Happy & Healthy with Amy
Do you want to protect your brain from Alzheimer's disease so you can be sharp and stay sharp for life? This podcast is for you.
Your host, Amy Lang, master certified health coach and founder of Moxie Club will be sharing with you the lessons learned and insights gained from 20+ years as a health club owner and Alzheimer's prevention coach.
For more information, visit www.moxie-club.com
Episodes
364 episodes
The Return To Joyful Eating
How is your relationship with food? Do certain foods trigger anxiety? Is emotional eating one of your go-to coping mechanisms? Do you feel guilty eating your favorite comfort foods? In this episode, we talk about how to undo the dam...
What Is Good Nutrition
With so millions of dollars poured into marketing packaged foods and quick fix diets, it's no wonder we're confused about what good nutrition looks like. In this episode, we go back to the fundamentals: why we eat, what to eat, when to ...
Why Good Posture Matters
If you're in front of a computer screen for long periods of time or watching your kids texting and scrolling through social media for hours on end, you've probably noticed your posture has changed - maybe your shoulders are a bit rounded and yo...
The Domino Effect
When you see dramatic transformations, there's always a before and after, and the contrast provides clarity - something happened to alter the trajectory. In this episode, I talk about the domino effect - the change to one belief or behav...
Why You Want To Stop Seeking Approval From Others
On our weight loss journey, we usually want people to notice and comment when we've lost a significant amount of weight. But what if seeking validation and approval from others is getting in the way of your inner peace and joy? In this ...
Exuding Calm Assertive Energy
When Cesar Millan rehabilitates dogs, he also spends time training the owners on handling the dogs with what he calls “calm-assertive energy.” More often than not, the dog's misbehavior is a reaction to what the unskilled owner is or isn't doi...
Little "R" Resilience
When your primary source of stress is the daily grind, how are you managing it? In this e...
Building Resilience
Lumping all stress in the "bad" for you bucket and something you should avoid is like saying all baby boomers are the same. In fact, your experience with stress is similar to what research has shown for baby boomers and their attitudes about a...
When Stress Is A Good Thing
Have you read the book, “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” by Robert Sapolsky? It’a all about what stress and specifically chronic stress does to the human body, and how it increases our chances of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes,...
What Is Self-Love with Molly Zive
Returning guest, Molly Zive, LCSW, joins me for one of my favorite topics: Self-Love. When it comes to weight loss and specifically lasting weight loss, approaching the process from a place of self-love is essential. In this episode, Mol...
Starting Over
When you've regained the weight you lost and feel like you have to start over, look for the lessons. In reality, you're getting a "do over" and the chance to apply what you've learned. What will you do differently this time? How about ...
How To Deal With Body Shaming
In response to a social media user who commented on her weight,
Run Your Own Race
When was the last time you walked into a room, looked around, and compared how you look to others? The comparison game is at the root of so many of our body image issues. Do you catch yourself seeing someone who looks great… and feel le...
The Practice of Mindful Movement with AyLin Guvenc
Thinking about trying yoga or Pilates? Wondering what to look for and what to avoid if you're a beginner? In today's episode, AyLin Guvenc joins me for an in-depth conversation about what she's learned as a yoga and Pilates instructor t...
How To Create Confidence
How long does it take for a new driver to become unconsciously competent? When the person has had so much practice with a skill that it has become “second nature?” In today's episode, I talk about the learning process from unconscious i...
Weight Is Just A Number
In today's episode, I talk about the many ways to measure progress in your weight loss journey that have nothing to do with the number on the scale and everything to do with a happy and healthy life. As Henry David Thoreau so wisely note...
Why Lifting Weights Is Key for Graceful Aging
As the pandemic eases, the consequences of the stress and sheltering for the last 15 months are significant. One of the most noteworthy is the loss of strength and cognitive decline for many older adults. In today's episode, I talk abou...
How To Know When You’re Ready
Using the Stages of Change model by James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente, if you’re asking the question, “How do you know when you’re ready?” it's likely you are trying to figure out how to progress to the Action stage. In today's episod...
The Food Police and Other Frenemies
It's time to make peace with food and free yourself from chronic dieting. To do this, we must challenge the destructive diet voices. In today's episode, I talk about the food police, nutrition informant and diet rebel voices that underm...
Experimenting To Figure Out What Works
In order to figure out what works for you, your body and your life, experimentation is key. It’s come up so often I decided it warrants a whole episode dedicated to the topic. In today's episode, I discuss why experimentation is so impor...
The Importance of Healthy Boundaries
In order to be able to thrive and be happy in life, creating healthy boundaries is essential. Otherwise, people will encroach… whether it’s well-meaning individuals or social media influencers telling you who you are and what you should be doin...
Dealing With Disappointment
Preparing for disappointment and feeling resentful when family either forgets or minimizes the big day like Mother’s Day or your birthday is an option. But communicating your expectations - your wants and needs - for Mother's Day is som...
How To Quit Dieting
Given the 95% failure rate of diets, if you're ready to quit dieting but still find yourself stuck with diet mentality, you don't want to miss this episode. Instead of setting goals, I go in depth into how to create identity-based habits...
When You're Not A Fan Of Vegetables
Don't eat a lot of vegetables? I’m not here to change your mind about the fruits and veggies you don’t like to eat. At the same time, if you struggle with cravings and feel like you’re always hungry, your body is trying to tell you something. ...
Listener Q&A: Getting Started, Exercise and Hunger
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Not sure where to start? Are you someone who is exercising for weight loss? Or wondering how to know when you've had enough to eat? In this episode Amy talks about some of the most common questions that ca...
