Best Sally Webster Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 177: How to stop minesweeping leftovers & saying f*ck it at the weekends 36:41

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Do you find yourself eating leftovers just because they're there or to avoid food waste? Do you notice yourself mindlessly snacking on food from the night before and then regretting it? In this episode, I explain how to stop eating leftovers or food that's in the house just because it's there or you think you want it. I want you to learn the skills…

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Why Starting Over Hurts 37:56

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If you've ever gotten well into a project—maybe a DIY renovation—and then realized that you've taken the wrong approach, you probably know that it's very tempting to just stay the course. Starting all over again would be so painful, even if starting over is clearly the best option. Or maybe you've taken a wrong turn on a hike and only noticed it a …

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Bonus Ep 176: Stop telling your urges to shut up 15:26

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A client was telling me how sometimes having the thing she has a craving for is mainly so that her urges stop bothering her! It doesn't lead to a big overeat, she has the thing she's been wanting and then she can get on without the urge taking up her brain chatter. This episode explores this concept a little more and how best to approach your urges…

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Ep 175: The pain & cost of staying the same 20:59

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Do you ever think about where you’ll be in a few years time if everything that you’re doing (and not doing) now was to stay the same? In this honest episode, I reflect on what my life would be like if I hadn’t decided to change my eating and drinking habits over four years ago. I consider the cost and pain of not changing the limiting beliefs that …

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Bonus Ep 174: The beauty and necessity of self-discipline 17:41

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Do you equate self-discipline with PTs and calorie counting?! With restriction and boring food?! I used to until I realised that being a disciplined person was one of the greatest acts of self-love and that it was a mindset, a habit, which I needed to develop to become my best self. Listen to this short episode to connect you back with your inner p…

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Ep 173: When you start buffering again 29:49

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In this honest and emotional (!) episode, I share how I’ve noticed myself buffering my emotions by not following my plan recently. When we feel new, deeper levels of uncomfortable emotions, it can mean we stop doing the things (like writing and following our daily food and drinks plan) that we know make us ultimately feel better. But these backslid…

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Teamwork That Works: What Great Teams Have in Common 42:53

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What makes an effective team? Talent? Skill? Discipline? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we're looking at some of the more surprising ingredients of successful teams, according to science. Teams where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You'll hear the story of the Kon-Tiki expedition—a harrowing journey across the Pac…

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Bonus Ep 172: The Signature 1:1 Eating & Drinking Habit Change Programme Explained 23:31

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If you're curious about what happens in my signature 1:1 coaching programme, listen to this episode to find out how it could help you change the eating and drinking habits that are keeping you from feeling your best. To find out more about the programme, click here > To book your free consultation call, click here > To read testimonials, click here…

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Ep 171: What you need to stop doing (and thinking) to achieve your goals this Autumn 44:54

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We've all got that back-to-school feeling and it's a great time of year to capitalise on your natural motivation. In this episode, I explain the top three things you need to stop doing (and thinking) to achieve your weight loss goals this Autumn, and encourage you to make your weight loss goal more robust and compelling. Plus I share some journal p…

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When It Feels Like Everyone's Watching 36:34

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We've all been there. Maybe you fumbled a line in a presentation. Or tripped on a shoelace. Or suffered a bad hair day. It can feel like the whole world is watching you—and judging you—in those embarrassing moments. But are people paying as much attention to you as you think? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we explore why we tend …

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Bonus Summer Quickie Ep 170: What Would Your Future Self Do? 13:25

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Do you have a clear vision of the person you want to become? Of how she looks, feels, thinks and acts? Of how she spends her time? The things she says yes to and the things she says no to? What she believes about herself? What she wants you to know is possible? To create a new reality for ourselves, we have to do things differently than we've been …

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Ep 169: Vigilance vs. Restriction 46:57

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Do you think it’s restrictive to keep watch of your diet and weight? Do you keep chopping and changing your approach with fluctuating weight outcomes and lots of mind chatter about food and eating? Do you constantly lose weight and then put it back on or feel like you’re always battling the same ten pounds? If so, this is a brilliant episode which …

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Ep 168: Quickie Summer Series: Self-coaching in the moment 12:58

