Are you yearning for a kind of change in your life? Have you felt stuck repeating the same cycles day after day, month after month, while you know that you want to make a shift? Can you believe and trust that ultimately you DO have the power to change for good and for the better? In this podcast episode, Dr. Cristina Castagnini discusses the fact that you're only “one thought away” from transforming your life with Kerry Tepedino.

MEET KERRY TEPEDINO

Kerry Tepedino is the CEO and Founder of the One Thought Away Project, a global company and movement that has influenced 250k+ people to transform their lives.

Kerry struggled with low self-esteem, a lack of self-worth, and poor body image which spiralled into a personal battle with an eating disorder. This journey led her to a poignant and defining moment in her life where she got to make a decision to continue down a path of unhappiness and poor health or find the freedom and happiness that her soul always craved. Through deep study of personal development, leadership, holistic health, nutrition, Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and breath work, Kerry created her powerful Sacred Self System, which helped her go from rock bottom to rock solid. She now is living a life that she never thought could be possible for her. Her unique process includes mindset mastery, emotional intelligence, self-love, and believing that with the proper mentorship, community, and strategies… anything is possible. She is a walking example that you are One Thought Away from having the life you want… and is excited to support you in locking in the same understanding for your own life. Visit Kerry Tepedino's website and connect on Facebook and Instagram.

IN THIS PODCAST

  • Defining moments
  • One thought away from change
  • Kerry’s advice to listeners

Defining moments

A defining moment is, I would say, a moment in time when you have a strong realization that how you have been showing up or who you’ve been showing up as, or the actions that you’ve been taking or the choices that you’ve been making, are leading to results that you really don’t want. (Kerry Tepedino)
Once you have a defining moment of clarity, the ways in which you have been seeing and making sense of life get flipped upside down and you understand perhaps how you have actually been hindering and blocking yourself from pursuing the life that you want. These moments can be brutal to accept but they are powerful and incredibly freeing because they show you that even though you may have been stopping yourself, you now know that you have had the power all along. You can make a significant change in your life for the better. Everything you want in life can be achieved, it just starts with a decision and a belief in yourself to try.
I said to myself on that bathroom floor; “You have one of two choices Kerry. You either keep doing what you’re doing and this isn’t going to end well, or you pick yourself up and you figure this out and you heal”. (Kerry Tepedino)
In her life, Kerry then made huge shifts in her own life and completely turned it around. When she got herself to the other side of the difficulty, she felt a strong desire to help people who were also going through what she did.

One thought away from change

Kerry wants women to ask themselves:
  • Who do I want to be?
  • What do I want my life to look like?
You’re one thought away from changing your life today, or not. You’re one thought away from changing that inner toxic conversation with yourself today, or not. (Kerry Tepedino)
Through the mastery course, Kerry teaches women to:
  • Change their inner narrative and negative or toxic conversation to something more positive and constructive
  • Achieve emotional mastery by understanding how to self-regulate and not be reactive to life
  • Improve their relationships with themselves to make sure that they are living in alignment with their body and mental state instead of mindlessly living day-to-day
  • Becoming and staying present with themselves to not eat, shop, or scroll mindlessly and to be intentional with their choices and not escape reality
  • Overcome stigma in mental health, and teach women that they can be the heroes in their stories

Kerry’s advice to listeners

It’s never too late to start! With the right support and strategies in place, it is never too late to change your life.
You are ready to transform your life, it just starts with that desire and a decision to do what you can, to get the right people around you, to get the right support … And you found this podcast episode for a reason! There is something inside of you that is ready for more. (Kerry Tepedino)

USEFUL LINKS

MEET DR. CRISTINA CASTAGNINI

  I am a licensed Psychologist and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. While I may have over 20 years of clinical experience, what I also have is the experience of having been a patient who had an eating disorder as well. One thing that I never had during all of my treatment was someone who could look me in the eye and honestly say to me "Hey, I've been there. I understand". Going through treatment for an eating disorder is one of the hardest and scariest things to do. I remember being asked to do things that scared me. Things I now know ultimately helped me to get better. But, at the time, I had serious doubts and fears about it. If even one of my providers had been able to tell me "I know it's scary, but I had to go through that part too. Here's what will probably happen...." then perhaps I would not have gone in and out of treatment so many times. My own experience ultimately led me to specialize in treating eating disorders. I wanted to be the therapist I never had; the one who "got it". I will be giving you my perspective and information as an expert and clinician who has been treating patients for over 2 decades. But don't just take my word for it...keep listening to hear the truly informative insights and knowledge guest experts have to share. I am so happy you are here!

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