290 - Why You Hear the Solution But Can't Make Yourself Do It

Why We Overeat with Maggie Sterling

Maggie Sterling

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever received advice that you know would work - advice that makes perfect sense and has helped countless others - but somehow you just can't make yourself follow it? You hear it clearly, you understand it completely, but when it comes time to actually implement it, something inside you resists. It's not that you lack willpower or motivation, and it's definitely not that the advice is wrong. There's actually a hidden barrier that most people don't even realize exists, and it's the real reason why perfectly good guidance never seems to stick. In this episode, we dive deep into what's really happening in your brain when advice hits this invisible wall.

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0:00.0	That's the reason why you can't out-action your beliefs is because I could just say,
0:03.8	all you need to do, this is me giving you guys the tools, right? All you need to do, decide what you're going to eat, put it on your plan, sit down, eat it undistracted, put your fork down. How many times have you said that? Two billion, possibly. And you're like, okay, I know what to do, but you can't do it because you're doing exactly what I told you to do with your beliefs.
0:03.4	The perception is the same.
0:04.5	Oh, yeah. I know what to do, but you can't do it because you're doing exactly what I told you to do
0:21.4	with your beliefs.
0:23.0	The perception is the same.
0:24.1	Oh, yeah.
0:41.4	Welcome to the podcast, everybody.
0:42.2	Good morning.
0:44.2	School's almost about to be back in session.
0:46.0	I guess it depends where you're at.
0:50.0	Some people in Arizona are, I saw my friend on TikTok.
0:51.7	She said her kids went back to school like a week ago.
0:52.3	What?
0:54.2	Yeah, and then my sister who lives in Minnesota, their kids start school super late. Anyways, our kids start in the middle of August. That's two weeks from when we are recording this. Yes, yes, yes, yes. So, you know, which is crazy because that means we're moving into the end of the year, which is wild. So what's up? What's new? What's going on? I don't know, a lot. Yeah, a lot, huh?
0:55.0	Yeah. There's a lot going on. There's a lot going on. And I blame the planets. Oh, yeah? The planets. heavily. Yeah, there's a lot going on astrologically, which like in the past I've been like, oh, whatever, dude, this is done. But like, the people showing up on my for you page, I'm like, damn. Spot on. Spot on. Yeah. And I've been going through a lot of changes myself, a lot of things changing and changes in myself and in my coaching and in my business and in the future. And know what I mean it's been a lot I know what
1:45.3	you mean so um but I want to remind everybody you know what I you know what I want to talk about
1:51.3	my podcast and vibe club are like my safe spaces they're they're they're different for me than
2:00.2	social media they're like if if I say me than social media.
2:01.4	They're like, if I say something on social media that gets you to my podcast, I'm like, welcome to my home.
2:07.4	And then if you join my program from my podcast, I'm like, and welcome to my real home.
2:15.3	You know, it's just a place where we get deep.
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