People frequently ask me whether they should enjoy their food—how much enjoyment is too much when they consider themselves to be a food addict in recovery? How do they know where the line is? It's a common concern, and you can hear my thoughts in this week's episode. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/QHIjOW Episode: The Hot Shower Metaphor | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
Recently, I was talking with a friend who doesn't eat sugar or flour and weighs and measures her food. I was traveling in New York City at the time and on the hunt for some salt for my meal while we were on the phone. She told me that she doesn't use single-serving packets of salt, and her reasoning absolutely floored me. Listen to this week's episode to hear all about it. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/VEB83a Episode: Why Is There Sugar in Salt? | Bright Line Living | The Official ...
I'm in the San Francisco area right now to be with my family as my aunt passes. I heard a couple of days ago that she had taken a turn for the worse, so I decided to drop everything to fly across the country and be with them. Listen to this week's episode to hear how this experience relates to recovery and the Bright Line Eating journey. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/nCg4EO Episode: Showing Up for Family When It Matters | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
In this week's very special episode, I'm joined by Esther Helga from Iceland. I was recently introduced to Esther and a community of people around the world who are doing really interesting things in the world of food addiction research and treatment. Listen to hear all about their work. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/xGzwuU Episode: An Interview with Esther Helga | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
I was on the phone with a close friend recently, and she was talking about why we do what we do when we follow Bright Line Eating. Something she said really struck me, and when I realized I hadn't recorded an episode about it yet, I knew I had to rectify that immediately. Listen to hear my thoughts. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/ctgIV4 Episode: Addiction is a Disease (Yes, an ACTUAL Disease) | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
A little while ago, I recorded an episode about Ari Whitten's amazing new book, Eat For Energy . As part of the release festivities, I interviewed Ari for about an hour and we put out a link to the interview for anyone who bought the book. I asked him a question during our interview that is incredibly important for the BLE community, and his answer was so helpful that I knew I'd eventually discuss it in a podcast episode. Listen to hear my thoughts. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/K9...
This week, I want to talk to you about an overlooked factor in fat-loss maintenance, mood, and overall health. It's a super fun acronym called "NEAT," and you can find out what it stands for when you listen to the episode. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/MP0Ci6 Episode: NEAT | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
Today is my birthday, and I thought since June 29th happened to fall on a Wednesday this year, I would record a podcast on eight reflections I've collected over my 48 years on this Earth. Listen to hear them. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/wGgG25 Episode: Eight Reflections on 48 Years of Life | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
I've had quite an intense week, and as things started to settle down, I was thinking about the things I do to take care of myself, in particular, my meditation practice. Listen to this week's episode to hear my thoughts and how they might relate to your Bright Line Eating program. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/ZcImZi Episode: Sanctity | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
I recently attended the first international conference on food addiction, and the first speaker was especially noteworthy. In this week's episode, I wanted to share some takeaways from his talk. Listen to hear all about it. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/Bho2VW Episode: Three Things Change as Addiction Takes Root | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
I have to confess something: I am so addicted to quantities. I experience tremendous freedom around sugar and flour, which I'm very grateful for, but I'm struggling with my quantities right now. Listen to this week's episode to hear what has happened to me over the last few weeks. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/qlPwyl Episode: Addicted to Quantities | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
I just had the privilege of doing something really exciting—I traveled to England to attend the first-ever international conference on food addiction. How cool is that? Listen to this week's episode to hear all about it. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/8V9kYA Episode: Relapse Prevention | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
I was on the Bright Lifers Accountability Call recently, and someone asked a very interesting question. She wanted to know how to reconcile the difference between how she handles fats at home versus when she eats out at restaurants. Listen to the episode to hear my response to this common experience. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/Rn9TcP Episode: Measuring Fats | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
I'm so excited to announce that my dear friend, Ari Whitten, has published an amazing new book. It's called Eat for Energy: How to Beat Fatigue, Supercharge Your Mitochondria, and Unlock All-Day Energy. In this week's episode, I'm going to share with you what he discusses in chapter 2, which is all about the science of how the food you eat (and WHEN you eat it) affects your circadian rhythm. ------------------ PLEASE NOTE: To gain exclusive access to a special interview between Susan and Ari, se...
A new round of the Gideon Games starts this week. These games are fun, 90-day contests available to all members that promote accountability, support, and connection. During the first-ever round, I was a participant. This time, I've decided to be a Team Leader, and I'm already learning so much. Listen to this episode to hear my thoughts. JOIN THE CORE MEMBERSHIP: https://ble.life/wz044a FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/qFaNaZ Episode: Four Lessons from the Gideon Games | Bright Line Li...
I was on a coaching call a few days ago and spoke with one of our incredible Bright Lifers who drew my attention to an interesting Maintenance topic that I hadn't covered at all before in an episode. Since we've spent the last couple of weeks in BLE Land talking about all things Maintenance, it seemed like the perfect time to discuss it. Listen to this episode to hear my thoughts. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/1wRiyX Episode: Transitioning to Maintenance Without the Bathroom Scale ...
