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Ep 0098 – Depression and Ranting and Welcome New BCs!

Laurie's face is really red as she eats and orange.
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My face is burning and I need some moisture and energy from the exercise on such a hot day. My tangerine to the rescue!

Podcast Recap

Despite my latest bout with depression, I hike the mountain to let go of self-anger. I fill you in on my social media changes. Welcome to three new BCs, Lisa, Happy, and Natalie from Australia. Suz goes on the bravery report for her live commentary about Day 97 and how it triggered her to consider the origins of her distrust and people pleasing. Suz gives a shout-out to Brandi for her bravery hotline call on day 48. I share the highs and lows of my latest voice acting adventures. I then use my best voice acting skills to read you my watershed blog post, Warning! Catharsis ahead – not for the faint hearted! Strong Language! And btw, I DON’T have a blasted weight problem! I welcome new BC, June who commented on that post and feature Dawny’s supportive comment.
Blue skies and sparse trees against the sky.

The start of the trail. Man it is hot! But it is also very beautiful. I take a minute to post to IG so Sophie will know what music I’m rocking out to as I climb.

Mentioned

Comments from NEW BCs

Lisa’s comment on Day 96

Cheryl’s welcome for Lisa

Stéfanie from Quebec’s welcome for Lisa with her handle on MFP

Happy With My Body’s comment on Day 17

Happy_With_My_Body on Instagram

Natalie from Australia’s comment on Day 20

June’s comment on my ranting blog post

COD pages and posts

My blog post about depression

Day 97 that Suz did her commentary on

Day 48 where Brandi called the bravery hotline

My blog post rant

Dawny’s supportive comment on my Rant

Bravery Sayings

My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach

Want to be part of the Brave Companion Song?

How to Send your audio for the Brave Companion Song or Foolish Fun or To tell your Story

    Note: For the Brave Companion Song

  1. please say your name
  2. where you are from in general
  3. why you are brave or like being a BC

Note: For Foolish Fun
Tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Ways to support the show financially

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
Commentary: Suz
Voice Acting Coach: David Babich
Voice Acting Director: Marc Cashman

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

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Ep 0097 – Learning to Trust on the Mountains AND in the Valleys

Laurie in her straw hat taken from overhead pointing out a wooden bench
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Ok, I’m probably past the point of taking too many selfies now! I’m trying to get a unique view of the Next to Top Zen place bench and not be so same old, some old.

Podcast Recap

I’m totally surprised when distrust bubbles up as what to let go of today. I ponder the roots of why I don’t trust myself or others and how I might let down that wall. I highlight the blog of BC and Instagram buddy, Sarah Nicole Hupp, then I tell tales from Facebook welcoming new BC Mary, finding out what Suz is up to and I answer a serious question about the diagnosis of compulsive eating. Thank you to my latest generous Coffee Klatcher and my first Canadian Amazon shopper. A new country floods the blog with visits, our first BC from Israel, Stacey comments, and Stéfanie from Quebec reveals her thoughts about our holiday show. I discuss what’s under my latest serious tangle with the Robot aliens and the support I received from Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin on her secret FB group and BCs Sue from the UK, Dawny, Cheryl, and Fionna on my own blog post.Finally Dawny shares great news and gives us a unique way to approach the new year.
Close up of wild buckwheat fronds against blue sky and wispy clouds

Love how the sweep of blue sky is highlighted from this close up of wild buckwheat – at least I THINK it is buckwheat.

Stacked rocks close up on the trail

Someone else has been placing prayer rocks along the trail. I’m encouraged by it. Good thing, this was a challenging day and climb.

Sunny blue day with foothills seen from the hiking trail

Beautiful winter view on the way down the mountain. I am lucky to enjoy such a vista.

