Welcome back to The Keto Vegan! I’m Rach, your host—part psychology geek, part plant-based fat enthusiast—and today we’re diving into something a bit magical 🧠✨. It’s called anchoring, and it’s a brilliant little NLP trick that helps you lock in confidence, calm, or courage on demand—like carrying your own emotional support smoothie in your brain 🥬💪.

Before we start rewiring and reinforcing, a quick shout: if you love what you’re hearing, share the podcast, follow along on your fave app, and help me spread the keto vegan brain-hack gospel. Your support keeps the almond flour flowing 💚🌱.

Step By Step Process

1️⃣ Identify a difficult situation in which you’d like to feel more resourceful/confident/capable etc. 😩➡️💪 2️⃣ Identify the resource you want in this situation ‘x’ (e.g. courage, confidence, calm, patience etc.) 🌟🧘‍♀️🔥 3️⃣ Remember your best example of having experienced that state in your life (in an unrelated situation). If you don’t have one, think of someone else who does—real or fictional. 🧠🎬👑 4️⃣ Think about that ‘x’—what else might it give you? 🌈💥 5️⃣ Find a word or phrase that captures it for you—one that really evokes the feeling. 🗣️🧡 6️⃣ With this memory and feeling in mind, ask yourself: would you breathe it in or out? 🌬️⬅️➡️ 7️⃣ Choose a unique physical gesture (e.g. thumb and finger squeeze) 🤏—something subtle you can do anywhere. 8️⃣ Take a few breaths and get comfy 😌🛋️. Close your eyes to block out distractions 🙈. 9️⃣ Access your chosen memory—step into it. See what you saw 👀, hear what you heard 👂, feel what you felt ❤️. Fully associate with it. If you chose a person, step into them too. 🔟 When the feeling peaks 🎯, say your word, do your breath and your gesture—anchor it 🧷. Then open your eyes when you’re ready 👁️. 1️⃣1️⃣ Break the state by saying your phone number aloud 📞💬. 1️⃣2️⃣ Close your eyes and go back again. Your brilliant brain 🧠 will know exactly what to do. 1️⃣3️⃣ Revisit the memory: see 👁️, hear 👂, feel ❤️. Let it peak again. Say your word, breathe, do the gesture. Then open your eyes. 🔁 1️⃣4️⃣ Break the state again—this time, spot something green around you 💚🪴. 1️⃣5️⃣ Repeat the whole anchoring process at least three times ⏱️🔁✅.

💡 Pro tip: Keep firing off that anchor as often as possible. Your brain loves patterns—so it’ll start resurrecting that powerful feeling when you need it most 🔄🧠⚡.

Valuable Resources For an extensive list of foods with their carb, fat and protein count, go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how For a keto‑vegan start‑up menu and shopping list go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how

Host Bio Rachel, a once morbidly obese individual, experienced a remarkable body transformation through the keto diet. Later, she embraced veganism and now shares her extensive knowledge and obsession with carbs in vegan proteins on The Keto Vegan podcast. Her goal is to demonstrate the simplicity of combining the keto diet with a vegan lifestyle. Resources: https://theketovegan.life Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKetoVegan/podcasts Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/821471059206067 Email: rachelghinn@gmail.com

Today we’re exploring self‑love—why it’s foundational not just to wellness, but to your keto‑vegan lifestyle. In the last episode, I talked about emotional eating; in this one, I’m taking it deeper: if we don’t truly love ourselves, our self‑esteem wobbles, and we’re giving from an empty cup. Let’s journey into raising vibration, working with the unconscious mind, and using visualisations and meditations (plus a sprinkle of hypnotherapy insight) to build unconditional self‑worth.

✨ Key Takeaways

1. Self-love grounds you: A solid sense of self-esteem makes external triggers less impactful.
2. Unconscious mind works in safety mode: It holds onto past fears and patterns—even in self-worth—until gently rewired.
3. Raise your vibration daily: Use positive memories or future visualisations to lift your emotional state by small, consistent steps.
4. Intentions + gratitude = internal shift: Journaling three things you’re grateful for (or setting daily intentions) boosts self-appreciation and resilience.
5. Be kind to your unconscious mind: Don’t dig into past trauma unprepared—replace neural grooves of self‑judgment with gratitude, forgiveness, and self-compassion.
6. Protective shield & loving-kindness meditations: You can train your mind to cleanse negativity and send compassion—even to those challenging people in your life.

