Primal Potential - The Anti-diet Solution To Mastering Fat Loss Naturally

I caught myself making a big mistake in my approach to creating an improvement in my life. While my mistake was in the gym, it's a mistake I see most people making in the way they approach losing weight or improving their food choices. This mistake, which I describe in detail in today's show, is choosing intensity before establishing stamina. While this can absolutely happen in the gym, it's just as common in our food choices. Choosing intensity over stamina means choosing the intense approach without first building consistent basics. That might be a Whole 30 right from your standard American diet, or going from indulging too frequently to strict keto - but we jump to the intense approach hoping for faster results without realizing that we haven't laid a solid foundation for change. Then, we bail. We get frustrated or can't sustain the extent of the change and we give up. Our ambition exceeded our preparation. Our motivation is greater than our stamina. We might have the desire to create big changes but we ne

I am feeling so happy & peaceful now that I've found my perfect mantra for today and into 2018. It's not just a mantra though, it's a new operating system that is going to absolutely help me with nutrition, fitness, business, finances and relationships. In today's episode I'm sharing with you this mantra, inspired by The Soul of Money, and how I plan to apply it across every area of my life, starting today. It's a short episode & you won't want to miss this one! It's going to be a game changer in my life! https://primalpotential.com/429/ To register for the free New Year's workshops, please click here! Resources The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist How to leave a rating & review What Is Breaking Barriers How To Leave A Rating & Review (thank you!!!)

In episode 427 we talked about how to break a big habit into a tiny one to acclerate your progress and build momentum quickly. Today, I'm showing you how to figure that out in real life. This episode is an actual coaching call with one of my clients. I take you through the process of how we identify what's not going well, why it's not going well and then establish micro changes to both mindset and behavior to create change. I think you're going to love this episode! Make sure to register for the New Year live workshops! They're totally free! Want to get on the Fat Loss Fast Track wait list? Here's your link! http://primalpotential.com/428/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll save 25% & get free shipping on your first order plus a fre

Do you avoid journaling because it takes too much time or effort? Or have you ever skipped a workout because you don't have the time? Have you opted for fast food because you don't have the energy to prepare a fat loss friendly meal? You don't want to miss today's episode! Today we are talking about finding a micro version that you can do when there's a macro strategy you won't do.  Do not miss our New Year workshops! They're free! They're live! They're online! Click here to make sure you get a spot! http://primalpotential.com/427/ Resources Questions to ask yourself: How can I win the day? (Or the rest of the day) What are 3 great choices I can make today? What would make me feel proud? What does impeccable self-care look like today? What will make me feel more confident today? What can I practice? What does my best look like? What do I want more of in my life and how can I create that? How can I create the future I want with my choices today? How can I hold myself accountable? What’s holding me back? What

I read a lot. Multiple books each week. Within the Primal Potential Masters Club we have a monthly book club where we read, discuss and implement the strategies within many of my all time favorite books. Every once in a while I do a book club episode on the podcast and share ideas from a book I've recently enjoyed. Today we're talking about Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual by Jocko Willink. Though I don't know him, I have an immeasurable amount of respect & admiration for him & his philosophies. Jocko was a Navy Seal & commander of the most decorated special operations unit of the war in Iraq. Since retiring from military service, he has become a successful business man & coach who lives to practice what he preaches. From my perspective, Jocko Willink embodies mental toughness, achievement, bravery & self-discipline. I'm excited to share some of his ideas with you. If you are looking for a swift kick in the pants, buy the book and more importantly, live the ideas within it. Enjoy tod

Does being disciplined mean missing out on connection? How do you balance making great food choices with enjoying life to the fullest and reaching your goals? That's one of the questions we're tackling on today's podcast episode. Today I'm taking you inside a clip of a bonus webinar within the Fat Loss Fast Track. I'm sharing with you two of the questions we discussed in the Fat Loss Fast Track including one about how to translate your goals from a long term objective to a daily focus.  If you want to get on the wait list for the winter Fat Loss Fast Track, click here! http://primalpotential.com/425-2/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll save 25% & get free shipping on your first order plus a free 30-day trial membership! How To Lea

Is eating more fat going to increase your cholesterol? What if you started eating more fat and your cholesterol levels did go up? What does it mean? What does it not mean? How do we interpret cholesterol panels and what should we be paying attention to? What about triglycerides? Won't eating more fat increase triglycerides? If you've got these questions, I've got your answers! Join me for today's episode! http://primalpotential.com/424/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Cholesterol - The Duct Tape of the Human Body Dietary Fat & Cholesterol Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll save 25% & get free shipping on your first order plus a free 30-day trial membership! How To Leave A Rating & Review (thank you!!!)

