
- Full capsulectomy — Kristina’s recommendation: seek a surgeon who specializes in explant and removes the full capsule
- Amy's previous podcast episodes on BII
Connect with Kristina
Kristina is an open book and happy to talk to anyone navigating this journey. Reach out to her directly on Facebook or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biikristinasjourney/ She will share her photos, her story, and her experience without judgment.
About Look Like You Train (LLYT)
Kristina's full body healing didn't happen from explant alone. It happened because she addressed her health from every angle. She's been working with Erik at Lean Bodies Consulting inside the LLYT community, rebuilding her metabolism after years of chronic stress on her body. If you're in a similar season- post-surgery, perimenopausal, or just feeling like your body isn't responding the way it used to, this is the work.
P.S. If this episode resonated with you, the best thing you can do is leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it helps women who are Googling these exact symptoms find this conversation. Thank you for being here.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
What happens when a fitness coach with a complicated dental history, a stepmom from Turkey, and a no-excuses attitude decides to finally do something about it? She books a flight, packs four bags of protein powder and her resistance bands, and takes you along for the whole 12-day ride.
This episode is a travel journal, a mindset lesson, and a masterclass in staying the course when literally everything about your environment changes. From dental surgery in Izmir to an overnight bus to missing her flight home at Heathrow — Amy does not skip a beat.
Key Takeaways:
- Defining success differently on hard trips isn't quitting, it's coaching yourself in real time.
- Two protein servings a day (shake + bar) can be your nutritional anchor when everything else is unpredictable.
- Medical tourism is real, it's legitimate, and for dental work especially, Turkey is worth serious consideration.
- Recovery matters more than training when you're sleep-deprived, healing, and running on adrenaline.
- Walking everywhere counts. Steps are training. Presence is the workout.
- The body you've built shows up even when you're not at the gym… like when you lift an 80kg pole and surprise a local.
Mentioned in this episode:
- SEEQ Protein Powder (clear protein that blends like juice — Amy's travel MVP)
- Barbell cashew bars
- Quest chips
- Izmir, Turkey — where Amy's dental work was done
- Kas (Kosh) and Fethiye — coastal towns worth visiting
- Istanbul- the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Galata Tower, Grand Bazaar
- Salgam- fermented beet and carrot drink, traditional Turkish gut health staple
- Simit- the $0.40 sesame street pretzel Amy will be dreaming about forever
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
Share it with someone who needs it.
Leave a review.
DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
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- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
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- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are everywhere — and the research backs them up. But there’s a conversation almost nobody is having: what happens after? In this episode, Amy breaks down what these drugs actually do, what they don’t do, and what has to be built alongside them if you want results that last. This is not an argument against GLP-1s. It’s an argument against using them as a standalone solution.
In This Episode
- What GLP-1 drugs are and how they work (the actual mechanism)
- The BMJ review and what the data says about weight regain after stopping
- Why appetite suppression ≠ behaviour change (and Amy’s Fen-Phen story)
- The muscle loss problem — and why it matters more than most people realise
- “No man’s land” — why women who’ve been on GLP-1s for years still aren’t losing
- What you actually have to build nutritionally while on the drug
- Long-term use — and why habits are non-negotiable either way
- Why the drug is a tool, not the strategy — and what the strategy actually looks like
Research Referenced
- The BMJ — large review of weight-loss medication outcomes in 9,000+ participants
- Semaglutide clinical trial data (STEP trials) — avg ~15% body weight loss
- Tirzepatide trial data (SURMOUNT trials) — avg ~20-22% body weight loss
- Lean mass loss studies during GLP-1 use
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
A question from Instagram sparked this episode: "Are we just destined to diet our whole lives?" Amy breaks down why the answer is no — but why staying at your goal requires a permanent identity upgrade, not just a temporary program. This one is a mindset reset for anyone feeling burned out by the long game.
What We Cover:
- Why the "start and stop" diet model sets you up to feel trapped — and what has to change instead
- The difference between following a method and becoming a new person
- Why caloric deficits aren't forever — but nutrition intention is
- The driving analogy: why the effort gets easier with experience
- The identity thermostat — what it means to raise your "temperature" and make new behaviors your normal
- Playing the role vs. being the character — the real reason most people yo-yo
- What to do when life gets hard (hint: meal prep doesn't disappear — it just looks different)
- How to reverse engineer where you are now and get back to what worked
Key Takeaways:
- You won't be in a caloric deficit forever — but you will need nutrition intention for life. The amount of mental space it takes up shrinks as it becomes automatic.
- The goal isn't a destination. It's a lifestyle — like personal development, the work is ongoing and it's worth it.
- Your identity thermostat has to rise. What feels hard right now will become your new normal — but only if you keep showing up until it does.
- People who yo-yo are playing a role. People who maintain are that character. The difference is whether the foundational habits exist even on the hard days.
- Choosing to live this way is just that — a choice. No one is forcing you. Own it, and it gets a whole lot lighter.
Connect + Continue the Conversation:
This episode goes hand in hand with the identity work we do inside Look Like You Train. If you’re ready to stop playing the role and actually become the character, come join us.
Join LLYT: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
You've started over so many times you could do it in your sleep. New Monday, new plan, same result. In this episode, Amy digs into the real reason healthy habits don't stick — and it's not a strategy problem. It's an identity problem.
Amy shares the science of psychological distance and alter egos, walks you through how she created 'Cyborg' during her cancer journey, and gives you a step-by-step process to build your own Health Character — the version of you who makes healthy choices naturally, without white-knuckling it.
Episode Timestamps
- 0:00 The Airport Diet Coke Moment — Why one question changed everything
- 3:00 Segment 1: Why You Keep Starting Over — The 95% statistic and the brain science behind self-sabotage
- 8:00 Segment 2: The Science Behind Character Creation — Psychological distance, Beyoncé's Sasha Fierce, and the Cyborg origin story
- 15:00 Segment 3: Creating Your Best Health Self — The visualization + step-by-step character-building exercise
- 25:00 Segment 4: Naming Your Anti-Self — Why you need to call out Sloth, Lazy Lucy, or whoever keeps you stuck
- 30:00 Segment 5: The Index Card System — Your daily software update — how to use your character every single day
- 38:00 Obstacles & How to Handle Them — What to do when it feels fake, when you forget, or when your anti-self wins
Key Takeaways
- This is an identity problem, not a strategy problem. You know what to do. The gap is becoming the person who naturally does it.
- Your brain sees change as a threat — but it sees role-playing as safe. A Health Character bypasses that resistance.
- Specificity is everything. Don't write 'she eats healthy.' Write what's in her fridge, when she preps, and how she handles travel.
- Name your Anti-Self — not to shame yourself, but to recognize the patterns. You can't change what you don't acknowledge.
- The index card is your daily software update. 30 days of morning + evening review is the minimum to rewire the neural pathway.
- This isn't permanent acting. Beyoncé retired Sasha Fierce after 20 years because she became her. You'll become your character too.
Books Mentioned:
- Best Self by Mike Bayer - An approachable, life-coaching intro to creating your Best Self and Anti-Self characters. Great starting point.
- The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman - The deep dive — packed with psychology, statistics, and the science behind why this works. Highly recommended if you want all the proof.
Your Homework:
Amy's three-step action plan from this episode:
- TODAY: Do one thing your Best Health Self would do. Just one. Then name it: 'That's [your character].'
- THIS WEEK: Build your index card. Name your Best Self. Write 3–5 traits. Name your Anti-Self. Write their patterns.
- NEXT 30 DAYS: Read your card every morning and evening. Ask the question. Choose your character.
📋
Download the Health Character Worksheet
If you keep “starting over,” it’s not because you lack discipline—it’s because your identity hasn’t caught up to your goals. In this episode, Amy teaches a simple method to make healthy choices feel natural: create a “best self” health character (your alter ego), name your “anti-self” patterns without shame, and use a pocket-sized index card as your daily “software update.” You’ll learn how psychological distance reduces resistance, how to build hyper-specific traits and habits, and how to use the question “What would my character do?” to win decision moments—especially during travel, stress, and social situations.
Why do some people grow through hard things while others get stuck—especially with health and weight loss? This episode breaks down an identity-based approach to lasting change using character creation (alter ego work). You’ll build a detailed “best health self” with specific traits, routines, and situational behaviors (nutrition, workouts, hydration, travel, stress + sleep), then name your “anti-self” patterns as recognition—not condemnation. Finally, you’ll create a 3x5 index card you review morning and night as a “daily software update,” so you can ask in real time: “What would my character do?” and make consistent choices without white-knuckling.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
Are you eating in a caloric deficit… or do you just think you are? In this episode, we dive into one of the most overlooked (and most important) steps in any fat loss journey — testing the deficit — and why skipping this step is costing women in their 40s and 50s months of frustration.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
- The concept of "testing the deficit" before assuming you need a reverse diet or metabolic rebuild. Most coaches automatically put clients through a reverse diet right away — but at Lean Bodies Consulting, nothing is assumed. The data tells the story.
- The Two Outcomes of a Deficit Test: Your body responds — great, you have proof, keep going. Your body doesn't respond — now you know you're dealing with metabolic adaptation and need a metabolic improvement phase before fat loss is even possible.
- How to Run the Test: Pick an official start date, follow your meal plan at no less than 95% compliance for two weeks, with no more than one off-plan meal per week. Treat it like a science experiment — change too many variables and the data means nothing. Evaluate at the two-week mark and repeat for two more weeks if needed.
- The Target Number: 11x your body weight in calories is the starting point. At that number, you should expect roughly a half pound to just over a pound of fat loss per week — steady and sustainable.
- The Personal Story: A candid look at my own experience coming to LBC eating around 1,400 calories at 140 lbs — maintaining at 10x body weight — and how I was coached to eat more before she could successfully diet. It felt counterintuitive, but it worked.
- Why Most Women Never Get Clean Data: Serial dieting, bouncing between plans, inconsistent tracking, and social media constantly pulling attention to the "next thing" means most women have never truly run a clean test on their own body. The result? Blaming a broken metabolism when the real issue is just a lack of consistent, structured data.
Key Takeaway: This test isn't forever. It's short, focused, and designed to give you clarity and direction — so you stop spinning your wheels and finally know exactly what your body needs.
To download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight, go here: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
If this episode resonated with you:
- Share it with someone who needs it.
- Leave a review.
- DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
- Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
- Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719
Resources:
- LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
- Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
- Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
- Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
- How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
- The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
- Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez
DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.
After more than a year away from the mic, I’m finally back.
Last September, shortly after returning from a trip to Turkey with my dad and stepmom, I received news that changed everything: my cancer had returned — and this time, it had spread to my brain.
Everything stopped.
And then… I went into shame.
I’ve always promised to show up authentically here. But when I was barely figuring out how to breathe through the news myself, I didn’t know how to coach, inspire, or even speak into the mic. So I hit pause.
This episode is not a recap of the past 200+ episodes.
It’s something deeper.
Over the past year — while I wasn’t recording — I was learning. Living. Stripping things down to what actually matters.
In this comeback episode, I’m sharing the five biggest lessons the past 12 months taught me across all six pillars of F It:
- Faith
- Family
- Food
- Fitness
- Forgiveness
- Formula
These aren’t lessons I researched.
They’re lessons I lived.
1. Faith Isn’t About Certainty — It’s About Anchoring in the Storm
When my cancer returned, certainty disappeared.
The timeline.
The plan.
The control.
Gone.
And for a season, I didn’t use my faith as an anchor. I was angry. Confused. Upset. My world felt like it was falling apart — and by many accounts, it was.
What I had to relearn is this:
- Faith isn’t believing everything will turn out exactly how you want.
- Faith is having something steady to hold onto when nothing makes sense.
- Storms are guaranteed.
- Being swept away isn’t.
And I’m still working in this area. 2025 was a year of survive instead of thrive. But I’m already feeling an awakening — and it’s rooted in faith.
2. Family Is the Real Scoreboard
When everything else slowed down — the podcast, the business, the content — one thing didn’t stop.
Family.
Erik.
My kids.
The people closest to me.
I used to measure progress by output:
- Episodes recorded
- Clients served
- Content created
But when your health pulls the rug out from under you, you realize something fast:
- The real scoreboard isn’t downloads or dollars.
- It’s whether the people who know you best actually feel your presence.
- If life pulled you out of the game tomorrow, would the people closest to you know they were your priority?
If that question makes you squirm a little, that’s not guilt.
That’s clarity.
3. Food and Fitness Are Medicine
This year cemented something I’ve taught for years:
Food and fitness are not about shrinking yourself.
They are medicine.
During treatment, a calorie deficit wasn’t even a thought. What my body needed was nourishment:
- Enough protein to repair
- Enough fuel to support my immune system
- Enough energy to keep moving forward
And muscle?
Muscle is medicine.
The strength I built before treatment became my reserve. It carried me when my body was fighting. It gave me resilience when so much felt out of my control.
If you’re constantly cycling through restriction, overtraining, or under-eating, you’re robbing yourself of the very medicine your body needs.
Stop training to punish your body.
Start fueling it to survive and thrive.
One day, you’ll need that resilience.
4. Forgiveness Starts With Yourself
The hardest forgiveness this year wasn’t toward anyone else.
It was toward myself.
When I stepped away from the podcast, I felt guilt.
Like I was letting people down.
Like I wasn’t showing up.
The internal voice was brutal.
But I had to learn this:
- Forgiveness isn’t excusing everything.
- It’s choosing not to carry shame forward.
“Yes, this season looked different.”
“Yes, I couldn’t do it all.”
“And I am still worthy.”
If you’re carrying guilt for quitting a diet, missing workouts, or not being as consistent as you wanted…
Put the brick down.
Forgiveness isn’t a free pass.
It’s freedom.
And you cannot move forward while dragging shame behind you.
5. Formula Isn’t About Control — It’s About Flexibility
If you’ve been around me, you know “Formula” is one of my six F’s.
But here’s what this year taught me:
- Formula isn’t rigid control.
- It’s flexible structure.
- Discipline and willpower will fail you in a storm.
But systems?
They carry you.
For me, that looked like:
- Daily Agreement Cards
- Journaling
- A simple training structure
- Core meals I could rotate
Not as shackles.
As anchors.
If you have no system, stress forces you to make a thousand decisions in real time.
If you have a formula, you adjust — but you don’t quit.
Build systems that work on your best days and your worst days.
Perfection isn’t the goal.
Stability is.
What’s Next
This is a new season of F It.
- More real conversations.
- More depth.
- More integration of faith, family, food, fitness, forgiveness, and formula — not as theory, but as lived experience.
Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.
We’re not chasing perfect.
We’re choosing anchored.
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Explore the key components of designing your ideal life. Host Amy Ledin introduces Joe Hoye, a renowned fitness expert spearheading a summit on perimenopause, menopause, and overall well-being. Joe shares his transformative journey, ignited at age 13 by his mother's introduction to the gym, propelling him into a career in surgical technology with a specialization in female health. The summit promises a diverse array of speakers and topics—from nutrition to mindset—to empower individuals in navigating midlife and beyond. Gain invaluable insights and uplifting stories from Joe Hoye himself.
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Discover how a simple five-minute nightly routine can transform your day with reduced stress and heightened efficiency. Host Amy Ledin shares personal insights and actionable strategies for implementing this practice, emphasizing the benefits of detailed planning for daily tasks and nutrition. She explains how mentally rehearsing your day can help with problem-solving and building confidence, using specific examples from her routine. Invest your five minutes each night in this practice to improve your daily life and productivity significantly.
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Embark on a journey of understanding, solace, and resilience as we explore grief, faith, and the human spirit. Host Amy Ledin graciously welcomes Sarah Prebianca to the podcast. Together, they have unraveled Sarah's remarkable story—a testament to resilience in the face of unimaginable loss, her daughter Georgia taken by a rare disease. Through Sarah's candid sharing, discover profound insights and glimpses of hope amidst life's challenges. This episode is a heartfelt tribute to the enduring strength found in love, community, and unwavering faith, inspiring us all to conquer life's toughest obstacles.
Key Takeaways:
- Sarah found peace and strength through unimaginable pain, relying on faith and supportive communities.
- Acknowledging grief's uniqueness, she navigates her journey with a blend of gratitude, the Book of Psalms, and a playlist for grieving moments.
- Sarah's story highlights the profound impact of divine connections, government support, and miracles amidst adversity.
- She channels her experience into a podcast, "Broken Records" fostering support and offering practical help to those facing similar trials.
- Sarah values thoughtful gestures that honor her daughter's memory, emphasizing the importance of being remembered and cherished by loved ones.
“I think once you have experienced the comfort and the peace that doesn't make sense and seen miracles the way we have, I couldn't imagine turning my back on all of those things.” — Sarah Prebianca
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Mastering Meal Planning: Insights for Sustainable Nutrition
Dive into the world of strategic meal planning with Amy Ledin as she unveils key insights for success. Explore practical strategies, meal ideas, and mindful eating tips designed to revolutionize your approach to nutrition. From managing cravings to optimizing meal timing, discover the secrets to building a balanced diet that fits your lifestyle. Tune in and embark on a journey towards sustainable nutrition and overall well-being.
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In this enlightening episode, Amy Ledin welcomes back Isaac Ho for a deep dive into understanding the intricate relationship between our emotions, physical health, and overall well-being. Isaac, with 20 years of experience as a trainer and therapist, shares his journey and insights into how our bodies respond to stress and the significance of tuning into these signals—such as stress responses and physical symptoms—for better health management. This conversation aims to shed light on the crucial steps needed to achieve a harmonious balance between mind and body, offering listeners a roadmap to healthier, more mindful living.
“A lot of times when it comes to healing, one of the things that you know, my dad has been an M.D. forever. He always says, the thing I learned after 50 years of medicine is the body is actually so smart, it will heal itself. But it requires the right environment. And so we have to make sure it's in the right environment or it's not going to heal itself. " —Isaac Ho
Key Takeaways:
- Recognizing how the body communicates through stress and physical symptoms.
- The importance of addressing stress for preventing and treating various health conditions.
- The concept of muscle testing as a tool for identifying issues with neurological signals.
- Practical advice for managing stress and leveraging the body's energy for healing.
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Guest Bio:
Isaac Ho, a trainer and therapist for almost 20 years, started a journey to repair his health after facing personal troubles despite regular medicine. He learned first-hand that pills had limits, sending him on a life mission for true wellness. Learning from experts worldwide, such as trainers and doctors in New Zealand, France and Croatia, he gained deep knowledge from real life to help many people escape pain and find health. He was on TV networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. Isaac's on a mission to help parents and business owners live with true health and set an example for future generations on how to love, prioritize, and take care of themselves.
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Transcript:
Isaac Ho 0:00
I can give you some ideas on like why one thing would be more beneficial for the other. So let's say for example, your mom always yelled at you. So you would have a lot of dysregulation to the auditory part of your brain like that would be blown out. Does that make sense? It would be like turning on a light too bright, staring at it as a child. So you're just like, dude, my eyes are just not right. Now, it doesn't mean it's permanently like that. It just means right now in your current state without addressing whatever is going on with it, you have too much sensitivity to that. That person probably wouldn't do well with music or sounds. Does that make sense? Because (inaudible) through that cortex is considered stressful. The signal's off.
Amy Ledin 0:31
Alright, so it's just adding more stress to it.
Isaac Ho 0:33
Yeah. So sometimes, like when people are like, well, what do you do for coping mechanisms? My answer to that is based off how your brain is wired in this moment, and then I would switch them. But ideally, I try to get them not dysfunctional.
Amy Ledin 0:48
What are you doing to create your dream life or your best self? Why do we see some thrive through challenges while others struggle? Welcome to F* It!, a podcast where I talk about the main Fs in my life that have helped me in creating my best self: faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. Hi, my name is Amy Ledin and most would say that I've had my fair share of struggles, whether it was placing my baby for adoption at 18, facing my marriage-ending affair, or battling stage four cancer for almost seven years, it's safe to say that I've been through a lot. Join me as I take you through my story, my journeys, and share with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome anything you face. That's right, I'm going to show you how to create a future self that you'll be proud of. So buckle up, get ready for the ride as I take you through my story and bring other guests on that have helped me along the way.
Amy Ledin 1:40
He's back. Yes, Isaac Ho is back for another episode. And today, we're going to really dive into navigating your body chaos, just understanding your body's response systems, a lot of us don't realize that the body keeps score. And if you didn't listen to the previous episode, Isaac Ho comes with lots of experience, 20 years of experience as a trainer and a therapist. He started his own journey to repeller his own health. And so it just came from a genuine interest and desire to help himself. He's been on TV networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, he's been everywhere. So I'm really excited to bring part two to you. So here you go.
Amy Ledin 2:27
You know, back then, so he was deployed on submarines, then I decided that I wanted to go back to finish my degree. So I had a four-year-old and then I'm basically pregnant. I was like, maybe six months pregnant, going to Valdosta State University, and I'm like, I just have to get my degree and crazy, crazy life. That's when I realized my kids, I gotta be super, super consistent with them sleeping, because otherwise I'm not gonna get any school done. So when I, when Kamele was born, she was sleeping through the night by three months, I had bought a book on how to solve your child's sleep habits. And I'm like, I cannot have another child that and it really came back to. It's your parenting consistency and not learning sure know when to kind of soothe but not associating with food. Because my other child, I just gave him a bottle every time when he woke up in the night, then of course, they just associate, oh, when I wake up and cry, I get a bottle, this is sweet. I'm just going to cry. (inaudible)
Isaac Ho 2:33
As an adult, we do the same thing like well actually feel bad for attention and we don't realize we get these depressive streaks because they've earned us attention. And if we were depressed around our parents, they would pay attention to us.
Amy Ledin 3:41
Totally. Well, you learn it even with I'm actually that's one of the podcasts is all about emotional. I mean, it's emotionally immature parents. And it was one of the first books that my therapist made me read. And she was like, I listened to it on Audible and the stories they give. Yes, I was thinking of my parents, but I'm like, holy crap. I'm that way too, like I have, you know, and after I read that book, I had my first test of the tension. And I actually even had my daughter on the podcast, we talked about this, like triggers and reactions, because she you know, she's 21 and she's read the Nicole's books and really wants to learn, but it was a day that I asked my daughter to braid my hair, because, you know, I don't know how to French braid it. And she, you know, she was like, 17 and so I'd got up and I'm like, hey, because I know how teenagers are and I'm like, you know, if before you leave, you know, if you have time, would you be able to braid my hair? And she was like, yeah, okay, well then I'm kind of quiet, kind of watching her and I'm seeing the clock like she's getting ready to need to leave. And so she kind of just sat and dilly-dallied with her food and, and so I was getting annoyed, you know? And she then goes, oh, sorry, mom. I'll have to do it after school and like we get in the car to leave for school. Well, now, my seven-year-old self is pissed. Like, and I'm thinking in my head, how you little ungrateful brat like I do everything for you and that would have been like my old response, right? But then her book really talks about, like, unconditional love and how much that affects us. Right? And that you have to show your children that it's not their do, it's their who. So my old self wanted to ice her out, like I seriously would just be silent the whole way to school. And you know, like, be pouty, whatever, right? But instead, I was like, okay, I can't show her that. So I had to fight my like, tantrum self. And I just, like, converse with her. And it was my pouring into her that when she got to school, like, after she got there, she was like, hey, by the way, I'm really sorry that I didn't, you know, braid your hair, I'll do it first thing next time, you know, and that was not me needing to force her by, you know, hey, I do this for you and did it, you know, instead, it was me showing her that unconditional love how it just flipped for her. And that was kind of my first moment of like, oh my gosh, I've been doing parenting wrong. I've been this authoritative, not really talk about a lot of things, but you just do what I say. And then expecting my children to, like, grow up. And I started to see it in them that they had their own emotional immaturity not knowing how to handle like, this is how we resolve things. We don't silent treatment someone because that's all learned, right? You just learn how other people have done that.
Amy Ledin 6:20
I met a really cool couple, like in a mastermind we were in, super, super successful and they were talking about right when they got married, that they had their first fight. And she came from a very healthy family that had conversations and he obviously didn't, so they get in their first fight, and he literally stomps into the other room and stops talking and she's like, what's going on? Are we? And he's like, not understanding why she's even coming at him. Because in his family, you would just not speak for a couple of days, and then just go back to it. And he was she was like, listen, I grew up where we communicate, like we have conversations. It's just funny how you only know what you know, right? But anyways, all right. I will remember to timestamp this.
Amy Ledin 7:05
But I love talking with you, I could talk to you forever. I am excited about today. Like I'm going to try to just keep this conversing as much as possible because we came from part one. And sometimes I can turn on this character not really meaning to but I want to keep this more like, hey, this is I want to learn as we go. And we talked about last time, the energy of emotions. And then today, and I purposely didn't want to go and like Google and search or things like that. I just wanted to come into this not knowing like most people. Now we're going to talk about the physiology of emotions. Now, what came to my mind, of course, was I thought of it I could be totally off. But I want to think from the person listening. Okay, well, if I'm thinking of like, the physiology of emotions, I'm thinking, like blushing, you know, where you see like, or maybe like, would that be your heart racing, you know, things like that. That's kind of what I thought about. So then, of course, if that is the direction we're going, I'm like, I'm excited, because I'm curious how this all ties together. And those of you that are listening and joining in now, this is Isaac Ho and he has been on before. And I'm hoping that this becomes something where we can just have conversations this is, you know, if you've not listened to the previous episode, go back, because these will go together. I mean, obviously, you can listen to them separately, but you'll hear a big introduction here with having him on. But Isaac, I'm excited that you're back.
Isaac Ho 8:36
Definitely, I always love talking to you.
Amy Ledin 8:38
So physiology of emotions. Was I on the right path there?
Isaac Ho 8:43
Yeah, absolutely. Last time, we talked about, like the energy of emotion and how that impacts the body in a physical way, and how you can be very ill if the quote, let's just say energy, for lack of a better word, or field is not functioning. And today, our goal is to teach a little bit about like how that all makes sense in terms of you in the body that you have. So I think it's hard for people to picture the energy body as a thing, like, yes, there are people that might be able to see it. But otherwise, you need some really advanced tech, right? To actually see energy fields and project it and they have those in science now. But they're not, they're not inexpensive. So what we're really talking about today, I think, is how most people kind of interface with the idea of stress which is in the mental body. And then how that becomes a physical body problem because we know we have a mental body, it's the way that you're you can be in a coma and your mental body is shut off. It's active, but it's shut off from access to the physical body, yet the physical body still exists and still operates. And so we take the idea that there are two different bodies here there's the mental body and there's the physical body and we forget about the energetic body. You know, how does this actually create you blushing or flushing? How does this create you having stomach problems? How does this create you having maybe some kind of abnormal growth that a lot of times we just call cancer, right? How could this contribute to you having something autoimmune because those are in the physical body, but understanding that they actually start further away. So in the first episode, we start in the energy body, they move to the mental body, and then they become physical problems.
Amy Ledin 10:23
Okay, so that makes sense. So a lot of these autoimmune issues you would see kind of coming through this part of emotions.
Isaac Ho 10:32
I think, a lot of times as practitioners we like to, and I'm sorry to always answer like a politician. But you know, people come to me and they're like, I have this problem. What would you do? If you were me to get rid of it because you obviously have done a lot of trainings? And my answer to that is always is like, it would be impossible to know unless we look at all three bodies. Right? And so I don't know why you're having that in the physical body. But let's just talk about something that I think it's embarrassing was something I've suffered from is like, hey, in the rectal area, you ever have irritation, especially on one of the cheeks, right. And so a lot of times, people will be like, oh, you have a hemorrhoid? I can't tell you how many people come to me with hemorrhoid issues. Because it makes exercising impossible. Yeah, when you have a pelvic floor issue, like, I'm sure a lot of women listening to this would understand like after you have a baby, when you jump up and down. How's that go? Not well, right? So how well do you do at Boot Camps doing burpees and star jumps and plyo? You don't do well at all. So pelvic floor issues, they not only affect, like, the actual function of going to the bathroom, but they affect all the tissues and your range of motion. Right? If you have that issue, then there's certain things. So like, I'm standing right now recording this, because like after being a trainer since I was 17, and then getting into consulting will like after about eight years of consulting sitting all day, you know what, that's a lot of stress on the pelvic floor. If you're walking around, you weren't doing that. And I can squat weights and all that stuff, and doesn't affect me, because I don't have an issue there. But then when you just pressurize something for a long time, and you don't walk like after eight, nine hours a day. I mean, I did the math with one of my trainers, most people I mean, we just walked through the math real quick. If you're sitting on a computer eight hours a day, five days a week, that's 40 hours, times four, that's 160 hours. So if you do something repetitively doesn't matter, if you work on a mouse, you sit, you do 160 hours times 12, I don't even know the math, but you know, we're easily into the thousands of hours, do you think (inaudible) gonna be healthy? Right? So, you know, we could have it be a physical problem. But I would say when I think about autoimmune, like from a mechanism standpoint, once again, I'm not a doctor, I don't pretend to be. What I'm really thinking about is like, the idea is the immune system is automatically attacking itself. Right? Okay. So then that means there's some dysregulation of the immune system. (Inaudible) Is that a physical problem? Oh, yeah. At this point it is. Is there a potential mental problem there? Yeah. And is there a chemical problem? Well, there has to be because your white blood cells are wiling out.
Amy Ledin 13:11
Right, right. Oh, that's a good example. Thank you. Great. Well, start with where you think someone would want it. Like, where do you want to introduce this in terms of, you know, we've continuing on from the energy of emotions, and what most people like you said stress, they don't understand where maybe it's coming from? And then you know, how to fix that, or, I guess, you know, take me through the steps of what to do now.
Isaac Ho 13:38
Yeah. So I think the first thing if you listen to the last one about the field, is things disrupting this energetic field that essentially, just like it sounds, it's a shield. Okay, so it keeps you from having to absorb different kinds of stressors, just like your skin would. Right? And so we all know that if you put toxic chemicals on your skin, they will absorb inside you. Or hopefully you know that so it's really important if you use any cleaning products, you know, you're smelling there's different ways for things to enter into us. And the idea is that the less toxins we have, ideally, the better function will have a normal process. So a lot of times when it comes to healing, one of the things that you know, my dad has been an MD forever. He always says like, the thing I learned after 50 years of medicine is the body is actually so smart, it will heal itself. But it requires the right environment. And so we have to make sure it's in the right environment or it's not going to heal itself. So environment could be you have tissue damage in the process of or in the stress to those tissues, you keep on having to react and so like it's really simple if you had a cut on your leg, right? And it never healed that abrasion kept getting irritated. Well, it would start to grow weird, wouldn't it? And then that (inaudible) then could become what is called cancerous, right? You have thing and it never healed over 10 years and now there's some abnormal (inaudible) cells. We're going to do a skin biopsy and see what's going on. Right? It's just tale as old as time, right? So the actual physical irritation will create it. So where I would really start people we think about the field and these protective layers is the solution is not if you're trying to avoid absorbing some of these issues to avoid all human beings, right, like, so let's just talk about how these things happen. So first of all, we get data inputted, so just like you could absorb it through your skin, or you could absorb it in the air, like obviously laughing gases or estrogenic chemicals that (inaudible) rain, like we know there's a million ways you can kill pests, right, you don't have to spray it on them, they could smell it, and they die. And we know that. So like, you have to realize you take your emotions in the same way you have different pathways where these motions can enter. So it's not just like one psychic person send something to you, it passes through your field into your body. You also can hear bad news, if you hear bad news. How does that process? So let's talk about the process of absorbing bad news. What has to go through the auditory cortex? Right? (Inaudible) cortex? Well, how do you know what that news even means? Well, your brain bounces that signal a lot of different ways. So it's gotta bounce it to the memory cortex. Because if you don't have any memory, you have no idea what's going on, because you don't know what that is. And so babies, they don't know that, that a dog is good or bad. They would only know by watching your reaction. That's why my dad would always say, I did you a disservice, because I always ran away from spiders, and you learned as a baby that spiders are dangerous. You and I just talked about (inaudible). And so the only way you know how to perceive and the context of anything coming into you as an emotional human being is actually what your brain was taught. So we have the hippocampus, which is our memory center. And we're gonna get into some, you know, psychology and brain, but we're gonna keep it super light, I'm just gonna say the name. And then you can pretty much think H for hippocampus, whatever it's your memory cortex. Well, then we have a memory that we can compare it to. And then it has to run through the thalamus, right? And so the thalamus is just helping you detect threat, right? So if that was bad, and I burned my hand on the stove, I have to remember last time I got burned. So check the hippocampus. Last time I got burned. Let me run this back and make sure that's not a bad idea for me. So the thalamic input starts to go in. Okay, that seems okay. Now, what do I want to do with that information? Well, guess what, I probably have to adjust it. So now I go, Well, there's a stove here. So it's got to go into my prefrontal cortex, prefrontal cortex and how we make plans. So I've got this data, I now have an image. Now, by the way, if you think about a lemon, do you only smell a lemon? No, you see the lemon, you see yellow. And so your visual cortex then creates an image of what you're dealing with. So it's really important to understand why people are so sensitive when they have emotional issues, is because you're running all these brain cortexes and they're interfacing and the signals can be off because of the high amount of stress. And you could have an issue in any of these cortexes. But we're gonna kind of break this down, I think in the most digestible way that I know how.
