Fear runs more of your life than you think. It’s not loud and it doesn’t show up with drama. It’s that quiet whisper of… “Don’t mess this up.” Or, “Why bother? You’ll just fail again.” In today’s episode, we are going to talk about that fear that’s keeping you from getting results - especially with your nutrition, food, and healthy weight.

Together, we will unpack:

• Why fear (not food) is the real reason you’re stuck in emotional eating.
• The hidden and sneaky ways fear shows up.
• Why your brain views failed diets as safer than lasting success.
• 16 hidden fears that are likely running your habits, without you even realizing it.

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Midlife Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Welcome to Your Midlife Comeback Story, the go-to podcast for smart, successful, high-achieving women over 40 who are ready to break free from emotional eating, lose weight without dieting, and finally feel like yourself again.

You’ve probably asked yourself… how is it that I’ve risen to the top of my career, I’m crushing it with my family, and I’m a pillar of my community because of the systems and habits and discipline, but those same strategies don’t work with losing weight? And more than that, you’re diving into the snacks every night. And if we’re completely honest, there are probably more days than not that you just feel like a shell of who you used to be. And you might be wondering… how do some women in midlife seem to have this glow-up and confidence, while I’m over here looking all frumptastic, feeling like every day is a fight with my own body?

I’m your host, Holly Bertone. I’m a former FBI Chief of Staff for Counterintelligence turned Certified Holistic Health Coach. I help women in midlife break free from emotional eating so they can achieve a healthy and sustainable weight without counting calories or diets. Here’s the thing, I don’t just teach this. I lived it. I’ve been through my share of midlife struggles - juggling 20 years in project management consulting and federal government, battling breast cancer, healing myself from an autoimmune disease, divorce, empty nest, and losing my mom. But the throughline of all of this, I stopped prioritizing myself, I completely lost myself, and I turned to food to take the edge off. I’m a recovered emotional eater of over 40 years.

I found a new way to create my own 50-something comeback, and that’s what you get in these episodes. This show dives into the psychology of weight loss, emotional eating triggers, and what it takes to thrive in midlife.

But we do things a little differently around here. You’re not going to hear about diets, calories, or macros. You get FBI counterintelligence-inspired strategies, the real psychology behind why you sabotage, and tools to finally feel… you again.

If you’re ready to be a little rebellious, to reclaim your It Girl Era energy, to create your comeback story that is worthy of an 80’s movie montage, and if you’re ready to own every room you walk in, to finally feel strong, free, confident, and at home in your body, you’re in the right place. Your comeback starts now.

Let’s go.

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Midlife Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

A student in my program asked me, “If I take away comfort food… how am I supposed to take the edge off?” And that question? It cracked everything wide open. In today’s episode, we are digging into why those big emotions feel so scary and why many women feel like they can’t handle them. Oh, and we’re also going to throw in some dating stories, ghosting, and this whole Gen X disconnect that seems to be trending and hitting a little too close to home. So let’s go.

Together, we will unpack:

• What emotional eating and ghosting in dating have in common (and it’s not what you think).
• The crossed wire that changed everything for Gen X women.
• What to do when comfort food becomes your therapist.
• What dating at 53 taught me about emotional avoidance.
• How our brains are still riding in the back of Mom’s station wagon.
• The Frogger Effect: How we dodge discomfort 24/7.

Mentioned Resources:

▶️ Book Referenced: Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt - link: https://amzn.to/4mbU3yc

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - HOW TO BREAK FREE FROM EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Midlife Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.