Since when did eating right and looking healthy require willpower and mind tricks to follow a restrictive diet? Isn’t feeling and looking your best supposed to be fun, with rewards?
This week Darya Rose joins the podcast for a conversation that ranges from food choices that fight hunger to mediation that heightens your awareness and helps you listen to your body when making a life change. The Foodist author and blogger reminds listeners that willpower is a limited resource and can’t be relied on, so creating habits has to be a part of the game plan. Her scientific approach is a breath of fresh air from the gimmicky models of dieting that often bring negative results.
Logic, life experiments, and busting dietary myths is the name of the game for Darya, helping you love your life in the process of making changes. This former ballerina also talks about increasing body awareness which will be critical to monitoring changes when the world constantly pulls you in different stimulating directions.
Be sure to stay in the loop with Darya’s weekly dishings by signing up for her newsletter on Summer Tomato, and check out her recently launched Foodist podcast. For social matters, get connected with her on Snapchat at summertomato and Instagram.
Links Mentioned:
The Power of Habit – By Charles Duhigg.
Vipassana – Huffington Post piece on the silent meditation camp.
10% Happier – Mindfulness meditation basics from Dan Harris.
Sleep Cycle – Sleep monitoring smartphone app.
Atlas Shrugged – By Ayn Rand
Mindset – By Carol Dweck
Presence – By Amy Cuddy
The Art of Learning – By Josh Waitzkin
The 4-Hour Workweek – By Tim Ferris
Overcast FM – A simple yet effective podcast player.
Andy is a certified CHEK Practitioner and holistic lifestyle coach. He holds a spectrum of certifications from CrossFit and is also a Vivobarefoot certified running coach. He has trained as a Zen buddhist and graduated with a Master’s degree in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
Andy founded CrossFit LA one of the first and most successful CrossFit training centers in the world and the first to be featured in national media. He is the co-founder of the Whole Life Challenge, Inc, currently its president, and is also a consultant and life/business coach. Andy lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Julia, and son, Dashel.