Isaac Ho 17:57
So now it's like, I've got all these different brain inputs, and then I have to do something. So how am I going to be able to move away from a hot stove or hot pot moving towards me, I'm going to have to talk to my premotor cortex, right? And that's going to picture how I should move in time and space. And then I need to then activate and do something so I don't actually get hit. And that happens in the motor cortex. So how do we do this so quickly? Electrical impulses, right? Electrical impulses. And so we have a really fast computer setup in our brain. And every time an emotion enters, or word or data gets regulated through all these cortexes, you are signaling and pinging all that the fractions of a second, and then you have to decide how to process and deal with that. So that's the first layer just in the head. Okay? Now, after a process with the head, your body's motor cortex, premotor cortex, the lambic input all those have regulators and you probably have heard of what's called you know, cranial nerves, okay? So the nerves that give you the ability to blink, create saliva, swallow, right? These are nerves that go to the brain. So we have the brain and then we have the interface of the cranial nerves, and those start pinging different responses. They're part of what's called a parasympathetic track. So parasympathetic track means that allows you to do activities that are more related to rest, digestion, absorption. So let's say you got some bad news. All sudden, you process that that is bad news. My husband just got in an accident, whatever. Now all of a sudden, your whole body goes into a motor response. And it's unconscious. Right? So now you're like, okay, your body goes, is this a time to be slow and relaxed? No. So blood comes out of your organs and goes into your extremities so you can run away. Right? So now you're having a sympathetic response. So now we've got blood doing that, well, what's the way your body is able to communicate? It communicates through hormones, right? And so we know about cortisol. And cortisol is just a stress hormone. And so when your brain gets the signal, this is stressful. Now, just like I said, there's different entryways. So we can come and you can hear the news, but when you look at light you release cortisol too, if you didn't, you couldn't wake up when it's morning, right? So these mechanisms are in place to help you just do your thing. But when these mechanisms are either not understood, abused, or dysregulated, which means the signal no longer works, because of the amount of stress the person has been under, then they start having symptoms, and now it's a body issue. Kind of in a nutshell.
Amy Ledin 20:23
Wow, that's a perfect way to explain that, especially down to the cortisol because we talk about that even with our clients with their sleep habits. And if they may have this, like 3 am spike, why it's happening, or you know, why they're waking up, or, but that's fascinating. I didn't realize you know, seeing that. And so then it's no wonder that when, you know, the imagery that you've kept there for so long, when you hear bad news, or you know, like for me, my, it's like an anchor for the good or bad, and this anchor is that when I go into the hospital, because I just recently went back to my former hospital, I went down to Roswell, and I haven't been there since being back in Canada. And I was not expecting, when I walked through, it was like, I was back five years. And I could feel, taste, hear everything like my body immediately went into overdrive, I was in fight or flight for sure. You know, like, I had to, like, pause and read my you know, because obviously, I have all these emotions and prior experiences there to just tell my brain, you know, this is how you respond, right? But it was interesting, you know how powerful that is, right?
Isaac Ho 21:31
It's a, it's, it's crazy, because you can be a child in an instant, you can be back five years in an instant, because your brain is the, you know, the limbic cortex, which is our emotional center, right? It's also one of the huge brain channels we have to pay attention to. And so like that can instantly turn on sync to your visual cortex sync your hippocampus, and suddenly just in the hospital, you're right back to it. It just remembers it. The brain is so smart. It's funny, because like, I just got a virtual reality headset, which is wild, if you've never done virtual reality. It is so incredible, like tech, but at the same time actually gives you a little bit of a headache after a while, like (inaudible) because the data is not accurate. It's not 100% accurate. So even though the tech is trying to do its job, your brain is like dude, something is weird here. And then what it actually does is it learns to pick up less data because it goes (inaudible) one way, but I'm being exposed to this. So like in motion sickness, the reason people get motion sick is the body actually thinks it's being poisoned. So it tries to make you vomit up the poison. And so people are looking at the screen and the tilting reflexes off, all these mechanisms are off, the body goes, the only reason we'd be having this is we're being poisoned. So, vomit. Vomit now. You understand? (inaudible)
Amy Ledin 22:46
Totally survival.
Isaac Ho 22:47
Yeah, it's so smart. It's doing all these things. And so, like my dad had said, the body will heal itself if it's in the right environment. We also have, we have to think about all the different environments that impact the body. And we have to also understand the channels the body communicates, because it can't heal, per se, if part of the issue is the internal environment is corrupted, right? So we have to make sure the internal environment is not corrupted in some way. And so like one of the things I do is I do a lot of muscle testing for neurological signals. And so that just tells me if the neurological signal's abnormal, and so if the neurological signals abnormal, then I know the brain can't handle that signal that circuits off. And so you want to regulate that. So an example of that is, like if you take a strong muscle it tests strong, and someone closes their eyes, and then you test them and they test weak. Well, it's not necessarily an eye problem, could be, like you'd have to check if it is, but there's actually an unconscious problem. Right? And so what that means is that person and this kind of gets into coping mechanisms. We're talking about sequence right now, which I think we should go back to sequence because it'll help people understand digestion. But from a coping mechanism standpoint, if you're under so much stress does your brain think it's a good idea to deal with that stress now when you're running? No, so it loads it into unconscious chamber? And so then when people try to get a massage, and like, you know what, it's weird, I don't have back pain, but I lay here and close my eyes and now my back hurts, like yes, because you do have back pain, but it's loaded into the unconscious. Right? Your body can't deal with it. I would see that all the time as massage therapists. Yeah, it's weird. Like you're (inaudible) or you lay down and also you open your eyes like holy crap, I forgot to do that thing. Right, because it got loaded into your unconscious. And so what I find from a practitioner level of treating people that a lot of people have so much load in the unconscious, that you can do very little and they'll neurologically just go weak. And that needs to be those signals just need to be reregulated.
Amy Ledin 24:47
And what kinds of things like when you when someone needs to be reregulated? What are you give me an example of that?
Isaac Ho 24:53
Yeah, I think last time we talked about witnessing in the energy field like witnessing, well in the mental body, let's just say where the circuit body, the brain looks instead of witnessing it looks for specificity. So what that means is like if I said, hey, meet me in like Gig Harbor, Washington at around 4pm, that would be a really hard meet up. Right? Because you're like wear in Gig Harbor and exactly what time? Also what timezone are we referring to, mine are yours, right? And so it becomes really tricky. And so I think, with treatments when it comes to the neurological system, really, it's a simple treatment, we just have the left and the right hemisphere of the brain, we integrate it. So there are two primary kind of resets. I do neurologically from like a signal standpoint. One is where it's called a deep tendon reflex. So when you're, they take the little reflex hammer and they hit that tendon, it actually creates this signal through the spinal cord, it kind of resets everything, it's like an electrical impulse. And so it's actually interesting, a lot of different therapies have found that if you can find the primary dysfunction problem and the secondary dysfunction, the real ones, not just any dysfunction, but the ones on that circuit, you can stimulate them both at the same time, you can hit the reflex, it actually gets rid of the problem. Because the brain knows it's there, it's pretty simple. When you do left or right hemisphere, it's a different way of stimulating the receptors of the brain, you're just using what's called the Golgi, or mechanical receptor reflex. And that tap over there actually tells the brain hey, pay attention here, but it tells the left and the right brain to pay attention at the same time so the brain then is, oh, now I know what the problem is. I'll just fix it myself. Okay, so like, the brain is really
Isaac Ho 26:13
(Inaudible) see your brain's like a sock. Like it literally is like a computer that we need software, you know, because I joke that we call them software updates, but it's literally like the rewiring, you know, like.
Isaac Ho 26:45
Yeah, (inaudible) like I don't have to update anything, all I really have to do with the human body, if it's in the mental body or the electrical signal the signals off, because I just have to get it to realize that it was off and where it was specifically, right? If the signal, if it's too general, like, hey, I think I have a thyroid issue. That's not really there's an issue with my thyroid is not really enough for the body to sort that. But there's like if there's an issue with a different engine, so like, that's where we get into engines. Engines are the different ways your body has mechanisms. So hormones are an engine, glands are an engine, brain cortexes are an engine, dendrites are an engine, EMFs are an engine. So there's different engines. And so essentially, what you do is you find paired engines, and so in the spinal reflex, which means like when we're hitting the hammer in that system of therapy, the engines that you end up pairing are paired pathways. So for example, you have a slow pain receptor and a fast pain receptor easily. And we know it because when you hit something and you wait for your toe to hurt, you put pressure on it right away, and then a second later, there it comes. Right? That's called paleo. And a paleo is a slow deferred pain and paleo because it's so old. It's like the first kind of pain receptor you develop as an organism. But if I poke you with something sharp, like a barbecue skewer, you pull away really fast that's on a much faster track because you could impel yourself. So your body has these pain pathways, mechanical vibration, temperature, all these pathways are linked on different circuits. And so engine has different paired engines. Does that make sense? So, what you're doing is you're finding out where the signals are bad, and all these different engines, and they may even carry over. And those are the things that you need to basically reregulate the signal for which how you do that, like, in my forms of therapy, is generally I like the left and the right hemisphere of the brain. It's like, you know, you can do these integrations, they're called, but um, you know, everyone has a different way I think of treating things, the ones that I've learned, I think what I don't look for so much is techniques, I look for knowledge of engines. That makes sense? Because an engine, it gives you mechanisms. So if I understand by going to a specialist that Justice cranial nerves, if you have a brain problem, not a cranial nerve problem, how are they going to fix it? That makes sense, right? So the more mechanisms I think you understand holistically on how the engines work, the more problems you can troubleshoot for and the more you can interface with so if someone doesn't know that the energy field exists, how do we do anything to support that? Or how do we measure that we have no way to measure it. And I think that's the biggest thing that when it comes to quote, therapy, that I think is really key is the understanding of different engines because you could be trying to treat an emotional back pain for forever. I can share a story with you if you're interested. But essentially had been in a really bad car accident, back was never the same, was doing really well playing ball and probably could have gone into scholarship. But after the car accident, pretty much ended his career. And after that, just back was never good, have seen tons of therapists and different specialists but it still was bad enough to a point where he owned a construction company and he couldn't actually do the work. And so he felt terrible like internally about owning a construction company not being the only construction. He's also just like young, you know, wasn't old, mid-30s and couldn't even play with his kid because, like, took him everything to just stand up and get through the day. And so he's like, could that be emotional? Yeah. But, you know, when he came in, I evaluated for a few different things. And I was like, okay, this is more so scar tissue, right? This is scar tissue, it's a bunch of different things. So we just treated it, and then we would find the thing that would retrigger it because it was fine. Okay, then his back was fine. He can go play with his kid, go to work, everything's fine. I treated it physically. Okay. And then I found that his back would go out again, if he's under a lot of stress. And so then I found the stress triggers, okay, and then helped him with those stress triggers, and then his back, didn't go out anymore. Okay. Then he didn't go back out until he started playing softball again, because he was athletic. So we want to play again, right? And so then when he twisted and rotated under different speeds, now it pulled on his tissue differently than just the normal stuff he had done with that range of motion. So then we had to treat those pieces of scar tissue as they pulled in rotational vectors under speed. Does that make sense? And so like, I have a back problem. It's like, oh, is that emotional? Probably some emotion. I wouldn't just start there, though. Is it nutritious? Probably, like, if you're bloated all the time, you're probably pressurizing yourself from the inside. Now, is bloating also emotional? Probably. Yeah. Okay. I mean, the body's irritated if you can't have a bowel movement, let's just be completely honest, because you're getting pressurized from the inside it's pushing down on the pelvic floor, what are pelvic floor nerves, those are relaxation nerves. So all this is interfacing incorrectly, now you're not digesting properly, you know, signals in multiple places, they're being dysregulated. So you're gonna have multiple, different kinds of issues. And I think that's important for people to understand when it comes to, like, the emotional and the physical side of things.
Amy Ledin 31:46
I was gonna say, like, just thinking of just stress and how general that is to so many people, but they don't realize how far this is going into their body in terms of like, I mean, I just think of the correlation with digestion, you know, what I mean? And like, and then what that's doing, when that's a reoccurring thing for you. Now, so let's take it upstream. What are some things that people can do then to, you know, because stress is going to hit us, you know, like, it's like, I always say to clients, like you, you can't wait for the perfect time, there's never going to be the perfect time. But what can we do to help have less of a negative body response? You know, like, I'm thinking of myself.
Isaac Ho 32:28
But let me kind of probably give you my best thoughts in terms of, like sequencing. So the first thing is, once you start spiraling into a negative process, you want to try to turn that arc off. So for example, if you get stung by a bee and you're allergic, what do they try to get as fast as possible? An Epipen. Why? Because the swelling creates trauma, the trauma creates closing, does that make sense? So your thought is like, if you know you're getting triggered by something, it means you want to remove yourself from the stimulus. Okay? Because you don't want to end up having physical problems from the swelling. Okay? You would want to get someone out now, the first I'd be like, okay, so this is usually what happens if someone's like, okay, I'm working with you. I was like, I realized I got these triggers. Okay, cool. We probably identify them ahead of time, but then it happens in real life, it will always happen in real life, because you're actually attuned for that as a lesson in life, because you haven't solved it yet. Simple like.
Amy Ledin 33:31
Is it kind of like, I always say, tension is the test, like, I can do all the therapy work, but I unfortunately, have to be exposed to it again, to even see, this is where like, the whole, like you do learn from your failures, you know, can be positive, like, at least that's what I've been telling myself, I say. But I've always been like, you know, I've done like I'd said, over two months of future self-journaling, where it's basically a rewiring of how I'm going to respond because I was really, really overactive. I'd had a couple years where I was super triggered by anything cancer-related with Erik. Like, it didn't matter what he said, right or wrong, like it was wrong in my head, and I just based on, you know, previous yucky stuff, and we were trying to work, you know, through that kind of stuff. And so I had, you know, done all this. And then I was listening to a podcast with Ed where he was talking about his dad having cancer and all the things he was doing from him, and oh my gosh, my body started going into this overdrive, overdrive, overdrive, and I was getting ready to like text bomb Erik some nasty crap, you know, and I was able to at least stop, but that's only you know, like, I failed two weeks later on something totally, you know, another experience, right? Where it was like, okay, I had to go back to knowing that I couldn't, until I got into that situation, even see if I could do I guess what you're gonna teach us some of the sequencing of where to go from there, right?
Isaac Ho 34:51
Yeah, totally. And that's, that's so like, what you're explaining here, let's just say, if you're like, hey, I'm getting triggered by this remove yourself from the trigger. Because most people when they have triggers, and I never, like I come from a background where, where there's no excuses, right? Like no excuse, you know, and that's a really typical, I think, Asian background is like no excuses. It's really hard. And that's an ancestral thing. So I'm just prefacing this by saying like, you have to know about yourself on how delicate you are, and how sensitive you are. Maybe it's the better word for it. Because, did we talk about gland types? Okay, this would be great for this conversation. So when we talk about sequence, okay, we have hormones that help us respond to stress. And we probably know that, but so you have a little bit like, details are respected by the brain. So let me give you some details about how this works. So there are four dominant gland types where you can release hormones to deal with stress. The one is the anterior pituitary gland, right? So that's in the head. And so those people are releasing a lot of stress hormone in the head. So if you're releasing stress hormone in the head, how sensitive are you going to be neurologically or mentally? Very sensitive, very sensitive. So I'm an anterior pituitary type. Well, the reason I'm probably a therapist is because I'm very, like sensitive to stuff. So I'm not a glass cannon, but my wife will make fun of me all the time. And part of it is because she's an adrenal type, right? And so adrenal types, they create the stress hormone from the adrenal glands, which are below the kidney. So it's a much lower locations. So how long does it take for that hormone to travel up to the head, that's a long way. For some people, it could be three feet, and if you're nice and tall, you know, maybe a little longer, right? And so you have this travel of getting the signal that something is wrong or stressful, and it takes longer to receive it. Right. So you have that type, you have, of course, the thyroid, so many people with thyroid dysregulation, Hashimotos, all this stuff, but it's like that is also a metabolic marker. And so if you're under extreme stress, and you're creating a lot of stress hormone, at you're, basically you're relying, and this is genetic, by the way, you don't pick which one, you'll have the same one as your mom and your dad usually, okay, in the thyroid gland, then what happens is that you've got a lot of pressures under there, and you're releasing the stress, okay. And then you have the gonadal area, right? And we all know, like, obviously, women know, probably better, but you have testes, and you have ovaries, and you're releasing progesterone and estradiol and all these things. So you're also releasing hormones down there. And so the travel and the path, so gonadal people are generally the nicest, most pleasant based on hormone. Why? Because they're not like getting the stress signals quick, that makes sense? Kind of like, I got a slow drip of this stress. It's so far away. Adrenal types, like, they're adrenal, so they tend to be a little bit more like fast action. There's behavioral styles and all sorts of stuff that go with each of these. But, what I was saying is, the sensitivity is different. So if you're in the anterior pituitary type, you should really take it easy. Because you're not going to tolerate it well, right? It's not like, we're not making excuses for the person, but they're getting sensitized way faster.
Amy Ledin 38:10
So is it be someone that maybe has been like labeled, like you're so sensitive, they cry easily.
Isaac Ho 38:17
Could be. So there's two things you have, I would think about the hormone reliance, right? The hormone dominance, we can say. And then the other thing I would think about too, is the upbringing. So like, I'm an entrepreneur and a business owner, it's pretty unstable. You could say, being a business owner, you know yourself. But like, usually people with my gland type don't become business owners, because it's too hard on them. Right? So there's some friction happening there between the gland type, and the natural picking of this, but did I pick business owner because I really wanted to be a business owner or did I pick because my dad always said, it's way better to be a business owner than a doctor? So I just modeled that unconsciously. So it will conflict. So the emotional dysregulation that person has or that easy crime. I had a client of mine that used to cry all the time, like any he had any conversation with her about something that wasn't being done, right just immediately, I don't know why I'm crying, would just cry. Now, she doesn't do that anymore. But that was very acquired and it was also behavioral based on certain needs. Because if she cried, people would leave her alone. Does that make sense? So there's, there's a few different aspects to why people pick emotions. But yeah, does that answer your question?
Amy Ledin 39:32
Oh, totally. That was just interesting. I was like, I wonder if that you know, does that? So they, so obviously then becoming aware of like you said, like getting to the place of tension is the test or you got to, you've got to experience it, right? So talk me through that from that point. What are some things?
Isaac Ho 39:52
Most of the stimulus and you get out of the stimulus, you know, we have different coping mechanisms, right? And so there's a difference between treating it. So like when we're, quote, treating or doing a self-treatment, maybe like some of the things I've shown you like, we're removing certain things out of the system, right? So like with the gland dominant, if I know I'm spiraling, I can reset my hormones really fast, and then they won't spiral. That is a treatment I can self, do on myself, I'll do it for clients. But I have had people with allergies literally swelling up in front of me, and I've turned it off. And they are like, What the heck? Like? Because they'll start. Well, that's because it's a signal, right? Hormones are a signal. So if you can stop the hormone production, they stop piling, right? And so you want to stop the cascade of whatever is happening with whatever technique you have. So for a lot of normal people that don't have treatments like coping mechanisms, okay, so like, now if your coping mechanism is food, it's usually a bad idea for two reasons. One, you're emotional and your sympathetic. So you're just trying to eat to get parasympathetic. But it's also going to toxic because you can't actually digest it because you don't get good digestive enzyme process or any enzyme process when you're under stress. Because enzymes are really expensive to make. That's something people forget about, like, if you look at what are the pre, basically the prerequisites for creating enzymes, you'll see that's a high nutrient list. Most people don't even have enough nutrients to create enzymes. And I know we're going to talk in part three about malabsorption, which is a whole nother thing, and like also hormone signals. But essentially, what you want to think is like, okay, maybe I shouldn't use eating as a coping mechanism, right? And so a lot of people are really into breathwork, right? Example, because they're like, you can control the ideas, you control the autonomics, and the oxygen and all these other things. I think breathwork techniques are fantastic. I think visualization is fantastic. I think. You know, I have to laugh because everyone learns differently. And so some people like visualization works great for other people actually, like I'm a really high theoretical. So for example, when I'm under a lot of stress, I need to separate from the situation because I'm starting to stockpile too much hormone, right? And I need to actually ask myself, like, why am I like, what, am I really making this mean? Like, what do I feel unsafe? So it's almost more like a traditional counseling, where I talk to myself through it. (Inaudible)
Amy Ledin 42:14
I do that. And that's why I'm happy to hear you say that. So I have on my phone, it's the mind movie app. It's by Joe Dispenza. But I've created mind movies in different areas of my life. Because when I'm, you know, especially when I've had bad news with cancer, and now when I go back, even for scans, like, it's really hard for my body to separate from what I can I learn to now create, because I can, like, if I miss it, I get there a little bit early. And if I sit in the car, and this was my mistake, this last week was I overestimated my power. And we went in there with no preparation, I think it's important for people to see like, a lot of this is daily practices in your life that you need to continue, right? So for me, you know, anytime I've gone for scans, I typically have my mind movie that I watched that is like, you know, I've got pictures of old scans, I mean, I've really, it's a lot of work, like you make a movie. And I put because music is definitely I've learned over the years super powerful for me, like I can take myself really anywhere with music. So I add music onto it. And then between those two things, I can create my new reality like where then I'm not even going in afraid, like and breathwork is my other, you know, so it's usually like some sort of visualization or movie, or, you know, breath work, because it's one of those things that immediately at least has, for me helped me get out of fight or flight, whether it be because I'm focusing on it, you know, like I'm, you know.
Isaac Ho 43:40
I can give you some ideas on like, why those, why one thing would be more beneficial for the other. So let's say, your mom always yelled at you. So you would have a lot of dysregulation to the auditory part of your brain, like that would be blown out. Does that make sense? It would be like turning on a light to bright staring at as a child. So you're just like, dude, my eyes are just not right. Now, it doesn't mean it's permanently like that. It just means right now in your current state without addressing whatever is going on with it, you have too much sensitivity to that. So like that person probably wouldn't do well with music, or sounds. Does that makes sense? Because (inaudible) through that cortex is considered stressful as the signal's off.
Amy Ledin 44:16
Right, so it's just adding more stress to it.
Isaac Ho 44:18
Yeah. So sometimes like when people are like, well, what do you do for coping mechanisms? My answer to that is based off how your brain is wired in this moment, and then I would switch them but ideally, I try to get them not dysfunctional. But I just give you an example. So like, if you do breath work, that's gonna be a lot of vagal nerve reflex. If you have an issue with your cranial nerve system, you could respond poorly to breathwork. Does that make sense? Hey, and so like, you may not get the expected uptake out of doing that kind of coping mechanism. If you were having an issue with like motor premotor cortex, then exercise could make you way more stressed.
Amy Ledin 44:57
Okay, because I was gonna ask you about movement if you know (inaudible). Well, just because that's, you know, for like getting out and taking a walk, you know what I mean? Like some, for some people, I just wondered if science-wise is really doing anything to help.
Isaac Ho 45:11
Oh, the walking. Yeah, the walking does a lot because it is basically pumping the brain. And so what I mean by pumping the brain is not only is there like a, like a correlation between your right hip and your left parietal bone, like in the skull, and then we're doing a video of this. But basically, there's a swing that happens back and forth. And so when one side comes forward and one side goes backward, you have to squeeze and relax. So there's a pumping mechanism that happens just in the brain, you could say, but there's also a pumping mechanism that happens to the tissues of the body. So you're kind of clearing out when you walk. But if you were extremely dysregulated, in the motor cortex, it could make things worse. Now, usually walking does make people better. But I have seen cases where let's say you walking wouldn't make you better, but you have a totally scarred up low back. And so trying to get motion there, or that getting jammed, actually hurts you more. And then you start thinking like, oh my God, I've had this back problem, it's never gonna be better, I can't even walk and da-da-da-da-da. Now you're triggering all this at the hippocampus limbic system. And so then they become more dysregulated. So I usually what I'm doing is I'm finding the chains of how these follow, and then just fixing the chains or re re-syncing the chains. That's kind of you know, when it comes to coping mechanisms? Yeah, there's tons of coping mechanisms that can help people like we've named quite a few, I think, but they may not work for you, if you're dysregulation in that part of your brain cortex is severe. And I think some people like, like, why is TV so relaxing, like, obviously, TV is addictive, or people wouldn't binge out and Netflix wouldn't make the money that it's making. But you have to realize that when you're watching someone else, do something like your brains active, but you turned off a lot of your systems. And so you're actually not firing a lot of dysfunctional systems and when you have to actually use those systems, if they're dysregulated, it's really hard on you.
Amy Ledin 47:11
That's interesting. So I got thinking, as you're talking about that, like, you know, POTS, how POTS, it seems like, it's also I don't know, if it's, you know, could be just my reticular activating system seeing so much about it these days, because it's already on the forefront for me, but you, I, you see a lot of these rewiring type programs, you know, I say rewiring to help them is that because a lot of these systems are just not firing and sequencing together?
Isaac Ho 47:37
Yeah. So I haven't messed around with the technology you're talking about, I have a friend of mine, who's a doctor in California who has, and she, her story was basically she was in a car accident and couldn't walk or talk after it was so severe. And she used the rewiring software with the brain tracking to actually regain function.
Amy Ledin 47:56
Yeah, we've looked into it only because I was like, a lot of, it's a lot of commitment, right, daily, you gotta be doing it. But, and I think it's like a six-month program, but we were thinking about it for our, you know, teenager, but like, if I was doing it with her, so we were more compliant with doing it. But I was, I was interested what you, you thought of that, but.
Isaac Ho 48:16
I don't know (inaudible) my friend who used it had had really good results with it. I think from my understanding, what you're doing is you're training certain brain signals. And you're kind of base it's like working out, right? Like, imagine if you only worked out like delta waves or something, but they have like safeguards in there. Definitely don't change the settings. That's a whole different story. The researcher figured out what's best it's in there for a reason.
Amy Ledin 48:44
(Inaudible) like two a day because you think you're gonna get there faster.
Isaac Ho 48:47
Exactly. Yeah. Don't don't hurt your brain because you will hurt your brain if you do it incorrectly. (Inaudible) know that because she heard herself changing the waves and she had a seizure and she got permanent tremors that haven't gone away. So you do have to be careful with, you know, some of these innovations. Me personally, like there's a it's, it's I don't think it's a risky thing at all. I just say make sure you're supervised, whenever doing anything, just make sure you're supervised. That's the key. But I think something like that could be beneficial for someone for sure. Like, there's so many cool things out there in terms of the body's just so smart. So you give it an input, all you're thinking about is if I give it this input, what is it going to do in response to the input? And so whether it's like red light, or you know, violet laser, or, you know, any of the kinds of integrations I'm talking about or counseling, it's like those are just inputs. And so the reaction to the input based off the different systems like that's going to determine the kind of outcomes that you got. For most people. I think, if you have any trauma, there is powerlessness. That I think it's you can't you can't control someone if they don't give up their power. Governments know that right? So the at the end of the day, if you've been, quote, traumatized, and it was because of some kind of relationship and you felt powerless, you probably have a pattern of giving up power, right? So then the first normal response to that when you realize you've done that is to try to take your power back. But you do it in the way that, quote, let's say a terrorist would do you do it actually out of anger and violence, right. And so that hurts you too, because you're actually compensating for the original trauma. And so for a lot of people, what they need to do is they need to take back their power, but not from a place of anger, and not from a place of I was hurt, and you hurt me and I need to be strong. There's a difference between having power and needing to be powerful. And most people I think, don't realize that. And so if you can regain your power, but not need it, then you have detachment from it. If you need it, and you're insistent on it, then you're just operating inside of an injury, it just looks like a different paradigm, even though it's the same one.
Amy Ledin 51:00
That's so interesting and you kind of see it even in personalities, right? When you see people that they come across as extremely like alpha, whatever, but in reality, they're actually quite the opposite. Right? But they're, you know, I guess it's that protection mechanism, you know?
Isaac Ho 51:18
Exactly. It's the fear response that manifests as anger because they're afraid they won't get what they need. And then if they're in that same emotional state of not having what they needed, it re traumatizes them because they're not healed from that trauma.
Amy Ledin 51:30
Wow. So again, it kind of goes back then even to like our other the part one, where then you've got to clear you've got to go through the at least those stages of clearing it and replacing it with something, correct? Like that's where you would go back to?
Isaac Ho 51:45
Totally. We were talking about, there's the there's the energy side of things that I would definitely pay attention to, there is understanding yourself. So like, I'm never going to be as durable stress-wise, as another gland type, let's just say, and the gonadal type is probably always going to be more goofy, and want to focus on people more so than my type, which is probably even more calculating, or let's just say an adrenal type. And so also understanding your setup genetically, so you're not trying to create excessive friction on yourself, I see people try to, like operate from this place of I should be this way, because my parents were this way, they taught me this, my culture expects this, but it's totally incompatible with their actual physical being.
Amy Ledin 52:29
And how can someone can someone find out what type they are? Is there like tests you can take, you know, how there's like tests for things? Is there anything that could then steer someone I mean, I think of like aniograms, right, or things (inaudible) tell them.
Isaac Ho 52:41
Like an evaluation. To my knowledge, and I do a testing for this, like a test in my office, but the morphology is pretty telling, what I mean by morphology is there's different hormones that create different shapes of bones. And so you can actually look at the bone structure is a pretty usual general type, when I first learned that I was like, what, and then after a long time, it's like, you can pretty much guess it, but I don't like to guess it because like, I don't look like an anterior pituitary type, because I've lifted weights for 17 years. And so a lot of times people will think I'm an adrenal type, because of how thick I am. Because adrenal types are usually thick. So the testing is definitely more helpful, because, you know, people will take on the characteristics of whatever they're exposed to, but I would say, you know, one of the things we could do, we could link in the show notes of a handout, the handout that covers some of these, and I'm happy to (inaudible).
Amy Ledin 53:34
Okay, cool. So that would be awesome. Just even I know, that's one that I'm sure people like listening to this, I'd be curious like, what I am and then just not that, like you said, it doesn't excuse anything, but it does give you more awareness around why you behave the way you do. And I think other people too, like I've you know, like one of the best things Erik and I ever did was kind of share those extreme vulnerable like what are like, what are our biggest fears? Like, do I have the am I coming with abandonment issues, am I coming with because then it allows you to have more awareness have a little more empathy it doesn't mean you know, you excuse things, but then you're able to see certain things like I'll know when Erik's you know, maybe being triggered by something because of my own awareness and it allows me to just do my part and be like, okay, the last thing you know we used to we've gone to counseling once where they taught us your fight dance and your love dance. Your fight dance is like what's you know, when he does this how do you respond then where does it end? How to like, you know, reverse it right? And so, we I learned his fight dance, and I knew like if I do this, he's gonna do this. And if I continue the pattern, I already know what escalates from here. And it usually always ended with me walking out being like, I don't (inaudible) you know, like, whatever. Right? And being aware of that, also, I think helps us just, you know, show up as our best self like, even if you are like maybe might not even be you. I just find that it just makes it easier having that awareness around it.
