In this episode of The Miracle U, your host Vince Kramer of Imagine Miracles introduces you to a weight loss coach and emotional eating expert who has lost 100lbs, Jon McLernon. Vince and Jon discussed how we can free ourselves from self-judgment and internal self-talk by learning how to have compassion for ourselves.
Jon is a weight loss coach and emotional eating expert who has lost 100lbs. From nanotechnology researcher to Navy marine engineer, to globetrotting nomad, he spent most of his life running from his true calling, until one question changed his life. Now he’s on a mission to help others lose weight for good and leave BS diets in the rearview mirror.
With Freedom Nutrition Coaching Jon marries the Science of Metabolism with the Psychology of Behavior Change and the Compassion of Human Connection to create life-changing transformations with his clients.
Episode Resources:
- Official Website: https://www.freedomnutritioncoach.com
- Free Gift: https://www.freedomnutritioncoach.com/book/
- Facebook: @canadianomad
- Twitter: @noFNdiets
- Instagram: @freedomnutritioncoach
- Podcast: @WellnessUnplugged
- Twitch: @freedomnutritioncoach
- LinkedIn: @freedom-nutrition-coaching
- YouTube: Freedom Nutrition Coaching
Three Key Points:
When we experience trauma, we have the tendency to subconsciously resort or return to behaviors from our past to help us feel safe and protected. We could have chosen those behaviors on our own or adapted them from what we learned from others.
When we learn to have compassion for ourselves, we can free ourselves from the self-judgment and the internal self-talk. Compassion is a trait that comes from the middle. It must be used or given in a positive and empowering way. Compassion must be given yourself before you can authentically share it with others.
Having compassion awareness helps you empower yourself and others. Understanding when you are disempowering people in the name of compassion is essential to knowing the difference between helping them and enabling them.
Show Notes:
4:48 – Jon talked about his area of expertise.
6:00 – He shared his experience with losing 100 pounds.
7:32 – Characteristics he found on his last coach that helped him with losing weight.
9:11 – Jon shared his journey on how he lost a sense of identity and acknowledging it.
11:19 – He explained how his dad’s failed business affected his eating habits.
12:42 – Jon shared how we move to protecting ourselves with body and with weight from trauma.
14:20 – How reaggravated trauma can make you become the person you are not.
17:07 – How to be free from the heaviness and forgive your victimizer.
18:30 – The key that Jon realized that helped him break the yoyo diet cycle.
20:24 – He shared some pain in the past.
22:14 – How Jon is now after overcoming those traumatic experiences in his life.
24:31 – How setting boundaries would help you foster healthier relationships.
25:57 – Jon shared how you can set your boundaries without feeling guilty about it.
27:25 – He shared some of his clients’ experience on how they became compassionate with themselves.
29:44 – Jon shared how people move from healing on the inside to then healing the outside.
31:49 – He shared a wisdom for those people who are ready to honor themselves and set boundaries.
Imagine Miracles Resources:
- Your Unique Purpose Formula: Vince’s Five-Step Process to Discover Your Purpose and Your Miracle Life.
- C.R.E.A.T.E Model: Vince’s Six Steps to Creating and Living the Life that You Desire.
- Free Chapter: From Vince’s Best-selling Book Sharing the Four Things You Don’t Know Keeping You From Living a Miracle Life.