Best Connie Stapleton Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 255: Alone and Depressed After Weight Loss…AND I’m MARRIED! 1:05:49

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This episode could also be called how relationships between significant others change following weight loss. This topic is linked to Episode 244 called Alone and Depressed. A podcast listener had emailed me and in the original “Alone and Depressed” episode, I used her direct quotations focusing on the many ways she felt alone and depressed. In her …

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Episode 254: Anisa Grantham, a Post-Op, a Therapist, and a Woman Known by Most in the Bariatric Community 1:06:14

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To my knowledge, few therapists have worked in the bariatric community for as long as I have. Anisa Grantham IS one of those therapists! Anisa and I have a very similar background, both starting our careers as Addictions therapists. We have both brought so much of our philosophy from the 12-Step recovery world into our work in the bariatric communi…

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Episode 253: Compassion + Accountability = Healing, Weight Maintenance and Living Fully 1:15:25

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I hate math and numbers and all things even remotely related to such things! But boy, do I have an equation for you that could maybe cast shame on Albert Einstein’s c=mc2. Well… I honestly know nothing about that so I’m probably exaggerating. STILL… my equation, which, by the way, has no numbers in it, can help you achieve any goal you set out to a…

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Episode 252: A Thorough Dietician Evaluation for ANYONE with Katie Chapmon, RD. 1:15:07

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There is SO MUCH to know about nutrition! Where in the world do you start? In this episode, super smart Registered Dietician Katie Chapmon tells us about the basics of what goes into a nutritional evaluation. We ALL need to know about nutrition and Katie provides us with the information everyone needs to ask themselves and she makes it super simple…

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Episode 251: Big T AND Little t Trauma in Your Weight Journey 1:08:08

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Many of us think we escaped life without having experienced trauma. I say, “Guess again!” because as it turns out, many – if not most people – do experience the internal pain that is trauma, related to either big T or little t traumatic events. Trauma impacts how we react to stress in life… and our reactions to stress are often what lead us directl…

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Episode 250: This Post op guy is giving back to the bariatric community in a big way! 1:10:06

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We see and hear from so many fewer males in the bariatric sommunity than we do females. Today’s guest, an incredible male post-op, teaches us all a great lesson: If what you need to help ensure your success in maintaining your weight loss isn’t available, create it! Aaron Goodman, who had bariatric surgery shortly before the COVID pandemic, took so…

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Episode 249: Ill-Prepared and/or Ill-Equipped 1:13:54

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As you go about your life after having a surgical bariatric procedure, or while taking a GLP-1 for weight loss, you are going to encounter situations in which you are faced with stress… as in every day… you are dealing with stressful situations. You are going to be in situations requiring you to deal with conflict (do you know how to do so?). You’l…

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Episode 248: Is a higher power part of your healing journey? 1:03:31

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Is a higher power part of your healing journey? Obesity is a disease and like recovery from many diseases, a lot of patients incorporate a spiritual component into their recovery process. In today’s episode, post-op and therapist/coach Tabitha Johnson and I talk about how having a higher power can be beneficial for some people. The Weight Loss Winf…

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Episode 247: Body Image… Distortion or Dysmorphia? 1:08:34

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I’ve talked about this before but today I have BariAftercare’s very own Shea Quinn joining me to discuss a common topic … a topic that is often misrepresented in the bariatric community… related to body image! Word on the street is that a lot of people who lose a significant amout of weight refer to themselves as have Body Dysmorphia. That is likel…

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Episode 246: Skincare and Weight Loss with Dr. Mary Alice Mina 45:47

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We all care about our face and how our skin looks and feels! Double board certified dermatologist, Dr. Mina, who hosts the SkinReal Podcast joins us today to talk about caring for our skin, focusing on how our skin changes through the weight loss process and as we age! The Weight Loss Winformation Podcast gives you essential psychological informati…

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Episode 245: Bill Streetman, Author of Simple... not Easy!: Escaping the Prison of Obesity 1:07:57

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My friend Bill Streetman, who I have known for many years, wrote a book about his bariatric journey. The book is called Simple... not Easy!: Escaping the Prison of Obesity. Bill has been super active in the bariatric community, inspiring hundreds of people who have also been dealing with obesity. During our conversation, Bill and I talk about how w…

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Episode 244: Alone and Depressed 1:09:45

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 244. Today’s episode is at the direct request from a listener who emailed me because she is feeling, and I quote, “alone and depressed” following her 120-pound weight loss. She shared a lot of information that I KNOW many of you are also experiencing in your…

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Episode 243: GLP-1’s, Part 7. Dr. Daniel Kaufman on Skin Removal Following Weight Loss 1:02:43