Isaac Ho 55:05
Yeah, it does. For me, as a health coach, it's like, it's always just about taking care of yourself, is what it boils down to. Because I think the saddest part is we learn all these things about life, but they don't really teach us how to take care of ourselves. So then we run around sick and injured and there's really no education on that. And so, knowing your partner, it's helped me a lot. Man, I remember the first time I did motivators and understood my wife, and now I then I was, oh, that's why she's putting a silly, unusable ladder in our bedroom. You know, motivators, like maybe we talk about mental motivators in a different episode, because that's one of my (inaudible) yeah, that's there's a whole nother I'm gonna make a change that will change a lot on how someone kind of presents, which I think a lot of this, I think, you know, this kind of work comes from the merger of health and therapy that I've done, like coaching people, but also helping them with their health, and the outcomes. And so, I find it really fascinating how you can have one genetic type, to get altered them by an upbringing, get altered them by like an ancestral stressor, and then get altered, again, by motivators and values that were taught to you. You know, it's just fascinating to me.
Amy Ledin 56:22
I'm the same, I'm right there with you. And I think our upbringing sometimes probably pique our interest in that I know, for me, mine, it's like, I'm fascinated by the power of, I mean, just parenting, you know what I mean? And like them, seeing that and how it can affect you, you know, in future, but well, I'm excited, we're gonna do a part three. I had written down, we're gonna be talking about, you know, things that make us fat loss resistant. Am I in the right ballpark? Was that part of it?
Isaac Ho 56:50
Yep, we'll talk about nutrient absorption and how the body actually can malabsorb and how that gets stored as basically fat. I think that's really important for people to know. And it ties in perfectly, because of these top two things we discussed the energy field, or the emotions or the processing, or the dysregulation of stress in the brain is present, then yeah, fat loss is going to be a really, really difficult thing. And then we'll talk more about the different gland types and how that impacts fat loss too. I think that's always interesting.
Amy Ledin 57:18
Oh, that'll be fun. Well, you heard that. Listen, stress, you're going to learn on this next one probably going to be pretty depressed when we see like, what it does to the body and, you know, hopefully motivate people to be more serious, honestly about it. Because I think it's like the number one thing I see in, I witness from clients is that they're so stressed. And I get it right now in the world, like, even just going to the grocery store, just with the cost of you know, living right now. Like there's stressors, hitting everyone everywhere. So we need to be armed to know how to handle it to be aware of it, you know, and so we can actually have fat loss because we see that we're in there. Now, at age two, we're taught, I'm sure you'll bring up that as well, you know that it starts to get harder and harder. So thank you so much for coming today. I'm excited for next time. We will have show notes with things linked here, you guys and we'll see you next time.
Isaac Ho 58:11
Awesome. Thanks, Amy.
Amy Ledin 58:16
Okay, I'm on a mission. As you know, if you've been following along, I have a goal to be a top 100 podcasts and it's less about that top 100. And more about I want to make an impact. I want more people to hear effort, and learn from all of the mistakes that I've made, along with me bringing on really special guests for you. So my ask you is this, I want you to screenshot this episode today and share it on your social media, share it with a friend, you know, tag me in it. Go give me a review. Of course if you're really feeling it and rate me you know, this is the only way things are gonna get seen here and in a big world of tons and tons of podcasts. I'm hoping that you're going to choose mine and help me on my mission.
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Host Amy Ledin delves into the transformative power of emotional maturity with Dr. Nicole LePera, the Holistic Psychologist. This insightful episode explores the impact of childhood experiences, the significance of self-care in managing triggers, the effectiveness of future self-journaling for rewiring habits, and the profound benefits of community support in the healing journey. Join the conversation and unlock your potential for emotional growth.
Key Takeaways:
- Childhood experiences shape adult relationships and behaviors.
- Self-care regulates emotions and prevents triggers from escalating.
- Future self-journaling rewires habits and creates positive change.
- Community and support foster personal growth and healing.
“There is an epidemic and I will include myself in that group of adults and I do get kickback sometimes too whenever I use the word immature simply meaning earlier developmental age yes or not functioning at that level of maturity." — Dr. Nicole LePera
Find Dr. Nicole LePera free resources at The Holistic Psychologist Website or her social media
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Explore the journey of self-recovery with Amy Ledin in 'The Slow Identity Killer,' where she tackles the challenges of losing one's sense of self through life's unpredictability's. She reveals her personal struggle through a season of upheaval, including a significant loss—leading to a disruption of routine and confidence. Discover Amy's raw insights and her determined path to reclaim her direction and learn how to regain control over your life, set meaningful goals, and prioritize self-care to restore your identity and productivity.
Key Takeaways:
- Why maintaining identity amidst chaos requires conscious effort and adaptation.
- How the loss of routine can significantly impact self-esteem and productivity.
- Why reverting to old habits can lead to a gradual decline in personal growth.
- How to allocate time intentionally for managing priorities and reintroducing structure.
“I kind of just took my own advice and I'm like, I gotta come home first and take care of me. This is not about business growth and getting more people on our email list. This is about me taking care of me first and foremost, because an elevated Amy is always an elevated person in my business.” - Amy Ledin
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- 5 for 50 Challenge
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Challenge conventional wisdom on fat loss with a fresh perspective that prioritizes mental and emotional health as the foundation for physical change. This episode Amy discusses with Jared the critical role of addressing underlying issues like binge eating, emotional eating, and self-sabotage before embarking on a weight loss journey. Learn about the holistic approach to fat loss that encompasses metabolic health, habit formation, and the deep work of aligning your inner world with your outer goals.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn the power of identity work in overcoming health challenges and achieving goals.
- Insights into tackling emotional eating, self-sabotage, and building resilience.
- Key habits and thought patterns for long-term health and wellness.
“Most people are putting the cart before the horse so to speak. So that's the biggest piece is we have to make sure foundationally you're in a good place. It's why my entire IP is all dieting from the inside out.” - Jared Hamilton
Jared's Links:
- YouTube
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- Hamilton Trained Website
- Dieting from the Inside Out Podcast
Jared’s Book Recommendations:
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
- As a man Thinketh: The Original 1902 Edition (The Wisdom Of James Allen)
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- Meals over Macros & Structured Flexibility
Transcript:
Jared Hamilton 0:00
I started to feel really heavy about what I did for a living. I started to feel like do I want to coach? Like questioning this stuff. Because at the time, like I'd already built my business, I'd started to scale I'd hired employees like we're growing. And now I'm like, the thing I thought I wanted isn't what I want anymore. And so one of the things an early mentor of mine taught me is when you have lack of clarity, you need to go get quiet and be by yourself for a while, and be undistracted. So now it's a running thing I do. I have quarterly what I call Jared sabbaticals. To this day, I still do these where about once a quarter a couple times a year, I literally go get an Airbnb somewhere by myself for several days, just so I can give my brain time to breathe and process all the things.
Amy Ledin 0:40
What are you doing to create your dream life or your best self? Why do we see some thrive through challenges while others struggle? Welcome to F* It!, a podcast where I talk about the main Fs in my life that have helped me in creating my best self: faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. Hi, my name is Amy Ledin and most would say that I've had my fair share of struggles, whether it was placing my baby for adoption at 18, facing my marriage-ending affair, or battling stage four cancer for almost seven years, it's safe to say that I've been through a lot. Join me as I take you through my story, my journeys, and share with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome anything you face. That's right, I'm going to show you how to create a future self that you'll be proud of. So buckle up, get ready for the ride as I take you through my story and bring other guests on that have helped me along the way.
Amy Ledin 1:32
So this episode today has been a long time coming to be honest, because I have known of this person for a long, long time, we have been in the same circles, he was in Arete Syndicate with us and I've always loved his content. And recently, we were at an event together in person and so we actually did this episode together via video, both on the same couch. And it was so much fun, emotional, and you know, enlightening. So I am so excited today to have Jared Hamilton on the podcast. You may know him from his podcast, which is called Dieting From The Inside Out, which as I'm sure you were all of you are regular listeners to the podcast, you know that you are nodding your head going yep, this is exactly what Amy talks about all the time. And just the power of mindset, the power of, you know, everything starts from within. So I'm so excited to have Jared on he has been in the industry for a long time. And you know, he's one of the quote-unquote, good guys, one of those people that really gets it and knows that things all start from the inside. So I'm so excited for you to listen to this one. And you will see in the show notes, links to everything about Jared, if you want to go follow him, you definitely will love his content and will really, really resonate with it. So here you go.
Amy Ledin 3:01
I'm so excited to have you on because my podcast, I don't have a lot of men that come on. And I don't have a lot of men that talk about sabotage or fat loss. And I feel like you're like, definitely that's your jam. And that's your area of expertise. But I want to dive in with you, Jared, about just your past because I think that boys don't maybe communicate it. Men don't communicate struggles and I think a lot of people in general just assume that men don't care as much and they don't you know, so like, it's more a vanity thing for females. Right? So I listened to your story and I'm like, we have a lot in common. Take me through like, how did you get to here, the short and condensed version. Talk about your childhood first, take me through that.
Jared Hamilton 3:48
So, fair warning, it's ever since I started going to therapy and working through stuff, now it takes nothing to make me emotional. But basically, so I grew up so I'll be 32 on Saturday. Saturday. Yeah, this week.
Amy Ledin 4:03
Oh wow. This Saturday? Oh, happy birthday. My daughter turns 21 on Monday.
Jared Hamilton 4:09
Okay. Yeah. So here's like, a couple of days. So I'm 32. Basically, growing up I was so, grew up in Indiana, but I grew up basically a complete, most people I tell them this and people go, I would never have guessed or they're like, it makes so much sense. I grew up as a homeschool kid. So I had never seen the inside of a public school other than like, if we went to like a basketball game or something. But I grew up as a homeschool kid in a small town and I'll put it this way. Trying to think about how to word this. We'll just say it wasn't necessarily the best because I, my mom listens to this, I don't want it to be offensive by any means, but it wasn't the greatest. My parents did it because they wanted the best like they wanted the best for us. They didn't want you know, like kids going to public school system and bad shit happens like they were just, they didn't want that to happen. Grew up in a more religious household, all the things and so that's how I started out growing up as a kid. So I had my struggles, education was always a hard thing for me I struggled with like learning anything at all. Like, I almost wonder to this day if I would be diagnosed with a learning disorder, something like that. So went through, went through all that. But then now it's time for college. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was scared shitless because again, I've never done anything public. Like I've been homeschooled my whole life.
Amy Ledin 5:32
It's crazy for me to think of now because you are so natural.
Jared Hamilton 5:37
It wasn't always natural, Amy. But no. Well, so what happened was, well, I left, one thing I forgot, I left out is, but the thing I think that truly saved the social communication side of things was when I was about 14, I got involved in martial arts, because again, I didn't play sports. I was the awkward homeschool kid that couldn't talk normal.
Amy Ledin 5:55
And back then homeschool was like, you know, for the weirdos I'm just (inaudible).
Jared Hamilton 5:59
You're not wrong.
Amy Ledin 5:59
That's what people labeled it right?
Jared Hamilton 6:01
Yeah. Now it's like public schools have homeschool options now. Like, they call it remote now, but anyway, so but what I think helped me so much was the I got when I was like 14 involved in martial arts. Well, because then that's the only extracurricular I had. I literally just was at the school every day, I decided to take every art they offered. All of it. And then I would just do as much as I could like finish school and go to the school and train and do classes. Well then one thing led to another I was there for years ended up getting like black belts and all that stuff. But then my got my first coaching job. The guy that owned the place says, hey, we needed an assistant instructor to help teach warm-ups and private lessons and stuff. Are you interested? I go, sure. I'm here every day anyway, I might as well get paid for it. So started doing that. But then when I'm like a teenager, I'm doing private lessons with six-year-olds, 60-year-olds, teaching classes, all the things. So that was beginning stages of me coaching, those beginning stages me learning how to communicate and like as you talk to a six-year-old differently than a 60 year old and all the different things. And then that's where I found my fascination with physiology and like biomechanics and all that stuff. So that's when I went to college. And I'm like, well, I guess I'm gonna be a physical therapist had no idea I wanted to be, like, go that route. Actually, I didn't want to necessarily, I'm just my thought was, what can I do that makes okay money that I tolerate the most, which is not the way to approach being successful and happy. So that's what that's the route that I went. But I struggled like a motherfucker like I like it took me I was wondering like a normal college. It was like a community college, took me four years to get an associate's degree, dropped the class every single semester for the entire four years because I could not handle it mentally. I couldn't handle the load. The learning just wasn't happening. I didn't even really know algebra going into that. I lived in the tutoring center. Anything math related was just like not, you know, I count calories, as a joke, I count calories for a living. But it was a struggle like it was hard, like college was probably the worst. Those were some of the worst four years ever because it was so stressful, because I was just not prepared. It was so overwhelming, all the things. But I got through it, did all that all the stuff. That's why I found out about this cool thing called personal training. And one of the classes I took for my degree was like a CPT prep class essentially. Fell in love with it, I would, they had us doing like training each other at gyms and shit. And it was so much fun. But I've always been entrepreneurial. Like when I was 13, I was going door to door offering to shovel snow and driveways for like 20 bucks. So I've had this entrepreneurial bone, because I also grew up playing drums. And then I started teaching drum lessons. So I've always had like always wanting to do little side hustles and things like that. Yeah. So did that. But then I fell in love with this personal trainer thing. I'm like, oh, this is dope, I get my biomechanic fix, I get to see people before they go to the physical therapist, and this is actually fun. So that's dope, then I go. But then I thought well, I can say getting a normal job. Because at the time I was working for like Papa John's or like a GNC or just normal jobs. I'm like, well, this way I can at least schedule clients between classes, and then make better money. So that's cool. That was my logic. One thing led to another I was working for three different gyms, one of them was independent, and I built an entire personal training company. So but by the time I got there, then I quit all the corporate jobs. And then I was just pursuing my personal training business completely full-time. I was doing like 200 sessions a month soloing it 438 and 9P every day, just grinding my face off, which was great. I learned more than ever, because like I had every client, you couldn't, it was to the point where like, you could give me a client with every single issue you could think of and I'm like, cool. I've had seven of them or whatever.
Amy Ledin 9:37
Because you have so much experience at that point.
Jared Hamilton 9:39
Yeah and I did that for years. And then one thing led to another I decided I didn't want to do personal training thing anymore because 438 or 9P was a grind. That's when I found this online thing. So I started creating content on Instagram.
Amy Ledin 9:52
This is his gift by the way, please go follow him.
Jared Hamilton 9:56
I started creating content on Instagram, had no idea what I was doing, I was like, side by side videos of like a squat, like don't do it this way, do it this way that kind of stuff, hired my first mentor out the gate to teach me how to transition my in-person business online. So one of the best things I ever did the biggest shortcut I ever took was, before I did anything stupid, I hired a mentor to show me how to do it.
Amy Ledin 10:15
Very smart. And I will say to add, we met you at Arete so I already knew meeting you that I'm like, okay, this guy is interested in personal development, because anyone that is investing in themselves at that level is like, I'm serious about change. I'm serious about growth. And immediately I already am like, hey, these are my people.
Jared Hamilton 10:32
Right. Right. Right. So there's that and then from there, it's just been growing the online coaching business and then from since then, I've scaled my company and hired a bunch of people and (inaudible).
Amy Ledin 10:44
You've exploded, you're huge on TikTok, I will say like, TikTok, definitely, that's where I even see you all the time in my explorer, because I don't even purposely follow people. I like to just go to like the one where you just scroll and see what comes out. And then it's like, I like to see who comes up with my algorithm and you come up for me, so.
Jared Hamilton 11:00
The joke is, on TikTok, if you follow him, you'll never see him again.
Amy Ledin 11:03
Exactly. That's why I don't, I think I follow two people on there. It's like recipes. And I never see their stuff now.
Jared Hamilton 11:09
You follow me it never shows you again.
Amy Ledin 11:11
So I definitely think, you and sabotage those two words go together in terms of like your coaching. Where did this, was it a personal struggle for you that made you get so interested in it or was it a like you started to see clients struggle with it? What made you dive so far into this because you are all about the inner work and all about coming from the inside out.
Jared Hamilton 11:34
So for me with this kind of stuff, so I struggled with my own stuff. Growing up, I was a fat kid. I always struggled with all the things that I teach I struggled with. So like all my friends were shredded and had six packs and I was like chunky, Jared, like we talked about on my podcast, like your nickname growing up was Piglet mine is Eeyore.
Amy Ledin 11:51
Oh my gosh.
Jared Hamilton 11:52
Because I was a chunky sad kid is what it was so. So that was one of my nicknames growing up. So because I've also always been a very more emotional person as a whole. So like, like right now like, oh, yeah, beard and tattoos and shit in this like, no, I will try like that. So and then well and that's why it's weird that now like, going full circle, the inner game was like, not my shit. Like, I've always been fascinated by high performers but that was to the extent of it not that long ago, I thought therapy was only for suicidal people and psychopaths. Then where it changed for me was when I started diving into wait, let me take a step back. So I had all that struggles that's why I can resonate with our clients so much. Where I got into the realm of psychology and behavior change and all that stuff, in the deeper levels of stuff is I saw it with our clients first. So what happened was, before that, I really dove into personal development. That's when I like joined things like Arete, and have a mini library at home, all the books, all the things.
Amy Ledin 12:52
And you've invested, like, let's just keep this in mind. If you're listening to him, and you're like, oh, because you're gonna go follow him and you're gonna see how successful he is. You've also invested a lot into yourself.
Jared Hamilton 13:00
Yeah, I'm like, on paper, like, I mean, I added it up like, someone asked me the other day, and I mean, I've invested over six figures in like, personal development coaching over the years and things like that. Well, so I started studying people like psychologists and neuroscientists like Dispenza and Kyle Cease and Dr. Lapera, and all the things in so that opened up a lot for me. So then things really changes when I went to therapy because I thought I was great. Everything is like upstairs, things were fantastic. But I noticed I saw like, well, I'm doing this thing where I want to become astronomically successful. I have crazy goals, all the things, but then I thought to myself, well, I should probably check to make sure I'm handling my stress well, I said because like we see with clients, they think they're losing weight the right way, but starving for three days in the keto diet is not the best thing, but it's all they know. So I thought to myself, I go you know, I want to just do a mental checkup. I feel fine, but I don't want to wait till the sky is falling in case there is something there. At the time my wife was already in therapy had been in therapy for a while, which means the therapist knows all about me because that's how it works. So I said I'll just have a session with her, her name is Pamela, I said I'm also going to have a session with Pamela just to check in on things upstairs. First session, I bawled my fucking eyes out. I'm telling you, she said tell me about your childhood and I started like telling her the exact same story that I've told a million times and I felt this thing coming and coming and I'm like fuck damn it. I didn't think this was gonna happen. And I talked about some of the stuff I struggled with as a kid and then she's like well what were your names and labels and we talked about the way the intricacies of the Eeyore thing or we talked about this and then all of a sudden there is some fucking there so and then I've done therapy since.
Amy Ledin 14:46
Wow, so you live it I mean you really do came from a personal like you've seen these things that you teach successful in yourself, right?
Jared Hamilton 14:56
Yeah. So after I had that blow up and go like my headspace entirely changed, my view of therapy changed. Because as soon as I started therapy, I wanted to also like, it's still a stigma that men are weak little bitches for it. So then I started talking publicly about it. Like, you know, I had a therapy session for the first time and bawled my eyes out, and I would talk about it. What's funny is the amount of men that have come in my DMs and like, hey.
Jared Hamilton 14:56
I bet that's why I think that this episode, because I don't think men talk about it enough and they are hurting just as much.
Jared Hamilton 15:11
Yeah, 100%, 100%. Like, let's put it this way, the majority of my following like, Instagram analytics is like 75-80% women, 95% of our clientele are women. But I have never had more men reach out because of this, so. So then I just went full bore therapy, consistently, inner work, all the things. But then where it got tied to coaching is where things really shifted because after because, you know, then self-awareness grows and like emotional regulation changes. And then what happened was, I started feeling really heavy about what I did for a living, I started to feel like, do I want to coach like, like questioning this stuff? Because at the time, like, I'd already built my business, I had started to scale, I hired employees, like we're growing. And now I'm like, the thing I thought I wanted isn't what I wanted anymore. And so one of the things an early mentor of mine taught me is when you have lack of clarity, you need to go get quiet and be by yourself for a while, and be undistracted. So now it's a running thing I do I have quarterly what I call Jared sabbaticals. To this day, I still do these where, about once a quarter a couple times a year, I literally go get an Airbnb somewhere by myself for several days and just so I can get my brain time to breathe and process and all the things. So the one I went on, though, so in Indiana, it's not hard to find a farm in the middle of nowhere. I got an Airbnb on a farm in the middle of nowhere with a little miniature horse. And so I went and had like three or four days by myself. And I'm like, I'm talking about like, barely cellphone reception. I like sitting by a fire for three hours. Like that kind of stuff. Can't hear the road, can't hear cars, just by myself because I was at the standstill. I'm like, fuck, why don't I want this anymore? Why is this feeling heavy, because at the time, I was just teaching what I would call sustainable fat loss. It was just like, how you can lose weight, working on a couple times a week, eating a doughnut and still losing weight, right, that kind of stuff. But then I noticed a pattern. This is the clarity that I started to get. I noticed a pattern that I didn't market it but we had to do a lot of groundwork with our clients with this deeper stuff before we could send them to fat loss. So let's say Mrs. Jones would come in, she's like, I'm ready to lose weight. We started losing weight and I'm like oh fuck, she binge eats. Okay, I gotta stop the binge eating, then she can get her gonna lose weight, would do it, send her on her way. She's great. Then the next client would come in and they'd be doing great. We go right into fat loss stuff and like, oh, they're sabotaging because their identity is fucked. Okay, I gotta fix this identity, got to change a steak. I do all this stuff, then do all that and then send them on its way and then he's successful. But then I'm like, oh, this is everybody. And I wasn't but I wasn't (inaudible) I wasn't talking about it. I was just doing it like in like coaching because I like oh, I can't do the thing I know I need to do, it's like move into a house and then you find out the foundation's fuck, it's like, okay, I gotta fix this, then I can finally do the other stuff.
Jared Hamilton 15:47
Totally. You are the analogy case, like the foundation one, I'm always like, that is so good.
Jared Hamilton 18:13
So that's how I viewed it from my logical brain. So then I got to thinking to myself, man, I need, I wish-wish there was a world where you did both these things. Like I wish I could build a program that I did both of this stuff like the inner world stuff, the inner game and the outer game stuff. And I go but no one's done it. No one's done it. So I'm like, no competition is dope. What actually to be honest, gives me a lot of hope as we were talking off camera about Kyle Cease, he's got he's a friend now. As a mentor, he's changed a lot for me. Well, Kyle gave me unconscious permission for this because Kyle do the same thing in comedy. He built the most amazing stand up comedy career, and then found out it's not what he wanted. He wanted to get in transformation. He's like, I should just feel like I could do both of these. Wait. And now he does like, both, like transformational communications (inaudible).
Amy Ledin 19:03
Gave himself permission.
Jared Hamilton 19:04
Yeah. And I go, Oh, maybe I could build this. So then I flipped on my entrepreneurial brain and then I redid everything. Now, mind you, as soon as I go okay, this is what I want to do. This is where I feel aligned with emotionally, vibrationally all the things. All the sabotage, all of the imposter syndrome came in. It's like, who do you think you are? You're not a psychologist, you stay in your own fucking lane then other people saying the same thing. And I was like, but I just I feel like I'm supposed to be here with this very specific lane. So I said fuck it and I ran through it, redid all my contents about this stuff. I rebranded the podcast to Dieting From The Inside Out. I redid our entire coaching program and I marketed it like, yo, this is how we process things we're going to do like we're going to diet you from the inside out. First, fix all these things. Then we're going to go into like actual like the fat loss and the transformation and all the stuff. And so I went full bore with all of it and haven't looked back since.
Amy Ledin 20:00
I love it. And I think I want to dive in a couple things there. I think what I love about that, too is you already know that in the person that's coming to you, the fact that they're willing to pause the fat loss for a season just tells you they already have the right mindset, even if it's been forced upon them, because you're like, hey, I'm not letting you diet yet. Because, you know, they want their plan. They're like, chomping at the bit, because they think that's the answer when the reality is like, this is the work that everyone needs to be doing. So talk me through, give me one tactical thing because obviously, people should come take your course and do it. But what's one tactical thing you make every new client do?
Jared Hamilton 20:36
So in the world of the inner game, there's a lot, right? Like, it's like, I use the and think of the inner game as like the term vehicle. Well, there's a lot of categories underneath vehicles, cars, trucks, motorcycles, SUVs, all the things, the inner game is no different. One of the first things we do is identity work, usually one of the first because everything sabotages to your identity, your identity is what governs your unconscious actions, which is 90% of most people. And then everything else sabotages to it. Like we can talk about sabotaging mechanisms, like when you're emotionally triggered, or whatever the case is, but most people just align themselves and their actions with who they think they are. So one of the first things we do is we do identity work. And from a tactical standpoint, when people like okay, well, fuck I've never, I don't I've never even heard identity, until just now so what do I do to, what do I do to fix it? So one of the first things that we do is there's a thing I call the coma letter, it's a concept that I came up with, where, because most people when they need to do the identity work, they've never even heard of anything remotely close, and they're not personal development junkies like you and I are so. So I play out a scenario, I go, okay, I want you to picture this. I said, you're going into brain surgery, something happened, you're going into brain surgery, and the surgeon comes in and says, all right, look Amy, I gotta go do some cool shit upstairs. But there's like a 50/50 shot that I might hit the reset switch. There's like a I have to take this, you know, this tumor out, whatever. But you there's on paper a 50/50 chance, I will hit the reset switch and you will have no recollection of who you are. When you wake up you won't know who mom is, you won't know who dad is, you will you'll be a complete blank slate. So write yourself a letter telling yourself who you actually are. So I'll give you half hour, he disappears. That's a fucking big reality check. But my question is, what would you write because I can guarantee you you're not going to write how much of a binger you are, you're not gonna write how, how lack of confidence you are, you're not going to talk about how you've always been a dieter and you struggled your whole life, you're probably going to write the most superhero story you've ever written. If it was me, I would lie through my fucking teeth.
Amy Ledin 22:37
Yeah, I'm so great at this. This is what I'm doing.
Jared Hamilton 22:39
I would be like, I'm a billionaire. I just went through a tax bankruptcy. So but I have all my assets still, like I would literally write like, the most superhero-like scenario ever. But that's who you are. That's like this reality that you are right now is just just, it's a past, it's an artifact. So that's who you actually are. But then the identity work is aligning your actions and values with that until you have a stack of irrefutable proof you are who you say you are.
Amy Ledin 23:07
I love that. So how because you know, you are someone yesterday and your stories, it was about staying ready. And you obviously have done a lot of identity work on yourself. Teach a little bit about the stay ready. Like why that's so important. Because, I mean, you're a connector. I know you know so many people and I really believe that a lot of people rise to the top because of that they're truly trying to like, add value and but like you said, you came from the homeschool child that was like, couldn't talk. No one would know that. I mean, like, I'm shocked listening to that because you're such a talker, you are like always on like, I know, if I go to your stories, I'm gonna see you in the video there's not like still shots, you're like talking. What did you do to become this person? What is some of the identity shifts? Like do you write? Did you write a letter to yourself? Do you look at that often?
Jared Hamilton 23:59
Yeah, I mean, I've done a lot like all the inner game stuff, but like I teach, to be honest, I haven't looked at it in a minute. To be honest, it would probably be good to I think everyone needs different phases of these letters. Because I think a lot of times too many people, I think it depends on what it is. I think there are some things that I need to go back and have reflective time. But I think it's like, no, we need the next version of that. You know what I mean? Where it's like what's, if we think of like Netflix, like, what's the next season? Like you're looking to the next thing? Well, what's the next version of you? What's the next version of you? You know, like, when I thought I was 23 I thought I was hot shit. Like, I thought I was like, I was getting into business. It's like when I first started making a little bit of money. I was like, fuck, let's roll like I'm killing it. But then now if I had that reality of like a panic attack, or I'm like, I sound like I'll see the Facebook time hops of like content I made three years ago and it's terrible. Like, it's terrible.
Amy Ledin 24:50
Like, what did I do? (inaudible)
Jared Hamilton 24:51
Well, it's no different in leveling up yourself. So I'm gonna see I think right now I'm like, the best things have been, from a communication standpoint, from a these different levels of me, I know, I'm gonna look back in three years, I'm like, what at a fucking (inaudible), you know what I'm saying? So I think it's important to go back and do these, these exercises of like your identity, reinventing yourself, what? Excuse me? What are your values and things like that? I think it's important to do that frequently, or at least on an ongoing basis. So I think that's a big piece of it.
Amy Ledin 25:20
So when you say stay ready, what does that look like for you? Because, you know, you're someone that I mean, I would say in our because we're in a business coaching, you know, group together, you're definitely one of the top dogs. And you are constantly I mean, you put out so much content, you are always doing things. How do you find like, the chutzpah or whatever people say, right inside you to do this? Because obviously, it's not like people go, oh, I'm just gifted with it. It's not, but I want you to
Jared Hamilton 25:49
Yeah, so there's two sides with like, how do I have the oomph to keep doing it? It's, I'm not where I want to be. At the end of the day, I'm not where I want to be I know,
Amy Ledin 25:58
And you have clarity on (inaudible)
Jared Hamilton 25:58
I have clarity on that. But then I also have more clarity on what I have, what's gonna happen if I don't get it. One thing we teach our clients is like, we need our help list. Like, what if you don't do this, what's gonna happen? What's on paper get, it's like, when my favorite analogies to use for it is going into Christmas time. It's like the story of Scrooge, he didn't change his actions until like, I think it was Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come and says, look, motherfucker, this is what's going to happen if you don't change. So I think about that.
Amy Ledin 26:23
I like that, you know, that's so important to what's going to happen if I don't do this.
Jared Hamilton 26:27
Truthfully, because I think when people are struggling or they are in their low season of their life, I think like the happy positive, what's your why, isn't strong enough.
Amy Ledin 26:35
No, it isn't. And that's, I mean, even Tony Robbins talks about that, like you make decisions based on pain or pleasure. And so it's why sometimes the pain is going to pull me faster than the pleasure because let's face it, I want a six-pack. But I mean, not that much. You know what I mean? Like, we can sit in that pleasure, but the pain is of going in my closet and nothing fitting for my next you know, I mean, that would propel me more.
Jared Hamilton 26:57
Totally, totally. So I think for me, it's like, it's just a discipline thing. It's part of just who I am, it's from an identity standpoint is I am consistent, I do the same things I said I'm going to do, also my expectations are on point is I know, I'm going to have to make more content than what I think that I need to make, I'm going to not want to show up all the things. So it's like with a weight loss client, they're going to not be motivated. They're going it's going to take longer than what they want. So I have that expectation. So I just it's part of what I do. But then the stay ready stuff is I know this was talking about my story yesterday that I just know these unicorn moments and these opportunities. They're called unicorn moments because they don't come around that often. But if you jump on them, you are literally shortcutting all these different areas in your life and I've been fortunate enough in the past. I had like three yesterday to be honest, I like I talked about three mini ones yesterday, but then like over the last year, I've had so many opportunities jump at me because A, I'm in alignment with them and then I, part of me believes I deserve them because of the effort I put in because I do the things most people won't do. So I feel like I deserve things that most people don't don't get. But then the other side is I don't know when they're going to come around. So I'm going to do my due diligence of working hard, being consistent, doing all the things knowing what I want in than just waiting for them. Not waiting, like sitting here twiddling my thumbs but I
Jared Hamilton 26:57
Right, you're still doing action while you're knowing (inaudible).
