What You're Craving with Molly Carmel

In this episode of What You're Craving, Molly connects with Lindsey Pearson. Lindsey is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher (MBSR), a Registered Yoga Teacher, as well as a Certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator from Mindful Leader. She has led international workshops and is the author of the Distraction Detox: A Self-Care Workbook.

Lindsey talks about the impact that practices like meditation and mindfulness had on her healing journey. Lindsey went through hard times a few years ago - relationship issues, losing her dream job, and on top of that, the pandemic - and she saw herself having to handle her biggest fears all at once. At that time, she had to make a decision: to relapse or to shift her perspective.

These trauma wounds inspired her to create her company and to help others experience more peace and feel happier, even when dealing with setbacks. In addition, Molly and Lindsey discuss guilt and how it plays an important role in our journey to change and how self-compassion is the best way to live daily life. Tune in!

Episode Quotes

• “I saw very quickly that beating myself up for this pain was going to do nothing. Shaming myself didn't feel good and it was also not effective.”
• “You can be firm without being cruel.”

Connect with Lindsey Pearson

Website: www.doyoumindfully.com

Connect with Molly

• LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com
• Join my mailing list for info on our SELF LOVE CAMP coming in August, my Sunday Love Letter, and a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/signup
• You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws
• Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: com/mollycarmel.buws

In this episode of What You're Craving, Molly connects with Lindsey Pearson. Lindsey is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher (MBSR), a Registered Yoga Teacher, as well as a Certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator from Mindful Leader. She has led international workshops and is the author of the Distraction Detox: A Self-Care Workbook.

Lindsey talks about the impact that practices like meditation and mindfulness had on her healing journey. Lindsey went through hard times a few years ago - relationship issues, losing her dream job, and on top of that, the pandemic - and she saw herself having to handle her biggest fears all at once. At that time, she had to make a decision: to relapse or to shift her perspective.

These trauma wounds inspired her to create her company and to help others experience more peace and feel happier, even when dealing with setbacks. In addition, Molly and Lindsey discuss guilt and how it plays an important role in our journey to change and how self-compassion is the best way to live daily life. Tune in!

Episode Quotes

• “I saw very quickly that beating myself up for this pain was going to do nothing. Shaming myself didn't feel good and it was also not effective.”
• “You can be firm without being cruel.”

Connect with Lindsey Pearson

Website: www.doyoumindfully.com

Connect with Molly

• LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com
• Join my mailing list for info on our SELF LOVE CAMP coming in August, my Sunday Love Letter, and a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/signup
• You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws
• Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: com/mollycarmel.buws

In this episode of What You're Craving, Molly welcomes clinical psychologist Dr. Alisa Kriegel. Dr. Alisa shares her perspective on two relevant topics that have a lot of evidence nowadays: how our childhood wounds impact our relationships and how the nervous system maintains balance in the body.

According to Dr. Alisa, in our relationships, we tend to repeat the same patterns we learned during our childhood. All the lessons, the emotions, and the wounds can be a significant part of how we interact with our partners. The key here is to learn to heal those wounds first instead of focusing on fixing the external world around us.

When it comes to regulating our nervous system, it is fundamental to identify when we are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or triggered. By being aware of it, we can start regulating the nervous system with a few techniques. Dr. Alisa also explains the differences between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system and the reactions we experience when we become anxious, known as fight or flight reactions.

Episode Quotes

• “I'm a big believer that you have to understand what happened in the past. Not to blame it, but to learn from it, to understand yourself, and to use it, because that's going to dictate what comes up for you.”
• “Ideally, in a relationship, you can be co-regulators for each other, but what that requires is first recognizing your own nervous system responses and what helps you to feel soothed.”

Related Links

Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana

Connect with Dr. Alisa Kriegel

Website: www.alisakriegel.com

Podcast: Let's Talk about Sex, Really

Connect with Molly

• LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com - Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass
• You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws
• Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: facebook.com/mollycarmel.buws

In this episode of What You're Craving, Molly welcomes clinical psychologist Dr. Alisa Kriegel. Dr. Alisa shares her perspective on two relevant topics that have a lot of evidence nowadays: how our childhood wounds impact our relationships and how the nervous system maintains balance in the body.

