The Glenn Mackintosh Show - A Health Psychology Podcast Glenn Mackintosh

Habits are the invisible blueprint of our lives, and changing our habits is the only way we can reach our goals long-term. But changing habits can be hard, and many people struggle to create healthier habits and/or break less-than-healthy ones. In our first ever repeat guest interview, habits guru Dr. Gina Cleo shares some powerful insights from the field of neuroscience, and her inspiring personal journey, to help you create healthier habits that last for life.

In this vulnerable and at times emotional interview, Gina and I discuss:

✔️ Why habits are important (hint, if you have ANY goal, they are vital!)

✔️ Unpacking a real client story of habit change

✔️ The neuropsychology of habits (a deep dive into dopamine!)

✔️ The most common habits people want to break (and how to break them!)

✔️ How curiosity and mindfulness can rewire our brains

✔️ Gina’s personal story of rewiring her brain to overcome trauma

✔️ The exciting work Gina and I are doing with my online community members!



Links from Podcast:

Find out more about the Transformation Support Community online program that contains Gina’s two webinar series.

Find out more about Gina’s original series, Creating Healthy Habits.

Find out more about Gina’s new series, Creating Healthier Habits.

Gina’s first episode on the podcast.

Click here to see a video of the interview.

Glenn shares the first session of his most popular hypnotherapy program, Relaxation & Affirmation, for FREE! This session is focused on hypnotically cultivating MINDFULNESS, or awareness of what is happening in the present moment.

If you’d like more information before you listen:

Click here for the audio introduction to the program.

Click here for the audio program instructions.

Click here for some further notes & warnings about this session.



If you’d like to experience more of the benefits of hypnotherapy:

Download the entire Relaxation & Affirmation Audio Program (7 sessions focused on cultivating the 7 KEY MINDSETS FOR TRANSFORMATION!)

Join our online Transformation Support Community (Access Relaxation & Affirmation, as well as THREE OTHER TRANSFORMATIONAL audio programs, including our BRAND NEW 90-Day TRANCEformation Audio Program!)

In this special excerpt from the Thinsanity audiobook, I share the surprising truth about the Body Mass Index, from its unexpected origins to its unethical manipulation by big business to turn a profit. I then explore a re-interpretation of BMI categories based on actual science (not paid-for/company sponsored science), and the possibility that we’re all (finally) ready to be free of it …

If you’d like to learn more about the new way forward that we are all ready for that I talk about at the end of the podcast, I’d like to invite you to download a copy of the audiobook for yourself!

Order Thinsanity audiobook on Audible*: https://bit.ly/2HhWj8d

Order Thinsanity audiobook on Apple Books:  https://apple.co/35gL08x

Order Thinsanity audiobook on Kobo: https://bit.ly/2HdgGUy

Order Thinsanity audiobook on Google Play: https://bit.ly/3oOXflB

*Australian link provided. To purchase Thinsanity in your area, please go to your local Audible website and search ‘Thinsanity’!



Selected Links from Podcast:

Podcast page (showing diagrams): https://bit.ly/3fv2mU3

Supplementary materials from audiobook: https://bit.ly/369Hs9O

I speak with my Twelve Month Transformation Online participants about coping with COVID-19. In this recorded webinar – which becomes a bit like group therapy – the group and I discuss:

✔︎ Applying the ‘3Ps’ of optimism in a global pandemic

✔︎ Reducing stress and emotional eating while social distancing

✔︎ What to do about health goals during this unprecedented crisis



Selected Links from Podcast:

‘Thinsanity: 7 Steps to Transform Your Mindset and Say Goodbye to Dieting Forever’: https://glennmackintosh.com/thinsanity/

Twelve Month Transformation Online Program: https://www.weightmanagementpsychology.com.au/tmt-online/

Video of Webinar: https://www.weightmanagementpsychology.com.au/coping-with-covid-19-webinar-with-twelve-month-transformation-participants/

Our Facebook Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WeightManagementPsychology/

