Food and Body Freedom: Recent Episodes
Nadia Felsch BHSc
Nutritionist and Intuitive Eating Counsellor, Nadia Felsch will be supporting your food and body freedom in this new podcast. Troubleshooting the process of leaving diets behind and becoming an Intuitive Eater. Offering body image healing support and providing insights directly from her clinical experience each week with the real humans that she supports in her private practice. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts.
Answering one of the most common (and valid!) questions in this anti-diet, intuitive eating space.
Digging into:
- if these two pursuits can co-exist
- what happens when we try
- what isn't be addressed
- what other options might we have to experience peace
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What counts when it comes to movement? Is 5 mins enough? What if you don't sweat? What if you can't 'motivate' yourself? Is rest bad? Where do variations and rest fit? Does play have a place?
In this episode I am joined by Weight-Inclusive, Joyful Movement Coach and Virtual, Certified Personal Trainer Jamie Carbaugh for an entertaining and thought-provoking exploration of movement when we remove the standard weight-centric, capitalist, hustle-culture, ableist and anti-fat perspective. What's even possible?
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It's comfortable and increasingly normalised to criticise and speak to dismantling diet culture. Yet without interrogating what upholds diet culture we harm everyone and leave actual liberation behind. In this episode I am joined by queer, disabled Dietitian, Author and Community Organiser Jessica Wilson for a deeply thought provoking and insightful exploration of Health and all that gets lumped in with it including intuitive eating and diet culture. Including:
- the loud messages that a body is supposed to be healthy at all times and there’s set ways to do that with the messages coming from powerful places
- how this is inherently political and always has been
- who is left out of consideration when it comes to eating disorder treatment, dietetic practice and both wellness and healthcare generally
- who is intuitive eating for?
- when we swap dieting for intuitive eating - what is missing ?
- why just dismantling "diet culture" isn't enough and what we do need instead
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In this episode I want to get personal. More personal than I have before and share with you my own body acceptance story. This is a fairly exposing episode - peeling back the layers of what my journey with my body image has looked like and the key points that helped me arrive where I am today. Where the way I view my body - even when not positive - isn’t all that I am. Really sharing how my body acceptance story is my self acceptance story. And sharing what I notice in the world around me - from reality TV to the gym floor.
This is Part 1 of my Body Acceptance Story.
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In this episode I want to get personal. More personal than I have before and share with you my own body acceptance story. This is a fairly exposing episode - peeling back the layers of what my journey with my body image has looked like and the key points that helped me arrive where I am today. Where the way I view my body - even when not positive - isn’t all that I am. Really sharing how my body acceptance story is my self acceptance story. And sharing what I notice in the world around me - from reality TV to the gym floor.
This is Part 2 of my Body Acceptance Story.
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Endless noise about what's 'good' for you to eat and endless nutrition ideas to pay attention to. It's normal that this can feel overwhelming and confusing and you deserve better so let's sift through and breakdown these myths:
- Is there such a thing as "empty calories"?
- Is sugar bad for you?
- Is 2 eggs too many?
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What if running was for everyone, in the body you're in right now? All too often I hear folks share how movement for them has only meant punishment, weight loss and shame. And how unsupported, judged and excluded they feel in movement spaces.
Martinus Evans (@300poundsandrunning) is on a mission to change that!
In this episode we explore:
- what traditional running advice leaves out for everyone else
- the realities and obstacles along the way including running last, limited clothing choices and when it feels hard
- what running in the rain makes you feel
- if not intentional weight loss, why run?
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If you want help with food, nutrition and eating (practically speaking) to improve dietary quality, support your health without it being diet-y and feel more sorted and organised to do it… this is the episode for you!
Step inside a recent (challenging) eating experience with me and explore the tools and skills I utilised to navigate it and support my health (without being diet-y!)
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Inside this episode I offer you a version of the free challenge I ran last month - "What To Eat When You Have No Time and You're Over It" - which was incredibly supportive and powerful to the folks in it . This episode is ideal to support yourself in reality with food and eating if you:
- Often find yourself deciding what to eat once you’re already famished
- Feel short on time with food preparation and planning
- Feel stressed about deciding what to cook/eat for dinner
- Worry that the choices you make aren’t good for you
- Maybe cook for others and it’s all a lot!
