Wise & Well: Recent Episodes
Herman Lynn
I'm Herman Lynn and my mission is to discover what it truly means to live a healthy and fulfilling life. I am a Nutritionist, Trainer, and most importantly a Recovering Perfectionist. My time studying wellness and helping others has taught me that true wellness is as much mental as it is physical. I think there is no one answer that fits all and I love hearing new perspectives. I invite you to join me as I talk with interesting people and learn from their stories and expertise.
Bronson Dant, Author and Coach, joins the show to discuss the holistic aspects of living a healthy life and how that definition likely needs to evolve in your own life.
- Finding the “best” diet is a distraction from the real problem
- Why we often miss the forest for the trees in fitness
- “The Happiness Trap”
- The disconnect between fitness expectations and reality
- Re-directing your fitness “drive”
- “Shiny object syndrome”
- Do you actually want it? Because it’s ok if you don’t…
- Who you follow online is part of your diet
- Shifting your focus from aesthetic to performance goals
- Do you really need to “lose your friends” to hit your goals?
- Addition works better than subtraction
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Sarah Clark is back! With a baby this time...
We talk about life with a newborn, how fitness changes throughout life, and what annoys us about the Social Media world right now.
Many people fall into the all-or-nothing pattern in fitness and dieting. I cover why this is and how to end it.
Why you fall into cycles of all-or-nothing
Expectations vs reality
1 We assume we have to do more than we really do to get results
2 The results we want are not worth the amount of work and sacrifice we are willing to do
Why weight loss becomes harder as you lose more weight
How to set realistic expectations for your fitness goals.
What we can learn from people who have climbed Mt. Everest
How to true alignment with fitness and life
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We take a break from the usual conversation around food, fitness, & fat loss to focus on building healthy relationships.
Sergio Nazzaro, Performance Coach, joins the show to talk about how to make a relationship go from "failing" to "thriving."
Disclaimer: This is a very blunt & transparent conversation. If you don't like cursing or hard truths... skip this one ; )
- Chasing success & money often blinds us from what’s truly important
- How we sedate ourselves with “self-improvement”
- Is sensitivity preventing us from being honest today?
- Preventing resentment in relationships with timely feedback
- Relationships are lifelong investments
- How we sabotage our partner through our internal stories
- Hard conversations save relationships
- Stop treating a relationships like an obligation
- Remove the conditional expectations
- Date your partner forever
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I had a few rough weeks in April fitness & nutrition wise...
As I finally got "back on track" last week... it made me think...
Motivation is meant to have highs and lows... we just need to learn how to make them less extreme.
I cover why and how in this episode.
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Join me for another solo episode.
I tried every diet and workout for 10 years and saw very little changes to my body.
Here are the 5 things that finally helped me start building more muscle, lose body fat sustainably, & feel healthy.
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The 5 things that changed my body for good…
- Consistently strength training
- Practicing progressive overload
- Lifting heavier weights for lower reps
- Using food to go on offense
- Learning how to rest more
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Mike Doehla, Founder of Stronger U, joins the show to talk about the current state of the nutrition coaching industry, obesity, and the future outlook of health & fitness.
Why Mike started a podcast
The extremes of the fitness industry
Is obesity a choice?
Tracking calories vs intuitive eating
How to perform a nutrition “tune-up”
“Under-eating” does not cause fat gain
The most common sources of “hidden calories”
Reverse dieting is not the magic bullet
Your metabolism is not broken
The Carnivore Cult
Mike’s outlook on the future of health & fitness
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Sarah Clark joins the show for another round of the Coach's Corner.
We share our thoughts on process goals, challenging inner beliefs, and how to not let fat loss goals control your life.
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In this solo episode, I cover 5 important reminders to help you overcome the nagging guilt after a weekend where you definitely did NOT prioritize your fitness nutrition.
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You did do as much damage as you think
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How much you have to eat to actually gain fat
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Scale fluctuations are normal
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What causes water weight to increase
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You still need to eat tomorrow
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Weekday restriction leads to weekend chaos
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ADD food & movement instead of restricting
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Movement helps everything
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Don’t use exercise to “burn it off”
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There is more to health than food & fitness
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The power of meaningful social connection
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Ryan Murphy, fitness & nutrition coach, joins the show to provide discuss how busy parents can make fitness & fat loss more realistic.
