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Your Brain Is Loyal to the Old You with Leisse Wilcox Nov 10, 2026

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You finally lose the weight, and you’re still the same person. Leisse Wilcox knows that feeling firsthand. The bestselling author of To Call Myself Beloved and The Courage Code joins Gina Livy to talk about why lasting change is really an identity shift, and why your brain treats that shift as a threat.

How did self-love get turned into something to sell you, when self-acceptance is the real goal. Leisse walks through a free-writing exercise for bringing up the beliefs you’ve been avoiding, and how to name them, de-shame them and reframe them. She also explains why most memoirs read like a bad wedding speech, and why everyone (yes, you) has a story worth telling.

Where to Find Leisse:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leissewilcox/

Website: https://www.leissewilcox.com/

Contact Leisse about the Same Page Author Mastermind - starting January 5th

Books: The Courage Code, Alone: The Truth + Beauty of Belonging, To Call Myself Beloved: A Story of Hope, Healing, and Coming Home, all available on amazon.ca. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1989716032?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzginalivy-20&creativeASIN=1989716032&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.1VY9UG9SDUQMR&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin&th=1

This podcast aligns with Day 57 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app and community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod

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Maintenance: Mindset Monday Nov 09, 2026

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Strong bones, better sleep, being able to carry your own groceries decades from now. They’re all good reasons to take care of yourself. But when did being healthy stop being any fun?

With Gina away, Odette and Kim talk about why healthy living in midlife can turn into a list of shoulds, and what changes when you chase a forever feeling instead of a forever number. They also cover how to keep your habits when your routine falls apart, why putting yourself first can feel harder after you’ve reached your goal weight, and how the end of the year turns a Monday problem into a January problem.

Plus, a preview of Wednesday’s guest: Joan MacDonald of Train with Joan, who started strength training at 70.

This podcast aligns with Day 57 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

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The Livy Method: Week 8, Day 57 Nov 09, 2026

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Grief. Caregiving. An illness you can’t shake, or an injury that keeps you out of the gym. In some seasons of life, simply not gaining weight is the win, and nobody talks about that enough.

Gina, who has kept off more than 100 pounds for over 30 years, explains why your weight is meant to ebb and flow, why your set point is a range rather than a single number, and the real reasons people regain weight: not giving the body time to adjust, life changes that knock out your routine, and old coping habits creeping back in unnoticed. She also shares how to rethink what you eat when you can’t move the way you used to.

This podcast aligns with Day 57 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app and community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod

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Maintenance: Midweek Motivation Week 7, Day 52 Nov 04, 2026

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With Gina away, Odette and Kim take your questions in an Ask Us Anything and get honest about their own journeys. Kim lost more than 50 pounds and kept it off for years, until menopause. Odette lost over 40 pounds in 2021 and saw some return during a hard stretch of family illness and loss. They share the hardest part of each of their journeys, why there’s no “forever weight” you suddenly arrive at, and whether you really have to eat this way for the rest of your life.

This podcast aligns with Day 52 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

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The Livy Method: Tweak This Week Nov 04, 2026

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Most of us finish a meal before our brain has caught up to our stomach. So how do you know when you’ve actually had enough?

Kim and Odette, a nutritionist, answer listener questions about a simple test: eat half your meal, wait 20 to 30 minutes, then decide how much more you really need. They explain why the pause gives your digestion and hunger signals time to catch up, how to make it work if you’re on a GLP-1, and how building your whole plate first can show you’re overdoing protein while chasing that 30-gram goal.

The rest is rapid-fire. They cover staying on track on weekends and girls’ trips, leafy greens that travel without wilting or smelling, whether water is masking your fullness, and what to do when you have no appetite. They also share the habit changes that mattered most in their own weight loss, from giving up running on coffee until mid-afternoon to protecting sleep.

This podcast aligns with Day 52 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app and community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod

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The Livy Method: Week 7, Day 51 Nov 03, 2026

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Food noise is loudest at night for a reason. It’s the first quiet moment of the day, and everything you didn’t have time to feel finally gets a turn.

Psychotherapist-turned-coach Jenna Jones, who helps women in midlife break the restrict-binge cycle, joins Kim and Odette to explain what food noise really is. She covers how it differs from hunger, cravings and emotional eating, why no other reward feels as good as food, and why the foods you forbid are the ones you end up bingeing on (hello, milkshake study). She also shares a 20-minute rule for riding out an urge without white-knuckling it. Plus, what to do when your honest answer is “I want to eat the whole cake.”

Where to Find Jenna:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findyourfoodpeace/

Free Masterclass: The Restriction-Binge Cycle Solution: https://coachjennajones.com/register

This podcast aligns with Day 51 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod

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Maintenance: Week 7, Day 50 Nov 02, 2026

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November is the gray zone. Not quite fall, not quite winter, and dark by dinner. With Gina away, Odette and Kim unpack the post-Halloween trifecta: leftover candy, a time change your body hasn’t caught up to, and shorter days that quietly shift your hunger, your mood and your evening routine. Their advice: don’t overhaul everything. Pick the one or two things that matter most this month. Plus, why heartier comfort foods change your portions, and how three nights without after-dinner snacking can reset more than your cravings.

This podcast aligns with Day 50 of our Fall Maintenance Program. You can find the full video at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

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The Livy Method: Week 7, Day 50 Nov 02, 2026

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Your body needs 15 to 20 minutes to register what you’ve eaten, which is exactly why it’s so easy to overeat without noticing. On Day 50, Gina introduces one of the program’s most debated tweaks: splitting your meals and snacks in two. Same portions, eaten in two halves about 20 to 30 minutes apart, with protein first and heavier carbs second. She explains how to make it work at a restaurant, at the family table, or on a tight schedule.

Coming off a weekend of treats, Gina also launches a three-day no-eating-after-dinner challenge to quiet sugar cravings, minus the guilt. And in a candid moment, she admits that even with Liv Lighter on the Globe and Mail bestseller list, she still struggles to feel like enough.

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Fall Back in Love with Food, One Sandwich at a Time with Jason Skrobar Oct 29, 2026

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You love bread. You’ve been told it doesn’t love you back.

Jason Skrobar, bestselling author of The Book of Sandwiches and a food expert on CTV's Your Morning, joins Gina Livy for a lighter conversation about a food so many of us were taught to fear. Gina explains why cutting out bread isn't the fix, and why the real goal is to lose weight in a way that lets it back in, without the guilt. Jason shares how he keeps good bakery sourdough on hand without racing to finish the loaf, why he's a fan of cottage cheese and lentil breads, and how to build a sandwich around whatever you can or can't eat.

Where to Find Jason:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonskrobar/

The Book of Sandwiches: https://www.thebookofsandwiches.com/

This podcast aligns with Day 46 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Livy Method Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod

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Maintenance: Week 6, Day 45 Oct 28, 2026

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If you ran your business the way you take care of yourself, would it succeed?

Gina Livy opens with a question from a talk she's preparing for entrepreneurs, and it hits home for anyone who always puts themselves last. She and Odette look at the gap between knowing you're struggling and actually doing something about it, and why the next step is usually small. They talk about why old cycles hang on because they feel familiar, how self-sabotage often starts with not feeling worthy of the result, and how to retrain your brain's "algorithm" to look for evidence that this time is different.

This podcast aligns with Day 45 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

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