The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori Doddy
Welcome to the Grit & Grace podcast! I’m Dr. Lori Doddy and we’re going to talk about topics that help you live life with a powerful combination of perseverance and resilience with a heavy dose of grace. Join me each week and expect straight from the heart, real talk that will leave you feeling more balanced, inspired, and empowered to live your best life possible. But make no mistake, I’m no woo woo guru so you won’t find fluff here. I’m all about applicable advice. Please subscribe and enjoy!
Episodes
This week I share food, fun, business, and personal updates.
I unexpectedly got into thoughts around spending time with loved ones - in particular our grown kids. And I share thoughts around how that impacts our relationships as well as our identity at this stage of life.
I also chat about how our lives has recently changed in terms of daily routines and how that affects eating schedules. In that, I share some tips for quick, ...
In this episode, I talk about weight loss versus fat loss - the latter being what YOU say you really want.
And I share what it actually takes to successfully drop that stubborn fat despite the hormone changes and metabolic struggles of menopause.
There's certainly a nuance to doing it in a healthy way that lasts because it's much more complex than "calories in, calories out."
And if you're serious about wanting to lose weight...
Listen in as Gwen explains how and why it took strategy and support to help her lose over 100 lbs in 10 months!
Gwen was one of my first clients almost 10 years ago. In her early 60s, she started her weight loss and health journey when she thought she was "too old" and it was "too late."
She'd lost weight many times previously on her own. You'll hear how she was the "lady of a 1000 diets." So she didn't think she needed help.
I...
This time in life is such a physical transition. I chat about the weight gain, the slugglish metabolism, the hormone struggles, night sweats, and more. And I help women solve those issues for good.
But it's about so much more than the physical changes we experience. This transition comes with emotional struggles too.
And here's the thing...
Even when we manage ALL of these cha...
Summer is fun!
We look forward to the warmer temps, vacations to the beach, and weekend or longer lake trips. And with those travels, many of you have concerns about "busting the diet" and gaining weight.
I get it! It's a struggle I had for years. An...
In today’s episode, we’re chatting about life…
Listen in as we “catch up” about travel, busy-ness, and other random topics that we all deal with as women.
I’d love your thoughts on these types of real chats.
WAYS WE CAN CONNECT!
Join my FREE community for busy, professional women over 40 where I give research-backed tips, strate...
This episode has been a long time in coming. And it may elicit debate. But the fact is…
Weight loss injections are here, and they’re not going away.
So more than ever, women are asking me questions about them, including, “Are they cheating?” or “Can I join your program?” or “Will you help me if I’m using it?”
In this episode, I answer those questions. But I also talk about how these weight loss drugs work, clarify ...
In this episode, I chat with Whitney, who recently completed my 12 week Metabolic Resuscitation System and coaching program.
Her story is similar to many of the women coming into metabolic coaching with me:
She knows how to eat healthy. She's worked out for years. She was even an athlete in high school. But nothing was working for her anymore, so her frustration with her body mounted.
Until... ...
Whether you're experiencing the very beginnings of perimenopausal challenges, you're in menopause, or even post-menopausal...
In this transitional period of life, you to face different kinds of body and health struggles. The typical ways of "eating healthy" and "clean eating" just don't work during this time.
In helping women navigate menopause, I’ve noticed that more and more, a new struggle is coming up: Many of them are also face caretaking for aging and/or ill parents.
In today’s episode, I dive into several ways this new caretaking role takes its toll. And I share tips for how to juggle the demands of that role as you’re also navigating menopause and your own health.
Roger joins me for today's show as we share our experience with a serious health scare and his unexpected emergency hospitalization.
We dive into the warning signs we "explained away" - like so many of us do - and we opely share how that could have been fatal, as well as the aftermath and his journey back to health.
I pray our story helps you be more aware and if you need to DO something - like we did - before it gets this ser...
This episode is a little different. Listen in as I share with you a very personal journey.
But let me back up a little…
I was in a planning meeting discussing goals and marketing for our metabolic coaching program for women over 40.
Right after that, I listened to last week’s episode of this podcast - my interview with one of our c...
Angela, a successful woman in her 50s who already struggled with her weight, hit menopause and the scale went "up, up, up without stopping."
She had tried many programs to drop the weight, but the pounds always came back. So she was "over" investing because nothing worked for long.
Until... she found me online. :)
In this episode, Angela shares how she stopped her weight loss struggles and dropped pou...
After several years in this business, I’m used to talking to women who feel defeated and beaten down by their struggle with weight and menopause.
In today’s episode, I do a bit of a rant about how the weight loss industry is part of the problem.
I offer you some blunt and unedited insights into how and why that is the case. I attempt to give you clarity around the situation. And I offer sugge...
In today's chat, I'm tackling a part of menopause that goes unspoken - even now that a few celebrities are talking more about this time in life
It's still being treated as a taboo... despite it being a common struggle.
Depression...
I hope I break down some of the difficulty around this topic in sharing why it happens and offer a few ways to navigate it as our hormones fluctuate.
Enjoy what I share and reach out if you want to kn...
So here's the thing about weight loss at this stage of our lives...
It's just not the same for each one of us. That's one reason "diets" don't work for you in the long-term. You need a more individualized approach.
But... in this episode (that I recorded last year for women in my Free Total Wellness communitity on Facebook) I share the one thing you can do that will make a huge difference!
If you're wondering if this is about...
You're successful in everything you do...
But water intake is an uphill battle you can't seem to grasp!
Sound familiar?
I tackle that exact issue in today’s episode and give you practical strategies to help you up your intake.
I also share some little know reasons those ounces are so important and how to get hydrated in a way that actually keeps you from sta...
Forget the "New Year New You" Hype: A Different Approach to Setting Goals So You Actually Reach Them
In this episode, I take a more practical look at how to set goals this year, so you don’t just write them down then forget about them again.
Total transparency - this episode was inspired by a conversation I had with my own mentor and coach about my goals for 2024.
Yes, I still invest in coaching for myself, and I’ll always do that so I not only accomplish my goals, but also, so I get ther...
It's the week after the holiday - if you're listening to this episode when it's published. (And if it's some other time of year, these are great tips for ANY TIME!)
I know the last month or so with all of the eating, drinking, and celebrating - along with the busy-ness of getting ready for the holiday - may have taken a toll on you.
So in today's episode, I share a few things that I DON'T DO in the week after a holi...
You're successful in everything you do…
But menopause is a battle you can't seem to win!
Sound familiar?
Listen, I get it.
When we have a problem, if what we already know isn’t working…
As driven, educated women, we research, and we solve it. Period. Game over, right?!
So why isn’t that working with MENOPAUSE?
I tackle that exact issue in today’s episode.
I shar...
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