The Livy Method Podcast

You fall asleep fine. Then 3 AM hits and suddenly you're staring at the ceiling, counting down how many hours you have left. Sound familiar? Sleep expert Alanna McGinn joins Gina to get to the bottom of one of midlife's most common and most frustrating experiences. They unpack why our sleep shifts during times of stress and hormonal change, why "quieting your mind" is the wrong goal entirely, and what's actually happening in your body during those middle-of-the-night wake-ups. Alanna breaks down the real culprits of blood sugar, body temperature, your bedtime and your emotional relationship with sleep. She offers a refreshingly honest take on how to stop making 3 AM the enemy. Where to Find AlannaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alanna.mcginn/Website: https://alannamcginn.com/BONUSA free 6-day email course to help you reclaim your nights.https://goodnightsleepsite.thrivecart.com/stop-3am-wakings-course/This episode aligns with day 46 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.

Midlife weight loss, fasting, and why fat burning isn't the same as fat loss. Gina Livy breaks it all down. If you've tried intermittent fasting and wondered why it wasn't moving the needle, this episode is for you. From insulin and cortisol to sleep, stress, and why your body holds onto fat after deprivation diets, this is weight loss for women explained the way no one else is explaining it.This episode aligns with day 46 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

Summer is coming, and for a lot of women, that brings up more anxiety than excitement. In this conversation, Gina Livy and Odette get honest about what it actually means to carry your progress into a new season without losing yourself to old habits. They talk about how to let this summer feel genuinely different and not just on the outside.This is the conversation for anyone who's worked hard to get here and is quietly wondering: can I actually hold on to this?You can. Here's how.This episode aligns with day 45 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.

Sandra Elia has lost 100 pounds. She's written a book on food recovery. She's built a program that's helped thousands of women. And she'll be the first to tell you that getting to your goal weight doesn't fix the way you feel about yourself. That part takes different work.In this conversation, Gina sits down with food addiction specialist and author Sandra Elia (Never Enough) to talk about the part of the weight loss journey nobody wants to discuss: body image. They get into how self-hate acts as a barrier to change and why thinness became morally coded in our culture.Where to Find Sandra:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandraelia.ca/Website: https://www.sandraelia.com/ To purchase Sandra's book, Never Enough: Three Pillars of Food Addiction Recovery: https://amzn.to/46Qi1KcThis episode aligns with day 45 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

You've been told to eat more protein, exercise more, and just try harder. But what if the advice you've been following is exactly what's keeping you stuck?In this episode, Gina Livy gets honest about the protein craze, why a calorie is never just a calorie, and what your body actually needs to focus on fat loss. She talks supplements, sodium, electrolytes, and why your doctor probably wasn't trained in any of this. Plus, if life has thrown you a curveball this season, a surgery, a setback, a body that doesn't feel like yours right now, Gina talks about how to meet yourself where you're at without losing sight of where you're going.This is the conversation your GP isn't having with you. We will though.This episode aligns with day 44 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

Self-criticism feels productive. That's the trap.In this episode, Gina Livy and Maintenance group manager Odette get honest about what really happens when your plan doesn't go the way you thought it would and why beating yourself up about it isn't accountability, it's just a different kind of avoidance.They discuss what it actually means to show yourself compassion without using kindness as an excuse to stop doing the work.This episode aligns with day 43 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.

Six weeks in, doing all the things, and still frustrated? You're not alone, and you're probably not doing anything wrong. Today, Gina Livy gets honest about why "doing more" is rarely the answer, how seasonal changes affect your body's signals and what it actually looks like to listen to what your body needs right now. Plus: the real reason weight comes back, how to navigate situational change without falling back into old habits, and why loneliness might be the missing piece in your health journey nobody talks about.This episode aligns with day 43 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

Gina Livy sits down with Kyle Buchanan, wellness contributor on Global's The Morning Show and host of Feel Goodery and The Exhale on SiriusXM, and they do not hold back. From salmon sperm facials to scream clubs, they cut through the noise of so much modern wellness "wankery" to talk about what actually may help you. The conversation gets to the core of nervous system burnout, why grief goes unacknowledged, what it means to finally stop editing yourself for everyone else, and why the most radical thing you can do right now might be to exhale longer than you inhale. No optimization required.Where to Find Kyle:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itskyleb/Website: https://www.kylebuchanan.ca/Podcast: feelgoodery with Kyle BuchananThe Exhale with Kyle Buchanan on SiriusXM Radio ch.167 Sundays at 4pmThis episode aligns with day 39 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

You cannot go back to the exact same life that created the version of you you're trying to change. That's the uncomfortable truth Odette and Gina Livy puts on the table in this Midweek Motivation.This one digs into what consistency actually looks like when it's working (spoiler: it stops feeling like effort), how to stop white-knuckling your way through social situations and dinners you didn't plan, and why the fear of eating off-plan has nothing to do with the food itself.This episode aligns with day 38 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.