According to Dr. Alisa, in our relationships, we tend to repeat the same patterns we learned during our childhood. All the lessons, the emotions, and the wounds can be a significant part of how we interact with our partners. The key here is to learn to heal those wounds first instead of focusing on fixing the external world around us.

When it comes to regulating our nervous system, it is fundamental to identify when we are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or triggered. By being aware of it, we can start regulating the nervous system with a few techniques. Dr. Alisa also explains the differences between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system and the reactions we experience when we become anxious, known as fight or flight reactions.

Episode Quotes

• “I'm a big believer that you have to understand what happened in the past. Not to blame it, but to learn from it, to understand yourself, and to use it, because that's going to dictate what comes up for you.”
• “Ideally, in a relationship, you can be co-regulators for each other, but what that requires is first recognizing your own nervous system responses and what helps you to feel soothed.”

Related Links

Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana

Connect with Dr. Alisa Kriegel

Website: www.alisakriegel.com

Podcast: Let's Talk about Sex, Really

Connect with Molly

• LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com - Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass
• You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws
• Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: facebook.com/mollycarmel.buws

Join this week's episode as Molly talks about how women can break free from the unrealistic beauty standards imposed by diet culture. Women of all ages suffer every day, trying to achieve unrealistic goals. These goals are not their own; they result from decades and decades of what society thinks is right.

During this process, we start to feel guilt, frustration, and a sense of hatred for our own bodies. We tend to hold on to the wrong beliefs - and the crazy diets. How do we break free from this cycle? How do we drop the scarcity mentality and embrace the part of us that wants to heal? How do we stop believing in a culture so ingrained in our minds?

If you don't have answers to these questions, this episode is for you. It's time to regain control of your own self-worth and self-esteem. Healing takes courage, but believing you can is the most important first step.

Episode Quotes

• “We are really stuck in this abusive relationship with diet culture, that is draining all of our energy.”
• “Choice is the most powerful tool around. We choose to forgive, we choose to get out of this relationship… imperfectly, but we do it.”

About Molly Carmel

Molly is a leading addiction and eating disorder therapist and the founder of the BeaconProgram, which offers individual and group solutions to help people break free from their destructive relationships with food and dieting. She is also the author of ‘Breaking up with Sugar’ and the host of ‘What You’re Craving’ Podcast.

Connect with Molly

• LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com

• You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws

• Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass

• Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: facebook.com/mollycarmel.buws

Join this episode of What You're Craving as Molly connects with Dr. Mark Horowitz. Dr. Mark is a Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), and today he talks about depression, the different symptoms and treatments of this condition, antidepressant withdrawal, and the side effects of discontinuing it too quickly.

With a background that very much matches his line of study today, Dr. Mark has been researching how depression works, what the causes and life experiences associated with it are, and the many health conditions produced by medication withdrawal. Also, according to him, the idea that depression is merely a chemical imbalance is a misconception.

Dr. Mark explains that everyone has gone through some depressive state in their lives, and everyone has or will have depression to some degree. This condition can be caused when our emotional needs are not being met, and everyone is susceptible to this situation. Tune in to understand more about antidepressant withdrawal, the placebo effect, the correlation between depression and weight loss, and much more.

Episode Quotes

• “You hear these people that have perfect lives but then depression just drops in their lap… I have never met such a person. Everybody that I have met that has been depressed has had clear reasons in their lives.”
• “It appears that we become depressed as a response to things in our lives.”

Connect with Dr. Mark Horowitz

• Website: www.markhorowitz.org
• Twitter: @markhoro

Connect with Molly

• LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com - take a look!
• You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws
• Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass
• Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: com/mollycarmel.buws

To feel shame and fear for whatever reason is not an easy process. Both feelings are not simple feelings to live with, especially when we know what it feels like to live without them. But what to do when we feel sad, frustrated, and overwhelmed by something that happened to us, leading to feelings like shame and fear?

In this episode of What You're Craving Podcast, Molly talks about a personal matter that has been very challenging for her. Molly shares how she has been responding to this situation, how she has been getting the help needed, and how she was confronted by an old version of her - a rebellious version - throughout this process.

When we worry too much about things we can't control, we give our power away. We adopt a victim mentality that simply does not serve us or help to solve the problem. So the initial steps not to let shame and fear take over are: recognizing these feelings, not reacting to them immediately, and having compassion for yourself.