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 243. Today’s discussion with plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Kaufman isn’t directly related to GLP-1 medications. Yet significant weight loss by any means sometimes leads to body reconstruction. To that end, this episode wraps up our series on GLP-1 agonists! Muc…

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Episode 242: GLP-1’s, Part 6. How GLP-1’s “Nearly Ruined My Life!” 51:24

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 242. For the past several weeks we’ve been talking about the use of GLP-1 agonists as a tool for weight loss. Today we hear from a woman who has had a series of health problems she believes are directly related to her use of a GLP-1 medication. She shares he…

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Episode 241: GLP-1’s, Part 5. Tabitha Johnson, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist on GLP-1’s and Relationships 1:06:22

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Our topic today is GLP-1’s, Part 5. Another of my favorite people in the world, Tabitha Johnson, joins me today as we talk about the use of GLP-1 medications and their impact on relationships as well as what the people in your life might want or need to know about how one person’s weight loss can affect all of their relationships! Tabitha is a Lice…

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Episode 240: GLP-1’s, Part 4. MY BFFL Susie and Her Use of GLP-1 medications 1:04:45

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 240. Our topic today is GLP-1’s, Part 3. Today I’m talking with a woman who knows me better than almost anyone on the planet. Dr. Susie Matlock-Hetzel, a fellow psychologist whom I met when we went through our PhD program together more than few decades ago… …

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Episode 239: GLP-1’s, Part 3. A Conversation with Nurse Practitioner Michelle Ledford 59:01

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 239. Our topic today is GLP-1’s, Part 3. Today I’m talking with Nurse Practitioner Michelle Ledford. Michelle has worked in the field of bariatric medicine for the past seven years and is certified in the treatment of obesity medicine. She works primarily wi…

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Episode 238: GLP-1’s, Part 2. A Conversation with Kellie Wilson: Bariatric Surgery with a Side of GLP-1 1:13:47

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 238. Our topic today is GLP-1’s, Part 2. In this episode I’m talking with Kellie Wilson, who is a favorite in the bariatric world. Kellie had bariatric surgery several years ago now and has used a GLP-1 at times. Kellie talks openly about a healthy use of GL…

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Episode 237: GLP-1’s, Part 1 with Katie Chapmon, RD 1:10:23

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 237. Our topic today is GLP-1’s, Part 1 with Katie Chapmon, RD. This is the first of several episodes designed to educate you about the GLP-1 medications from the perspective of professionals as well as people who are taking the medications. Katie Chapmon, w…

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Episode 236: Part Two of Door Mat No More: Here’s How It’s Done! 1:11:06

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Our topic today is Part Two of Door Mat No More: Here’s How It’s Done! In this episode, I share Jefferson Fisher’s tools from the book The Next Conversation for framing a conversation and using assertive language and boundaries to make your needs a priority so that you follow through with your healthy lifestyle goals! The Weight Loss Winformation P…

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Episode 235: Door Mat No More: Here’s How It’s Done! 1:13:11

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No one wants to be a door mat… and yet, some of us have had experiences that make it extraordinarily difficult to speak up for ourselves, to say what we want, to ask for what we need or to share our thoughts and feelings with others! If I just described you, there may have been times when you have felt like a door mat… walked all over by others! No…

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Episode 234: Are You A People Pleaser? If so, Your Healthy Lifestyle is in Jeopardy! 1:17:29

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 234 and our topic today is Are you a people pleaser? If you are, or if you deal with a people pleaser in your life, you’ll want to listen to this episode. People pleasing can absolutely interfere in your plans to follow through with a healthy lifestyle that …

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Episode 233: Who Cares What They Think? We ALL Do! 1:06:40

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“Welcome to Weight Loss Winformation - I’m your host, Dr. Connie Stapleton. This is episode 233 and our topic today is Who cares what other people think? Are you kidding? We ALL do – at least to some extent. Where do you fall on that caring what others think continuum? Not much at all or Way TOO Much? Listen to this episode of Weight Loss Winformat…

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Episode 232: Why THAT NUMBER Keeps Us Captive 1:06:13

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THAT NUMBER… the one you obsess over… the one you’ve decided your body “should” weigh… That number is the thing that distracts you from focusing on HEALTH goals, holds you back from participating more fully and more actively in life AND keeps you half crazy in the head a lot of the time! Listen to this episode and learn if YOU are THAT PERSON who k…

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Episode 231: A Healthy Weight for YOU 53:45

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Most people begin a weight loss journey to improve their health or to ward off possible health conditions, to increase their ability to participate in activities they enjoy, and to increase their odds of living longer to be with the ones they love. However, at some point, a pesky little NUMBER interferes with their health goals and they become focu…