Mentioned

My Instagram buddy, Sarah Nicole Hupp

Sarah Nicole Hupp on Instagram

Sarah Nicole’s blog, Freedom from the Noise

Sarah’s post about 7 steps to a healthier life

Support for my binge

My blog post about what was under my binge,Feeling Fat and Other Binge Triggers

Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin’s site, Win the Diet War

My guest blog post for Dr. Nina’s Make Peace with Food

Intuitive Eating Community.org the community for Intuitive Eaters

Sue from the UK’s supportive comment

Cheryl’s supportive comment

Fionna’s sympathetic comment

Dawny’s supportive comment

Jenny’s New Year wish

Tales from Facebook

Compulsive Overeating Diary’s Facebook page – bookmark it and check out my status reports, my body balance numbers, comments from BCs, links and resources by BCs and more fun stuff you may NEVER see if you just wait for your news feed to float by. Also, you don’t have to have a FB account to see the show page. Go ahead, take a risk, and come visit.

Mary’s post on the show’s Facebook page

Suz’s announcement on the FB page

Certificate you can fill out and print to celebrate listening to ALL of the COD episodes like Suzanne did

How to Send your audio for the Brave Companion Song or Foolish Fun or To tell your Story

    Note: For the Brave Companion Song

  1. please say your name
  2. where you are from in general
  3. why you are brave or like being a BC

The Holiday Show

The Holiday episode on Day 95

Stacey from Israel’s comment

Stéfanie from Quebec’s holiday recap comment

Day 96 where Sue from the UK send audio about her lovely church service. Go here to support her for her bravery in letting us hear her voice.

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes
Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Ways to support the show financially

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

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Ep 0096 – Bonus – Disappointment isn’t Devastation

Laurie in a red hiking scarf in a grassy area on the trail with trees behind
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At the next to upper Zen place on New Year’s Eve Eve, I tried to replicate my selfie logo shot since I was wearing the same scarf, but couldn’t quite get it. Guess that was a one time happy accident.

Podcast Recap

From the mountain top on New Year’s Eve Eve I ponder the difference between disappointment and devastation. Stats about the blog. Who were the top 5 posters? Which episodes or posts were the most viewed? How many sold out shows of the Sydney Opera house would be equivalent to the total views of CompulsiveOvereatingDiary.com in 2014? Sue from the U.K. goes on the bravery report by telling us in her own voice about a special Christmas service she attended. BC Fionna’s latest entry about the coming year on her own blog, Fionna Sings, is featured. More about where you can post on CompulsiveOvereatingDiary.com. My watershed moments with self awareness, fun and feeling unexpectedly fat during Mark and my holiday in the Danish town of Solvang in California wine country. Supportive comments by Fionna, Dawny and Cheryl. A surprising comment from my therapist.

Cloudy grey skies above the mountain side. A lone tree in foreground.

The clouds rolled in as the temperature dropped.

A web of bare branches against a grey sky

I thought these rare bare branches in Southern California made an interesting photo.

Mentioned

Top 5 viewed posts of 2014

  1. Assorted Photos from Laurie’s Weight Story
  2. Trusting the Mirror, Photos or Your Heart?
  3. Ep 0068 – Depression and Always Feeling Responsible. I’ll Miss You Robin Williams
  4. Ep 0004 – Pathetic or not, here I come!
  5. Ep 0080 – Bonus – Support Group Details and Help! Crazy Fears!

Good places to post on CompulsiveOvereatingDiary.com

  1. Who are the brave companions? Tell your story
  2. The Bravery Report Post here as many times as you wish whenever you feel you did something brave. Also, you can find PDF rewards for bravery and for listening to all of the episodes.
  3. Advice Wanted – post here when you WANT feedback and advice on your situation
  4. Episode Index – find the day you want to post on of the podcast
  5. Blog Post Index – find blog posts to comment on

The excellent show notes and blog that NOBODY ever visits, at DailyAdventureTales.com

The Holiday Extravaganza Episode

BC Fionna’s Blog post about the coming year

My Christmas Intuitive Eating blog post

Fionna’s supportive comment on my Christmas adventure

Dawny’s comment

Cheryl’s comment

My response to Cheryl

Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Ways to support the show financially

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our new feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

Resource of the day

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Ep 0092 – Assuming Along the Shore and Stéfanie’s Secret Topic 5

Laurie holds her recorder up by her face on a stormy day on the beach
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Here I am praying for a break in the rain with my trusty Roland 05 getting ready to record during the storm in Ventura.

