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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

Building emotional resilience is one of the most powerful steps toward happiness, confidence, peace of mind and consistency but it certainly requires intentionality and practice. In today's episode we're talking about how to go about creating this barrier to emotional volatility and how to enforce personal boundaries while practicing emotional resilience. https://primalpotential.com/593/ Emotional Resilience Questions Was insult intended? Do I know for sure? What assumptions have I made? Am I focused on the problem or the solution? Am I judging someone? Am I placing my standards and values on someone else? What is the difference between what actually happened (the facts) and what I added to the story (assumptions/intent/feelings)? What have I added to the facts? What else could this mean? Have I added insult where none was intended? What if I decided to not take this so seriously? What's my role in this? 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

What are your core values? Do you show up with honesty & kindness for others but not for yourself? Do you feel like you're a great leader in you work or for your family but you aren't leading yourself? Today I'm talking with leadership expert Kareen Walsh about how to become a more effective leader of yourself and you won't want to miss it! One of my favorite parts of the conversation is when Kareen reminds us all to give ourselves permission to show up as the version of ourselves we want to be TODAY. She talks us through what we can do when we know our core values, or we know what we want them to be, but we aren't making choices accordingly. https://primalpotential.com/592/ Connect with Kareen Kareen's 8-Week Business Masterclass Lead with Value Follow Kareen on Instagram 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