Lifestyle School Podcast

About Lifestyle School Podcast

The Lifestyle School Podcast was created to help you design a life you love while achieving the health results you’ve always wanted. We focus on how small, sustainable changes to your lifestyle can lead to transformative improvements in both your health and overall well-being. It’s time to step off the diet-and-shame treadmill and put practical systems in place so you can reach your health goals effortlessly—on autopilot.

Publisher

Hope Plack

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Dec 2024

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

94 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   94: Metabolic Health 101

   What does it actually mean to be metabolically healthy? And how do you know if your body is functioning the way it should? We hear so much about optimizing our health through supplements, biohacks, and the latest wellness trends. But before we worry about optimization, we need to make sure we've established the foundations of good health. In this episode of the Lifestyle School Podcast, we're getting back to basics. I'm breaking down what metabolic health really means, the key numbers you should be paying attention to, and the practical lifestyle changes that can help improve your blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, and insulin sensitivity. Because here's the good news: You don't need a different protocol for every health concern. Many of the same daily habits improve multiple aspects of your metabolic health. In This Episode, You'll Learn: What metabolic health actually means and why it's about so much more than your weight or how quickly you burn calories. The five key markers of metabolic health: waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides, and HDL cholesterol. Why normal blood sugar doesn't always mean optimal insulin sensitivity and what fasting insulin and A1c can tell you. How to improve your blood sugar through nutrition, resistance training, movement, sleep, and meal timing. Practical strategies for lowering blood pressure, including exercise, nutrition, stress management, and better sleep. How to improve your cholesterol and triglycerides and why understanding your complete lipid panel matters. Why visceral fat matters and how improving body composition can positively influence multiple metabolic markers. Why the boring things work and how consistent habits can make a bigger difference than chasing the latest health trends. The Big Takeaway Metabolic health isn't something you either have or don't have. It's something you can work to improve. And the best part? The strategies that support healthy blood sugar are often the same strategies that support healthy blood pressure, triglycerides, body composition, and overall cardiovascular health. Eat real, minimally processed foods. Prioritize protein and fiber. Build muscle. Move your body daily. Get enough sleep. Manage your stress. And create habits you can actually maintain. Your health is influenced by what you do consistently, not occasionally. Your Challenge This Week Find your most recent lab work and take a look at your metabolic health markers. Ask yourself: Where am I right now? What direction are my numbers moving? What's ONE daily habit I can improve that would positively influence my metabolic health? You don't need to change everything overnight. Start with one intentional change and build from there. Ready to Improve Your Metabolic Health? At Lifestyle School, we focus on helping you understand your body, improve your metabolic health, and develop sustainable habits around nutrition, movement, fasting, sleep, and mindset. Our goal isn't just to help you lose weight. It's to help you build a healthy lifestyle you can maintain for the rest of your life. Learn more about Lifestyle School and our coaching programs: www.hopeplackcoaching.com (https://www.hopeplackcoaching.com/) Connect with me on Instagram: @hopeplackcoaching (https://www.instagram.com/hopeplackcoaching/) If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone who could benefit from understanding their metabolic health. And don't forget to subscribe to the Lifestyle School Podcast so you never miss an episode! Supplement Store: Head over to my website: www.hopeplackcoaching.com (http://www.hopeplackcoaching.com/)and check out my new supplement store! Use code: 104567 to create an account and order today!

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   93: The Stress You Can Control

