EP 56: How Are You Protecting the Asset

When you ponder, "What's my most valuable asset?" does your mind automatically drift to your home or business assets?  They are not your most valuable resources.

You spend time and resources securing your home and safeguarding business data, but do not forget the ONE priceless treasure — YOU!

YOU are your most valuable asset.

Ask yourself ... 

• How are you investing in your body and mind?

• What are you delegating so you create time for you?

• Which tasks "don't have to be perfect" so you have energy to take care of you?

• What's your personal security system for nurturing your physical and mental well-being?

EP 55: Your Stress Stopping Toolkit: 3 Essential Planning Techniques

You've corralled the daily chaos, but you're still feeling overwhelmed.

You think, "It sounded do-able at the time," but now you're "over-committed".

Or you know you have several projects and people depending on you -- and you don't know where to focus first. Everything feels like it needs to be done right now.

Learn three easy essential planning techniques to get you free from stress.

EP 54: Three Mistakes People Make Trying to Get Out of Chaos

Discover how stress impacts your health and Intuitive Eating. Learn the 3 mistakes people make when trying to get out of a stress-filled survival mode. Find your 3 ways to slave the chaos that's causing your stress.

The resources I mentioned:

http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/2/9/ep-24-move-from-chaos-to-calm-by-mastering-your-stress

http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/6/7/ep-41-is-short-meditation-better-the-results-are-in

http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/8/2/ep-49-honor-your-hunger-to-feed-your-soul

EP 53: Five Ways to Maximize the Pleasure of Your Meals

Resources to help you get even more out of this episode:

http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/8/2/ep-49-honor-your-hunger-to-feed-your-soul

Alex - @frenchguycooking

https://www.youtube.com/@FrenchGuyCooking/about

You may eat more than your really want because you're chasing satisfaction with quantity instead of quality.

The ingredients, the variety, the spices, and the experience of your meal all add up to either give you pleasure - or leave you feeling bland and wanting more. In the form of "too much". So, check out these 5 ways to maximize your pleasure and elevate your eating experience.

EP 52: The Satisfaction Solution - A Key to Normal Eating

It all started with a Taco Bell bean burrito. Seriously. When I saw a friend not eat the last bite of a burrito because he was satisfied I realized that normal eating was possible. And it hinged on satisfaction. In this episode learn the questions that will help you stop at satisfaction, what satisfaction really is, and why you eat past satisfaction. See you inside!

EP 51: Taste the Moment - Mindful Eating Tips

How does mindful eating - or distracted eating - fit into your home and work culture? When you enjoy a mindful meal you come back recharged.

Listen to learn how to eat mindfully, discover meal-time practices that work even in a crowd, and engage with questions that will level up your relationship with food.

EP 50: Food Freedom - A Secret to Eating Healthy

Discover why allowing yourself to eat what you really want leads to healthy eating. It's counter-intuitive - but it's real. Learn how putting rules around what you eat actually increases your cravings. And hear my story and friends' stories about how eating what we want helps us eat healthy.

Here’s Episode 30 to help you when what you want to eat is not available.

See you in the 7 Day Intuitive Eating Challenge!

EP 49: Honor Your Hunger to Feed Your Soul

When you make yourself go hungry, you train your mind that your needs don't matter. That there is not enough. When you eat mindlessly or eat when you are not hungry, your train your brain that you can't handle discomfort. Learn how to listen to your hunger cues and honor them. It will give you a healthy body and a strong mind.

EP 48: Get Stronger. Starting Now.

“Your only goal with strength training is to get tired.”

• Learn why your workouts may not be giving you results.

• Discover why your goal PLUS the amount of time you want to workout determines your workout style

• Know the 7 foundation principles for any workout you do and how to progress your workouts safely

• Decide what types of equipment is best for you

• And - understand workout jargon

Want to fit in workouts to your busy life? Check out this workout video link.

EP 47: The Secret Tool to Wake Up Your Wellness Superpower

Imagine finally being able to tap into your strengths, not a cookie-cutter program. Learn how to leverage your lifestyle - effortlessly. Say goodbye to getting tripped up by unexpected challenges. How? In this episode you'll discover how to use a powerful classic tool from business -- the SWOT analysis -- to succeed in your wellness. Use your Strengths, work around your Weaknesses, take advantage of your Opportunities, and overcome your Challenges. You deserve a wellness plan that revolves around YOU.

