Ep 495: Shoshin: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Eating Struggles
Thinner Peace in Menopause
Dr. Deb Butler
4.7 • 833 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I explore how approaching your relationship with food through a beginner's mind can unlock new possibilities for lasting peace with eating.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dr. Deb Butler and you are listening to Thinner Peace and Menopause and Beyond. |
| 0:05.1 | This is episode number 495. |
| 0:08.5 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:13.6 | Welcome to Thinner Peace and Menopause and Beyond. |
| 0:16.7 | This is Dr. Deb Butler, Master Life and Weight Coach, and as always, your coach. |
| 0:23.5 | If you're a woman and you're smart and you're successful and you've been struggling with weight your whole life, |
| 0:30.6 | and now menopause is making it harder than ever, and you are ready to make this the last time you ever have to go on a diet again, |
| 0:40.0 | then this podcast is for you. Stay tuned. |
| 0:45.7 | Well, hello, all my dear friends all over the world. You can see me on YouTube or you can |
| 0:51.1 | just hear me on my podcast, whichever one you want. But it's good to see you. |
| 0:56.4 | So if you're wanting to see me, go to Dr. Deb Butler on YouTube. There I am. Hi. Anyway, |
| 1:04.0 | I always say this, but I have something that I want to talk to you about today that maybe you |
| 1:10.3 | haven't thought about in a while. And for those of you |
| 1:13.2 | who have been listening to this podcast for a while, you might know that I'm very much into |
| 1:17.3 | Buddhist psychology and meditation and Buddhism and philosophy. And I follow a lot of those teachers. |
| 1:26.0 | And I'm also into Zen Buddhism too. |
| 1:28.7 | And today I heard a concept that I've heard many, many times, |
| 1:32.9 | but it really piqued my mind for talking to you |
| 1:36.6 | because it was all about a beginner's mind. |
| 1:41.4 | And if you're wondering where you are in your thinner piece journey, I just want you to know |
| 1:46.9 | that as I talk about this, I've created a quiz and I'm going to talk about it a little bit later, |
| 1:52.2 | but it has everything to do with what I'm talking about now. So what is a beginner's mind? |
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