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IME Community Podcast
by IME Community
Welcome to the IME Community podcast for teens, parents and doctors. IME Community, powered by Dr.Karla, ActivistMD is where self-love is your superpower to achieve your weight and life goals and make your mark in the world!
Episodes
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Metabolic Health in Teens with Dr. Karla
Welcome to a year in review of Metabolic Health in teens! A year in review: Teen Metabolic Health in 2023 I can’t think of a more prolific year for teen metabolic health than 2023. And, I’m not just talking about the FDA’s approval of GLP-1 medications like wegovy. In fact, did you know I created...
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A Mom's Journey of Advocacy to finally find effective treatment for her daughter with obesity
Parents, Teens, Doctors, listen to a Mom of an adolescent with insulin resistance and obesity talk with Dr. Karla about her journey of how she advocates to get her daughter effective treatment with the new Anti-Obesity Medications. It's been a long road for Mom, Kailey, and her family as she has...
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Weight Loss Medications like Wegovy in Teens with Dr. Karla
A Doctor’s Take on Weight Loss Medications & Teens Go to drkarlamd.com to learn more. The results of the STEP TEENS phase 3 trial of once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide 2.4mg (Wegovy) in adolescents aged 12 up to 18 years old with obesity are very promising. Published in November of this year in...
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Ask Dr. Karla Q&A: How can I help my overweight teen without judging her?
I'm struggling with wanting to help my daughter who is overweight. I want her to be healthy and feel good about her body. I also know there is so much stigma about size in our society. I feel stuck. How can I help her? This is what I call dualistic thinking, black and white, two sides of a coin,...
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Diet Belief Upgrades with Dr. Karla! September Story vs. Facts
Ready to challenge beliefs? Like, really challenge beliefs? Do you know your thoughts have power? Your current thinking creates your current reality. Your Now thinking creates your Now result. Your brain is a story making machine. Most of what goes on in your brain, the thousands of unconscious...
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Healthcare's 3 Epic Childhood Obesity Fails
To learn more about my self-love superpower approach to create healthy habits for life for teens and parents, like and subscribe to my YouTube channel and go to imecommunity.com and check out my Cut the Cringe downloadable healthy conversation script. Self-love superpower, Dr. Karla When it comes...
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Do you bully your body? How to get unstuck from your body negative thoughts with Dr. Karla
Do you bully your body? How to get unstuck from your body negative thoughts! IME Body Image Thoughts to Think for June! Welcome to summer! Whew! So far, it’s been a whirlwind for our family with my daughter’s graduation from High School and tomorrow I’m headed to Texas to move my oldest daughter...
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Parents, stop weight bullying your kid and your kid's friends!
Parents, stop weight bullying your kid and your kid's friends! You're crossing an inappropriate boundary when you judge and comment on a child's body. Do better! Now! Here's the logic thread: If you weight bully, your kid will bully. If you are bullying, do a U-turn. You are bullying yourself. If...
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Setting Boundaries with Teens to Stop Weight Bullying with Dr. Karla
Setting Boundaries with Teens to Stop Weight Bullying First on the playlist for the week is "We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister, a real get you pumped up to set some powerful boundaries with bullies 80's rock song. Video is hilarious too in case you want to transport yourself back to the...
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Weight Bullying and Teens Episode 1 with Dr. Karla
Hey, Whether you are a teen, parent, physician, healthcare provider, teacher or school administrator, listen up! I want you to know that I'm coaching you on a very sensitive topic in this first blog of my ongoing series. In my teens and weight bullying series, I'm talking about bullying and its...
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The 25 Ways Parents Get It Wrong When It Comes to their Teen's Weight!
How do parents get it wrong when it comes to helping their teens struggling with weight and body image? Are parents helping or harming? I’m learning so much coaching teens and parents and learning on TikTok all the ways parents are getting it wrong. But, don’t worry. You are most likely working...
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Every thing good in life comes from self-love! Your February Self-Love superpower mantras!