Prioritizing your fitness as a parent
Social media fitness vs reality
Unrealistic expectations of healthy eating and exercises
Simplifying what makes a healthy diet
Fitting your favorite foods into your plan
Conquering the “all-or-nothing” mentality
Focus on ADDING foods rather than restricting
The impact of stress on our nutrition and digestion
How to make any workout plan more flexible
More is not always better
The problem with most online “wellness” advice
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Michael Soares, trainer and founder of New Human, joins the show to talk about weight loss for athletes and making fitness less complicated.
Why former athletes struggle with weight gain
Working out for weight loss is overrated
Going on offense vs living on defense
How I accidentally made my dog overweight
Calories & portions sizes are deceiving
Rebuilding your relationship with food & fitness
Consistency over perfection
Looking for non-scale wins
Habit stacking for sustainable weight loss
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I'm going solo for this one as I do a deep dive on how to actually "lose fat without giving up your favorite foods". No fluff. Get the notepad ready.
How most mainstream diets work
What you actually NEED to do to lose body fat
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Manage overall calories
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Figuring out how many calories you should eat
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How to lose body fat and not muscle
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The "skinny fat" problem
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How to start strength training
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Reduce overall hunger
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The best foods to minimize hunger
- How to eat any food and still lose weight
Zach Haber joins the show for a second time to talk about how he lost 200 lbs (mostly in 1 year). He shares the biggest mental and physical changes he had to make to lose the weight AND keep it off.
Consistency over perfection
Avoiding “nothing” days
How to stay motivated before you see results
How to make fat loss enjoyable
Learning and adjusting along the way
Being ok with “failing”
Why progress will not be linear
What to do when you hit a plateau
Focus on the process… not the outcome
Knowing when it’s not worth getting leaner
Maintaining the weight you lose
How strength training makes fat loss easier
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Andrew Coates (trainer, industry expert, & longtime writer) joins the show to discuss the current state of health & fitness.
He outlines the challenges with staying healthy in today's world and delivers an empowering message to prioritize your fitness.
Rocky Gonzales joins the show to share his story of how using the Wise & Well Method helped him lose 40 lbs, build muscle definition, and improve his overall health.
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Growing up as the “big” kid
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The dangers of the all-or-nothing diet mentality
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Living on defense
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Why cardio is not the best fat loss tool
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The health scare that changed Rocky’s life
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How Rocky lost 40 lbs
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The Wise & Well Method
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Consistency over perfection
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Moving past gym intimidation
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How strength training makes fat loss easier
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Losing weight without giving up your favorite foods
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The real benefit of tracking calories
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Falling in love with the process vs the outcome
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Dr. Allen Bacon joins the show to discuss the behaviors, habits, and actions that make fat loss harder... or easier.
- The main drivers of hunger
- Is your metabolism the problem?
- Managing hunger in the modern world
- Identifying and reducing food triggers
- The impact of processed foods.
- Unfollow people who yell in grocery stores
- Creating awareness around your eating habits
- The importance of having a healthy identity
- Why we start really start craving sweets
Learn what the best exercise is for long term sustainable fat loss. We will cover what most people get wrong when exercising for fat loss and how to finally start making true body composition changes.
This is a solo podcast. If you enjoy this episode, let me know in the comments and I will do more like these!
- The best exercise for fat loss
- The problem with “burning calories”
- How much exercise you really need to lose weight
- How we burn most of our daily calories
- The two things needed to burn fat
- Prioritizing muscle over fat
- How to fix “skinny fat”
- Building muscle makes you look toned
- How to consistently look leaner as you get older
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If you want to learn how to properly strength train, eat food to nourish your body, and improve your relationship with food & fitness... this is for you.
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On this episode of the Coach's Corner with Sarah Clark, we discuss why building muscle is the key to sustainable fat loss and building a healthy fit body. We also go over the best strategies that have helped us and our clients build more muscle.
If you are looking for help with your training & nutrition, check out Wise & Well Coaching.
I work with you 1:1 to create a personalized plan to help you build muscle, lose fat, and improve your overall health.
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Brooks Coleman joins to share his 3 step blueprint to managing hunger and cravings on your fat loss journey.
- Maximize fullness & satiety
- Control your environment
- Tips to deal with inevitable cravings
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Coach's Corner Q&A with Sarah Clark
Should you increase calories & build muscle first before going on a cut?
What is the most underrated habit that has made Sarah healthier?
How do you stay on track while on vacation?
