Episodes

  • Emotional Eating Triggers: Root Causes, Signs, and Proven Psychological Fixes

    Emotional Eating Triggers: Root Causes, Signs, and Proven Psychological Fixes
    Aug 10 2026
    Most eating isn't driven by hunger, and if you've spent years assuming that made you uniquely broken, this episode explains why it makes you completely normal. Rick walks through exactly what's happening in the body in the sixty seconds before an emoti...
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    14 mins
  • Ep Q3: Can You Lose Weight by Mindful Eating? How?

    Ep Q3: Can You Lose Weight by Mindful Eating? How?
    Aug 1 2026
    A listener named Diane writes in with the question everyone eventually asks: can mindful eating actually help you lose weight, or is it just another gimmick dressed up in calm language? Rick answers yes, then spends the episode explaining why the fork-...
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    22 mins
  • Your Brain Doesn't Know Who You Are - It's Watching You To Find Out

    Your Brain Doesn't Know Who You Are - It's Watching You To Find Out
    Jul 28 2026
    In 1966, researchers went door to door in Palo Alto asking people to put a badly hand-painted billboard on their front lawn. On one street 17% said yes. On another, 76%. Same billboard, same man, same script. The only difference was a three inch sticke...
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    17 mins
  • Ep Q2: What Is The Best Way To Stop A Craving?

    Ep Q2: What Is The Best Way To Stop A Craving?
    Jul 24 2026
    Renata from Denver opens her desk drawer at 3:15 every afternoon, eats three pieces of chocolate she can't taste, and wants to know how to stop the craving itself. Not manage it. Stop it. Most advice tells you to out-muscle the thing. Wait fifteen minu...
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    13 mins
  • Willpower Runs Out on Everyone - Identity Doesn't!

    Willpower Runs Out on Everyone - Identity Doesn't!
    Jul 21 2026
    Willpower isn't a character trait. It's a battery, and every diet you've ever tried asked you to run on one that was never built to last. In this episode, Rick breaks down why every failed diet was never a discipline problem. It was an identity problem...
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    14 mins
  • Ep Q1: How Do I Know If I'm Emotionally Eating?

    Ep Q1: How Do I Know If I'm Emotionally Eating?
    Jul 15 2026
    Danielle wrote in from Halifax asking how to tell if her 9pm pantry habit is emotional eating or just a normal snack. Rick walks through exactly how to read the difference between physical and emotional hunger, and reframes the whole thing as a skill n...
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    14 mins
  • Weight Loss Mindset for Beginners: First Steps, Programs & Realistic Expectations

    Weight Loss Mindset for Beginners: First Steps, Programs & Realistic Expectations
    Jul 11 2026
    Most beginners think the first step is finding the right program. It isn't. This episode breaks down the Right Program Myth, the lie that the perfect plan is out there waiting to be found, and walks through the real first move: deciding who you're beco...
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    10 mins
  • Intermittent Fasting vs. Mindful Eating for Sustainable Fat Loss

    Intermittent Fasting vs. Mindful Eating for Sustainable Fat Loss
    Jun 21 2026
    The diet world just picked another champion. This time it's intermittent fasting. The case for it is real, and so is the 38% dropout rate. This episode looks at what the data shows about both approaches, what the neuroscience says about where sustainab...
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    20 mins