Ep #93 Client Interview with Carol: Moving Past Western Medicine
When Carol’s lab results were outside of normal range, her physicians tried to put her on medication. Carol pushed back and decided to take a more naturally healthy path. After 6-months of coaching with DelaneMD, Carol saw improvement or normalization in many lab values including A1c, thyroid and cholesterol. During this podcast, I discuss Carol’s amazing and empowering journey to being naturally healthy.
Ep #92 Finding Your Purpose: Interview with Gabrielle Smith
Living a naturally healthy life free from type 2 diabetes and daily finger sticks requires that we learn to not use food to buffer negative emotions. One of the common drivers of negative emotions is dissatisfaction at work, dissatisfaction in life, and the consternation over not knowing or living up to our purpose. During this episode, I talk with Gabrielle Smith, Life and Purpose Coach, about her coaching philosophy and the steps she teaches to help women discover their purpose, live authentically, and find happiness.
Ep #91 The Rebel Inside: How Negative Self Talk Undermines Healthy Living
The way we talk to our children dictates how cooperative or rebellious they become as teenagers. Approaching our children from a position of power and coercion versus compassion and kindness is often counterproductive to building a self-confident and cooperative child. This is the same with self-talk. Negative self-talk can undermine your desire to live a naturally healthy life and free from type 2 diabetes. During this podcast, I discuss the undermining nature of negative self-talk and how to stop.
Ep #90 Hunger as Biology: It’s Not an Emergency
Many people struggle with being hungry. They experience fear and anxiety about being hungry, and believe hunger is an emergency. In fact, this idea of hunger as an emergency is perpetuated in our society. During this podcast, I discuss what hunger really is from a biological perspective and present ways to deal with hunger. Understanding and controlling your thoughts regarding hunger is an essential component of living a naturally healthy life free from type 2 diabetes.
Ep #89 Your Fat is Making You Fat!
Did you know that your body fat makes you fat? It sounds counterintuitive, but according to the latest research fat is a complicated endocrine organ not just energy storage. Endocrine organs produce hormones that regulate your body’s function. During this podcast, I discuss how fat tissue influences the production of new fat.
Ep #88 USDA Food Guidelines
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is tasked with developing Federal nutrition guidelines that inform health professionals, schools and other entities. These guidelines provide food-based recommendations for how to be healthful and prevent diet-related diseases. During this podcast, I discuss the ambiguous nature of some of these guidelines and recommend applying critical thinking when interpreting them for yourself. Additionally, I talk with my children about how these guidelines are applied at school. Specifically, I ask them what food is served at school and what they like or don’t like to eat.
Ep #87 The Top 4 Questions I Get About Diabetes & Health
During this podcast, I discuss the four most common questions I get from clients and podcast listeners. These include: (1) Why are my blood sugars highest in the morning? (2) Why do I discuss weight loss so much? (3) Which artificial sweeteners are okay to eat? (4) What can I take to reverse my type 2 diabetes?
Ep #86 Linguistic Space: A Tool for Ratcheting Down Emotions
When we experience negative emotions, at that moment, it is easy to believe we personify that feeling. This belief can intensify the emotion and cause actions that undermine our goals of living a naturally healthy life free from diabetes. Linguistic space refers to the practice of giving yourself some grace by using accurate experiential language versus defining language. For example, the difference between “I am anxious” and “I feel anxious.” The first is the embodiment or personification of the emotion and the latter is a temporary experience. This small tweak in how you acknowledge your emotions can helps to ratchet down the intensity and take actions that align with your goals.
Ep #85 Recommitting to New Years Resolutions
When it comes to New Years Resolutions, we often abandon them by March. This is crazy, since there is still three-quarters of the year left and there is still plenty of time to reevaluate, recommit and achieve your goals. During this podcast, I discuss the process of revisiting, reevaluating and recommitting to your goal on a monthly basis.
Ep #84 Shoulding All Over Yourself
We all have opinions about what should or should not happen. Ruminating on these “should” thoughts can cause us to feel helpless. When our thoughts about a situation create feelings of helplessness or sadness, we often turn to food or other vices to buffer away negative emotions. During this podcast, I discuss how to evaluate your thoughts critically so you can overcome challenging situations without turning to food.
