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Are you a busy physician who wants to lose weight permanently so you can have the life you want? This podcast is the resource you’ve been looking for. I’ll guide you on the journey to overcome stress eating, exhaustion, and overwhelm - and move into freedom around food.
Each week, this podcast brings you specific tools and resources to meet the challenges busy doctors face. Your time is valuable - and so is your well-being. We’ll help you find the time to care for yourself as well as you care for your patients.
Learn new ways of thinking that make good eating decisions automatic and result in permanent, effortless weight loss. Find out how to gain the time and energy to take care of yourself the way you tell your patients to! We’ll show you how to stop overeating and using food to deal with stress and exhaustion. You’ll learn to improve your relationships and to better deal with the difficult people in your life so you don’t need food to cope. This can be the best stage of your life yet - just like you thought it would be when you started your training. And most importantly, feel better in all aspects of your life without anything or anyone else having to change.
Your host, Dr. Katrina Ubell, is a board-certified pediatrician and a certified life and weight loss coach. After completing her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Dr. Ubell worked in a private pediatric practice for 10 years before retiring from her practice to become a life and weight loss coach for busy physicians. Dr. Ubell lost 45 pounds in 12 months without any surgery, pills, or unhealthy crash diets.
You can find out more about Dr. Ubell and her work at www.katrinaubellmd.com.
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I am a recovered speed eater… and you can be too! In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, I’m revealing the hidden causes behind your speed eating and how it could be harming your health. I’m sharing things like how to know if you’re a speed eater, how long it should take you to eat a meal, and tips to slow down your eating so you can improve your relationship with food. Topics covered in this episode include:How you could be self-sabotaging without realizing it The...
Are you weaponizing your independence?In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, we’re exploring what weaponized independence is, how it prevents you from getting the help you need, and how to break the cycle that it traps you in. Topics covered in this episode include:What help resistance is How to overcome weaponized independenceWhy it’s not sustainable to exist without help If you have a hard time asking for help when you need it, this probably applies to you. Tune ...
If you had told me 10 years ago that it was possible for me to stop eating at night, I would’ve called BS. It was a habit that I didn’t think I could ever shake, but guess what? I was wrong! In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, I’m sharing the tips and tricks I used to break the habit of eating at night when I wasn’t really hungry so that I could have peace and freedom around food at all hours of the day and night. Topics covered in this episode include:Why you eat at...
Weight loss medications have been taking the media by storm; let’s talk about it!I have a little more experience and insight into weight loss medications since the last time we talked about them on the podcast, so I think it’s about time for an update. In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, we’re breaking down the stigma around taking or not taking weight loss medications, what to do if you can’t take weight loss medications even though you want to, and alternative ways to g...
Have you ever felt more stressed after vacation than you did before?In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, I’m sharing tips and tricks to combat this common experience so that you can enjoy your next vacation in peace knowing that everything will be under control when you get home. We’re also talking about how to get back into a normal routine with food so that you don’t feel like vacation has derailed your progress toward a healthy relationship with food and your body. Topi...
So, Match Day didn’t go your way. What now?In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, I’m sharing three do’s and don’ts to help you get through the grief of not getting the Match Day results you wanted. If you didn’t match or you matched with a place low on your list, I’m here to validate and normalize how you’re feeling, help you process your emotions, and walk you through your possible next steps.Topics covered in this episode include:Processing the emotions that you might feel if ...
Litigation is a taboo subject in the medical field, but what if we could change that?A lot of doctors live in fear of one day being sued but not a lot of us talk about it. By bringing it up on the Weight Loss for Busy Physicians podcast, I hope that we can open up the discussion and make it less of a scary subject. Dr. Gita Pensa is joining us to discuss how we can support doctors (including ourselves) through litigation so they make it out in one piece rather than broken apart by trauma...
How can you stop overeating in social situations?If it sounds impossible to you, listen up. There are all kinds of reasons that you might overeat in social situations and I know we can’t cover all of them in one podcast episode, but I’m going to cover the basics and give you some tools to get started with so you can address your thoughts and beliefs about social eating and make some positive changes. This episode will walk you through some different scenarios and how to handle them and l...
