From Protection to Safety: Sherry Shaban on Mindset, Fitness, and Self-Love

Episode Summary:

In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana welcomes Sherry Shaban, a Montreal-based fitness expert, life coach, and anti-diet advocate. Sherry shares her inspiring journey of overcoming a near-paralyzing accident at 16 and how it shaped her mission to help others shift from a protection mindset to a safety mindset. Together, they explore topics such as gratitude, self-love, overcoming unwanted eating behaviors, and embracing an athlete’s mindset. Sherry also offers practical tips for balancing work and rest, maintaining a healthy nervous system, and fostering creativity.

Listeners will leave feeling empowered to reframe challenges, embrace self-acceptance, and approach health and fitness with a compassionate, growth-oriented mindset.

About the Guest:

Sherry Shaban is a fitness expert, osteopath, and life coach with a passion for helping people create a positive relationship with their bodies and minds. After a near-paralyzing injury as a teenager, Sherry dedicated her life to fitness and personal growth. She hosts the Fall in Love with Fitness podcast and advocates for an anti-diet approach to health, emphasizing the power of shifting from protection to safety mode. Through her online fitness programs, app, and free resources, Sherry empowers individuals to reclaim their strength, resilience, and self-love. Listeners can connect with Sherry on Instagram and Sherry offers a free workbook to help listeners address binge eating and emotional eating at makepeacewithfood.com

Key Takeaways:

1. Protection vs. Safety Mode: Understand how the nervous system's fight-or-flight response affects physical health and emotional well-being, and learn strategies to shift into safety mode for greater peace and balance.
2. Embrace Gratitude and Abundance: Sherry highlights the importance of focusing on what the body can do, fostering gratitude to overcome limitations, and cultivating an abundance mindset.
3. Self-Love and Positive Affirmations: Replace negative self-talk with affirmations to build a healthy relationship with your body. Sherry's mirror exercise encourages gratitude for the body’s functions.
4. Reframe Your Relationship With Food: Shift from a dieting mindset to an athlete’s mindset, viewing nutrition and exercise as self-care rather than punishment.
5. Balance Work and Rest: Learn to align cycles of hard work and rest with natural rhythms for longevity, creativity, and stress management.

🎧 Tune in to be inspired by Sherry’s empowering journey and actionable advice for transforming mindset, fitness, and self-love.