Joanna Zajusz, Author at Positively Rebellious by Joanna Zajusz

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Who has the hardest time losing weight?

Who has the hardest time losing weight? Not from a medical, or physical perspective but from a personality perspective? People who love to rebel. Who have the strong inner rebel. Very committed to certain foods and not wanting to give them up. People who want to defend with all their power – their right to […]

[Podcast] Eight Recent Episodes

I started the podcast to talk more about the concepts that help us grow in the areas of weight, emotional eating and creativity. I also wanted to challenge myself to share more stories. Because, by default I am a “bullet point” person. Frankly it was going slower than I planned. A big unexpected commitment got […]

Ask yourself these 3 questions and lose 3 pounds just this month. [video]

Everyone has the moments that trigger emotional eating. As you bring more awareness into the weight loss work, you will be able to catch the moments when you are about to eat off the plan (off protocol). It it tempting to follow the desire right when it arises… you may even want to defend it […]

Why do we resist being coached? [video]

Sometimes we resist talking about something that bothers us. We resist being coached on it, that means: looking at it, going deep, so we can release it or transform it. Why? I saw this clearly two weeks ago when I noticed anxiety and fear and tracked it down to something I was thinking. I knew […]

Can past life regression assist in our spiritual growth?

In 2020/2021, nearly all regression requests I received were about finding purpose. To hear the voice from within. Why do we need to know our purpose? What do we want to hear? You stopped and reflected… maybe you achieved a lot of things in the material world, but something is missing. You thought you would […]

Can you get stuck in a negative emotion?

E-motion wants to be in motion. Emotions move through you when you allow them. We are protecting ourselves from negative emotions in all possible ways. But sometimes, we need to process some uncomfortable yet useful feelings. They may be exactly what we need to go through to get what we want: You may need to feel courage or discomfort […]

The Benefits of Food Journaling and How to Do it [3 videos]

Food Journaling is a useful tool when we want to lose weight. In fact, I think it is indispensable. Without it – how would we know what to change? These are the main benefits of food journaling: It helps us to be aware of what we eat. This habit won’t let us to stay in […]

Are you “emotionally eating” or just eating?

April 7th, 2021 Emotional eating comes up when we talk about weight loss. If we didn’t cover up our emotions with food, we wouldn’t have all those extra pounds to lose. So it makes sense to end it to lose weight. But also, to be more present to life. You may think that you love […]

We choose every day between these two types of discomfort

(This is for anyone who has a goal and starts working towards it. – weight loss goal, creativity, study, new skill – anything – What to expect? ) Everyone experienced this. We start working on an exciting goal, something we truly believe in, we feel inspired, determined, elated, powerful, clear, all the good stuff, and then… […]

How creatives avoid making impact, don’t listen to their Soul, and how to change it.

(This is for the procrastinating creatives: when you feel the desire to create but you don’t when you have a pile of drafts and resist finishing. Your thoughts stop you but your new thoughts can also make you start) Several years ago I visited a friend in his office and he showed me binders and […]

Create Momentum and New Mindset [Invitation]

Most people start a new year with new plans but not all of those plans get realized. Why not? Common reasons: Often we lose focus or things “get in a way.” We don’t set boundaries, we don’t plan, and we don’t connect the heart with the vision. Did you keep all the promises you gave […]

The one thing that will create momentum. Guaranteed!

No magic here. Or rather: schedule is magic! Schedule creates momentum because…. Following your schedule you avoid decision fatigue. Inspiration alone is not enough when you show up to the task daily – inspiration starts showing up too As a procrastinator – when you put a small doable task on your schedule – even you […]

How to measure progress? If the scales were not around…[weight]

The last time I stepped in the scale, few weeks ago, the only words that crossed my mind were “this… is… bulls%&^!” I was in disbelief! So much work! I should be at my goal weight. However the scale didn’t agree. But you know what? This is drama. We don’t want drama…. I looked at […]

Are You Stuck in Confusion? [video]

(video below) It’s not uncommon for us to procrastinate because we are confused. But it’s one thing to be confused because you learn something new, get the clarity and move on it’s entirely different thing to get stuck and indulge in confusion, In this article I cover three things: how to tell if you […]

Want to Be More Motivated? [External vs Internal Motivation]

Would you love to have this inner drive and motivation that seems so natural for certain people? Sometimes people tell me, I want to feel more motivated, I need someone to kick my ass! Why do we love for others to motivate us? Think about the last time it happened to you. Maybe you listened […]

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