AHHH Lifestyle: Recent Episodes
Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan, Certified Eating Psychology Practitioner and Certified WellBEing Coach at AHHHLifestyle.com discusses some of the most popular topics from her coaching practice. Susan specializes in Binge Eating, Overeating, Emotional Eating, Body Intuition / Intuitive Eating, Body Image / Body Shame, Mind-Body Nutrition, Yo-Yo Dieting, Digestion, Mood, Fatigue, and many other health concerns as they relate to Eating Psychology, Mind-Body Connection, and Intuitive Eating.
In this episode I answer the question: How can you be an intuitive eater using eating psychology, love yourself the way you are right now, and still want to lose weight without feeling guilt and shame? Plus, I provide you with the #1 most important thing to do to improve your health, and announce next week's podcast episode topic. Show Notes: www.ahhhlifestyle.com/046
What happens when you check out vs. what happens when you allow yourself to feel emotions and move through them. This is especially helpful for people who feel they are emotional eaters or who feel they are too emotional. Included in this podcast is a list of symptoms people experience when they are disembodied, as well as the announcement of next week's podcast topic. Show Notes: www.ahhhlifestyle.com/045
In this episode I talk about increasing your daily diet of positive emotions. People who experience more positive emotions, experience more meaning. And those who experience more meaning, experience more positive emotions. This is the type of wellbeing that you really want to experience! Plus, I provide listeners with some easy-to-do ideas on how they can implement daily activities using the practice of prioritizing positivity. I provide several resources for further, more in-depth information and announce next week's podcast topic. Show Notes: www.ahhhlifestyle.com/044
New Year’s resolutions don’t work for most people. Extreme measures of goal setting, like SMART goals only work for about 25% of the population. Did you know that 75% people are not motivated by SMART goals at all? It shuts them down before they even get a good start. And believe it or not, only a small percentage of that 25% of people who are motivated by SMART goals, actually accomplish their goals. Resolutions are old, ineffective strategies from a past decade. Instead of “resolution” … think “intention”, or if it resonates with you more, think of it as an “annual theme”. I call mine a “Divine Intention”. Setting an intention and having it touch every area of your life is the new and quite frankly effective way to set personal or professional goals. Because remember, how you do anything is how you do everything. Show Notes: www.ahhhlifestyle.com/043
In order to binge the body must be in fight or flight stress response, technically called sympathetic dominance. The body cannot binge while relaxed. So when you make a binge a ritualistic process and savor every single moment before, during and after, over time you’ll naturally move through and beyond binging. In this episode, I take you through the “basic foundation” of how I work with my eating psychology clients as it relates to this topic. I also discuss clients’ typical results when going through a ritualized binge as it relates to eating psychology. I provide more information about how to work with me to help you go beyond this foundational information in a personalized way. I reveal a special surprise, and announce next week’s podcast topic. Show Notes: www.ahhhlifestyle.com/042
In this episode, I discuss how eating fast and eating slow can significantly influence your health. You will be shocked to learn how something so simple can make a profound difference in almost every area of your life - in ways you would have never expected. While most people have set resolutions associated with speed in the new year, you will be learning to slooooow dooooown. I know, I know. You were told that speed is everything, right? That speed equals success, and successful people do things fast and furiously. That may be true for a small percentage of people, but for most people fast creates a stress response which is counter to the results you actually want. Also in this episode I announce next week's podcast topic which is a great segway from here. Show Notes: www.ahhhlifestyle.com/041
In this episode, I discuss core values, signature strengths, and character strengths specifically when using them to understand who you are on a psychological level, and how to use them to guide yourself on your authentic life path. The happiest people I know, live by their core values and character strengths as their one-of-a-kind "Guide to Life on Planet Earth". This is the only way to live an authentically happy life! Included in this podcast I provide two example scenarios and give you a sneak peak into next week's podcast episode. Show Notes: www.ahhhlifestyle.com/040
In this episode, I discuss how to find your vibe, how that vibe creates your tribe, how your tribe affects your whole well being, and how to recreate your vibe if you need to. Hint: Look at the people you hang out with the most. I’m not talking about how they look. You cannot tell much about a person by what they look like; that’s a myth. I’m talking about their core values, their character strengths, who they are publicly and privately, and how they effect others around them both intentionally or unintentionally. Plus, I provide you with two professional, highly effective assessment resources to help you determine who you really are. As always, I announce next week's podcast which is a great segway from here.
Are you compulsively weighing yourself? I interviewed five women who said they were addicted to their bathroom scale. I asked them several questions about their weighing practices, and they gave me permission to share their answers with you. You may find yourself in some of their answers. In addition, I suggest an experiment that you can do to experientially determine if the scale effects you and how. I provide a suggestion to see how it effects other people in your life too. New studies show that 90% of women have body image issues. And as always, next week’s podcast topic is announced.
In this episode, I raise awareness around 25 of the most common causes of stress. But hold on, there is more goodness! I explain how reducing your stress can be a fun adventure, and provide a list of how these stressors really affect the body - some of which you may not know is causing you stress. I also suggest two little experiments that you can do to help yourself right now, and I announce the topic for next week’s podcast. Wow! That's a lot packed into one of the longest podcast episodes I've done. I truly believe that reducing stress is the #1 most important action you can take to gift yourself with ultimate self care.
This episode is so delicious and sure to satisfy your sweet tooth if you are willing to be honest with yourself and make some changes! In just a few minutes, you will learn what your body is attempting to tell you when you have sugar cravings, and a strategy on how you can move past them. Sugar cravings are a symptom, and symptoms are your body's way of communicating with you - in the only way it knows how. In addition, I suggest a small experiment that you can do right now to help you with eliminating your sugar cravings. I also reveal next week's podcast episode topic, which I feel is the #1 most important action you can take to gift yourself with ultimate self care.
In this episode you will be learning what really causes someone to eat too much. I discuss the mental, emotional, and biological sides to the behavior. Here’s a hint: It's not usually about willpower nor the food, yet many think so, leaving them feeling guilt and shame. What’s the psychology and biology behind it? What’s the difference between overeating and binge eating? In addition, I announce the topic for next week’s podcast which will be published and available to you early in the morning on Thanksgiving Day in the USA, which is the perfect timing to put on your curious detective hat and do a small experiment for yourself with grace and ease.
Get ready for 5 tips on how to handle the most common food police judgments at a time when you may need it the most - the holidays! In this podcast, you'll learn how to empower yourself this holiday season, and say “no thank you”, or “more please” with ease. Let the food police know that what you eat, and your body isn’t any of their business. And once and for all stop the “are you on a diet again” remarks. At the very least, you can stop those inconsiderate remarks from bothering you. Plus, I announce the topic for next week’s podcast and just in time for the holiday season when you'll need to know it the most!
Surviving holiday food and still loving yourself is absolutely possible for you! In this episode, I provide five points as a catalyst to help you shift your mindset about judgments we make about ourselves and allow others to make for us. Don't worry. I’ve broken them into bite-size thoughts, so it's easier to understand and digest. I also share a social media post from a new friend to illustrates the point I make in this podcast about how we allow others to influence the self image that we have of ourselves. Plus I provide some holiday tips and an exercise you can do to help you survive the holidays guilt free and shame free.
Learn about the three Eating Personalities, and how they define your eating challenges. I also discuss first step practices that will help you free yourself of eating habits that haven't been serving you regardless of which Eating Personality you find yourself, or which plan, program or strategy you are using right now. I provide more detailed information about my "Breakfast with Your Body" online LIVE event on November 12, 2016. Plus, I reveal next week's podcast topic. If you celebrate the upcoming holidays, you won't want to miss it.