Lifestyle School Podcast

Lifestyle School Podcast

Hosted by: Hope Plack

The Lifestyle School Podcast was created to help you design a life you love while achieving the health results you’ve always wanted. We focus on how small, sustainable changes to your lifestyle can lead to...

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Episodes

96: The 6 Pillars of Lasting Weight Loss

What does it actually take to lose weight and keep it off? If weight loss were simply about knowing what to eat and how much to exercise, most of us wouldn't struggle with our weight. But the reality is that lasting...
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95: Emptiness After Emotional Eating

What happens when you stop emotionally eating, but suddenly realize you don't know what to do with yourself? For many people, food has become so much more than nourishment. It's comfort, entertainment, stress relief,...
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94: Metabolic Health 101

What does it actually mean to be metabolically healthy? And how do you know if your body is functioning the way it should? We hear so much about optimizing our health through supplements, biohacks, and the latest...
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93: The Stress You Can Control

We talk a lot about managing stress—but what if some of the stress you're trying to manage could actually be removed? There are absolutely stressors in life that are outside of our control. Illness happens. People we...
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92: When Your Body Is Asking for Change

What do you do when you’re doing a lot of the “right” things for your health—but you still don’t feel good? At eight months postpartum, I’m halfway through losing the 60 pounds I gained during pregnancy. I’ve lost...
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91: Do You Like Yourself?

Episode 91: Do You Like Yourself? What if one of the biggest factors in achieving—and maintaining—your health goals has nothing to do with knowing what to eat or finding the perfect workout? What if it starts with a...
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90: Hydration Is More Than Water

Hydration is about a lot more than hitting a water goal. In this episode of the Lifestyle School Podcast, Hope breaks down what actually happens to water and electrolytes in your body—and why your hydration needs can...
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89: The Optimization Trap

When did being healthy become a full-time job? From sleep scores and glucose monitors to protein targets, fasting windows, supplements, steps, HRV, cold plunges, and morning sunlight, the wellness world is obsessed...
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88: How to Quiet Food Noise Without a GLP-1

GLP-1 medications have taught us something incredibly important about weight loss: hunger matters. When the constant food noise quiets down, making healthy choices can suddenly feel a whole lot easier. But what if you...
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87: He Lost 100 Pounds… Then THIS Happened

He Lost 100 Pounds… Then THIS Happened What happens when you get too good at losing weight? In this episode, I’m reacting to a Reddit story from someone who lost 100 pounds in just seven months through obsessive...
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Episode 86: Why This Time Was Different — Amber’s Story

What makes this attempt at weight loss different from all the others? In this episode of the Lifestyle School Podcast, I’m sitting down with my former coaching client Amber to talk about her journey with weight,...
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Episode 85: What GLP-1’s Teach Us About Weight Loss

What if the biggest lesson from the GLP-1 boom isn't about medication at all—but about hunger? For decades, weight loss has been treated like a willpower problem: eat less, move more, try harder. But the experiences...
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