S1:E8 Your Brain is a Toddler and It's Running Your Life

It's a tale as old as time. God gave Adam and Eve permission to eat from every single tree in the garden... except one. And instead of feasting on the thousands of trees surrounding them, they fixated on the one thing they couldn't have. The enemy of their lives, their purpose, and their calling came to do exactly what he always does — steal, kill, and destroy — and his strategy was simple. Get them staring at the one prohibited thing instead of the thousands of permitted ones.His strategy has never changed. And neither has ours.In this episode I introduce one of the most powerful mindset shifts in your health comeback: the difference between prohibitive language and permissive language. The second you tell yourself you cannot have something, the toddler committee in your brain loses its mind. No running means RUN. No ice cream means ICE CREAM. And suddenly you are miserable, grumpy, and convinced you have no willpower.You don't have a willpower problem. You have a language problem.I walk you through three practical steps to flip your inner language from prohibited to permitted, why saying "I can't have that" out loud is making things worse, and how to redirect your toddler committee to what they actually get to have instead of what they don't.Spoiler: chocolate mint protein bars that taste like thin mint cookies help.Topics covered: diet mindset for women, permissive vs prohibitive language, healthy mindset, overcoming food cravings, weight loss mindset, how to stop feeling deprived on a diet, mindset shifts for weight loss, healthy eating motivation, women's wellness podcast, faith and health, biblical approach to health, taking thoughts captive, how to stick to a healthy eating plan, comeback mindset, personal growth for women, healthy lifestyle motivation, emotional eating, food freedom mindsetYour tiny step today: write down five prohibitive thoughts and flip every single one into permissive language. Read them out loud. Let's Begin.Grab your free Everyday Comeback Guide + join the newsletter: lesliebegin.myflodesk.com/comeback