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In this episode, I explore how connecting with the neutral facts of the situation that's triggering you, as well as the outcomes (life experience) your actions will create for you, helps you to self-coach in the moment and meaningfully change the way you're thinking about any situation you're in. It's about taking back your power. Start asking thes…

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How a Single Source of Information Can Seem Like Several 28:36

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You've probably been in situations where multiple friends recommend the same product. It must be great, if everyone is talking about it, right? But then you find out that those friends had all just seen the same product on a popular TV show. What seemed like independent recommendations really came from a single source. In this episode of Choiceolog…

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Ep 167: Quickie Summer Series: Experimenting with stopping at enough 13:55

2M ago13:55

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In this episode, I give you practical tools and mindset shifts so that you can experiment with stopping eating when your body has had enough. This side of the story can be harder to connect with than eating for hunger. The cues are less obvious and the brain can take over. But it's so worth your exploration and attention. If you find yourself alway…

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Ep 166: Quickie Summer Series: Naturally Slim People On Holiday 10:28

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You know I love to think about naturally slim people (!) and how they think about their bodies and food in a helpful, empowered way. In this episode, I encourage you to use the naturally slim mindset as your guide on holiday where there's an abundance of different food which you get to enjoy. The problem comes when we over-consume it because of our…

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Coming Soon: A New Season of Choiceology 1:35

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It's a new season of Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab. New episodes arrive every two weeks, so please follow us in your favorite podcasting app. Important Disclosures The comments, views, and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Charles Schwab. Data contained h…

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Ep 165: Quickie Summer Series: Choosing Kindness & Discernment 13:00

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In this new quickie summer series, I'm exploring topics that will help you take positive and empowered action as you navigate a change of routine and different obstacles than you're used to. Today I'm exploring how to practise self-kindness (which is completely essential for lasting eating habit change) and increase your discernment over what you'r…

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Bonus Ep 164: What I Eat In A Day For Weight Loss Maintenance & To Feel Strong & Vibrant 42:47

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Do you ever wonder what to eat each day and how to build your plate so that you feel consistently energised and can maintain your weight loss results? I talk you through a typical food day which is focused around maintaining my weight loss and optimising body composition (muscle mass v fat mass). Whilst I go into more details about the food itself …

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Ep 163: The challenges of weight loss maintenance & what to do about it 35:47

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In reality, weight loss is the easy part. It’s maintaining the weight loss that’s the tricky part. That’s why so many diets exist! In this episode, I go through some of the reasons why weight loss maintenance can be challenging and new ways to navigate those challenges so that you can sustain the amazing hard-earned results you’ve created. If you’r…

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Bonus Ep 162: Being able to depend on yourself 42:12

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A client said today that she now realises it's not her weight that bothers her the most (which she used to think it was), it's when she eats in an unkind or distrusting way. When she feels like she's let herself down. This episode explores why it's so important to be able to depend on yourself to follow through with what you say you want for yourse…

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Ep 161: 5 Mistakes To Avoid For Weight Loss & Maintenance 38:05

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In today's episode, I talk about what commonly trips people up when creating permanent weight loss. We cover not planning; not taking responsibility for what you want and your actions; disconnecting from your body through the scales/comparison with others/the instagram discover page(!); failure intolerance; and believing every thought you think. Th…

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Ep 160: Loving How You Eat On Holiday 27:32

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In this episode, I cover the behaviours that make us regret how we’ve eaten and drunk on holiday. And give you practical tools to better understand what you want your outcomes to be. A sneaky dieter’s mindset will trip you up on holiday and lead to misaligned eating that frustrates you. An empowered and loving mindset, which is tuned into your body…

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Bonus Ep 159: She said what?! Navigating judgement & reframing comments about food from friends & family 32:00

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We've explored this topic around the Christmas holidays before but a client asked me to recap on how to navigate comments from friends and family about what you are and aren't eating! I explore how to reframe these comments (or your imagined perception of what's being thought) so that you react in the most empowered way possible, showing compassion…

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Ep 158: Learning from Geneen Roth about stopping emotional eating 28:43

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I read Women Food & God by Geneen Roth last week and found it incredibly powerful. It's always comforting to hear from other women about what it's like to be an emotional eater and how to truly change that instinct and behaviour for good. Geneen is funny and honest and it's an easy read. In this episode, I share a few of the concepts Geneen talks a…

