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What's the deal with positive affirmations? Do they even work? And is journaling REALLY effective in helping you make better choices? How do I change my relationship with food? We're diving into these questions and more in today's episode of the podcast! Don't miss it! https://primalpotential.com/603/ Questions Addressed on Today's Episode How to break patterns from childhood How is journaling useful and what is it used for? Can you share more info around affirmations and journaling? Do you have a must read book list? What is your driving force? I'd love for you to talk about how to manage stress without overeating or drinking too much How do I live in the moment? What is your favorite chapter in Chasing Cupcakes? How do I improve my relationship with food? How do I change my beliefs in myself? Resources: Learn more about your summer 12 Weeks to Transformation Join the Primal Potential Facebook group Shout out to today's show sponsor - Fabletics! When you register via fabletics.com/primalpotential you get an epic deal on leggings - 2 for $24! Follow Elizabeth on Instagram Episodes mentioned in today's podcast: 559: Identity Journaling 206: Journaling Change Maker Part 1 Change Maker Part 2 Change Maker Part 3 Change Maker Part 4 Episode 577: Money Mindset Today's episode is brought to you by Fabletics! Be sure to register via fabletics.com/primalpotential to get this killer 2 for $24 deal on leggings!

Need to hold yourself accountable? Looking to get better at following through and staying consistent? Today's episode has the tools you need! "Masterminds" have become super trendy in the past few years - it seems like everyone in business is starting or joining a mastermind. Undoubtedly, they can be great tools for growth. Because of their popularity, there are a lot of components that have been identified that make masterminds work. Fortunately, we can take these components and incorporate them into our own lives, even if we aren't part of a mastermind or group! Today, we'll explore those components and look at how you can use them in your own life or with a family member or friend! The book mentioned in today's episode is Meet & Grow Rich by Joe Vitale & Bill Hibbler Steps to Hold Yourself Accountable In today's episode we explore questions, strategies and tools to assist you in building accountability. They include: What do you want to gain? What is your singular focus? Ask yourself questions instead of giving yourself advice (Chasing Cupcakes is a great tool for questions to ask yourself) Be confrontational without being emotional How can you help you? How can I help you? Inner Counsel Meeting from Meet & Grow Rich What will you put into practice from today's episode? Resources: Hop on the wait list for the summer 12 Weeks to Transformation Join us in the Primal Potential Facebook group!

What does "no mud no lotus" mean to you? To me, it's a reminder that all the dark times & moments in my life can take me to a new, brighter, higher level - if I choose to let them. My life hasn't been easy. In fact, I've been deeply unhappy and hopeless for most of it. It stings a little share that. Because I'm so open about my struggles with depression and obesity, I get a lot of questions about how I came out of the struggles. There are also a lot of people who assume that the struggles are behind me and it must be "easy" now. In the spirit of this "no mud no lotus" theme, today I want to share with you some parts of my past struggles that I'm still practicing overcoming. We're talking about fear of judgement from others as well as judging others. We're talking about drama and the perspective of abundance versus the perspective of lack. Resources: Hop on the wait list for the summer 12 Weeks to Transformation Join us in the Primal Potential Facebook group! Follow Elizabeth on Instagram

I get a lot of questions about loving yourself. Does loving yourself mean accepting where you're at? Being "okay" with all your choices? Today we're going there and answering your amazing questions. If you have questions you'd like us to address on the show, feel free to share them here or in the comments below. As you might have noticed, it's also episode 600 of the show! We're giving away some epic prizes (to three individual winners) and you can enter below. First, you need to share a screenshot of your favorite episode and/or one of your primary lessons from the Primal Potential podcast. If shared on Instagram, you need to tag @elizabethbenton. If shared on Facebook, your post must tag PrimalPotentialPodcast. https://primalpotential.com/600/ Questions addressed in this episode include: How to get back to self care after tragedy or loss? What's the best way to respond when people ask what I've been doing to lose the weight? I hate the attention and want a simple answer. How do I change my relationship with food? Have you done any episodes on loving yourself? How does lack of commitment add to drama? How do I figure out what is wrong with my gut and sort it out? Resources: Hop on the wait list for the summer 12 Weeks to Transformation Join us in the Primal Potential Facebook group! Episodes on loving yourself: Chasing Cupcakes (not an episode, but an epic stepping stone to treating yourself better!) 599 - Get off the Hamster Wheel 589 - Mental Wellness & Making Your Own Rules 586 - Personal Growth as the Drug of Choice 576 - How to Change Yourself Episodes on gut health: Episode 055 - Probiotics and Body Weight Episode 432 - How Your Microbiome Can Help You Burn Fat Episode 482 - Microbiome & Your Health Episode 504 - Avoid, Minimize, Indulge Episode 596: Your Gut Health is Impacting Everything Here's to Loving Yourself! Every choice is a chance!

It's time to get off the hamster wheel of change. Great intentions, intermittent execution, frustration, repeat. Do you suck at keeping promises you make to yourself even when your word to others is gold? Today we're getting to the heart of change. Here's the scoop: It comes from the inside, not from the outside. Today I'm getting real about how to get off the hamster wheel of change and create a strategy that delivers results! EB's Resources: Hop on the wait list for the Summer 2019 12 Weeks to Transformation Join the Primal Potential facebook group Join the free VIP email list! Support Thrive Market and save big money on healthy food & lifestyle staples!

