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Dare to Leap


Jul 14, 2021

Liza Baker is a full-time health coach and nonprofit consultant, self-published author, blogger, podcaster, and woefully underpaid COO of a busy family of four spread across the globe. She knows what it’s like to be under-appreciated and overworked, and it’s her mission to help mission-driven women regain control of their lives and feel good! In this week’s episode, Liza shares how to break your bad food habits, start to love your kitchen again, and what to do when you’re having insane food cravings that just won’t quit!

 

Key takeaways:

  • Liza has had a diverse background throughout her life. She started her career teaching Chinese!
  • Cooking at home is such a lost art! People feel like it takes so much time.
  • It really comes down to the relationship you have with food, not the food itself.
  • Women often fall into chronic caregiving. People need stuff done at work, and then when we come home, our little humans need help too. There is no break!
  • Women love support roles. More so than men. Out of the 300 people Kathy has trained, she has trained five men.
  • There’s nothing wrong with being in a support role unless you’re getting taken advantage of. And more often than not, women are getting taken advantage of!
  • Kathy and her husband have switched roles in the household. It’s great! It really works well in their relationship.
  • Kathy felt like she woke up one day and was like, why am I trying to kill myself with food?
  • Some of Liza’s favorite cooking tips are “plan overs.”
  • Don’t know how to cook? Start small. Learn the basics first.
  • Why is it we want the best stuff, but refuse to pay for good quality food?
  • What should you do with cravings or when you really want a treat?
  • The emotions this year have been off the charts. It makes sense why we’re so stressed out and need comfort food.
  • Are you waiting to “go back to normal”? Why? Normal didn’t work for a lot of people.
  • A good and strong habit starts in layers.
  • What’s the difference between self-care vs. soul care?
  • It’s so important to shift your energy to a more positive and optimistic one. It will completely change the way you manage stress, how you show up at work or life, and your relationship with food.
  • How would things look if this was EASY?

 

Resources:

Simply-healthcoaching.com

Liza on LinkedIn

Jamesclear.com/habits

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg

 

Quotes:

 

“Let’s talk about the food you’re putting in your mouth, but let’s talk about why you’re putting it in there, too. It’s very often your relationship with food that’s the issue rather than the food itself.”

 

“We’re very used to thinking about food is food is food and somehow we’ve fallen into this idea; we want the best car, the best insurance policy, the best house, but our food should cost 99 cents.”

 

“Normal didn’t work for a lot of people. Normal has not worked for women, people of color. It has not worked. Let’s not go back to that.”