- Feel overwhelmed and over it!
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A 60-minute masterclass I’m teaching live on simplifying the food, nutrition and health components you need to feel your best and optimise your health, without starting over every Monday.
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Endless noise about what's 'good' for you to eat and endless nutrition ideas to pay attention to. It's normal that this can feel overwhelming and confusing and you deserve better!
This episode explores 4 very common nutrition myths:
- Are serving sizes portion sizes?
- You don’t need carbs
- Night time eating isn’t good for your metabolism
- Is craving sweets after a meal a sign of deficiency?
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Chances are if you're exploring the non-diet, weight-inclusive healthcare space, you're possibly perplexed by hearing this from your doctor! Even if from the past, the 'recommendation' may be floating around in your mind and you're unsure how to reconcile it?
Is there truth in it?
What are you to take from it on your non-diet journey?
This episode digs into the facts surrounding this statement and what’s available to you if you’re hearing it…
If you’d like to share your experiences or ask Q’s - come over to our community.
If you’re ready for support in overcoming the stuckness you feel about your weight, your health and wellbeing, you’re going to want to get inside my Food Freedom Program - now accepting applications for the May 2023 cohort.
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Are you interested in getting started with intuitive eating?
Are you hopeful about eating whatever you want and also terrified of what could happen?
Are you on the way and "getting" it though struggling to put the ideas into practice?
.....then this episode is for you!
Sharing the two key starting points with intuitive eating that might surprise you.
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We talk about what’s great in leaving diet culture - brain space, energy, feeling more nourished, taking up more space in the world, taking care of yourself on your terms, being you. And these aren’t the full experience.
Let's normalise the human experience that can come when we reject the status quo ideas of diet culture.
This episode explores:
- the normal experiences that can occur when you leave diet culture
- what to expect and how it can feel
- insights to support your experience
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Are you frequently second guessing your food choices or worry they’re not ‘healthy’?
Do you struggle to feel nourished from food without restriction?
Do you wish you could stop thinking so much about food and what you eat?
You're not alone. How could you not feel this way? And do you want out?
This episode explores The 4 Pillars of Intuitive Eating for Health.
For your highest value option (under $AU40) to learn my top intuitive eating and non-diet nutrition tools and strategies so you can feel nourished from food without diet culturefor under $40! - register for my Intuitive Eating for Health MasterClass💥
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Everyone who registers will receive a replay with ongoing access - perfect for revisiting the tools and/or watching if you can't join us live on April 5th @ 7pm AEST.
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Are you chasing dopamine with food? Forgetting to eat? What about the impact of medication? Is it really all this binary or is there more to consider and apply a critical lens to when it comes to ADHD and eating?
In this episode Annie Crowe and I explore ADHD and eating including:
- What happens when we don't approach ADHD and neurodiversity as a flaw or something to fix
- The power of understanding
- The difference between interventions and accessibility
- How deficits are societal and not inherent to the ADHD experience
- The crossover of eating disorders and neurodivergency
- Is it bingeing or is it not enough food?
- The critical intersection of ADHD and neurodivergency with diet culture, healthism, ableism and anti-fatness
- A more critical unpacking of the dopamine chasing concept with ADHD
- ADHD medications and their impact on eating
- What Annie wants you to hear if you’re someone struggling with ADHD and eating
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Are you very concerned about how your body is perceived?
Feeling fed up with not liking your body and comparing yourself to others?
Wishing you weren't so triggered by your own reflection?
You're not alone. How could you not feel this way? And do you want out?
This episode explores 4 Tools to support your Body Acceptance Journey.
For your highest value option (under $AU40) to expand on the tools in this episode + dig into their implementation to accept your here and now body - register for my Body Acceptance Breakthrough MasterClass💥
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Everyone who registers will receive a replay with ongoing access - perfect for revisiting the tools and/or watching if you can't join us live on March 2nd @ 7pm AEDT.
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If you’re struggling with anything food and body related, it all starts with self-care. Considered radical self-care when we acknowledge that the systems of oppression we live under care not for our wellbeing and that it's radical to resist that.
