Living Imperfectly: Recent Episodes
Claire Dunn
Providing you real honest discussions on how embracing imperfection can be a helpful approach to improving our relationship with food, body image, exercise and navigating through our messy lives in general.
Thank you for listening.
If you feel ready to work with me please get in touch:
Instagram: @coachedbyclaireofficial Website: www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Todays episode I cover:
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What is global running day
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Benefits of Running
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What does Running give us?
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Reflect to help you feel motivated
Connect with me:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Todays episode I cover:
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My personal journey of building confidence
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Being specific on what you are building confidence with
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Building confidence in all aspects of running
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Understand your strengths and weaknesses
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Building trust in the process, the plan and your coach
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Believe in yourself and keep trying
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All the what ifs
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Challenging my Inner Lone Wolf and letting people help
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8 tips to help you build your confidence in your Running
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Confidence doesn't mean you're a know it all
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Finding the middle ground with confidence
Connect with me:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Todays episode I cover:
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Is there a perfect balance between running & life?
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What is balance for you?
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Prioritising how you are spending your time and energy
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You're a Runner AND......parent, career, business, family member, friend, and have other hobbies
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Life is fluid
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Is life busy or full?
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Your 100% today will look different to your tomorrows 100% and thats ok
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Set realistic running goals
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Understand Peak Training demands
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Having uncomfy conversations
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Scaling your non negotiables dependant on what kind of day you’re having
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Learning to say no
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You don't need to be keeping up with everyone else
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Give less f*cks of what other people think
If you want a copy of my handout I use with clients on scaling your non negotiables dependant on what kind of day you’re having drop me an email and I'll get that over to you
Connect with me:
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Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Todays episode I cover:
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Celebrating Marathons
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What makes a behaviour problematic, specifically eating behaviours, training behaviours and body image behaviours
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Insight to a clients lightbulb moment of realising her emotions were derailing her progress
Connect with me:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Todays episode I cover 2 questions that came in through social media:
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How imposter syndrome serves u
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How imposter syndrome stops serving us
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Tips to manage imposter syndrome
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Fear of DNF's or being timed out
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Some powerful statements to help you
Connect with me:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Todays guest episode we cover: Amelia’s on/off start to running Body image and feeling like not fitting in to the ballet community Clean eating All or nothing thinking Paris marathon Buggy running Switching focus to what your body can do Learning about fuelling for running Body stereotypes and self acceptance Finding what works for you Running as a Mum Building bricks Parkruns Amelia’s running clubConnect with me: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.ukConnect with Amelia:@the_uphill_runner@triompherunclub
Todays episode is a mega exciting one:
- We've outgrown "Living Imperfectly" and ready to embrace "Empowered Running"
- Why the Upgrade
- What changes are happening
- A whole load of appreciation for everyone that has supported me and the podcast - thank you!
Connect with me:
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Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Todays episode is answering some client questions:
- How to deal with major stressful life events (e.g. house sale) without dropping the ball on nutrition and fitness
- How do I get over the fear of setting performance goals? Or rather the fear of failing in performance goals? I have a hard time believing in myself so I fear failing because that feels like fuel to my lack of self belief. I don't want to fuel it.
Get in touch with me:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This is from a post I did the other week that I wanted to go in to further: Lack of planning Restricting calories too low which needs to overeating Not eating enough protein Using running to earn food or burn caloriesJoin Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner CircleGet in touch with me: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficialWebsite www.coachedbyclaire.ukEmail: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Amazing chat with Emily on the Be Lively Club that she allowed me to share this conversation with you
- Complicated relationship with running, disordered eating, poor body image and low self worth
- Moving away from seeing running as calorie burning
- Dieting from a place of shame
- Gaining joy back in running
- Fuelling our bodies properly
- "I'm not a runner" label we put on ourselves
- It's ok to walk in runs
Join Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner Circle
Get in touch with me:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Get in touch with Emily:
https://www.instagram.com/belivelyclub/
https://www.instagram.com/nurse_lively/
Solo episode where I talk all about looooove!
