Calling all overweight plant based women! This is a podcast for FRUSTRATED vegan gal's who can’t shift the fat, all while eating a healthy vegan diet! (Yes we exist.) Weight loss doesn’t have to be a mystery, but with all the pseudo science and outright quackery online it’s hard to understand the true WHY and HOW. I’m Chelsea Cullen and I’ve lost 18kg (nearly 40 pounds) as a vegan ONCE I understood the science of weight loss, which has nothing to do with counting calories or celery juice by ...
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Do You Have What It Takes To Lose Weight FOR GOOD — Why 99% Of People Fail
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Shockingly 99% of people will never lose weight and keep it off long term. (Not a real stat, but you get the picture, you’ve probably experienced it) I used to think everyone was capable of change, but I’ve since realised that not everyone has what it takes. Even if they want it. There are 6 things that that you MUST have if you want to be in the 1…
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How To Lose Weight Without Counting Calories — Getting Into A Calorie Deficit For Dummies
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In this episode, we’re diving into the one thing that completely changed my approach to weight loss—understanding a calorie deficit. For years, I chased quick fixes like juice cleanses, low-carb diets, and raw food diets and even going hungry, thinking they held the secret to fat loss. Spoiler alert: they didn’t. Once I realized the science behind …
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How To Keep Losing Weight When Your Mental Health Sucks
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If you’re going through some mental health struggles while still trying to lose weight then you’re going to need these four steps to making progress: Reset expectations Take radical ownership Force systems of change Embrace your hero arch. It IS possible to lose fat while not being 100% ok. Here’s how. 📚 Join the FREE mini course to kickstart your …
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Why you need to stop worrying what people think and romanticise the struggle
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In this episode, I'm diving into some more raw voice memos and candid chats with my husband, Nick, as we rethink what success means to us. From the mindset shifts that help us see the beauty in the struggle to learning how to stop caring about others’ opinions, we’re exploring what it takes to build a life on our own terms. I hope these voice notes…
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How Marnie Lost 23lbs and Found Food Freedom After Menopause
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Marnie shares her inspiring journey of shedding 23 lbs and finding true food freedom after menopause. Two years ago, a glimpse in a store mirror left her shocked—she didn’t recognize the reflection staring back. Despite being a long-time dedicated whole-food, plant-based diet, menopause brought unexpected weight gain, leaving her feeling out of tou…
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How To Not Give Up Even When You Hate The Process
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If you've ever found yourself using setbacks as a reason to quit? I've been there too. I’m not superhuman, but I’ve found a way to stop quitting when things get tough. Every time I want to give up, I remind myself that quitting would only make me feel worse and stressed. Instead, I’ve learned how to use struggles as growth opportunities. In this ep…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about success lately so In this episode, I’m sharing some raw voice memos and real chats with my husband, Nick, as we dig into what success means for us. From mindset shifts to those everyday moments that shape how we see the world, this is a laid-back, behind-the-scenes peek at our thoughts. It’s real, it’s casual, and it …
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The One Thing Most Women Get WRONG About Fat Loss
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Understanding the trade-offs in weight loss is key to staying on track and reaching your goals. Often, the focus is on what to do, but we forget to consider what we need to not do. Every choice—whether it’s about time, energy, money, or enjoyment—comes with its own cost. I’ll share my personal approach to balancing these trade-offs, like simplifyin…
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How Paloma Escaped A Lifetime Of Failed Diets And Is Rocketing Towards Her Goal
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Meet Palomoa, one of our amazing Lean with Plants clients, who has lost 18 pounds and transformed her life in just a few short months, despite facing challenges like chronic illness and ADHD. After trying countless diets, she’s finally discovered what truly works for her. Tune in as we dive into her inspiring journey, filled with insights and pract…
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How To Stop Feeling Like A Failure And Accelerate Your Progress
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What if instead of feeling like a failure every time you mucked up, you got a boost of motivation and could make progress faster? What if instead of being scared of failure, you embraced challenges head on with excitement? I truly believe that when people learn to fail ‘well’ they become unstoppable. Tune in to hear how to do just that. If you’re r…
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Find the constraints to your success
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Imagine you’re faced with two paths to success: one is hard and full of obstacles, while the other is straightforward and effective. The secret to success isn’t about working harder; it’s about working smarter. Successful people don’t create more obstacles for themselves, they find ways to remove them. In this episode, I’ll use the inversion method…
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How Janie Lost 32lbs In Her Late 60s While Dealing With Crazy Life Challenges
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Janie spent years trying to lose weight and get healthier, but sticking to a diet long-term was always a struggle. Since joining the Lean with Plants family, everything has changed. Now, at 69 years old, post-menopausal, and busy caring for her husband, Janie could have easily felt discouraged. Instead, she found a way to stay consistent, enjoying …
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How I Brainwashed Myself To Get Lean
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I’m not a genius and I still got lean. I’m no one special BUT I lost 40lbs by brainwashing myself to be able to change engrained behaviours. In this episode, I share the 10 things that helped me to change. Not just in weight loss, but in business, fitness, and my personal life as well. If you’re sick of feeling like a failure because you can’t stay…
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How Jordan Lost 37lbs While Consistently Traveling!