The other day in my Daily Stoic Journal I answered the following question: If I lived today as if it were my last, what would I do? At first, I copped out. I wrote out all the things I'd do & then all the reasons why I couldn't do them. I mean, I have to work! I have responsibilities. Then, I caught myself and said: within the framework of my current reality, what can I do? Instead of focusing on what I would do but can't, what are the things I should do & can? One of those things I said I'd do if it was my last day on earth is record a final message for my Primal Potential family.  So, though this is not the last Primal Potential podcast, I wanted to record it as though it was. These are all the things I'd want you to know if it was my last day on earth. http://primalpotential.com/423/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Th

Every day I answer tons of listener emails. My responses and the conversations that happen in my inbox cover thousands of important topics from motivation to hormones & everything in between. The other night I was wishing you guys could see & hear those conversations so today I'm taking you inside my inbox! We're tackling questions about topics like: How to handle "backsliding" after seeing some progress How to stop a downward spiral What benefits you can expect from adding more fat to your diet Unseen ways you're holding yourself back A new perspective on sugar cravings If you've got questions you'd like me to tackle on the show, be sure to comment below! http://primalpotential.com/422/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll sav

This week I've had a bunch of one-on-one calls with folks who attended ASCEND, the Primal Potential weekend workshop in early November. Today, those calls had a powerful theme: The circumstances we use to justify our choices and our commitment & attachment to those stories. There are a couple aspects of a choice: the setup for the choice & the choice itself. When we desire change, we often focus on changing the choice itself - we want to eat less, move more, reduce sugar, etc. However, a more effective approach might be to change the setup. More specifically, it is likely more effective to stop committing to the story you use to justify the choice. Not sure what this looks like? Tune in to today's episode for examples & strategies! http://primalpotential.com/421/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When yo

You can have ambitious goals and pure intentions but if you're eating mindlessly, without paying attention, you're going to struggle to achieve them. How do we transition from randomly grabbing a handful of crackers or a piece of candy without thinking to intentionally fueling our body by conscious choice? If you can break the habit (and you can) of eating in front of the tv, while you're driving or from random bags & boxes, your physical progress will increase dramatically. Today we are talking about tactical strategies to eliminate mindless eating & overcoming the obstacles to executing these strategies on a daily basis. http://primalpotential.com/420/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Episode 410: The Value of Simplicity Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll sav

At the risk of extreme vulnerability & personal sharing, I'm taking you through my 2017 year-end review process in the hopes that you'll be intentional about going through your own. I made the decision to share much more personal stuff than I normally do to show the necessity of both failure & success and how oftentimes, our most significant launch pad is established by what, if not investigated, appears to be a failure. http://primalpotential.com/419/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll save 25% & get free shipping on your first order plus a free 30-day trial membership! How To Leave A Rating & Review (thank you!!!)

Do not wish away the rest of the year. Do not wish away the rest of the day so you can get to your fresh start tomorrow. We've got to work together to completely eliminate this notion of starting tomorrow, Monday, after vacation or at the first of the year. Today we are talking about 3 strategies you can implement to make the last 6 weeks of the year the absolute best 6 weeks of the year so you can go soaring into 2018 with epic levels of momentum & motivation. http://primalpotential.com/418/ Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll save 25% & get free shipping on your first order plus a free 30-day trial membership! How To Leave A Rating & Review (thank you!!!)

Most of us aren't taking advantage of a huge tool at our disposal: light. Light has the ability to increase our metabolism, speed our healing, reduce inflammation, increase energy and much more. Yet, we take it for granted. We think using light is quackery. It's not. Try to grow a plant in the dark. Overexpose a plant to light. See what happens. Light is a super-nutrient, as important to human health as it is to plant health, if not more. Light can dramatically improve our hormones, energy, metabolism, healing, immune system & more. Alternatively, if not optimized, light can make us tired, unfocused, depressed and sick. Today we are learning how light influences us, the different types of light and the differing impact and what simple and complex solutions we can begin to implement. http://primalpotential.com/417/ Resources: Help me reach my goal of 1,000 5-star reviews! Flu.x Software for computer Full Spectrum Light Bulbs Blue Light Blocking Glasses UVB At-Home Light Salt Lamp Blackout Curtains Joovv L