Key areas I touch on:
- Self love
- Self Compassion
- Reasons why we are resistant to self compassion
- Meeting our basic human needs
- How body image can affect our sex life
- Body image has on life in general
Join Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner Circle
Get in touch:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I unpack a recent relapse I’ve had
Key areas I touch on:
- Labelling food
- Helpful/Unhelpful behaviours
- Relapse is part of behaviour change
- How long it takes to change a habit
- Unpacking what actually happened
- Awareness is key to catching relapses
- Building your toolbox
Join Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner Circle
Get in touch:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Guest episode with Paul Taylor. Key areas we touch on:
- The Celeb Podcaster
- There's so much Nuance
- The TV Doctor
- The Biohacker
- Beware of extreme views
- Focus on building the foundations first
- We're still trying to find a way to sell the basics in a sexy way
- The Bodybuilder
- Building the life you want
- The Workmate
- Confirmation Bias
- Challenging your Beliefs
- Beware of extreme statements
Get in touch Claire:
Join Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner Circle
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Get in touch with Paul: @tayloredbodycoach
Legit people we highly recommend checking out that we mentioned in the episode:
Alan Flanagan @thenutritionaladvocate
Alan Aragon @thaalanaragon
Layne Norton @biolayne
Ben Carpenter @bdccarpenter
Solo episode all about 1 year of the podcast!
Key areas I touch on:
- THANK YOU SO MUCH for being part of the journey!!!!
- Why I set up the podcast
- Learning to use my voice fully
- How I managed to keep showing up every week for a year
- Recap of my guest episodes
- Send me any recommendations or requests
Join Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner Circle
Get in touch:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode all about Procrastination
Key areas I touch on:
- What Procrastination is
- Why do we Procrastinate
- Some helpful trips to reduce Procrastination
Join Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner Circle
Get in touch:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
I'm joined by the lovely Fay & Em to talk about going after big goals
Key areas we touch on:
- Fay & Em's epic achievements
- 106 marathons in 106 days
- Mindset - power of your mind
- Experience builds confidence
- Passon & drive
- There's no way around doing the work
- Forward planning is key!
- Being flexible with training
- Find what works for you with your diet
- Comparison to others
- Thinking others are watching you
- Helpful tips if you have a big goal in mind
- A workout for you to try
Get in touch:
Claire's IG: coachedbyclaireofficial
Website: www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Join Facebook Group: CBC Inner Circle
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Fay & Emma IG: rad_chix_
Solo episode full of tips to help you with how to set goals that are realistic and aligned to what’s important to you and some tips for weight loss
Key areas I touch on:
- Understanding Values
- Choosing Goals that matter to you
- Understanding Intentions and Approach for Fat Loss
- Tips to set you up for long lasting Fat Loss
- Joining the CBC Inner Circle
Join Facebook Group: Join the CBC Inner Circle
Get in touch:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial
Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I talk about the awkward time in between Christmas and New Year
Key areas I touch on:
- Being flooded by information on how to approach our diet
- How don't worry about it isn't helpful
- Food is more than Fuel
- ON/OFF track with our Diet
- January Diets - Questions to ask yourself to get curious to what methods would be more helpful
- Tips to help if you tend to restrict your food or over compensate with exercise or both to make up for over indulging
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I talk about questions that have come in from my clients, social media & a question that I love
Key areas I touch on:
- Being ok with being flexible with diet over Christmas time
- Key part of a fat loss goal
- How to navigate negative comments about my training goals, food choices and body shaming
- Understanding scale weight fluctuations
- Moving away from hyper focus of the number on the scale
- My top 3 favourite running routes
- Are you martyring or modelling?
- Some advice for navigating social media advice about how to approach your diet over Christmas Day
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I talk about questions that have come in from my clients & a sprinkle of oversharing from me
Key areas I touch on:
- Why women compare ourselves to other women
- Patriarchy
- Tips to help reduce comparison of other women
- How to deal with New Years diet and body talk and body shaming messaging when working on your relationship with food and body image
- Sprinkle of oversharing of me in avoidance but actively working through this
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I talk about questions that have come in from my clients & Instagram
Key areas I touch on:
- Helpful tips to manage your Inner Critic
- Helpful tips to lower the feeling of Overwhelm of Food Overload & being Social over Festive Period
- Can you go too far with Living Imperfectly?