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Jordan lost 37 pounds by staying consistent, despite traveling at least once a week every month. She began her weight loss journey on her own, driven by personal commitment and self-discipline as she was fed up of yo-yo dieting. However, the challenges of doing it solo prompted her to seek coaching, investing in herself to achieve her goals. The ac…
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10 Cheat Codes For Making Your Goal A Reality
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Ever wonder how some people achieve big goals and make progress with seemingly little effort, while others are working alot harder but feel stuck? In this episode, I'll reveal 10 cheat codes to help you turn your goals into reality by making your journey easier, not harder. No matter the setbacks, difficulties, or how long the road ahead seems, the…
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How to Effortless Maintain Your Weight And Escape The Lose/Gain Cycle
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Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to gain weight back? Have you ever felt trapped in a cycle of lose some, then gain some endlessly? In this episode we’ll look at how to easily maintain weight loss, pause when you stop losing rather than gaining it all back… and know how to safeguard yourself from sneaky old behaviours creeping back in. This …
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The 6 Steps To Avoid Bad Decisions And Speed Up Your Progress
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Ever struggled with knowing if you’re making the right decision? Ever wondered how successful dieters know what actions to take to smash their goals and seem to have more opportunities to be successful? In this episode we break down the 6 step system for how to become a decisive action so that you can make the right moves that get you to your goal …
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How To Trick Your Brain Into Doing Hard Things And Actually Liking It!
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Imagine if you could ‘self talk’ yourself into doing difficult things and actually enjoying them?Imagine being able to tell yourself, I’m going to achieve X, and then being able to follow through and doing it? In this episode we’re going talk about how to do just that using the power of framing and reframing to tell yourself stories that propel to …
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The Exact Daily Formula I Used To Lose 40lbs And Keep It Off
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Fat loss doesn’t have to be mystical, it’s actually a simple formula, with consistent inputs that have consistent outputs (eat veggies and get into a calorie deficit = lose fat) The hard part is what behavioural inputs you need to ACTUALLY do it. Not just go to the gym each week, but HOW to make yourself do it when you just want to lie on the couch…
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How to Become A Life Long Baddie! Aka Create A Fitness Routine That Lasts
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Building a consistent workout routine isn’t about losing weight. It’s about heart health, preserving muscle, reducing the risk of various diseases, mental health and building trust in yourself. No MATTER who you are, some form of exercise routine is vital for long-term health. In this episode, I’ll cast a vision for adding this to your routine, plu…
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How To Win The Diet War And Fight For Your Freedom
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We’re in a war for our health and most women are losing. We’re loosing to processed foods, dopamine, habits and not being able to structure an environment of success…. but there is hope. We can take back our health and confidence… and it starts by realising that we need to get serious about behavioural change. If you're interested in being one of t…
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The 5 Things That Guarantee You Never Achieve Your Weight Or Fitness Goals
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If you want to guarantee failure, then these are the 5 things to do (or keep doing) Sometimes it’s easier to simply avoid the things that will guarantee failure, and do the opposite, rather than try to come up with what success looks like!! This concept comes from the great Charlie Munger (this entire episode was inspired by his work) and is all ab…
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How To Get What You Need From Your People To Ensure Success - Having Hard Conversations
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Ever found yourself in weight loss discussions, surrounded by differing opinions, personal insecurities, and well-intentioned advice? It's a common challenge when aiming for your weight loss goals. But remember, you're not alone! Join me for a live discussion with our Lean with Plants members, where we'll explore strategies for navigating these tou…
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The Weird Mindset That Allows Successful People To Improve 90% Faster 🤯
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What is the one character trait that allows one person to make leaps in their progress and another to keep failing? Curiosity… weird but true and in this episode we’ll talk about how to implement curiosity in your journey to learn and improve faster AND know what big steps to take to have the most leverage in getting to your goals. Buckle up!! 📚 Jo…
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The 10 Things You MUST Know To Lose Fat (And Keep It Off)
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Ever been in a group of women talking about all the diet’s they’ve done? Ever wondered everything and nothing seems to work and why it’s so hard to burn fat?Ever felt confused by all the different info out there and don’t know what to believe? In this episode we’ll break down the 10 things you MUST know to understand weight loss, and how to use it …
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How Ramona Lost Fat And Built Lean Muscle After Menopause!
