Have you ever felt like your real life will begin after you lose the weight?

In this deeply honest episode of The Confident Body Podcast, we explore one powerful question: How do I find my purpose?

This conversation began with a simple question from my daughter, and it led to something so many women are quietly wondering themselves. If you’ve been waiting to feel confident, worthy, or ready before stepping into your calling, this episode is for you.

Because your purpose is not hiding under your body.

It’s available right now.

• The real science behind discovering your purpose
• Why waiting for weight loss keeps you stuck
• The difference between “life purpose” and “season purpose”
• Four research-backed ways to uncover meaning in your life
• Why your path may feel slow, unclear, or meandering
• How to stop postponing your gifts

You’ll also hear my personal story of searching for purpose, including a pivotal 1am moment of asking, “What’s the point of all this?” There was no lightning bolt answer, but that question began a trail of breadcrumbs that led me exactly where I was meant to go.

If you’ve ever felt behind, confused, or unsure of your calling, this episode will remind you that growth often feels like wandering while it’s happening.

We explore four research-backed pathways to discovering purpose:

• Ikigai – the intersection of what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for
• Values clarification – identifying what truly matters to you beyond a number on the scale
• Energy audits – noticing what lights you up and what drains you
• Service-based meaning – how contribution expands your life

Your life does not begin after the scale changes.

It begins when you decide to show up.

PS: Let’s spread this message

There are women who need to hear that their purpose is not 20 pounds away.

If you host a podcast, or you know someone whose audience includes women stuck in the weight loss waiting room, I would love to bring this conversation to them.

You can reach me at:

lizzie@confidentbody.coach

Let’s get this message into the hands of the women who are ready to stop waiting.

Get the book my new book LIGHT: The New Psychology of Weight Loss CLICK HERE to get it in ebook format. Or CLICK HERE to get in in hard cover or audiobook.

Also, check out my first book: You Are A Miracle

Have you ever tried to lose weight and thought, “If I really wanted this, I’d be doing better by now”?

This episode is for the woman who knows what to do, has tried everything, and still feels stuck. Not because she’s lazy. Not because she lacks willpower. But because her nervous system doesn’t feel safe letting go of food yet.

In this episode of The Confident Body Podcast, we unpack the quiet, painful belief that maybe you just don’t want weight loss badly enough, and why that belief is completely wrong.

You’ll hear a powerful analogy that explains why smart, capable women hold on to food even when they want change, how diet culture taught you to blame yourself instead of understanding your body, and what’s actually happening in your nervous system when weight loss feels hard.

We talk about emotional eating, stress eating, and why food can feel necessary during hard seasons. You’ll learn how your brain prioritizes safety over weight loss, why willpower breaks down under stress, and how shame keeps you stuck in the cycle of starting over.

This episode also introduces a safer, science-based way forward using the LIGHT framework, helping you move from self-blame to self-trust, and from forcing change to creating safety.

If you’ve ever said:

• “I must not want it bad enough”
• “Why can’t I just do what I know?”
• “Food is the only thing that helps me cope”
• “I keep starting over and I’m exhausted”

This conversation will feel like a deep exhale.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why wanting weight loss badly has never been the problem
• How your nervous system uses food as protection
• Why willpower and discipline fail under stress
• How emotional eating makes sense from a biological perspective
• What to do instead of blaming yourself when you overeat
• How to feel safe enough to change without forcing or fighting yourself

This episode is rooted in psychology, nervous system science, and real-life weight loss experiences, explained in simple language that actually makes sense.

Get the book my new book LIGHT: The New Psychology of Weight Loss CLICK HERE to get it in ebook format. Or CLICK HERE to get in in hard cover or audiobook.

Also, check out my first book: You Are A Miracle

What do you do when you try to do everything right and it still falls apart?

In this mini episode of The Confident Body Podcast, I share a very real, very human setback I experienced this week when my ebook was unexpectedly blocked on Amazon. Instead of pivoting immediately, I sat on the floor of my closet and cried. And that moment became a powerful reminder of how setbacks actually work in the brain and nervous system.

This episode is about walking your talk when things go sideways.

You’ll learn why your first emotional reaction is not a failure, how shame and perfectionism show up after disappointment, and how to harness setbacks so they strengthen you instead of stopping you. I also connect this experience directly to weight loss, because the same nervous system responses that show up during life setbacks show up after overeating, scale fluctuations, or missed workouts.

If you’ve ever felt discouraged, shut down, or tempted to quit after a setback, this episode will help you understand what’s happening inside your body and how to move through it with confidence and self-trust.

• Why setbacks trigger intense emotions like shame, anger, and confusion
• What’s actually happening in your nervous system when you feel shut down
• Why “wallowing” is not weakness, and how emotional processing shortens recovery time
• How asking better questions helps your brain move from panic to problem-solving
• How the same mental setbacks show up in weight loss and overeating
• How to turn failure into feedback instead of proof that something is wrong with you
• Why returning to supportive tools is maintenance, not backsliding

This episode is for you if:

• You feel like you keep “failing” at weight loss or habits
• You spiral emotionally after setbacks
• You struggle with perfectionism or good-girl conditioning
• You want sustainable weight loss without shame
• You’re tired of starting over and want confidence that lasts

Setbacks are not a problem. They’re a SIGNAL.

They are moments your nervous system needs safety, not discipline. When you learn how to regulate first and reframe second, you stop turning temporary struggles into permanent stories about yourself.

The way you think about setbacks is the difference between someone who loses weight and keeps it off vs someone who stays stuck.

Get the book my new book LIGHT: The New Psychology of Weight Loss CLICK HERE to get it in ebook format. Or CLICK HERE to get in in hard cover or audiobook.

Also, check out my first book: You Are A Miracle