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Jun 2023
15m 26s

187 - Letting Go Of Your Diet Baggage

Maggie Sterling
About this episode

We all have a diet history... mine used to be keto. A weightloss focus can become part of our identity. We start to believe that dieting is what “keeps us in check” and that feels like a prison after a while. In this episode we learn how to open up to possibility that there is something better. That you can get what you want without strict rules and restrictions.

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