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Ramona is losing fat and gaining muscle post menopause. She’s almost 60 but has lost 20lbs over the past few months and if feeling in better shape now then she did 20 years ago. Tune in for her inspiring story, plus so many nuggets of wisdom of how to build iron clad habits like she has! 📚 Join the FREE mini-course to kickstart your weight loss 👇ht…
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8 Months Of Bulking Recap - How Much I Gained And What I Learned
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I’m opening up about weight gain, bulking and becoming muscle mommy in training!All the tea, all things I’ve leant and my results. Come a long for the ride, and learn from my success (and my mistakes!)
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Low Waste Cooking And Simple Meal Prep — Interview With Carleigh From Plant You
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Carleigh Bodrug, founder of PlantYou and author of the New York Times bestselling PlantYou, talks about how to create easy kitchen systems, meal prep and reduce food waste! We talked about making prepping easy, learning to cook, experimenting in the kitchen and finding quick and easy ways to meal prep that work for even the busiest people. What I l…
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How To Do Hard Things While Creating A Sustainable Lifestyle
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The goal isn’t to do easy things! We’re doing that now. The goal is to become the kind of person where hard things are easy things for YOU. The power of successful people is they know where to tweak things to make them FEEL easier, more satisfying, more fun, or slip into those behaviours better than other people. Unsuccessful people think things SH…
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Interview with Ami (Broccoli Mum) on Losing 60lbs And Making Lifelong Changes
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From raw vegan and meal replacement shakes to now cooking up delicious, weight loss recipes for her 140k followers on Instagram, to say Ami has had a wild transformation is an understatement. Buckle up for some serious weight loss wisdom and inspiration from one of the most down to earth and ‘real’ humans out there. Also check out some of Ami’s ama…
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More Mantra’s And Mindsets That Changed My Life
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We’re going to talk about mindset on this episode. Bia’s and worldviews that get you moving forward our keep you stuff. I'll dive deep in to how our default thought patterns and internal dialogue can sometimes be very negative, and how to change that for good. Change is possible, because even though we may not have control over the thoughts our bra…
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How Rebecca Lost 35lbs, Built Simple Meal Prep Systems, And Learnt To Have Hard Conversations
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Imagine going from never being an inconvenience to learning to can ask for what you want, telling the restaurant what you need, and getting your partner on board with your diet. That’s exactly what Rebecca did. In this episode, we talk about how she lost 35lbs and started having hard conversations. How she built simple and easy systems to support h…
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Travel Confidence//How To Avoid Weight Gain And Still Enjoy Your Trip
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If you’re going to get different results, then you need to change your identity around food… not just at home but when traveling and out of your house. In this episode I break down the 3 steps to still keep making progress while you travel or leave your house. If you’re not a recluse and ever plan to leave your home again, then you’re going to need…
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The 5 Habit Building Cheat Codes I Used to Lose 40lbs and Keep Them Off
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We’re going to talk about the fail-proof way to build a habit. You only need to focus on 5 things. If you think use these 5 areas, and build your habits this way, you cannot help but succeed. This is the cheat code for changing behaviour. If you don’t, you go around in circles feeling like a failure, wondering why you’re so lazy. Feeling frustrated…
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Year of Change: 3 Simple Steps to Actually Succeed Long-Term
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Long-term change boils down to 3 things: Solidifying core habits. Going through the valley of despair and coming out the other side. Making change feel sustainable. In this episode, I’ll dive into how to do just that. Not short-term behaviour change, but how to make it stick for the long haul. If you want more than a fleeting diet plan and to actua…
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How Lilly Lost 25lbs, Became A Runner, And Built Confidence She Didn’t Think Was Possible
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Lilly struggled with perfectionism, self-destructive habits, and emotional eating. Now she’s lost 25 lbs, become a runner, and can eat in a way that she knows she’ll maintain for life. 📚 Join the FREE mini-course to kickstart your weight loss 👇https://fitwithplants.com/kickstarter-opt-in-page-page 📆 Get a FREE 1:1 Weight Loss Consult to see how we …
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How Danielle Stopped Secret Bingeing And Reached Her Goal Weight FAST!!