Jared Hamilton 27:14
Right. It's like a weight loss client like, no the weight's gonna drop. No, the clothes are gonna fit but it's up to them to be consistent. We just don't know when that day is gonna come. Right? So that's how I view it. But a mentor of mine early on said made that statement he said just stay ready. So you don't have to get ready because getting ready. It's often too late. So that so it's almost like in a weird way every day. I'm like, all right, is today the day? Okay, no, that's fine.
Amy Ledin 28:43
I love that. And you know, on on my podcast, we talk a lot about you got to put it out there because if you're not open to it, it's like you saying you got to have clarity. It mean if you're just saying you want to get in shape, it's just not clear enough for your brain, right? It's the same with like coming to this I went into it going okay, what am I expecting out of this? Okay, I'm going to meet two people that are going to change my business. I'm going to walk away with three things like really specific so that my brain looks for it. It's like hey, where are the two people I'm waiting? Where are they here at this event? So I think you do a lot of that I kind of take notes because you seem to be the connector.
Jared Hamilton 29:20
Well, and the thing is to I think the other piece is I just know you're one conversation, one moment, one piece of content away from your life, never been the same like this, like last week, I had because of one video that I made or one podcast episode I made. I think like maybe eight months ago, someone reshared it in someone else's Facebook group. That person has happened to be the operations manager for one of the biggest calorie tracking apps and she wants me to write a course for them and send their two to three million monthly subscribers to me.
Amy Ledin 29:52
That's insane.
Jared Hamilton 29:53
Right? So like, which is dope but what if I didn't make that piece of content? What if the way I wasn't present on that piece of content about I think it was on binge eating didn't resonate well, it wouldn't have gotten shared on the exact time she saw it. So then when I saw the email come through, I scheduled a call with her ASAP. Or that's just one example or whatever it may be like.
Amy Ledin 30:15
And you believe that you, I think people don't believe in nothing themselves, like I am worthy of good things happening to me. And I am expecting like when you said earlier, like I expect it. And that is a huge, you know, opening yourself up to all of these opportunities.
Jared Hamilton 30:30
Well, and then I also realized, I'm not going to get the 10 out of 10 on the first shot, like for example, let's say one of my big goals is I want to close a stadium out. One of my big speaking goals is I want to close out a stadium like
Amy Ledin 30:43
That's what I was gonna say, what's your big, crazy, hairy goal?
Jared Hamilton 30:45
Kevin Hart level stadium close out, I saw one of Kevin Hart's, one of his specials, like on Hulu or Netflix or whatever, he literally closed down a 360 stadium. And it was like every seat was full. I want to do that I want to close the stadium out. But I know I'm not just gonna have an opportunity to close it close the stadium out from right where I'm at now, but there but like one of the things that happened yesterday, I got invited to the event that we're out, I got invited to speak on a business panel on it on Friday. So I said, absolutely. I have no idea what to talk about. I have no idea what the thing is about. But is it in the direction of the thing that I want? 1000% Because right now, I'm telling you, I'm probably not ready to close out a stadium yet. I would look like a babbling idiot. But I bet like in front of 500 people, I will probably be okay.
Jared Hamilton 31:06
Right. It was until you did coaching con, right? Last year. So that was probably like, you're just slowly building your (inaudible) gonna be at the stadium.
Jared Hamilton 31:42
Yeah. Well, and that's the thing is, I think, to me, people like, yeah, you want to be clear on what you want. But also like, it's going to take several dots being connected.
Amy Ledin 31:50
It's like with fat loss, okay, I want to lose 90 pounds. Well, you're not going to be there for a while. But you got to lose the five to lose the 10 to lose the 15. So I got to speak to five people before I speak to 10. Before then I'm in front of an audience, you know, so wow, I like that. What is, in your business and now with all the people that you've worked with, what do you think is the biggest mistake that females make, like in you know, assuming what they need done versus what you think is the number one thing that they need help with?
Jared Hamilton 32:21
I think most people aren't ready for weight loss yet. I think there's way too many foundational pieces that aren't there. I think so many people, because of expectations, because of diet culture, because of impatience, I think people are just too willing to jump right into fat loss. But it's kind of like that house thing. You just bought a house and you're ready to make room additions. But every day the wall's cracking because the foundation's fucked, that has to be fixed first. I think most people, it's why the way that we coach people, it's why stage one for us, we call it Dieting From The Inside Out is because most people need some metabolic work. They've been eating 900 in total calories a day, like that's not a foundation to lose fat from. So we, from the inner side and the outer side, we need to make sure metabolically you're in a good place. And from a habitual side, you're in a good place. Because like at the end of the day, like if you can't be consistent for more than 14 days, like it doesn't matter what you do for those 14 days. But then the inner game piece as well, because one of the questions we ask almost everyone, when especially if someone's not bought in on the dining from the inside out stuff, they're like, Okay, I get it, but like, why can't I go into fat loss yet? My favorite question that solves it every time it's like, oh, cool. If I could snap my fingers and the 50 pounds disappears, is it staying off? It's a yes or no question. And most people go, ah, probably not. I go okay, well, why? They go well, I'd still be binge eating on the weekends. But I'd still be emotionally eating in the pantry every bad day. Well, then I know I'd subconsciously sabotage it because every time I lose 10 pounds, and I jump on the scale, I binge eat and I fall off and whatever. My relationship with food will still be horrible. My metabolism would still be fucked. I'd have no idea how to keep the weight off and they just go down the list. I go okay, so if you just admitted magic genie powers does not get your problem solved why are we white knuckling through weight loss? It's illogical at this point. So then I rephrase I go well, what if we flip that question? What if I said if I snap my fingers and binge eating is gone, food relationship healed, your inner game is on point, you're metabolically great, your habits are great, you're consistent. You're disciplined. Do you think weight loss would be that big of a deal? And they go I feel like it would just happen. I go it would exactly just happen.
Amy Ledin 34:21
Yeah it'd be background for you, essentially, right?
Jared Hamilton 34:24
It's most people are putting the cart before the horse so to speak. So that's that's the biggest piece is we have to make sure foundationally you're in a good place. It's why like my entire IP is all dieting from the inside out.
Amy Ledin 34:34
Totally. So one, where can people find you and two, what is in the future for you right now? Like what are you working on?
Jared Hamilton 34:43
Yeah, so I hang out most days on Instagram, TikTok @RealJaredHamilton. My podcast is Dieting From The Inside Out, available everywhere. As far as what I'm excited on right now is one, just keep scaling the business and just keep growing and fine-tuning and helping. Really enjoying getting into speaking like I want to do more at the podcast, doing a lot with it. And just a lot bigger speaking things in the future, I just got invited to speak for an event in 2025, another coaching event in Vegas, which is pretty cool. And then it's getting close to the stadium.
Amy Ledin 35:16
I love when you have stuff like this recorded too, because you're gonna look back on this and be like I because I remember Tom Bilyeu, actually, he had, on one of his podcasts, that he was going to be bigger than Disney. And he says it all the time, right? And I'm like, I love when people are willing to put their scary dreams because here's the thing, someone could be listening right now that listens to you that has some connection with someone they know that they're suddenly going to go, okay, because you put that out there. I have a stadium that I want you to, you know what I mean, I know an event that you could be perfect for. And that is the only, and if people don't share those things, it never comes out. What is a book, two books actually, that you think everyone should read?
Jared Hamilton 35:54
War of Art by Steven Pressfield. It's, I've been talking about it a lot lately. The whole concept is that resistance is required.
Amy Ledin 36:01
Good. I gotta read it. Because that's one on my list.
Jared Hamilton 36:03
It is one of my favorites. It's so good. The whole book is on the resistance. When you, whenever you do anything new and noteworthy or pursuing something greater than yourself, whatever it is, is, the resistance isn't just going to happen but it is required to get where you want to go. There's just no way around it. And then one of my favorite books at all times. I always have a copy in my bag to give to people who when I feel like it really would resonate is As a Man Thinketh by James Allen.
Amy Ledin 36:29
Oh, that's two choices I was surprised. So these are yeah, I thought you would do Joe Dispenza. I wondered (inaudible) I'm sure it's on your list. Now these are two books I've not read. These would be ones I want to
Jared Hamilton 36:40
I'm in the middle of Joe's book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself. Fantastic. Like humor. It's probably one of my top five. But those were the first two that just were my first come out was The War of Art. Not the Art of War. That's a different book. But War of Art by Steven Pressfield. And As a Man Thinketh by James Allen.
Amy Ledin 36:58
Awesome. Okay, well, I have really enjoyed this today (inaudible) I think we need to do another one at some point where we can dive into something else. Thank you for coming on. I appreciate it.
Jared Hamilton 37:08
Of course. Thank you for having me.
Amy Ledin 37:09
Okay, I'm on a mission. As you know, if you've been following along, I have a goal to be at top 100 podcasts. And it's less about that top 100 and more about I want to make an impact. I want more people to hear F* It! and learn from all of the mistakes that I've made, along with me bringing on really special guests for you. So my ask here is this. I want you to screenshot this episode today and share it on your social media, share it with a friend, you know, tag me in it. Go give me a review, of course, if you're really feeling it, and rate me. You know, this is the only way things are gonna get seen here. And in a big world of tons and tons of podcasts, I'm hoping that you're going to choose mine and help me on my mission.
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Learn how to navigate the challenges of staying healthy while traveling. Amy and Sara, both fitness coaches, discuss the nuances of traveling without compromising on their health goals. They cover practical advice on planning, restraint, and making informed choices. This episode is packed with real-world strategies for anyone looking to maintain their fitness and dietary goals on the go, demonstrating that with the right approach, it's possible to enjoy travel without derailing your health objectives.
Key Takeaways:
- Why packing your own high-protein snacks can help you avoid unhealthy temptations.
- How to make informed food choices that help maintain dietary goals while traveling.
- Planning your restaurant meals to prioritize protein and reduce calorie intake.
- Why find ways to stay active during travel to improve overall health and fitness goals.
“Planning that beforehand. Like I'm thinking, Okay, I'm going to be on this flight at this time that's going to be over dinner time. I need dinner while I'm traveling. I don't want to have airport food and I don't want to order food off the plane. So I got to make sure I have my dinner with me. And then depending on how many days I'm away for, I think about, how much do I have enough protein muffins for two breakfasts, three breakfasts, you know, moving forward.” - Sara Frenza
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Amy revisits her journey with breast implants, sharing the unexpected turn of deciding to have them reinserted after previous removal due to concerns about breast implant illness. With raw honesty, she explores the intricate balance between physical appearance and mental health, offering a nuanced perspective on cosmetic surgery.
This episode unpacks the emotional and physical layers of her experiences, reflecting on the influence of societal expectations, the pursuit of confidence, and the complex relationship with one's body.
Key Takeaways:
- Insights into the controversial and personal nature of breast implant illness.
- The reasons behind changing one’s mind on significant health decisions.
- The deep impact of body image on personal relationships and self-confidence.
- The value of community and informed decision-making in cosmetic surgery.
“I ended up having my implants put back in. And, again, I don't owe anyone, I guess an explanation. But I wanted to come on here because I feel like there are other people that maybe you've been on the fence. And I would still suggest this to you, and that is one, do your homework, go check out breast implant illness, learn all about it.” - Amy Ledin
Listen to Amy’s previous episode 88 about Breast Implant Illness with Laura Krosky
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Transcript:
Amy Ledin 0:00
After my explant, I did try a fat transfer to my boobs. Because like I said, after I got the explant and realized, oh my gosh, I'm like so flat that I mean, I just looked like a boy like I'm so flat that maybe a fat transfer would work. And I'm here to tell you do not waste your money ladies, if you are listening to this, it was not only the biggest waste of money, but ended up costing me more in that. What happened following the fat transfer is I ended up getting over 22 cysts in my breast.
Amy Ledin 0:42
What are you doing to create your dream life or your best self? Why do we see some thrive through challenges while others struggle? Welcome to Epic, a podcast where I talk about the main apps in my life that have helped me in creating my best self, faith, family forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. Hi, my name is Amy Levine. And most would say that I've had my fair share of struggles, whether it was placing my baby for adoption at 18, facing my marriage ending affair or battling stage four cancer for almost seven years, it's safe to say that I've been through a lot. Join me as I take you through my story, my journeys and share with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome anything you face. That's right, I'm going to show you how to create a future self that you'll be proud of. So buckle up, get ready for the ride as I take you through my story and bring other guests on that have helped me along the way.
Amy Ledin 1:35
So you might have read the title and thought what the heck, I thought Amy did an entire podcast, all about breast implant illness, having an explant, and you know, the end. And you know what? You're right. I did do an entire podcast on that. And I would still encourage anyone to go back and listen to that. And honestly, I really debated even doing this episode because it is my personal life. And I know that there will be some judgment, I know that there will be some questions. But I have always said from day one that I want to be an open book, I want to share everything with you and be as authentic as possible. So with that is sharing this part of my life. And yes, I did get my implants put back in. So let's talk all about it, why I did this. Because I know that for some of you that have followed me, maybe you went down this path. I've had people that have DM-ed me about getting an explant and hey, I'll be the first to say that I went down that rabbit hole and I do believe that there is such a thing as breast implant illness. I don't think I was one of those people that was affected by it. So, let's just dive into it. Let me just kind of rewind a little bit. So if you are new to the podcast, welcome. My name is Amy Ledin. I am a 10-year cancer survivor. I am a birth mother, I am a divorcee, second marriage, I am a blended family mom. Like those are some of my and I am a fitness coach. And so if you've been along for the journey I've kind of touched on every single topic on here including breast implant illness. Now, I had implants for over, gosh,. 19 years I had two different sets. I got my first set after losing 90 pounds. I was probably a double A if that I had no breast tissue, had my, got my first set in and honestly did it for just my own confidence. I just wanted to feel good in my clothes. I wanted to feel and I really don't like using this word all the time. But I wanted to feel womanly. I wanted to feel feminine. I wanted to feel sexy in my own body. And I looked like a you know, 12-year-old pubescent boy or pubescent girl, maybe. And so I had decided to get implants, I really never had any issues. And I like to say that because now that we know with my chemo and the effects of that, that really was what was causing some of my issues. As we saw once you know, I got my implants taken out. So I had my first set for almost 10 years. And then you know, as most people know, with implants, they should be replaced, eventually. I was going in to have a tummy tuck. I've been very open about this. You know, so what, 10 years of having implants. You know, I'd made a goal that if I was able to keep my weight off for you know, five-plus years that I would treat myself to a tummy tuck I had more than a five-inch you know, in length like down a huge piece of skin that I could basically roll up in my pants, and it was just paper thin, you know, stretch marks, all that. And, you know, it was a personal decision that I wanted to save my money and have a tummy tuck. So while they were in there, we knew that we were going to replace the implants. And my biggest mistake, I will be honest, was then going a little bit bigger. So I went from having, you know, like 285, maybe 300 CCs, I think, is what I had the first time to 550. Now, let me just say, I didn't know that they were 550 CCs, they were actually, on my card, 450 but when I got my explant, they weighed my implants, and they had been overfilled to 550. So I had those in for about five years, maybe six years. And then I started hearing about breast implant illness. Now, as I said, at the beginning, I know that it is a real thing. There are 150,000 plus people in a group on Facebook called breast implant illness that many of these women share their stories. And as I started to read through some of the symptoms, and as I said, in my last podcast, I really did not have any symptoms other than neuropathy. didn't sleep very well at night. But keep in mind, I also was on a lot of compounds, including chemotherapy and chemotherapy, one of the biggest ones with that is having neuropathy. But with me getting ready to have lung surgery, back in 2021, I believe it was, I knew that if I was going to be going in to have this big lung surgery, this might be the time since I'm already going to be put under anesthesia, I would just get the explant and just do it all at once. And you know, I didn't want to have all these symptoms and deal with all the things that others were dealing with, in addition to honestly, my implants just felt so big, you know, and really just, you know, they weren't, they weren't serving me anymore. And I knew that I did want to at least eliminate what I thought was neuropathy from the implants. Now keep in mind, about a week prior to my surgery, I ended up finding out that I was in remission, like nothing short of a miracle. And so they stopped my chemo then, about about a week before my surgery. Now keep in mind these things, you know, can stay in your system. And you can have, you can actually even have neuropathy long term from chemo even after you stopped taking it. But I got taken off the chemo. And the reason why I mentioned this is because now looking back, I'm sure as I was getting the explant, in addition to like, also removing all of these, you know, compounds from my body, of course, I woke up from surgery feeling amazing. And I did, you know, I slept well for, gosh, that first week afterwards, it was like I was, you know, in heaven feeling so good and I really had no regrets. And honestly, if I had the symptoms that so many people have had, I would definitely suggest that you go and get it checked out and consider getting an explant.
Amy Ledin 8:16
Now fast forward. And I've shared this on our social media, you know, probably about a year ago, I had posted a kind of post an annual post, just like on the anniversary of my explant just talking about it, just putting more, you know, awareness around it. And someone had posted saying, hey, you really should check out this other group. I know you're in the Breast Implant Illness group, but check out this other group called Breast Implant-Explant Regret. So I decided to check it out because, you know, full disclosure, and I like I said, I always want to be completely open and honest with you, I had a really hard time going from having implants for you know, 19 years or just having boobs, to going back to not just like nothing, I'm talking, I was flat as a pancake, like no breast tissue, because when they did that explant, they also did a lift took off any excess skin. So I really had nothing like I couldn't even you know, bralettes were loose on me. You know, I started buying actually in the little girl section, you know, I started wearing Leilani's bras and she was like 10 years old. And those were fitting me and it just started to, you know, bug me and weigh on me and again, like this is an elective surgery. So it's not like I'm just going to jump into doing it. But it had been at the back of my mind for a while especially because my neuropathy was back, you know, as back on chemotherapy and all of those what I thought were breast implant illness symptoms, were no longer you know, I didn't have implants anymore. I'd had the en bloc I'd had everything taken care of and I still was having the exact same things that I was having before and now I was left with no boobs. And hey, I get it, you might be listening to me going, what's the big deal? You know, I don't even know why you would risk doing that. And hey, I respect your opinions. And I appreciate that. And you know what, for other people, it's like, I'd say, h ey, you, you have to live with what you, you know, decide. And I do too. And so we just got back from a vacation this last year. And again, I just was like, man, I just, it's making me self-conscious. You know, Erik and I, we've always kind of bragged about how amazing our sex life is. And it still was amazing but I was getting to a place where I wouldn't take, I hadn't taken my shirt off since the explant, I wouldn't let Erik touch me there. I really liked either to keep my T-shirt or my bra on because it just didn't, you know, feel confident anymore and it was taking a toll. Really more on me. I mean, Erik has always said to me, hey, listen, I am not, I'm not a boob guy. Like it doesn't, you know, it doesn't faze me. You can have huge boobs, no boobs, I love you the way you are, in fact, over these last couple of years, he's always made me feel so attractive. He's said, hey, I love the athletic look, you know, but he made a point to say to me, Listen, you do what makes you feel best. Like, I can sit here and I can tell you how amazing you look. And I don't even notice that you don't have boobs or whatever. But it's really going to come back to you. But I just kind of left that in the back of my mind.
Amy Ledin 11:41
Now, fast forward, after my explant, I did try a fat transfer to my boobs, because like I said, you know, after I got the explant and realized, oh my gosh, I'm like so flat that I mean, I just looked like a boy like I'm so flat, that maybe a fat transfer would work. And I'm here to tell you do not waste your money. Ladies, if you are listening to this, it was not only the biggest waste of money, but ended up costing me more in that what happened following the fat transfer is I ended up getting over 22 cysts in my breasts. Now this comes as a blessing in disguise, because here's the thing, we initially thought that all these cysts were from the fat transfer. And so, it forced us to go in and do testing. And we ended up needing to do biopsy because I ended up having three of the 22 cysts that actually were not the same as the other. So what they gather now is that 19 of those cysts were from fat transfer, they were clear, we didn't have blooded in them, no issues. The other three, honestly as finding them, were kind of the blessing in disguise in that, hey, if it wasn't for the fat transfer, I probably wouldn't have had this on alert in terms of getting a mammogram, getting ultrasounds, getting an MRI, like I wouldn't have even thought to do the due diligence there without that fat transfer. Now, I get CT scans, and I get PET scans all the time. So I wasn't really worried about cancer, per se. But I did wonder why I had, you know, these lumps in my chest. So we knew that we were getting to a point where I was going to have them removed, because there were three of them specifically that were rather large. And they were showing through like even my shirts, and you know, because again, I have no chest and I'm rather lean. So you can pretty much see the lumps in my chest. So we already knew that that was going to be a surgery coming up. And so I had just mentioned it to Erik that I was like, hey, you know, I really would like to consider getting my implants put back in, I'm not sure what that will look like. And I'll be you know, I even said I'm like, man, I feel like a phony that I've been, you know, I've promoted breast implant illness. And I have, you know, talked to several ladies about this and here I am wanting you know, to get them back in. Of course Erik was like, hey, you know what, you know, you and you know what you feel like and you are the one that has to live with it. So that is totally up to you. I will fully support that if you want to do that they're going to be going in for surgery to remove these. If we can coordinate it with a plastic surgeon like I'm 100% on board for you. You know, and I said to him, I'm like, here's the deal. If I do do it this time there is going to be you know, I'm not going to go as big I'm not looking to have like these implant-looking boobs. I just want to have a little something, you know, in my chest just to even fill out my sports bras. And so I had decided to go down that path I met with a few doctors, because we knew that we were going to be dealing with also working with my oncologist, even though they were not cancer as they were just working together to coordinate me having the cyst removed. And so long story short, about eight weeks ago, I ended up having my implants put back in. And, again, I don't owe anyone, I guess an explanation. But I wanted to come on here because I feel like there are other people that maybe you've been on the fence, and I would still suggest this to you. And that is one, do your homework, go check out breast implant illness, learn all about it. What I have learned through this because I've gone down the deep rabbit hole of of seeing this because they do polls, not in the breast implant illness group, but other groups where they've asked, hey, after you had these taken out, did your symptoms go away? And what they have found more times than not that this has actually been on hormonal, it's right around that perimenopause, menopause phase of life. And in addition to that, so that's one reason why some of these people have these elevated symptoms. But the other would be that you have autoimmune issues, if you already have autoimmune issues. For some reason, this tends to trigger a lot of these other symptoms by having a foreign object in your body. Now fortunately, for me, like I said, you know, my neuropathy, and things we found out was really from my chemotherapy, I didn't have any of the other issues or symptoms. So that's why I decided to re-implant. Now this time, I went much smaller, I have 265 CC, so I'm probably a maybe a full B now but hey, it is better than nothing. And again, this is not to judge anyone that has gotten them taken out. And, you know, they feel like it is the best decision for them, hey, I, more power to you, I think that's great, I fully support you. But this I wanted to do this episode, because there are still people that are maybe on the fence, or maybe you have implants, and you're thinking that's going to be the smoking gun or the solution to solve all of your other issues. I'm here to say do your homework, maybe it will be the solution for you. Maybe it will help you and maybe it won't. I just don't want you to go down the path I did, which was doing all these things, spending the money on having an explant to only end up with the same I had the neuropathy, still. I still had all the other you know, I really not other big symptoms other than really the neuropathy. And they still all came back about two weeks post explant. So maybe this episode more than anything is just going to be you listening to me go, okay, this has no, you know, I cannot relate to this at all. Or maybe you're like, hey, I have a friend that's considering it. Or, hey, Amy, I'm just happy that you're honest with me and share this with me because maybe down the path down the road, this will be something I want to share with others. And like I said, please still go listen to my breast implant illness one, all on that because the guests that I had on, she had legit issues that did go away and has not come back since having her explant. So I hope this just helps you. This is just something that has been, it's been heavy on me. Because I'm like, I want to share this. I don't want people to you know, see me on social media and go did she or didn't she I swear she was flat before now she's got some boobs. I mean, people I swear y'all, y'all pay attention to everything. I can have a book in the background of a video, a 10-second video and I will get a DM and go, hey, what's the name of that book there? Or hey, did you? You know. So I get it. We're all nosy. We all like to know everybody's business. So I just wanted to put this out there. And then of course, if you have any questions for me, shoot me an email, send me a DM. I am an open book. I am more than you know, willing to share the ups, the downs, but just most importantly, I just wanted to be really honest with my audience in sharing this with you today.
Amy Ledin 19:31
Okay, I'm on a mission. As you know, if you've been following along, I have a goal to be at top 100 podcasts. And it's less about that top 100 and more about I want to make an impact. I want more people to hear F* It! and learn from all of the mistakes that I've made, along with me bringing on really special guests for you. So my ask here is this. I want you to screenshot this episode today and share it on your social media, share it with a friend, you know, tag me in it. Go give me a review, of course, if you're really feeling it, and rate me. You know, this is the only way things are gonna get seen here. And in a big world of tons and tons of podcasts, I'm hoping that you're going to choose mine and help me on my mission.
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Coach and Therapist, Isaac Ho shares the journey of uncovering the hidden links between past traumas and physical health issues. Through personal experiences and professional insights, this episode sheds light on how unresolved emotional pain can manifest in the body. It delves into the transformative power of holistic healing practices, emphasizing the importance of addressing both the mind and body for true health.
Key Takeaways:
- Past traumas and unresolved emotions can manifest as physical symptoms.
- Working with emotional energy can lead to significant health improvements.
- Addressing emotional roots can significantly improve chronic physical ailments.
“They say that love is the opposite of hate. Right? They're on the same spectrum, though, because you can't know love without hate, just like you can know pain without pleasure. And so the same thing applies in emotion is that the emotion needs to be regulated for the body to be healthy.” - Isaac Ho
BIO:
Isaac Ho, a trainer and therapist for almost 20 years, started a journey to repair his health after facing personal troubles despite regular medicine. He learned first-hand that pills had limits, sending him on a life mission for true wellness. Learning from experts worldwide, such as trainers and doctors in New Zealand, France and Croatia, he gained deep knowledge from real life to help many people escape pain and find health. He was on TV networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. Isaac's on a mission to help parents and business owners live with true health and set an example for future generations on how to love, prioritize, and take care of themselves.
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Transcript:
Amy Ledin 00:00
You're attracting more of the chaos. Like you keep saying you don't want it, but you're not replacing it with something specific. And so, you know, people that are like, why does everything bad happen to me?
Isaac Ho 00:11
So for me, when I hear that my immediate thought is the failure was on her to not give you a replacement. Okay, and she didn't have to give it to you, but as your guide, as a person giving you information, you and I had this talk about cancer, right? It's like, wait, were they giving you glutathione while you're on chemotherapy? We don't burn inflammation down when you try to kill something. Right? And so like, the guide, should be guiding you into thinking about these things. And so if she's like, I'm going to do energy work and remove something, then she should also be informed (inaudible) that you need to replace it. Otherwise, you're setting that person up potentially to spin really hard.
Amy Ledin 00:54
What are you doing to create your dream life or your best self? Why do we see some thrive through challenges while others struggle? Welcome to F* It!, a podcast where I talk about the main Fs in my life that have helped me in creating my best self: faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. Hi, my name is Amy Ledin and most would say that I've had my fair share of struggles, whether it was placing my baby for adoption at 18, facing my marriage-ending affair, or battling stage four cancer for almost seven years, it's safe to say that I've been through a lot. Join me as I take you through my story, my journeys, and share with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome anything you face. That's right, I'm going to show you how to create a future self that you'll be proud of. So buckle up, get ready for the ride as I take you through my story and bring other guests on that have helped me along the way.
Amy Ledin 01:46
Okay, so I have not done anything like this before on the podcast. And that's just because I haven't had the right opportunity and the right person. So today, you are going to listen to someone that you're going to become familiar with because he's coming on here three times. We have decided to bring this to you because like I've said from the beginning, I'm always wanting you to become your best self. And as I learned things that are helping me to become my best self, I want to pass those on to you. So today, you get to listen to Isaac Ho. Now Isaac is a trainer. He's also a therapist. He's been doing this for 20 years. And what I love about Isaac's story is it really started for him in repairing his own health after he faced some personal troubles. So it was really just him learning firsthand. And I'll tell you, Erik and I have had several conversations with Isaac and this guy is just full of information and obviously has a love of learning. He's learned from experts worldwide, such as trainers and doctors in New Zealand, France, Croatia, and he just really gained a deep knowledge from these real-life experiences just to help many people escape their pain, and you know, find their ultimate health. He has been on TV, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, you know, you name it. So Isaac is on a mission to help parents and business owners live with true health and set an example for the future generations. And I'm just so excited to bring him to you today. So here we go.
Amy Ledin 03:20
All right. So today, I'm really excited. I know I say this a lot on the podcast but I am very excited today because I met this gentleman at an NCI conference and between Erik and I, we were blown away. And it takes a lot to impress Erik, like there's not a lot that really gets to him and they were geeking out over everything. And so I immediately knew that I needed to be besties with this person. And then we, from that we've taken some deep dives. And so I'm bringing something special that I've never brought to the podcast. And that is we're gonna do a series together because there's so much information that this gentleman has. And I just was like, I know that my audience would soak it up, and then we'll go from there. So today I have Isaac on the podcast, Isaac, welcome.
Isaac Ho 04:10
Thanks for having me, Amy. So nice to be here with you.
Amy Ledin 04:13
And, you know, we're gonna have video of this, too. So those of you will also be able to go on to YouTube and watch the video along with of course, coming on to any podcast platform and listening. But today, we're gonna dive into an area that you know, like I've said from the get-go, I am trying to create my best self. And I started this as an imperfect person. I think we all are and that I am going to be the guinea pig a lot of times on my own podcast in what helps me create my best self. Those of you that have, you know, been along for the journey. I've had a lot of trauma in my life I've had, I've never really labeled myself someone with PTSD, but now I'm learning that I definitely have had some PTSD. And I've not always been the best at managing it. It has affected my health, there's a lot of connections to cancer to autoimmune issues and it's not an area of my expertise and so why not bring someone in that can also help kind of take away some of the beliefs around what we're going to talk about, because we're gonna be talking about the energy of emotions. And, you know, coming from my religious background, there's a lot of stigma around energy around even like Chinese medicine and things like that, because we've been raised in this like Western medicine world. So I want you to go into this podcast one, with an open mind and knowing that some of the things will, everything that Isaac is going to be teaching you, there's real-world practice of it working, it helping and it really changing your life. So I'm excited to dive into this with you, Isaac. Where do we start? Talk to me about the energy of emotions, because I know this is going to be a three-parter here where this first one, we're going to dive into this and then we'll be going into the physiology of emotions. And I think I know a little more around that area, because I've seen certain things that I've put into practice. But energy-wise is, you know, when we met one to one, this is a whole new game for me.