This episode explores:
- How I define and teach self-care in practice
- Where to begin exploring your own self-care infrastructure
- The impact of not having self-care with food and body behaviours
- Self-care as 'selfish'
- Self-care as the first thing to fall away under stress
- Why gender and oppression is a critical part of this conversation
Complimentary Resource - Radical Self-Care Check-In
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We get dressed every day. And that's often an intense, overwhelming and stressful experience. Apparently clothes say so much about who we are and building a stylish wardrobe that challenges capitalist, patriarchal, racist and anti-fat norms is no small feat.
In this episode, the founder of Mindful Closet - Dacy Gillespie and I, explore:
- The rules of style and limitations of dressing yourself and the roots of these
- Why dressing your body can be about safety
- Clothing and identity including how to find it in a changing body
- How to try on clothes that make a difference to your body image
- The impact of your wardrobe full stop
- Shopping with limited financial resources
- What we need to talk about when we talk about sizing
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What is health to you? What isn't it? You’ve possibly seen me use air quotes when referencing "health." Maybe you’ve heard me remark after the term, ‘whatever that means’ and potentially the reasons why aren’t clear to you? You’re not alone.
And understanding why "health" is BS is integral to your own liberation around food, your body and your wellbeing.
This episode explores:
- Why health as a term is limited and harmful
- How anti-fatness and white supremacy is wrapped up with it
- What influences health and we don't talk about
- What we're really taught to aim for that isn't healthy
- How to start creating your own liberated path
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Don't want to cut carbs and chocolate nor do you feel free in your body? Such a normal and hard place to be. And one you can move forward from.
In this episode I explore:
- Why you feel stuck here
- The roots of that stuckness
- The truths to acknowledge
- How to move forward
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Whatever this time of year means and looks like to you, it's loaded with diet culture. That makes your food and body freedom journey harder - whatever stage you're at - and why knowing how to navigate these realities is critical to you feeling OK.
This episode explores practical strategies to navigate:
- eating past fullness
- diet culture conversations with friends and family
- body image struggles
- food guilt
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The idea that weight directly impacts fertility and pregnancy is loud and coming at us from lots of spaces. Is it an idea? Is it evidence? And if you're in a higher weight body, now what?
In this episode, fat positive fertility coach Nicola Salmonand I, explore getting pregnant in a fat body including:
- The truth on weight and infertility
- The so-called 'fix' of dieting
- What you need to know about getting pregnant in a fat body
- BMI and weight limits impacting access to reproductive healthcare
- The Fat Positive Framework Nicola uses with clients to provide the tools to face the challenges of getting pregnant in a fat body
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This a personal one for me!
PCOS is common in folks with ovaries AND commonly overlooked in its care. Leaving folks without enough answers and often feeling even more overwhelmed.
In this episode, Registered Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist Julie Duffy Dillonand I, explore PCOS including:
- Quick definition of PCOS (and how it’s more than fertility concerns!)
- Go-to PCOS recommendations and all that’s wrong with them
- The overlap between diet culture, fatphobia, healthism and PCOS so-called ‘treatment’
- Why are we getting it so wrong?
- Whether or not PCOS can be cured
- The core framework of effectively managing PCOS
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At the core feeling better from the food you eat, is knowing what foods feel like for you. So we need data!
This episode builds on part 1 and focuses on what your experience of food actually is. Providing you tools to pay attention, to collect data and refine - so you can feel better from the food you eat.
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Feeling better from the food you eat is part deconstructing and unpacking what you’ve been taught about food and eating (the relationship you have) and part exploring new ideas from a practical approach.
This episode exploresthe most critical element of non-diet nutrition + the most common obstacles that prevent that happening.
Non-Diet Nutrition 101 Free MasterClass - October 18th 12pm AEDT
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It's completely normalised for folks to ignore their hunger. Because: diet culture and anti-fatness. And yet what isn't normalised is the acknowledgment of this directly undermines our health and wellbeing.
This episode explores what's happening when you ignore your hunger, how that ends up making everything with food worse PLUS I walk you through practical strategies to name, rate and cultivate your hunger.
Because honouring your hunger is the key to becoming a more Intuitive Eater and the expert of your own body.