Are you in the mood for a little heart-to-heart? I think most of us are craving more connection in our lives, so I’d love to take this episode as an opportunity to get real and raw with you and meet you wherever you’re at. In this cozy and chatty episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, we’re talking all about ways to improve your well-being. I’m specifically referencing Shira Gill's list of 12 things within your control to focus on to improve your well-being. If, like me, y...
What if I told you you could ditch the concept of portion control, never think about it again, and still lose weight?I’m here to challenge some widely held beliefs about portion control because, to be honest, I don’t like it and I don’t think it’s helpful. Many of us feel like we have to use portion control to lose weight even though we don’t enjoy it and it doesn’t feel good. I don’t know about you, but that’s not how I want to live my life. Tune into this episode of Weight Loss for Bus...
Do you spend more time thinking about how you feel or how you look?Like so many of us, you’ve probably been conditioned to put more importance on how you look. There’s not necessarily anything wrong with that, but if it’s at the cost of how you feel, it might be time for something to change. In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, we’re exploring the difference between how you feel and how you look and how to shift your priorities from one to the other. I’m here to help you create...
When was the last time you thought about simplifying your life? One of the biggest problems that people run into when they’re trying to lose weight or improve their relationship with food is finding time. It can feel impossible to fit one more thing into your already busy schedule. If that’s true for you, I want to help you figure out how to simplify your schedule to create the results you want.If you don’t have time for the things that are most important to you, then your life has proba...
Do you ever feel like no one really understands what it’s like to be in a medical marriage? Whether you’re a doctor or you’re married to one, a lot of the challenges you face are unique to your situation. Sara Payne is a master-certified relationships coach who specializes in helping women create rock-solid relationships with the most important people in their lives. I invited her to join us on the Weight Loss for Busy Physicians podcast to talk about this because if anyone gets it...
Do you think you’re a sensitive person?We’re conditioned to think that it’s bad to be sensitive. If you’ve ever been told you’re being “too sensitive,” you’ll know what I mean, but is sensitivity really a bad trait to have? I don’t think so and I’m going to explain why. In this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians, we’re exploring how to know if you’re a sensitive person and what that means. I’m sharing a list of 21 signs that you’re a highly sensitive person, so if it’s something ...
What could you be delegating to make your life easier?I want you to really consider this question as you listen to this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians. I think when we have so much going on in our busy lives, we forget that we could ask for help with some of it. Yes, it will cost you to hire help, but how much is your time and well-being worth to you? When you look into it, a lot of the time you’ll find that hiring help pays for itself pretty quickly and becomes invaluable.&n...
Do you struggle to treat yourself with compassion?Self-compassion is a hidden gem in the world of well-being and mental health. A lot of people know about it but not so many people know how to practice it. Sometimes we even start to beat ourselves up for not practicing it, which is totally counterproductive! So how do we change?My goal for this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians is to not only teach you how to start being more compassionate towards yourself, but also to give you a tas...
Why do you need to believe that success is possible before you can achieve somethingMaybe you feel like there’s an obvious answer to this question or maybe not. Either way, I invite you to explore it with me in this episode of Weight Loss for Busy Physicians. We’re delving into why you need to believe that success is possible, how to start believing it, and how to continue believing it along your journey to success. Topics covered in this episode include:How to know if success is possibl...
What would happen if you stopped forcing yourself to eat food you don’t like?This made a huge difference for me when I was losing weight for the last time and changing my relationship with food. In order to have peace and freedom around food, I had to like the food I was eating. Makes sense, right?There are a lot of reasons you might eat food that doesn’t taste good to you. Maybe as a kid, you had to eat everything on your plate. Maybe everyone’s telling you you need to eat the latest trendy ...
How do your clothes make you feel? If they don’t make you feel happy, confident, and like yourself, what can we do to change that?It’s become normalized to get help in a lot of areas of our lives which I think is a great thing, but there are still many areas where it hasn’t. There’s one area in particular that I want to take a look at that you might not have considered before, and that’s your wardrobe. If you look at other people’s style and wish you could dress like them but you don’t k...
Do you dread having to speak in front of groups of people? Do you get so nervous your heart starts racing and you can’t focus on what you’re supposed to say?Yeah, same. At least I used to! It took a long time, but I’ve finally overcome my fear of public speaking! I’m so excited to be able to say that and to share with you how I did it because I know I’m not the only one who struggles with this. The thing that helped me was surprising and yet also seemed so obvious at the same time. I’m s...
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