Isaac Ho 06:15
Right. Yeah. So my background is really being a personal trainer. So to me, everything was very physical. And like I was listening to your podcast, and you sharing your story about I was telling my wife yesterday, I was like the thought of you running stairs in between cooking food, just so you could get enough calories. I said picture that I was telling my wife, picture that like imagine being that like manic, I was like I was blown away, I was almost speechless. I was like the dis-ease someone would need to have to be driven to that. I would say you watch them do something physical, but there's actually a mental-emotional driver. And so it took me a long time to really understand, like, I started personal training clients, at 17 years old. That was really my experience. And so to me, everything was physical. It was kickboxing, it was hitting, it was lifting weights, I did not believe in anything woowoo. And so like, this comes from my own personal experience. And then I think what this will do, I'll share this story with you is it will help you kind of understand, I think, where people run into issues when they are only focused on the physical. So I was at this event, and at this point, everything to me was physical. So I was like you lift weights, you eat a certain amount of protein, you do all these things that you know, as a trainer to do. You do your mobility, you get in the sun, you think about some holistic things like, okay, was that food full of pesticides or not full of pesticides. And that was pretty much where it ended for me. And I thought I, you know, I had a lot of success with that. And I went to this event, it was it was a Paul Chek, I don't know if you've ever heard of Paul Chek, but if you were training people back in the 90s, Paul Chek was like this really big, holistic kind of, he goes off the rails. And so he kind of did a similar thing that I think I experienced, and I think many people will experience when they've been in the industry for 10, 20, 30 years, is they start with the physical and then they start working with people and they feel physically they should be healed. So like, why are they not, and then they start looking for other solutions and accepting the possibility that maybe everything can't be physical. So I was at Paul Chek seminar, I ran into this guy, and he told me that he was a health and fitness journalist in New York City. And what had happened was, it was a great job, he loved to surf. And one day he's in the water in Costa Rica, and he's so, all of a sudden gets so weak, he drowns, and the guys surfing with them have to drag him back to shore. And then he was never ride again. He got Lyme disease, he was diagnosed with parasites, they brought him back to, like the New York Institute of Medicine, started doing research on him to try to figure out why he was so sick and was pretty much on his deathbed. And so he's telling me this story when I met him, and he's really skinny, like he's, like I'm looking at the guy and he's lean. But he definitely has kind of like this frail quality to him. And have you ever met someone who has a frail quality to them, like, I'm a bigger person, I'm like, over 200 pounds, he's like, you know, very small. And he tells me the story about how he almost died, and how essentially, the thing that helped him get better was this tool called the Lecher Antenna. And I have one over here. So if you're watching the video, see this is a Lecher Antenna. So basically, if you look up the Lecher Antenna, it has these frequencies that it measures and I believe it's Ernst Lecher who invented this and he won actually a Nobel Peace Prize for this for the invention of that and it basically measures different energy signals. Now, so the interesting thing about this in New York was the doctor who helped him get better was measuring people's blood, their bio resonance against all the different forms of treatment they could have and he was customizing them and that's how people were getting better. And he had learned it from a French doctor who was a Boeing engineer who was in China doing engineering for Boeing. Had a, I believe, was a knee problem could like barely walk went to see an acupuncturist and after like seeing all the experts in the United States, one acupuncture session, all of a sudden he was fixed and he couldn't believe it. And he couldn't understand it. You couldn't make (inaudible) as an engineer, you know, making airplanes fly. And so he went and he got another doctorate in Ayurvedic medicine, basically. And so then he took his knowledge of engineering and combined it with his knowledge of Ayurvedic medicine and created what was called the ACMOS system. Dr. (inaudible) and I got to meet him when I was studying in France, but he's passed away now. And this is kind of the story that this guy told me. And so I'm like, that's a cool story. Obviously, you're alive. I'm like, But what? I don't know if that's real, like, I have no experience. So I was like, can you do anything for me? So he's like, yeah, well, let me see, pull the antenna out, moves up and down, he waves it around a little bit. And he goes, okay, it says, I can do this point for you. And like at that point, I didn't realize it was an acupuncture point. I learned all these things later. But a lot of things that we get exposed to because our brains always taking information. It's like, well, we don't know what it means. But if we had enough, quote, intelligence or depth, we would understand that it actually means something. So at this point, I knew no idea what he was doing. He's whipping this thing around. He holds it on me. And I'm just standing there and I feel something weird, like happened to my hand, almost like something pushes out. Then he's done. He's like, okay, it's done. And I was like, all right whatever. I was like, cool. Well, I guess I'll let you know if I feel anything. Then (inaudible). I don't even remember falling asleep. And I woke up and I had not been that rested. Ever. And I'm like, at that point, I'm like a 20 probably a 25, 26-year-old trainer. I've been training people for about eight, nine years. And I was like, wow, okay, something happened, I still had no idea what that meant. So fast forward. It's like I started learning about acupuncture, I talked to, you know, different functional medicine doctors that also have degrees in acupuncture. And then I fly to France. And I learned this system from Dr. Naccachian and basically, what he did was he had measured that there was an imbalance in the energy field, he made sure that it was like, appropriate to treat, and he set the antenna to a certain frequency and he basically adjusted the frequency and it regulated the signal in my body. That's basically what happened. Okay, but I didn't know any of that and wouldn't know any of that until like five or six years later. And so there's so many things, like I just spent a weekend with chiropractors and there's only like 50 or 60 in the world that know this modality and they only ever teach it once. And so I'm talking to these chiropractors that are like 70 or 80 years old, that are at the top of their game, and they know so many different layers of things. But the reality is you could combine everyone's knowledge in that room and every other practitioner in the room and we still don't know everything about the human body. It's so incredible.
Amy Ledin 12:40
We're still learning.
Isaac Ho 12:41
We're still learning. Yeah, because it's so, it's so incredible, like in terms of, it'll happen and then we have to research and figure out why it happens. Like, that's just what happens, right?
Amy Ledin 12:50
And you find that people are just too skeptical still, like, they're just unaware. Because I mean, if you grew up in my era, like, we were told our brain is fixed the way it is, like we didn't even believe in neuroplasticity, right? Like, I didn't learn about that until my 30s. And I have cancer. And it was, you know, I found Joe Dispenza. And I was like, Oh my gosh, like, this is a whole new world that I didn't even know about. I always just thought like, your brain is your brain. And that's it, right?
Isaac Ho 13:18
Oh my gosh, like, I do not blame people for being skeptical. I'm one of the most skeptical people on the planet. So like, unless I have an experience, I'm not. I'm not for it. Right? And it's not because here's, here's the the reality with it. So let's just talk about acupuncture for a second. Okay, so what is happening in acupuncture? Well, if you, let's say you have to fast forward training, it's that you have what's called meridians. And those meridians may be fascial. But what you really have in the body is you have really quick electrical signals. So when they research how the brain is able to register your foot hitting the ground when you run, technically can't happen. It's way too fast even for your body to adjust even the ground contact time of sprinting. It's like, it's the same way we're like how can the bumblebee fly its wings are too small for the body, there is something else going on there. And so that electrical signal is so fast and it's functioning so intelligently. That whether we have the technology to measure all of those impulses, like we actually just just don't. And so with acupuncture, you have all these connected circuits, you can think about them like connected circuits. So like you hear about spleen, you hear about heart, you hear about triple heater, all these things. So you have all these connected circuits that are systems in the body that interface with each other. And then what the acupuncturist is doing if they stick a needle on it is they're saying that circuit's irregular and I need to either add or remove energy. So acupuncture, acupressure and different kinds of interventions, they're just changing the signal to the circuit, when they stick a needle in what they're thinking is happening, and so my acupuncturist friends tell me, is it's like you have a lightning conductor that you stuck into the ground and when the energy circuit hits it you get a magnified change quickly. When you just apply pressure or you use your hands, you're still getting a signal, but how much magnification is it? Dr. Naccachian has actually invented an electrical stimulator so that he could measure the signal with the device, I have it here in my office, and then you can light up and change like 100 circuits at one time instantly. Right? It has its own tech to interface with the electrical circuits. There are brilliant, there are tons of brilliant people like that. When someone comes to me, I usually will ask them a couple of questions. One, do they understand the process that we're going through, because it would be like taking supplements for one day sometimes. People take one supplement one day, it's like, you're not going to notice a difference. Like if you look at, if we did research on this device tool, whatever, there would be a certain dosage you need for a certain period of time to get an effective change. And you would even have to be measuring the right thing to know that it changed, right? And so if you're dealing with an electrical system, like acupuncture, or any other thing, you would need to have some kind of output system so you can measure change. So a lot of times are how we feel I think is very relevant. But we also have to ask, how are we accepting the change? Like how are we measuring that? And so a lot of times in quote, muscle testing, which I you know, muscle testing is an easy thing to get behind as a trainer, I think because you're like the muscle's stronger, the muscle's weak. When you get into neurological muscle testing, you realize there are certain rules that muscles should follow. So for example, if the spindle fibers compress and shorten, like in a massage, they should relax. So if you get a muscle that you test strong, but then you compress it and it doesn't test weak, then you actually have a abnormal neurological reaction in that muscle. So there are layers to how you would actually take input. So sometimes I'll get someone that's seen a muscle test and like, yeah, everything's strong on me. I'm like, cool, I don't care if it's strong, I actually, or weak, like that's a first layer, but we should have normal tenacity and normal neurological functions. And if I stimulate these muscles to different glands or systems, do you still get a proper response? Or do you get improper response? So there are like kind of layers to the game is what I would call it.
Amy Ledin 17:01
So when someone comes to you, like a person like that you think they should be, what's the first step in diving into something like this? Do they usually, do ask them like, do they have a history of anything or maybe they're not even aware of it? Because like you said, you start you're a personal trainer that just happened to come across this. So when this, you started to see this happen where does that person begin?
Isaac Ho 17:27
Yeah, that's a great question. So what I've learned that's kind of interesting is because the brain is running all your systems, like if you're alive, right now your brain is doing something. And if you were in a coma, your brainstem would still be functioning because you'd be breathing, right? But it can't do the other things, right? It can't open your eyes, they can't talk, and they probably can't digest at this point. So we've lost function, that makes sense? So when the brain is losing function, the client or you know, if I was a chiropractor, I call patient, but I'm not a clinician that way. The client will come to me, and they will actually say what the problem is. They'll tell me what they're worried about, they'll tell you the priority, because the brain is so stressed about it, it's not like they don't know they have that problem.
Amy Ledin 18:02
I'd be like, Oh, my digestion is terrible right now.
Isaac Ho 18:05
Yeah, exactly. My (inaudible). Nine times out of 10. It's some kind of emotional relationship issue that triggers an old relationship issue. And so they're actually they, if they feel comfortable, they actually tell you, they're having an emotional problem. That makes sense? Physical symptoms, but they'll come in oh, my God, work is so stressful. Nine times out of 10 when I work with a businessman, work is so stressful, I should let this person go. But I feel really bad because they're my friend. Oh, wow, is that the first time you've ever had that happen in your life? No, that's not the first time. Right? So you're just reliving a cyclical pattern that you don't know how to clear. And you have all this emotional compression around it, that's tied to we can think about it like this is that each brain cortex operates really intelligently with all our organs, and glands, you can actually map them out, they actually are mapped out. And then each of those actually has a social pressure. So like future of what's going on, debating a topic, having (inaudible) taking it very personally, because you have to think about it is those are unsafe social reflexes, right? It's (inaudible) kind of tribe and someone said, you're doing something wrong, you would have to actually talk about it now, in a more Paleolithic way, they don't talk that much, they would just fight about it. (Inaudible) it comes on (inaudible) Does that make sense? So you have all these reflexes that are triggered and programmed, and all those things will affect the body, and then all those have to affect other parts of the body. Right? And so like, we know that you can cut a limb off and what do you end up with? Phantom limb pain. Well, you don't have a limb anymore. So how can you hurt in the hand that you don't have? So that lives in the brain. All right. It lives in the brain. It lives in the reflex. And so a lot of what people are trying to deal with is dysregulated reflexes.
Amy Ledin 19:56
Well, that's so interesting you say that because I remember, so when Erik tore his distal bicep tendon, the chiropractor actually told him to get in front of a mirror and train the, because if you see the reflection, it will actually keep stimulating this other arm that's not even being trained. And that was like my first awareness of like holy cow, kind of like what you're seeing with the phantom limb, like there is so much more to it than just the actual movement of that. So besides like digestion, what are some of the areas that this would come up for someone? Like if someone's listening right now and they're like, okay, well, I got stress in my life, like, do I need to be doing acupuncture? Do I need to be doing some sort of, you know, energy healing? Like, how does that show up in the everyday life that you see?
Isaac Ho 20:42
So usually, it actually looks like this, someone comes in they complain of something really nagging in one specific area. Okay, so it's like a really bad shoulder or really bad knee, a hip that never recovered from surgery, an operation in their neck that just never healed right. They complain about something wrong in the system. They don't usually come and say like, hey, I've been really looking for a kick ass emotional therapist and so (inaudible) they're like, I have a physical problem. Like it's in the physical body, right? It's in the body-body. And I, by the way, I don't only recommend treating one part of the body, but you have to find priority, because you have what's called pain dumping, right? So if you have, in like attracts like, so in the way that like, you know, we talked about fungal and parasites, or some people talk about fungal parasites, but like, what does fungus do, it actually aids in decay? That's it, right? And so when you're a human being and your energy drops, you are closer to decaying, aren't you? And so your heat signature goes up. And so fungus doesn't have eyes it hunts by the heat signature. So you become a target for decay and you start to get ill and you become closer to the spectrum of decay. But we can take all the symptoms that decay and you could trace them up. And so do you need to deal with the fungal infection? Yeah at that point you do. But where did the issue really happen? And what is it impacting? And then how much of your life would you have had a trauma around that you needed to decay yourself to the point of all those symptoms before you stopped to get help? That's the emotional part. Does that make sense?
Isaac Ho 22:14
Totally. I mean, it scares me hearing this because we've talked about this, like, I didn't go to the root of a lot of my issues. And even then, like you've taught me, if someone's listening, and they've got, you know, some trauma, you have to first start with kind of the more recent. I was always going back to my childhood, or like, way, way, way before my cancer, but not even addressing this first place. So I'm excited to see that change now that I'm actually starting here. And then yes, I get maybe a little healthier, be able to go down those layers, right?
Isaac Ho 22:48
Yes, exactly. So what Amy's referring to like, is that you have to figure out based off where someone's at how much load they can tolerate. It's just like strength training, right? And so if someone's coming in, they're like, oh, my gosh, you know, I was beat and these are, like real example of clients I've worked with, I have a history of being raped, I was beat by a crowbar, and I take care of all my family members, and they all rely on me and I have work stress, and I'm trying to lose weight, and I hate my body. Okay, which one of those can you deload? Does that make sense? And if you go back to the crowbar, maybe not appropriate, maybe is appropriate, right? And so we have to think about one, how much capacity the person has for the current situation and then how many stressors are reflaring them. So it's just like a workout program if I went into the gym, and I had knee pain, but I just wanted a front squat so bad. So I'm still front squatting, and it tears my knee up, but then I go, you know what I won't do lunges, I'll just do hamstring curls instead, right? You hear this all the time, right? But I just gotta keep this one exercise in, right? So it's like, okay, like, we have to look at what they do outside of the session, because that's gonna determine like how well they're going to heal overall. And the more we do, the better, the less we alter, probably, the more they'll stay in that state. Because you have to remember, like, people are problematic because they live the way they live. That's it. Right? So if they didn't live that way, they wouldn't have that problem. So everything that they have is the result of that problem right now. So the more that we change related to that problem, the faster they'll probably heal, because we're removing them from the environment that's creating the problem, that most of my clients can't just dip on their environment, right? That's not the reality. So what we have to do is we have to go which of these are priority stressors? What can we do to make those healthier relationships and what do you need to heal inside of you, so you're not so overstimulated every time it hits you. Because if that's the case, our healing window is this probably nonexistent.
Amy Ledin 24:41
Right. Because you might be, your environment you're not going anywhere from your family or it's a job that you're not necessarily leaving so it's more about how can you meet that person there to then work on addressing that, right? And it's crazy that this is all stemming from a physical, people don't realize the physical component I mean, I read the book, Your Body Keeps Score, and it blew me away. Years ago when I listened, I listened to it on Audible. I'm like, Oh my gosh, I just had no idea that these were linked. I mean, even when we met, now, I'm diving all into digestion, because I'm realizing, all these years, I've just been grunting thinking, I'm not diving into any of my emotions, I was still looking for any physical, like a gut reset, or you know what I mean? Something like that. Not realizing, okay, well, this problem might just continue to come back or happen again, if I don't dive into that. So, when you talk about the energy of emotions, and where, okay, so now we know a little bit about acupuncture, we have these points on our body. Where does someone, let's say that they are listening to you going, okay, that's me, I've got a really stressful body. And I have like this nagging trap that constantly just no matter what I do, it doesn't matter what workouts I'm doing. I'm constantly doing this, like, where do I go, Isaac? Where do I start to dive into this? Besides following you and trying to read all your stuff.
Isaac Ho 26:07
(Inaudible) a lot of stuff I just don't have a lot of time to write anything is the problem. So let me kind of break it down this way. So and I have had that experience in my life too, where it's like I had all these physical people look at something and I had a reoccurring issue. It's like, I'll share the story really quickly. But bottom line is I went to a wedding with my wife, we're hanging out and didn't feel really comfortable at the wedding. I never really, I've never ever felt cool. Dancing has always been weird for me. I didn't grow up learning to dance or express myself. So it felt like I was a very on edge, I don't know if you've ever felt like that. And so, the next day, man, I had this terrible neck pain, like in my upper trap ribs, whatever. And it went on, like I couldn't even wash dishes it hurt. And I foam rolled it, I massaged it, I went in and saw, I got pretty good level treatment for it, still retained. I was at this at this seminar. And this guy goes, oh, you know, you're doing all this stuff for it. But the reason you have that pain, he's like, you got a knife in the back, I can see it. I go, well, what do you mean, and he's like, knife in the back. He's like, somebody decided that they wanted to stab you in the back energetically didn't like you, for whatever reason, and they put that knife in there, I can see it. I was like, what, and then he just passed my muscle, and goes knife in the back, and then my arm goes weak. And then he pulls the knife out before he gets on his airplane. He's like going on a shuttle, is this doctor, like, you know, and it's like, I ended up studying with him later. But wildly, dude, as soon as he pulled it out, the pain went away and never came back.
Amy Ledin 27:27
That is crazy.
Isaac Ho 27:28
So like (inaudible) I learned, I'm just like, you know what, if I didn't experience it, now, I also think like, if you're scientifically-minded, you think about placebo. You think about if you know anything about holograms and agreement, you know about witnessing, you know, all these things that I think are advanced, more advanced healing concepts. I don't know how familiar a lot of people are about them. I keep that in mind, too. But that pain never returned. And so essentially how you get these kinds of problems and why I'm bringing it up is there are different kinds of problems you can have emotionally, that's why I want to clarify. So you have the emotional field, which we can think about if you look at field research, there's more than one level of field that comes out of the body, okay? And so to share with you briefly is there is a protective field that you have around your body and 10% of your body's resources should protect you from microwaves and other things like that. The reason why some people are so responsive to that like a microwave, I can feel a microwave, oh my god, 5g, etc, it's like that field is not available for them, they don't have enough energy to divert to create a protective field. And so in my app, the first thing you do is you're just trying to make sure someone has a protective field because the moment they step outside without a protective field, they're toast. So anytime someone's complaining they're coming in, they don't have any field to protect them, they don't have that 10% available. So I always tell my clients, you should have a 10% field. And if you don't have it, you're probably gonna be hypersensitive to every single little thing. Now, once we blast through that field, once you lose that field, now it's going to hit the it's going to hit more of your energy body, like the internal side of it, and then it's going to start becoming a physical problem, right? And so there are different levels to this field. So if we think about what we would need to do to make sure we kind of have a healthy field, first thing we would go is do I have a 10% protective field. The second thing we can then ask ourselves, once we have that 10% protective field is how is the state of the body overall functioning? So I know you and I were talking about chakras. And so chakras are conductors of energy. So if you think about you're on this planet, like literally planet so I'm not saying like this in the like, stars kind of way I'm talking about like you're literally a planet Earth and the gravity is keeping you here or if you're in space, you'd be floating away. There's a force called gravity going from the center of the planet and that's pulling you so there's one field there and then you have all the energy that comes up from the sky, the sun, everything. What we would call like radiation, I guess, okay? Some kind of ozone that's actually coming down from the top. So what's going to allow all those energies to move well, like, you know, gravity exists, otherwise you wouldn't be on the planet, you'd be floating in space. And you know that there's radiation, because otherwise you wouldn't bother to put sunscreen on. So those two have to pass through you. And so your chakras are basically transformers of that energy so they can move well, does that make sense? (Inaudible) it's kind of like mystical energy stuff. It was like data someone was able to take in. And then people that are more engineer-minded, they're, they're able, I think, to connect those concepts better. So I just want people to understand, you should have a 10% field that protects you. That's the first thing you should start with. If you don't have that. It's like every day you're going to cry about something. Okay. The second thing is that you should have these chakras or these transformers I would say, they should be in good functioning order. Right? And they should ideally, we have a transformer or like a pipe, we wouldn't want that pipe to be like straight line for efficiency. So if you've got like one chakra, where it's like, oh, you know, root chakra is safety. If you're worried about your safety in the past, and that's behind you. Well, now your pipe is like twisted. If you've got a root chakra and you're like, hey, I've got a root chakra. And that's like, I'm worried about like, is this going to go well in the future for my business? Well, now that chakra is all the way in front of you. And now we got a twist in the pipe. If we've got, like, I was raped when I was young, and that's a second chakra issue, which is probably enjoyment of life, and you're not healed from that enjoyment. And now you feel like it's stolen from you forever. Guess what, you got a twist in the pipe. So people get these twists in the pipe at every level based off every emotion, and then the transformers are just totally off. So now the body can't be good. Does that make sense? The actual body that these chakras pass through, are all warped. So we have a secondary issue now. So first, we don't have any field at that point, probably. So we're absorbing everything. And second, we can't even compensate for staying on this planet well, there's just too much dysregulation. So that would be the second thing that I would address is, is those transformers working correctly? After I have that, there's there's different fields, and we're probably not going to go into them. But like that is a good place to start for a lot of people is, do your transformers work correctly? And do you have any kind of field to protect you from basic stuff that you shouldn't really have (inaudible)?
Amy Ledin 32:15
Right. So when you're going through so because I obviously know my poles are definitely crooked, because we've talked about this, and then even just listening to you here, I'm like, oh, my gosh, that example you gave I totally, like uncertainty, like people that live with uncertainty, or let's just even talk about through COVID. Right? Like, how many people were living in a state of uncertainty, fear? What are some of these things that people should be doing? Whether it be on a daily basis that help straighten that out? Is it the energy healing? Is it you know, going through that, like?
Isaac Ho 32:50
Yeah, oh, I love that question. So I actually believe and this is not, I think how most health practitioners believe, but I believe there are levels to the game. And so when I say levels to the game, it's just like in a business, you can make six figures. And that's cool. And some people stay there forever. And like, I talked to a friend of mine, he's like, yeah, my mom and dad owned a car dealership, and they don't make enough money to bring in a lot of staff, but they do well for themselves. Right? Then there's the family dealership that owns three giant automobile dealerships. They have 60 employees, and you walk in and immediately someone made you coffee. That's a different level. Does that make sense? You walk in as a customer and they're doing you know, it's completely different. So it's like, what is the level of the game you're trying to play in your body is usually what I asked my client, like, what is the goal here? Because like, my wife is not a health practitioner. She cares nothing about this. I'm a health coach. And I love this stuff. I can sit and learn about the body all day. So my level of what I want is different. Does that make sense? And so I'm going to a different amount of time and energy because it's more aligned with my purpose. So I always ask the client that because there's different levels. So most people, they just want to get out of pain. That's a lot of people I work with, they just don't want to be in pain anymore. Right? So an example of this would be like, I had a client that reached out and they're like, yeah, you're the only ACMOS person in like the United States, so they reached out to me. And basically, they were having issues with digestion, where their skin would break out if they eat raw vegetables. So they eat raw vegetables but now, like I shouldn't be having a problem in raw vegetables, but I literally would get acne. All right. So I just told him like, okay, we do a session. So I did a session and like now he knows what to do and it's fixed. Okay, now is did we, how much did we fit? What did we even do there? It's the question (inaudible) on. So what we've done is we've adjusted the signal so he's not as toxic. And because if you're toxic, you're gonna have to push things out through your skin system. It's feces, oxygen, urine and skin. Those are detox systems. They don't have any other way. Right? Okay. When women have hormones like they have menopause or they have their period, time of the month, what do they end up with? Lots of migraines. Why? Why do you end up with migraines, well you create all this hormone during the time of the month. Where do you detox that?
Amy Ledin 35:08
Well, obviously, it's coming out, like you said.
Isaac Ho 35:10
It has to circulate, right? And so (inaudible) into chemicals that then flood your brain. And those are probably toxic because your body wants to get rid of them. Right? And so when you're under more toxic load, you end up with migraines.
Amy Ledin 35:25
Well, so this is interesting. I took a little note here. So and I'll actually share this in the notes of the podcast episode. So a couple years ago, I found this, I want to say he's like a Tony Robbins. His name's Kerwin Rae. And he is in Australia, really well known there. And he was a public speaker, like, always, you know, busy doing all and he started having this eye issue. He thought it was a physical, he was like, I'd seen every specialist and it was almost like it was red and swollen, and it would flare up. And he met like a guy that came to one of his things and said, I want to I want to work with you, therapy-wise, like, let's go do a session together. And they and this was in Lifetime. So this is why I want to share the video because you're gonna be blown away. This is what my first introduction to holy crap, you can heal yourself through your emotions, because he starts talking to him. And this guy dives in. And basically he has this fear of, you know, a failed marriage. He had his parents and like, it was like a true fear not even related to his career of what he's doing on a daily basis. That's why it was blowing him away. And he had to actually go through a process of forgiving himself, forgiving his mother, and you watch in Lifetime, his eyes start to get less swollen, the redness, like it was crazy. Like, I'm like, okay, I had to see it. I think and I think a lot of people like listening, they might be skeptical. But I would say having an open mind also being more highly suggestible is only going to do you a favor here, it doesn't hurt to believe, right? And so for me watching him, I mean, I immediately, reached out to him, and I'm like, This is crazy. I've never seen anything like this and he was very skeptical himself initially, until he was like, wow. And then it took his career, in a completely, you know, now he is really big on forgiveness for yourself that a lot of people are holding on to so much just within themselves, not even what someone else has done to them. And by letting that go, whether I mean, I don't know enough about the Steven speak on it, whether it's like into the energy field, I don't know. But watching him physically change was so powerful for me, you know, like, I'm like, how is this happening? So, is that kind of what you're talking about here, when we're going through these fields?
Isaac Ho 37:48
Totally all connected. Yeah. And so like, I had a really good friend of mine, do forgiveness prayers. So if anyone's wondering about, like, how this works, so when I said there's different levels, so to me, the highest level of doing anything is actually to be a teacher. And that's why mystics and gurus teach. That's it, right? Because they know it so well. They teach it to other people. If you're just like, I'm trying to get out of pain, like someone can actually do the forgiveness prayer for you.
Amy Ledin 38:17
Oh my gosh, I love that you're saying that because (inaudible).
Isaac Ho 38:20
Yeah, so it's like, they're gonna do the therapy for you. Yeah, they do it for you, right. And I've seen crazy results. As a fitness trainer, I've literally seen people get forgiveness prayers done, walk into my gym the next day, and they're like, their pants don't fit anymore. They lost like 20 pounds of inflammation. You know, it's crazy now, does it come back? Yes, it comes back. But why does it come back? You have to think about this. So if you don't consciously connect to the idea that is administered and you don't understand it, then you will have to recreate the problem. Okay, so they can remove it from the field, it won't be as stimulating to you it won't be as disastrous, but it will you bought yourself some time, basically. So you could pay someone to basically just reset you all the time. I've had clients that do that. I know I'm super sensitive to spicy food. I can't handle it. I also know it only enzymes, guess what threw my back out when I had spicy food. Are you available Tuesdays so you can treat that again? Okay, cool. Like how (inaudible) do you want to do it's kind of up to you. Right? And that doctor in particular, he was good just paid me every time his back went out when he had spicy food. Right?
Isaac Ho 39:26
So crazy.
Isaac Ho 39:28
It just depends, right? But the forgiveness prayers I think are huge. I'm not a person who likes to do treatments for people I will say that so what I mean by that is I'd much prefer them to learn how to do it themselves and to handle it themselves because my goal is that they know how to keep themselves optimal. Same with exercising, my goal is to like teach people how to have the proper form, learn the programming and then if they want me to program for them or a team to program for them. totally happy to do that. But like, like there's the social community part of it, going into the gym is all social community. You know that because you're an aerobics instructor, right? If people and weight watchers, like how important is social community? So important (inaudible) that people need to hire therapists and trainers for the social part, I believe they should find those and develop those with wherever. So I like I go to workout at a commercial gym even though I own my own gyms, and I have a gym in my garage. Why? Because I just like being part of that energy that's been created there. But I don't necessarily need like a trainer for that because like the flex side I get. So I think that's really important for someone to consider, like, do you want someone to just do it for you? Now you'll get to a point where you may need more active engagement if you don't want it to reoccur. And so that's something that I do measure with people because it's going to determine, you know what I recommend based off that, but you can get forgiveness prayers you can get it's so, it's crazy. So like, you know, like there's two bodies of work, I think that are primary when it comes to energy field. And so like for anyone that doesn't know anything about energy, it's like, first step, like I was never really open to energy I use an antenna to measure that. I understand like electricity exists, because obviously, I've shocked myself reaching into a socket before. I've had weird stuff have in my kitchen when the wiring wasn't great. So like we know these things exist, you just have to ask yourself, like how open you are do it at first and then once you're decide that you're open, then you can start to explore a little bit more. So when we talk about emotions, what is forgiveness is like forgiveness is release, simple. Yeah, I'm holding on to something. Okay, cool. So do you think if I put a 20-pound sandbag on your left shoulder and a 60 pound kettlebell on your right hand, and said, walk around like this for life, that you would have some problems? Well, yeah, absolutely. So if you're holding on to anything, and you haven't released it, of course, you're going to have issues. And so it's going to create blockages, it's going to create tension, so you have to release those. So you can learn to release those, you can be more conscious. So you know, I use a technique for that to help my clients and you and I've done some work where you start self-identifying things you're still holding on to, and then shifting energy around them. And like we have energy around the history of that. And then we have energy about where it lives in the body. And we just want to get that out. We don't want to entertain it and hold on to it and (inaudible) continue to weigh us down.
Amy Ledin 42:18
Would that be something as simple as a person like sitting down with a piece of paper and maybe looking for the areas that they've had some unforgiveness?
Isaac Ho 42:26
Totally? Yeah, it can be. It's funny. So like, all you have to do is look at what makes you angry. That's it. What are you angry about? And so like in business, they say, what your mission is to fix the thing, right? Fix the thing, you struggled with. A lot of times business owners, they can be so unhealthy because they're actually trying to address a wound they have and they're so passionate about it, and it's becoming their demise.
Amy Ledin 42:52
Gotcha.
Isaac Ho 42:53
Yeah. And so, you know, I like to say that it's like, you can make that your mission without having an emotional intensity around it. Right? There's actually a fine balance. And so, they say that love is the opposite of hate. Right? They're on the same spectrum, though, because you can't know love without hate, just like you can't know pain without pleasure. And so the same thing applies in emotion is that the emotion needs to be regulated for the body to be healthy. Too far one way is not healthy. If it's too far the other way, it is not healthy. So like in terms of that answer is like, yeah, you could sit down, you can just ask yourself, like, what really upsets me in the world, and it will probably very likely be linked to an old, old wound in your energy field, an old emotion, something you just haven't let go. Sometimes they are so, so silly. They'll just be most memories that people have as a child are actually emotional burdens. Because the brain
Amy Ledin 43:44
(Inaudible) that because sometimes you've just told yourself a story. Like it might not even be accurate, right? But it's just something that you've carried for all these years. And then, you know, maybe just going through that practice of writing it down, keep talking. And then would you ever suggest someone rewriting their story of like, how they've, does that help the brain kind of accept it?
Isaac Ho 44:07
They can. So there's like the if you don't have techniques version, and there's the if you have techniques version, right? And this is kind of, you know, where it is. And so I will say personally, the ones that you have to do that are very intense, like that guy who was walking someone through a really specific forgiveness process, and you saw it change in real time. Are some of the things I will do. They're way more advanced than what someone could access themselves. Okay. So, of course, if we're just understanding that because sometimes there'll be, people will be like, yeah, I rewrote my story. It did nothing. I'm like, but even look at how you talk about it not working in your upsetness you're actually still angry at someone. So I don't know if you identified the correct one that needed to be dealt with. Does that make sense? And so there's a lot of people can kind of fall down anytime you are trying to, it's like being your own coach. Probably not a great thing. You know, my wife and I were listening to Layne Norton, one of the best figure competitors ever. He was like, I hire a coach, because trust me, I'm really bad at being my own filter for bias. Make sure that we're not, you know, biasing ourselves. But they can, you can rewrite your own story, you can set fire to the, I mean, there's so many things that can help. The key is how are you releasing it? I think the issue that most people have is they release it in the energy, and they don't change it in their life.
Amy Ledin 45:28
Okay, so give me an example of that, how someone would release that. But then what does it show up by anger still coming up? So they really didn't really sit?
