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The Confidence Project Podcast93: Disabled Minority or Unstoppable Badass? Why Mindset Matters with the Lady Boss Behind The Ladies Code Blog- Rubi Skilton
What would your life be like if you were born with half of your arm? According to Rubi Skilton, it would be exactly the same as it is now. With a kick ass…
The Confidence Project Podcast92: Exercise As a Form of Self Care (especially during the holidays) with Amanda Fisher
You can find Amanda Fisher over on IG @amandafishercoaching and inside her private Facebook group here.
The Confidence Project Podcast91: How to handle people who trigger you , part 2 of 2
So, if you haven't listened to episode 90, which is part 1 of this little series- you'll want to go back and listen to that before you listen to this one. One…
The Confidence Project Podcast90: How to handle people who trigger you- part 1 of 2
So, I've committed myself to reading 30 books before I turn 30. I still have just over one year left... but, who's counting, right? I picked up the book…
The Confidence Project Podcast89: Stop Peeing Your Pants! Pelvic Floor Health with Vanessa
Peeing your pants is not normal! This episode is for you if you... have a vagina. No, but really. Because if you have a vagina, then you have a pelvic floor…
The Confidence Project Podcast88: The More You Have, The More You Waste- a mindset based episode about money, time, and energy management
Women thrive off of learning empowering tools for three things specifically: their body, their relationships, and their money. Speaking about money mindset is…
The Confidence Project Podcast87: A Love Note for Thanksgiving Morning
100% an impromptu episode! Less than 8 minutes long- but here for those of you who need a pep talk and a pat on the behind before you head off into a potential…
The Confidence Project Podcast86: Stop Focusing On The Things That Make You Want to Quit
No matter what you're working on or what your goal is, there is a specific metric that you're "SUPPOSED" to be focusing on. In the online business space, there…
The Confidence Project Podcast85: Existing as a Woman, Body Shaming, Stress + Fertility, & Weight Stigma within Health Care, with Jessica of Wholly Healed
If the Confidence Project were to cease to exist, THIS would be the episode I'd let the show go out with. Seriously. Lucky for you, I'm not going anywhere, but…
The Confidence Project Podcast84: Should You Sleep More or Exercise More? Stress, Fat Loss, and Wellbeing
If given the choice, should you sleep-in or workout? The answer: it depends. Even I'm guilty of not addressing the importance of sleep often enough, but it…
The Confidence Project Podcast83: The Art of Maintaining Friendships with Emily Gough
I've got my girl Emily Gough from The Room to Grow Podcast with me today, and it's a fun one! No one ever tells us how to make friends, keep them, or even how…
The Confidence Project Podcast82: There Is No Luck Here- How Not Being Lucky Has Taught Me How To Work Hard
I giggled through almost this entire episode as I recounted only just a few of the things that taught me early on that I was never going to be "a lucky girl."…
The Confidence Project Podcast81: How To Avoid Overeating Halloween Candy
You had to see this one coming, right? Ironically enough, I recorded this episode long before I scrolled social media on this very day only to found what I…
The Confidence Project Podcast80: How a Gratitude Practice Can Change Your Life with Melissa Mahon
Gratitude, you've heard about it, you've rolled your eyes about it- but here we are. Gratitude is more than just saying "yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm grateful" for…
The Confidence Project Podcast79: What Not Giving A Crap Taught Me About the Comparison Trap
Woof! Girl, I know you've been there. You waste all of this time creeping on people on social media... just to see where you stack up. Am I losing enough…
The Confidence Project Podcast78: Reversing the Damage: Diet Culture & Our Children; Interview with Megan of Feeding Littles
I've wondered for a long time how dieting and diet culture effects children. Do kids pick up on their mother's eating habits? How damaging is it to demonize…
The Confidence Project Podcast77: Putting Weight Loss On the Back Burner & The Detriment of Chronic Dieting
The health and fitness industry tells us that weight loss IS health, that dieting IS health, that marching to the scale every morning is just a normal part of…
The Confidence Project Podcast76: Restricting Food, The Binge/Restrict Cycle, + Weight Loss and Intuitive Eating
For a long, long, long time- I called myself a weight loss coach. It was on every website, every tagline, and every business card that I had. What a freakin'…
The Confidence Project Podcast75: Exercising For Reasons Beyond Weight Loss, with Coach Rhonda T (Breast Cancer treatment & strength training, proper postpartum physical therapy)
You know how the fitness industry has totally ruined exercise for most people? Like, if you don't want or will never have a 6-pack, what's the point, right?…
The Confidence Project Podcast74: The Weight Loss Mind F*uck, #selfieoverscale challenge, and why what you post on social media matters
