Episode 128

Your Emotional Pantry (feat. Ana Vucetic)

Published on: 12th January, 2022

As we set ourselves up for the new year, perhaps you're cleaning up...or cleaning out. Have you thought about cleaning your emotional pantry? This week Jenn is joined by Ana Vucetic, psychologist and health coach. Together they discuss the impact of external factors on our view of ourselves plus how and why we use food to cope with emotions. Then they dig into this "emotional pantry" to help us understand what it is and how to clean it. For 2022 to be our healthiest year yet, this is a must listen!    

Outline:

  • Welcome back
  • Meet Ana Vucetic
  • Ana's story - her own struggle leading her to study psychology
  • How different cultures & countries impact our body image
  • The impact of external factors on our view of ourselves
  • How to re-establish the connection to our own bodies
    • The food
    • The mindset around food
    • The triggers
  • What to track in this new year
  • How we're taught to cope with emotions...by eating
  • The emotional pantry
    • What it is
      • Past beliefs
      • Current triggers
      • The way you view food
  • Shifting the power
    • Triggers, learned habits, current circumstances
  • Dismantling "what I eat is who I am"
  • Tools to clean your emotional pantry
    • Starting point
    • The path - trial & error, journaling, photos
    • Replacing negative thoughts
    • The bird perspective
  • How to believe you know your body best

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Ana Vucetic on IG, FB, & Website

Quotes:
"I didn't know my weight gain was a problem 'til other people started pointing it out." – Ana Vucetic
"I wanted to focus my attention on where do the psychological elements and emotions play a part in weight loss and weight gain."  – Ana Vucetic
"I was so focused on dieting, I lost touch with what is it that I want."  – Ana Vucetic
"The average woman diets for 17 years and has tried over 260 diets." – Ana Vucetic
"Change the mindset that we can't trust ourselves."  – Ana Vucetic
"If driven by weight loss, you'll always be depriving yourself."  – Ana Vucetic   
"Weight loss is the side effect of what we do."  – Jenn Trepeck
"Stressing over eating the cookie is far worse than just eating the cookie."  – Ana Vucetic

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!