Happy Smiling People

Ep. 72 - Helen, Wellness Effect - How To Put The Joy Back Into Food

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Show Notes

Helen is a Functional and Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and founder of Wellness Effect.

In this episode we discuss: how our diet fits into our overall wellness, whether we can train our metabolism, the damage of the anti-diet culture, why balance and consistency is the key to all success, why it can feel we must be miserable to achieve anything in life, ultra processed foods and how they're hidden by manufacturers, and much more!

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OwnHgjedd4Y

My Links: https://linktr.ee/emilyereilly

Find Helen Online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnesseffect_/?hl=en Website: https://www.wellnesseffect.co.uk/

Timestamps: 00:00 how does our diet fit into our overall wellness 03:47 Helen’s experience as a yo-yo dieter 12:00 can we train our metabolism 13:50 how does exercise factor into weight and a healthy lifestyle 16:00 how people mirror our reaction to situations 18:00 the damage of the anti diet culture 24:00 finding self respect and discipline of ourselves 28:00 how balance and consistency will change your life 30:00 why do we feel we have to be miserable to get anywhere in life? 34:00 why do people find it so interesting when people live in a different way? 37:00 Ultra processed foods that we may not know about

Keywords

diet, wellness, health, nutrition, metabolism, exercise, anti-diet culture, self-trust, balance, holistic health, wellness, routine, ultra-processed foods, self-discovery, societal expectations, mental health, balance, simplicity, mindfulness, health

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