We've got a LOT to cover in this week's episode, ladies! Make sure you tune in to get in on my latest social media "challenge", designed to put an end to the…
The Confidence Project Podcast73: Your Thoughts Control Your Reality- Tough Love for a Life Well Lived
This is a loaded episode! Questions? email me: hello@christinamontalvo.com
The Confidence Project Podcast72: How To Navigate Eating While On Vacation
I used to approach vacation in one of two ways: 1) I would stuff my face for an entire week, waiting with baited breath to have to step on the scale once I was…
The Confidence Project Podcast71: Victim Mindset with Emily Gough
I think most of us operate from victim mindset almost all of the time. There are different levels to it, and as I dive deeper into understanding how my victim…
The Confidence Project Podcast70: The Q&A Episode
In this week's episode, I answer: What's the best way to go about finding a trainer to hire or what gym to go to? What's the best protein powder you should…
The Confidence Project Podcast69: We Need to Stop Praising Women For Weight Loss (and what we should be doing instead)
We're all guilty of it. We see someone on the internet, or at a reunion, or at the gym, and we notice that they've lost weight. We congratulate them, we ask…
The Confidence Project Podcast68: Lift Like A Girl with Nia Shanks
8/14/18 is the LAST DAY to grab Body Confidence Bootcamp at a $100 discount! You can read more about it here: bit.ly/BodyConfidenceBootcampCourse You can get…
The Confidence Project Podcast67: Body Confidence Bootcamp
**discount code and link at the bottom!** You've probably thought to yourself no less than 100 times: "my life would be full of more fun, better clothes…
The Confidence Project Podcast66: The Truth About Your Insecurities
I talked to a very close friend of mine (anonymous by request) about a few of her insecurities... NONE of them have anything to do about her weight or her…
The Confidence Project Podcast65: The Problem Is You- Why You're Not Seeing Results in Mind, Body, Or Business
I know you've done it- you buy every program under the sun thinking this will be it! This is THE THING you need to reach your goals. Whether you're trying to…
The Confidence Project Podcast64: Creating Boundaries + The Necessary Evolution of Relationships
This was recorded in MAY! Which is so funny because I still haven't started reading our July Book Club Book "A Tribe Called Bliss" by Lori Harder. And, just by…
The Confidence Project Podcast63: Diet Industry Drop Out: Interview with Tiffany Culbertson
YOU GUYS!! This is the first time I've ever brought a *current* client of mine onto the show. Tiffany and I started working together in October 2017- and I…
The Confidence Project Podcast62: Woo-Woo Weight Loss With Alyssa Love
Alyssa Love approaches weight loss in a way that I've never been able to articulate. She has such a contagiously beautiful soul, I cannot wait for you to tune…
The Confidence Project Podcast61: The Problem With Body Positivity
While I am a body positive coach- there are a few messages within the "body positivity" community that I don't necessarily agree with. Is there a disconnect…
The Confidence Project Podcast60: When Weight Loss and Dieting Ruins Your Life, Interview with Arielle Calderon
You start a new diet, you lose a ton of weight, everyone starts complimenting you and you get all of this new attention. How can this possibly be bad?! There…
The Confidence Project Podcast59: How my dieting mindset almost made me go broke
Just when I thought I had this whole "anti-dieting" thing figured out- it peeked it's ugly little head right back around the corner! But this time, in a very…
The Confidence Project Podcast58: Game Changer: Lessons from Jen Sincero
I thought Jen Sincero changed my life when I read "You Are a Badass" I thought she changed my life again when I read "You Are a Badass at Making Money" Seeing…
The Confidence Project Podcast57: THE body image + weight loss episode
I used to call myself a weight loss coach. And now? Well, it's actually not even my priority to help you lose weight anymore. You may have noticed that I've…
The Confidence Project Podcast56: Binge Eating- It's NOT About The Food
Binge eating has NOTHING to do with food. It has everything to do with HOW YOU THINK ABOUT THE FOOD. Ready to F*ck Your Diet? Join the email series here…
The Confidence Project Podcast55: Intuitive Eating- The Episode That Could Cost Me My Job
Don't hire me. Don't hire anyone. This is why this episode can cost me my job (sort of!) There is so much you need to figure out and get a handle on before you…
The Confidence Project Podcast54: Fat loss: Grasping at straws & focusing on the big rocks
There's SO MUCH BS to sift through out there in the online space- ESPECIALLY when it comes to dieting. One day, we're reading articles demonizing something and…
The Confidence Project Podcast53: How to eat anything you want
Here's the biggest, darkest secret of weight loss: there is no secret. The answer, in its most clinical form, is a math problem- and its right in front of our…
The Confidence Project Podcast52: Is working out even all that important? LIFESTYLE.