Isaac Ho 45:39
Yeah. So the way that it works is that once it's in your energy field, it lives in your cells. But of course, your cells process things in an order, right? And so we know that if we have an emotion that affects all our organs, which is why digestion becomes a big thing. I know, that's a big thing that you're researching. So if somebody comes and let's just pick a random emotion. Let's pick fear. Okay, so let's say they are afraid, where's that going to exist? Well, in their hormones, specifically, the kidneys, the adrenal medulla, the adrenal cortex, right? Those are going to be really relevant. And so what will they probably have a really stiff back. Right? A really stiff back, because that's where the kidneys are located, probably have a weak (inaudible) may even test weak in the clear, right? So they can't hold their leg up straight. There's no strength there. Right? Okay. So let's say we have these correlations of all these different things that are happening with this person. And so they're like, yeah, I'm tired all the time. My eyes water, when I see light, and I got all these adrenal problems, and I have all this fear. So they do this fear process, and they write everything down. And they're like, I'm releasing all this stuff. Cool. Awesome. So the first step is they know they have fear, and they release it. What did we replace the fear with? That's the issue. So anything, it's the law of the universe, anything that once removed, creates a hole, a vortex. Right? And so it pulls new things. And so what do they end up pulling? A secondary dysfunction in. And so people go, I don't want to create anymore. So what am I going to do? I'm going to challenge everything and in my fear I'll vortex that into a permutation of that emotion, because I really haven't learned how to deal with it.
Amy Ledin 47:16
Okay, so is this where we replaced mind with ease, like making sure that I have a replacement that, okay.
Isaac Ho 47:22
Exactly. So we have to know what we're replacing things with. Because otherwise, we're just creating, like, you cut out a cancer and a new one grows in.
Amy Ledin 47:30
And someone once said that, to me, they're like, I feel like you're a like, she was like an energy, you know, healer, and she's like, you're attracting more of the chaos, like because you haven't replaced, like, you keep saying you don't want it, but like, you're not replacing it with something specific. And so then you're getting more, you know, people that are like, why does everything bad happen to me?
Isaac Ho 47:54
When I hear that my immediate thought is the failure was on her to not give you a replacement. Okay, because energetically and she didn't have to give it to you, but as your guide, as a person giving you information. You and I had this talk about cancer, right? It's like, wait, were they giving you glutathione while you were on chemotherapy? We don't burn inflammation down when you try to kill something. Right? And so like, The guide should be guiding you into thinking about these things. And so if she's like, I'm going to do energy work and remove something, then she should also be informed you need to replace it. Otherwise, you're setting that person up potentially to spin really hard.
Amy Ledin 48:35
Okay, so when someone you know, this is obviously I'm gonna assume I shouldn't say this, but it's a long game, right? Like, yes, you're you could have like changes, but it's something that needs to be practiced regularly. Like, is that what you would suggest to someone if they're gonna, you know, they're coming down this path? And they're like, okay, I think this is me, like, I've got some issues, and I definitely, maybe I'm dealing with some unforgiveness or, you know, trauma. It's not a one-and-done, like you said, like, well, you can practice with these people and have sessions with them. They need to do things on their own.
Isaac Ho 49:13
Yes, they, for the highest level of healing, they want to optimize their environment. That's always the rule. So it doesn't matter if like we're doing nutrition stuff, they want to optimize the nutrition, right? Obviously. We're doing exercise stuff. We want to optimize the movements. Every part we want to think about the cardio, we want to think about the stretches, we want to think about the weightlifting exercises, right? The more they optimize, the better outcomes they will get. Right? And so I think we're always trying to give someone something accessible, like write something on a piece of paper, you pick anything like the guided meditation, online, you pick a breathing, exercise, all those things, you pick journaling, you pick, rewriting your story, all those things are helpful. Now, are you going to heal from that? That's the question most people are asking me is that going to get rid of my pain? And so my answer to that is always this, it's that pain is multi-system. Okay? Very important. Pain is multi-system. It is not one thing doesn't cause pain, dumping of many signals causes pain, you can have a chemical-based pain, you can have an emotional-based pain, you can have constriction of the fascia-based pain, right? So it's multi system. So like what's going to help somebody with their pain is going to be what is the priority system that's causing most of that discomfort. So like, you know, I had someone I was treating yesterday, and like, now their nervous system has gotten so bad, they can't go to work. And so like even, it was like a driving stimulus. So I found there was one set of dysfunction related to gripping the wheel, then I found there is another set of dysfunctions related to actually using their gas pedal and brake pedal, then there was another dysfunction related to the thought of what happens if I wipe out this commercial vehicle, and all the implications of that. Does that make sense? And then they had their other stuff they had sitting on top of that stacked on top. Does that make sense? So we can make a pile this big. And they've thrown 10 things on top of the pile, and now they're having a symptom. So you know, I think a lot of times why people don't get better is really simple. They just don't do enough work. They don't take enough off the stack. And so all these things take weight off the stack, breathing exercises, take weight off the stack, doing yogi sequences that are well designed by an actual Indian guru, do not do random yoga, by the way, they'll mess yourself up because you have to realize that they are working with the yogis, not the Western, but the real yogis, what are they changing with yogic postures? Those asanas are changing energies in the body. And if you don't know how to read energies, you can't just pick random stretches. Does that make sense?
Amy Ledin 51:51
Interesting. Yeah.
Isaac Ho 51:52
Because each transformer is moving a certain way. Each asana which is posture is creating energy through the body. And so if you can't see energies, and you didn't design a safeguard energy protocol, you could really mess somebody up.
Amy Ledin 52:08
Wow, that's easy, because I think a lot of people are practicing yoga in like, the total incorrect ways.
Isaac Ho 52:16
They are like hot yoga is the most ridiculous thing in the world because the number one rule of yoga is that it heats your body and you do it before the sun rises, and after the sun sets. So to put someone in a hot environment while they internally heat themselves, what are you going to create? Massive problems, burnout, all those things. So but that's just a lack of misunderstanding. I think just like when I said when the energy practitioner didn't give you something to replace it, like, maybe they understand the mechanisms that were being affected. That makes sense? So I'm really big on mechanisms. And so when it comes to healing, it's like, what's the mechanisms we need to affect to optimize this specific set of issues? So like, in a perfect world, it's like, they reset their energy in the morning, they're very conscious about clear living with vitality, they're not stressed through the day, when I say stressed through the day doesn't mean they don't have things they're doing. But they don't interpret those as stressful, or they don't blow out their brain signals and tell their brain something is wrong as they go through the day. Does that make sense? So that means like, if I do a meditation in the morning, or something that aligns my energies, I'm in a good state, right? I just created a buffer. But if I'm going to send that to today, the more signal dysregulation that hits me. So if I'm like, my son needs something, and I have a wound about my father not taking care of me, I will immediately lose signal when that hits me. If I didn't do the meditation, and I have that wound, well then guess what happens? Now I'm in a worse spot. You see how this works? You can't digest foods if you can't digest certain foods, okay? Because you're like, a.m. high stress, whatever, but I'm taking enzymes, so you get a little bit of uptake, but the rest of it is toxic. Boom, you just lost signal again, and you have to detox that.
Amy Ledin 53:56
Wow.
Isaac Ho 53:57
Friends that you drink some alcohol and you're like, I'm in a social environment, that guy looked at me weird, have some unhealed stuff about men, boom, you just lost signal again. So you know, people don't heal because they don't understand the mechanisms.
Amy Ledin 54:10
Wow. Okay, I'm blown away. Because as you were saying that I'm like, okay, so this would explain why, if I'm not doing some of those practices, say, first thing in the morning, I just jump into my day. Perhaps that's why sometimes, and it doesn't happen often, but on these days, those things affect me more, I definitely have the wound of like, parents not taking care of me. And so certain days when my kids asked me for things, I just lose my crap. Like I'm literally triggered over them just asking a question and I'm thinking, oh, my gosh, what is going on with me to be so not realizing that it's obviously downstream to something that I've not really addressed? Would you ever recommend people then I mean, I don't know if you know, a lot about like, the child wound and the you know, like, right, you know, again, it's back to doing some of that work of writing the letter to yourself. Do those things I mean I know it's kind of multifaceted where there's layers, I mean, all the things you said, I do a lot of these practices already, breathwork, I am doing meditation, so it's, is that just one more tool to add to the toolbox to use?
Isaac Ho 55:18
The story writing? Instead of rewriting your story from the past, my recommendation would be if someone was coming to me specifically with this, and they said, what do you think can be the most helpful about shifting my story? I would say that you have to create a new present. That's (inaudible) helpful, which means that, like, once you're aware of how you interpreted that story, then you walking around every day, and affirming that this thing that happened to you back then, is now a positive blessing and you're grateful for it, that is the solution.
Amy Ledin 55:56
Okay. Yeah. So, that might be similar to like, we've talked about it on the podcast, future self journaling, you know, Nicole LePera does this, she has like, a template that she gives you. But I used to be a big time overreactor, like, I would just over you know, one to 10, I started a future self journaling, which was really about how I'm going to show up that day, like, in the future. And it was crazy, because I mean, 50 days in, and that's the thing, people think it's just gonna happen overnight. It's not like if you've got these deep-rooted patterns, right? But I started to finally I was able to pause in some of those moments where I was going to react, overreact. And I think because I had read, I had wrote a future story of how I would show up, that was kind of helping change the decision that I'd make in my brain at that point. Does that make sense?
Isaac Ho 56:43
Absolutely. Yeah. Because you're seeing consciousness to the future, right, you're bringing consciousness to the present, which then changes the future outcome, which also just changes how you experience it now, which is kind of the point of exposure therapy. Right? And so like, that is really helpful. I mean, me personally, what I like to do is teach my clients how to self-test like you and I've been doing, and then teach them different layers of the self-testing game, right, so they become their own diagnostic tool. And if you're, like, not good at testing, actually like them to learn how to use the Lecher Antenna, because it's less biased, and it's very, like a clean spin or no spin. I really like that. So I actually recommend, a lot of my clients, people I've worked with I'm just like, get a Lecher Antenna, learn how to read the chart, learn how to scan yourself, learn how to process your emotions, and then learn how to actually implement those. And I think that's where coaching is really effective. For me, what I've seen is just pulling an emotion out of someone and leaving them be, they've got so much environment that it's not like they can spin out of that force, they actually have to make a conscious decision to exit the current situation they're in, and they have to move a different direction. And so that, and they're going to trigger other layers of trauma, as they do that, because they're in that situation, because it's the safest for them currently, as soon as they exit, they will have (inaudible) right? So I tell my business coaching clients this all the time, it's like, okay, you were doing one-on-one work, now you want marketing, you've never had marketing. So you're probably going to experience some interesting things and hit your (inaudible) around marketing. Right? Same if you've never done your own sales, same when you raise your prices, all those things have to happen, because you've not been in that environment before and you've kept yourself safe from it up till this point.
Amy Ledin 58:28
And this is probably where the coaching really comes into play. Because you really want someone to help guide you through that. So talk to me, I mean, I know, and I'm always begging you to do, you need to do some sort of course, that is like a beginner place for someone to come and learn some stuff. But where, like if someone's listening to this today, and I know we're going to do a second part where we're going to go into the physiology of emotion. But where can someone find you? What you know, like, because they're listening to this and like, I don't even know where to start? Like, I don't even, I wrote down the antenna, and I know all this, like, where can they find you? How can they work with you? Give me all the details.
Isaac Ho 59:08
Yeah, so they can find me at my gym and our holistic programs. It's beometry.com (inaudible) beometry.com and then one of the things that we'll have a link for is I'm actually going to give away a scholarship for actually helping with the emotional side of these things. And so if that's something that they want to do, they can enter to win a scholarship.
Amy Ledin 59:31
Oh, that's amazing. I'm so excited. And those of you listening, I mean, I don't like to bring on people that I don't have some sort of experience, especially if they're going to come in and teach something. So I've just been, you know, blessed to have some time with you. And already in our short time. I mean, I've been blown away by just the help that you've been able to give me so I'm excited for us to dive into part two next time. I'm sure I'll probably even have more questions from this one that I'll I want to bring into part two. So if you're following along, I'm going to be releasing part one and two at the same time. So you'll be able to already go right into the next one. But thank you so much, Isaac for coming on today. And I mean, I'm, I've got two, two cards of notes here that I'm like, more stuff to work on. But I really, and maybe you're listening, and don't be defeated by that, because that's a quick place I can go because I feel like I've done a lot of work over the last decade. But instead, I'm trying to spin that and go, this is an opportunity to learn a new area that I've never even dove into. So I'm actually excited because I'm like, okay, I have, I feel hopeful, you know what I mean, to fix in and heal some of these places that honestly, it affects every part of my life, not just our physiology, you know it affects just as so much. So I'm excited for that. Thank you again, for coming on. Any last words or anything you want to add that I've missed?
Isaac Ho 1:00:58
No, I so appreciate you having me on. And I love I love talking about this. I think energy work is so ambiguous, I was really confused about really skeptical, you know, I had a brilliant friend of mine who she was actually when she went to Yale and Stanford, she was a lawyer for the state, she was so intelligent. And when she started getting into energy work, I was like, Dude, I was like cuckoo cuckoo. But to say that I was like, you're too smart. Like, I just knew she was too smart to not see something. Does that make sense? And so like, I didn't get into energy work at that point, necessarily. But I knew there was something going on. And I will say a lot of psychotherapists that have a long career like retired, like her mom was actually a psychotherapist and retired, they get varying energy work too, because they realized that trying to affect only the mind to get to the mental body just doesn't work. Like there is
Amy Ledin 1:01:49
Because it's all, it's all connected, right?
Isaac Ho 1:01:51
Right, there are just multiple bodies. And I think that that's why I'm really big on the mechanisms. Because if we think about what it impacts and all the mechanisms, then we can do our best to find a solution. But if we treat either energy or these other things, there's a limit to the intellect of the human being. And just like you said, it's like when you're for something happens, and you make it this big thing. Was that true or not? I don't know. But we just know you have the intellect of a four-year-old, and you transfer that into your brain and stored it forever with that intellect. I'm not saying that's good or bad. I'm just saying it was a four-year-old intellect. Right? So you probably have heard this, that you can get wounded a certain age and stay in that state until you heal that, right? Because your brain is traumatized in that era. So the same thing for us, I think it's how much intellect do we bring to the healing process? We can't only be intuitive, because with only intuition, we could treat symptoms forever. That's the problem. And with only (inaudible), the other thing is we we can't conclude to find a path of multiple mechanisms that may need to be treated. So if I'm only an energy healer, I may run out of things to do, because I don't have mechanisms available to me to make change in those engines. Does that make sense? In nutrition, and that person is stressed out of their mind killing themselves with neuroendocrine load. And then maybe I'm a nutritionist who doesn't understand toxicology, then now I'm missing engines that I need in order to elicit a result. And that person is not going to detox fat. Because those fat cells are so toxic, the heart would freak out. That makes sense? Just considering the mechanism. So if you're listening to this, just understand that the emotions, if they're a mechanism that you haven't dealt with, it would probably be a benefit for you to deal with that. But I think if you're interested in learning the body and you're interested in healing, then learning the mechanisms is really your key to understanding how the thing that you live inside of and the thing that operates you as a human being is really part of the greatest journey I think you could ever go on.
Amy Ledin 1:03:57
That's amazing. I'm so excited for our next one. And, again, thank you so much. We will have in the show notes like where you can find Isaac, I will link that other you know, study just again, to let your brain I'm big on your brain needs that proof for those of you that are skeptical, and I love I love for us to see those kinds of things, because then it really opens you up to being open to something like this because a few years ago, I was totally turned off by this. So I'm excited and thanks again and we will see you next time.
Amy Ledin 1:04:32
Okay, I'm on a mission. As you know, if you've been following along, I have a goal to be at top 100 podcasts. And it's less about that top 100 and more about I want to make an impact. I want more people to hear F* It! and learn from all of the mistakes that I've made, along with me bringing on really special guests for you. So my ask here is this. I want you to screenshot this episode today and share it on your social media, share it with a friend, you know, tag me in it. Go give me a review, of course, if you're really feeling it, and rate me. You know, this is the only way things are gonna get seen here. And in a big world of tons and tons of podcasts, I'm hoping that you're going to choose mine and help me on my mission.
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Amy Ledin raises an intriguing question at the heart of today's discussion: 'What new habits are now a part of your daily life that weren't here before?'
In this thought-provoking episode, Amy discusses the journey of evolving one's identity to foster a healthier, more fulfilling life. She shares insights into the psychological shifts necessary for adopting new habits and the importance of belief in oneself. Through engaging narratives and evidence-based strategies, she provides listeners with the tools to shift their identity in alignment with their health and personal goals.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the link between identity belief and behavior alignment.
- How to achieve internal harmony through aligned beliefs and actions.
- How environmental influences and social circles can impact your identity shift.
“The more that you're really clear on this is, this is who I want to be, this is the identity I'm chasing, that becomes easier. Now, people are motivated to seek confirmation and validation of their self-concept. So, if an individual holds a belief about a particular aspect of their identity, they may actively speak that out.” - Amy Ledin
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Resources:
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- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat
- Meals over Macros & Structured Flexibility
Transcript:
Amy Ledin
0:00
There's also like, the self-fulfilling prophecy. It's believing in a particular aspect of that identity, you perceive yourself in a certain way, and eventually, you come into it. This is why I do believe in playing the role, hence, building the health character. At first, you're not going to be there, of course, you're not going to be there. But you want to already be clear on the things that need to happen to be there and start playing aspects of that.
Amy Ledin
0:28
What are you doing to create your dream life or your best self? Why do we see some thrive through challenges while others struggle? Welcome to F* It!, a podcast where I talk about the main Fs in my life that have helped me in creating my best self: faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. Hi, my name is Amy Ledin and most would say that I've had my fair share of struggles. Whether it was placing my baby for adoption at 18, facing my marriage-ending affair, or battling stage four cancer for almost seven years, it's safe to say that I've been through a lot. Join me as I take you through my story, my journeys, and share with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome anything you face. That's right, I'm going to show you how to create a future self that you'll be proud of. So buckle up, get ready for the ride as I take you through my story and bring other guests on that have helped me along the way.
Amy Ledin
1:20
Okay, if your old life looks similar to your new life, you're most likely just playing a role. And in fact, you've really just not changed your identity, you're just good at playing that part. Can you hear me out because today we're going to talk all about shifting your identity and what that really looks like. But the reason this came up and why I've been sharing this a lot on my Instagram stories is that research has shown once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they're more likely to act in alignment with that belief. It's like the person that quit smoking and just starts to say, I'm not a smoker and then these are the behaviors of a nonsmoker, right? I don't take as many breaks anymore, or whatever it may be. This could also be someone going from being unhealthy to I'm healthy and what do those behaviors look like? And the more that you are able to believe in these particular aspects of your identity, you're just more likely to pull yourself towards that alignment and then it just makes those habits a lot easier to follow. You know, I'd shared on my Instagram stories, when we got up here to Canada, it was a real big change not just in my routine but in the weather and just getting into the habit of my first thing in the morning, getting a walk in instead, walk started to be kind of just whenever and then before you know what I was breaking my streak. And so I needed to get back to the core identity of I am someone that walks every day. Period. Right? I mean, I get it, things happen, life happens. But I wanted to my core for that to be similar to brushing my teeth in that it would just feel weird. It's just part of my identity of doing these things every day. And so it just got me thinking about when it comes to you becoming this new person, you should see, it's not going to be maybe necessarily overnight, but if I was to compare my life to five, seven years ago, it is completely different. I'm talking completely, like, I have changed my routines, like I've just my whole life has changed. And you know, that is always going to be evident in those things.
Amy Ledin
3:25
And this all came up because Erik had a returning client that's been with Lean Bodies Consulting over the years a couple of times, so not new to losing weight. And back, this person now is down like 30, or 40 pounds has probably about double that to go. So let's say like 70 to 80 pounds, but about halfway there. And this client's like, you know what? I got it from here. I'm good. You know what? I'm losing and so thanks for everything and I'll see you later. And you know, Erik and I have discussed this, this is very common with people in that they are seeing that measurable thing of the losing the weight is like their problem is solved, right? And so Erik replied, I'm sure it really surprised this person because Erik said, but you don't have it from here. Sure, you know how to lose weight. You've done this before. And back two years ago, you lost 40 pounds, but we're still back here, you've not changed who you are, what new habits are now a part of your daily life that weren't here before. And if you can't list off a ton of them, well, then you know what, you're just playing a role, you really haven't shifted that identity. Right?
Amy Ledin
4:28
So this, you know, comes up quite often and so I wanted to kind of go through some of these things just to maybe, hey, maybe they'll help you I know they've helped me. You know, for me, it used to be the test of how do I behave on vacations? And don't get me wrong, I know that when we're on vacation, at least when it comes to like my fitness and my eating, it is going to be a little bit different. But is it going to be a free-for-all where I don't even walk and I don't even go to the gym and I'm just eating my face off? No. Now, was I like that maybe 10 years ago? Yes. And that tells me that I haven't shifted my identity of becoming this person. And the reason why you want to do this is it becomes easier to live here. When we are always fighting it, we're fighting the alignment, we're gonna have that inner bitch really talking to us a lot, because we're just not showing up to the potential of where we need to be, right? And so, testing your weekends, testing vacations, testing these one-off days to just really see how you behave.
Amy Ledin
5:25
Now, I wanted to dive in deeper to why is it that we are more likely to act in alignment? Why does it make it easier? Well, there's a lot of areas, some key factors that come into play when we are working on that self-identity and one of them is consistency and cognitive dissonance. This is where humans have the natural inclination towards cognitive consistency. Hey, when our beliefs, our attitudes, and our behaviors are aligned we do experience this sense of internal harmony. This is really what we're chasing. We are chasing just feeling good. We may think that we're chasing, losing the weight or making all the money, but what we're really chasing is all the behaviors and processes that it takes to get there. It is the daily walks, it is the meal prepping, it is learning to say no to certain spending binge because you're trying to save. It's all of those things, whatever that goal is and then like, being aligned, we really were craving that internal harmony, right? Now, when we don't have cognitive, on the other hand, with cognitive dissonance, that discomfort arising from conflicting beliefs and actions, it doesn't make us want to go with, move towards that and this is where we will start to hear a lot of that inner bitch talking and complaining and saying things to us, because we're just not living there. Right?
Amy Ledin
6:56
So what you could do in this area, this is where you would want to get really clear on your beliefs, what you're chasing, your identity. For our clients, I always want them to build a health character. In fact, in the show notes, I believe, we would have a link where you can go sign up and do the free health character, because you've got to have some clarity on who you're trying to be. It's like with a client of mine, if we're a few months in, I'm going to continue to remind them, okay, well, who are we chasing here? And not just like a look not just a number, like, how does she behave? What does she do on a daily basis? What time is she getting up every day? Those details matter to our brain because here's the thing, the more that you start to align yourself with that you'll just be pulled towards it. The more that you're really clear on this is, this is who I want to be, this is the identity I'm chasing, that becomes easier. Now, people are motivated to seek confirmation and validation of their self-concept. So, if an individual holds a belief about a particular aspect of their identity, they may actively speak that out. So this is where building that health character and I have mine very detailed, she's someone that every day, does some form of meal prep, she has every day, some form of movement. And the more that I put that in writing, and really, I'm going to seek validation from those things that I've already deemed as being part of that identity, if that makes sense, right? So now you're like, well, this is what a healthy person would do. And then there's also like, the self-fulfilling prophecy. It's like believing in a particular aspect of that identity, you perceive yourself in a certain way, and eventually, you come into it. This is why I do believe in playing the role, hence, building the health character. At first, you're not going to be there, of course, you're not going to be there. But you want to already be clear on the things that need to happen to be there and start playing aspects of that. I really, when I'm going to the grocery store, I play that health character role, especially those first few times where maybe, it may be in the past going to Publix, for example, I love Publix grocery stores, and their cakes and their frosting are so amazing. And I really had to build this character, like my health character, she doesn't go over to the bakery to tempt herself, she's sticking to the perimeter of the grocery store and this is, when she goes to the grocery store, she makes sure that she doesn't buy things that are going to tempt her. And I just go into all that detail because it just makes it so much easier with just playing right into the role.
Amy Ledin
9:44
And then of course, there's other things that can help shift your identity. One would be around other people's influence. There is a huge power in your environment. In fact, in one of the books that I read, Willpower Doesn't Work, he talked about this phenomenon, that you can have the best strategy, you could have your diet laid out, your training laid out, but let's say no one around you is really supporting that or living that way, it's actually going to be harder for that person versus the person that has really no plan but their group of friends, their tribe, their family, their people, they live healthy lifestyles, that person is more likely to shift their identity to their tribe, than that person that had all the strategies on paper. And so what this tells you is you want to find other people that are living like you. We have in our Look Like You Train program, which it is actually getting ready to enroll, I don't know, by the time this one launches, we'll see. But at the beginning of December, we enroll for that, but one of the powers of our Facebook group, you've got almost 500 ladies in there, but we're all chasing similar goals, right? So when we start to align ourselves with these people, even if your habit isn't, as of yet to say walk daily, you better believe by the end of those 12 weeks in that group, you're walking daily. One of them is that we don't consume caffeine, the first two hours upon waking, and when people get in the group, that's one of the things they're like, oh my gosh, that's just so crazy. No way, I'm not gonna do it. And then as time goes on, they see their tribe, they see their people doing these things, and guess what, it starts to pull them towards that and they start to live in that way. So don't discount your friendships, your environment, your home in helping you shift your identity.
Amy Ledin
11:46
But the most important thing to ask yourself today is, is my life looking similar to what it looked like last year? And if it does look similar, well, then you know what, it's time to put some of these things in writing some of these habits, some of these behaviors that will truly help you get to the new identity that you're, you're so badly wanting to be at, and really start to measure those on a daily basis. You know, like I said, you'll see on my Instagram right now I'm back, you know, now it's probably three and a half weeks of walking straight. But it's, it's back to being my thing, that first thing in the morning, I go for a walk. And I want that to stay with me. And so I'm going to continue to really get that clarity around what that new identity looks like so I can continue to shift towards it. So I hope this one helps you in working on yours, feel free to download the How To Create Your Health Character, that's just one area of your life that you can build one in, but the email series that gets sent to you also will show you how to put this into other areas of your life and really just hope to continue to help you level up. So, have a great one.
Amy Ledin
12:51
Okay, I'm on a mission. As you know, if you've been following along, I have a goal to be at top 100 podcasts. And it's less about that top 100 and more about I want to make an impact. I want more people to hear F* It! and learn from all of the mistakes that I've made, along with me bringing on really special guests for you. So my ask here is this. I want you to screenshot this episode today and share it on your social media, share it with a friend, you know, tag me in it. Go give me a review, of course, if you're really feeling it, and rate me. You know, this is the only way things are gonna get seen here. And in a big world of tons and tons of podcasts, I'm hoping that you're going to choose mine and help me on my mission.
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Amy Ledin delves into the complexities of her family's significant move back to Canada, shedding light on the emotional and logistical challenges faced together. From tackling immigration hurdles to confronting the difficulties of reuniting their family across borders, Amy shares the story of their journey with honesty and vulnerability. This episode is a powerful reflection on the strength of family bonds, the resilience required to navigate life's transitions, and the unexpected opportunities for healing and growth from such experiences.
Key Takeaways:
- The power of new beginnings and family unity.
- How to overcome adversity with faith.
- Upcoming episodes to explore mental health.
“Because us getting back here, the timing, again, just even us finding the home here, and then having the timing of us at least being able to be back here for her passing was nothing more than nothing, it was nothing less than knowing for a fact that God's hand and God's timing, just had a part of it.” - Amy Ledin
If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox.
Follow me on Social Media:
- Amy on IG
- Amy on Facebook
- Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook
- Check out the Amy Ledin Website
- Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching
- Look Like You Train
- Join Our Facebook Group For Females
Resources:
- Build Your Health Character with me
- 5 for 50 Challenge
- How to Build Your First Fat-Loss Diet
- Amy’s Follow-Through Challenge
- 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat
- Meals over Macros & Structured Flexibility
Transcription:
Amy Ledin 0:00
I have never been shy to not share everything here. And you know, part of that with my affair and just the remnants of that, the consequences long term to some of the mistakes I've made. And that's hard. It's hard to hear certain things. It's hard to not want to just curl into a ball and not show up for myself during those times. But I'm hoping that I can be as raw and vulnerable and helpful to those of you that are either, one, for the first time listening in, or you've been with me through this road. Like, you guys are awesome, y'all. And I hope that I can just share as much of me with you over this next season just to really help you level up as I'm doing myself.
Amy Ledin 0:43
What are you doing to create your dream life or your best self? Why do we see some thrive through challenges while others struggle? Welcome to F* It!, a podcast where I talk about the main Fs in my life that have helped me in creating my best self: faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. Hi, my name is Amy Ledin and most would say that I've had my fair share of struggles, whether it was placing my baby for adoption at 18, facing my marriage-ending affair, or battling stage four cancer for almost seven years, it's safe to say that I've been through a lot. Join me as I take you through my story, my journeys, and share with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome anything you face. That's right, I'm going to show you how to create a future self that you'll be proud of. So buckle up, get ready for the ride as I take you through my story and bring other guests on that have helped me along the way.
Amy Ledin 1:36
We are back in Canada. Yes, you heard that right, we are back, meaning my family, myself, we are back in Canada. So what better time to kind of break the ice, no pun intended, although I am freezing, to launch a new season, call it a new chapter. And you know, those of you that do follow me on social, you know that we have moved back to Canada. So what better place then to come here to those of you that have followed me through this journey? And if you haven't, if this is day one, and you're like, I want to just get the scoop on what's going on. Awesome. But we, to give you a little bit of a recap, okay, I will consider the first chapter, that first season, you know, was when I launched this podcast, back during COVID, I didn't have a clue about podcasting. I was in the middle of battling cancer, but I just knew that I had a bigger purpose, a bigger mission. And I just wanted to share all of that with you when we were just so many of us feeling so out of control during that time.
Amy Ledin 2:41
And then, of course, if you did follow along, we moved to Florida, lived there for about two and a half years, with it being me and my two daughters, Kamele and Leilani. And just doing that with them for six months and the impact it had on me, our family was torn apart during that time, it was, it was some hard times, but at the same time, there were so many blessings that came out of being in Florida. And, this was a time that when we came back, I wanted to kind of explain because when we went down to Florida, again, if you followed along, I was going down for lung surgery, by way of miracle ended up not needing to have lung surgery after already prepping and being there for it. And going through that then moving to the West Palm Beach area, we lived in Palm City at first and then moving to Loxahatchee, living out in the country and I'm sure if people look at your highlight reel, it looks like it's amazing. And while there were so many blessings, and I'm definitely missing Florida, by living there, you know our family was torn apart. My oldest son, Kainoa, was still up here in Canada. And you know what, maybe, people don't see on the outside, again, this is where these highlight reels can be so deceiving is everything looks great. But you know, meanwhile, it was really, really hard to not have our family altogether. And I had come up to Canada at one point and Kai expressed that to me. And then I started to reimagine, like his viewpoint of us leaving Canada and what that does to someone and you know, I felt like maybe he kind of felt like we were abandoning him, like just in our small seven-year-old self like you could maybe deal with some abandonment issues and knowing also the history there with Kai I have shared on here his first love first girlfriend from high school had committed suicide a few months after they were already broken up. But nonetheless, you know, he was so closed and devastated by that. So I knew he'd had a series of, you know, things that have come up that I wanted to, if possible, make that happen and all of us be together as a family again.
Amy Ledin 5:05
And then coupled with immigration issues. I mean, let's just be real here, I never want to not address that. But with Erik being Canadian and me American, we were wanting to have him get his visa and do that, and the process is much longer and much more in-depth than we have expected. And in the process, and this gets cut, there's two ways to do it. But the way that we were doing it, you know, there's two like tracks you can follow, but you're really not legally allowed to work in the U.S. while waiting for your visa it just says, when I moved to Canada, I was not allowed to work in Canada as a Canadian employee because the system sees that as you taking away a job from a Canadian that could have that job. And it goes the same in the U.S. and you have to be really careful about that. We have an online company, and we knew that that was probably kind of a gray area. But Erik was going back and forth and up in Canada quite a bit. But one time, just all it takes is one border guard not being in a great mood that day. And he took Erik in for questioning and asked all sorts of stuff and told him that, hey, doesn't matter, you know you're not really supposed to be working in the U.S. and stamped his passport basically saying that he had 30 days at a time to be down there.
