Eating Habits for Life

Kate Johnston

Eating Habits for Life is a sustainable weight loss and eating habits podcast for women in healthcare who struggle with emotional eating, stress eating, overeating, cravings, and binge eating — especially after long shifts and high-stress days. You’re disciplined and successful at work. Yet when it comes to food, it feels frustratingly hard. You know what’s healthy. You understand portion control. But consistency feels out of reach — leading to shame, weight loss struggles, and starting over on Monday. This is changeable. With a compassionate, science-backed approach that addresses eating habits at the root, you can build a calm, sustainable relationship with food — without relying on willpower, restriction, calorie counting, or tracking. Hosted by Kate Johnston, a former Physician Assistant of 15 years and now an Eating Habits & Weight Loss Coach, this podcast explores why knowledge isn’t enough — and how mindset, emotions, perfectionism, and a dysregulated nervous system quietly drive eating habits. You’ll learn: ✔️ What’s truly driving cravings, emotional eating, and overeating ✔️ How to stop blaming yourself for struggling with food ✔️ Behavioral science-backed tools to build sustainable eating habits and regulate stress ✔️ What makes weight loss harder — and how to stop reinforcing those patterns ✔️ Mindset shifts that help you stay consistent, even with a demanding schedule Each week, you’ll feel more calm, confident, and in control around food — and build eating habits that support sustainable weight loss for life. For support beyond this podcast, you can book a free consult at katemjohnston.com/eat-with-intention It’s simply a space to talk through what’s going on with your eating patterns, uncover your deepest motivators, and see what support could look like for you. 🎧 New episodes weekly. ✨ Subscribe and send to a friend in healthcare who will benefit too. *The content in this podcast and my coaching services are for informational purposes only and do not replace medical advice or consultations with a healthcare or mental health provider.

  1. 2d ago

    What Most Women in Healthcare Get Wrong About Healthy Snack Habits

    You work in healthcare, so you know which snacks are healthy, but what if healthy snacks aren't the same thing as healthy snacking habits? In this episode of Eating Habits for Life, you'll learn the biggest mistake many women in healthcare make with snacking and why choosing nutritious foods doesn't automatically lead to weight loss. I'll show you how stress, overwhelm, boredom, and other triggers can drive snacking even when you're not truly hungry, plus share a client story that illustrates exactly how this pattern changes. You'll walk away understanding how to create healthier snacking habits that support weight loss without relying on willpower, calorie counting, or food restriction. __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    11 min
  2. 4d ago

    The Stories You Keep Telling Yourself About Your Eating Habits (& How to Change Them)

    "I'm an emotional eater." "Food has always been my weakness." "I've tried everything and nothing works for me"... if any of those thoughts feel uncomfortably familiar, this episode is going to change the way you see your eating habits. I break down how the stories you keep telling yourself are keeping you stuck in the same eating habits. I'm also sharing real client stories, a personal story and how to start changing the stories you're telling yourself about your eating habits. You'll walk away with a simple set of questions you can answer today to start shifting the story that's been keeping you stuck. __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    24 min
  3. Jun 4

    Perimenopause & Hormones Explained: What’s Actually Happening in Your Body, with Elizabet Genis PA-C

    If you’ve ever felt dismissed or confused about your hormones, especially during perimenopause or menopause, this episode will give you clarity and confidence. I'm joined again by Elizabet Genis, a Functional Medicine Physician Assistant, and we break down what hormones actually are, what estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone do, and why they impact everything from your weight and mood to your brain, bones, and energy. You’ll also learn what’s really happening during perimenopause (hint: it’s not a steady decline), along with both common and surprising symptoms to look out for. By the end, you’ll feel more informed, empowered, and equipped to advocate for your health and explore the right support options. Elizabet (Liz) Genis's website: https://aligndailywellness.com How to Connect with Liz: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabet-genis/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/aligndailywellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aligndailywellness __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    42 min
  4. Jun 2

    How to Break Nighttime Eating Habits After a Long Day in Healthcare

    You spend your entire shift taking care of everyone else, you barely sit down, and then you get home and suddenly can't stop standing in front of the fridge, even when you're not truly hungry. In this episode, I explain exactly why nighttime eating feels so powerful after a stressful shift in healthcare, and why it has nothing to do with weakness or lack of willpower. I share a simple 90-second body reset tool you can use tonight to interrupt the cycle immediately. You'll walk away understanding what's actually driving the habit and with one practical tool to start feeling more in control as early as tonight. __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    21 min
  5. May 28

    Mindset Shift for Perfectionists Feeling Stressed About “Perfect” Eating Habits

    Feel like you have to eat perfectly healthy to lose weight or have healthy eating habits? This mindset sets you up for failure, because when you don't eat "perfectly" you think you've failed, which drains your energy and can lead to giving up. So in this episode, I'm sharing a mindset shift you can implement immediately to help you eat healthier than you are now, while keeping you on track to make true progress with eating habits and weight loss. Perfect if you're feeling stressed about your eating habits or if you're a woman in healthcare and "eating perfectly" isn't an option due to your job. __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    10 min
  6. May 26