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You feel guilty for your food choices? You feel pressure to be 'good' with food. You wait out your hunger until the 'right' time. You worry without a plan, your diet will be a mess!
This episode explores 4 BIG reasons you're feeling stuck with food and shares strategies to get unstuck!
Nadia's Food Freedom Guide
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It’s so common to feel like you're doing everything wrong when it comes to health-promoting behaviours. You know what's 'good' for you and yet you can't make it stick. Maybe your motivation isn't there? Or it's all too much?
This episode explore 6 reasons why pursuing health promoting behaviours may feel hard.
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There's a billion and one ideas about how to eat and that you're reading this right now tells me perhaps they haven't worked for you. Hello diet culture and anti-fatness not helping anyone!
Feeding yourself well = feeling nourished and supported from the food you eat. Maximum benefit from food with minimal stress and preoccupation.
In this episode I dive into the 5 Essential Skills For Feeding Yourself Well with client stories + personal insights to support your own journey.
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There's so many harmful narratives around diabetes. Your weight and your diet cause it right? And you can reverse it? What about pre-diabetes? Counting carbs?
In this episode, Registered Dietitian and diabetes specialist Erin Phillipsand I, explore this including:
- The harmful and incorrect narrative especially around type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes
- Is diabetes type 2 really reversible?
- We talk about diabetes management and taking care as disordered eating recommendations
- How that relates to chronic stress and adverse metabolic impact
- Do you have to count carbs?
- Pre-diabetes - is it a thing? What does it mean?
- If your needs aren't being met with your current care - then what?
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It can feel like there are no alternatives and that if we feel bad about our body and in our body, dieting is the 'fix!'
In this episode I explore why this feels as it does and what alternatives might be available to you. I share client insights on the intuitive eating journey - as they might 'backslide' to dieting and also my own body image experiences that make this dieting 'fix' the done thing.
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Exploring the 3 most common hurdles on your Intuitive Eating journey and how to begin moving beyond them:
- Feeling guilty for eating
- Feeling out of control around food
- Feeling unhappy in your body
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In this episode I explore 7 Signs Your Relationship to Food Might Need Some Love, encompassing some of the most common experiences folks have when working on improving their food relationship.
Awareness is the first step.
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Lacking choice and consent is harmful. It perpetuates and solidifies harmful hierarchies. Some bodies. Some races. Some genders. Some so-called choices. Except it’s almost like there isn’t a choice when it comes to having children and there is. That choice is yours and knowing options, hearing from happy, fulfilled humans without children - this is important for true choice and consent. To hear it all. To know it all.
In this episode, photographer and founder of the We Are Childfree Community, Zoë Noble and I, explore this including:
- What does childfree mean and how does that intersect with freedom of choice
- Assumptions about women choosing not to have children
- Challenging societal norms that women are to be one thing and what happens when the institutions of patriarchy and white supremacy are challenged
- The lack of support and respect for mothers and the role that plays in the treatment of childfree women
- The role of celebrating diversity! And the power of celebrating our stories!
- Zoe and I both talk a little about our own childfree choices and how choice isn’t always available to folks
- Reproductive healthcare obstacles for uterus-havers and how this is at the core of liberation
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For many folks unpacking their relationship to food and body, their relationship to movement is painful. It's complex and layered in ideas of 'exercise as a chore' and 'exercise to shrink yourself.' It’s always such a privilege to witness clients moving away from these toxic and unhealthy ideas of movement that no longer serve them and into flexible, individual and caring ways that it does.
In this episode, Intuitive Movement Fitness Coach Tally Rye and I, explore all of this including:
- What intuitive movement is and the fascinating parallels with intuitive eating
- How unconditional permission to rest is a critical part of intuitive movement
- The pendulum swing of movement as all or nothing
- Are goals still welcome?
- Where does structure and discipline intersect with intuitive movement?
- How the ego can work against us
- How to chat with your personal trainer or coach about what you need
- Tally and I share a lot about our own journey’s in this space to improve our own relationship to movement
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In Part 2 of this series on Health At Every Size® (HAES®) I'll be exploring:
- the lived experience of non-HAES® approaches to health with Amanda Lee and Sharon Maxwell
- the medical take on treating conditions such as diabetes from a HAES® perspective with Dr Gregory Dodell
- HAES® health outcomes
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Health At Every Size® (HAES®) is.....?