I used to think that I was the healthiest lifestyle queen out there. I worked out with tons of intensity every day of the week for years. And then it occurred…
The Confidence Project Podcast51: The Great Sugar Debate
I posted a pretty controversial article on Facebook that got me a lot of flack- me?! Get flack?! SHOCKING, I know! ;) I want to hash out a few things about…
The Confidence Project Podcast50: Is working out hindering your progress?
Maybe all of your workouts are doing you more harm than good? Let's find out! Share this short(er) episode with women who are wasting their time doing MORE…
The Confidence Project Podcast49: Living a pain free life, Interview with Dr. Jocelyn Wallace, DPT
Back in 2014, I felt a pain in my neck that left me on the couch unable to move for 4 days. It eventually went away. A few weeks later, I noticed that I was…
The Confidence Project Podcast48: Workout Intensity- the answer to spending less time in the gym and getting better results
File this episode under: things that fire Christina up :) Ever wonder what the mystical missing piece of the fitness puzzle is? It actually is pretty magical-…
The Confidence Project Podcast47: Learn how to set goals, the RIGHT way
I asked the women over in the TCP Facebook group what their goals for April were. And, like I sort of thought- our goal setting skills need work! If you feel…
The Confidence Project Podcast46: Weighing in on Weight Watchers and everything in between (body image, dieting, lifting weights, and living your best life)
Amanda Fisher and I are pretty much the same person ;) A few weeks ago, weight watchers invited teens to join for free. If you had to take a guess- do you…
The Confidence Project Podcast45: The problem with going on a diet; the beginning of intuitive eating
WAIT! Seriously, wait. Before you go back to weight watchers, jenny craig, beach body, Atkins, Paleo, Keto, the fast metabolism diet or WHATEVER- you need to…
The Confidence Project Podcast44: Rising out of Anorexia with Amanda
****Content warning: the topics discussed within this episode may be triggering. Please do not listen to this episode if you are at risk of being triggered…
The Confidence Project Podcast43: Let's Talk About Sex, Baby with Amanda Hogberg
"My husband thinks I'm sexy!" UGH! This conversation was spurred on by Amanda noticing that women keep validating their body image by saying "oh, well my…
The Confidence Project Podcast42: The Follow Up Episode, the ONE thing you're NOT allowed to do
This is the follow up episode to my interview with Hannah from episode 41. I talk about the ONE thing that you're not allowed to do, as far as I'm concerned ;)…
The Confidence Project Podcast41: "Your Life Does Not Begin 10 Pounds from Now" My interview with Hannah Saada
You can follow Hannah on IG at @happyhealthyhans Questions? Shoot me an email! hello@christinamontalvo.com
The Confidence Project Podcast40: FOOD FREEDOM SERIES, Ep: 7 The Four Brain Tendencies + Exercise vs. Nutrition for Fat Loss
What are the four brain tendencies and what the hell do they have to do with your issues with food? In short: EVERYTHING. In today's episode, we talk about the…
The Confidence Project Podcast39: FOOD FREEDOM SERIES, Episode 6: THE NORMAL EATERS CLUB interview with Jenn Hand
I'm SO pumped to have Jenn Hand, founder of "The Normal Eaters Club" on the show today for episode 39 of the Podcast, episode 6 of the Food Freedom Series! You…
The Confidence Project Podcast38: FOOD FREEDOM SERIES Episode 5: "Starvation Mode"
Does starvation mode exist? Is your body really holding on to extra weight because you're not eating enough? We're talking all about that today. We also dive…
The Confidence Project Podcast37: Life Lessons From The Baby Left On a Doorstep
December 24, 1989, I was found on a doorstep. The Doctors assumed I was about 2 days old- so, for 28 years, December 22nd has been my birthday- and that, it…
The Confidence Project Podcast36: FOOD FREEDOM SERIES, Episode 4: "Clean Plate Club"
This is one of my favorite topics surrounding food! Were you raised to always clean your plate before leaving the dinner table? Do you feel guilty throwing…
The Confidence Project Podcast35: FOOD FREEDOM SERIES, Episode 3: "Carbs After Dark"
Ever wonder if you should stop eating at a specific time in order to lose weight? Should you eat carbs after 7pm? Are you allowed to eat dinner at 10pm? Listen…
The Confidence Project Podcast34: FOOD FREEDOM SERIES, Episode 2: "Macros"
Ever wonder if you're eating macros? Or like, how do you eat a macro? In this episode of the Food Freedom series, we're talking all about macros: what they…