How do you create a happy brain? Today, you learn how! Dr. Lindy Fields joins us today to dive into brain health and the impact on your personal happiness and mood.

Dr. Lindy Fields is a mom, wife, dog mom, neuropsychologist, and founder of Brain Doc On Demand, where she equips individuals with science-based insights to improve brain health and wellbeing through online courses, coaching, and speaking engagements. She has been published on Mind Body Green, Her View From Home, and TODAY Parenting Team and is on a mission to bring brain science to life, helping busy individuals build healthier and happier brains.

Today we discuss…

• Brain health and how you can build a happy brain
• Why lifestyle habits matter for a healthy and happy brain
• Physical, cognitive, and social activities that impact brain health
• Movement and how it impacts memory and mood
• Prioritizing and blocking time on your calendar for the most important lifestyle habits
• Creating a backup plan for when life happens
• Why a flexible mindset can give you more success in the long run
• Scheduling physical, cognitive, and social activities into your life intentionally

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Do you wonder why it is so much harder for you to get things done than other people in your life or family? Does your child have a hard time getting started, planning for projects, or staying organized?

Carrie Bonnett joins us today on the show to talk all about executive function. Carrie is a veteran teacher, lifelong list-maker, and Executive Function coach based in Bend, Oregon, where she lives with her husband and two children. She helps empower students to thrive in life and school, parents and teachers to better support their children, and adults get on top of all that life requires.

Today we discuss…

• What is executive function and how is it important to get things done
• What does motivation have to do with getting started
• What skills fall into executive function (Carrie recommends you check out Smart But Scattered)
• Why are these skills so hard for some of us and easier for others
• How can we help our child who struggles with executive function
• Why language matters and shame is not a solution
• Being gentle with yourself while getting “the brain on board”
• Strategies for improving brain skills with your child and yourself
• The concept of body doubling and why it works
• How to make the invisible visible

For the show notes and all the links mentioned in today’s episode, head to secretsofsupermom.com/180.

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Do you find the messages in diet culture impacting your feelings of worth? You are NOT alone! Nicole Hagen joins us today to talk about diet culture drama and how to unsubscribe from these ideas. Instead, she shares tools you can use to lose fat while not tying that fat loss to who you are as a person. Nicole is a Nutrition Coach, Host of The Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast & a New Mom.

Today we discuss…

• Believing your worth is connected to the size of your body
• Putting your time, energy, and effort into everything in your life except your health
• Using food as control when life feels out of control
• Nourishing your body in positive ways
• Limiting beliefs in diet culture and unsubscribing from these ideas
• Weight loss vs. fat loss
• Crash dieting and loss of muscle and water in addition to body fat
• Eating for your old lady body
• A four-step diet-free process for fat loss
• Creating a strategy for a caloric deficit that works for you
• Prioritizing nutrient-dense foods
• Celebrating progress off the scale as well as weight loss
• Creating a sustainable plan vs. Diet Culture Crash diet

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