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Episode 230: BariAftercare: Then and Now! 1:13:29

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This is the transition episode of BariAftercare the Podcast! BariAftercare the program will still be alive and well and YOU can join for a FREE month by emailing me at [email protected]. Do that NOW! THEN listen in as I talk with Laura Preston who, along with Kelsey and our amazing group of peer mentors, has helped make the BariAftercare …

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Episode 229: Mirror, Mirror…Yep! I’m Talking to You! 1:11:57

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Wow! is what I have to say about the great therapy tool I learned from Dr. Joan Brugman while recording this podcast! Dr. Brugman uses Mirror Therapy with her weight loss patients as a tool to help them use “fierce self-compassion” while holding themselves accountable and creating plan to incorporate healthy self-care tools in their weight loss and…

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Episode 228: That Thief of Joy…Comparison 1:11:16

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Theodore Roosevelt called comparison the theif of joy. And all along I thought it was the SCALE that was the theif of joy! Well… I guess it’s all in how you utilize either comparison or the scale that determines whether or not you allow it to steal your joy. Yes – pay attention to those words… whether or not you ALLOW ANYTHING to steal your joy is …

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Episode 227: Easier Said Than Done…Excuse or Reality? 59:35

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We’ve all said it a thousand times when it comes to following through with difficult things and/or things we don’t really want to do… We’ve said what? We’ve said, “That’s easier said than done!” And it’s true in nearly every case… because most things in life are genuinely easier to say than they are to do! Working in the field of weight weight loss…

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Episode 226: Facing the Music Together…Identifying our personal Thinking Traps 1:06:37

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Every single one of us is guilty of using some pretty common forms of Stinkin’ Thinkin’ at times. Psychologists use fancier word to describe Stinkin’ Thinkin’… we call them Cognitive Distortions. Thinking Traps are also words to describe negative thoughts because they often leave us feeling TRAPPED on a hamster wheel of negative thoughts that spin …

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Episode 225: Specific Tools to Challenge and Change Stinkin’ Thinkin 1:02:03

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Did you know that we recyle something like 90% of our thoughts over and over, day after day AND that about 85% of those recycling thoughts are NEGATIVE thoughts? That’s what some research says! And I happen to believe that… even if we’re not aware of all those automatic negative thoughts on the hamster wheel of our mind. We need to change this to m…

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Episode 224: Develop the Skills to Overcome a Self-Defeating Attitude and Take Charge of Your Life 1:11:15

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In this week’s episode will teach you skills for ditching self-defeating attitudes and behaviors and for overcoming a victim mentality, which we talked about last week! Learning to be more resilient when setbacks threaten to derail your progress and learning to increase your “I think I can, I think I can” attitude, or self-efficacy, will not only h…

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Episode 223: We All Do This and It Helps No One 1:11:42

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Now, THAT’s a vague episode title! And it’s vague on purpose! None of us want to admit to … well, our less than healthy behaviors. Yet the truth is, we all engage in behaviors we would be mortified if others were to witness. The topic of this episode describes a type of behavior and mindset I would bet every one of us has engaged in at some points …

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Episode 222: Dr. Brugman Explains The Connection Between Your Brain and Your Behavior 58:34

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Do you ever wonder why you do some of the things you do? And also… why you might not do other things you want to do or plan to do? If you’re human… I’m gonna guess you have wondered those exact same things… maybe on daily basis! Our behaviors are linked to all sorts of things going on in our brains. Listen in as Dr. Joan Brugman helps us better und…

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Episode 221: Life After Weight Loss…by Whatever Means 1:10:54

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There are all sorts of ways people choose to lose weight… surgical weight loss procedures, GLP 1’s, Weight Watchers, Noom, and all sorts of various diets such as the Mediteranian Diet, the KETO diet, or tragically, some version of the cabbage soup diet. Here’s the deal… no matter how a person loses weight, they all experience many of the same thing…

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Episode 220: A Post-Op Creates a Business to Help Others Improve Their Lives 55:59

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There’s little in life I find more inspiring than when a person takes a difficult situation and creates something amazing out of it! Rob DiMedio is one of those people! Rob, a post-op who chronicled his journey on social media, has taken his passion for health and created a business called Busy Bariatrics. Due to Rob’s passion for taking charge of …

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Episode 219: Food – The Red Herring 58:54

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Food… a red herring? As in… a fish? Nope! So what does that mean… food… a red herring? You think I’m gonna tell you here, in the intro? Not a chance! But when you listen to the entire episode, you’ll learn why Dr. Anita A. Johnson, author of Eating in The Light of The Moon, wrote an entire chapter on this topic. Also, as you listen to this episode,…

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Episode 218: The Wisdom to Know the Difference... Can Make a Big Difference in Your Post-Op Living! 1:13:27

