Direction Not Perfection - with Lindsey House
Do you know what you need to do—but still find yourself not doing it?
Do you feel stuck in the cycle of starting over, overwhelmed by all the conflicting diet and fitness tips, and quietly wondering why it feels so hard to follow through?
If you’ve ever felt like a failure for not being able to “do it all perfectly,” you are not alone—and more importantly, you are not broken.
This podcast is your space for real, sustainable health and wellness—where fitness and nutrition meet compassion, and where we focus on progress over perfection. Direction Not Perfection is especially for women navigating women’s wellness, including menopause health advice, hormonal balance and weight loss, and the realities of menopause and weight gain—because your body is changing, and your approach deserves to evolve with it.
If you're ready to stop the all-or-nothing cycle, build healthy eating habits, and create a realistic, sustainable approach to mental health and fitness…
You’re in the right place.
Because this isn’t about doing everything perfectly.
It’s about finally doing what works—for you.
Direction Not Perfection - with Lindsey House
Stop Emotional Eating For Good | A Must Listen with Dr. Michelle May
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Stop emotional eating for good! Break free from diet mentality!
Babies are born with a natural, intuitive relationship with food. They eat when they’re hungry, stop when they’re full, and move on—without guilt, stress, or overthinking.
🤔So what changes?
As we grow, we’re flooded with messages from social media, magazines, and diet culture—telling us what to eat, what not to eat, and what our bodies “should” look like. We become consumed with calories, macros, points, and perfection… losing touch with our body’s natural cues along the way.
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Michelle May, former family physician, recovered yo-yo dieter, and founder of the Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training.
She shares how mindful eating can help you:
- Stop emotional eating for good
- Break free from the diet mentality
- Rebuild trust with your body
- Create sustainable, healthy eating habits
Because food was never meant to control your life—it’s meant to fuel it.
About Our Guest
Dr. Michelle May is a former family physician and the founder of the Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training. She is also the author of the Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat book series, helping individuals overcome mindless eating, emotional eating, and chronic dieting.
→ Learn more: www.AmIHungry.com
→ Download a free chapter: https://amihungry.com/chapter1
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- How diet culture disrupts your natural hunger and fullness cues
- The difference between physical hunger and emotional eating
- Why mindful eating is a daily practice—not a quick fix
- How to use the hunger and fullness scale to guide your choices
- The 3 stages of learning mindful eating
As you grow in awareness, you learn to pause and ask:
Am I truly hungry—or am I trying to meet another need?
💛 If you’re tired of chasing quick fixes and want simple weight loss tips that actually work, sustainable fitness and nutrition guidance, and real-life weight loss strategies, you’re in the right place.
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