The holidays are fast approaching and today I'm sharing some healthy holiday gift ideas including what I'll be gifting and what my wish-list looks like! To check out all my gift ideas, including the gift I'm giving myself to reduce cellulite, listen to the full episode! Healthy Holiday Gift Ideas Books The Ketogenic Bible I Am John Galt The Obstacle Is The Way The Traveler's Gift Zen Mind, Beginners Mind Tao Te Ching Atlas Shrugged The Fountainhead Moleskin Journals Kitchen Primal Potential Coffee Mugs Kicking Horse Coffee Thrive Market Cashews Artisana Coconut Butter Travel Packets Zevia Vitamix Blender Oxo Salad Chopper Behmor Coffee Maker Home Away Luggage Lovesacs Yeti Tumblers & Coolers Body Joovv Light - use coupon code PRIMAL to save $25 My favorite poncho from Ugg (I have it in Navy) Spanx Arm Tights Jump Rope Other ASCEND Audio Workshops Resources How to leave a rating & review Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Br

This could be the most helpful, useful podcast in Primal Potential history. I cannot wait for you to hear it! Today I'm going to introduce you to 7 steps that will help you, starting today, create your happiest life. Your healthiest life. The other day, on the beach, I read "How To Write Like Tolstoy" and it opens up with a quote I loved: Peter Carey: I was finally a writer. Interviewer: What was it that was clicking? Carey: Age, experience, a simpler form, practice, reading, influence, getting beyond influence. Today we are talking about how to leverage age, experience, a simpler form, practice, reading, influence & getting beyond influence to create your happiest life. I'll tell you how I've done it, how I'm continuing to improve in these areas, what tools I use and what implementation looks like in your life. Before you dive into the episode: a quick reminder that registration for the first Fat Loss Fast Track group of 2018 opens up in just a few weeks. Make sure you're on the wait list! http://primalp

In today's episode we're talking about how there's a difference between knowing how you want things to work and doing work. In life & business, many of us struggle to create success because we aren't balanced or consistent in our approach. Today I'm talking about the book The E-Myth Revisted by Michael Gerber. Though the book is about business, it talks about how there are 3 primary approaches to work and how we struggle when there is an imbalance in them. While this is certainly true in business ownership, it's just as true, if not more, in life. The tactician - executes tasks. Gets things done. A to-do list lifer! The manager - strategist. Pragmatist. Planner. The entrepeneur - visionary. Dreamer. Big ideas. We need all three. We can't just go through life crossing tasks off a list. We can't create plans without executing them. We can't have vision without action. We can't succeed without vision. If you feel like you aren't sure what you want for your life, listen to this episode. If you feel frustrated

Are you too busy working in your life that you aren't ever working on your life? This is a trap most people fall into. I have! Repeatedly! They are so busy keeping up and crossing tasks off their lists that they feel they don't have time to fundamentally change or improve their lives. They're too busy to do the most meaningful work. I recognized this so profoundly in my work - I have been too busy working in my business that I've felt there is no time or ability to work on my business. It's a huge mistake. It's penny wise & pound foolish. It's what we're diving into today! Don't miss it! http://primalpotential.com/413/ Resources 404: Simple Decision Making Criteria Breaking Barriers - Overcome Emotional Eating & Self-Sabotage What Is Breaking Barriers How To Leave A Rating & Review (thank you!!!)

Is it possible to enjoy your vacation, enjoy your food and make progress towards your goals at the same time? Yup, I do believe it is. As I prepare for a bunch of vacations and family holiday celebrations, I thought I'd share with you some general holiday & vacation strategies that go beyond "eat less, move more and only eat what you love". In today's episode we're talking about finding the intersection between pleasure and happiness while you travel or celebrate as well as specific strategies for blending progress & celebration. http://primalpotential.com/412/ Resources Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Primal Potential 050: Do You Treat Weekends Like Vacation Primal Potential 260: Anti-Diet Holiday Strategies Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll save 25% & get free shipping on your first order plus a f

This past weekend was undeniably one of the best of my life. ASCEND, the annual Primal Potential transformation weekend event, was a massive success. I was changed. People who attended were changed. Relationships were formed & breakthroughs happened left & right. I am still processing everything that happened. In today's episode I'm sharing my 5 major mindset takeaways from the weekend. For those of you who weren't able to make it, make sure you stay tuned to find out when & where the next transformation weekend will be! http://primalpotential.com/411/ Resources Want to be a part of the Primal Potential community? Join the Fat Loss Fast Track Wait List or consider joining Breaking Barriers! What Is Breaking Barriers Ready to try Thrive Market? When you sign up for Thrive Market using thrivemarket.com/primalpotential, you'll save 25% & get free shipping on your first order plus a free 30-day trial membership! How To Leave A Rating & Review (thank you!!!)