Unlearning Beautiful

What if you don't need to love your body?

If you've spent years dieting, criticizing your appearance, comparing yourself to other women, or feeling like you're failing because you can't feel confident or beautiful in your body, there may be another way forward.

In this episode, I talk about why body peace can be a more realistic and freeing goal than body love — and why you don't have to go from hating your body to loving it ov...

You eat more than you intended, and almost immediately your mind starts figuring out how you're going to “make up” for it. Maybe you'll eat less tomorrow. Skip breakfast. Exercise more. Be “good” for the rest of the week.

But what's actually behind that urge to punish yourself?

In this episode of Unlearning Beautiful, I explore the deeper belief underneath food guilt, restriction, and compensation: the idea th...

Do you ever feel like criticizing your body happens automatically?

You catch your reflection, see a photo of yourself, or put on a pair of jeans—and before you even realize it, your mind is telling you everything that's "wrong."

What if those thoughts aren't the truth?

What if they're simply a habit?

In this episode, I explore why body hate can feel so automatic, where these thoughts come from, and why trying to replace them with...

Has your child ever said...

"I'm fat."
"I'm ugly."
"I don't like my body."

If you're like most parents, your first thought is probably:

"What do I say?"

But what if helping your child build a healthy relationship with their body has less to do with finding the perfect words... and more to do with healing your own relationship with yours?

In this episode of the Unlearning Beautiful Podcast, we're talking about how your own body ima...

Can you make peace with your body and still want to lose weight?

For years, I would've answered that question with a firm "no."

But over time—through my own experience and years of coaching women—my perspective has changed.

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In this episode, we're exploring why the real issue is...

Can you work toward body acceptance while considering a GLP-1 medication? What happens when you've spent years healing your relationship with food and your body, only to watch the world around you embrace weight loss again?

In this second edition of Unscripted with Kristina & Stefanie, body image coaches Kristina Bruce of Unlearning Beautiful and Stefanie Michele of Full But Not Finished sit down with no notes, no agenda, and no...

Grief has a way of revealing what we're most attached to.

In this episode, I share what a recent season of grief has been teaching me—not just about loss, but about the stories our minds create, the identities we cling to, and why these same patterns show up in our relationship with our bodies.

As I move through my own grieving process, I realized something that changed the way I think about healing: grief itself isn't the same...

Have you ever wondered why accepting your body feels so difficult—even when you genuinely want to?

In this episode, I explore what I believe is the real reason body acceptance feels so hard.It's probably not because you dislike your body as much as you think.

Instead, we've learned to attach our worth, value, and identity to how our bodies look. When your mind believes your body says something about who you are, acc...

Former model and Beyond Beauty Project founder Bridgett Burrick joins me for a powerful conversation about beauty standards, body image, and what she learned from years spent inside the modeling industry.

While Bridgett never entered modeling in pursuit of validation, her experience gave her a front-row seat to the pressures, expectations, and impossible standards that shape how many women relate to their bodies.

Together, we explor...

Struggling with a "bad body image day"? Before you try to fix your appearance, restrict your food, or hide from the camera, listen to this episode!

Have you ever caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror or looked at a photo and felt your stomach instantly drop? It’s a gut-wrenching feeling that can instantly cast a dark shadow over your entire day, leaving you feeling like your body just isn’t good enough.

But what ...

Have you scrolled through red carpet photos recently and felt a strange wave of déjà vu? From Hollywood to local communities, we are witnessing a rapid, hyperfixation on extreme thinness and sharp, angular lines. But historically, this dramatic shift isn't new. Whenever women begin gaining public influence and power, cultural beauty ideals reliably shift back to favoring extreme thinness.

In this episode of the Unlearning Beautiful ...

Have you ever stopped dieting only to feel more out of control with food?

Many women assume that bingeing, overeating, food obsession, or feeling lost after letting go of dieting means they're doing something wrong. But what if it's actually a normal (and necessary) part of healing?

In this episode, I'm exploring why the urge to binge, restrict, calorie count, or regain control often gets stronger when you first stop dieting. You'll ...

Ever wished that other people’s comments about your body, your weight, or your choices would just roll off your back? You tell yourself, “I shouldn’t care what they think.” But the moment a family member makes a comment about what you’re eating, or you imagine walking into a room after gaining weight, your stomach drops. You feel exposed, judged, and fundamentally unsafe.

If this is you, you are definit...

Have you ever heard the phrase "She's really let herself go" and felt your stomach drop? You aren't alone. For countless women, the terrifying fear of being whispered about behind their backs is the single biggest hurdle keeping them from making peace with their bodies. When you’ve spent decades dieting, letting go feels less like freedom and more like falling off a cliff.

But what if we have it completely backward? What if "l...

Have you ever feared that if you gain weight, you'll no longer be wanted?

In this episode of Unlearning Beautiful, Body Peace Coach Kristina Bruce explores the fear of weight gain in relationships and why "looking the part" isn't the insurance policy we think it is.

We dive into the "social currency" of attractiveness, the "Trophy Wife" trope, and how to find a sense of worth that isn't dependent on being "selected" by a part...

If you’ve quit dieting but still feel unsure how to approach nutrition and health advice without falling back into food rules, this episode is for you.

In this episode, Kristina reviews the book Glucose Goddess by Jesse Inchaupsé. She shares the key nutrition information expressed by the author, and gives her own thoughts on how to take in that info from a weight-neutral perspective.

In this episode:

• Why you can want to reje...

"I have to lose weight because when I was thinner, I felt great—and now I don't." It feels like a cold, hard fact, but what if feeling good in your body has less to do with the weight itself than you think?

In this episode of the Unlearning Beautiful podcast, body peace coach Kristina Bruce deconstructs the belief that a smaller body is the only requirement for happiness and physical comfort. We’re moving past the surfac...

"Fat." For many, it’s the original slur—the first weapon used on the playground and the word so many people fear being called as adults. But what happens when return the word automatically seen as "negative" to its rightful place: a neutral descriptor.

In this episode, Body Peace Coach Kristina Bruce explores "The Other F Word." We’re peeling back the layers of cultural conditioning, media influence, and the multi-...

This episode wasn’t planned.

It started as a DM between me and binge eating recovery coach Stefanie Michele…and quickly turned into a conversation where we thought “we need to hit record!”

What you’re hearing is a real, unfiltered conversation between two body image coaches—no script, no teaching agenda—just the truth about what we went through and what actually changed things.

Inside, we...