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447: You Can Convince Yourself Of Anything
You can convince yourself of nearly anything. In fact, everything you believe, you've convinced yourself of through your thoughts, attention & actions. In today's episode, we're exploring how you can turn this into an unstoppable force to help you create change...
446: A Closer Look At Bulletproof Coffee
Does bulletproof coffee help you burn fat? Should you be drinking it? Does it matter how you make it? Should you use coconut oil or MCT oil? Does it matter? What if your butter isn't grassfed? What kind of coffee should you use? Does it matter? Is it breakfast? Can...
445: Using Values To Create Major Change
One of my Fat Loss Fast Track clients shared an article that inspired me like crazy. In today's episode, I'm sharing it with you and I hope that it not only challenges you, but I hope it leads you to put in place some actions that will change your life, your...
444: Overcoming Excuses For Good
The most dangerous excuses are true. The reason they keep winning out over your goals & intentions might be because you realize they are true so you don’t fight against them. You equate “true” and “right”. Just because something is true doesn’t mean it’s the most...
443: What Everyone Needs To Know About Beans
Earlier in the week I got an email asking, "Why aren't beans paleo?" It's a great question & one we're diving into in today's episode. We'll talk about macronutrients - are beans really a good source of protein? Do they have a lot of carbs? We'll talk about...
442: Think Big, Go Small
Our lives are busy. We all have a lot going on. And, unfortunately, that often means we aren't achieving our most important goals. When we aren't intentional about the highest priorities in our lives, we can easily become victims of our circumstances, feeling that...
441: Why You Are Stuck
At times, we all feel stuck. Or unhappy. Or both. In today's episode I'm talking about the danger of participating in our own problems instead of participating in the solutions. When we complain, blame, rehash the past, gossip, explain & justify, we are...
440: Clearing Up Conflicting Nutrition Advice
I know how frustrating & confusing it can be to hear conflicting information about what you should eat and why. Lots of people feeling stuck & paralyzed by indecision because they don't know who or what to believe. In today's episode I want to help you clear...
439: 4 New Ways To Win When Eating Out
For most people, eating out is a struggle when they're trying to lose weight. Maybe you feel like your options are limited or if you make a "healthy" choice, you're making a sacrifice and won't enjoy it. Sure, we all know that we could get a salad or a burger without...
438: Simplify
We are so used to overthinking, overconsuming, overanalyzing and coming up with long term strategic plans that we've forgotten how to simplify. I had a listener email me recently saying that she wants to stop dieting. She wants to get healthy. She doesn't want to...
437: Needs Of The Body Or Needs Of The Mind?
One of you lovely listeners emailed me the other day to request that I do more of my "Inside EB's inbox" episodes where I share my responses to some recent emails! That's what we're doing today! We're covering a ton of topics from breakfast meal ideas & recipes to...
436: Transforming Your Mental Operating System
Let's stop fighting against ourselves & relying on discipline and willpower to create change. I believe that one of the most simple things we can do to make change easier and dramatically accelerate our rate of progress is: ask better questions. Tim Ferriss says...
435: EB Tackles ‘Tribe of Mentors’ Questions
In his new book, Tribe of Mentors, Tim Ferriss asks 11 questions of some of the brightest minds & top performers in the world. The book is a collection of their answers. In today's episode, though I certainly don't consider myself one of the brightest minds, I'm...
434: The One Resolution Everyone Should Make This Year
Though I am not a fan of one-size-fits-all approaches to any goal, there is one resolution I believe everyone should make this year and I'm sharing it in today's episode. This episode is the last one to air in 2017 but it doesn't matter when you stumble across this...
433: When To Choose “Better” or “Best”
Have you ever fallen into the trap of "better"? You know, when your choices aren't your best but you keep justifying them because they are better than what you used to choose? You're still eating ice cream every night, you aren't making progress, but you feel...
432: How Your Microbiome Can Help You Burn Fat
We have more bacterial cells and bacterial genes in our bodies than we do human cells and human genes. Our microbiome influences every single aspect of our health. It has a tremendous influence over our metabolisms, hunger, appetite, fat storage and fat burning. If we...