Episode Quotes

• “I was so busy screaming for everybody to help me that I stopped the behaviors that help myself.”
• “Sometimes I have to get really, really quiet in order to learn the lessons that I need to learn in this life.”

Related Links

Michelle Shapiro, RD (michelleshapirord.com) - Functional Nutritionist

Wendy Swanson (wendyswanson.com) - Acupuncturist

About Molly Carmel

Molly is a leading addiction and eating disorder therapist and the founder of the BeaconProgram, which offers individual and group solutions to help people break free from their destructive relationships with food and dieting. She is also the author of ‘Breaking up with Sugar’ and the host of ‘What You’re Craving’ Podcast.

Connect with Molly

• LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com - enrollment for ALL IN INtensive Coaching is OPEN! Get the spots while you still can! 3 months of coaching, connection, and guaranteed CHANGE! Sign up here: mollycarmel.com/all-in

• Come join us for the Fireside on SELF-FORGIVENESS on May 21st from 4 to 5:30 p.m. EST: molly-carmel.mykajabi.com/offers

• You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws

• Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass

• Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: com/mollycarmel.buws

Caleb Campbell is a dynamic keynote speaker, coach, and mental health advocate known for his authentic and transformational message on high-capacity leadership, whole-person success, and emotional well-being. In this episode, Caleb shares more about his story, childhood, and how he always had that itch to seek more in life.

We all tend to live adulthood as a reflection of our childhood, and Caleb's story is no different. Ever since he was a young boy, he looked for his mom's approval, and that eventually made him feel pressure to be the best in all areas of life. Growing up, he also felt the need to establish some boundaries for all his relationships - something we all can relate to.

Caleb talks about difficult moments when he used to feel self-hatred, disempowerment, and the need to sustain a happy external image when, in reality, he was falling apart inside. After identifying all these signs and red flags, Caleb sought therapeutic help, which changed his life and gave him new perspectives. With this guidance, he could choose himself over others and find inner rest.

Episode Quotes

• "Moving our life forward is not by doing more, is not by hustling more, is not by holding on tighter; it's actually learning to let go.”
• “There is no healing without feeling safe. It's hard to heal when you are living in an environment where you’re barely getting by.”
• “I was hating myself because I knew the way I was doing life was working against me.”

Key Highlights

• Caleb always had the intuitive knowledge that there is more in life.
• Caleb started therapy to heal childhood wounds.
• The importance of boundaries and not carrying our parents’ burdens.
• Listen to your own intuition and listen to your own body.
• Caleb shares how he was able to recognize he needed therapy help.
• Choosing yourself instead of choosing others.
• Caleb details his connection with God and spirituality.
• Caleb's final message: take the time to grieve whatever you need to.
• If something we engage with is not empowering us, it’s not worth it.

Connect with Caleb

Instagram: @caleb_campbell

Website: www.calebcampbell.me

Connect with Molly

LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at www.mollycarmel.com - enrollment for ALL IN INtensive Coaching is OPEN! Get the spots while you still can! 3 months of coaching, connection and guaranteed CHANGE! Sign up here - www.mollycarmel.com/all-in-intensive-coaching/

Our Forgiveness Fireside is on May 21st from 5-6:30 EST - sign up here: https://molly-carmel.mykajabi.com/offers/LtqgDB9E/checkout

There are also LOTS of other offerings - Fireside chats, intenSati classes all on mollycarmel.com

You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws

Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass

Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: com/mollycarmel.buws

Caleb Campbell is a dynamic keynote speaker, coach, and mental health advocate known for his authentic and transformational message on high-capacity leadership, whole-person success, and emotional well-being. In this episode, Caleb shares more about his story, childhood, and how he always had that itch to seek more in life.

We all tend to live adulthood as a reflection of our childhood, and Caleb's story is no different. Ever since he was a young boy, he looked for his mom's approval, and that eventually made him feel pressure to be the best in all areas of life. Growing up, he also felt the need to establish some boundaries for all his relationships - something we all can relate to.

Caleb talks about difficult moments when he used to feel self-hatred, disempowerment, and the need to sustain a happy external image when, in reality, he was falling apart inside. After identifying all these signs and red flags, Caleb sought therapeutic help, which changed his life and gave him new perspectives. With this guidance, he could choose himself over others and find inner rest.

