Thinner Peace In Menopause: Weight Loss After 50 & Mindfulness

In this episode, I want to share a letter I received from my client, Andrea. After a particular event that involved her getting sick and regaining weight, she asked me how she can better manage her mind around stressful situations, and secondly, how to resist urges that stem from those events.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/313 

It’s good to look after your physical health especially as we’re getting older. But I want to make it clear that what the Thinner Peace process offers first and foremost is emotional health. In this episode, I elaborate more on my process of why prioritizing your emotional well-being will lead to improved physical health over the long term.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/312

Whether you feel you have enough or not enough willpower around food, here's the truth: willpower DOESN'T work. So long as you continue to desire any food, your willpower will give. So in this episode, I provide two ways that will help you in lessening your urges around food through one key idea - by allowing it.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/311

Butterflies undergo an incredible transformation from the caterpillar stage to the chrysalis stage to the butterfly stage, and it’s similar to the transformation that I take my clients through. Listen in today to find out what happens in the Thinner Peace Process and how it could be exactly what you’re missing from your journey. I’m sharing the three phases of this process and how the power of self-compassion enables you to build trust and confidence in yourself!   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/310

When it comes to our weight loss journeys, oftentimes our goal is to simply lower those numbers on the scale. But the beauty of weight loss coaching is that you can come out of it with more than what you were expecting. When my client hired me, it was with the intention to stop dieting and how to eat between the two’s. Little did she know she would discover just how much her own thoughts were creating her urge to overeat.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/309

Did you know that trying to please people puts both emotional and physical weight on you? This was a challenge a client of mine struggled with. She was trying so hard to please her mother, she ended up going against herself. Tune in to discover how she gained the confidence to stand up for herself and changed her relationship with herself and her mother for the better.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/308

An important aspect of coaching is learning to have faith in yourself that you have the strength to put in the hard work. Joining me on the podcast today is Jill, one of my beloved clients. In this episode, Jill shares why coaching became the X-Factor in her weight loss journey and how she's been doing 1 year after working with me.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/307

When people regain weight or don’t lose weight fast enough, they often tell themselves, “I’m a failure. I’ll never be able to do this.” In another installation of the Most Valuable Podcast episodes, we dive into the two most basic tools for permanent weight loss: massive action and failure. If you are able to understand and apply both these tools, then you will be able to develop a successful mindset to get the results you want.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/306

In the midst of finishing up my latest Thinner Peace Group Program, I ask my clients, “Why is this the last time you’ll ever need to lose weight again?” When my client, Nancy, came into the group session, she said that her biggest goal was to make peace with her body and with food. Today, I have the pleasure of sharing Nancy's answer to that all-important question with you all.    Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/305

According to Buddhist philosophy, there are two states of emotions: the healthy state and the unhealthy state. For many of you, food is used as a way to create joy. But my Buddhist mentor, James Baraz, takes a different angle on this. So for this episode, I want to share James’ teachings on the many ways you can create joy and sustain it through three simple steps.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/304

Last week, I talked about urges and the detrimental impact they can have on you when you choose to resist them rather than feel them. And I want to continue that discussion but from a more emotional perspective this time. In this episode, I want to share a real story from one of my beloved clients who struggled with pushing away her emotions and how allowing herself to process that emotion brought freedom and inner peace to herself in the end.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/303

One of the questions many people still ask me to this day is: “What do I do when I feel an urge?” So in this week’s episode, I want to dedicate the time to define what an urge is, what it would feel like, and how you can manage them using a simple exercise by taking a page out of Pema Chödrön’s book that will teach you how to manage those urges in three simple and easy steps.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/302

Do you feel like your eating habits are out of control? The usual quick and easy tricks to lose weight won't work now that you're in menopause. As one of my Most Valuable Podcasts, Bridget, reveals her beginning struggles with food and alcohol and why she chose to work with me to overcome them while also providing an update on her life two years after graduating from the Thinner Peace Program.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/301

Welcome to a new year, and to commemorate this new beginning is the 300th episode of The Thinner Peace Podcast. As we start out this year, I want you to start it with love and self-acceptance. In this episode, I share a simple exercise that will get you started on pointing your mind in the right direction so you can start seeing the beauty that’s already there.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/300

We've finally made it to the end of 2021 and to wrap up the year, I want to impart with you all some knowledge as we head into 2022. Present society encourages us to always be in a hurry. But when we're in a hurry we forget to appreciate the present. In this year's final episode, I invite you to slow down, connect with your body, and just be present.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/299

Regardless of where you are right now or what you are, so long as you’re still here, believe that the best is yet to come. In this week’s episode, I want to share the story of my client, Sam who truly took this advice to heart and is now taking new and exciting steps to reshape her life after grappling with bulimia for many years.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/298

One of the best things you can gift yourself this holiday season is to make a commitment to investing in yourself, and my client, Nanette, went above and beyond that. This week, she joins me on the podcast to share how she has broken free from her tumultuous relationship with food and found her worthiness in honoring her commitment to herself.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/297

In this week’s special episode, Jayna, one of my listeners who is taking on my holiday challenge, is joining me on the podcast to openly share her struggles with food journaling. As she steadily progresses in her food journaling, Jayna is now learning to be more curious and compassionate with herself and it’s making her a happier person for it.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/296

As we roll into December, I propose a new challenge for all of you dear listeners called, “The Thinner Peace Holiday Challenge”, where you will begin to practice awareness and accountability through three simple steps which I will discuss in this episode. You are the only one with the power to give yourself the accountability to catalyze the change you want to see happen.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/295

Thanksgiving is this week and amongst all the celebrations and food, I challenge you to be more mindful and watch yourself. In this episode, I share one of my clients' realization that her insistent need to please other people came to her own detriment and how her life and relationship with food changed for the better once she started asking herself what she wanted.   Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/294