- What my worst and best time in the hills
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I talk about questions that have come in from my clients about changes in behaviours and a dip in motivation lately
Key areas I touch on:
- Overly restricting and binge/overeating more
- Emotionally eating more
- Avoiding being social during festive period because food and drink is around
- People pleasing tendencies are back
- All or nothing thinking about our training
- You are not going backwards if you have awareness and choosing to act differently
- I provide you loads of questions to help you get curious and find answers to direct you to taking action on the things that will help you move forwards instead of avoiding
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I talk about people commenting about our body
Key areas I touch on:
- Mixed emotions about peoples comments
- Body image awareness
- How we respond to comments
- Negative effects of commenting about other peoples bodies, even when the comments are positive
- Comments about having a runners body
- Separating exercise and diet - we don't run to earn our food or run to burn calories
- Smaller body doesn't automatically mean better
- Taking personal responsibility
- Useful tips to help navigate comments towards your body (or anyones bodies)
- One sassy pants response
- Voicing your opinion
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode where I talk about removing tracking food
Key areas I touch on:
- Its one tool, not the only tool
- Why track food
- Why tracking food might not be a helpful approach
- It's more than just calories in vs calories out
- We don't all live the same lives
- Unhealthy relationship with food
- Trusting your body
- Considerations of overall health and long term success
- 10 questions to ask yourself if you are hesitant about removing tracking (If you want me to email these to you please drop me a message)
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Solo episode answering some questions that have come in
Key areas we touch on:
- Hunger - is it factual?
- Food neutrality to reduce feeling guilty around food
- Practical tips to manage hunger and cravings during period
- Honour your hunger and cravings
- Self fulfilling prophecy & placebo effect
- What to consider before taking supplements
- Scientific evidence - what is reliable
- Getting curious to feeling guilty about rest
- Performance goals you also need a health goal too
- Switching mindset to health seeking behaviours
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
I have a lovely guest this week! James has come on the podcast to talk about the pros and cons of striving for a perfect training plan
Key areas we touch on:
- A training plan is a set of guidelines to work within
- A goal with no plan is just a dream but the plan needs to be fluid
- Being ok with looking for alternative way
- Don't be scared to fail
- Process led goals over outcome driven
- Trusting the process is like dating
- The runner is the main character - always!
- Comparison is a killer
- Know when to put your big girl/boy pants on and when to put your pjs on
- Stay ready!!
- Running will give you memories
- How ace is the running community
- Gather the evidence of the hard & soft facts
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
James: Instagram @physiorun
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
A personal solo episode. Key areas I touch on:
- ADHD & C-PTSD diagnosis
- Emotional Eating
- Back to the tools & therapy
- Changing my view of labels
- My super power of Hyper-focussing and High energy
- My not so helpful behaviour of Procrastinating
- Emotional regulation is essential for me
- Embracing my strengths instead of feeling ashamed
- Working on strategies to help me function better
- Self Validation, Acceptance and Self Compassion
- ADHD is not a trend
Get in touch:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
ADHD Info:
IG:
ADHDAF (They have a Podcast too which I highly rate)
adhd_love_ (Their book Dirty Laundry is ace!)
Websites:
https://www.additudemag.com/category/adhd-add/adhd-essentials/ (Online tests on here)
https://www.adhdasfemales.com/resources (Lots of great resources on here too)
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/
https://www.adhdawarenessmonth.org/
Lets dive in to what Diet Culture and Anti Diet Movement is all aboutKey areas I touch on: Pros and Cons to both Diet Culture & Anti Diet Movement Being uncomfy in the grey middle ish area Is it ok to want fat loss or aesthetics goals? What are the drivers for fat loss? Can health seeking behaviours be a more helpful approach to long term success?Get in touch: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.ukEmail: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
I have a lovely guest this week! Amy & I discuss why self awareness is KEY to long term change
Key areas we touch on:
- Why do we need to cultivate self awareness
- Get curious so you can thrive in life
- What patterns can you see
- Lightbulb moments & jigsaw puzzles
- Building your toolbox and taking action
- Smell the flowers and blow out the candles
- Cultivating moments for you
- Finding true happiness
- Stay on the life rollercoaster
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Amy: Instagram @amymccullynz
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
A solo episode where I discuss the Drama Triangle and how this can impact our relationship with food and body image
Key areas I touch on:
- What is the drama triangle
- Victim mentality, persecutor, rescuer
- Feeling stuck with no solution
- Our Inner critic - she's such a pain right?