431: Motivational Minisode – Stop Digging
The first rule of holes is: stop digging. Today's episode is a motivational minisode to help you in those moments when you feel stuck or you find yourself making a series of choices you don't feel good about it. It could be a small moment, like mindlessly grabbing...
430: Slowing Down To Speed Up – Stamina Before Intensity
I caught myself making a big mistake in my approach to creating an improvement in my life. While my mistake was in the gym, it's a mistake I see most people making in the way they approach losing weight or improving their food choices. This mistake, which I describe...
429: My Personal Mantra for Today & 2018
I am feeling so happy & peaceful now that I've found my perfect mantra for today and into 2018. It's not just a mantra though, it's a new operating system that is going to absolutely help me with nutrition, fitness, business, finances and relationships. In today's...
428: How To Diagnose & Solve Your Execution Problems
In episode 427 we talked about how to break a big habit into a tiny one to acclerate your progress and build momentum quickly. Today, I'm showing you how to figure that out in real life. This episode is an actual coaching call with one of my clients. I take you...
427: No Time Or Motivation? Micro Versions of Macro Strategies
Do you avoid journaling because it takes too much time or effort? Or have you ever skipped a workout because you don't have the time? Have you opted for fast food because you don't have the energy to prepare a fat loss friendly meal? You don't want to miss today's...
426: Discipline Equals Freedom (Book Review)
I read a lot. Multiple books each week. Within the Primal Potential Masters Club we have a monthly book club where we read, discuss and implement the strategies within many of my all time favorite books. Every once in a while I do a book club episode on the podcast...
425: Creating Balance With Food & Life
Does being disciplined mean missing out on connection? How do you balance making great food choices with enjoying life to the fullest and reaching your goals? That's one of the questions we're tackling on today's podcast episode. Today I'm taking you inside a clip of...
424: Dietary Fat & Blood Lipid Concerns
Is eating more fat going to increase your cholesterol? What if you started eating more fat and your cholesterol levels did go up? What does it mean? What does it not mean? How do we interpret cholesterol panels and what should we be paying attention to? What about...
423: If This Was My Last Episode
The other day in my Daily Stoic Journal I answered the following question: If I lived today as if it were my last, what would I do? At first, I copped out. I wrote out all the things I'd do & then all the reasons why I couldn't do them. I mean, I have to work! I...
422: EB’s Inbox – Your Questions About Fat, Struggles & More
Every day I answer tons of listener emails. My responses and the conversations that happen in my inbox cover thousands of important topics from motivation to hormones & everything in between. The other night I was wishing you guys could see & hear those...
421: Eliminating Your Story Barrier
This week I've had a bunch of one-on-one calls with folks who attended ASCEND, the Primal Potential weekend workshop in early November. Today, those calls had a powerful theme: The circumstances we use to justify our choices and our commitment & attachment to...
420: Hacking Mindless Eating
You can have ambitious goals and pure intentions but if you're eating mindlessly, without paying attention, you're going to struggle to achieve them. How do we transition from randomly grabbing a handful of crackers or a piece of candy without thinking to...
419: *Personal* Year End Review
At the risk of extreme vulnerability & personal sharing, I'm taking you through my 2017 year-end review process in the hopes that you'll be intentional about going through your own. I made the decision to share much more personal stuff than I normally do to show...
418: Tactics & Mindset For IMMEDIATE Change
Do not wish away the rest of the year. Do not wish away the rest of the day so you can get to your fresh start tomorrow. We've got to work together to completely eliminate this notion of starting tomorrow, Monday, after vacation or at the first of the year. Today we...
417: Health Hack for Metabolism, Wrinkles & Energy
Most of us aren't taking advantage of a huge tool at our disposal: light. Light has the ability to increase our metabolism, speed our healing, reduce inflammation, increase energy and much more. Yet, we take it for granted. We think using light is quackery. It's not....
416: Healthy Holiday Gift Ideas
The holidays are fast approaching and today I'm sharing some healthy holiday gift ideas including what I'll be gifting and what my wish-list looks like! To check out all my gift ideas, including the gift I'm giving myself to reduce cellulite, listen to the full...