How do you successfully maintain after a cut?
Sarah’s biggest goals as a new parent
Do group classes like Orange Theory help you lose fat?
Our favorite Winter foods/recipes
Find Sarah on the Sarah Clark Podcast and @sarahclarkkk_ on IG
Carrie Astwood, Fat Loss Coach, joins the show to discuss her journey of becoming a bodybuilder, dealing with multiple cycles of weight gain, and how she finally lost fat for good.
Carrie’s personal journey through eating disorders, bodybuilding
How she gained AND lost 100 lbs
Why “flexible dieting” changed her relationship with food
How social media causes body dysmorphia
Building muscle makes you look leaner and feel healthier
Why you’re lowest weight is not necessarily your leanest weight
How Carrie finally lost weight for good
Why “clean eating” is overrated
Avoid lists that tell you what foods to avoid
How to cycle fat loss phases
In todays episode of the monthly Coach's Corner series, Sarah Clark and I give you 5 actionable tips to stay fit & healthy during the holidays. We cover workouts, nutrition tips, as well as mindset.
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Reach out to us in a DM and say hello! We love connecting with listeners and hearing what you are working on.
Sam Forget joins to talk about "boosting your metabolism".... what is true, what is a myth, and how to actually improve your metabolic health.
Is starvation mode real?
Can eating too little really make you hold onto fat?
Walking is the most underrated "metabolism booster"
The "movement paradox" of eating less calories
Why eating MORE sometimes helps people lose weight
How muscle can speed up your metabolism
How building muscle can lower your body fat percent
How to cycle fat loss phases
Rusty, AKA the Miss Frizzle of Fitness, joins to discuss why so many people struggle to find the right balance with fitness and how to get more out of your workouts.
- Rusty wants you to have fun with fitness again
- The process of working out is more important than the outcome
- The limitations of fitness studies
- "Perfect” form is overrated
- Less is more with strength training
- How to get the most out of your workouts
- You don’t need more volume to make progress
- Do more of what you currently are NOT doing
- Why fitness doesn’t have to suck
Rachel Werner, author of Macro Cooking Made Simple, joins to give her top tips to make healthy cooking easier
- How much do macros matter for most people?
- How Rachel prioritizes protein in her plant-based diet
- Our favorite protein smoothie combos
- How to build a balanced macro friendly plate
- A simpler way to meal prep
- How to eat to fuel your workouts
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Sarah Clark joins the show for another edition of Coach's Corner. Today we cover the top 10 tips to make fat loss easier.
- Follow a strategic plan
- Space out your meal
- Manage your hunger
- Audit your calories
- Avoid the extremes
- Lift weights
- Walk
- Manage your stress
- Sleep
- Be patient
Mike Doehla, Founder of Stronger U, joins me to discuss the biggest lessons he learned from helping 1000's of people lose fat and improve their relationship with food.
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Building a business around serving people rather than selling them
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How Stronger U won by keeping nutrition simple
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The 2 most common traits among people who maintain weight loss
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Why your lowest weight is not always your healthiest weight
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Why you can’t use weight as the only measure of success
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The unhealthy side of “anti-diet” culture
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The real cause of the obesity epidemic
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Practical advice for staying fit in the modern world
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How to eat your favorite foods and still hit your fat loss goals
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Why meal plans are a waste of time
Billy Grady, founder of Blossom, joins me to discuss why he created his Superfood Lattes and how he is turning his beverage company into a one stop shop for improving mental wellness.
On this episode, you'll hear...
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Billy’s personal struggles with mental & physical fatigue
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How nutrient deficiencies can impact your mental health
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Why mental health is becoming a greater challenge
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The world after Covid is not built for mental wellness
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Therapy is like the gym for the brain
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How Blossom drink improve mental clarity
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Why mental health doesn’t have one right solution
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The future of Blossom’s plans to personalize mental wellness solutions
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The first installment of Coach's Corner! This will be a monthly series where Sarah Clark (The Sarah Clark Podcast) and Herman Lynn co-host to bring you valuable insights based on our experience as fitness & nutrition coaches.
This episode covers the difference between weight loss and fat loss, why it’s important to understand, and how you can ensure you’re losing primarily fat in the pursuit of reaching a goal.
Topics you'll hear...
