Want to learn simple yet powerful tips to boost your mental and emotional health? In today’s episode, Maria shares four simple tips for you to “butter your own bread”. Be warned - these practices will not only nurture your own well-being but also positively impact those around you. One of these tips may help you reframe everything you thought you knew about self-talk.

In this conversation with Melissa Szurovy, who has been working with Elizabeth for a few years, Melissa shares with us part of her journey with the complexities of weight metrics, individualizing exercise programs for joy and satisfaction, and developing the trust and patience needed to transform your relationship with food and your body.

Do you struggle to understand or respect your fullness cues? This is often one of the last pieces of the puzzle to fit into place on the Intuitive Eating journey. We’re making it easier by explaining how to use the hunger fullness scale, giving examples, recognizing barriers to feeling your fullness, and sharing how to more effectively connect with your fullness and other eating cues.

We talk about our own discoveries related to learning from and listening to our bodies when dealing with hunger, eating, and nutrition.

Effective listening can improve just about every relationship. Yet it’s a skill that most of us aren’t taught. You may be familiar with some common approaches we often take when we listen, that often don’t work! So tune in as we suggest alternate responses that DO build connections as Maria gives us the “Cliff Notes” from her workshop “How to Listen for Real.” Let's break down the barriers to effective communication and learn the importance of listening skills together!

Finding your true "why" is a key step in helping you be consistent with your fitness, nutrition, and other goals. But are you drilling down deep enough to understand what really matters and will motivate you the most when the initial excitement and motivation of a new goal wanes? Join us as we delve into the power of your "why" so you can zero in on what truly drives and inspires you.