    3 Tips for Healthy Lunch Habits for Women in Healthcare with a Busy Schedule

    You're busy, I get it. Lunch can be a complete afterthought. But having healthy lunch habits, even with a busy schedule working in healthcare, can be made much easier. In this episode of Eating Habits for Life, I share why even bother having healthy lunch habits, my personal lunch habits throughout the time I was a Physician Assistant. Plus, I share 3 tips that you can implement today to have healthier lunch habits immediately. Listen now, and then for an easier time with weight loss despite working busy shifts, listen to this episode next: Mindful Eating During Busy Shifts, for Easier Weight Loss and More Energy __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    15 min
  7. May 21

    What Your Food Cravings Mean About You (This Will Shock You)

    Whether it's a sugar cravings or a specific food craving like pizza, chips, ice cream....your cravings mean something. In this episode of Eating Habits for Life, I share what your food cravings mean about you. I think you'll be shocked. I'm also sharing how you can get help overcoming your food cravings, not by fighting them with willpower, but with a tool to use in the moment, alongside a longer-term strategy that helps your cravings lose their power. Listen in now, then listen to this episode: Tired of Cravings Ruining Your Weight Loss? Here's the Fix And book your free consult below if you're tired of feeling like your cravings are controlling you and want to discover how I can help you overcome them, for good. __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    10 min
  8. May 19

    How a Change in Mindset Helps Break an Overeating Habit, for Women in Healthcare

    You keep coming home from a long shift, overeating, and wondering why you can't stop, even though you know better. The problem isn't your willpower or your knowledge of nutrition. It's the thoughts and emotions running underneath the behavior that nobody has taught you to address. In this episode of Eating Habits for Life, I break down exactly what's driving your overeating habit and how a change in mindset... not another diet or meal plan... is what finally makes it stop. You'll walk away understanding the real root of your overeating, why every previous attempt hasn't stuck, and the first shift you need to make to actually break this habit for good. __________ FREE CONSULT Finally break free from overeating and emotional eating habits, starting with a free consult. ✨Book a Free Consult __________ FREE CLASS Stop the Snacking Spiral with 3 easy steps to start today. Plus a bonus tool to prevent food guilt, shame, frustration and quitting on yourself. 🍪Stop the Snacking Spiral __________ WEEKLY NOTES Join 'Lighter Notes' - weekly email notes for a healthy relationship with food and body. 💌 Get Weekly 'Lighter Notes' __________ DISCOVER MORE Learn more about how I can help you. 💻Visit my Website __________ FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: Follow & Connect with Me Facebook: Follow & Connect with Me Instagram: Follow & Connect with Me __________ ✨Helping women in healthcare create a healthy relationship with food and lose weight for life.... By breaking free from eating habits like overeating, stress eating, emotional eating, mindless snacking, and cravings. Plus, forming healthy weight loss habits. You're ready to finally feel at peace with food, confident in your body and lose weight sustainably. I'm your Eating Habits and Weight Loss Coach, and I'm ready to help you achieve that. Take the next step and explore 1:1 coaching with me. [Explore Now] *The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychiatric advice.

    26 min
5
out of 5
16 Ratings

About

Eating Habits for Life is a sustainable weight loss and eating habits podcast for women in healthcare who struggle with emotional eating, stress eating, overeating, cravings, and binge eating — especially after long shifts and high-stress days. You’re disciplined and successful at work. Yet when it comes to food, it feels frustratingly hard. You know what’s healthy. You understand portion control. But consistency feels out of reach — leading to shame, weight loss struggles, and starting over on Monday. This is changeable. With a compassionate, science-backed approach that addresses eating habits at the root, you can build a calm, sustainable relationship with food — without relying on willpower, restriction, calorie counting, or tracking. Hosted by Kate Johnston, a former Physician Assistant of 15 years and now an Eating Habits & Weight Loss Coach, this podcast explores why knowledge isn’t enough — and how mindset, emotions, perfectionism, and a dysregulated nervous system quietly drive eating habits. You’ll learn: ✔️ What’s truly driving cravings, emotional eating, and overeating ✔️ How to stop blaming yourself for struggling with food ✔️ Behavioral science-backed tools to build sustainable eating habits and regulate stress ✔️ What makes weight loss harder — and how to stop reinforcing those patterns ✔️ Mindset shifts that help you stay consistent, even with a demanding schedule Each week, you’ll feel more calm, confident, and in control around food — and build eating habits that support sustainable weight loss for life. For support beyond this podcast, you can book a free consult at katemjohnston.com/eat-with-intention It’s simply a space to talk through what’s going on with your eating patterns, uncover your deepest motivators, and see what support could look like for you. 🎧 New episodes weekly. ✨ Subscribe and send to a friend in healthcare who will benefit too. *The content in this podcast and my coaching services are for informational purposes only and do not replace medical advice or consultations with a healthcare or mental health provider.

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