My friends, in this episode, we're talking about food and nutrition propaganda and asking ourselves the question: who can you trust? When you think about how nutrition information is shared, you have to consider the source, and then... you have to question the source.

It's a lot of responsibility on you, I know.

In today's chat, I share a high-level history of food and nutrition recommendations from the good ol' USDA - the United States Department of Agriculture.

The intention with this conversation is to shed some light on where recommendations come from and remind you to be curious and skeptical. It's also to say that general guidelines are just that - they're general. That means your needs and what's right for you might look different, and that's OK.

Thanks for joining me for this adventure!

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Have you ever stopped to think about how much profit there is in keeping people unwell? In my day job, there are a ton of conversations about community health and how, collectively, sickness costs people more and it’s in our communities’ best interests to have a healthier community. Caring for people who are sick is expensive—it’s expensive for health insurers, it’s expensive for companies offering health plans, it’s expensive for government programs, and it’s especially expensive for individuals and families.

So why then are we struggling so much as a nation to finally get well?

Because being unwell is very, very profitable for select industries.

When you inject pharmaceutical companies, lobbyists, power-hungry government officials, and corporate greed, it becomes a very different conversation.

In this episode, I dive into more about what I've learned about the industries that are profiting from keeping you and our society unwell. My goal is to shine some light on some factors at play that could be making it harder for you to achieve your health and wellness goals, and give you some things to consider so that you can be a savvy consumer and self-advocate.

Resources and Articles

• Lobbying Expenditures and Campaign Contributions by the Pharmaceutical and Health Product Industry in the United States, 1999-2018
• Statista: Global pharmaceutical industry - statistics & facts
• Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering
• Who pays the bill and who makes the profit in treating chronic disease?

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The question around why people overeat (or, more specifically, why I  overeat) is one that plagues a lot of us. Why do we eat to the point of discomfort? Why do we eat when we're not hungry? Why can't we stop eating once we've started?

These are all great questions, and there's no simple answer. Like most things, the answers to these questions will vary wildly depending on each individual person, their history, circumstances, genes, lifestyles, and so much more.

But in the meantime, it's at least worth talking about why people overeat. My goal for you in this episode is to shed some light on things that could be happening in your life, giving you a starting point to explore with curiosity and find solutions to help you overcome overeating, if that's a relevant goal for you.

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In this episode, I dig into a comment that a coworker made a "get back on the wagon" comment that I hadn't thought about before. Quite frankly, I needed some time and space to process it, and thus, you get a new Badass Is the New Skinny episode!

It was a comment that both bothered me and got me thinking. It bothered me because I don't like the idea of people going around feeling like there's always going to be a "wagon that they need to get back on." It's now how I imagine living my most badass life, that's for sure.

So in this episode, I lean a little heavy on the rollercoaster analogy and the difference between the rollercoaster that life is and the rollercoasters that we create for ourselves, which is basically getting on and off the wagon. Same idea, different analogy.

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Overcoming indifference when you've been managing your life in crisis mode can be tough. After all, it's hard to worry about whether or not you drank eight cups of water today if you're battling an illness, managing a move, planning a wedding, caring for a dying parent, or trying not to lose your shit at work.

In this episode, I talk about how to break through the indifference when you're ready to move past crisis mode and get back on track to make progress toward your goals. I haven't been shy about the fact that my life has been a little bit of a dumpster fire the past few months, or, you know, the last year. But I'm ready to be done being indifferent and start making some changes to get myself closer to reaching my goals.

While I don't talk about goal-setting in this episode, I do talk about the steps to help you move past your indifference and get back into healthier habits. Because at the end of the day, most health goals can be established with consistent, healthy habits.

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I know it's been a while, but the thing is... my mom died. And I've been going through a lot.

I talk a lot on this podcast about how to continue to take care of yourself and develop healthy habits and routines in the face of big life changes. Well. Here's a very real example for you.

This episode is a little all over the place and describes the close relationship I had with my mom and how she influenced me and this badass journey. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Buckle up. I promise I don't cry (much).

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After a fun and refreshing summer vacation, Badass  is back! In this episode, I fill you in on what I've been up to and what the current vision is for Badass Is the New Skinny going forward.

Will it probably change as I find my footing again? Almost definitely.

Long story, short: I grew a life over the summer and my priorities are on maintaining my joy. That means that Badass Is the New Skinny will still be around, I'll still be moving forward with some coaching products and plans, and... it's going to be on a much slower timeline because I'm not going to wrap my life around my side hustle. I'm keeping the podcast and my business plans light, fun, easy, breezy.

Check out this episode and let's reconnect! You'll also find podcast and business-specific stuff over on Instagram at @badassisthenewskinny. I'm still kickin' (sometimes) at @sa.brina.brina, but it's inconsistent and I'm going to keep that all about me, myself, and I. So. Podcast and business stuff: @badassisthenewskinny. Sabrina stuff: @sa.brina.brina.

Thanks for jumping back on the ride!

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In this final episode of season two, I share my top ten pieces of advice for badasses. These are tips or recommendations to help you live your best and most badass life.

This episode is the partner episode to last week's episode where I talked about seven basics to master to set you up for success when it comes to your health and wellness.

This week's advice includes: 

1. Get really real about where you are, what you want, and why you want what you want.
2. Break down the big goals into a series of smaller goals, then identify habits or actions to help you achieve those smaller goals.
3. Choose metrics that matter.
4. Don’t do things you hate.
5. If you don’t have a good relationship with food, take the steps to fix that.
6. Learn the trade before the tricks.
7. Give yourself plenty of grace while you’re learning to do things in a way that best supports you in feeling like your best and most badass self.
8. Remember that you have more control than you think you do.
9. Seek a variety of perspectives.
10. Find the joy in every day.

Check out the complete episode to hear my thoughts on these things. I also go into more detail about what's next for me now that the podcast is going on summer vacation and what the plan is (so far) for when the podcast (tentatively) returns in the fall.

Thank you so much for being a part of the Badass Is the New Skinny journey!

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