Amy Ledin 6:21
So we knew until things like we could get that permanent visa or anything like that, we knew that that was not going to be an option to be there, coupled with just the primary reason of our family not being together. Erik's mom was up here in a nursing home and just being away and missing that was like, if we had the opportunity, we would. While we were up in Canada, actually at on a visit last summer, and I was getting ready to come back down and Erik was like, well, I mean, we found a place here, which we had looked at a few because keep in mind, we do have five kids and they all really do need their own bedrooms. They're at an age where I mean, I've got two older ones. And then you know, the three little ones that we knew what our needs were, and we wanted to come back to having those needs met. But also like, it was a pretty steep list there of like, well, I want this and I want a walk-out basement and I want this and that. And well, we ended up finding it, we took a walk through and we're like, oh my goodness, like this, this checks all the boxes in terms of like this can happen. And Erik's like, yeah, but we still have a house down there that we need to figure out. And, just put it this way, there was nothing other than God's timing to make this happen for us in that we pretty much got the timeline we wanted on the home, able to make everything you know, as smooth as it could possibly be with moving back to another country. And we just knew that then this was even if it's for a season, because like I said, Erik, Erik and I, we're mourning Florida, you know, sun and warmth and all that, one, it's just better on cancer, chemo, all of that. But it's also just, it's a happy place for me. Growing up in Hawaii, I just really relate a lot to the blue skies, and just warmth. You know, I just, I'm a pretty cold person. But we really missed it. And I had a lot of, as I said, a lot of positive things that I experienced in Florida, so, but we knew this was checking the boxes and we knew that it just was it was God sending us back.
Amy Ledin 8:25
So that is us now back. And this is why I wanted to launch this third season because we're now in the middle of it. You know, I took off the first couple months getting up here to Canada to not do any podcasting. I know, it's been four months since I've put out an episode, but I will say it will be worth the wait. You know, because I've got some fantastic guests, I'm talking dream guests, I've got Nicole LePera, holistic psychologist, is coming on. We're gonna really do a deep dive into emotional immaturity, something I've talked about on here and something that I'm sure that 90% of you parents are guilty of. And it's, I used to say, oh my gosh, emotionally immature, I am not, but I've learned I am and I'm working through it and I've been doing the therapy and the works. So I'm excited to bring that to you.
Amy Ledin 9:15
But you know, we are back in Canada, our family is all together under one roof. But we've also found a new church home here, which, these are just some of the things that I know over this next chapter, this next season, I plan to bring to you because it has been a rough few months where habits of mine that I'd had for you know, months, years, I struggled to do them I struggled to do my daily agreement cards. You know, I felt like we were just going through so much with the move and you know, with a lot. But through that, we're also in our second year of homeschool with the kids. So we started homeschooling last year keep in mind we still run a business, add to what we were moving, there now, but you realize oh my gosh, we're moving it was it was tough, but the kids crushed it and they are now in their second year and we're feeling like we're getting into a stride.
Amy Ledin 10:08
My cancer, I'm now at 16 months in remission, my next scans, which I am already expecting, they will come back clear, this will mean it will be the longest time I've stayed in remission in the 10-plus years. So it's just a huge monument for me there. But you know, we've also had some hardships. As soon as we got back to Canada within a few weeks of being here, Erik's mom passed away, I actually will have a special episode just a tribute to her that I had already recorded and taken notes for because I really wanted to stay present in how I felt during that time. Because us getting back here, the timing, again, just even us finding the home here, and then having the timing of us at least being able to be back here for her passing was nothing more than nothing, it was nothing less than knowing for a fact that God's hand and God's timing, just had a part of it. And so I will have an episode all about that.
Amy Ledin 11:10
But you know, now this new season, you're gonna see episodes focusing on a healthy family, focusing on mental health, addressing some of the old skeletons that have come up. We took a family vacation and things come up sometimes when we're having conversations and I realized that I have more work to do more hard conversations with my kids. I have never been shy to not share everything here. And, you know, part of that with my affair, and just the, the remnants of that, the consequences long term to some of the mistakes I've made. And that's hard, it's hard to hear certain things, it's hard to not want to just curl into a ball and not show up for myself during those times. But I'm hoping that I can be as raw and vulnerable and helpful to those of you that are either one, for the first time listening in, or you've been with me through this road. Like, you guys are awesome, y'all. And I hope that I can just share as much of me with you over this next season just to really help you level up as I'm doing myself.
Amy Ledin 12:19
So with that, I'm excited. I'm going to be launching two episodes a week, I promise you this will, this break will be much worth it. We will be bringing a video. Yes, that's video, I have a whole podcast studio that is in the works right now. So we will have camera set up all the time because we are going to be launching this on YouTube as well. I just want to thank you all for just being here around for the past three years and still going strong. So I'm excited for this new season, new chapter and like I said two a week one will be interview style and one will be the solo ones just like this. All right. Have a good one. Can't wait to see you on the next one.
Amy Ledin 13:02
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Join Amy in her inspiring fitness journey, starting from her childhood struggles with weight and body image. She recalls being put on diets as a young child and facing teasing due to her weight. Her mother's constant dieting influenced her own approach to weight management as she grew older. She went through various weight loss methods, including extreme calorie restriction, intense cardio workouts, and following strict meal plans with macro tracking. However, despite losing weight, she still struggled with self-hate and body image issues. Discover how she overcame food obsessions, cheating the system, and learned to keep promises to herself, leading to sustainable success in fitness and life.
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Join Amy Ledin in this heartfelt episode of the F* It! podcast as she shares her family's journey of embracing change, finding a new home, and rediscovering her passion for the podcast. From navigating life's uncertainties to making intentional decisions, Amy's story is filled with blessings and exciting new ventures.
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Listen in as Amy helps us understand the power of modeling and it's impact beyond yourself.
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Listen in and learn about the power of the reticular activating system through personal stories and experiences, and discover how it can help you filter out what matters and find what's important to you.
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Listen in as Amy let's us in on how she gets her wins for the next day!
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Today we have Amy's tips for dealing with stress, it's potential good and bad effects on us, and how stress manifests as we grow older. Based on her own personal experiences with battling cancer, losing weight and coaching people, she gives us her tips to manage stress no matter your age. Listen in for these nuggets to help us continue to become our best selves!
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Let's listen in as Amy get's real with her loss and what she's doing afterwards. Losses are inevitable. It's what you do after that defines you!
This latest episode is about how to overcome personal setbacks and challenges. Amy shares her personal story of breaking her 556-day activity streak, discussing how investing in long-going streaks can be a challenge, but necessary to creating a future self that one can be proud of. Amy also discusses the importance of being okay with setbacks, accepting that they happen, and getting right back on track. Overall, the episode provides practical strategies and insights for overcoming adversity, pushing oneself through hard times, and creating a better self.
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I do believe that it should burn. It should stink. You know, my kids almost cried for me because they know how much, you know, I keep my streaks and you know, I like that. I like that. I'm invested into it. I like that it hurt, you know? But the key is, Hurt only to the point where I don't stay in this shame or guilt place, and that causes me to not wanna show up for myself again.
You know, I will say there's an art to that in that I've had a lot of losses over the last several years of tracking DACs that has helped me to be okay with, okay, well tomorrow is another day and I can get right back on.
What are you doing to create your dream life or your best self? Why do we see some thrive through challenges while others struggle? Welcome to Fett, a podcast where I talk about the main FS in my life that have helped me in creating my best self faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. Hi. My name is Amy Ledin, and most would say that I've had my fair share of struggles, whether it was placing my baby for adoption at 18, facing my marriage ending affair, or battling stage four cancer for almost seven years.
It's safe to say that I've been through a lot. Join me as I take you through my story, my journeys, and share with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome anything you face. That's right. I'm gonna show you how to create a future self that you'll be. So buckle up, get ready for the ride as I take you through my story and bring other guests on that have helped me along the way.
I cannot believe the day came, but I had to come on the podcast and unpack it here and just kind of go over my big, huge loss after 556 days. That's right, 556 days of a streak. and I broke it. This was, so I have two big, long going streaks right now. I mean, I have other ones that are, you know, probably close to like a hundred days, but nothing like my water streak and my.
activity streak. So I have, you know, my activity one is that I have to do no less than 20 minutes of activity every day of my life. Like whether this is stretching or, you know, ideally movement. I'd say 95% of the times, 99% of the time, this is me walking. But, um, I wanted to put, you know, any type of activity because there's been times where I have had.
You know, um, minor surgeries or things like that. And so stretching or things just to get that in and see the power of my activity. And then my other long going one, which is still going, is my one gallon of plain water, you know. Um, it's been going now for, you know, I 500 and, let's see, probably 65 days now, but getting up here to Canada, um, I did a podcast, just I think the most recent one where, you know, I was struggling.
It's been a struggle. It was a challenge and. So I wanted to share this because there's many times, you know, when we break our promises to ourselves in that, honestly it's just a slip of, you know, we forget, it's not maybe a, a habit yet that we've invested in. And so it's not, we're not on autopilot. And then other times it may be out of our control, you know?
But then there's these times where, , we, we know we should do it, but we don't. And so I always like to dive into that as to, you know, why we don't, you know, for me, um, if I'm reflecting, you know, I, uh, was, I, I could have gone, I hate the cold here, as you know, we're in Canada and we got up here and it was, uh, still winter and the cold just makes me miserable, but it's not like I haven't done it before.
So, you know, I could have, you know, put on a bunch of layers and gone out, but, The reality was I was already in a head space where I was not feeling good about myself. Whether it was I was feeling sorry for myself or you know, whatever it may be, I was not feeling good. And when we do not feel good about ourselves, we just don't show up for ourselves.
Because the truth is when I got into bed that night, you know, cuz someone would be like, how could you forget? Well, I had put it off all day because I hate the cold and, you know, um, wasn't feeling good. I wasn't really happy with our situation here and you know, just again, feeling sorry for myself, whatever.
Um, but. I got in bed and so it's already late and I'm like, oh my gosh, I didn't walk. Now I could have, I'm totally capable of, you know, bundling up and going out. I really technically at that point, should have just even gotten on the floor and stretched. , but I didn't want to, I mean, that's the reality. I was like, I don't want to, I was fighting my best self and you know, my best self didn't win.
You know, the next morning I was obviously very upset and you know, at first Eric's like, you know, I don't think it's good. Be this upset over it. And I'm like, I disagree because I feel like anything that you are striving or chasing, you know, you're striving for or chasing like, like this, it has to sting a little bit.
If you don't get it, you know? It was a motto that Craig Valentine used, which was high intention, low attachment. I mean, that's your goal is you wanna have like all the intention to be winning and the low attachment in that, you know, hey, you don't want it to like make you stay down in the lull. Forever.
And so that's kind of the key. But I do believe that it should burn. It should stink. You know, my kids almost cried for me because they know how much, you know, I, I keep my streaks and you know, I like that. I like that I'm invested into it. I like that it hurt, you know, but the key is, Hurt only to the point where I don't stay in this shame or guilt place, and that causes me to not wanna show up for myself again.
You know, I will say there's an art to that in that I've had a lot of losses over the last several years of tracking DACs that has helped me to. Be okay with. Okay, well tomorrow is another day and I can get right back on. You know, sucky thing about having a long streak like this, I'll be honest, is I don't hit a new, a new place for another couple years and that sounds crazy.
And hey, You don't need to be tracking these things. This is just, I, I'm, I'm, my brain works well on gamification and I do love the power of seeing this, and this has been something that has pulled me along to make sure I get activity in. The cool thing is I know that this is a lifestyle habit for me, so I got right back on and I'm tracking it again and really trying to even show my children the power of.
You know what? Yeah, it sucked and I was, I was bummed about it and stuff, but I got right back on, started tracking again because I'm confident that I will, you know, beat it again. So if you are someone that, you know, maybe you've had that loss and maybe you stay down in the dumps longer, you know, this is your reminder that, you know, failing and, and losing and having these things can really be turned into learning opportunities.
And I don't think it's a bad thing if you. Are hurt by the loss and you feel sad about it or you're upset. I just think it's important to find that fine line between staying in the dumps and shaming yourself and having this condemnation. Don't shame yourself in that way instead of like conviction in that.
Yep. , I, you know what? I need to show up for myself and this is how I do it and I'm gonna get right back on. So bummed about it, but hey, you know what? I'm continuing with my water streak. I'm right back on the walking one and you know, I've got a couple others that are in the hundreds. So I hope you are, uh, tracking your wins.
There's a big power in that. And you know, one of the apps I use, I mentioned a lot on here, is Streaks. It is a paid app. I think I paid like five bucks for it, but it will track up. 18 of your habits. It even will track the timing. You know, like if you go and track it right away, like how often do you perform this habit at this time, or, you know, it gives you your streaks, it gives you like, you know, just everything, all the data on it.
It's pretty awesome if you really like to, uh, gamify your things and I just hope you're having a great week and things are much better in Canada. Have more content up soon.
Okay. I'm on a mission, as you know, if you've been following along, I have a goal to be a top 100 podcast, and it's less about that top 100 and more about, I wanna make an impact. I want more people to hear effort and learn from all the mistakes that I've made along with me bringing on really special guests for you.
So my ask here, I want you to screenshot this episode today and share it on your social media. Share it with a friend, you know, tag me in it, go give me a review. Of course, if you're really feeling it and rate me, you know, this is the only way things are gonna get seen here. And in a big world of tons and tons of podcasts, I'm hoping that you're gonna choose mine and help me on my mission.
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Let's listen in as Amy shares with us the current stresses she's going through and how she and Erik are overcoming them. Use these tools in your life and share with us how they have helped you!
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Listen in as Amy shares with us her mindset methods to battle self sabotage, and how to avoid it. Look inside yourself to find why you are doing this to you!
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Saturday Rant: Do not make this dieting mistake
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Listen in as Amy takes us through using our Reticular Activating System (RAS) to help us change our identity so we can become our best self!
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Listen in on how Amy used enclothed cognition and anchoring to overcome her last bout with cancer, and by using these tools, we too can help us become our best selves!
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Listen in as Amy gives us the tools to create our best self characters for every part of our lives! She also gives us an example of a Queen who uses this very method to overcome her fears to perform on the greatest of stages!
Find out why we need to identify the following in order to create our best self characters:
- Who does your best self look like?
- What are the habits and traits of the person you want to become?
- What does your anti self look like? How do thay behave?
- What are the habits and traits of your anti self, the person you not want to be?
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- Best Self: Be You, Only Better by Mike Bayer
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Listen in as Amy and Kamele talk about their most recent 5 for 50 journey. They give us great tips on deciding on your five items and how to set yourself up for success.
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BECOME UNSTOPPABLE! Listen as Amy talks about building your core values and making real change in your life. She also revisits some past episodes to help us on our journey to real, long lasting changes in our lives.
Books and episodes linked below.
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- Ep 37 - Core Values - This Is Where You Start
- Ep 49 - Creating A Health Character
- Ep 4 - Changing your State Through Anchoring with Ed Mylett
- EP 25 - You're The Average Of The Five People You Spend The Most Time With
- Ep 17 - You Are What You Wear? Enclothed Cognition and Its Power
- Ep 9 - What Is In Your Filter?
- Ep 28 - The Key to Confidence Pt 1, Ep 29 - The Key to Confidence Pt 2
- Ep 78 - 700 Wins - The Best Gift I’ve Given Myself, And You Should Too
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- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
- Badass Habits by Jenn Sincero
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BECOME UNSTOPPABLE! Listen as Amy talks about building confidence and making real change in your life. She also revisits some past episodes to help us on our journey to real, long lasting changes in our lives.
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- Ep 78 - 700 Wins - The Best Gift I’ve Given Myself, And You Should Too
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Amy helps us go through the process to create a contract for implementation on our family vacation. Habits can be reinforced or created, even when on vacation. Accountability is key to achieving our goals, no matter how small they may seem. But, they can lead to accomplishments of larger goals in the long run.
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Amy shares with us her process to still show up as her best self while having some losses when things come up unplanned! Let's redefine what success will be!
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With every loss is an opportunity for us to learn a lesson that we can use to improve ourselves going forward. Amy gives us this Software Update to learn why the loss needs to sting for it to stick!
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Here's part 2 of the Almond Mom. This time Kamele'onālanimainā'anela (Kamele) joins Amy for the discussion and helps us with understand a Childs point of view. We may not say anything, but kids see everything!
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In this short software update, Amy helps us to dig in and identify those connections to food so we can stay strong in times where we could justify compromises to our meal plan and goals.
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Are you an Almond Mom? In this episode, Amy teaches us how to promote healthy habits with your kids and family without becoming an Almond Mom!
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Using assessments to set yourself up for success! Create the momentum that is needed to succeed!
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Here are some habits from those who have signed up for the 5 for 50 Challenge and shared their habits. Also some tips to revise and or improve your habits. We do this together and help each other become the best versions of ourselves we all can be.
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Listen to what our family are doing for their next 5 for 50 challenge starting November 1!
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I'm back! After my short break, here's a short update on what's been going on and how to get back up.
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When going on vacation or attending a special occasion, it can be stressful when you've been on plan. Amy discusses how to not stress over it, make a decision, and follow through.
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Your body can be like a well tuned, high performance sports car. It needs high octane foods to operate at it's peak performance!
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Be aware of the negotiator who justifies straying from your goals. Surround yourself with people that support you in your journey to become a better version of yourself. Be wary of becoming a part of the Crab mentality.
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After binging on several episodes of these ladies podcast, I knew that I needed to have them on the show. I love when I find like-minded coaches that are doing good work in the fitness industry. And now being new moms, these ladies are seeing the power of modeling more and more.
In this episode we cover a few topics. What started with us having a discussion about the other side of dieting and what it takes to keep sustainable results, turned into a conversation about all things! We went from rants on the fitness industry to the power of behaviors being caught with our children, to being moms and juggling it all.
Meet Liz and Becca! They are moms, business certified holistic nutrition & lifestyle coaches and podcasters based out of Illinois. Together, they offer in-person events, online courses, and personal mentorships to career driven women who’ve been struggling to lose weight; heal their body so they can restore energy, reach their goals and live confidently.
This is one you will not want to miss.
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Stay in your present. Stop talking about your problems, your fears of a future that's unknown, because it's robbing you of your daily joy.
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Delayed gratification, also referred to as deferred gratification, is often difficult because we’re wired not just to seek pleasure but also to avoid pain. Two separate sections of your brain handle pleasure and pain, so this is where it can get challenging.
Delayed gratification is challenging. But there are several benefits to not succumbing to an immediate reward. Better health, improved self-worth and overall long-term success with goal setting are just a few.
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Get the book "The Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control Is the Engine of Success" by renowned psychologist Walter Mischel
YouTube video of The Marshmallow Test (1970) by Walter Mischel, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, and his graduate student, Ebbe Ebbesen
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Behaviors are caught, not taught. Kids pick up behaviors by the influences around them, both at home and away from home. As parents we need to be an overpowering influence , talking to them about core values and not leaving it to the world to decide for them.
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The journey in personal development is going to have failures, you're going to fail at times and you must learn to flip it and see it as quickly as possible as a learning tool in order to continue moving forward.
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Create a character specifically in the area, like dieting, that we're trying to level up so we have clarity on how we should behave. Sometimes when we're dieting, when we're on plan, we're on plan and when we're off plan, I don't even know who we're trying to represent! We need to create a character who embodies how we should behave.
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You think you're chasing the money, the body, or the career, but you're actually chasing the feeling that you think comes along with that!
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In todays society, people will spend an enormous amount of money on anything from a treat or a drink to the latest tech. However, they will not spend that same amount to invest in their health. Today's software update addresses where our priorities should be, our health.
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Everyone is always talking about a strong morning routine. But the magic happens the night before.
This tool has come to be one of my favorite exercises to share with clients. Strong evenings = successful mornings.
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Procrastination is the most deceptive. It makes us complacent by telling us we are GOING to do the right thing, we're GOING to do it. It just justifies inactivity. It steals our time, our potential, our self esteem, and our peace of mind. When we put things off, they aggravate us.
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He’s back! And this time Erik Ledin is back with help for the men. TRT (testosterone replacement therapy) is something that has 4X in the last decade. Thanks to more education around this topic, men are now becoming more optimized thanks to wellness clinics popping up all over the country.
Erik works with Revive MD. They have several locations and now serve via telemedicine
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The thing that 99% of people are doing and they need to stop doing is they need to stop with the distracted eating. This means anytime that you're eating with a screen in front of you or the room with you, this is distracted eating and it's going to have a huge impact on your health.
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Sara Frenza is a mom to 2 girls, nutrition and body transformation coach. But this wasn’t always her career and life.
Sara went from avoiding mirrors to a published model in her 40’s.
She also went from working in the PR world to now owning Sara Frenza Fitness and Nutrition.
She is on a mission to teach other women how to eat and lift their way to the body of their dreams.
Today on the podcast Sara shares her experience using the Daily Agreement Cards and how it helped propel her in changing careers and reaching her fitness goals.
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We spend so much time talking about fat loss and dieting, that most people just expect the other side of getting to their goal as the easy part, which is not true.
Stats show that 95% of people gain their weight back within 3-5 years.
This would confirm that where people struggle the most- keeping off the weight thus never needing to diet again.
This is not talked about enough. And something I plan to talk about more and more as I see less and less women have lasting change in that they keep it off forever.
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He’s back!
My guess is that you have come from the same era as me in that you have had this idea that cardio is necessary for fat loss. Maybe you have even taken it as far as me where at my peak, I was doing an hour + of cardio just to maintain.
When I hired Lean Bodies Consulting 13 years ago, this was an area that Erik really changed the amount I did on a weekly basis. He also taught me that doing more of the popular intense cardio (or crossfit, orange theory, metabolic circuits) actually works against you as you get older.
I knew that YOU all need to get an earful like I once did, and jump off the crazy train of doing tons of cardio.
Erik dives in with the science behind it all.
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What are you doing on a daily basis that helps remind you that you are a badass?
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Jason Tebeau has over 20 years of entrepreneurial leadership and product development experience in a wide range of technologies and markets. He is the founder of Da Vinci Medical and an inventor with expertise ranging from architectural CAD/CAM software development to health and consumer product marketing and sales.
He is the creator of the Superhuman Protocol® which offers a whole-body solution to naturally boosting health and performance. Superhuman Protocol was the fuel behind da Vinci becoming the 2021 honoree of the prestigious Inc 5000.
I came across Jason listening to Ed Mylett’s podcast. Well, it was actually my husband that listened, did some research, bought some of the things discussed and then told me to listen and that we were going all in.
I wanted to have Jason on back when I started this protocol, but decided it would be much better after using it for 80+ days and scans. So here we are.
Jason shares why the Superhuman protocol naturally boosts health and performance and gives the details on how you can get started on this protocol right away.
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Who better than my ex-husband to share his powerful story in how we have come to the place we are today. With my infidelity at the core of our divorce, Kevin has led the example of what forgiveness is, and why it is important to forgive.
Like I tell everyone, Kevin is a unique special person that everyone loves to be around. And while much of that topic is serious, we made sure to also share other positive feel-good stories like his career pivot from being a Nuclear Reactor Operator to Podcast Management (you can change this) Company Owner!
With his willing to help attitude, it was the perfect storm when I was in panic mode 2 years ago looking to find a podcast editor/manager/do-this-for-me person.
Kevin turned his long-standing help everyone attitude and turned it into a very successful business.
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"Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost." - Usain Bolt
"Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but gets you nowhere." - Glen Turner
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Amy Ledin Bio: The Co-Owner and Operator at Lean Bodies Consulting. Amy Ledin has been in the online wellness space for over a decade. Her coaching in this space has led to her passion in helping women build strong personal integrity. Fighting cancer for now close to 7 years, Amy loves sharing her mindset hacks and strategies that helped her through her fight to not just be a survivor, but an overcomer.
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Amy Ledin Bio: The Co-Owner and Operator at Lean Bodies Consulting. Amy Ledin has been in the online wellness space for over a decade. Her coaching in this space has led to her passion in helping women build strong personal integrity. Fighting cancer for now close to 7 years, Amy loves sharing her mindset hacks and strategies that helped her through her fight to not just be a survivor, but an overcomer.
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Amy Ledin Bio:The Co-Owner and Operator at Lean Bodies Consulting. Amy Ledin has been in the online wellness space for over a decade. Her coaching in this space has led to her passion in helping women build strong personal integrity. Fighting cancer for now close to 7 years, Amy loves sharing her mindset hacks and strategies that helped her through her fight to not just be a survivor, but an overcomer.
Brad Walsh, is a father to two beautiful girls aged 19 and 21, a husband to an amazingly inspiring woman, a photographer, and a podcast host.
Those 3 women along with his Mother and Grandmother are “WHY” Brad is serving in the way he does now. They are his inspiration.
Watching women struggle with body image, Brad wanted to do something about it. It was their journeys that inspired him to be a photographer and to create his podcast.
He now is on a mission he will share with us today.
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- Visuphoria Photography
- Empowerography IG
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You are in for a treat as today I have on the highly sought after, Ben Newman. Ben Newman is a highly regarded Performance Coach, International Speaker and Best-Selling Author, whose clients include Fortune 500 companies around the world, business executives, sales organizations and professional athletes in the NFL, PGA, NBA, MLB, UFC and NCAA.Ben serves as a Mental Conditioning Coach for the 18-time National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide football team and has worked with players from the last 3 Super Bowl Champion teams.
Ben teaches the importance of finding your burn, which you will learn is different from your ‘why’.
Ben's Resources
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- The Burn Podcast
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Amy Ledin Bio: The Co-Owner and Operator at Lean Bodies Consulting. Amy Ledin has been in the online wellness space for over a decade. Her coaching in this space has led to her passion in helping women build strong personal integrity. Fighting cancer for now close to 7 years, Amy loves sharing her mindset hacks and strategies that helped her through her fight to not just be a survivor, but an overcomer.
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Today’s episode is one you will not want to miss. Just when I think I have a lot thrown at me, I meet someone that really puts it into perspective. Sarah Prebianca is a wife to Connor, mom of two beautiful girls (Camilla, 4 and Georgia, 2). Their 2 year old, Georgia suffers from a debilitating, extremely rare, genetic disease (Lesch-Nyhan Disease). It has turned their lives upside down - countless hospital admissions, health scares, trauma, and days where it felt like there was no hope for them. Through the difficult times, she learned to lean into her faith like never before. Sarah chooses to thrive as you will learn all about in this episode.
To help with Georgie’s fundraising on Go Fund Me - HOPE For A Cure: LND Gene Therapy Research Fund
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Today’s conversation is a must listen. With eating disorders on the rise, we need to be talking more about this topic.
Lindsay Casas is a certified athletic trainer, teacher, and fitness instructor in Aurora, CO. She is married and has two beautiful little girls, Sofia and Ellie. Lindsay is passionate about her faith, fitness, helping her students and athletes become their best selves, and prioritizing her family. Lindsay's motivation and drive stem from overcoming her own eating disorder in her early 20's.
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Today’s episode will blow you away. I know it did to me.
We dive right into mental health and specifically living with OCD and the stereotypes we see in movies and television.
I could not believe what I learned!
Nancy shares her personal story and it’s one you won’t want to miss.
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I am always searching for that Unicorn. The person that has outlived me while fighting similar battles. And for 20 years!
In Mike’s words:
“I told God when I cut my last deal with him before my last thoracotomy, that I would give any and all people I could hope if he would allow me to hang around a while longer…thankfully he has and continues to give me that opportunity, and I intend to do it till the sand runs out!”
This episode filled me with more faith and more hope. It is one you will not want to miss!
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Amy Ledin Bio:The Co-Owner and Operator at Lean Bodies Consulting. Amy Ledin has been in the online wellness space for over a decade. Her coaching in this space has led to her passion in helping women build strong personal integrity. Fighting cancer for now close to 7 years, Amy loves sharing her mindset hacks and strategies that helped her through her fight to not just be a survivor, but an overcomer.
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Amy Ledin Bio:The Co-Owner and Operator at Lean Bodies Consulting. Amy Ledin has been in the online wellness space for over a decade. Her coaching in this space has led to her passion in helping women build strong personal integrity. Fighting cancer for now close to 7 years, Amy loves sharing her mindset hacks and strategies that helped her through her fight to not just be a survivor, but an overcomer.
It’s been a while! I think we will call this the second season as it seems fitting as I head into another season of battling cancer.
Devastated and angry are just two of the words that come to mind. But also with that come to surrender and faith.
Thank you for being on the journey with me so far. Tag along as I fight cancer again.
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I find it so funny that we are so much more alike than we realize. We all have a desire to be liked, accepted, and find connection.
I am no different. I want friends! I want to be accepted and liked by others.
So getting invited to a get together had me feeling all sorts of feelings and I figured I would share all of them with you.
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Being a coach for over a decade now, I am very much aware of what most females need when it comes to reaching their fat-loss goals.
Over the last couple of years, I have also become very clear in who I want to work with, and what I plan to do to help with the very low long-term success rates.
After reading yet another client biweekly that I share on this episode, it is clear to me what I need to be coaching females with.
Amy Ledin Fitness will be launching very soon and I cannot wait to share it all with you.
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“If you won’t be thinking about it in 5 years from now, you shouldn’t spend more than 5 minutes on it.”
I was given that advice and it's always stuck with me.
Getting some frustrating news could have led me to having a very pissy day. But I made sure I stuck to this rule along with one other question I ask myself.
I was able to turn the day around despite us getting the news of not closing on the house on the day we were supposed to.
Rolling with the punches and asking myself these two questions to keep me in check.
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100 episodes! I still have to pinch myself that I have reached what I consider a milestone with my podcast. And who better to share it with than my 2 girls who have been by my side for these past several months.
Join me, Kamele and Leilani as we reflect on these last 100 episodes and months of ups and downs. We took it a step further and recorded this fun episode on video. Episode 100 on YouTube
I want to thank all of you for joining me this past year in helping me fulfil one of my dreams.
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For years I went to the gym regularly chasing the body of an athlete, but always feeling like I was spinning my wheels.
Fast forward to years later and being mentored by my husband Erik Ledin, I can now say that I do look like I train and have made significant progress. And it hasn’t happened by chance.
I’m hoping you haven’t been making the same mistakes I was, but if you are/were, you are in luck as Erik will be sharing all of them with you.
We cover 6 Reasons You Are Not Making Better Progress:
- Training vs Working Out
- Changing your training every 4 weeks
- Too much junk volume
- Too long in a caloric deficit
- You’re not choosing the best exercises for each muscle group
- You’re not doing the movements as well as you can be.
4 times a year we open enrollment for our School of Training. At only $59/month, you can be part of this programming and start to ensure that all that time in the gym yields the results you are after. But you only have a few days to join.
Click here to join the LBC University School of Training
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If you have not already heard of today’s guest, by the end of this episode, you will be google searching how you can get your hands on more of his material. Or at least that is what I did when I first came across his content.
Kerwin Rae comes today as a highly sought after business strategist, author, speaker and host of the Unstoppable podcast.
I had the opportunity to be interviewed on his show last month, and knew that I needed to share him with my audience.
What I love about Kerwin is that while he is a business coach and strategist, you will soon see that he is an expert on studying the psychology of influence and works with people to become their best selves, which in return, helps them to exponentially grow in their business.
I am confident that this will go down as one of the favorite episodes to date.
Kerwin Rae Resources:
- Kerwin Rae on YouTube
- Unstoppable with Kerwin Rae Podcast
- Kerwin Rae Website
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If I could go back in time and teach myself when it came to my nutritional strategy years ago, it would have been to have a better understanding of the all-or-nothing attitude and how most of us need to readjust our expectations of our execution.
