Hello, welcome to the Lean of Plants podcast. My name is Chelsea and if you are struggling to lose weight on a plant-based diet, then this podcast is for you. While there are thousands of books, podcasts and resources about the benefits of a plant-based diet, the reality is that being vegan does not

guarantee losing weight. If you are feeling frustrated and confused about where to start,

or you know exactly what you should be doing, but you just can't seem to rustle up enough

willpower to do it, then keep listening. In this podcast, you'll learn the

truth about plant-based weight loss, but just as importantly, how to use proven methods of

behavioural change to turn what you know into lifelong habits that lead to getting and staying

lean. Can't wait to get started. Let's do this. If you struggle with people pleasing, if you find yourself setting goals for yourself and then constantly going back on your word, doing something that you said you wouldn't, maybe that's drinking a glass of wine when you said that you weren't going to drink, maybe that is eating some of the cake that your mother-in-law bought over when you said, hey, I'm on a diet, I don't want to eat anything, But she said, hey, I really want you to have this. It's really, really important to me. If you find yourself cooking food that you don't want to for your family, if you find yourself with food in your home that you don't actually want someone to bring over, if you find yourself doing something because you're scared of how someone else is going to react or not putting the microwave

broccoli in the broccoli microwave, well, in the microwave, I should say, at work because you don't

want to stink out the work space and you're worried about how people are going to take that.

If you find that you just can't actually achieve your goals because your behavior is so dependent on how other people think about you and your perception of what others are going

to do or feel based on your actions, then you should probably keep listening to this podcast.

Because we're going to talk about creating personal boundaries and we're going to talk about

how empowering and powerful and necessary

and vital they are so that you can actually achieve your goals. The word boundary is definitely

a bit of a buzz right now. I saw a reel this morning talking all about boundaries and I'm going

to admit when I first started hearing this word and even a lot of what I've heard over the past couple of months, it didn't really resonate with me.

And maybe it doesn't with you because it's not clearly defined.

And it comes across as, or it can, this is just maybe my perception, aloof or uncaring or maybe just unnecessary.

Maybe it just feels arbitrary.

But this is actually so vitally important.

And I'm going to break down why, because if we don't have boundaries, first and foremost,

then we're going to be playing this almost like emotional whack-mole, where we constantly live in reactivity and we're putting out fires instead of building what we want.

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