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What we eat is making us sick. Walk down the grocery store isle and you’ll see labels saying healthy, organic or no added sugars. While these marketing messages are enticing, they are not accurate. Most food is highly processed, unhealthy and doesn’t naturally occur in nature. In fact, human beings are the only animal that …
Developing food plans in advance is an important technique for achieving permanent weight loss and improved health. Unfortunately, sticking to your food plan can be challenging. Distractions, stress at work or home, and unexpected circumstances cause us to justify “eating on the fly” or “making decisions on a whim.” During this podcast, I discuss the …
When it comes to losing weight and improving health, many people invest in strategies that work initially but eventually fail. This is because often the first 20 pounds and the last 20 pounds aren’t lost using the same strategy. After evaluating my weight loss journey and my client’s experiences, I’ve compiled a list of the …
When it comes to any problem, there are proximate and ultimate causes. The proximate cause is the event most obviously or immediately responsible for an outcome. In contrast, the ultimate cause is the higher-level cause and often the “real” reason the problem occurred. When it comes to the problem of losing weight, we often focus …
With any new skill, practice is necessary. In fact, consistent practice over a long period of time is the only way to become proficient and eventually master your new skill. As a nurse, for example, it takes countless times starting an IV before you feel confident in your proficiency. For me, this process also took …
When it comes to life, we all have opinions on what should or shouldn’t happen. Poverty, disease, crime, car accidents and inconsiderate people are just a few examples of negative circumstances that impact us daily. It’s our thoughts about these situations that cause us to feel victimized or helpless. When our thoughts about a situation …
As we’ve discussed, thoughts drive feelings, actions and results. The fear of missing out, or FOMO, is a feeling derived from the thought that food is scarce. This scarcity mindset creates feelings of fear that causes us to make choices that don’t serve our bodies. For example, when faced with the summer barbecues or …
Like a road trip, the weight loss journey may be fraught with distractions, obstacles and roadblocks. Some obstacles, such as summer barbecues and work lunches, can be anticipated and strategies developed in advance. Other obstacles may be unforeseen and more difficult to overcome. In either case, getting back on track when obstacles occur is often …
Are you the truest, most authentic version of yourself? As a young woman, I envisioned helping people to live better, healthier lives. This altruistic ideal was the reason I entered the healthcare industry. It didn’t take long to realize the healthcare industry was more accurately a system of “disease care” not health care. Consequently, …
Do you sometimes want to eat unchecked? Totally without restrictions? Recently, I found myself in a situation where I had allowed my primitive brain to make my decisions. After some serious thought work, I uncovered a thought that splurging and allowing my primitive brain to run the show was “fun.” The result, however, was …
Do you struggle with weight loss? Has your doctor warned you that your high blood pressure or diabetes is the result of excess body mass? Perhaps you tired various diets only to experience initial weight loss followed by plateaus and relapse. You are not alone. Millions of Americans struggle with overeating or other unhealthy behaviors that lead to weight gain.
My name is Dr. Delane Vaughn, and I’ve been in your shoes. Like you, I’ve struggled with uncontrolled eating and steady weight gain. To gain control over my own addiction to food, I hired a life coach who helped me gain “freedom from food” by addressing the underlying reasons for my eating. My life coach was so influential in improving my life, I became a life coach myself. Now I use my medical degree and life coaching techniques to help clients achieve their wellness goals.
Effective and permanent weight lose requires addressing the underlying thoughts and emotions, which drive our actions and inevitably our results. Like most doctors, I started my career telling patients to make better life choices. I would say, “lose weight and follow-up in six months.” Then, I’d act shocked when they were unsuccessful. While I wanted my patients to be healthy, I was operating in a system of “disease care” not health and wellness care. Health and wellness is a completely different model that takes more time than a 15-minute doctor visit. Proactive and effective health care requires addressing the thoughts, which produce emotions and the resulting patterns of behavior. Only by altering these patterns of behavior are we able to produce effective and permanent improvements in health and well-being.
Today, as a doctor and life coach, I’m finally fulfilling my purpose of helping people achieve a better quality of life through preventive health. If you are interested in learning how your own personal life coach can help you achieve your health and wellness goals, contact me today for a free mini-coaching session.
If you are interested in effective and permanent weight loss, contact me today for a free mini-coaching session.