Dr. Joelle, a doctor of nursing practice, has created an incredible program called the Empower Method,™ in which she combines functional medicine, lifestyle, medical hypnosis, energy healing techniques and emotional release to help people heal in body, mind and spirit. Dr. Joelle overcame her own struggle with weight issues and went on to learn through experience and education that healing often requires more than the use of traditional medicine. In this episode you’ll learn some of the other techniques she uses that you can use to help yourself on your adventure to becoming your best, healthiest self!

The Weight Loss Winformation Podcast gives you essential psychological information to help you lose weight and more importantly, to help keep you at a healthy weight for your body! No matter how you are working to lose weight and no matter how much weight you want to lose, Weight Loss Winformation will keep you moving in a positive direction. Let’s get started because well… Why Weight? (get it? Pun intended… )?

Resources:

· BariAfterare: www.bariaftercare.com

· Connie Stapleton PhD website: www.conniestapletonphd.com

· BariAftercare website: https://www.conniestapletonphd.com/bariaftercare

· BariAftercare Facebook page (for members only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/BariAftercare

· Kevin Stephens: Your Bariatric Buddy https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourbariatricbuddy/people

· Instagram: @ (Caleshia Haynes)

· Instagram: @therealbariboss (Tabitha Johnson)

· Instagram @drsusanmitchell (Dr. Susan Mitchell)

· Instagram: @lauraleepreston (Laura Preston)

· ProCare Vitamins (10% off with code ConnieStapleton)

· Rob DiMedio: https://www.busybariatrics.com/

· Dr. Joan Brugman: drjbrugman@outlook.com

· Dr. Joelle Chateauneuf https://empowerhealthandwellness.org/meet-joelle/

The Amazon description of Eat Your Feelings by Christina Simmons says the book “is a story of heartbreak and restoration.” Let me tell you… that is an amazingly true description! I could not stop reading this book and had to read it straight through! I’m not going to be a spoiler, so you’ll have to read the book yourself, but I can share my interview with the truly amazing author, Christina Simmons! Christina’s story is about so much more than how she was eating her feelings, but the message that food will not fix your problems is abundantly clear throughout. What is also clear is how Christina’s faith and family love, along with some healthy doses of therapy, helped Christina and her family through some gut-wrenching life circumstances. So many lessons in the interview and in the book! Enjoy both!

The Weight Loss Winformation Podcast gives you essential psychological information to help you lose weight and more importantly, to help keep you at a healthy weight for your body! No matter how you are working to lose weight and no matter how much weight you want to lose, Weight Loss Winformation will keep you moving in a positive direction. Let’s get started because well… Why Weight? (get it? Pun intended… )?

Resources:

· BariAfterare: www.bariaftercare.com

· Connie Stapleton PhD website: www.conniestapletonphd.com

· BariAftercare website: https://www.conniestapletonphd.com/bariaftercare

· BariAftercare Facebook page (for members only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/BariAftercare

· Kevin Stephens: Your Bariatric Buddy https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourbariatricbuddy/people

· Instagram: @ (Caleshia Haynes)

· Instagram: @therealbariboss (Tabitha Johnson)

· Instagram @drsusanmitchell (Dr. Susan Mitchell)

· Instagram: @lauraleepreston (Laura Preston)

· ProCare Vitamins (10% off with code ConnieStapleton)

· Rob DiMedio: https://www.busybariatrics.com/

· Dr. Joan Brugman: drjbrugman@outlook.com

· Dr. Susan Mitchell https://www.facebook.com/DrSusanMitchell

https://www.facebook.com/bariatricsurgerystrategies

· Eat Your Feelings How to Devour, Digest, and Detox Pain From Your Life by Christina P. Simmons https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Your-Feelings-Devour-Digest/dp/1967424918

It’s pretty easy for us to recognize when someone else is behaving in a defensive manner. Seeing defensiveness in ourselves can be as difficult as figuring out where in the world Waldo is at any given time. Defensiveness helps protect us from uncomfortable truths about ourselves, but it also causes rifts in relationships. Defensive behavior most often sounds like the title of this episode: Why is everybody always picking on me? Listen in as we explore this behavior that does not serve us well as adults.

The Weight Loss Winformation Podcast gives you essential psychological information to help you lose weight and more importantly, to help keep you at a healthy weight for your body! No matter how you are working to lose weight and no matter how much weight you want to lose, Weight Loss Winformation will keep you moving in a positive direction. Let’s get started because well… Why Weight? (get it? Pun intended… )?

Resources:

· BariAfterare: www.bariaftercare.com

· Connie Stapleton PhD website: www.conniestapletonphd.com

· BariAftercare website: https://www.conniestapletonphd.com/bariaftercare

· BariAftercare Facebook page (for members only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/BariAftercare

· Kevin Stephens: Your Bariatric Buddy https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourbariatricbuddy/people

· Instagram: @ (Caleshia Haynes)

· Instagram: @therealbariboss (Tabitha Johnson)

· Instagram @drsusanmitchell (Dr. Susan Mitchell)

· Instagram: @lauraleepreston (Laura Preston)

· ProCare Vitamins (10% off with code ConnieStapleton)

· Rob DiMedio: https://www.busybariatrics.com/

· Dr. Joan Brugman: drjbrugman@outlook.com

· Dr. Susan Mitchell https://www.facebook.com/DrSusanMitchell

https://www.facebook.com/bariatricsurgerystrategies

· Garber, Leon. Addressing Chronic Defensiveness.

· Levoy, Gregg. The Surprising—and Transformative—Truth About Defensiveness.

· Miller, Rachel. Defeating Defensiveness.

· Grant Halvorson, Heidi. Stop Being So Defensive!

· Kim, John. How to Stop Getting Defensive About Everything.