Lose Your Cravings Podcast with Keysa Amaro

195: Are you Focusing on the Wrong Thing?

In this episode, we explore why so many of us approach change by trying to fix what we believe is "wrong" with ourselves—and why that mindset often keeps us stuck. We unpack how our brain's negativity bias, our innate desire to belong, and years of exposure to diet culture have taught us to see our bodies and eating habits as problems to solve. Instead of chasing perfection through restriction and self-criticism, this episode invites you to shift your focus toward the person you want to become. You'll learn how changing your thoughts, letting go of diet culture beliefs, leveraging your existing strengths, and approaching your relationship with food and your body with curiosity can build confidence, consistency, and self-compassion. This future-focused, non-diet approach offers a sustainable path toward food freedom by helping you create lasting change from a place of possibility rather than fixing perceived flaws.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me! Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.

194: Nutrition Isn't Complicated; Diet Culture Just Wants You to Think it is.

In this episode, we unpack the myth that nutrition is complicated and explore how diet culture profits from keeping us confused about food. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by conflicting nutrition advice, strict food rules, calorie counting, or the endless stream of diets promising to solve all your problems, you're not alone. In this episode, we dive into how diet culture creates confusion so it can sell solutions, and why true nourishment is often much simpler than we've been led to believe.You'll learn how unlearning diet culture beliefs can help you let go of food guilt, stop labeling foods as "good" or "bad," build trust with your body, and create a more peaceful relationship with food. This episode offers a non-diet perspective on nutrition and encourages you to replace perfection, restriction, and self-judgment with curiosity, compassion, and food freedom.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me! Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.

193: Making Real Change

Have you ever downloaded a guide, listened to a podcast, attended a workshop, or saved a post about cravings, emotional eating, or body image—only to never actually put the information into practice? In this episode, we explore the difference between consuming information and creating real change. While learning can inspire us, lasting transformation comes from taking action and consistently practicing what we learn. I discuss why so many of us stay stuck in "learning mode," how fear, discomfort, and perfectionism can keep us from acting, and what it really takes to reduce cravings, manage emotional eating, and improve body image from a non-diet perspective. You'll walk away with practical strategies to help you move from collecting information to implementing it, because change doesn't happen when you know more—it happens when you do more.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime Eating

192: Body Trends

In this episode of the Lose Your Cravings, we take a deep dive into the return of the “skinny trend” and explore how shifting beauty standards continue to shape women’s relationships with their bodies, food, and self-worth. From the rise of GLP-1 medications and ultra-thin celebrity culture to fashion trends, capitalism, patriarchy, and the ever-changing “ideal” female body throughout history, this episode unpacks why body ideals are never really about health — they’re about culture, power, and profit. Through a non-diet, mindful lens, we examine how these pressures influence emotional eating, cravings, body image, and the tendency for women to shrink themselves physically and emotionally. Most importantly, this conversation encourages women to step away from chasing impossible standards and instead focus on strength, energy, mental health, self-respect, and creating peace with food and their bodies.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me! Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.

191: Why Not Take a GLP-1?

190: Letting go of the Outcome

In this episode, we explore the powerful shift from outcome-based goals—like hitting a certain number on the scale or achieving a specific result—to process-based goals that focus on the daily actions within your control. While outcome goals can feel motivating, they often lead to pressure, perfectionism, and feelings of failure when the result isn’t achieved, even when meaningful progress is made. Instead, process-based goals offer a more supportive, sustainable path by helping you build consistency, self-trust, and confidence through small, intentional behaviors. By focusing on what you can do each day—like pausing before eating, creating supportive routines, or caring for your body—you move away from judgment and toward curiosity, ultimately creating a more peaceful and empowered relationship with food and your body.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me! Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.

189: Intuition

In this episode of Lose Your Cravings, we explore the powerful difference between intuition and fear—and why understanding this distinction is key to healing your relationship with food and your body. You’ll learn how intuition shows up as a calm, steady inner knowing, while fear tends to be loud, urgent, and rooted in control or “what if” thinking.We’ll talk about how years of dieting and external rules can disconnect you from your body’s natural signals, and how to begin rebuilding that trust through simple, supportive practices. This episode will help you slow down, tune in, and start making choices from a place of self-trust rather than fear—so you can feel more grounded, in control, and at peace around food.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me!Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.

188: Same Ice Cream, Different Experience

In this episode of the Lose Your Cravings podcast, I share two very different experiences with the exact same situation: eating ice cream from a carton at home after a long day. In the first story, the pull of diet culture, food guilt, and an all-or-nothing mindset leads to a cycle of inner conflict, overeating, and shame. In the second, the same moment unfolds with awareness, self-check-ins, and permission to eat, creating a calm and satisfying experience. Through these personal stories, I explore how our relationship with food—not the food itself—shapes our behavior and emotions around eating. I also share how leaving diet culture and learning to pause, listen to your body, and approach food without morality can transform your experience with eating and help you move toward peace with food, one small step at a time.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me! Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.

187: Caring for Your Body Without Trying to Shrink it

In this episode of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast, we explore what it truly means to care for your body without trying to shrink it, especially in a culture shaped by diet trends, fitness pressure, and unrealistic pop culture ideals. For women struggling with body image and emotional eating, shifting away from weight loss as the main goal can feel deeply challenging—but also incredibly freeing. We discuss how diet culture ties self-worth to size, why this impacts cravings and emotional eating, and what a wellness-focused approach can look and feel like instead. You’ll also hear three practical strategies to help you move from body control to body care, redefine success beyond the scale, and begin building a more peaceful, supportive relationship with your body.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me! Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.

186: The Diet Mentality that is Keeping You Stuck

In this episode, we unpack the familiar “diet starts Monday” mindset and why it keeps so many women stuck in cycles of cravings, overeating, and starting over. Rather than a lack of willpower, this reset mentality is revealed as a learned response to diet culture’s all-or-nothing thinking, which teaches us that mistakes mean failure and that control is the solution. This episode gently explores how restriction and pressure dysregulate the nervous system, amplify cravings, and erode trust around food—and why cravings themselves are not the problem. Through a non-diet, compassionate lens, listeners are guided toward a different path: staying present instead of resetting, regulating before restricting, replacing rules with curiosity, and focusing on how they want to feel rather than what they need to fix. The core message is clear and reassuring—real change doesn’t start on Monday; it starts with responding to yourself with care, awareness, and connection right where you are.Join my Nourished Mind + Body Community here!Become a sponsor of the Lose Your Cravings Podcast here!patreon.com/loseyourcravingsGet my FREE Guide: Break Free From Nighttime EatingWant to dive deeper into ending your cravings and overeating once and for all? → Book a call with me! Keysa Amaro helps women manage their emotional eating and cravings without deprivation or complicated meal plans so they can show up fully in their life and career.