- Seeking quick fixes
- Some oversharing
- Breaking the drama triangle
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
A solo episode where I discuss the Window of Tolerance and how it's linked to Emotional Eating
Key areas I touch on:
- What is the Window of Tolerance?
- Emotional Dysregulation
- The link between Hyperarousal and Hypoarousal state and our Eating Behaviours
- Signs of Emotional Eating
- Tips to help widen our Window of Tolerance
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Short and snappy episode this week! A solo episode where I discuss do we need more control with our diet?
Key areas I touch on:
- Is there something else going on in life?
- Is control what we need?
- Is structure more helpful?
- Building trust in ourselves
- Finding the middle ground with structure and trust
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This week we have a lovely a guest Becky "The Empower Coach" and we are talking about Societal Norms
Key areas I touch on:
- Conforming to societal norms
- Using our voice and gaining confidence
- Comparison
- Body image trends
- Pursuing happiness
- Peer pressure from people around us
- People commenting on our eating
- Celebrating your uniqueness
- Breaking free from societal norms
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Becky: Instagram @the_empower_coach
This week I'm discussing mindfulness and why does it give us the ick?
Key areas I touch on:
- What even is mindfulness?
- How can mindfulness help us with our relationship with food, exercise, body image and mindset
- Resistance to mindfulness
- Reminder about perfectionist traits - nothing is perfect
- As always an individual approach
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I'm answering some questions come in from clients & social media. A wild selection of topics for you today.
Key areas I touch on:
- Why I don't use Transformation Photos
- You are more than a before and after photo
- Is the goal fat loss or fat loss with maintenance
- Reducing the Hyper Focus on Dieting
- Is Ultra Running and extreme sports "healthy"
- What is health?
- Insight in my journey in ultra running to a helpful place
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This week is a solo one where I share information about Disordered Eating & Poor Body Image
Key areas I touch on:
- Eating behaviour spectrum
- Unpacking what disordered eating is
- Signs to look out for
- Relationship with exercise
- The link between Disordered Eating & Poor Body Image
- How to get support
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This week is a solo one where I share information all about Self Compassion
Key areas I touch on:
- Feeling icky about mindfulness practices, holistic or wellness stuff in general
- Is it wishy washy or helpful
- Struggling to know what action to take
- Fierce Self Compassion
- Tender Self Compassion
- Get curious - what do you need to thrive in life
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
Kristen Neff's Website: https://self-compassion.org
This week is a solo one where I answer some questions that have come in from my legend clients
Key areas I touch on:
- Why do we bury our heads in the sand
- Why don't we work on our relationship with food
- Navigating people close to us that need support with food
- Feeling guilt, shame & embarrassment about our eating behaviours
- Turning to food as a coping mechanism
- How important is sleep for fat loss & exercise
- Sleep for our health
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This week is a solo one where I answer some questions that have come in from my legend clients
Key areas I touch on:
- What is a balanced diet
- How to practice food neutrality
- Why nutrition approach needs to support you
- Recommended vitamins and supplements
- How I juggle life
- Is it balance we need
- How to cope with training setbacks
- Getting curious with the need to control
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I am joined by Ella Whitcomb-Khan from The Fitness Psych to discuss perfectionism.
Key areas we touch on:
- Definitions of perfectionism
- Where does perfectionism come from?
- The comparison game on social media
- Is your thinking helpful or paralysing?
- F*ck it mentality
- Perfection ends in failure
- Self worth tied to our outcome
- Avoidance behaviour
- Everyone knows their truth
- How to reduce perfectionist traits
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Ella: Instagram @thefitnesspsych_
This week is a solo one, where I'm going to be talking about our relationship with food
Key areas I touch on:
- Is it the food? Or our response to the food?
- Eating behaviour spectrum
- Factors that are involved
- Why it's not just calories in calories out
- How do we build a healthy relationship with food
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
TAKE THE QUIZ to test your relationship with food, exercise and body image
This week I am joined by John Clark from to discuss identity in training.
Key areas we touch on:
- External and internal identity
- Is your why strong enough?
