I’m Jen Powter and I’m a brain science nerd. 🤓 Uncovering why we are the way we are and always looking to improve and innovative ways to do that realllyyyy excites me! Because you can’t change what you aren’t aware of. If you want to make peace with your body and create better experiences - [...]
“Drinking more water and fasting are free.” Someone wrote this in a comment on one of my YouTube videos. Ok, let’s break this down for a second… Yes, drinking more water and fasting are free - but neither is permanent. What I mean is neither is the answer to losing weight. You need food to [...]
We got a puppy. He’s a St. Bernard/Poodle mix named Harley. (cue the oohs and awes...now) He really is that cute. He’s also the best "health coach" I’ve ever seen. In the few weeks he’s been with us, I started to notice simple things he does that can directly impact your weight loss and health. [...]
Physiologically, there are very few barriers to healthy, permanent weight loss. This means that weight loss is something you can absolutely expect from yourself. So, what is in the way? Is it hormones, metabolism, perimenopause, post-menopause, or thyroid? Yes, these things can have an influence on your weight loss journey, but they are not the [...]
If you’re Canadian (like me!) then Thanksgiving already happened for you but this is great information for really any holiday that involves, family, food, and friends. Are you in the United States or celebrating Thanksgiving in November? Then this is a must-read for you. When you hear talk about giving thanks or feeling grateful (the [...]
Healthy, permanent weight loss. (As in the weight is not coming back) You want to know how to get there. Chances are, you think this will involve a diet. And even if you don’t think that, you probably believe it requires some sort of restrictive program. You’ll have to go Paleo, choose Keto, cut out [...]
Ever feel like you’re on vacation or at a friend’s house for dinner, or at a holiday party with co-workers and there is always more pressure to be unhealthy rather than healthy? You’re sitting there with a soda water and everyone keeps saying, “Come on! Let me get you a drink…” or “You only had [...]
Is there a right way to lose weight? The answer is YES. There absolutely is! But there isn’t one right way for everyone. What’s right for you may be different from your best friend, neighbor, co-worker, etc. In order to figure out what that right way looks like for you, the first step is understanding [...]
If you’ve been thinking about wanting to lose weight, the real question becomes how do you make it permanent this time? Because, chances are, you’ve lost weight before - it worked - but it didn’t last, and you are looking to figure out a way to achieve healthy permanent weight loss. The good news is [...]
You want to be successful with weight loss. Sure, you’ve lost weight before but it comes back, and when that happens it makes you feel like a failure or that somehow you just don’t have what it takes. (Not true, by the way. We’ll get to that.) All those nasty voices seep in and it [...]
