Your Nervous System on Overdrive: How to Tell if You’re Living in Survival Mode I didn’t always realize I was living in survival mode. I just thought I was a tired mom, a nurse running on caffeine, and someone with “bad discipline” because I couldn’t stop craving carbs. But what I now know is that […]
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I Stopped Setting 30-Day Goals. Here’s What I Do Instead I used to swear by 30-day goals. They felt tidy. Manageable. Like if I could just push through for one month—whether it was cutting out sugar, walking every day, or journaling every morning—I’d finally get traction. And I did. For 30 days. But here’s
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When Your Thoughts Don’t Match Your Goals: Building Mental Alignment for Change I’ve lost count of the number of times I set a goal—usually around health or weight—only to find myself sabotaging it with my own thoughts. Have you ever said, “This time will be different,” while secretly thinking, I’ll probably fail again? That mental
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What I’d Tell My Younger Self About Weight Loss, Worth, and Wellness If I could sit across from my twenty-something self—the one clutching a calorie-tracking notebook and chasing every fad diet—I’d start with a long hug and a tall glass of water. Then I’d talk about the weight loss mindset shift that took me years
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Why “Falling Off” Is a Myth—and What’s Really Happening Instead Affiliate DisclosureThis post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products and services I personally trust and believe can support your health journey. As always, this content is
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Rewiring vs. Restricting: The Real Path to Food Freedom I used to believe the answer to weight loss was always restriction. Cut carbs. Cut calories. Cut out entire food groups and then cut out social events because—let’s be honest—it’s hard to sip water at a birthday party when everyone else is having cake. If
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The Morning Routine That Changed My Brain (and My Blood Pressure) I used to roll out of bed in the morning like I was being shot out of a cannon. Alarm blaring, kids needing breakfast, my brain already running a mental checklist of a thousand things I had to do. Coffee first, obviously—but then I’d
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3 Mindset Shifts That Helped Me Stop Emotionally Eating at Night If you’ve ever stood in front of the pantry at 10 p.m., staring at a half-empty bag of chips wondering why did I do this again?, trust me—you are not alone. Nighttime emotional eating was my pattern for years. During the day, I could
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Your Inner Critic Isn’t the Enemy—She’s Just Misguided I used to think my inner critic was out to destroy me. You know the voice—the one that whispers (or yells) things like, “You’ll never stick with this,” or “Why even bother, you’ve failed a hundred times.” For years, I fought her like she was an
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I Used to Think I Had No Willpower—Turns Out, I Just Had No Strategy For the longest time, I thought I just didn’t have the willpower. I figured other women must be stronger than me. More motivated. More disciplined.Because every time I started a new diet or workout plan, I’d do okay for a
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