Meret Boxler

In this episode of the Life Unrestricted Podcast, Keri-Anne Livingstone and I are getting real about... getting real. As a Certified Empowerment Coach, impassioned speaker and "Edu-Tainer", Keri-Anne helps others towards radical self-acceptance, overcoming fear and how to be the truest version of themselves. She shares with us how, up until just a few years ago, she was an overwhelmed mother and disconnected woman living an unfulfilled corporate lifestyle, and only after many unexpected challenges in her life, she transformed her mindset by exploring the one concept that she is now teaching us... "Daring To Suck". Listen in and learn: – What she means when she says "dare to suck" – What the most important steps are in this process – How you can learn to tune in and get courageous enough to speak up – How we can implement her concept "Daring To Suck" into our lives – How a simple mindset-shift can propel us out of victim-mentality – Why it's not helping to make life all about "just be positive" – How we can learn to recognize the great gifts in our most difficult struggles – How we can make our own hot mess someone else’s miracle – How three simple words can set you on the right track to more self-confidence – What it takes to overcome self-doubt and to step into a feeling of self-worth – Why there’s no need to be afraid of fear when we know what it wants to tell us... ... And so much more! Find out more about Keri-Anne and her Daring To Suck program here: www.keriannelivingstone.com www.daringtosuck.ca You can follow her on all the different social media platforms, and you are invited to join her Facebook group called „Empathetic Badasses unite“! ********* Don't forget!********* Make sure to join my tribe and meet some of the most supportive, loving and kind people of all shapes and sizes, including great coaches and leaders! We’re right over here at: http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/join/

In this episode of the Life Unrestricted Podcast, I talk to Nicola Rinaldi from Boston (USA) about her journey from losing her period – due to too much exercise and not enough food – to recovery, and in her case a beautiful family with three boys. The talks about how her love of exercise became unhealthy and how things really turned nasty when she also started dieting in order to lose "those ten pounds". She came to regret that: She stopped menstruating and subsequently almost slipped into a full blown eating disorder. Fortunately, she was able to allow herself to get better: Her dreams of having a family of her own meant that she had to take care of herself. She exercised less, ate more and finally got her period back and started a family. She is passionate about helping women to see why their cycle is so important for their mood, their sleep, their bones and their overall health whether or not they want children of their own. She helped hundreds of women recover their periods and has only recently published her book "No period. Now What?", a comprehensive guide to recovery for women who have lost their period. Nicola shares her insights on: – What "Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea" (HA) is, what causes it and what the ramifications of it are – How, when she lost her period more than 10 years ago, she had to do her own research to find out what was really happening – How the Minnesota Starvation Experiment Study helped her regain her senses and start to recover – How women are often misinformed when it comes to weight and pregnancy – How it happens that we often think that we are doing the "healthy thing" when, in reality, we are damaging our health – What "healthy exercise" is – How we are often totally misguided when it comes to exercise and food – How to recover a healthy menstrual cycle and keep up a non-diet lifestyle after birth – How we can change our mindset from "fear of weight gain" to "becoming healthy and happy" again – How we can snap out of our negative self-talk – How we can start to change the conversation about the current, unnatural beauty ideal that we see – How partners and husbands are often suffering when their girlfriends or wives get stuck in such a state of weight-obsession and exercise compulsion – How they react to a woman regaining her full health and radiance, and how much they appreciate their natural bodies and relaxedness – How she raises her three boys to become non-judgmental towards size and shape... ... And so much more! Check out Nicola Rinaldi and her great resources (including her new book "No period. Now what?") at: www.noperiodnowwhat.com or read her old blog here: www.noperiodbaby.com ********* Don't forget!********* Make sure to join my tribe and meet some of the most supportive, loving and kind people of all shapes and sizes, including great coaches and leaders! We’re right over here at: http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/join/

That’s it! Here it is: The Life. Unrestricted. Podcast. The show that might just make you feel better about yourself, your body and your worth beyond your jeans size. So before you start the next diet to „finally lose that weight“, stop right there and listen in. Let me ask you, when is enough enough. Aren’t you tired of hating your body, tired of counting calories, tired of making your scale decide whether you get to feel good today or (more likely) not? Aren’t you tired of feeling guilty for eating what you like, tired of excercising obsessively to get rid of that guilt? Tired of the negative self-talk-chatter in your head? Aren’t we all? So. Welcome home. Welcome to the Life. Unrestricted. Podcast. Let me take you on a different journey. As I recover from excess dieting, disordered eating, from exercise addiction, and – generally – an awful body image, I want to share what I learn, share my struggles and, most of all, I want to bring you the very best experts and the most inspiring guests who share their insights on how to get to that place where we can live a life free of food fears, body shame and obsessive dieting. We will learn how to break that vicious diet-binge cycle, how to make piece with our body and how to stop diet-mentality rule us. In this very first episode, I will share with you – Why I am so passionate to educate people about the harm the diet-industry does to us – How, for all my life, I was believing in very harmful messages of a weight-obsessed world – Why I let my life become smaller than a prison cell – Why podcasts basically saved my life – Why I am crazy enough to create a podcast in a language that is not my own – How studying with Brené Brown made me believe in myself enough to DO THIS – Why I believe we can combat our shame if we share our stories – What I think it is that we need to get rid of if we want to succeed in living truly healthy and at peace with our body, no matter what its current size is – Why I am a big proponent about Health At Every Size (HAES) – Why Health At Every Size (HAES) is about anything BUT „promoting obesity“ – What I believe it takes to truly appreciate and celebrate the body-diversity out there – Why I believe we all need some loving support on this difficult journey toward a life that is not ruled by dieting, food fears and exercise compulsions – Why and when I find myself still falling back into my own diet-mentality-posessed brain and how I need just as much support as anyone... ... And so much more! Let’s start this journey toward body positivity, acceptance of diversity and a more balanced approach to health; goodbye to body negativity, fat-phobia, disordered eating and a compulsive relationship to exercise. Confidence is an inside job and it’s high time we bust the myth that weight should dictate our worth. Let’s start this journey to loving our bodies from a Health At Every Size perspective and let’s nourish our body, mind and soul without going crazy. Check out my blog on: www.lifeunrestricted.org And if you like the show, make sure you subscribe to it on iTunes, as soon as it's up! Thank you so much! ********* Don't forget!********* Make sure to join my tribe and meet some of the most supportive, loving and kind people of all shapes and sizes, including great coaches and leaders! We’re right over here at: http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/join/