Instant Confidence: Quick Fixes to Feel Irresistible | Melissa Urban (Replay)

Women of Impact

Impact Theory

Education, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Relationships, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Whole30 founder and NYT best-selling author Melissa Urban specializes in helping people change their relationship with food, which often means helping people change their relationships with their loved ones and with their own past. And she herself went through a pretty difficult transformation, from being addicted to heroin to becoming a nutrition and fitness expert. On this episode of Women of Impact with Lisa Bilyeu, Melissa Urban discusses every aspect of healthy eating, from the nuts and bolts of dieting to dealing with emotional urges and setting boundaries in social settings. She also talks about empathy and confidence, self-reflection and grace, and explains why sometimes it’s a good idea to ditch the scale and the mirror. [Original air date: 1-1-20]. SHOW NOTES: Melissa talks about recovering from drug addiction [3:32] Melissa credits God, therapy, and doing things one at a time for her recovery [5:09] Melissa explains why it’s so dangerous to focus on physical appearance [7:54] Lisa and Melissa discuss dealing with compliments and criticism [10:09] Melissa explains how she gained a sense of self-worth [11:40] Melissa describes the process of becoming empathetic to herself and others [13:01] Melissa talks about ditching the idea that thinness equates to health [14:40] You can’t win an emotional argument with logic, and excuses are emotional [17:10] Melissa discusses why sometimes people don’t want to take back their power [18:44] Melissa talks about how to tell that you are yo-yo dieting [21:07] Melissa explains how to tell when you are using food to deal with stress or trauma [22:40] Melissa describes the process of separating from her husband [25:02] Melissa discusses how to “bomb-proof” your confidence [29:01] Melissa advocates honest self-reflection and giving yourself grace [30:59] Melissa and Lisa talk about belief, religion and God [32:49] Melissa talks about how to deal with food and social situations [36:19] Melissa discusses setting boundaries with people who won’t listen to you [39:49] Melissa talks about food freedom and making clear, shame-free decisions [43:03] Melissa shares her superpower [45:48] CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Caraway: Visit https://www.carawayhome.com/WOI or use code WOI at checkout and get 10% off you your next purchase OneSkin: Visit https://oneskin.co and use code LISA for 15% off to make your skin look, feel, and act younger with OneSkin! FOLLOW MELISSA: WEBSITE: https://whole30.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2EDRoKh TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2tDLc2N FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=en LISTEN AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/womenofimpact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.4	Slim fast. Don't eat a meal, just drink a milkshake to lose weight. The potato diet, only
0:59.0	eat potatoes, period. A juice cleanse, don't chew your food. I-I-I-F-YM, eat as many
1:06.0	Pop-Tarts as you like as long as it fits your macros. Don't eat fat because well it makes you fat, right?
1:12.6	Yes, there is always a new theory, a new diet, a new fad. Most of us have tried one thing or another to either lose weight or hope to get healthy.
1:20.6	That is exactly why the weight loss industry is close to $70 billion. But how do we decipher between what is doing us more harm than good?
1:30.3	We try so hard to stick to something for the good of our health, and yet we sometimes are
1:34.7	doing the exact opposite. Enter today's women of impact. Having been the victim of sexual
1:41.1	abuse at a young age, she quickly spiraled out of control, dating drug
1:45.2	dealers, becoming addicted to drugs herself, dropping out of college because of it. Yep,
1:49.6	she was driving down danger highway, a one-way street to destructive lane. So she grabbed the steering
1:55.1	wheel, took control of her vehicle of life and made a U-turn onto Growth Mindset Valley. She made new friends, changed apartments,
2:03.1	got new clothes, started listening to new music, and discovered the power of nutrition. So she
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