This season we'll explore the reasons behind why we struggle to make the changes required to achieve our desired health outcomes. We'll discuss the physical and emotional roadblocks that often hold us back from making positive changes, and provide practical tips for overcoming these obstacles.

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BLT June

Hello there, friend, and welcome back to

the Nutrition Edit podcast.

I'm your host, Jeanie Oliver, functional nutrition and wellness coach, and

I'm finally back with season two.

I can't believe how fast this last few months has gone by and how

much has already happened in 2023.

I am launching this season a little bit later than originally.

Planned, but I've been busy running my Body Liberation Together Group,

which is my 12 week intensive metabolic health program.

I have a really wonderful group of women, so I wanted to make sure they're getting

the attention they deserve while still bringing you great guests and episodes.

So I hope you'll find this season was worth the wait.

In my practice, I focus a lot on mindset.

You're hearing me talk about it over and over because I find that

if a mindset and attitude isn't in the right place more often than.

And newsflash, no one has a perfect mindset all the time,

and perfect isn't even a thing.

But if we don't have, you know, the right mindset and attitude,

at least more often than not, we will really struggle to achieve

our health and our lifestyle goals.

But today, in over the coming season, . I wanna take things a step

further than mindset and attitude and open up a conversation about

how we can tap into our subconscious to uncover what's holding us back.

Because if it was always something that was in the forefront of our mind

and was really clear and obvious, we would have a much easier time dealing

with it, and it would be a non-issue.

you may have said at some point, or heard a friend say something along

the lines of, Ugh, she has such a great body, or She's so thinner fit,

or She's so disciplined, I hate her, or It must be nice or something else.

You know, that's kind of catty along those lines.

It's really not a compliment when we say or hear people say these things.

It's actually an accusation, and those kinds of comments or thoughts

come from a place of insecurity.

resentment and judgment on our part or on the part of whoever is saying

that when we say or think, things like this, it's often because someone

else's choices or lifestyle or shining a light on something that we know we

want to change or we feel we should change, but we're not ready to change.

Yet.

So while we may envy people who look a certain way or who we perceive as having

something that we don't have or that we want, we may not be ready or willing

to do what it takes to get what they have or look the way that they look.

. So we have to be honest with ourselves and instead of being, you know, jealous

or resentful of people like that, we need to go, okay, am I actually really

willing to do the work to get that or to achieve that outcome or not?

And if the answer is not, that's okay.

It just means that for whatever reason, it's either not a priority

to you or you're not ready now.

On the other hand, sometimes it has nothing to do with

wanting what someone else has.

We may have genuinely compelling personal reasons to make positive

changes in our lives, but we just can't seem to make ourselves do

the work to achieve our goals.

And either we don't know what to do or where to start, or we know what

to do, but we struggle to do it consistently enough or long enough to

get the results that we're looking.

. So when it comes to changing your diet or exercising consistently, which is

what a lot of you will struggle with, or you wouldn't be here listening to this,

there are a multitude of things that can prevent you from taking the necessary

steps to reach your desired outcomes.

Or goals in this area.

And changing the way that we eat specifically is one of the

hardest things to do in life.

It's really, really difficult.

you know, there's emotions behind our food.

There are, you know, cultural norms and traditions.

There are all kinds of emotional, familial messages.

There's just a lot there to unpack

So there are a lot of drivers here, that can dictate.

tastes, choices, cravings, habits, et cetera.

So the key here is to figure out what those things are that are holding you

back, because if you can't identify what they are or what those roadblocks are,

it's unlikely that you'll actually be able to address the problem and move forward.

When a client of mine is having trouble identifying what's holding them back,

I will refer them or urge them to work with a practitioner who can help

them uncover what's happening on a subconscious level, because that's

where those sneaky limiting beliefs, messages, and experiences actually live.

And we can't access that with talk therapy.

Those are things that are stored, in the area of the brain that

we call the mid-brain and.

Really are sort of embedded in our nervous.

And your nervous system is always working to keep you safe and alive.

And on a subconscious cellular level, change often does not feel

safe, even if it's positive change.

I've talked about this in past episodes where, you know, we all know, someone

that's in a bad relationship and maybe they leave that relationship, but then

they end up in another one that's maybe a different person, but the same scenario,

or they try to leave a relationship and then always fall back into.

And that's typically because that feels familiar and safe,

even if it's not actually safe.

So addressing our nervous system is, is really key and.

Well, working on your mindset, learning about nutrition, you

know how to eat properly and honor your body, working out regularly.

All of these are really important, crucial pieces of your overall health.

However, you will have a much easier time making changes and sticking with

healthy practices if you do the necessary work to heal and help your nervous.

Feel safe.

So this season we are gonna be focusing on the most common things that hold

us back and the challenges that we may face when we're trying to make

lasting positive changes in our lives.

Some of these things like emotional eating, we touched on in season one.

That was episode nine, I believe.

But this season we'll do a deep dive into why we struggle to make lasting

lifestyle changes and what to do about it.

So we'll be talking about the factors that drive addictive behavior, self sabotage.

All of these things and sharing tools to help you break free from those

behaviors so that you can feel better in your body and start living a more

free, fulfilling, and joyful life.

