S3, E4: (GUEST EXPERT) What Your Prenatal Yoga Teacher Wants You to Know About Movement, Body Image, and the “Right” Expectations in Pregnancy with Lisa Norgren

This episode unpacks a hard-to-admit truth: Your thoughts control what goes in your mouth...  maybe as much as physical hunger does. 

With humans having between 6,000 to 40,000 thoughts per day—most of them negative—Julia exposes how our evolutionary "negativity bias" is sabotaging our modern-day health goals.

The 3 Deadly Patterns:

Julia identifies three specific (and unhelpful) thought patterns that keep smart, motivated women stuck in cycles of self-sabotage with health habits and weight loss... and how you can start to break this pattern if you recognize that YOU are guilty of one of them.

The best "supplement" for stopping hunger is NOT a pill. 

After years of falling for the diet industry's tricks (100-calorie packs, anyone?), Julia discovered why she was always starving despite "eating healthy" and following all the rules.

Your body has survival mechanisms that make you obsessed with food when you restrict too much. Julia explains the science of why aggressive dieting backfires—turning you into a food-obsessed person who can't stop thinking about their next meal. 

The solution? Work WITH your biology, not against it... in 5 specific ways. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

The Reactive vs. Proactive Trap
Learn why your Monday morning "I'm starting over" mentality after a weekend of indulgence might be the reason you have tried a lot a lot... but feel like you keep starting over.

6 Game-Changing Questions
Julia shares the specific questions she asks her clients to shift their relationship with weight loss (from stressful to predictable)—and might save you years of frustration. These questions will reveal:

• Why you might already be closer to your goals than you think

• The hidden motivations that could be holding you back

• Whether you're confusing body image issues with weight loss attempts

The Surprising Truth About "Health"
Julia challenges everything you've been told about what it means to be healthy, with proof that will make you rethink your entire approach.