You will never be perfect, and you will never want to be 100% while on vacation.
Doing this alone, would saved me many vacations where I ended up falling off the deep end, and in return, feeling like crap about myself. All to be avoided had I just been realistic with my expectations.
Join me as I share my Disney experiences and how I overcame the guilt and cheating cycle to learning to find the balance while on vacation.
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What gets you there will help to keep you there. Never underestimate the power of the daily practices to keep you chasing your best self. One mistake I have made several times is that ‘I got this’ and I stop doing the practices that had me winning or successful.
A trip to Mexico a couple of years ago proved just this. Tune in as I share the story of why it's important to not let your ego get in the way.
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Your environment is what is shaping you! So why not take the power in keeping those guardrails tight. Strategic ignorance is purposefully ignoring things that distract you from your future self. Are you in control? Or is the world/outside circumstances controlling you?
Learn to put LIMITERS on situations and scenarios and just see the difference.
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Continuing on with our environment, I talk so much about software updates, so this one should not come as a surprise. Get out your post-it notes and go crazy with cueing yourself.
Strategic remembering is about designing your environment so that you are constantly reminded about who you want to be. This stops you from forgetting, and constantly pulls you forward.
Check out this wall of reminders
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As I continue off of the short episode in 92 where I asked you to reflect on 3 questions you will ask your daily, not I am going to share in these next 3 episodes, ways to create your strongest environment so that it gives you an even greater likelihood of reaching your goals.
Forcing functions are creating and engineering situations that force your hand, which then force you forward. Listen in as I give several examples of how to create forcing functions in your life.
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Three Questions You Should Be Asking Yourself:
- Who am I spending most of my time with?
- What am I consuming during the majority of my spare time?
- Do these things/people serve me in helping me to reach my goals and dreams?
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Most of us claim we have the will to win at all costs. But do we really? Once we truly decide that it can’t be bought by outside temptations, it’s FREEDOM. Not deciding and not going all in on something you want leads to bondage.
It's time you go all in on what you are wanting to win and make the DECISION to do it at all costs.
Previous episodes to listen to:
Key to Confidence part 1
Key to Confidence part 2
The Power In Deciding
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Becky Bursell comes with a long list of success. She is a business coach, podcast host and has been responsible for over $1 billion in sales during the last decade. But what I love about her the most is her gift in helping people recognize their greatness.
While this is Becky’s first time on the podcast, it will not be her last. Her leadership and wisdom is something I have the honor to share here and look forward to doing something special with her in the future.
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Set yourself up to utilize the most of your 86400 seconds everyday.
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What would have been a lung surgery and breast implant explant surgery, turned into the miracle of only needing the explant.
But what happened in recovery was shocking to me. A surgery I had put very little merit in, made me go down the rabbit hole of breast implant illness (BII) and thousands of stories of women suffering from it.
I was speechless to just how incredible I felt after getting them out and knew I needed to use my platform to share my story, among others that had even more symptoms than me.
Join me and Laura Krosky as we talk about the reasons behind us getting our implants out and why we want to share this controversial topic.
Breast Implant Illness (BII) Resources:
- The Inner Circle podcast with Carrie Doll - Healing Breast Implant Illness
- Breast Implant Illness Facebook Group
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Everyone needs a Renee in your life. She will have you accepting that being ‘extra’ and feeling ‘extra’ it perfectly normal!
I even renamed my business best-self character to include Renee as she is someone I anchor when I am feeling doubtful or small.
If there is one thing I am going to ask of you, its to GO FOLLOW her on Instagram. She will sure brighten your day.
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- Dreams to Plans Podcast
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I’m not saying I enjoy the thorns on a rose bush, but without them, we don’t have the beautiful roses.
I’m currently feeling like I am in the thorns. And even in the thorns we can learn and grow.
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Amy talks with Margaret Wishingrad, owner and creator of Three Wishes Cereal, and her quest to create a healthy food option for children and adults alike.
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Who would have thought I needed a sleep coach with no longer having babies and toddlers?
Well, with the move and Leilani having worry/concern for me leading up to my surgery, we started a habit of bed sharing, which first started in hotel stays.
This is when I reached out to none other than Whitney Weber, a certified sleep coach, for help in getting Leilani back into her own bed.
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In this episode, Amy explains how utilizing positional pivoting (distractions) helps her get through those difficult times when you would otherwise head for the refrigerator. Using the 5x5 method, you can regroove new neural pathways in your brain to combat the urge to emotionally eat.
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A strategic podcast where Amy Ledin talks about the main F’s that have influenced her life and have helped her in creating her best self. She covers areas in faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. She will deep dive into how placing her baby for adoption at 18, losing almost 100 pounds, facing her marriage-ending affair, and battling stage 4 cancer for almost 7 years, has only made her stronger. Join Amy as she takes you through her story, her life-changing struggles, and shares with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome ANYTHING you face.
Amy Ledin is the Co-Owner and Operator at Lean Bodies Consulting. has been in the online wellness space for over a decade. Her coaching in this space has led to her passion in helping women build strong personal integrity. Fighting cancer for now close to 7 years, Amy loves sharing her mindset hacks and strategies that helped her through her fight to not just be a survivor, but an overcomer.
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Today I have my long-time friend on the show. With her launching a new podcast and her massive pivot in becoming the president of Strong Fitness Magazine, I was so excited to have her come on to share her story.
STRONG Resources
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I’m now on day 14 of a new anchoring practice and with many questions around it, I figured it was time to come and share it here.
Anchoring is a way to change your state and vision and without this, we most often become a victim to being ‘updating’ by outside sources - sources that do not help us in becoming our best self.
This is why we must have daily software updates that we are in control of and that help us in becoming our best self.
I am extremely intentional about this practice during my cancer battle and continue it to ensure I am in control of my thoughts, which affect my actions.
Tune in as I share with you specific episodes and things I do to change my state and vision with anchoring.
Previous episode to listen to: 04 Changing your State Through Anchoring with Ed Mylett
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On today’s episode, I have a special guest that ended up really rocking me during our episode. Her story is a powerful one! With having her daughter diagnosed with cancer and going through trial after trial, I knew she was someone that you all needed to listen to.
She will remind you that there are such thing as miracles, the power of prayer and that sometimes we need to surrender.
She now has her first book out in a series of books this week! The first book, called Marvellous Macey, The Delightful Days is one that we all need to share with our children. It's a story of a real-life superhero, Macey. I’ve had the pleasure of getting a copy and already loving the message.
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Afraid to throw away those clothes that are getting too big? By keeping them, you are actually sending a very powerful message to yourself, and it's not a good one.
Listen in as I share a story after story of taking uncomfortable action and why you MUST start doing this today.
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Recorded technically on the eve of my 700th win, with a week of celebrating my birthday, this is by far the best gift to myself - true love in upleving my promises to myself, and each day getting closer to alignment.
What am I talking about here? 700 wins with my Daily Agreement Cards (DAC), something I have shared on here before, but once again, this has been the biggest game changer in my self confidence. Listen in as I teach you the easy acronym to remember the formula so you too can BANG out some DAC’s.
For reference:
B - behavior agreement
A - activity agreement
N - nutrition agreement
G - growth agreement
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What better way to celebrate my special birthday than to get on a zoom recording (since we are apart) and let Erik take over as host.
Knowing how serious he would take the roll of podcast host, he decided to turn things on me and ask me 7 questions that he felt would allow my listeners to get to know me even better than they already do.
From asking me which 7 foods I would live on for the rest of my life to what is the hardest thing I have had to forgive myself for, we covered all areas of my life.
Want to know what pigeon slang is? Well, you will have to tune into this fun episode to find out.
Thank you to my husband for being so much fun during this interview. It made us see just how much we love this quality time together.
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Akemi Sue Fisher, the "Amazon Queen", millionaire and e-commerce business coach, has helped thousands of Amazon sellers scale and grow their businesses to six, seven and eight figures. She has quickly become one of the most trusted and sought after E-commerce consultants in the world.
In only five years, her agency, Love & Launch, has helped her clients achieve over two billion dollars in sales through Amazon, Shopify, Wal-Mart, Etsy, Ebay and other e-commerce platforms. Her entrepreneurial spirit and direct approach continues to help elevate not only her success, but the success of her clients which range from startups to fortune 500 companies. Since 2011, Akemi has been a trailblazer within the influencer and social media marketing niche. She continues to create new and innovative models and proprietary softwares to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of online marketing. Akemi graduated from a top three nationally-ranked public relations program at the University of Florida with a concentration in Business Administration. In 2018, Akemi started the series called Meet the Women of the C-Suite that profiles the lessons of high profile female executives. In 2020, Akemi started a community for women to empower women in e-commerce and to help put dollars back into the hands of entrepreneurs.
The Heal is Real: Breast implants carry potential health risks, and we believe every woman should know what they are. Whether you already have implants or are considering them, use The Heal is Real as a vital source of information. We specifically aim to educate the public about breast implant illness (BII), which affects thousands of individuals each year. Until recently, most of these cases went undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Now, afflicted women are sharing their stories.
We’re here to support women - not judge the choices of our sisters. The Heal is Real refers not only to the physical mending of the body after BII, but also to the emotional state of those who felt the need to opt for breast implants.
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I love when people think I am so different than them in that I do not struggle or that I am ‘fixed’ of everything.
That could not be further from the truth. The difference is that I know that its a daily practice to stay chasing my best self.
After having a meltdown in my car last week, I wanted to either go shopping, or go for some food. Junk food. I felt old patterns wanting to creep up.
While I was not facing a life-threatening challenge at the time, the pain/problem was all relative.
I came home and went through several practices so that I would not head for the candy.
Things that you can do that I talk about in this episode:
Anchor - take the time to change your state and vision.
Write a list of all the good things - what you focus on, expands.
Stay Present - take it one day at a time. We can all win ONE DAY.
Audible commands - there is POWER in your words to yourself.
Do not live in regret - coulda, shoulda, woulda is not a place you should go.
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I hadn’t even finished listening to this guest on Andy Frisella’s podcast and something overcame me and I sent him a video on IG and asked him what it would take to come on F* It.
I was blessed to say that Chadd Wright said yes.
Recording this before having my amazing cancer news (see episode #73), this was just what I needed in what seemed like the hardest time in my life.
Chadd is a former Navy Seal, founder of Three of Seven, who has an incredible story to tell. While I have always known there is power in words, he confirms it in the episode more than ever.
Not afraid to share is beliefs and convictions, this is someone that you come to respect and admire so much.
I hope you get out of this just as much as I did.
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It's been exactly one month since I got the best news ever.
I hope that this episode reminds you that miracles do happen, that you should never have a plan B, and that you need to start to create and live in your future.
After battling stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer with an ALK gene mutation for over 7 years, this could not have come at a better time.
2021 is feeling better and brighter.
Share this episode with someone that needs to hear that miracles are all around us.
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When you love someone a lot, you have them on more than once!
For me, the decision was easy as my friend Lesley really brings so much value to my life and I think she will bring some to you. Check out our first episode together about having an accountability partner on episode 40!
As mentioned in my podcast, she is offering my audience a special offer on her deck of cards with the coupon code exclusive for you- FITPOD (all one word). And I will be giving away a deck on my IG stories AND on my Amy Ledin Facebook page. Come join me!
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Dreams do come true!
With all that has been happening in my life, I thought this was the perfect one to share. In the middle of struggles, God finds a way to show up in the biggest of ways.
Speaking into the world a dream that I had to meet John Maxwell, little did I know it would come in such a big way.
I hope this encourages you to dream big and share them with others.
Link for John Maxwell’s latest book, Change Your World
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Joe Saputo, President of Carstar Ancaster Group, shares his journey of triumph over alcoholism and recovery to become better than he was before. His inspiring story shows us all that life's challenges can be overcome to allow us to progress to improve ourselves, better our relationships, and inspire others to do so too!
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Zee Ali has confidence and unwavering belief in his abilities to achieve anything he puts his heart and effort into.
He is the owner/operator of ZSwag.com and just wait until you hear his story to success! Talk about someone that was relentless in the pursuit.
Zee is someone that is always looking for opportunities to add value to others. It's how I ended up connected to him.
This story will not only inspire you, but if you have kids, they need to listen in too!
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I hear so many talk about diet deprivation all while stuffing their faces at every opportunity. Second cousin's birthday? I better have a piece of cake. Co-workers going away party? I better have the burger and sides.
Once I wrote out my 90/10 rule when it came to my year and all the events I wanted to be a part of, I started saying no to the ones that were not as important.
As I started to see all of the events I had given myself permission to be a part of, I stopped seeing my other days as too strict. I had plenty of events I was participating in .. I was ignoring that.
It's time you do the assessment and decide on your events that fall under the 90/10.
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For years I would stress about December when it came to my fat loss goals. I would typically set up unrealistic goals all while crashing and burning, and heading into January feeling like I had lost.
Fast forward to a few years ago where I introduced calendar plotting and Decembers have never been the same.
Join me in plotting out your week and month so you can feel success in December.
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Most of us walk around missing out of seeing just how much God is in the details. Today as I went for radiation, God was in the details. I knew I had to come home and record this short episode.
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Sometimes we don’t realize that we’re staying busy in our heads, simply because we didn’t close the loop.
This podcast episode will give you some guidance on how to hack your brain and stop the worry!
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If there is one thing you should implement TODAY, it’s a daily gratitude practice. It’s the most powerful way on a daily basis to change your overall thoughts over time. What you focus on, expands.
I have adopted Tony Robbin’s 7 Reflection questions (with one minor change) and have loved that each day it becomes more and more fun to journal all that I am thankful for.
The questions are:
What are you HAPPY about/for?
What are you EXCITED about/for?
What/who are you PROUD of?
What/who are you GRATEFUL for?
What are you FOCUSED on?
What/who are you COMMITTED to?
Who do you LOVE?
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Today’s guest is going to make you want to get up and do something. Evie Fatz is a strength and conditioning coach, author, mom, and owns and operates EML. She has been in the fitness industry for a long time to see the trends come and go. Evie and I align on many of the same philosophies and principles when it comes to having success with fat loss. Evie comes with SO MANY NUGGETS in the episode. You are not going to want to miss this one.
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Most of us waste so much time on our problem that we are never able to focus on chasing our dreams. Do you feel you are always putting out fires or constantly in your head? It’s time you get out of your problem so you can focus on growth and change.
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It’s 3:30 in the morning on a Saturday, and I am fired up. Life is a gift, and I cannot waste time. This also means that this is a time-sensitive podcast to get the special I talk about in here. So tune in to this short podcast episode all on my mission for impact.
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We all have that song. You know, the one that comforts you or builds you up or even inspires you. Music has always been an anchor in my life for all sorts of reasons.
Today I have Lydia Laird, singer songwriter on the podcast. Lydia sings one of my all-time worship songs that has been one I listen to just about every time I am having a bad day.
This episode is full of discussions on faith, trials, mental health and the power of music. She also shared the stories behind three of my favorite songs. You will not want to miss this one!
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With fat-loss success rates at an all-time low, the fitness industry needs some massive changes. Being in business now over 16 years, Lean Bodies Consulting is about to make waves in the industry offering coaching at crazy low prices so we can make a bigger impact on people.
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Today’s guest is my first local guest! Having his team here at our house as we built our gym/office a few years ago, I immediately saw a difference in the way his team worked and meshed. So I started following Dan on social media and soon found out what a giver he is in our community and how one business has led to multiple businesses. This will inspire you!
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For some reason, these two words never seemed to feel like they would flow together in the same sentence. But as I sat in church this past Sunday struggling to understand why I am facing new challenges, I am reminded of these two words.
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So many of us have stress or are in the middle of stressful situations. And during those times, I see so many people drop the things in their lives that they should actually be doubling down on. With my cancer relapse, I can testify to the power of squashing the false belief around stress. It puts the ball back in your court. Stop allowing stressors in your life to stop you from reaching your goals. It’s an excuse that MUST stop.
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We always hear that we should live for today and stay present in the day, but then we get distracted by the things of the world. I had a big reminder of this message and wanted to share it with you. This is in memory of Rob Deluca.
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Sometimes we just need a swift kick in the ass or the reminder to remember that its a big fat excuse to say we don’t have time for the things we want. Tune in and listen to this reminder if you tend to be someone saying - I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
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He’s back! As promised, my husband, Erik Ledin came back for another interview. This time, all about our business, Lean Bodies Consulting, and how he started this brand back in the day when no one had even heard of online coaching. How has our brand stood the test of time?
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As if I am at the 50th episode of this shindig! Podcasting has already opened new doors for me in such a short amount of time as I’ve managed to reach more and more of you each and every week.
So this episode is a fun one in recapping gratitude examples in all the F’s of this podcast: Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Food, Fitness, and Formula.
Be sure to tag and share this episode with someone you want to come along for the next 50 episodes!
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Change can be hard. And when we are working with brains that like comfort and similarity, you have to get creative in finding easy to make you show up for yourself.
When I got cancer and struggled with daily battles, I created an alter-ego named Cyborg. She helped me on days that I just couldn’t show up.
Now I do it in ALL areas of my life. Better yet, I have a FREE mini-course as a follow-up to this podcast episode. All you have to do is go to my website. Amy Ledin website
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The gap is the space between where you are, and where you want to be. What makes us stay in the gap? NOT TAKING ACTION. Where in your life are you living in the gap?
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2 years ago I decided to take action on some behavior changes I was learning about. I saw the power in decisions and how little promises mattered just as much as the big ones. And that I need to add the extra ‘rewarding tools’ to ensure I would continue the behavior.
The day I said no to smarties in the dollar store was life-changing. Now its time for you to have your Smartie story.
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Long overdue, this is the sequel to episode # all about my affair. This time, from my husband's point of view. We talk all about how infidelity is usually a symptom of a much bigger problem within ourselves.
Join me with my husband Erik Ledin as we talk all about one of the hardest seasons of our lives.
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Most people hear that title and thing of objects and materials to possess. But what we are talking about today is possessing skillsets.
Anytime I change something in my routine, I go ALL IN on mastering it so the decision making is no longer there? What does that entail? Tune into this episode where I walk you through changing my morning routine.
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Ever have a a blowup fight where you really regret the things you said and did? I’m sure we all have. Last year Kamele and I experienced our first ‘real fight’ in that we both overreacted and learned that we didn’t handle our emotions in a way we would be proud of.
While I was able to come present and proactive some breathwork, it was after already blowing up at my daughter.
Join us as Kamele and I laugh our way through recalling that experience last year that changed our relationship for the better.
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A lot of people are misinformed in thinking that eating disorders are primarily in the teenage/early adult part of life. But we are seeing more and more 30-60 year olds suffering from eating disorders these days. With social media inundating us with what we should look like and what we should eat, its no surprise that they are on the rise.
Tune in as I discuss this topic with Lucy Baehr. Living with an eating disorder that put her into treatment more than once, we talk all about eating issues, where they can come from and what you can do if you think you have an unhealthy relationship with food.
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After having on Joanna Vargas (go back to episode 32) on the show, it got me thinking even more about talking to my body and the power that it has.
We’ve seen the proof in plants, so why as adults are we not taking what we say and think to ourselves more seriously?
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I once had this statement stickied to my computer screen for over a year. I was coming from such an all or nothing attitude and had turned into high intention, high attachment and when I failed, it was crippling me.
Taking on this mindset had been a game-changer!
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Today’s episode is with my friend, accountability partner, and celebrity pilates instructor, Lesley Logan. If only we had been recording our Saturday chats, you would get all sorts of business insight.
I met Lesley in a business group and she soon became my official accountability partner. Almost 2 years later and we have fostered a beautiful friendship that still includes official accountability. Tune in and listen to us talk all about her love and passion for pilates and fitness, and how to be an accountability partner that everyone wants.
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Did you know that there is a time in our life where we are more suggestible? With our brain waves being slower, we are more likely to soak up and believe with more conviction.
Our three younger children are invested in Caleb Maddox personal development platform, APEX. With them being at such a highly suggestible age, the belief in personal development is so high! If only all of us could take some of our personal development as actual facts and must do daily ‘homework’.
Leilani’s belief in such a matter-of-fact way is something we can all stand to be more like.
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As I struggled to name this podcast, as we covered so much, I figured I would just name it two of the many things we talked about. Bryce is a self-made millionaire. And not even halfway through his 20’s! Bryce really squashed many of my limiting beliefs around age and also shows everyone what is possible.
We also dived into a topic we both love- biohacking! Tune into hearing all about our routines and things we want to implement in our lives. This was such a fun episode!
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I know we are already 37 episodes in, but this is the episode that would be the first one to listen to if you were working on creating a better you.
When we start to realize that what we focus on expands, we want to make sure we are giving our brains the input that is directing us towards becoming our best selves.
It all starts with core values and what we stand for.
This episode will take you step-by-step through the exercise I teach in my Future-Self Formula Course.
I ‘found’ Elizabeth Benton through listening to her incredible book, “Chasing Cupcakes”. I was hooked and knew I would want to follow her on social media after reading the book. Little did I know I would end up in the same business mastermind!
She is the very successful owner of Primal Potential, an online coaching business, and highly sought out podcast. Elizabeth has one hell of a story and this is an episode you will not want to miss.
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“He who chases two rabbits catches none.”
Over the years, I have found that while I am a big believer in constantly learning and implementing, its important to still have strategy for your learning.
Feeling stuck? Not feeling conviction in some of the things you are doing? Perhaps you have too many cooks in your kitchen and that is leaving you confused and full of uncertainty.
Its time to get laser-focused on the things you are implementing and stay away from the distractions.
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Money seems to be that area where many people get uncomfortable. It's time to change that. We all have a money story that has created who we are when it comes to our finances. Are you the Hustler Extraordinaire?A Damsel in Denial? Or perhaps you are the Highness Income Earner? Tune into today’s show where Kara Ayala takes us through money archetypes and our money stories.
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I decided to come record this one as a last minute perspective reminder for all of us. As my husband’s ex-wife heads into eye surgery this morning, I am reminded of so many blessings we all have! And while I know Laura has a long road ahead of her with recovery, I have no doubt she will look back with gratitude on this experience.
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This episode ended up surprising me! I knew it was going to be a blast because Joanna always brings it, but it left me very excited about a new practice in asking questions and not answering them. I know, it doesn’t make a lot of sense when written.
Listen in as Joanna shares many moments that had me excited to go and implement, including a self-love practice.
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For much of my life I didn’t create boundaries and express what I needed, and what I didn’t need.
This led to resentment. Not just of others, but of myself!
When I realized that my resentment was me abandoning myself, I knew that I wanted to work on this area of my life and take ownership of my feelings and learn to create boundaries. Thanks to the work of Nicole LePera - @the.holistic.psychologist
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Of all the questions I get on social media, two of the most common ones lately are all about my cold showers and why I do fasting days.
I once heard Tom Bilyeu speak on the point that in order for confidence to truly grow, we not only must keep our word to ourselves, but those must be with the things we value and that deem as challenging. This is when I knew I needed to step up my game and lean into hard things.
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If you have struggled to keep your promises and your word with others and yourself, this is the episode to take notes.
I am going to take you through the strategy step-by-step to keeping your promises to yourself. My Daily Agreement Card system has changed my life.
For structure to your DAC, you will create a personal growth agreement, an activity agreement, a nutrition agreement and a behavior agreement every single day.
To be a part of my Daily Agreement Course, go to www.amyledin.com
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I had a history of self betrayal. I had a history of not following through. I had no idea that there was a very strong link between keeping promises and building self confidence.
Tired of not finishing what you started? Struggle to save money? Lose weight? Reach your goals?
Then this episode (and the next) is for you.
It's time to do some assessing when it comes to decisions you are making. Most keep themselves open with too many options and never really decide on something.
They think they have, but then when in a situation, they actually cave and choose something else. And that something else typically doesn’t align with their ultimate goals.
Over the next 3 episodes I will share with you all that I have learned about the power in deciding and how these tools I am about to share, will change your life when making decisions. No more wavering!
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Have you ever taken a personality test? After hearing about the Enneagram test many times, I decided to reach out to the Enneagram expert, Tracy O’Malley and have her recommend the one for me to take and give me my results live on the podcast.
You will not want to miss this episode where she talks all about the benefits of not only knowing your enneagram number, but knowing it for those around you.
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Have you ever done an assessment of who you hang out with the most and if what they do and think align with your ultimate goals?
The infamous quote by Jim Rohn rings true. It's time you analyze your life and see where your friendships land. Are they helping you or hurting you?
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Stef came into my life in 2019 and is one of the most influential people in my circle. She is part of our mastermind girl gang that I have shared about on several episodes..
Stef is extremely successful in network marketing (millionaire in her 20’s) has published 2 books, and is heavily invested in real estate. But most importantly, she leads with her faith and is never afraid to share that.
This conversation took a couple twists and turns and was exactly what we needed to talk about.
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“I’m starting to feel deprived with my diet”. I hear this quite often, and my response is typically not what they want to hear.
No one can make you feel deprived but yourself. It's time to take ownership! Follow my tips in this short episode and start to focus on all that you are gaining during a season of sacrifice.
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Brooke is someone who is unapologetic about who she is and what she stands for. With her bran
d name - Live Out Loud, who better to teach us how to tell our story than her.
Listen in as Brooke takes me through her process in helping her clients identify their story which helps them live out loud authentically. I love how she taught us to use faith, our story and experience to share what we all have inside us.
“Trade ashes for a crown of Beauty”
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So while I used TikTok in the title, it could apply to any of the social media platforms.
What are triggers? What does it mean when I have that triggered feeling?
In this episode, I share with you my triggers with adult dancing and how I worked through it and what they really mean.
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Ever meet someone that just blows you away with their incredible attitude? What’s even more powerful is that I was blown away by Jasna before I even heard her story. Then when I found out she once lived in a refugee camp in Bosnia, moved to the USA barely speaking English, and then went on to suffer through 9 miscarriages, my mouth dropped to the floor because this woman really makes you shift your perspective on things. Listen is as we talk about everything from attitude, mindset, vibing high and healing.
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It’s only been a couple of years since truly learning what unconditional love really means. I realized that I was conditional with my love and my deeper fear of rejection hurt my relationships.
Tune in as I share a story from this past year and how it changed the way I show love to my children and how we must all shift the way in which we express love.
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The latest stats are that 70% of people regain their weight in the first year and 95% regain their weight in the first 3-5 years. Which means only 5% keep their results after 5 years.
With it now being 17+ years since I lost over 90 pounds, I see so many people still having the wrong mindset around what it takes to keep your results.
Listen in as I talk about some of the things that will set you apart so you can be a part of the 5%.
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Ever wonder why you feel more confident when wearing some specific item of clothing? Ever find that you workout more intensely when wearing actual gym clothes? Studies from 2012 show that your clothing does in fact have power.
Listen in as I share with you the research behind what you wear and the power it has. You will definitely look at what you are wearing more closely.
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After almost 21 years of rarely speaking about my adoption, and dealing with a lot of shame, here is the follow up to part 1, and the years following the adoption placement.
“Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.”
- Brene Brown
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It’s been 24 years since I placed my baby for adoption, but the wounds and sadness are still fresh. What does this have to do with creating your best self?
EVERYTHING.
We must forgive and heal the parts that we have shamed. Here is part 1.
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They say that tension is the test. We can all state that we have faith, but when it is put to the test, that is when we really see what our faith is all about.
Today marks the 2 year anniversary of me getting the news of remission. And this came after being told that I had 4-6 months to live.
I hope you listen to this and evaluate where you need to step into faith, fully and completely.
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You Might Not Be Getting Support Because Of These Things
I hear it ALLLLL the time. Clients telling me their partners and friends do not support their goals. While you may need to level up your circle of friends when it comes to fully support your big dreams and goals, more times than not, the reason they are not supportive is because of YOU.
Here are 5 things that are sure to get you no support on your endeavors:
You aren’t honest with how you feel about yourself and your goals
You complain
You have the wrong mindset towards the goal.
You expect perfection from yourself
Your approach is not sustainable
Listen in as I talk about my past experiences where it was because of ME as to why my family did not support me.
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We hear that word thrown around a lot - authenticity. But what is required of these ‘influencers’ to share? Do I need to spill all? Or are there things we can keep to ourselves.
Everyone will have a different opinion on this one. Here’s mine in a PSA message.
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Does that title trigger you? Then this is the episode for you. While we talked about much more than this, I feel like the statement was so powerful that you will want to tune into see what Christina Lecuyer has to say about paying for friendships.
We talk associations, routine, faith, and connection. This is one you will not want to miss as Christina was a key person in my growth in 2019.
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Ever find yourself saying you could never do this, or never do that? Maybe you read somewhere some stat that squashed a dream you may have had?
Today’s is a quickie and a fast way to set yourself up closer to believe in the things you want. Tune in and learn how to squash limiting beliefs in a google search.
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No, I’m not talking coffee filters, I am talking the RAS, also known as your Reticular Activating System. I am obsessed with it and learning all I can do to filter things that help me in becoming my best self.
Listen in as you will already see how the RAS is working to help you, or maybe hurt you, and walk away with some tips in getting the filter to be aligned with you becoming your best self.
You don’t want to miss this one.
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Ever wonder why you continue to sabotage your goals even when you feel you want it so bad? Pick up a copy of Psycho Cybernetics and you will soon see that where the thoughts and mind go, the body follows.
It all comes down to belief and taking control of our computer program, the brain.
Tune in as I teach you about the conscious and subconscious mind and you may just see why you have been sabotaging yourself.
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As the launch-week of my podcast is quickly coming to an end, I wanted to share all the feelings that are coming up for me. This is one of them.
To my surprise, over 70% of people feel the imposter syndrome at some point in their careers.
So which one(s) do you relate to?
Are you the Perfectionist, the Superwoman/man, the Natural Genius, the Soloist, or the Expert? Or maybe a little of all of them?
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This is one of my favorite topics and while this is a quick-hitter, this won’t be the last time we talk about this.
Its time to take control of your environment - on the micro and macro levels. After moving into our new house a few years ago, my peanut butter temptation was suddenly no longer there. It was then that I realized it was all because I was no longer seeing it on a daily basis. Essentially, I was protecting my environment.
On a macro level, we need to look at who we are surrounded by, and do they help us in supporting us in what we want in life? In this podcast episode, I share with you some of the things I do to protect my environment on a micro and macro level. Its time to do an assessment of your environment. Is it serving you or causing you to have more obstacles and challenges.
Come share with me on my social media what you have done to protect your environment.
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We always hear the saying “live today like it’s your last” but its really just lip service to most of us.
After 77 days on chemotherapy during COVID, I realized that prior to that I was STILL playing it small and not taking action on my big dreams and goals.
Its time for YOU to take action on the things you keep saying you want to do.
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This episode was a dream come true and long in the making. Ed Mylett is known for his peak performance strategies. And who better to teach me some of those strategies while battling cancer.
Join me as Ed takes us through a lesson on changing your state through the practice of anchoring. This hack has become one of the biggest attributes to my positive mindset and allows me to show up even when I don’t feel like showing up.
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This interview with Paul Kim over at Operation Dichotomy is to date the most talked about podcast I have done. Its exactly why I asked Paul if I could share it over on mine.
We talked about my marriage-ending affair, life after an affair with exes, and how to navigate through the shame surrounding it. We also discussed the stereotypes and assumptions people make about infidelity and how the conversation needs to change. Tune into this one, you will not want to miss it.
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With the shocking stats that 95% of people who lose weight gain it back within 3 years, we have to see that our mindset around dieting needs to change. Now going into my 18th year of keeping off over 90 pounds of weight loss, what is keeping me here is not a diet. In this episode, I take you through my weight loss journey and share with you what needed to happen in order to make lasting change.
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A strategic podcast where Amy Ledin talks about the main F’s that have influenced her life and have helped her in creating her best self. She covers areas in faith, family, forgiveness, food, fitness, and formula. She will deep dive into how placing her baby for adoption at 18, losing almost 100 pounds, facing her marriage-ending affair, and battling stage 4 cancer for almost 7 years, has only made her stronger. Join Amy as she takes you through her story, her life-changing struggles, and shares with you the tactical strategies every single week that will help you thrive and overcome ANYTHING you face.
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