Here are the additional resources I mention.

Episode 22 How to Get the Support You Need

Episode 44 - Fending Off Food Pushers and Food Police

EP 46: Fitness Apps - Are they Friend or Foe

Here’s the Data4All podcast Data in Nutrition episode I mention in this Real Wellness episode. You’ll discover some nutrition and wellness apps I recommend.

- Learn about the benefits and pitfalls of fitness apps
- Answer "Is my app tracking accurate?"
- Discover how they can disconnect you from your body's signals
(and what to do about it)
- Gain valuable insights on how to make the most out of fitness apps
- Find several helpful fitness apps I love that can transform your wellness journey.

EP 45: Heat-Ready Fitness: Mastering Your Summer Workout

Explore the three steps to adapt to the summer heat. Uncover the secrets of staying active outside. Learn just "how hot is too hot".

EP 44: Fending Off Food Pushers and Food Police

Your body was designed with its signals of hunger, fullness, and what it wants. Anyone pushing or policing that is crossing into territory their voice has no right to. You are responsible for your body, not them.

For more inspiration on stopping the food police, head here.

EP 43: Summer Favorites that Are Amazing for Your Health Too

Summer favorites that are full of flavor are also the superstars for your health. Who knew that juicy watermelon and crunchy cucumber are superfoods in their own right? In this episode discover my 3 favorite summer herbs, 6 favorite fruits and vegetables, and why these perfect-in-the-summer foods are perfect for you.

Bonus resource videos -

Tomatoes

Rosemary

Basil - There’s one point in the video where I mislabel holy basil and sweet basil. Watch for it.

Essential oils for energy

EP 42: Sweet Escape - The Links between Stress-Diets-and-Food

How does stress and cortisol impact your craving for pasta, cookies, and other comfort food?

What does science say about whether dieting increases your cortisol?

Do certain foods help you handle stress?

Ultimately - What can you do in your life and food to lower your stress and enjoy your life?

http://www.thevireolife.com/blog/2018/4/18/5-herbs-for-stress-management

http://www.thevireolife.com/blog/2017/1/23/a-new-kind-of-stress-eatingthat-is-actually-beneficial

The DASH Diet to lower blood pressure

EP 41: Is Short Meditation Better? The Results Are In.

Is it better to mediate daily, but short - or to meditate periodically, but long? After research and my own 6 month experiment, I'm ready to share the answers.

Here are the resources I mentioned:

Guided Meditation for Mindful Eating

http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/2/2/ep-23-two-powerful-mental-habits-to-feel-great

http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2022/12/30/ep-18-should-you-set-realistic-or-big-resolutions-to-succeed

EP 40: Crush Excuses - Overcome the 3 Biggest Roadblocks to Wellness

Do you find yourself with zero time for wellness habits like working out, prepping healthy meals, or meditating? Life can get overwhelming (understatement, right?) - and it is easy to let your wellness slide.

• Overcome the "too busy" morning

• Conquer the "too tired at night" to prep for the next day

• Experience wellness when you feel there's no time for it.

EP 39: Love vs Fear - Win the Battle of Healthy Habits

What if changing just one core belief would make wellness faster and frictionless? When you shift from fear-based decisions to love-based decisions, you become powerful in your wellness. Discover the truth about "why" you make a decision - and how that is more important than the decision itself. Get free from the false-morality about your wellness.

Additional resource: http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/3/22/ep-30-how-to-become-a-better-intuitive-eater

EP 38: How to Breakthrough 3 Limiting Beliefs that Stop Momentum

What your mind attends to continually, it believes. And you'll eventually live it out.

So let's make sure what you are believing will get you what you want in your wellness. Easily.

Discover the 3 limiting beliefs I hear most often - and have experienced myself. And, of course, practical ways to breakthrough them.

http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/1/25/how-to-get-the-support-you-need-to-succeed

EP 37: Why Workplace Wellness - How to Build a Stronger Team Now

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What is it costing when your company doesn't promote wellness?

Plus how to start and keep an effective wellness culture.

• Learn about the Stages of Change Model

• Hear from two companies who are doing wellness right

• Get 5 questions to start and keep the wellness conversation going