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Bonus Ep 157: Up-levelling your planning mindset & why it's so important 30:20

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A client asked me to talk more about my planning mindset so here I am explaining what my mindset has always been around daily food and drinks planning and how to make it work for you. I truly believe this tool is crucial to helping you drop diet mentality and become the eater and drinker you've always wanted to be: feeling at peace around food/alco…

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Ep 156: Why dieting is getting in your way 48:28

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It's not about the food but about why/how we're eating it. Learning to focus on improving the energy behind you're eating will be the thing that changes everything for you and your body, and it starts with deciding to step out of the diet cycle for good. In this heartfelt episode, I explain why you need to stop dieting if you want to be consistent …

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Bonus Ep 155: Real hunger V sneaky cravings 32:39

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This episode kicks off a bonus series where I asked clients what they'd like podcasts on! I explore how we can tell the difference between true hunger and cravings, and why that can feel harder in the evenings. And I give a practical tool (spoiler alert: it involves boiled eggs!) to start exploring what's really going on for you so that you can bec…

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Ep 154: Breaking free of the cravings merry-go-round 28:18

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Do you find yourself having the same cravings at the same time every day/week?! Are you sick and tired of them?! If so, listen to this episode where I explain a powerful visualisation that will help you get through to the other side of the craving without rewarding it -- knowing that the more you can do that, the quicker you'll extinguish the unhel…

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Ep 153: How to create your eating & drinking protocol this summer 37:50

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This episode covers the energy that you need to have when creating your protocol and how to write one which feels compelling and motivating. Instead of writing out another diet, I want you to write an identity-based protocol about the eater and drinker you want to embody for the rest of your life. This is how you can leave the quick-fixes and fad d…

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Little Bits of Happiness: With Guests Sally Millington & Ellen Evers 28:27

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Were you the kind of kid who devoured all your Halloween candy in one sitting—or savored it daily until, somehow, it was Easter? And when it comes to bad news, do you prefer it all at once or with some time in between? Turns out, the way we bundle or separate life's highs and lows can influence our happiness. In this episode of Choiceology with Kat…

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Ep 152: How Covid lockdowns changed your eating & drinking habits 26:50

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Nothing everything goes back to our childhood! I know that many of us developed unhelpful eating and drinking habits during the covid lockdowns that have felt particularly hard to change. We placed a lot of importance on food and alcohol as entertainment and solace, fun and relief. Drink on a Monday at 4pm? OK! Cake for breakfast? OK! Three course …

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Bonus Ep 151: A question to ask yourself when you have urges to go off-plan 22:13

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Do you find that you have urges and cravings at the exact same time and place every day?! This episode explains what to do with that desire and what to focus on to change the way you react to it. sallywebstercoaching.com @sallywebstercoachingBy Sally Webster

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Ep 150: Q&A with Katie Sadler - Growing your own business, your self-employed mindset, and marketing yourself for success 1:04:22

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Katie is a book marketing expert who works with authors and publishers to build effective marketing plans. I loved picking her brain on how she built her successful freelance business. She offers fantastic insight that will help those of you that are considering making the jump or have already done so. We talk about: What to consider when going fro…

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Cents & Sensibility: With Guests Melina Palmer & Devin Pope 32:49

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Would you pay more for a car with 29,999 miles than one with 30,000? The answer should be no—it's a negligible difference, after all—but research shows that people often do pay more than they should for cars that are just short of certain odometer thresholds. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at why a price or an age or a te…

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Bonus Bitesize 149: For my mealtime overeaters, start practising this today! 7:49

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If you find yourself regularly eating past the point of enough (+4 on the hunger scale) at mealtimes, this episode is for you. Slow down, breathe, and repeat this thought several times at the start and close of each interaction with food. sallywebstercoaching.comBy Sally Webster

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Ep 148: Understanding your learned eating behaviours 21:38

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We can't change what we don't understand. This episode encourages you to go back in time and identify the key moments where you built pathways in your brain between feelings and food so that you can address your current behaviours more effectively. sallywebstercoaching.comBy Sally Webster

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Bonus Bitesize 147: What would Beyonce do?! 10:51

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If you find yourself snacking and debating whether you're really hungry or not, start asking yourself this question! It might just give you the insight you need to make the most supportive, honest and loving choice in those moments. sallywebstercoaching.comBy Sally Webster