Episode Quotes

• "Moving our life forward is not by doing more, is not by hustling more, is not by holding on tighter; it's actually learning to let go.”
• “There is no healing without feeling safe. It's hard to heal when you are living in an environment where you’re barely getting by.”
• “I was hating myself because I knew the way I was doing life was working against me.”

Key Highlights

• Caleb always had the intuitive knowledge that there is more in life.
• Caleb started therapy to heal childhood wounds.
• The importance of boundaries and not carrying our parents’ burdens.
• Listen to your own intuition and listen to your own body.
• Caleb shares how he was able to recognize he needed therapy help.
• Choosing yourself instead of choosing others.
• Caleb details his connection with God and spirituality.
• Caleb's final message: take the time to grieve whatever you need to.
• If something we engage with is not empowering us, it’s not worth it.

Connect with Caleb

Instagram: @caleb_campbell

Website: www.calebcampbell.me

Connect with Molly

LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at www.mollycarmel.com - enrollment for ALL IN INtensive Coaching is OPEN! Get the spots while you still can! 3 months of coaching, connection and guaranteed CHANGE! Sign up here - www.mollycarmel.com/all-in-intensive-coaching/

Our Forgiveness Fireside is on May 21st from 5-6:30 EST - sign up here: https://molly-carmel.mykajabi.com/offers/LtqgDB9E/checkout

There are also LOTS of other offerings - Fireside chats, intenSati classes all on mollycarmel.com

You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws

Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass

Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

• IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel
• YouTube: Molly Carmel
• TikTok: @realmollycarmel
• Facebook: com/mollycarmel.buws

Are you struggling to break free from your addiction to food? Do you turn to food as a coping mechanism during tough times? In this episode of What You're Craving, Molly chats with Felicia, a current member of the Breaking Up with Sugar community and the All In Intensive coaching group. Felicia is a fighter and survivor of trauma who shares her inspiring story of transformation and regaining control of her life.

For years, Felicia battled with her weight and tried various diets, including intermittent fasting, Weight Watchers, and low-carb approaches, but nothing seemed to work. She realized that food had become her go-to coping skill when the world felt out of control. Even when she tried to fix things with a relationship, her food issues worsened. Feeling suicidal, desperate, and with children to care for, Felicia knew she had to make a change. She borrowed money from a friend and joined the All In program, where she learned to set self-determined goals and embrace a beginner's mindset, despite her initial resistance.

Through the guidance and support of the All In community and her coach, Molly, Felicia was able to redefine herself and begin to let go of the shame and guilt she felt about her addiction. Although Felicia acknowledges that her journey has not been without its challenges, she is now 66 days without sugar or flour and has seen a significant improvement in her blood sugar levels. Felicia plans to continue her growth journey by taking another round of the All In coaching program.

Key Highlights

• The role of grief and shame in Felicia’s journey
• Felicia’s story of joining Breaking Up With Sugar & All In
• Tools Felicia used to stop self-harm
• Addressing cognitive distortions and qualifying the positives
• Felicia talks about her goals for forgiveness and redefining herself
• Felicia talks about Feelings vs. Facts

Episode Quotes:

• “Recovery is not linear, but my brain wants it to be linear so when it’s not linear, it turns lemonade back into lemons.”
• “I have tools. Having tools isn't my problem. The problem is when I get dysregulated, I forget the tool box even exists… Why am I okay today? It’s because I used all of my tools and I had a huge support network that All In allowed me to build. I just needed somebody I trusted to tell me it was going to be okay.”

 Connect with Molly:

LOTS of EXCITING stuff going on over at mollycarmel.com - enrollment for ALL IN INtensive Coaching is OPEN! Get the spots while you still can! 3 months of coaching, connection and guaranteed CHANGE! Sign up here - mollycarmel.com/all-in-intensive-coaching/

There are also LOTS of other offerings - Fireside chats, intenSati classes all on mollycarmel.com

You can purchase the Breaking Up with Sugar course here: mollycarmel.com/buws

Join my mailing list for a free mini masterclass: mollycarmel.com/minimasterclass

Become a part of the Breaking Up with Sugar FB Group: facebook.com/groups/buwsbook

Come hang with me on social media!

IG (I love a DM!): @mollycarmel

YouTube: Molly Carmel

Tiktok: @realmollycarmel

Facebook: facebook.com/mollycarmel.buws