What a great theme for the February IME Community Self-Love superpower daily mantras. February was a powerful month of mantras! We canceled diet culture, let go of the negative self-talk and learned the power of showing up for yourself! Pick out the daily mantras that are a good fit for you…
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Life Coaching GenX Parents of Teens
Dr. Karla Life Coaching GenX Parents of Teens See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Eating Disorders Thrive in Secrecy, so Let's Talk About It! Dr. Karla talks with Dr. Jillian Rigert
Eating Disorders Thrive in Secrecy, so Let's Talk About It! If you are struggling with an eating disorder or believe you may be, Go to the National Eating Disorders Association (https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.o...) for their Free online chat, call their Help Line at 1-800-931-2237 or contact...
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Self-Kindness is the Key to Your Health Goals!
Self-Kindness is the Key to Your Health Goals! Self-kindness is the key to Your Health Goals! I talk about self-love superpower all the time, but where should you start to get there? Self-love superpower starts with self-kindness. Happy Valentine's Day, by the way! I'm coaching you to be your own...
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Happy One Year Anniversary, IME! A Year in the Life of IME Community!
It's IME Community's One Year Anniversary! Guess what I'm doing to celebrate a year of IME Community building? Making this YouTube video! What else would I be doing? I'm sharing with you all my wins, losses, fails, all the things. I've been a founder of many things and, let me tell you, it's been…
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IME 10 Steps to Self-Trust Eating
Are you ready to have self-trust when it comes to eating? What if you could create a healthy relationship with food? What if you could accept yourself no matter what and also accept that you are worthy of your healthy life? You will be successful when your why will be to build self-trust by...
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Creating Your Healthy Relationship with Food in 2022 with Dr. Karla!
How do you really feel about Food? Do you have a crush on Food? Is Food like an ex that won’t go away? Maybe you are grateful to Food for helping you get through tough times in life? Want to create a healthy relationship with Food in 2022? Start by writing a Dear Food letter. Food is such a weird...
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Family Road Trips Aren't for the Faint of Heart!
Happy 2022! Driving in a blizzard is something you shouldn’t willingly do, but sometimes cannot avoid. Do you want to get home so much that you are willing to be stuck in an adrenaline surge for 12 straight hours? We recently drove through a Colorado winter snowstorm in our family van (aka the...
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IME Community Solutions for Children's Health with Alynn Sampson, MSW: Hunger, COVID and Health
Did you grow up hungry? I did. The first time I shared my story of child hunger was when I was asked to do a write-up for the Food Bank of Lincoln's newsletter. I was a new Board member and had my non-profit and as a community pediatrician, there were many intersections and common visions. But, I...
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Parents of Teens, Put Your Self-Love Superpower Oxygen Mask on First!
Welcome to the December IME Parent Coaching Coffee Talk where I coach parents on all the happenings in IME Community. This is jam-packed with helpful goodness. I just know, since I’m a mom of three amazing humans, that we have good intentions as parents. The problem is, even though we have good...
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IME Community Solutions for Children's Health with Jessie Coffey, MS, RDN
Hello, I’m so excited to launch the IME Community Solutions for Children’s Health Podcast and YouTube series focusing on local solutions, highlighting the impactful work of visionary champions like my first guest, Jessie Coffey, MS, RDN! Want to hear about the time Jessie was working in the…
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TikTok Live Coaching: Stuck in fear of failure and lack of self worth?
Welcome to another hot mess TikTok Live Coaching session! I have fun coaching wherever I have the opportunity. Unedited rapid question coaching is the best coaching. Are you stuck in fear of failure and lack of self-worth? Maybe you don’t even know you’re stuck in fear and lack with your…
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IME TikTok Trolls Strategy: Report. Delete. Block. Repeat as needed.
TikTok Trolls are gonna hate, I guess. We can't control that or the first comment they post on our videos. Oh wait. Yes, we can. Report. Delete. Block and then Lather. Rinse. Repeat. That's my strategy. I was coached by the IME Community member teens to only reply and to do so with a video to the...
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Parents, "Don't be stupid!" Stop sweating the small stuff with your teen!
