The Mind Mastered: Secrets of Excellence with Dawn Grant
Aug 11, 2026 · 55 min · 12 segments
Health isn't built through perfection—it's built through consistency. In this episode, Dawn Grant welcomes health educator, author, and wellness coach Cheryl McColgan for an inspiring conversation…
Cheryl McColganGuest
Dawn GrantHost
Well, you got cookbooks and all that, so you probably have healthy treats that you cook.

What I've learned about that over the years, I have the keto dessert recipes and all of that stuff.

But honestly, it's like treats are treats re- re- regardless of whether they're keto or vegetarian or vegan or whatever.

That should not make up the pr- I mean, it's sad because if I had a super fast metabolism, I'd have a treat every day.

But the point is, I think you said it perfectly, and I think this is the mindset.

You're making a choice because you know if you eat a treat every single day, whether it's keto or whatever it is, that it's, you know, in some people it's gonna trigger these sugar cravings, or in some people it's just going to, um, put them down this road where it's kind of like a slippery slope.

Oh, well, I already, you know, I already had the cake with my coffee this morning, so I'll just have whatever this is.

And it just creates this whole different mindset where I think what the thing is really is, like, now if I want a treat, I'm like, I'm gonna have the real thing.

I don't have any of these reasons why I can't occasionally have the real thing.

They put, like, a lot of seed oils and a lot of garbage, and I will make things with allulose instead of real sugar 'cause I'm like, can't really tell the difference and it tastes just as good.

But, like, keto flours, if pe- if people, if you've never tried this, making, like, desserts out of almond flour, it's ridiculous.

Well, you got cookbooks and all that, so you probably have healthy treats that you cook.

What I've learned about that over the years, I have the keto dessert recipes and all of that stuff.

But honestly, it's like treats are treats re- re- regardless of whether they're keto or vegetarian or vegan or whatever.

That should not make up the pr- I mean, it's sad because if I had a super fast metabolism, I'd have a treat every day.

But the point is, I think you said it perfectly, and I think this is the mindset.

You're making a choice because you know if you eat a treat every single day, whether it's keto or whatever it is, that it's, you know, in some people it's gonna trigger these sugar cravings, or in some people it's just going to, um, put them down this road where it's kind of like a slippery slope.

Oh, well, I already, you know, I already had the cake with my coffee this morning, so I'll just have whatever this is.

And it just creates this whole different mindset where I think what the thing is really is, like, now if I want a treat, I'm like, I'm gonna have the real thing.

I don't have any of these reasons why I can't occasionally have the real thing.

They put, like, a lot of seed oils and a lot of garbage, and I will make things with allulose instead of real sugar 'cause I'm like, can't really tell the difference and it tastes just as good.

But, like, keto flours, if pe- if people, if you've never tried this, making, like, desserts out of almond flour, it's ridiculous.
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