🎯 Best Moments

• “If we don't love ourselves, we have nothing else to give to other people, we try, but we're flawed.”
• “When we love ourselves completely, we're not going to judge ourselves at all.”
• “What can I use that for? Rach, alright, well, how about just appreciation? And she started using it.”
• “If you don't love yourself, how can you love anybody else? Because what we are, what we say, what we give out to others, is a direct mirror of what is inside us…”
• “There is one absolute law and only one, and that is love.”
• “We experience our thoughts about it… our unconscious mind is determining our life experience.”

Keto vegan self-love, raise vibration, gratitude journal keto vegan, self-forgiveness, hypnotherapy self-love

#KetoVegan #SelfLove #RaiseYourVibration #GratitudeJournal #UnconsciousMind

🛠️ Practical Tools Mentioned

• Protective shield visualisation https://youtu.be/0tKyiK6SwKo
• Loving-kindness (Metta Bhavana) meditation with “may you/may I be happy…healthy…free from inner and outer harm” https://youtu.be/neoAs1pZVpY and https://youtu.be/FV7M2hUMz0Y
• Daily gratitude and intention affirmations (e.g., “I set the intention today to… love myself just a little bit more; to know I am enough…”)
• Upcoming NLP anchoring technique: finger‑thumb anchor for instantly recalling positive state

I deeply hope this episode helped you feel seen, supported, and empowered to strengthen your relationship with yourself—because that’s the foundation of everything: wellness, joyous living, resilience, and yes, thriving on a keto‑vegan path.

Valuable Resources For an extensive list of foods with their carb, fat and protein count, go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how For a keto‑vegan start‑up menu and shopping list go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how

Host Bio Rachel, a once morbidly obese individual, experienced a remarkable body transformation through the keto diet. Later, she embraced veganism and now shares her extensive knowledge and obsession with carbs in vegan proteins on The Keto Vegan podcast. Her goal is to demonstrate the simplicity of combining the keto diet with a vegan lifestyle. Resources: https://theketovegan.life Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKetoVegan/podcasts Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/821471059206067 Email: rachelghinn@gmail.com

Welcome to another honest, heart-forward episode of The Keto Vegan! This time, I’m diving deep into the real reason so many of us slip—even when we’re ticking all the keto vegan boxes. You know the proteins, you’ve nailed intermittent fasting, your wee strips are showing dark red… and yet the cravings still creep in. Why? Because emotions, my loves. This one’s all about how we eat our feelings—and how we can stop.

In this episode, I share the mental hack that’s helping me beat those carb-obsessed urges, plus why it’s not just about willpower. I’ll walk you through the two-minute craving reset technique that literally reprogrammes your brain—and how to spot the emotional saboteurs behind your binges.

✨ Key Takeaways

• It’s Not Lack of Knowledge, It’s Emotion: Most of us know what to eat—we fall down because we're eating to avoid emotions, not because we're hungry.
• The Primitive Mind is in Charge: Your unconscious mind is like a six-year-old running your snack drawer. Learn to parent it, not obey it.
• The Two-Minute Rule Works: When cravings hit, stop everything, move to a ‘safe space’ and set a two-minute timer. Feel the feelings instead.
• Permission, Not Punishment: After your two minutes, you can eat the thing. But often, you won't want to anymore.
• Loneliness is a Big Trigger: Many emotional eating patterns stem from loneliness—even when we pride ourselves on being strong and independent.
• You Are Not Weak, You’re Human: Recognising and processing emotions builds real, lasting strength. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

😂 Best Moments

“We know what to do. We know the food that we can eat and should eat if we want to lose weight.”

“When we crave food or when we overeat, we are avoiding something. What emotions are we avoiding now?”

“How happy are you? And I don’t mean laughing all the time, but that peaceful feeling, that content feeling, that loving-yourself feeling—where is that?”

“When we eat our emotions, what are we getting from food? It’s very complex.”

#KetoVegan #EmotionalEating #BingeEatingHelp #KetoPodcast #VeganWeightLoss #MindfulEating #LowCarbVegan #KetoCravings #StopOvereating #MentalHealthAndDiet

Valuable Resources For an extensive list of foods with their carb, fat and protein count, go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how For a keto-vegan start-up menu and shopping list go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how

Host Bio Rachel, a once morbidly obese individual, experienced a remarkable body transformation through the keto diet. Later, she embraced veganism and now shares her extensive knowledge and obsession with carbs in vegan proteins on The Keto Vegan podcast. Her goal is to demonstrate the simplicity of combining the keto diet with a vegan lifestyle. Resources: https://theketovegan.life Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKetoVegan/podcasts Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/821471059206067 Email: rachelghinn@gmail.com