415: 7 Steps To Your Happiest Life
This could be the most helpful, useful podcast in Primal Potential history. I cannot wait for you to hear it! Today I'm going to introduce you to 7 steps that will help you, starting today, create your happiest life. Your healthiest life. The other day, on the beach,...
414: Why We Struggle To Create What We Want
In today's episode we're talking about how there's a difference between knowing how you want things to work and doing work. In life & business, many of us struggle to create success because we aren't balanced or consistent in our approach. Today I'm talking about...
413: Working ON Your Life
Are you too busy working in your life that you aren't ever working on your life? This is a trap most people fall into. I have! Repeatedly! They are so busy keeping up and crossing tasks off their lists that they feel they don't have time to fundamentally change or...
412: Fat Loss, Happiness & Vacation
Is it possible to enjoy your vacation, enjoy your food and make progress towards your goals at the same time? Yup, I do believe it is. As I prepare for a bunch of vacations and family holiday celebrations, I thought I'd share with you some general holiday &...
411: My 5 Major Mindset Takeaways
This past weekend was undeniably one of the best of my life. ASCEND, the annual Primal Potential transformation weekend event, was a massive success. I was changed. People who attended were changed. Relationships were formed & breakthroughs happened left &...
410: More Simple, More Results
Oooooh boy do I have a great episode for you today! Since I am spending today in Boston with my ASCEND 2017 attendees, I thought I'd let you in on a little of the fun by sharing an audio from ASCEND 2016! Today's podcast is one of the lectures from ASCEND 2016 on the...
409: Pleasure Vs. Happiness
There's a huge difference between choices that bring you pleasure and choices that make you happy. Ultimately, we want to work towards choices that bring both! In today's episode I'm talking about an interaction with a Fat Loss Fast Track client who told me that...
408: Incorporating Fitness & Staying Motivated
Today was such a fun episode! It is part 2 of a 2 part listener Q&A episode! We had so much fun in episode 407 talking about parenting, raising healthy kids, staying engaged when you reach maintenance & vegan options for a fat loss breakfast. We also touched...
407: Raising Healthy Kids & Inspiring Others
Today was such a fun episode! It is part 1 of a 2 part listener Q&A episode and we kick off with a powerful question about how I'll raise my (future) children to be healthy & health-conscious without making food a huge issue in the family. We talk about how to...
406: Rationalizing Versus Resourcefulness
Do you ever find yourself rationalizing a choice you know you shouldn't make? Do you catch yourself justifying an excuse? Talking yourself into why it's okay to wait another day or break a promise you made to yourself? That's what we're talking about today. We're...
405: 3 Strategies For Massive Change
"If you don't believe in affirmations, go into your child's bathroom and write 'I am a loser' on their mirror." I posted this quote on Instagram the other day (with the disclaimer "please don't actually do this, whether you believe in affirmations or not"). The email...
404: Simple Decision Making Criteria
I believe with all my heart that if you master what we're talking about in today's episode, you can crush any goal you set for yourself. Today's episode is about getting rid of all the drama & all the stories you use to talk yourself into choices that prevent you...
403: When Hunger & Satiety Signals Break
Today we are talking about how we mess up our body's natural ability to regulate hunger & satiety, or feelings of fullness. Our body is actually designed to keep us from gaining too much weight through a series of hormonal signals. However, we have the ability to...
402: Game Changing Reframe On Creating Momentum
"If you get tired of walking up a hill, run. Momentum makes it easier." ~ Ramit Sethi While I know this & adamantly agree with it, reading it in a success tips email from Ramit Sethi was like hearing it & being moved by it for the first time. Today's episode...
401: Tough Love On Self Talk
Your negative self-talk & committment to your past problems is old news. It is draining you, whether you realize it or not, and it's keeping you from the progress & success you are capable of. It's time to retire all your negativity & complaining and...
400: Before You Buy – Dietary Supplements
Should you be taking a supplement? Do you need one? How do you know what you need? How do you know what quality supplements are? In today's episode we're tackling a series of questions to help you decide if you need a supplement, which one you need and if it's...