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Ep 146: Urges 101 - from resisting to allowing 47:30

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If you feel like you're constantly going to battle with your urges and cravings, this is the episode for you! We explore why resisting the urge causes us more problems, and why allowing the urge is the goal. I also touch on labelling food as "good" or "bad" and why it's so unhelpful! Urge management is a skill which you can start mastering today. H…

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Hooked on Streaks: With Guests Chloë Hamilton & Jackie Silverman 31:27

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Streaks have long been logged in the world of sports. And for tracking habits, like daily writing. But now apps encourage us to keep streaks going for just about anything. Messaging friends, learning new languages, meditating, exercising, you name it. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we explore the motivational power of streaks. An…

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Ep 145: Q&A with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ian Martin - Understanding ADHD & how it impacts eating behaviours 45:16

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This week, I have the pleasure of chatting with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ian Martin about ADHD and how it can impact our eating (and drinking) behaviours. Dr Martin explains what ADHD is, how it most commonly presents in women in their 30s, 40s and into menopause, and how best to create eating habit change for those with ADHD. We discuss self-cri…

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Bonus Ep 144: Choosing Discomfort Over Buffering & Setting Your Goal 30:02

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Do you regularly eat when you're bored, stressed, happy, angry, sad? Do you regularly eat when you're not physically hungry but want the act of eating to soothe and comfort you? If YES, this is the episode for you. I share why I think changing your goal from weight loss to stopping buffering can be much more compelling and effective in helping you …

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Obstacle Illusions: With Guests Daniella McCahey & Tom Gilovich 30:41

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First-born children tend to believe that their parents were harder on them than their siblings are willing to grant. Football fans take disproportionate note of the challenging games on their team's schedules. We're wired to interpret our challenges as bigger than our advantages, even if the reality is more balanced. In this episode of Choiceology …

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Ep 143: What You Really Want 7:22

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In this short episode, I read a poem by Jeff Foster about what we really want in life. I like the idea of considering your cravings and desire for food and alcohol through the lens of this poem, thinking about what might be lacking in your life, and how to see abundance in the present moment that you're in. I'm wishing you all a beautiful Easter an…

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The Reality Trap: With Guests Ken Adelman & Julia Minson 38:22

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Is it ever possible to see the world objectively, as it is? Turn on the news, open social media, engage with that family member at Thanksgiving, and it appears to some the answer is yes. But what if our biggest blind spot is thinking we don't have a blind spot? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how we can easily be fooled…

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Bonus Ep 142: Try this urge reframe today! 28:14

6M ago28:14

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If you've ever smoked, you know how strong your desire can be for a cigarette. And if you've quit smoking, you know it's normal to sometimes still fancy one and like the smell! The key is to not panic in those moments thinking your desire for a cigarette is a problem or has to mean you start smoking again! In today's episode, I explain how I smelle…

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Ep 141: How to use your calendar to achieve your goals 38:04

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Do you have a running to-do list which just seems to grow? Do you have big goals that feel like they keep moving further from you? Does perfectionism and fear of failure hold you back from going after what you really want? In this episode, I share my guide to using your calendar in a systematic way so that you start achieving the outcomes you want …

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Bonus Episode 140: ALCOHOL-FREE! DAY 365! 39:47

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WE MADE IT! I've been surprised by how emotional today has felt and the deep sense of accomplishment which is moving through me. In this final episode of the alcohol-free series, I share what I'm doing next with alcohol and why, and encourage you to explore what you might want for yourself -- because only YOU know what's best for you. X sallywebste…

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Ep 139: Believing in your capacity and capability to create the life you want 44:14

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In this episode, I take a step back from talking about weight loss and eating habit change to help you establish what you really want in your life and what you need to do to achieve it! It's a powerful episode that encourages you to start leaning on your ability to create a deliberate mindset rather than listen to the limiting thoughts that keep yo…

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A Numbers Game: With Guests Linda Chang & Stephen M. Colbert 29:37

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Workplaces often rely on numerical ratings for performance reviews. Election debates focus on poll numbers and approval ratings. Your watch counts your steps in a day. Numbers increasingly influence our decisions. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at our very human tendency to fixate on digits even when words or graphs repre…