In this episode I'll be exploring:
- what HAES® is
- what HAES® is not
- HAES® shortcomings and harm
- how I specifically use it with clients in my nutrition practice
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In this episode I breakdown My 5 Top Strategies to Tackle Binge Eating so you can move towards a calmer relationship to food.
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Navigating folks talking about diets, weight loss and food can be tough full-stop. Even tougher when you're newer to leaving diet culture and fatphobia behind.
In this episode, speaker and best-selling author Vinny Welsby and I, explore this including:
- Why diet culture chats as so detrimental on your food and body freedom journey
- What this has to do with body acceptance
- How important it is to lean into your own natural communication style
- We explore 3 real-life scenarios of diet culture chat where Vinny offers options to consider navigating through them
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Wellness culture would have us believe we can "cure" and "heal" with their products, remedies, plans and food. Our wanting of that is so understandable and yet the dangers are significant.
In this episode, Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist, Anna Sweeney and I, explore this including:
- Her own journey navigating wellness ideas recommended to her after her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis
- The immense power and problem in the idea that food can “cure”
- Some books and concepts of wellness we were both caught up in
- How individual responsibility and the moralism of health factors in
- The intersection of diet-culture/wellness-culture
- The influence of food as medicine from actual doctors! and celebrities in the wellness space
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We almost completely accept that fatness is a problem. And yet is it truly? How do we know or not? And what does that mean about fat folks in society and especially in healthcare. What are we not considering?
In this episode, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University, Jeffrey Hunger PhD and I, explore this including:
- Health and weight links and what’s lost in translation as these links go to popular media
- The parallels between sexual orientation and weight being presented as under one’s control to "fix"
- Why the health outcomes of fat people shouldn't be surprising
- The framework of weight research to begin with
- The power of language, lived experience and asking different questions - and how as professionals especially once we know better, we do better
- The impact of healthism in this space and conversation
- Top-down and bottom-up approaches to shift away from stigmatising healthcare + the obstacles that are there
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If you've decided you'd like to move away from MyFitnessPal and you're terrified of feeling out of control - this is the episode for you.
In it I explore the (inaccurate and harmful) concept of calorie counting and offer you a 3-step invitation to leave it behind.
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A normal statement in our diet-culture-led society and also not our only option.
In this episode I breakdown why you feel guilty for eating and offer you an alternative that's healthier and more peaceful!
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Ever wondered what it looks like to improve your relationship to food and body? What you talk about? Experience? Do? And how all of that feels?
In this episode you'll hear first-hand what it was like to go from Weight Watchers to Food Freedom from my past client Shauna.
There's so much goodness in this episode!
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Do you know why diets fail? (Hint** it's not your lack of willpower!)
What's happening in your body at the time? And where to from here?
Get ready for a deep dive into all of this.
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Does the idea of losing weight also equal feeling and looking better to you? Is it the 'fix' you're used to focusing on? And also wondering why it never actually helps (even if you do keep the weight off long-term?)
What if the 'fix' wasn't really a fix at all? And more a conditioned response?
In this episode we explore why weight loss won't fix your body image (and what actually will) withbody image resilience expertLindsay Kite, PhD (@beauty_redefined).
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How does your 'good girl' conditioning show up? Smile sweetly? Act pleasantly? Be agreeable? Don't be too much? Conform to beauty standards?
"Women are socialised to not be ourselves" and it impacts so many areas of our lives. Including our relationship to food and body.
In this episode we explore 'good girl' conditioning and particularly how that impacts chronic dieting, disordered eating and eating disorders withregistered dietitian nutritionist Alissa Rumsey (@alissarumseyrd)
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Do you see yourself reflected in fitness spaces? In sport? Adventuring? Have you ever? And what do you internalise about your presence in those spaces because of that?
How about variations in movement? Have you been offered them? Do you view them as normal? Can all bodies be athletic bodies?
In this episode we explore movement in all bodies with celebrated fitness and yoga instructor Kanoa Greene (@kanoagreene).