‘Learned Optimism’ by Martin Seligman: https://www.amazon.com.au/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind-ebook/dp/B005DB6S7K

Louise Green podcast: https://glennmackintosh.com/louisegreen/ 

Louise Green 30 Days Free Offer: https://bigfitgirlfitness.vhx.tv/checkout/subscribe/purchase?campaign=30daysfree

Yoga with Adriene: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene

Research suggests that half of everything we do is habitual. But most attempts to improve our health actually focus on changing behaviours rather than habits, meaning we still need to consciously use effort and willpower in order to continue our improvements into the long-term. Our next guest has identified this huge problem and made it her life’s work to research some amazingly simple ways to create healthy habits that last for life.

In this playful and lively interview, Australia’s only full-time habits researcher Dr Gina Cleo and I discuss:

- The difference between behaviours and habits.

- Setting the record straight on how long it takes to create a habit.

- Gina likes variety, Glenn likes routine (and what this means for you!)

- You only need motivation to get started (habits keep you going!)

- Changing habits WITHOUT a diet or exercise plan (no yo-yo!)

- How habit change is NOT sexy, but it IS life-changing.

- Creating micro-habits to re-wire the brain’s pathways.

- Breaking habits through ‘restructuring’ and ‘reprogramming’.

- How to make new habits that are as rewarding as old habits!


Due to a change in direction, Gina no longer supports the Sum Sanos program. Thankfully, she whole-heartedly endorses our new-and-improved Transformation Support Community!
Thankfully, Gina has now developed a 12-Week Creating Healthy Habits Series especially for our Transformation Support Community Online Program (available now!).


Selected Links from Podcast:

Pre-Order Thinsanity: https://www.weightmanagementpsychology.com.au/thinsanity

Dr. Gina’s Website: https://www.drginacleo.com/

The Ten Top Tips: http://www.weightconcern.org.uk/sites/all/themes/weightcon/images/OriginalTTTLeaflet.pdf

Video with Lyndi Cohen about adding, not subtracting: https://www.weightmanagementpsychology.com.au/episode-34-combining-intuitive-eating-and-nutritious-eating/

Do you like the sound of body positivity and intuitive eating, but struggle to make them work for you in real life? Living in a crazy culture of weight obsession makes it pretty hard. But today’s guest has overcome her own personal struggles with food and her body, and made it her life’s mission to help others do the same.

In this heartwarming interview, leading non-diet and Today show dietitian Lyndi Cohen and I discuss: 

- Lyndi’s personal story of dieting since before age 11.

- How Lyndi did the OPPOSITE of what she was taught as a dietitian.

- Moving from “control” to “choice”.

- The importance of enjoyment (using salad dressing as an example!)

- How Lyndi invests in mental health and manages anxiety.

- Why Lyndi and I both see psychologists.

- Balancing body positivity and the desire to lose weight.

- Lyndi’s 20 kilogram weight loss (the part people don’t focus on).

- Using your high willpower self to support your low willpower self.

- Stamp collecting healthy habits and the power of imperfect action!

- The important difference between a meal plan and meal planning.

- How-tos and troubleshooting (Q&A from my Facebook Group). 

- Creating a health-supportive environment (without restricting).

- Dealing with afternoon snacking and overeating when stressed.

- Differentiating habit cravings from “want it” cravings.

- Lyndi’s advice on “losing stubborn body fat” (client question).

- The “building a bridge” metaphor of health change (I love this!)

- Lyndi’s advice for dealing with weight comments and body bullies.

Selected Links from Podcast:

Twelve Month Transformation Online Program
Lyndi's Back to Basics Program

Lindy’s Instagram
Fiona Willer
Rick Kausman
Linda Bacon
Taryn Brumfitt
George Blair-West

Lyndi and Glenn’s video on combining intuitive eating with nutritious eating.

Lyndi’s Blog
Lyndi’s Website
The Nude Nutritionist Book

Our Psychology of Eating, Movement, Weight, & Body-image Support Group.

See more at: https://www.weightmanagementpsychology.com.au/podcast/