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Understanding the difference between Weight Loss vs. Fat
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How to get "toned"
- The importance of building muscle
- Practical advice on ensuring the weight you're losing is primarily fat
- Reshaping your relationship with the scale
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Jordan Lips, Online Fitness Coach and Certified Nutritionist, joins to clear up common misconceptions about building muscle and losing fat
On this episode, you'll hear...
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What is actually required to build muscle
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Should you train to failure?
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The benefits of training to failure as a beginner
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Minimum effective dose
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Why more volume is not always better
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Why “calories burned” during workouts doesn’t really matter
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What is metabolic adaptation?
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Is “starvation mode” real?
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Why some people struggle to lose weight more than others
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Do you really need to “fix” your metabolism and hormones?
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What it means if you are not losing weight in a calorie deficit
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How to know if you should be lose weight
Sarah Clark joins me again to break down everything you ACTUALLY need to know about macros & calories to hit your goals.
In this episode, you'll hear...
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An update on my current bulk
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How to determine your real maintenance calories
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The value of having a nutrition coach
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Why you are probably eating more calories than you think
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Taking the emotion out of your diet plan
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Why protein is crucial and how to get enough of it
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How to balance your carbs and fats
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Realistic advice for people who want results without tracking
Sam Forget, a nutrition coach who has been helping frustrated dieters for over 10 years…joins for a very transparent and nuanced conversation around fat loss. Sam believes radical honesty with his clients is necessary for them to achieve their goals. We talk about how to achieve that without the judgment that is usually attached to it.
On this episode, you'll hear...
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Why Sam stopped censoring himself online
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Change requires radical honesty with yourself
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Identifying your opportunities without judgment
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Prioritizing your health is not inherently “disordered”
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The truth behind “starvation mode”
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How to stop living in diet “purgatory”
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How to truly achieve “food freedom”
Kasey Orvidas, who has her PhD in Psychology and is also certified in fitness and nutrition, joins to discuss the behavior side of making true lasting healthy habit changes
On this episode, you'll hear...
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The rise of mindset “experts” on social media
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Why behavior drives true healthy changes
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The #1 factor that is almost always preventing you from making healthy changes
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Change your identity before you change your habits
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The difficulty of your goals you pick is very important
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Short term goals vs long term goals
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The behaviors of people who actually maintain weight loss
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Why you don’t need to always take your thoughts seriously
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Why some people never end up taking the action they want
Sarah Loomis, holistic health coach, joins the show to talk about what true "wellness" really means and how to improve your health outside of fitness and nutrition.
On this episode, you'll hear...
Why health is not just physical
Why nutrition and fitness aren’t the entire answer
Why the real benefits of exercise are underrated
Our broken relationship with food and fitness
Why we need more social connection
The importance of reflecting how food makes you feel
Exercise is NOT a replacement for therapy
Why fit people are not always healthy
Creating a night routine
Why willpower is overrated
Our obsession with “productivity”
Find Sarah Loomis @sarahmloomis on IG
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Won Dolegowski, Health Coach & PharmD, joins me to tell her story of how she STARTED strength training in her 40's. Won is now in her 50's and continuing to improve her health every day.
In this episode, you'll hear...
Why you are never too old to get stronger
Why we don’t put enough emphasis on strength training
The importance of rest periods
Chasing strong instead of skinny
Why building muscle gives you the body that you think dieting will
A better way to “lose those last 10 lbs”
The key habits to healthy aging and longevity
Why you should NOT sacrifice sleep
What happens when you reduce alcohol
Kellen Milad, creator of the Movement Parallels Life YouTube Channel, joins the show to discuss about the origins of his ground flow based movements and why people should move and play more without the rigid rules of exercise.
On this episode, you'll hear...
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Redefining movement and fitness
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The important of mobility, flexibility, and range of motion
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Staying fit without risking injury
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How to make exercise fun again
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Doing exercise that make you feel better
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Why adults should “play” more
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Why strength training and cardio are both important
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Strength training helps you live longer
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Intuitive exercise and movement
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Why discipline is overrated
Stefanie Michele, Disordered Eating Coach, joins me to discuss binge eating, body image challenges, and how tribalism makes nutrition so much more confusing.
In this episode, you'll hear...
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When healthy eating stops making sense
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Tribalism in nutrition and diet cults
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Emotional insecurity as a child and how it impacts your eating habits
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Hidden side effects of low carb and intermitting fasting
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How restricting leads to binge eating
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How to stop playing the comparison game
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Why health is not a look
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How diet culture is isolating
Marci Nevin is back! This time we talk about everything you need to know to start building muscle today.