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How's your relationship to movement? Do you dislike it? Do you grin and bear it? Feel guilty for missing it? Not feel able to rest? Worry if it's fun that it doesn't count?
Movement as sold to us by diet culture is binary and full of shame which translates to a limited experience for us as individuals.
In this episode we explore the concept of intuitive movement and quite possibly an entirely new way to think about moving your body with exercise physiologist Malarie Burgess (@thejockscientist).
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For many newer clients to intuitive eating, “what will happen to my weight” is a very present and often consuming concern.
In this episode I’ll be covering the possible outcomes of your weight through the process of intuitive eating, what that might look like for you and what a non weight-centric focus is.
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The Body Mass Index; BMI; has become the standard for measuring body mass at an individual level.
And despite wide criticism and acceptance of its limitations, its dominance remains.
In this episode I’ll be diving into what you need to know about BMI. The what, the how, the why and where to from here.
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Emotional eating is loaded with negative connotations. Shame even. Is that accurate? Necessary?
In this episode we better define emotional eating, explore varying perspectives and reasons for it, shifting away from the binary and moral perspectives on it, and provide additional tools for your intuitive eating journey.
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We talk about the so-called "ob*esity" crisis for our kids and seem to miss the mark that it's this exact message of a hierarchy of bodies that creates problems.
All bodies are good bodies. Imagine if that's the message we shared instead?
In this episode we explore what needs to happen in order to grow body happy kids and how far-reaching the benefits of this are for all of us.
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What is it to be healthy? And what does that mean when your body is not?
In this episode, we explore what you can do to support your health on an individual level as you move away from the diet mentality focus on weight and size. What else is there?
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Maybe you've come to learn about and accept the data on dieting for intentional weight loss? Perhaps you've begun to acknowledge all that you lost to dieting? And maybe still you want to lose weight?
In this episode, we dive into this very valid and understandable desire. Examining the varying motivations and triggers as well as obstacles and new beliefs to consider. From fitness, body image and health concerns.
Reconciling weight loss desires in a non-diet world.
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I am frequently asked "how do I decide what to eat without diets?" And it's a great question! Because without diet culture and the diet mentality, there are no rules and that can feel out of control. And yet, tuning in to you is the only to feel the calm and peace around food that you crave.
In this episode, we explore four questions that can help guide your food choices. Especially in the newer stages of leaving the diet mentality behind.
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One of the most common reasons that people reach out to work with me - for support moving past binge eating. And there's often so much shame here.
In this episode, we explore the four strategies that can directly prevent binge eating behaviour. To enable you to relate to food in a new way that feels good.
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Weight loss surgery is big business. And it's becoming the norm. It's sold as the solution to so many concerns - health issues, body image, food relationship.
In this episode, we explore the evidence of "success" behind various weight loss surgeries and what isn't being talked about from someone with lived experience - Mariana den Hollander.
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Guilty pleasure. Guilt-free. Too good to be true.
All ways we talk about food. Or rather the desiring of delicious food. Delicious food that we want. Do we need to feel guilt over our food choices?
In this episode we explore the roots of guilt and food, what we feel guilty about and how we can start to move away from it. Hint - it's not through restriction!
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Scales are a household norm. But do you need them?
In this episode, you'll hear how scales get to become the standard and how they impact on your relationship to food and your body. Sharing client insights and research findings about weight and dieting, I offer my recommendations and a possible new path forward.
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Intuitive Eating and Food Freedom is quieter than the before and after photos of diet culture. Quieter and revolutionary.
In this episode, you hear from my past client Amelia as she offers an insight into the process of working on your relationship to food and body. The ups and the downs.
How she ate fried chicken every week and thought she may never stop, her challenging history with hunger, her fear in so-called "losing all her hard work", what she wishes she’d heard about her body growing up and what challenging societal values about bodies and worth gave her.
She also offers you her ultimate advice to get started.
My September 2021 cohort of the Food Freedom Program is now open for applications. If you're a beginner with little to no experience of Intuitive Eating yet, are ready to make a financial investment in your healthy relationship to food and are willing to commit to weekly calls starting September through to December 2021 - I want to support you to food freedom.
Get in touch.
