Liv Lighter with Gina

Two sleep experts. One question for nine o'clock on a Tuesday morning: what do you do when you're exhausted, overwhelmed and your brain won't switch off? Gina talks with Dr. Beverley David, a clinical psychologist who has been teaching insomnia treatment since 1998, and Alanna McGinn, a sleep, stress and divorce specialist. They cover why rumination wrecks sleep, how to break the worry loop with small tools like a word or a giraffe, why moving your body matters more for sleep than for burning calories, and the habits that quietly sabotage midlife sleep. Where to Find Them: Dr. Beverley David Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdrbeverley/ Website: https://www.yourpsychologycentre.ca/store To sign up for Dr. Beverley's Insomnia Solution (CBT-I) Fall session: https://www.yourpsychologycentre.ca/store/improveyoursleep7pm-mszxh-py58n-eghrj-ttg79-hmwaa-b8k3d-kzngb-r84sa-nteyx-26cxe Alanna McGinn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alanna.mcginn/ Websites: https://www.goodnitesleepsite.com/ https://alannamcginn.com/ Podcast: https://www.thebedtimeedit.com This podcast aligns with Day 23 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You've done the weight loss. So why is your brain still negotiating with a bag of chips at 8PM? Gina and Odette get honest about food noise, why chasing a "cure" misses the point and how a simple pause can change how you respond to it. You'll also hear why mindfulness isn't extra work, what to do about food noise on medication, and a real conversation about letting go of the urge to fix everything for everyone, yourself included. This podcast aligns with Day 22 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your weight can swing several pounds in a single day, and most of it has nothing to do with fat. Today, Gina Livy explains why the scale often goes up right before it goes down. She covers how sore muscles, water retention, a late night, and a weekend of chips can all move the number. She also explains why weighing yourself once a week hides the pattern you need to see. Then she gets honest about food noise: the constant calorie math, bargaining, and guilt that can run your whole day. She walks through how the four mindful eating questions and a "capture, cancel, correct" reset can interrupt it. If you're losing weight in midlife, or trying to keep it off, this is the reality check on plateaus, hormones, and inflammation that most diets never give you. This podcast aligns with Day 22 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you feel guilty when you're not busy, you're far from alone. Odette flies solo for this midweek conversation and starts with how busyness has quietly become a measure of self-worth, and doing less can feel like not doing enough. With a surprise visit from Gina, she shares the feeling with some practical advice about how you can support the new version of yourself by having and doing less. "Just because I can doesn't mean I should." This podcast aligns with Day 17 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why does change feel hardest right after you've committed to it? Breathwork trainer and transformation coach Meg Pearson has guided thousands of people through major life changes. She joins Gina Livy to walk through her seven-stage pivot cycle: the niggle, the resistance, the leap, and "the void." They talk about why we cling to familiar habits even when they aren't serving us, and how to tell when to keep going. "With every breath that we take, it's a new moment to start again." Where to Find Meghan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachmegpearson/ https://www.instagram.com/rebelsoul.media/ Website: https://megpearson.com/ Substack: https://www.megpearsonwrites.com/ This podcast aligns with Day 16 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Losing weight often people try everything: every supplement, every workout, every routine. Keeping it off is different. Gina Livy and Odette make the case that what comes next is getting picky about what actually works for you. In this Mindset Monday conversation, they look at the habits people keep out of "should" rather than results. That includes supplements you never re-evaluated, workouts that drain you, the 10-step bedtime routine and the guilt of a weekend that went fine anyway. Odette explains how narrowing down to a few habits that really help changed her year. Gina looks at why the standard advice about exercise can stop people from starting at all. Maintaining your success isn't always about doing, it can be about knowing what isn't worth doing anymore. This podcast aligns with Day 15 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Consistency isn't perfection. Sometimes it's two glasses of water on a chaotic day. In this live session, Gina Livy explains why you don't need someone to hold you accountable, why all-or-nothing people fall off as hard as they go in, and how non-negotiables can keep you going when motivation doesn't. She also takes on plateaus, weight loss while sick, hormone shifts, and whether lemon water really does anything. The program stays the same. You're the one who's changed, and that's what this episode is all about. This podcast aligns with Day 15 