Biography
Tina McDermott has been working in the health and wellness industry for almost 20 years. She was born to help people through health and wellness and exercise and there is nothing more that she would like to do with her life. Tina’s goal is to reach out to as many people as humanly possible through health, wellness, and exercise to help make this world a better place. She also specializes in helping people with their emotional issues of eating and is an expert at helping you lose weight and also teaches exercise and nutrition on a one on one basis, in small groups as well as in corporations. In this episode, Tina talks about overcoming emotional eating, Lyme disease, and how she quit her job and moved to Italy.
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Three Takeaways from this episode!
- You have more control than you think you do. Tina had Lyme disease and didn’t like the answers she was getting so she took control into her own hands and started doing research.
- Use hard situations as your motivation.
- You can do whatever you want in life, even when it seems tough.
In this episode “Overcoming Emotional Eating,” you’ll gain an understanding in:
- [1:47] An introduction of the guest Tina McDermott and whether she considers herself a badass.
- [2:39] Tina explains her career as an athlete at an early age.
- [4:03] Vivid description of the life of McDermott from childhood and her family history.
- [4:20] Beginning of Tina’s health journey started with the death of her sister and her health awareness
- [8:03] Lyme Disease
- [12.53] The decision to research new health strategies.
- [15:32] Stress reduction techniques
- [22:05] Impact of the stress reductions techniques in her life
- [22:04] Lesson learned from quitting her job and moving to Italy
- [27:04] The issue of emotional eating and steps you can take to overcome it.
- [29:10] Peace Process
- [31:08] The implementation of the disciplines
- [32:22] The cupcake Dilemma
- [35:29] Paying attention to one’s body
- [37:04] Common questions asked by her clients
- [38:17] Final say from Tina McDermott
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Quotes
- “Am I really hungry? Or am I thirsty? Or am I emotional about something? So you have to stop, breathe and check-in? What’s going on? Am I hungry? Really? Am I emotional? Am I thirsty? A lot of signs of hunger or thirst? By the way?” [34:44]
- “So, we get healthy mind mentally, we deal with that mental space. And physically we get healthy mentally and physically. And the weight loss comes off as a wonderful side benefit to being healthy everywhere else” [37:01]
Links Mentioned
- Connection with Tina McDermott;
- Website: www.tinamcdermott.com
- Book: My Joyful Debt Reboot Guide. It’s www.tinamcdermott.com/jg
Resources
Joyful Gut Reboot Guide: www.tinamcdermott.com/JG
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