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Diets aren't all labelled as such and yet they all have the same cycle.
In this episode we'll explore the dieting cycle, it's 5 specific stages and what's happening in your body. You'll have the opportunity to reflect on your own experiences and receive tips to get out and move into a more peaceful and free place with food and your body.
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In this episode we'll explore fitness trackers and the fitness goal of 10,000 steps a day. Why that number? What happens if you don't hit it? And what else needs to be considered with fitness trackers when it comes to a healthy relationship with your body. Especially if you're recovering from chronic dieting and disordered eating.
We dive into the origins and research behind the 10,000 steps/day concept, the accuracy of fitness trackers, long term expectations from their usage and what the research says about physical benefits from varying step amounts.
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In this episode we'll explore unconditional permission to eat all foods. What that means, why it matters and explore practical aspects of how to get it for yourself.
You'll have the opportunity to examine how you view foods and why that may drive restriction and mistrust for you. To begin exploring unconditional permission to eat all foods you will also encounter some common obstacles in the process and we'll explore those.
I also answer a listener question on intuitive movement and how to pursue it.
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In this episode we'll explore clothes and their impact on body image. Including the ideas you have about clothes and your body, how to organise your wardrobe to better serve you, a radical new way to try on clothes and the difference this all makes to your body image
I also answer a listener question on affirmations to use when navigating the idea that your healthy body needs to look any one way.
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In this episode we'll be exploring two skills to help you break free from dieting with my wonderful guest Alexis Conason, Licensed Psychologist and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist.
The skills of mindfulness and self-compassion.
Specifically:
- what mindfulness is and isn't
- how mindfulness is the foundation to moving beyond negative thoughts about food and body
- the support mindfulness brings in body connection moving away from dieting
- where to begin with a mindfulness practice and make it stick!
- what self-compassion is and it's power in food and body peace
- exploring practice and not perfect
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In this episode we'll be exploring the different types of eaters. All so by knowing where you're at, you can start enjoying food and body freedom sooner.
Specifically helping you explore:
- what drives your food choices?
- how do you view foods such as bread, rice and pasta?
- how frequently does your own lived experience factor in?
Find the What Type of Eater Are You quiz here
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In this episode we'll be exploring eating a balanced diet with my wonderful guest Shana Spence, Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist.
Specifically:
- what does balance mean without diet culture
- how to start exploring this for yourself
- what factors matter when it comes to balance
- what's left out of the conversation about food and diet
- how culturally-significant foods become demonised
- what nutrition science says on the matter
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In this episode I’ll be exploring building better body image.
Specifically defining:
- body image
- body image healing
- positive body image
- the power of our own body image story
- the structures reinforcing these body stories
- 5 practical prompts to start unpacking and moving forward for yourself
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In this episode I’ll be covering what you need to know about self-care.
Specifically:
- self-care defined
- why intention matters
- self-care framed as needs and wants
- an entirely new framework to consider self-care behaviours
- how to avoid self-care becoming an overwhelming list
- where to begin
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In this episode I’ll be covering what you need to know about Intuitive Eating.
Specifically:
- what it is and isn't
- common misunderstandings
- the research on it
- how you might take it further should you choose to
- an invitation from me to you on the topic
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Weight and worth.
Can't you change your outside to feel good?
In this episode I explore:
- who profits from our body loathing
- where the default body comes in
- how weight as worth interferes with wellbeing
- how to move beyond it
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Weight.
So commonly discussed in a variety of situations and we all think we know the facts. Namely that less is better than more, and that we have individual control over it all. Weight is a common reason that individuals reach out for Nutrition support and a topic that I cover extensively in client sessions.
This episode, I explore:
- what weight is and isn't
- what happens when we start to play around with our weight (or think that we can)
- the impacts that contribute to weight change
- the relationship between weight and health
- what's left out of the conversation
- how you can focus on health without focusing on weight
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Nutritionist and Intuitive Eating Counsellor, Nadia Felsch will be supporting your food and body freedom in this new podcast.
Troubleshooting the process of leaving diets behind and becoming an Intuitive Eater. Offering body image healing support and providing insights directly from her clinical experience each week with the real humans that she supports in her private practice.
Starts April 19th.
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