- Everything comes at a cost
- Handling negativity
- Strava
- Finding fulfilment
- Checking in every day
- Labelling yourself
- Cost of entry
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
John: Instagram @thebendingbarbell
This week I'm going with a new approach and answering some questions I've had
Key areas I touch on:
- Why do we struggle to ask for help
- Repeating the same approach over and over again
- People pleasing
- Why work on your relationship with food and exercise
- Behaviour change model
- Reframing relapse of old behaviours
Don't be shy get in touch:
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Email your questions: enquiries@coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I am joined by Fiona Morris from The Physiotherapy & Pilates Co to discuss all things pelvic health and supporting women better.
Key areas we touch on:
- Common frustrations with pelvic health and exercise (Pre/Postnatal/Menopause)
- Guidelines and Expectations
- Comparison and competition of other women
- Progress isn't linear
- Why do we blame ourselves and feel like we are always failing
- Empowering women to speak more
- Things we normalise and accept instead of asking for help
Get in touch:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Fiona: Instagram @physioandpilates
This week is a solo one, a very personal episode talking about my journey and why I coach the way I coach. Key areas I touch on:
Being vulnerable and showing up authentically Childhood trauma My relationship with food, exercise and body image Educating myself as a Coach to help my clients My approach to Coaching What I'm passionate about helping women improve their relationship with food, exercise, mind & body
Get in touch: Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I am joined by Lyndsey Roberts from Strong like a Mutha to talk all about how lifting weight has changed Lyndsey's life.
Key areas we touch on:
- Taking up space in gyms, societal norms and expectations
- What is healthy?
- What is Olympic Lifting
- What Lyndsey got out of taking part in a competition
- The rippling effect of building confidence in yourself
- Training is for every BODY and for life
- Lyndsey's blog that got me shouting YES out loud
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Lyndsey: Instagram @strong_likeamutha or Website www.stronglikeamutha.co.uk
This week I am joined by Roy Ritchie from RX2 Fitness. We decided to do something different on this episode and not have one specific topic and share what our catch ups are like because our catch ups generally are podcast worthy - I know I'm totally bias ;)
Key areas we touch on (there is way more):
- Body dysmorphia
- External validation and validating yourself
- Getting curious, cultivating a pause and challenging yourself
- Moving from self pity to knowing your self worth
- Taking action is essential for going after the life you want to live
- Core values
- Limiting beliefs around time and training smart
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Roy: Instagram @rx2.fitness
This week I am joined by Sarah Bourne from Sarah Brookes Personal Training where we discuss moving away from diet fixes.
Trendy/popular diets Celebs/Marketing promoting quick fix diets Dangers around quick fixes Why quick fixes don't work Body trends Poor body image Cultivating your social media feeds Realistic time frame for fat loss
Get in touch with us: Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk Sarah: Instagram @sbnutritionandfitness
This week is a solo one and i'm talking all about how structure and routine can help your health and fitness journey
- Adulting is hard right?
- The impact routine & structure helps us see results and maintain them
- Tips on routine & structure for food, diet, mind and body
- Tips to take action
Get in touch: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I am joined by Stephen Hart from Hart Fitness where we discuss Decision Fatigue.
- What is Decision Fatigue
- How does this get in the way of reaching our health and fitness goals
- Practical tips to reduce decision fatigue for food, training and life stuff
- We also deviated and chatted about All or Nothing mindset, the negative chat we have to ourselves and loads more
Get in touch with us: Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Stephen: Instagram @hartfitnesspt
This week I am joined by Anna Munday from ETPHD Coaching where we unpack the need to always be striving to be your best self. Being good enough Social norms Pros and cons of always striving Perfectionist traits Finding balance Core values ReflectionGet in touch with us:Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.ukAnna: instagram @anna_etphdcoaching
This week I am joined by Kerstin Hunter to talk about how we can cultivate food neutrality for children.
- Working on our own relationship with food
- Subliminal messaging
- Labelling foods - is "treats" a label?
- Emotional regulation
- Mind body connection
- Neutral language
- Food as a reward or punishment
- Slow down to allow awareness in
- Cultivating moments of calm at the dinner table
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
This week is a solo one. I’m talking about why motivation doesn't fully support us
- What is motivation
- Why we cannot rely on motivation alone
- Why knowing out WHY can help
- Why knowing out core values can help
- Why emotions play a part
- Tips on what to do when motivation has disappeared
Ready to start working with me?
