Guest Interview with Melissa LaGrant - EP 015

Today we have Melissa LaGrant as a guest on the show. Melissa's mission is to help people Drop the Diet! Melissa and I discuss the seven characteristics of an Everyday Heroine:Melissa’s favorite superheroine is MoanaGoes against the status-quo to make the world a better place – being a woman-owned business, dropping the diet, won’t tell people what to do without coaching the mindset around eatingAnswers her call to greatness with her skills or talents – empathy, compassion, and self-awarenessWorks toward self-mastery 10,000 hours in the same domain – nutrition and fitness, learning, studying, mindset, self-development, student, coachingHas the freedom to explore her passion & purpose in a way that inspires women’s leadership – being her own boss with her own studio, the freedom to create with podcast and digital courses, supportive women’s communityMust earn notable accomplishments/achievements – brick and mortar business, digital course, podcastShows evidence of transformation – not about weight loss or looks, it is about how women talk to themselves, no longer beating themselves up, self-talk, a new belief in a person, self-confidence, self-trust, transforming through increased joy and fulfillment, and having a positive impact on women’s livesWe get quick tips on our ‘Why’ and the importance of figuring this out first. Prioritizing this is top of mind when working with her clients.She teaches us to redefine our expectations of what fitness and nutrition should look like. We can learn how to go out, socialize, be around food, and be okay. Most people don’t get started because it is so daunting. To be successful it should not be that way. It is possible to enjoy the process. The diet industry teaches us how to spend money on the latest and greatest and does not address a healthier mindset about food.Lastly, keep it simple! There does not need to be a magic formula. Melissa suggests that with fitness she disassociates movement from weight loss. She suggests doing your physical activity of choice because it makes you feel good not to beat yourself up for something you ate.With nutrition start small. There is no need to go from French fries to broccoli. It just doesn’t work. Find the tiny, little, simple thing that you can do 100%. When that step becomes so easy that you don’t think about it anymore, then you move on to another tiny change. That’s how to effectively build healthy habits that will last.Melissa practices peace is throwing around the weights to see what her body can do.  Set an alarm to take a two-minute walk. Journaling is another form of peace in her practice. She suggests that we journal about our eating from an emotional perspective for improving our eating habits. Progress is not the scale! That’s just data!Right down three wins a week for your wins no matter how tiny.Grab Melissa’s Freebie: 6 biggest weight loss myths at:https://www.dropthedietweightloss.com/6weightlossmythsPodcast website: https://www.dropthedietweightloss.com/podcasts/drop-the-diet-weight-lossApple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drop-the-diet-weight-loss/id1575135550Instagram: @melissa.lagrant https://www.instagram.com/melissa.lagrant/Life coaching with Maria Kauffman,  products and services here. and consults with Maria, go here!