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How to be a Wellness Ally
Episode 6130th September 2020 • Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss • Jenn Trepeck
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  • Welcome Sarah & Sarah's experience working with Jenn
  • How Sarah's balancing going back to work with her health goals
  • Talking about our health/weight loss goals: Jenn didn't share with roommates in college, Sarah did share with her current roommate
  • Doing this alone is hard & a study about having support on this journey 
  • Talking to the wellness ally:
    • Has anyone share their health goals with you? Initial responses matter.
    • It can be confronting for the ally
    • Let the person on the health path drive the conversation
    • Grace & compassion - in meals, social plans, etc.
    • Make plans that don't have food as the focus, experiences and activities instead or in addition 
    • Choose restaurants with healthful options
    • For dessert...offer once.
    • Compliments & how to notice results
    • Avoid being the subtle saboteur
    • Be indifferent to the details
  • When we feel others around us need to focus on their health
    • How to be silently supportive
    • Let your example be the invitation
    • Be balanced, your extreme doesn't compensate for their decisions
  • When you're on the wellness journey
    • Enlist the support of a coach
    • Find wellness and activity friends
    • Choose carefully who you share this with and tell them what to do to support you
  • A final note to the ally, what kind of friend do you want to be?

Quotes:
"Compliment the energy...or the clothes...instead of the weight loss." - Jenn Trepeck
"Be indifferent to the details and supportive of the effort, energy and commitment." - Jenn Trepeck
"Let your example be the invitation." - Jenn Trepeck

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