I have some really terrific guests joining me to cover juicy

topics such as hypnotherapy.

Super excited for that one.

food addiction, what I call strategic indulgence and family and social dynamics.

These are all things that, you know, can have a huge

influence on us and our choices.

And I'm also gonna do a couple of quick, what I call helpful hacks episodes

where I give you very easy, simple, actionable tricks for healthy living.

So be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

And I also wanna just give you a little bit of homework that will help

you get the most out of the season's content, and I think help you to.

Just sort of start getting in touch with how things are affecting you

on an emotional and physical level.

So what I want you to do is just start to think about and jot down any beliefs or

stories or narratives that are circulating in your head about who you are or about

the things that you're struggling with.

So an example would be, if you struggle to make healthy food choices, what

are the things that you tell yourself?

What are the voices that you hear inside of your head?

So an example might be, oh, I will start a diet, but then I never follow through.

So you're telling yourself you never follow through or you know, I'm just.

Someone that loves carbs or I love my sugar, or I love cheese,

I, I could never give up cheese.

All of those things.

Write them down.

Think about them.

Identify them.

Or maybe you say things to yourself that are mean and self-destructive.

Maybe you say, oh, you know, I'm fat and ugly, or, I have big fat thighs or

whatever it is, write those things down.

Sometimes when we can get them out of our head and onto paper, we get perspective

on A, how negative and mean that they are . And B, sometimes we can realize

like, wait a minute, that's actually not true, and it's not real or logical.

It's just something that I'm telling myself.

So the next thing I want you to do is after you've written those things,

identify whether these are things that are coming from outside sources,

like family or external influences.

Maybe someone told you something when you were little.

me growing up being taller than all the other girls.

People told me I was such a big girl.

Well, when you're a little kid, you don't necessarily think that that's.

a positive thing.

People don't say tall, they say big.

So I thought people were telling me I was, I was fat or I was too big.

So what did I do?

I tried to shrink and I slouched.

So that would be an example of an external voice or a parent that maybe

criticized you or a sibling or bullies at school, whatever it might be.

You know, social media, magazines, identify if those are external

influences or if they're an internal.

Influence meaning like your own critical thoughts or, or voices or ideas.

You know, maybe these are perfectionistic tendencies or the, I'm not good enough,

or I'm not lovable unless I'm thin enough, pretty enough, et cetera.

Those kinds of things.

And then as you're writing down all of these items, I want you to

start paying attention to where do you feel it in your body?

So, . If you have cravings, for example, or urges to eat or drink

alcohol for no obvious reason, check in with yourself to see if there is a

clear emotion that you're feeling or an experience that you're reacting to.

And if it's not clear, try to notice any sensations such as tension, tightness,

pain or heaviness in your body.

And then jot down whatever you notice.

The reason I want you to do this is because often we are so busy or

we're trying so hard to avoid any kind of unpleasant emotions that

we detach from our bodies and we just end up in go mode in our daily

lives where we're just getting by.

We're keeping ourselves busy constantly, or we're, checking out with television

or social media or whatever it might.

And the reason that this is so important is because if you can start to reconnect

with your body and your emotions, you're gonna get more clarity around those things

that are potentially holding you back.

And then you can start to take small steps towards positive change.

And then obviously, you know, tapping into the subconscious and your nervous system.

Taking it on to a different level.

It's deeper work, and we're gonna talk more about that in in future episodes.

But this is a really good place to start to just start getting back in touch with

your body and identifying how are you feeling, how are things affecting you?

Um, you know, how are you reacting to different experiences or

interactions, relationships, et cetera.

eventually you're gonna be able to identify what emotions or experiences are

triggering your undesirable behaviors, and it will get easier to step back

and make a choice that serves you well and nurtures you instead of just

anesthetizing with food or alcohol or whatever it is that's not serving you

anymore, or that is preventing you from breaching your goals and feeling

your best and living your best life.

So, . The caveat here is, you know, be patient with yourself and don't

try to do this too much too quickly.

So don't do too much too quickly because you can get overwhelmed.

And again, your nervous system in that case is gonna be like, whoa, no way.

We're not gonna go there.

And I find that when people get into all or nothing mode, and they

try to do too many things all at once, they're successful for a

short period of time, and then the wheels fall off the bus completely.

and they start back at square one and they're very frustrated and

they can lose hope and give it all together, and you don't wanna do that.

So making small incremental change is the way to go.

Just take a general approach by speaking to yourself kindly and try

approaching your health and your relationship with your body and food

with curiosity instead of judgment.

keep practicing that.

It doesn't happen overnight.

, it takes some time.

It's not always easy, but instead of.

Being judgey and mean to yourself.

Just get curious what's going on here?

What am I really feeling?

What is this about for me?

And you may actually be surprised at what you uncover.

So that's your homework.

Until next time, and I would love to hear what you learn.

So shoot me a DM or comment on This episode's post over on Instagram.

You can find me at j Oliver.

And let me know what comes up for you.

So I'm curious to hear and I'm looking forward to connecting with you.

And until our next episode, take care of you and I'll see you next week.