In today’s episode, we talk about exercise! When you hear the word exercise, what feelings come up for you? How would you describe your relationship with exercise? Join me as we talk about joyful movement and how to make exercise suck less!
Read MoreAlli Kelley is an ag-centered entrepreneur. She stays busy running a successful food blog, a consulting and coaching business, and all the social media connected with an online presence. She also owns and operates a small, diversified farmstead where she enjoys experimenting in the garden, creating profitable mini businesses on the farm, and of course, riding her big grey horse, Zane. Her formal education in ag paired with her entrepreneur heart, always keeps things exciting for her husband and three kids. She loves that they are always up for an adventure and are the top supporters of her wild ideas.
In this episode, we’ll chat about:
Alli’s food philosophy and sorting through the mixed ideas about what foods are the healthiest or most nutritious
Her goal of helping people feel more confident about their food choices and comfortable enough to ask questions about how food is raised without feeling stupid or silly
Tips for reducing overwhelm and feeling more empowered in the kitchen
In this episode, I chat with my new friend Alex Youdim. Shortly before his 40th birthday, in the height of the pandemic, he was laid off from a job he loved and broke up with his girlfriend after 5+ years invested in each and finally decided to take control of his life. In the year and a half since, he’s refocused on himself, his health, and his mindset. Along the way of losing 120 pounds and counting, he has found a version of himself that he loves and for a long time thought was lost.
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of the podcast, join me in a candid conversation about before and after photos. To be honest, I have mixed feelings about them. I waver between seeing them as a powerful tool to inspire and connect with others while also struggling with how to make sure they aren’t unintentionally instilling more shame and perpetuating the problems that diet culture has created.
Read MoreToday’s guest is my friend Brooke Taylor. I would describe her as wildly witty, a powerful creative, with an adventurous spirit, and just about as resilient as they come. We’ll chat about how Brooke is learning to embrace her body post-cancer as well as empowering her daughter to love herself and her body too, no matter what life brings her. She makes the daily choice to be brave and talks about what it takes to face our fears.
Read MoreWe all have a lie of “once.” I’ll finally be happy ONCE… once I lose the weight, once I have the ring, once I buy the house. But most of the time what we truly want isn’t the thing, but the feeling we think the thing will give us. For me, the story was always weight loss. That’s what I thought I wanted. But what I actually wanted was acceptance, self-love, romantic love, self-confidence, freedom, joy, and energy and to keep up with my nieces.
We don’t want THINGS, we want the feeling we think the things will give us.
But here’s the kicker…
Feelings are born of thought, not circumstance. MINDSET is everything.
How you think and feel about yourself influences the way you show up in every aspect of your life. What you THINK. Impacts how you FEEL. Which determines what you DO.
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