Parents, Don't be Stupid! In other words, stop sweating the small stuff with your teen. As a teen life and healthy weight coach and parent coach, but most importantly as a parent of three, who are 20, 18 and 15, believe me I have been stupid a lot and on many occasions. It's okay. We're creating…
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A Conversation Script: How to talk to your teen about healthy weight!
Listen up, Parents, Teens and Doctors! Sometimes, I crack myself up. Do you do that? I hope so. Take your work seriously, but not yourself is my philosophy. Life is meant to be fun. Is easeful a word? It should be if it isn’t. I'm helping you take something that is very difficult, meaning having…
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Dr. Karla Parent Coaching Coffee Talk Teens and Bullying
Dr. Karla Parent Coaching Coffee Talk Teens and Weight Bullying First, playlist for the week is "We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister, a real get you pumped up to set some powerful boundaries 80's rock song. Video is hilarious too in case you want to transport yourself back to my teen era....
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Supporting Teens who are weight bullied
Hey, First, I want you to know that I'm talking about a sensitive topic in this YouTube video. I'm talking about bullying and its harmful effects, how common it is, who's at risk, the different types of bullying, but, most importantly, what you can do about it. Make sure you work with your...
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IME UBU for Week 12 of the Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge!
• IME/UBU MONDAY o We are talking Relationships and boundaries for Week 12 of the IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge o What do relationships and boundaries have to do with reversing your insulin resistance, reaching your health goals and losing weight? I’ve told you before and I’m…
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Stress Less Sleep More for Week 11 of the IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge
Stress Less Sleep More: It’s Week 11 of the IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge! • Welcome to Week 11 of the IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge on TikTok, IG, YouTube and the IME Community podcast on Apple and Spotify. Check them all out and share with your friends! •…
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Self-Love Superpower for Week 10 of the IME Challenge!
Do you fully love and accept yourself no matter what? Did you know that self-acceptance is always available to you like a nice warm blanket? Did you know that self-acceptance has nothing to do with your weight? Self-love superpower is why I created IME Community. Welcome to Self-love Superpower,...
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Diffusing LowCarb Confusion Week 9 of the IME Challenge!
LowCarb is not zero carbs! Carbs are not bad. Eating LowCarb is not restriction. You don’t have to count carbs to eat low-carb. The low-calorie and low-fat diet craze that we’ve been attached to for decades has been an epic failure and has driven the epidemic of obesity, insulin resistance,...
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Life Coaching Teens on All or Nothing Thinking!
Life Coaching Teens on All or Nothing Thinking! Hey, Teens and Parents and Doctors and everyone, it's time to get out of all or nothing thinking. In this awesome YouTube video and IME Community podcast, I'll teach you about dualistic, black and white, on again and off again thinking, and the…
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Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Doubles during COVID new study shows
"Time after Time" by Cindy Lauper is the theme song of the day and everyday for those of us visionary pediatricians who keep speaking up and advocating for children and teens! I wasn't planning on doing a YouTube video today or IME Community podcast, but was made aware of a new study by Dr. Brynn...
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Let's Life Coach! It's Week 8 of the IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge!
CoachU Monday: Welcome to what I believe is the most important and foundational principle you will learn when it comes to life coaching, reaching goals, and chasing your dreams. First, what I’m going to teach you isn’t anything new? Psychologists, philosophers, scientists, religious leaders, have...
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Do you know the ABC's of Food Choice? IME Community Radio Blast!
Do you know the ABC's of Food Choice? IME Community Radio Blast! Welcome to another IME Community Radio Blast! Are you a teen, 12 to 18, who is overweight or struggling with pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, PCOS, fatty liver disease, body image? Are you a parent of a teen and you want a…
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Let's Trust Our Teens to Make Their Own Choices! IME Community Radio Blast: "Heart of Glass" cover by Miley Cyrus
Let's Trust Our Teens to Make Their Own Choices! I'm jammin' out to Miley Cyrus' cover of Blondie's Heart of Glass. I could listen to that intro over and over and I do! What's on your playlist for today? Here's the deal, if you are a parent of a teen, we have to start letting them figure out…
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Your Metabolic Health: Week 7 IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge!