A few weeks ago, while I was battling COVID, our refrigerator ended up breaking. Due to my extreme fatigue and the reality of our unfortunate appliance situation, I ended up ordering takeout for dinner nearly a month straight. Over time, this started to mess with my head. Listen to week's episode to hear what I did about it and how it relates to our Art of Maintenance extravaganza that's happening right now. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/pSUOk1 Episode: The Art of Maintenance | Bri...
I was coaching a Bright Lifer recently on the daily Accountability Call, and she shared an experience with her food that she'd just had at a party. I strongly related to the internal struggle she described, so I decided to record an episode all about it. Listen to hear my thoughts. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/9vfaEj Episode: The Negotiator and the Mediator | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
The concept of the "10++" on the Susceptibility Scale has come up twice in my life recently, so I took that as a sign it was time to record an episode on it. Listen to hear my thoughts. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/aTG807 Episode: 10++ | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
Recently, I was scrolling on social media while I rest and recover from COVID, and I saw someone posting pictures of their BLE food where just about every picture had a waffle in it. Now, I don't know what the waffles were made of, but it got me thinking about an important topic for this week's episode. Listen to hear my thoughts. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/A5T8Fl Episode: Borderline Foods | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
This episode was supposed to be all about a new livestream I'm presenting and an exciting 2-week event that we were going to hold…but I caught Covid a little over a week ago, and I'm just not recovering fast enough. I thought I'd be able to push through, but I realized this morning that I simply can't. Listen to this episode to hear all about it. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/cOCOEP Episode: COVID Vlog | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
In last week's episode, I talked about the process of letting go of our favorite binge foods, and in the comment section below that video, a viewer offered a brilliant analogy that I want to share with you today. He suggested that we should think of our cravings from the perspective of an outsider so that we're a witness to them instead of being a victim of them. Listen to hear my response to his astute observations. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/svnCEh Episode: Navigating Intense ...
Sugar and flour encapsulate the vast majority of what we abstain from in Bright Line Eating in order to heal our brains and our bodies as we lose all our excess weight. In today's episode, I talk about one of the foods that we include under the "sugar and flour" umbrella: potato chips. Listen to hear the science behind why they're just as dangerous. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/IEvnG6 Episode: Divorcing Potato Chips | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
Last week, I didn't release an episode, and I believe that's only the third time in seven years that I've missed a week. All three of those times have been for pretty much the same reason: life got so intense that the only sane thing to do was to give myself a break. I wanted to check in this week to explain a bit about what happened and how it relates to your Bright Line Eating journey. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/b8ZBO1 Episode: Execute-Program-Lunch | Bright Line Living | The ...
We have a lot of support structures in our Bright Line Eating community. There's buddies, Mastermind Groups, and, up until now, something called sponsorship. Listen to this week's episode to hear why we've decided to change our terminology from "sponsor" to "Guide." FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/UXn04I Episode: From Sponsor to Guide | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
One of the Bright Line Eating coaches recently suggested that I shoot an episode on marijuana because there are members of our community who are struggling with their use of it. I initially didn't know what I'd say, but the more I thought about it, I realized I had some interesting points to discuss. Listen to hear them. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/IlSNbT Episode: Marijuana | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast
I've been a regular at a local Thai restaurant for over 20 years now, and, more than once, a waitress who knows me by name has remarked that I've gained weight. I decided to record a Vlog about it because as we progress along our weight-loss journeys, we will all likely get comments about our changing appearances. Listen to hear my thoughts. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/3Smsxz Episode: Comments on Our Weight | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
The other day, I was out to dinner with one of my kiddos, and after we ordered, a bunch of NMF (Not My Food) was brought to the table while we waited for our meals. I decided to have a small taste of the parmesan cheese sitting in front of me, and the experience that followed is probably one you can relate to. Listen to this week's episode to hear all about it. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/vUln9d Episode: None Is Easier Than Some | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eat...
As 2022 began, I saw a prompt online from the New York Times asking me if I wanted to see the most-read articles of 2021. And I did. It turns out the most popular article was an op-ed called "There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing." Listen to this week's episode to hear my thoughts on the topic and why it resonated with me so deeply. FOR THIS EPISODE and MORE: https://ble.life/2tFyyZ Episode: Languishing | Bright Line Living | The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast...
When people do Bright Line Eating, we aim for them to lock into a rhythm of eating that helps them lose their excess weight, stabilize at maintenance, and create such automaticity with their food that they unlock the human potential buried under all the weight. But then…what's next? What do you do with the huge amount of space that's freed up when the food and weight problem isn't there anymore? Listen to this week's episode to hear my thoughts. ACCESS THE FREE ARCHIVE! https://optimize.me/ble F...
