Love Your Bod Pod

In this episode, I interview Alana Van Der Sluys from Freedom with Food and Fitness, a fellow coach and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.

We talk about mindset work and how food is only as powerful/scary/dangerous as the story you tell yourself in your head and how lasting freedom with food, fitness and your body requires mindset work. We also talk about how to have a fun and positive relationship with fitness, overcoming...

In this episode, I interview Emily, @yourmentalhealthbff, about her experience with drug-induced anorexia and the very common overlap of substance abuse and eating disorders. She tells her story of asking for help, choosing recovery, and going to a wilderness rehab (something I didn't know existed). She is a licensed Trauma Therapist, so I picked her brain on self-esteem, people-pleasing, and so much more. It's a great epis...

In today's episode, I meet with Jaimie Weisberg, your body-positive bestie! She is a fashion queen on social media and a recovery advocate. We talk about her experience growing up, advocating for herself throughout treatment while facing weight stigma, and why recovery is worth it. Of course, we talk about fashion and how to not let the size of your clothes influence your value and how you feel about yourself. She shares her mi...

In this episode, I talk about a book I read last year titled "The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying" by Bonnie Ware and how thinking about the end of my life, not in a morbid way, but in a matter-of-fact way, has helped me face my fears and show up powerfully for my lie. I also read some old Instagram posts on this topic and talked about some reflections I have been having since deciding to retire from coaching. My hope is this ...

In this episode, I interview Sammy Harrison Gut, a binge-eating coach and previous client of mine. We explore topics including secret binge eating, how it is a coping mechanism for anxiety, how perfectionism shows up with food and weight, how parts work and IFS helped Sammy heal, and the difference my online course Embodied Rebel Masterclass made for her in her body image journey. It was what she needed to finally detach from the &...

In this episode, I talk about the recovery process and how it happens in phases. Too many people try to rush the process or skip steps which ultimately slows them down and leaves them stuck. I share about my unique road to recovery and how, now, 13 years after making the powerful decision to work on recovery, I see things differently. Hindsight is 20/20, ya know? I also share what the process has looked like for various clients of ...

Today's podcast guest is Genevieve Prushinski, and HEAS-aligned, anti-diet Dietitian working at Balance Eating Disorder Treatment Center in NYC - one of the nation's best treatment centers. She answers questions from you that you submitted on Instagram!

Topics we cover:

- her personal experience with an ED and recovery process

- grieving the thin dream

- how it's not all about the food

- using ED behaviors to commu...

Today we are with Rachel Hills, and our conversation gets raw, real, and deep. And it's loooooong and juicy! We talk about all the things, including her religious upbringing and the overlaps with diet culture, her personal struggle with body image and food, motherhood, miscarriages, health struggles. We dive into shame and how underneath it is a belief that you can change, how your personality is not your trauma responses and w...

Inner Child work plays a powerful role in healing your relationship with food and your body because many of our earliest experiences of Diet Culture, body shame, trauma or feelings of not being enough/loveable, etc. happened in childhood. Those experiences impact how we relate to food and our body. 

Use this meditation to connect to your inner child and offer her/him/them some unconditional love and attention. 

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In today's episode, we talk with Dacy Gillespie, an online personal stylist, about the messages that we have received about what we "should" and "shouldn't" wear based on our body, age, and weight so we can unpack them and connect more to our authentic style and self-expression. 

Clothing plays a big role in our body image and healing journey, so I know you are going to get a lot out of this episode! 

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This week, we talk with former FBS - The Academy + Retreat student, Natalie about her 15 year-long struggle with food and her body image, and her journey to healing & her happiest life ever! 

Topics We Cover:

• Extreme restriction & over-exercising
• Binge eating & eating in secret
• The pressure her parents put on her to lose weight
• The many areas of her life impacted negatively by disordered eating
• Her vis...

If you identify as an emotional eater, or someone who eats their feelings, you might not be sure how to actually feel your feelings, this breathwork practice will show you how to feel & process your emotions. I do not see emotional eating as a problem, rather I see it as a check-engine light, inviting you to look under the hood so you can learn more about ourself and your needs. This practice is a perfect way to do just th...

Today we are joined by Mary's Cup of Tea! Not only do we explore her eating disorder and recovery journey, dropping in helpful tips along the way, but we also go deep into the power of in-person retreats & investing in yourself and Mary opens up about her woo-woo, spiritual side as well. Get ready to learn her Self-Love Formula, her journey to empowerment, and why she now sees fitness culture as a cult.

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Today, we interview Maren Hunt, a Certified Intuitive Eating Coach about her personal recovery journey from a 20-year struggle with her relationship with food, her body, and herself and how she now helps others do the same as a coach. She shares several practical tips and strategies for overcoming fear, breaking food rules, body image healing, and ending the restrict-binge cycle.  

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