In this episode, you'll hear...
- What strength training is and what it is NOT
- Why Orange Theory won't really build you muscle
- How much volume is ideal for building muscle
- Why more is not always better
- Going to failure and getting uncomfortable
- Why recovery is so important for building muscle
- The ideal strength training program for busy people
- How to build muscle without going to the gym
Lisa Davis joins me to discuss why staying healthy as you age is a choice and how to make it much easier for yourself even when it feels like you have no time.
On this episode, you'll hear...
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Why prioritizing your health impacts the people around you
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Why consistency is more important than “optimal”
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Small changes are more effective than radical shifts
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How tracking calories is a great tool for awareness
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How to track without losing your mind
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How to automate your healthy eating
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Simplifying meal prep to make it realistic
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The best emergency healthy grab & go items for busy people
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How strength training makes it easier to eat more and stay fit
1 Why protein is a fat loss cheat code
- Easy ways to get more protein
2 Strength training is key for fat loss
3 Why walking is the most underrated fat loss tool
4 How eating whole foods impacts fat loss
- How to still enjoy your favorite foods while losing fat
- Why balance is important for a realistic successful diet
5 What "meal hygiene" is and why we need to talk about it more
*TRIGGER WARNING: Eating Disorders
Taylor LaLuzerne joins me to tell her story about her past struggles with disordered eating and body image... and how she managed to finally build a healthy relationship with food and fitness.
In this episode you'll hear...
- How eating disorders affect people of all shapes and sizes
- How easy it is to rationalize disordered eating in our head
- The impact that trauma has on our relationship with food and fitness
- How restriction turns into bingeing
- The extremes of dieting and “food rules”
Zach Haber joins me to talk about the mental shifts he had to make to lose 200 lbs... and keep it off.
In this episode you'll hear...
- How genetics nudges our hunger and fullness
- Why most diet advice out there doesn’t work
- Moving away from a victim mentality and accepting responsibility
- Why an elimination mindset doesn’t work for long term weight loss
- Learning to trust your hunger again
- Why it is critical to have a proper support system
- Why most people can’t understand what its like to be obese
- Celebrating non-scale victories
- The need for compassionate accountability
- Seasons of weight loss and why a “plateau” isn’t necessarily bad
- Why you have to believe you are worthy before losing the weight
Meagan Maritato, Registered Dietitian, joins to give a deep dive on all things intuitive eating and how to move away from the "diet culture" mentality.
In this episode, we discuss
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Why weight loss is not always healthy
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Why you shouldn’t always comment on someone’s weight loss
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Why losing weight fast usually doesn’t mean you lost fat
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The long term effects of yo-yo dieting
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Losing the mind-body connection with dieting
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Rejecting “Diet Culture”
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Hitting diet rock bottom
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Honoring your hunger
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Learning to trust yourself again around food
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Why Intuitive Eating is not the same as eating whatever you want
Brittany Wehrle, Registered Dietitian and host of the Fueled and Well podcast, joins to discuss how she has moved from a dieting mentality and toward an intuitive eating approach within her own life and with her clients.
In this episode, you'll hear
- How fear drives our obsession with "wellness"
- Moving from tracking daily to intuitive eating
- What people get wrong about intuitive eating
- Practicing gentle nutrition
- Why we are bad at recognizing hunger and fullness
- How stress around food affects us physically
- Disordered exercise
- Using exercise to avoid emotions
- Why an irregular cycle is a big red flag
- Intuitive eating and obesity
- Why weight loss is not the only thing that matters for health
Austin Vetter, founder of FreshChef Meal Prep, joins the show to discuss how he overcame his childhood mental health struggles and emotional eating... which is what led to him to create a meal prep service that delivers local quality fresh food right to your door.
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In this episode, you'll hear...
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Struggling with childhood anxiety
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Carrying childhood trauma through life
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Relying on food as an emotional crutch
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Why pain is often what leads to true change
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Dealing with food guilt
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Why your lowest weight may not be your healthiest
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Making peace with food
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Generational perspectives on mental health
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How strength training build resiliency outside the gym
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Why weight loss is not the only thing that makes you healthy
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How your physical habits can change your mental health
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Austin’s top 3 Fresh Chef meals on the menu
Kristi Carlson, Gut Health Practitioner, joins the show to help simplify gut health. We go over some of the most important factors that impact your gut and actionable steps to improve your health today.