Monday Mythbusters: Calories are not the key to improving your metabolic health. It’s not that simple. Unfortunately, even though we can look around and see that simple calories in calories out thinking, just Eat Less Move More thinking, remains the standard of care in medicine. It often doesn’t...
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Diet culture, "Don't Bring Me Down"! IME Community Radio Blast
Diet Culture, "Don't Bring Me Down!" Welcome to another IME Community Radio Blast. My song of the day is from 1979. It's ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down". Hey, fixed and limited diet culture, I'm so very tired and done with you. It's one thing to say reject diet culture, but, how takes a bit more…
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Arguing with fatdoctoruk on TikTok!
Here we go! Arguing with fatdoctoruk on TikTok! I wasn't planning on this mini podcast, but here goes! I usually agree with about 50% of fatdoctoruk's content and same goes with this recent back and forth. Health and weight are not the same thing. I agree. Healthy weight loss is possible if…
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Let's Slay Your Life & Weight Goals with Dr. Karla! It's Week 6 of the IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge!
I can’t believe we are almost half-way through the amazingness of the 12 week Reverse Your Insulin Challenge! I’m having a lot of fun showing up on YouTube, IME Community podcast and every day on TikTok doing videos and coaching on TikTok Live. If you have been participating, let me know how it’s...
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IME Community Radio Blast "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
Hey, Are you a teen struggling with your weight or body image like so many of us, especially with the COVID pandemic? The epidemic of childhood and teen obesity has gotten worse during COVID. IME Community is the first and only web-based life and weight coaching community for teens. Do you want…
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Social Media Friend Drama Causes Teen to Buffer Emotions with Food!
Here’s your latest IME Community News Headline: Social Media Friend Drama Causes Teen to Buffer Emotions with Food Coach: How did you feel when she blocked you on IG? Teen: “I don’t know.” Coach: Can you describe it? Where is it in your body? What color is it? Teen: “I don’t know really. I just...
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IME Community Radio Blast What are you proud of?
Hey Teens and Parents of Teens! I'm excited to be doing more IME Community Radio Blasts and coach you on the daily on what's coming up for teens. Are you struggling with pandemic weight gain? More social anxiety, especially as you are headed back to school? I know. I know. Don't mention it.…
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IME All Movement Counts Fitness!: Week 4 Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge
Movement Monday: Your body was made to move! 7- day FITTE challenge. What’s your why? Don’t make it about calories in calories out. Stay out of all or nothing thinking. Stay out of waiting for motivation to come to you. All movement counts. You are an exerciser. Physical Activity History…
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IME Week 3 Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge: Urges, Cravings and Buffers! Oh My!
Ready for Week 3 of the Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge? Let’s go! We're talking urges, cravings and buffers this week. This is powerful work. Monday Motivation: What are the ways you buffer? Food, social media, shopping, sleeping, procrastination? All of the above? What are the…
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IME Week 2 Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge: Stop Overeating and Power of Choice
Welcome to Week 2 of the Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge (RYIR challenge). The focus for Week 2 is stop overeating and power of choice. It’s all about individual autonomy. Sounds redundant! Everyone asks me and I get a lot of emails and requests for coaching for adults. I get to help...
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Week 1: IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge!
Welcome to the IME Reverse Your Insulin Resistance Challenge (RYIR)! It’s the Kick Yourself in the RYIR Challenge! Yes, my children who are 20, 17, and 14 are making fun of the name. That’s their job to make fun of their Mom! I’m so excited! I’m having a blast with this. IME Community is up to...
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DO NOT TELL ME WHAT TO EAT!
DO NOT TELL ME WHAT TO EAT! I have this edge to me. You do too. No doubt. It’s what it takes to achieve goals. “Don’t say good job, say bad job.” My daughter, Katherine, used to say that to us when she was a toddler whenever we would praise her. She didn’t like syrupy praise. She’s 20 and a…
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IME Community Radio Blast Let's Get Positive!
IME Community Radio Blast How to feel better (Playlist- “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina and the Waves) Do you want to feel more positive? I’m not talking about the toxic positivity sugary layer of fakeness slapped on tough situations. Don’t you just feel like telling toxic positive people to…
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