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Words matter. If "what's wrong with me?" is your first thought when the scale goes up or a workout gets missed, this episode is for you. Gina Livy and Odette dig into how the words you use on yourself shape your mindset, and how small changes in wording can shift everything. "I skipped my workout" becomes "I chose not to today." "I gained weight" becomes "My scale is up. Why?" "What's wrong with me?" becomes "What's going on with me?" It's the same moment with a completely different story, and the new version leads to curiosity instead of panic. This podcast aligns with Day 10 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Personal trainer Andrew Blakey specializes in resistance training for adults over 40. His first rule for beginners might surprise you: start small. Gina and Andrew talk about why getting back into exercise feels so hard, why so many people quit after the first sore week, and how the "go hard or go home" fitness culture of the '80s and '90s still shapes what we think a good workout looks like. They also cover joint-friendly strength training, why technique matters more than intensity, and why you work around pain, not through it. Andrew's message for anyone who has struggled before: you're not broken. You just started with a workout that wasn't built for where you are. Where to Find Andrew: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamandrewblakey/ Website: https://blakeybreakthrough.com/ This podcast aligns with Day 10 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenn Harper was newly sober and selling seafood when she woke from a dream that became Cheekbone Beauty, now stocked at Sephora. In this conversation with Gina Livy, she names the belief that nearly cost her the business: that she was supposed to figure it out on her own. Jenn and Gina get into the old stories that block change, what a year of everything-failing actually teaches you, the difference between regret and shame, and the morning routine that keeps Jenn steady. Her rule for anything worth doing: if you don't give up, you can't fail. This podcast aligns with Day 9 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gina Livy and Odette open week one of maintenance with a claim that sounds backwards: the food is the easy part. Knowing what to eat, when to eat, and how much to eat is learnable. What's harder is everything sitting underneath it; the fear of gaining it back, the old habits that feel comforting because they're familiar, and the quiet belief that once you hit your number, the work is finished. "My diet is over" is the thought that undoes years of progress, this is how fear of regain can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This podcast aligns with Day 8 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The scale is up two pounds after an almost perfect day. Most people read that as failure. Gina Livy reads it as a sign the weight is about to drop. Gina breaks down what the scale is actually measuring and why the number climbs right before fat is released. She covers the three signals that weight is on its way down, why weighing once a week tells you almost nothing while weighing daily tells you a lot, and why it's far harder than you think to turn the food you're eating into real fat. Trust the process. This podcast aligns with Day 8 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You wanted this for so long. So why does getting here feel a little flat? Clinical psychologist and sleep expert Dr. Beverley David joins Odette to explain why reaching your goal weight can bring a letdown instead of a lift, and why that's a normal human response, not a sign you're failing. She breaks down how anticipation and dopamine carry us through big changes, how hedonic adaptation makes even major wins feel ordinary fast, and why calm can feel strange if you grew up watching the people around you go on and off diets. She also shares her three-step approach for this stage and why your next goal may have nothing to do with the scale. Where to Find Dr. Beverley: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdrbeverley/ Website: https://www.yourpsychologycentre.ca/ This podcast aligns with Day 4 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You did the hard part. The weight is off. So why does keeping it off still feel like work? Welcome to the first Midweek Motivation of the season! Gina Livy and Odette talk openly about the slow, uninspired start that can follow weight loss, and why weight maintenance is less about food and more about knowing yourself. They get into where carbs like bread, pasta and rice fit once you're no longer trying to lose, and why an all-or-nothing mindset about them causes more trouble than the foods do. This podcast aligns with Day 3 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of us don't need more recipes. We need a plan that fits the life we're actually living. Gina sits down with Eimear Brazil to talk about cooking from scratch without the overwhelm. Eimear is a trained chef from Waterford, Ireland, and the creator of The Kitchen Shift. She's worked as a head chef, an operations chef and a food stylist, and she shares the simple systems she uses at home to eat well, waste less and spend less on groceries. She