Hello everybody welcome back to the primal potential podcast I am

Elizabeth Benton we are continuing our chasing cupcake series which if you're new to

the show that might sound like a weird series name.

Chasing Cupcakes is actually my first book.

It is where I outline the changes that I had to make

in order to not only lose over 130 pounds after decades of yo-yo dieting and all-or-nothing

patterns but also the changes that I made that helped me lose weight the way that

they helped me also get out of debt and start a business and establish new

healthier relationships and so many other things and so we're going

through it together. It's been a handful of years since I wrote it, and so I'm just going back through it, sharing my current perspectives, because since I wrote it, a lot has happened. I've had four kids, I've had many more years in business. I've lost one of my children. I've been through a lot and so I'm excited to continue going through this book and helping all of us use it as a tool, not just hear it as something interesting

or thought-provoking, but really implement and create change in our lives.

Right now we are going into chapter 8,

which is called external goals and internal targets.

And it begins with a quote from Guru Singh

that says, the grass isn't greener in the other field. The experience you experience is traveling with you.

The grass isn't greener in the other field. The experience you experience is

traveling with you. Have you ever had the thought,

is sort of an aside here, not in the book.

Have you ever had the thought that if you just got that pay raise,

everything would be easier, but then you get that pay raise

and you still have the same longings the same frustrations the same relationship issues or money issues

Have you ever thought that if I could just lose this weight then everything would be different and everything's not different and

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