Obesity is a disease. It’s not just humans whose health is affected by it. Animals also experience it. In today’s episode of Big Fat Facts podcast, we have a special guest joining in to discuss obesity with pets. Dr. Carling Matejka is a full-time mixed animal veterinarian and part-time emergency veterinarian dedicated to improving the human-animal bond. Are you rewarding your pets in the right way? And what is a typical treatment plan for an obese animal? Let’s talk about obesity with animals.

You’d think shoulding is just a part of your daily wondering but what you don’t realize is that it becomes toxic and will affect your mental well-being in the long term. “I should have done that,” is in your daily vocabulary but it shouldn’t be. Change it to ‘I am’ or ‘I’m not’ and focus on the new vision and start moving forward. It’s Mindful Monday without Kelly but we’re building up to some new exciting topics coming up very soon. Tune in now.

Vulnerability is what makes us human. We’re not robots and without feelings, we couldn’t survive. Dan and Ivana are back discussing habits, their formation and defining the hidden elements of them. We’re scared to try new things, say what’s on our mind and reflect openly on the situations because those actions make us vulnerable. We open up and then we end up getting hurt. Our wall goes down. But can we jump again, even if that cliff gets higher every time we fail? Tune in now!

There are six basic emotions that every culture has. And without speaking the language of the other nation, we can still recognize the emotions they are experiencing. Anger causes us to react in many ways and 90% of the time a snippet of the reason for this emotion is visible. What is beneath the surface and what is the iceberg analogy? It’s Mindful Monday with Kelly Moen and in today’s episode, we discuss this basic emotion – ANGER. Stay tuned!

Welcome back for another new series of BFF episodes. Let’s talk about habits. They are hard to make, pretty hard to break and barely impossible to forget. Our brain is wired to keep important stuff saved, habits are a survival thing and since even animals have them, they are primal things. What are habits and what are micro-habits? We’re answering these questions on this episode. Stay tuned!

In today’s episode, Dan is replying to medical student Alishba Danish’s burning questions about obesity, mental health, binge eating and general topics about a healthy lifestyle. Why do we binge eat and how our brain works with the information we get? Which TDEE calculators to use and what our body wants? All these questions get answers. Tune in now to find out!

People with disabilities adapt from day one. You don’t know how you’d feel until you experience it yourself. Meet our guest, Isaac Harvey. This awesome guy doesn’t let the world dictate what he can and can not do. As a vlogger from Great Britain, he has become a great inspiration to those who feel like the world ends where your normal isn’t everyone else’s. Happy Birthday, Isaac! This is for you!

We are judged for our body image. Too fat, too skinny, facial features are not symmetrical enough and all other kinds of judgments. It’s not glitz and glam all the time. Siera Bearchell is an inspiration and the Miss Universe Canada 2016. How did she cope with the negative comments and messages about herself? Tune in to find out!