Podcast Recap

Taking a chance I grab my umbrella and record from the beach of Ventura in the lull of a rainstorm. I explore how assumptions can derail us from our dreams and goals. We welcome three new brave companions who step forward to share their stories. First is Fernando from Brazil who has just realized emotions play a part in his eating issues, despite feeling too skinny his entire life. Next up is Shell from Wales, who has visual as well as eating challenges and is delighted to find companions via the show. Then comes Vena from Texas who goes on the bravery report for posting her story for all to see on Day 91. Featured too are supportive welcoming comments to Vena’s original post by Cheryl and Stéfanie from Quebec. Chelsea is another new BC who contacted me on Facebook and shares her blog, Random Thoughts. Finally it’s time for another of Stéfanie’s Secret Topics of the Day – In this, the fifth in the series where Stéfanie surprises me, she comes up with a pertinent topic about schedules and social life getting in the way of our goals.

Seagull on the sand looks out to sea on an overcast day

A lone gull contemplates the sea.

A rock jetty sticks out into the waves by a sandy shore

Waves break gently against a rock jetty. Is it the calm before more storm?

Mentioned

My rainy day blog post

Alen’s episode on Progress, Not Perfection with Andrew Walen about his book, Man Up to Eating Disorders that I recommended to Fernando from Brazil

The Past Lives Episode

How to send audio to support Shell or to tell your story

Vena’s original comment on day 91 and the welcomes by Stêfanie, Cberyl and me

Chelsea’s blog, Random Thoughts

Episode where Diane the Champion calls the bravery hotline directly following a binge

Episode where Amy from WI calls the bravery hotline about stumbles with Intuitive Eating and how she refocuses

Episode based on Crystal’s Advice I call Plan Bitch, Binge or Be

The first episode I did on People Pleasing

Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Ways to support the show financially

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our new feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
Stéfanie’s Secret Topic Intro Announcer: Mark Weaver
Stéfanie’s Secret Topic concept, content and voice by: Stéfanie Lepage

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

Sounds used in Stéfanie’s Secret Topic Intro

  • Space background loop
    http://www.freesound.org/people/zagi2/sounds/178573/
  • Space Alien ray gun zap sound
    http://www.freesound.org/people/NoiseCollector/sounds/43041/
  • The Human Has been Neutralised
    http://www.freesound.org/people/cityrocker/sounds/128649/
  • Eating Chips
    http://www.freesound.org/people/fresco/sounds/48933/
  • Zen Cello
    http://www.freesound.org/people/Nightlife999/sounds/144971/

Resource of the day


4 Ways Making Assumptions Can Ruin Your Life by Steve Bloom, on the blog, Dumb Little Man Tips for Life. An easy to read pondering about the dangers of assumptions. Don’t assume you should give this one a miss!
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Ep 0091 – Bonus – Buck Tradition! Our Thanksgiving by the Sea

Laurie in bike gear looking out at waves on a beach
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I gaze out at the waves during an early morning bike ride in Ventura. I’m very happy to be here and NOT out fighting for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving

Podcast Recap

The day after Thanksgiving I hit the bike path along the coast of Ventura to ponder my own Thanksgiving memories and to wonder, do we NEED to keep doing things the way we always have? Stéfanie from Quebec comments on Thanksgiving in Canada, Amy from WI has a great Thanksgiving and Cheryl’s hubby has a surprising victory on Turkey day.

Waves, sand, palm trees, path.

Looking at part of the bike path in Ventura in the early morning.

Waves crash along the beach on a sunny day with no clouds

Here is a close up view of the waves you can hear in Day 91’s episode.

Mark fastens bikes to the back of a red convertible on a sunny day by palm trees

Mark puts the bikes back on our red convertible. This car is my pride and joy, but since I retired it only comes out for road trips or to take company who want a true California experience for rides in our neighborhood.

Mentioned

Here you can find out ALL about American Thanksgiving Traditions and history thanks to the History Channel

My Thanksgiving blog post

Stéfanie from Quebec’s comment about Thanksgiving in Canada

Amy from WI’s wonderful Thanksgiving report

Cheryl’s report about her hubby’s Thanksgiving success

Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Ways to support the show financially

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our new feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

Resource of the day

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