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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Episode 50: Anxiety Is a Signal, Not an Identity

Episode Summary:In today’s episode, Hope breaks down one of the most freeing mindset shifts you can make around anxiety: understanding it as a signal from your body, not a fixed part of your identity. You’ll learn how...
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Episode 49: The Shedding

In today’s episode, Hope dives into the real internal work behind lasting health and weight transformation — the shedding process. Before you become a healthier, stronger, more aligned version of yourself, you have to...
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Episode 48: The Postnatal Depletion Crisis - What Mothers Were Never Told

Episode Summary In this episode, Hope breaks down the real reason so many women feel exhausted, overwhelmed, foggy, irritable, and unlike themselves — sometimes years after giving birth. It’s called postnatal...
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Episode 47: All About Detoxing

Episode Summary As the New Year approaches, the detox and cleanse marketing machine kicks into high gear — promising fast weight loss, instant energy, glowing skin, and a “fresh start.” But most of these trendy...
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Episode 46: The Holiday Carb Survival Guide

In today’s episode, we break down sugar, refined carbs, glycogen storage, insulin resistance, and how movement transforms the way your body handles holiday meals. This is your clear, science-backed roadmap for...
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Episode 45: The History of Food

Episode SummaryEvery diet in the modern world claims to be “the way humans were meant to eat.” Carnivore, vegan, keto, Mediterranean — all promise they’ve cracked the ancestral code. But when we look at the real...
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Episode 44: Sex Hormones & Metabolic Health

When most people think about metabolism, they think about weight or blood sugar. When they think about hormones, they think about estrogen, testosterone, or maybe thyroid. But here’s the truth: your metabolism and...
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Episode 43: Food First, Supplements Second

Episode SummaryCan you really out-supplement a bad diet? Spoiler: no. In this episode of the Lifestyle School Podcast, Hope breaks down the truth about supplements — why food must always come first, why so many of us...
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Episode 42: Mastering Your Circadian Rhythm

Episode Summary If you feel exhausted in the morning, wired at night, and stuck in an endless cycle of fatigue and cravings — it’s not a lack of willpower. It’s your circadian rhythm — your body’s internal 24-hour...
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Episode 41: Contentment and Self-Love

Episode SummarySo many of us believe that once we lose the weight, drop a size, or hit that magic number on the scale, we’ll finally love ourselves. But here’s the truth: if you don’t love your body now, you won’t...
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Episode 40: The Sweet Truth - How Different Sugars Affect Your Body

Episode SummarySugar isn’t just sugar. Your body digests and processes different types of sugar in very different ways, and those differences matter when it comes to energy, cravings, weight gain, and long-term...
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Episode 39: What to Do When Your Mood Is Low

Episode SummaryWhen your mood is low, everything feels heavy—getting out of bed, making decisions, even doing the simplest tasks. And when you’re in that space, it’s tough to find the motivation to get moving in the...
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