   We talk a lot about managing stress—but what if some of the stress you're trying to manage could actually be removed? There are absolutely stressors in life that are outside of our control. Illness happens. People we love struggle. Unexpected expenses show up. Difficult seasons come whether we're ready for them or not. But there's another category of stress we don't talk about nearly enough: the stress we create, tolerate, or amplify through our own choices. Our schedules. Our spending habits. The time we go to bed. The people we give access to our lives. The content we consume. The things we procrastinate. The expectations we place on ourselves. Even the attitude we bring to circumstances we cannot change. In Episode 93 of the Lifestyle School Podcast, we're taking an honest look at the stress we actually have some control over. Because stress management isn't always about adding meditation, supplements, breathwork, or another wellness practice to your routine. Sometimes the most effective form of stress management is changing the behavior that's creating the stress in the first place. In this episode, you'll learn: The difference between stress you cannot control and stress you can control or influence Why the goal shouldn't be eliminating stress altogether How an overloaded schedule can become a self-created source of chronic stress Why every "yes" costs you time, energy, attention, or opportunity somewhere else How spending habits can create ongoing background stress The difference between not being able to sleep and not giving yourself enough opportunity to sleep Why boundaries are an important part of stress management How social media and constant information consumption add to your mental load Why procrastination is stress with interest How preparation and simple systems reduce everyday friction How unrealistic expectations can make difficult circumstances even harder Why changing your attitude doesn't mean pretending everything is okay How chronic overwhelm can make healthy eating, exercise, sleep, and other health behaviors much harder A simple Stress Audit you can use to identify what you can actually change The Stress Audit Write down the five biggest sources of stress in your life right now and ask yourself: Can I control this? Can I influence this? Am I doing anything that's making this harder? What is one decision I could make that would reduce the friction? You may discover that some of what you're carrying truly is outside of your control. That's where acceptance, resilience, support, and healthy coping matter. But you may also discover places where you have more power than you realized. Ownership is not blame. Blame asks, "Whose fault is this?" Ownership asks, "What can I do about it?" You don't need a stress-free life. You need enough capacity to handle the stress that's actually worth carrying. So before asking, "How do I manage all of this stress?" Try asking: "Is there any of this stress I could stop creating?" Supplement Store: Head over to my website: www.hopeplackcoaching.com (http://www.hopeplackcoaching.com/)and check out my new supplement store! Use code: 104567 to create an account and order today!

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   2 Oct 2026

   92: When Your Body Is Asking for Change

   What do you do when you’re doing a lot of the “right” things for your health—but you still don’t feel good? At eight months postpartum, I’m halfway through losing the 60 pounds I gained during pregnancy. I’ve lost about 30 pounds, my sleep is good, I’m managing stress, and I’m not overexercising. But recently, I’ve been dealing with increasing joint pain in my hands and wrists, along with chronic back pain that I’m tired of accepting as normal. So I’ve decided it’s time to investigate. In this episode, I’m bringing you along as I begin an elimination diet using the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) as a framework. I’m sharing why I’m choosing to experiment with my diet before jumping into expensive testing, what I hope to learn, and how I plan to track my symptoms and eventually reintroduce foods. But this episode isn't really just about AIP. It's about learning to pay attention when your body is telling you something—and being willing to make changes even when the timing isn't convenient. With trips to San Diego and Minnesota coming up, four kids to feed, work, holidays, and normal life, there is no perfect time for me to follow a restrictive elimination diet. And that's exactly the point. Sometimes we have to stop asking, “When will this be easy?” and start asking, “Is this important enough to do while it's hard?” In this episode, we talk about: Why weight loss and health aren't necessarily the same thing The joint and back pain that made me reconsider what I'm eating My previous experience with food sensitivities and elimination diets Why I'm choosing AIP as an elimination framework What the AIP diet temporarily eliminates Why an elimination diet shouldn't automatically become a forever diet The importance of systematically reintroducing foods Why I'm not starting with expensive food-sensitivity testing How I plan to track pain, stiffness, digestion, energy, and other symptoms Why changing 15 things at once makes it nearly impossible to know what's actually working How I'm preparing my kitchen and creating simple default meals The difference between a willpower problem and a planning problem How I plan to navigate AIP while traveling Why there is never a perfect time to make a difficult health change Finding a “why” that's stronger than inconvenience Why persistent symptoms shouldn't automatically be blamed on food When symptoms deserve medical evaluation rather than another dietary experiment Why the ultimate goal isn't restriction—it's learning what your body actually needs I'm not sharing this experiment from the finish line. I don't know yet whether changing my diet will resolve the symptoms I'm experiencing. And that's why I want to bring you along. Over the coming weeks, I'll share what I'm eating, what's difficult, what happens while traveling, how my symptoms change, and eventually what I learn as I begin reintroducing foods. Because the goal was never just weight loss. The goal is building a body—and a life—that you can live well in. Supplement Store: Head over to my website: www.hopeplackcoaching.com (http://www.hopeplackcoaching.com/)and check out my new supplement store! Use code: 104567 to create an account and order today!

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