In this episode we cover...
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The impact of stress and cortisol on the gut
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The importance of being in a rest and digest state when eating
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How underrating can wreak havoc on the gut
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The best way to make dietary changes
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The impacts of low carb diets
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Different types of fiber and how much you need
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Why some veggies are tough on digestion
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The truth behind food sensitivities
Meggie Owsiak, owner of the online retail account Everyday Best Buy, joins the show to walk through how she built her own business while working a full time job. Even more impressive, Meggie did all this while being a wife and a mother of two very young children.
The 3 biggest things you'll take away from this episode...
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Pursuing your passion IS possible regardless of where you are in your life...
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Living a life of meaning has a radical impact on your mental health... even if it does come with some struggle
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And most importantly... you don't have to sacrifice your life and family to do it
Brittainy Cherry, local author and also my very first coaching client, joins me to discuss how we worked together on improving her relationship with food and fitness.
Brittainy pursued weight loss much of her life. Every diet had failed her previously. Once we stopped focusing on weight loss and shifted the focus to FEELING healthy, everything changed.
In this episode, you'll hear...
- Being stuck in the diet cycle
- Why health online is so confusing
- Why weight loss won't make you happy
- Finding your true "healthy" weight without judgment
- Losing weight for yourself instead of others
- Finding REAL "food freedom"
- The weekend binge cycle
- Dealing with "food noise"
- Eating healthy and the fear of death
- Add to your plate instead of restricting
- How Brittainy lost weight once she actually stopped focusing on weight loss
- How we often ignore the signals our body is sending us
- Why working out less may make you feel better
- Brittainy's career as a writer and how health makes her a better writer
Betty Guerrero, a Registered Dietitian AND bodybuilder, joins me to discuss about health inside and out.
In this episode you'll hear...
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What it's like to be an RD on Instagram
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Why health is much more than looking lean
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Focusing on mindset first before making diet changes
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Why BMI is not a great metric for overall health
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Creating healthy habits regardless of your weight
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Supplement recommendations
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Why intermittent fasting is so not the same for every person
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Simple healthy habits that MOST people will benefit greatly from
Marci Nevin is an online fitness coach that focuses on helping her clients achieve health inside and out through flexible dieting, strength training, and mindset work. This is part 1 of my series with Marci.
In this first episode, you will hear
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How self-hate first drove Marci into fitness and nutrition
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What led to her obsession with calories, clean eating, and working out
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How flexible dieting changed her perspective on "food rules"
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Why strength training is such a game changer
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The "Satisfaction Cup": How to find true holistic health
Vatche Shakarian, a weight loss coach, joins to discuss how he battled childhood obesity and what led him to change his entire lifestyle and lose 100 lbs. He now believes that he did it all wrong and wants to help you avoid the same mistakes he made.
In this episode...
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Vatche's obesity as a child and dealing with fat shame
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What made him go all in on his weight loss journey
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The mistakes he made along the way and why he would do it differently now
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How weight loss can turn into an unhealthy obsession
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Why fat loss doesn't need to be so complicated
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The lifestyle and mindset changes needed for true balance
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How to lose weight without eliminating your favorite foods
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His response to the people online who send him hate for discussing fat loss
Join me for my first solo episode as I talk through making sure your goals align with your habits and daily mindset.
In this episode...
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Why it's so important to assess our goals periodically
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My personal journey of switching from a weight loss mentality to a strength building mindset
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An exercise you can do today to better understand your goals
Sarah Clark is a Macro Coach who helps women struggling with their nutrition, fitness, and mindset. She shares her own personal past struggles in which she swung between the extremes of obsessing and neglecting nutrition. Her willingness to constantly challenge her own internal beliefs and pivot when she felt out of alignment led her to understanding how important the balance of physical and mental health truly are.
Topics included in this chat...
-Sarah's personal journey
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Our anxiety with perfect nutrition
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How to listen and incorporate different perspectives
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Why health is so individualized
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How Sarah uses journaling to challenge her beliefs
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Why taking that first step is so important
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How to get over perfectionism with food
Jamie Tamboli, owner of The Barre Code Third Ward studio in Milwaukee, joins me to walk you through her story and the stages she went through in discovering her disordered relationship with nutrition and fitness. She walks us through how she first ignored the signs, finally recognized the problem, and then the steps she took to finally overcome it.