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After years of feeling like a failure, because she couldn’t lose or keep off the weight consistently, Danielle got to her goal weight in record time while ALSO feeling good about the process. Her story of beating secret bingeing, giving up alcohol, and finally ‘winning’ at her diet while finding food freedom is incredibly inspiring. 📚 Join the FREE…
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How to Use Failure to Accelerate Your Progress
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We’re going to talk about how to really make change. Most people say they want it, but won’t actually create systems that force a change in behaviour. As James Clear from the book Atomic Habits states, “You rise and fall to the level of your systems.” Your systems are just the structures, environment and routines that shape your behaviour, so the c…
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From 210lbs to Plant-Based Athlete - How Shari Lost the Weight and Climbed Mount Everest
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Shari was the girl who always got picked last in gym class. She never dreamed she’d be an athlete (much less in her 50’s) but now she’s runs marathons and in September climbed the equivalent of Mount Everest on a plant-based diet. Tune in for her wild story of 27 + fad diets, becoming a runner, and struggling with low energy on a keto diet. Now she…
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Holiday Weight Gain, New Year's Resolutions, and Making Your Goals STICK!
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What’s it going to take to stop the weight gain cycle again this year? It’s going to mean radical responsibility to change and take action. It’s going to require building core habits that don’t rely on willpower. It’s going to mean you get comfortable picking yourself up after failure. It’s going to mean tough conversations and a new identity. It’s…
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How Trace Reached Her Goal Weight in 14 Weeks After Dieting for 15 Years!!
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After 15 years of yo yo dieting, starving and feeling like a failure, once Trace had the tools to succeed she reached her goal in 14 weeks!! In this episode we go over losing fat while eating more, navigating social situations and staying consistent… and what can happen when you gain confidence and stop thinking about weight loss all the time. Chic…
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My story of losing 40lbs, extreme exercise, dieting hell and finding food freedom
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I tried almost every diet. High carb, low carb, raw till four, fully raw, counting calories, you name!! But nothing stuck until I learnt about calorie density and started stuffing my face with potatoes.In this episode I look back at my journey and the lessons learnt a long the way. Losing 40lbs is no joke… but the real success for me is finally bei…
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What To Do When Everything Feels Hard And You Want To Quit
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We’ve all felt that feeling of wanting to quit. When things feel difficult, slow and frustrating. When we’re not sure what to do next or feel hopeless. In this episode, we go over the 4 emotions around wanting to give up, and how to use each of them to propel you to your goal, not away from it. If you’ve ever felt like giving up on your diet or wan…
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How Ginger Lost 33lbs In Her 50’s — After A Lifetime Of Feeling Like A Failure
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Ginger has been dieting her entire adult life. I remember the first call we had, she told me she didn’t think she’d actually be able to be successful and this was her last ditch effort. A year later she’s lost 33lbs, become a badass and done things she thought impossible… like fly out to visit her son after feeling she could never get on a plane!! …
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Wanna change? You’re going to need to build new habits, do things differently, and create a new identity. If you want to change that you’re going to need to be prepared to let go of everything surrounding the old default patterns and build new ones! In this episode, we look at the top 10 habits that helped me lose 40lbs and keep them off. (And now …
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How Judy lost 60lbs and beat breast cancer
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Radical responsibility and a hero’s mindset. That’s what makes Judy different. Not only has she lost 60lbs, but she’s also the carer of her husband, and took ownership of her life to beat cancer. To say she has not had life easy is an understatement. In this episode we talk about how to take up space, ask for what you need and find a supportive com…
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How to have more motivation and reinforce positive behaviour
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Motivation is the catalyst then ongoing drive to work towards a goal. Most of us have seen ‘motivational content’ millions of times without really taking action. We get stuck when things feel difficult and frustrated (then give up) when we don’t see enough progress. In this episode, we’ll talk about how to change that by: Knowing where you want to …
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How Serena lost 160lbs and took ownership of her Future
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There’s something insanely impressive about the perseverance and dedication needed to lose 160lbs… (an entire person!) but that’s exactly what Serena did. No fad dieting, just tiny habits, lots of potatoes, and radical responsibility for her environment. (And a ton of hard conversations with family and friends.) We dive into motivation… how to keep…
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What I’m teaching my kids about body image and food
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What I'm teaching my daughters about body image and food... lots of nuggets, and some controversial opinions, I believe this is going to be helpful whether you're a parent or not... Here’s a sneak peek of what to expect: I DON'T hold beauty as a value metric. I don't call my kids pretty or cute. I don't call myself beautiful or believe I need to I …
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75lbs Down and Counting! - Kezia reveals the secret sauce to success
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Kezia lost 75lbs in Lean with Plants and then became a coach! In this episode we talk about her journey, the game changers that got her losing weight after years of dieting, and how she’s translated that knowledge into solid action steps for Lean with Plants Clients. We highlight the top mindsets and habits of our best clients and how you can get t…
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