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You’ve heard the Serenity Prayer: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot chance, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Turns out the founders of AA did NOT create this thinking. It originated many years BC… before the birth of Christ! The ideas used in the Serenity Prayer come from an ancient Gr…

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Episode 217: Self-discovery After Surgery — Sandra’s Story 1:22:39

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People usually have certain expectations when they begin a weight loss experience, whether that means having a surgical intervention, taking medications or participating in a structured program. For many people, some of their expectations are met; some are not. What I find particularly interesting as people lose weight are the things they learn abo…

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Episode 216: Why Do I Need a Psychological Evaluation to Have Bariatric Surgery? 49:33

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So many people considering bariatric surgery are confused as to the reason anyone would have to have a pre-surgical psychological evaluation? Why would they need to be cleared by a psychologist just to have weight loss surgery? As today’s guest host, Dr. Joan Brugman, a psychologist who, like myself, conducts many bariatric pre-surgical evaluations…

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Episode 215: Consider the Viewpoint: Overcome the Fear of Failure/Regain 59:48

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What does the story of a young child participating in swim meets have to do with fear of failure… or fear of regain? Listen in and gain a different perspective on fear of failure. I’ll talk about how fear of regain can lead you right to that place you most want to avoid! And, of course, I’ll give you some tips on how to lead yourself away from fear…

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Episode 214: Fear of Success Following Significant Weight Loss 1:15:19

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Today I have three guests, all members of the BariAftercare program, joining me to talk about their fears of success following significant weight loss. Each of my guests is at a different place in their post-op journey and each is experiencing unique concerns related to their weight loss success. It’s likely that each person who experiences signifi…

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Episode 213: Improved Health and a Better Life — Your Drishtis! Preparation and Patience Required 53:56

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I’m introducing a funky new word to your bariatric journey tonight when I ask you to keep your DRISHTI in mind as you move through your years of creating your healthy lifestyle. You need consistent effort, ongoing preparation and a lot of patience to prevent falling back into the dreaded DIET mentality, which can suck you far, far away from your li…

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Episode 212: Boundaries in General and with Food Pushers Specifically 1:22:38

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Boundaries can be physical… like fences, or gates at the top or bottom of stairs to keep toddlers and pets from going up or down. Boundaries can also be emotional and are established by using communication skills. Physical and emotional boundaries are often used to keep us safe. Emotional boundaries are essential in healthy relationships. Yet many …

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Episode 211: You Either Got It or You Don’t… Positive Emotional and Mental Wellness – From Then To Now 1:15:50

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If you have lost a significant amount of weight and remain preoccupied with the scale, if you allow the scale to determine your mood, if you are overly obsessed with a goal weight, or are struggling to overcome emotional eating… OR if you said you wanted to lose weight to improve your health or to prevent health problems, or because you wanted to b…

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Episode 210: The Connection Between your Relationship with Yourself and Food 1:10:27

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I get all passionate in this episode and do quite a bit of self-disclosing. Why? Because I believe with everything that I am that improving your relationship with yourself is the ONLY way you will be able to follow through the behavioral changes that are necessary for keeping weight off long-term or for remaining free from any long-term unhealthy b…

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Episode 209: Discovering or RE-Discovering Your Relationship with Food 1:13:57

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Relationships of all kinds can be complicated. And they change over time! Friendships change over time, your relationship with your spouse or partner may be good for years, and then flail, and then get better again! Your relationship with money or social media can change at different stages of life. Your relationship with food may also change over …

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Episode 208: How Did I Get Here? Understanding Your Obesity 1:12:14

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How did I get here? I’m guessing you didn’t grow up wanting to have the disease of obesity as part of your adult life! And if you have comorbid health issues associated with your obesity, I’m pretty certain you ask yourself the question, how DID I get here? Well, the chronic disease of obesity is a complicated one. Some of the things that lead to o…

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Episode 207: A BariAftercare Year in Review with Laura Preston! 1:24:03

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It’s always an honor and a privilege to have Laura Preston on the podcast with me because Laura IS, in many ways, BariAftercare! She is an organizer extraordinaire, has an understanding of the bariatric community that is unmatched, and has a passion for aftercare as deep as my own. In this episode, we talk about the many ways we, along with our oth…

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Episode 206: Scott’s Bariatric Journey Plays Out on National TV 1:06:30

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Scott Bagwill, an active member of the full online BariAftercare program, is today’s guest on BariAftercare, the Podcast! Scott had bariatric surgery almost one year ago and has lost an extraordinary amount of weight. He has also been one of this season’s new “Best Friends” on the TLC network show, 1000 Pound Best Friends. Today you’ll get to know …