Are you struggling even though you're super motivated? The other day, inside the Primal Potential facebook group, I asked folks what mindset topics I could help with. Many of them surrounded this idea of struggle. Struggling to get yourself to keep the promises you make to yourself or feeling like it's just super hard to stay the course. In today's episode, I'm going to talk about how reframing the idea of "struggle" can be the very thing that makes all of this so much easier! https://primalpotential.com/598/ EB's Resources: Join me for the 1 Week Spring Cleaning Mindset e-series! Hop on the wait list for the Summer 2019 12 Weeks to Transformation Join the Primal Potential facebook group Join the free VIP email list!

Should you drink kombucha? In this Q&A episode we're answering your questions about probiotics, kombucha, menopause, why diet's don't work & much more! We love tackling your questions and topics and you can submit them here. The questions we answer in today's episode include: Can you suggest a good brand of probiotics? Should I drink kombucha? Does it even help? What are your thoughts on being proactive for menopause? Is it worth listening to all primal potential episodes from the start or better to start at the end and work backwards? Why haven't diets worked for me? I'm eating better but I'm still eating too much. Have you done episodes on overeating? Do you have any tips? I want to get up early but I just can't. EB's Resources: Join me for the 1 Week Spring Cleaning Mindset e-series! Hop on the wait list for the Summer 2019 12 Weeks to Transformation Gut Health Resources: Episode 055 - Probiotics and Body Weight Episode 432 - How Your Microbiome Can Help You Burn Fat Episode 482 - Microbiome & Your Health Episode 504 - Avoid, Minimize, Indulge Episodes on Overeating Include: Episode 548 Episode 527 Episode 209

Your gut health is impacting everything. What happens in the gut does NOT stay in the gut. It impacts stress, anxiety, body composition and more! For too long, we've thought about the microbiome as exclusive to digestion, absorption, constipation, diarrhea, bloating and gas. That's just not true. What happens in the microbiome influences every single aspect of your mental health, your hormones, your body weight, immune system, metabolism and everything in between! If you have questions, please feel free to let me know! Do NOT miss today's episode! Probiotic strains that target brain health & mood include but aren't limited to: lactobacillus helveticus R0052 - inflammation in the brain and depression bifidobacterium longum R0175 - anxiety lactobacillus rhamnosus R0011 - stress and stress resilience EB's Resources: Join me for the 1 Week Spring Cleaning Mindset e-series! Hop on the wait list for the Summer 2019 12 Weeks to Transformation Gut Health Resources: Episode 055 - Probiotics and Body Weight Episode 432 - How Your Microbiome Can Help You Burn Fat Episode 482 - Microbiome & Your Health Episode 504 - Avoid, Minimize, Indulge

I think you need to slow down. I know I need to slow down. However, those of us who most need to slow things down are usually the ones who think there's just no way. This is one of my favorite podcast episodes of the year because we're talking about the tendency to rush through our days and our lives with an operating system of "too much at once". In today's episode, I'm sharing my incredible conversation with Sandy Vo about how to slow down, especially when you don't think you can. You know how when your computer starts to run slow, you close down all the programs that are open & running in the background when you're not using them? You can do that with your thoughts. What thoughts are open and running in the background, draining your energy and darkening your mood? You can turn them off. Turning them off doesn't mean deleting them anymore than closing Skype when it's not running means that it's gone forever. If you are ready to create more space in your life and in your mind, you want to carve out time for this episode! DM me on Instagram and let me know your favorite part! Connect with Sandy Vo Learn about Sandy & Ladies Aligned EB's Resources: Join me for the 1 Week Spring Cleaning Mindset e-series! Chasing Cupcakes Join the Primal Potential Facebook group Hop on the wait list for the Summer 2019 12 Weeks to Transformation

It's another listener Q&A episode and today Sarah and I are diving into your personal power and practical strategies to help you step into it! For each of the questions we're covering in today's episode, we return to your personal power - your ever present ability to create improvement and make change! Questions covered in today's episode include: I'm looking for an accurate answer as to whether or not I can consistently get results with bulletproof coffee for breakfast, meat & veggies for dinner and carb refeed every 5th day. How can I get comfortable with my changing body? I go off the rails when I'm on vacation. Have you done episodes on vacation or travel? Do you have any go-to snacks for travel? How do I consistently make myself a priority? How do I stay focused? How can I channel the success of getting out of debt to win with weight loss? Today's episode is brought to you by Fabletics! Shop today and get two incredible pairs of leggings for just $24! Make sure you register through fabletics.com/primalpotential to take advantage of that killer deal! You can check out my faves from Fabletics here. EB's Resources: Join me for the 1 Week Spring Cleaning Mindset e-series! Chasing Cupcakes Join the Primal Potential Facebook group Hop on the wait list for the Summer 2019 12 Weeks to Transformation Travel episodes include: Episode 461 Episode 462