Welcome to Thinner Piece and Menopause and Beyond. I'm Dr. Deb Butler, Master Life and Weight Coach and

your coach. And today is episode 38. And it is going to be very interesting because I am going to let you in

on a real coaching session with a real podcast listener,

and I want you to see for yourself what a coaching session is like.

And let me tell you what, you're going to find yourself in her.

And the only thing I want to warn you about is that the sound quality of the recording won't be as good as you're used to in my podcast, but I promise you the content will be gold.

Stay tuned.

Hi there, everyone. Today, like I told you, I am going to let you in on another recording

session that I did with another podcast listener. And this is someone who wrote me a letter,

and I thought it was compelling enough that I asked her if she would do a recording session with me,

and I could coach her and help her with her problem.

And at the same time, I'm hoping that I can help hundreds of you through osmosis.

And I say osmosis, because I think when someone stands in with a specific problem such as the one

you're going to hear today, you're going to see yourself in it. And I think you'll get coached as if

you were she. So I think this is one of the best ways to help you is by actually doing something real in real time and with a real

problem and real coaching. Just to give you a little preview about her, I thought what I would do

is read you her letter first, give you a few of my thoughts, let you hear the session,

and then I'll give you a few afterthoughts or conclusion at the end of the session.

Does that sound good to you? I think it's a great idea. So, hey, I'm going with it.

All right. Here's her letter. I came across your podcast online and I'm literally

mesmerized with your approach. Thank you very much. Although my story is a bit different and that I

was pretty thin until about age 40 and did not go up and down and wait all my life,

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