also explains why she doesn't meal prep, why flashy packaging and prime shelf space don't mean a better product, and why "healthy" and "nutritious" aren't always the same thing. Where to Find Eimear: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekitchenshift_/ TikTok & YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thekitchenshift This podcast aligns with Day 3 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone is telling you to eat more protein. Almost nobody is telling you how much you actually need or why the number you keep reading online was never written for your body. Gina Livy breaks down the protein conversation that's taken over midlife weight loss: where the 20-to-30-gram rule really came from, what protein has to do with protecting muscle through perimenopause and menopause, why the GLP-1 boom changed the whole conversation, and why chewing your food beats drinking it. This podcast aligns with Day 2 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most people treat goal weight like a finish line. Gina Livy and Odette explain why it's actually the start of a different job, and why so many people regain. They break down the three reasons weight comes back and why the "why" that got you through weight loss isn't the same as what helps you to maintain. Welcome to Day 1 of our Fall Maintenance and Mindfulness Group! This podcast aligns with Day 1 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eating less and exercising more works. That's the problem. You force your body to burn fat because there isn't enough fuel coming in and in doing that, you teach it that it needed the fat in the first place. Then it comes back, and somewhere along the way you decided that was a discipline problem. Welcome to the first live of the Fall! Today Gina Livy breaks down the difference between weight loss and fat loss, why calorie math falls apart for women in perimenopause and menopause, and the three reasons weight comes back after you've lost it. She also gets into where GLP-1 medications genuinely help, where they don't, and why food noise and appetite are only part of the picture. This podcast aligns with Day 1 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod There is still time to join the Fall Program and there are two ways to join you can purchase the Fall Session for $99, or become a member for $20/month for year-round support, access to every session, Livy AI, member perks and more. The program is meant to fit into your life, not make your life the program. So start when you’re ready, make it work for you, and visit livymethod.com to join us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can eat in a calorie deficit and still not lose weight. If your sleep is wrecked, your stress has been chronic for years and you've quietly lost muscle, the deficit isn't fixing what's underneath it all. Gina Livy brings five experts to the table to cut through the noise on hormones, sleep, stress and weight loss: Dr. Olinca Trejo on why insulin resistance is a symptom and not a diagnosis, Dr. Paul Hrkal on rebuilding trust with a body you've stopped believing in, clinical psychologist Dr. Beverley David on replacing judgment with curiosity, sleep and stress educator Alanna McGinn on why rest and sleep are not the same thing, and learning strategist Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer on the smallest possible first step. Looking to make change this Fall, start here. Where to Find Them: Dr. Beverley David Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdrbeverley/ Website: https://www.yourpsychologycentre.ca/ Dr. Olinca Trejo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.olinca/ Email: info@drolinca.com Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awakenedlearning/ Website: https://www.awakenedlearning.ca/ Dr. Paul Hrkal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drpaulhrkal/ Website: http://www.paulhrkalnd.com Alanna McGinn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alanna.mcginn/ Website: https://alannamcginn.com/ Podcast: https://www.thebedtimeedit.com This podcast aligns with Sep 9th of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Food is not the enemy. Baking is not the enemy. Our relationship with food is usually the problem. Colin Asuncion, Great Canadian Baking Show finalist and judge on the new Halloween Bakeshop, joins Gina for an honest conversation about baking without the guilt. His advice for anyone who loves to bake but doesn't want to eat the whole tray: make the batch, have one, give the rest away. They also cover the ingredient swaps that genuinely work and the ones that ruin a bake, why almond-flour desserts beat most gluten-free flour substitutes, how to freeze baked goods so they actually keep and the pantry staples that let you make almost anything. Halloween Bake Shop premieres September 13 on Flavor Network and Stack TV. Where to find Colin: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colinasuncion TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colinasuncion This podcast aligns with Sep 8th of our Summer Club, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Summer Club Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring20 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.