Let’s Talk Setting Yourself Up For Success with Learning Expert Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer

In this episode, Gina chats with best-selling author and learning expert Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer about setting yourself up for success.

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Topics covered:

• Introducing Dr Deena Kara Shaffer
• Supporting new members in getting set up with the Livy Method
• Let’s talk about New Year's resolutions and fresh starts
• Continuing to be hopeful, things can be different
• It’s totally ok and normal to be feeling tentative
• The Livy Method is about so much more than what to eat and when. We dig into all the feelings, issues and associations
• We accommodate all people and how they learn best in our community
• All the ways you can access The Program - the Companion book, the Facebook support group, the Livy Method app, the Weigh In With Gina app
• Start with a deep breath, your feet on the ground and access the resources that work best for you
• Explore and decide which way of learning works best for you
• Determine what feels easeful for yourself to avoid overwhelm
• Supporting our new members and their feelings of wanting to start perfectly. Supporting our returning members and the big feelings around choices made over the holidays
• Exploring the concept of Little and Often
• Setting yourself up so you don’t feel scattered over overwhelmed.
• OHIO - Only Handle It Once
• Moving away from endless task lists and feeling like you have to do it all and instead moving towards Task to Time Alignment
• Moving away from the damage, punishment, hurts, harm and traumas we’ve experienced from past diet history
• We have a full team of Program Specialists here to support you, please lean on them
• Approaching the Livy Method like a course, a journey, a project, an adventure - finding what resonates with you
• Considering how much time is needed to get yourself set up to start The Program, considering your own capacity
• Being effortful in finding the pockets in your day to fit in the pieces that feel best for you
• Borrow the wisdom of returning members in our community to help find your way
• Unlike other diets, it is not all or nothing with the Livy Method
• We are going to be working through so much more than what you eat and when. It’s about showing up consistently and doing what works for you
• Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer is going to be back in our first week to help support our members as they get started
• Advice for our returning members, continuing to work through their big feels as they continue their journey with another round
• Shining a light on all the ‘other stuff’ needing to be worked on along our journey
• Questions for our returning members to consider - How do you want to feel? What do you think is possible for yourself? What do you allow yourself to deserve? What’s on the other side of self-sabotage? What’s the area you haven’t yet engaged in? What has been unattended to?
• Doing another round of The Program is not coming back to do the same things again
• This is an open-heartedness project
• Gina’s advice to our members - finding where the work is for you
• How new members can navigate returning members saying to trust The Program when trust has been broken in the past with other diets
• If you’re here because you feel like you’ve failed other diets - you have NOT failed! You are continuing to show up for yourself and we are here to support you every step of the way with this Program
• Where to find Dr Deena Kara Shaffer and her book Feel Good Learning

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