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I am joined by Annie from A Ellis Nutrition to talk about Transitioning through Menopause
- Why we fear menopause
- Breaking myths
- Common misinformation that’s out there
- Your voice matters
- Body image
- Nourishing & gifting your body (Love this approach)
- Top 3 tips for Fat Loss during Menopause
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Annie: Instagram @aellisnutrition
This week I am joined by Jenn from The Nourished Mind to talk about Body Image:
- Misconceptions of body image
- Patriarchy messaging
- How to handle comments on your body
- Breaking down the view of perfection
- How working on you has a rippling effect
- Looking at your quality of life
- Challenging self talk
- Building your tool box
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Jenn: Instagram @jennnesbit_
This week is a solo one. I’m talking about scale weight fluctuations
- Reasons why the scales fluctuate
- The difference between weight loss and fat loss
- Understanding the numbers for realistic fat loss
- Tips on how to use the scales accurately
- Should/Shouldn’t we use the scales
Ready to start working with me?
Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I am joined by Robyn from Robyn Drummond Fitness (RDF) to talk about the dark side of diet and exercise
- What it costs us
- Expectation of what a Coach/PT “should” look like
- What food freedom gives you
- The difference between weight & fat loss
- Extremes sell not serve
- Building supportive structures
- Reaching the sweet spot
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Robyn: Instagram @robyndrummondfitness
This week I am joined by Daniel from Daniel Jones Fitness to talk about why it’s not as simple as eat less and move more
- Factors, adding context and the frustrations
- What is realistic fat loss
- Separating the link between food and exercise
- Accuracy of calories burned on wearables
- Difference between data & mind body connection
- What matters most in fat loss
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Daniel: Instagram @danieljonesfitness
This week I am joined by Diane from Lifelong Fitness PT to talk about Training life as a Mum.
- Transition to becoming a Mum
- Our Identity
- Another dog on the podcast - its becoming a trend
- Societal norms and our own high standards
- Mini pockets of golden you time
- Building strong badass women - WE ARE HERE FOR IT!
- Surviving to Thriving
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Diane: Instagram @lifelong_fitness.pt OR Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067644034176
This week I am joined by Stu from S25 Coaching to talk about the All or Nothing Mindset.
- How it keeps us stuck
- Cracking analogy that can help you
- Building the tools
- Mind your language
- Finding balance when eating out
- Switching the focus to the process
- How mindfulness practices can help
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Stu: Instagram @stu.25.graham
This week I am joined by Ale from Your Growth Game to talk about how people pleasing holds us back.
- Why do we People Please
- Acceptance of ourselves
- Why we need boundaries
- How this links to Emotional eating & The Binge/Overeat Cycle
- My personal check in message
- Self care & self love
- Is it linked to perfectionist traits
- How can we change this
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Ale: Instagram @yourgrowthgame
This week is a solo one - eeeeeeek!
Topic is digging a bit deeper on the dark side of the health and fitness industry, and how this can impact us.
Also to give you some tips to help you navigate through this so that you understand things deeper and also to help you find your place in the health and fitness industry which will support you and help you with your goals.
Ready to work with me?
Get in touch on Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
This week I am joined by Calum from Fit Like Fitness to talk about the common barriers of getting started in the gym.
- The nerves, the fear & feeling judged
- Stereotypes of the gym
- Serial killers in the gym (honest the gym is a safe place)
- Actionable steps to getting started
- Getting curious on your thoughts
- Of course there’s some oversharing
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Calum: Instagram @calumguildpt
Joined by Katie from West Beach Challenges to talk about letting go of the term "skinny".
- Why we feel smaller = better
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Praising smaller bodies
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The link of leaner = good enough
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What living in an extremely lean body may cost you
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Moving towards nourishment and a place of love
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Moving away from quick fixes towards doing the real work for maintaining results
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Switching to performance goals
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BONUS: Katie's dog makes a wee appearance (I think this might be a theme to the podcast and I am here for it)
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Katie: Instagram @westbeachchallengers
Joined by Sophie Dunnett from Performance Endurance Training to talk all things on why communication is key in getting the most out of coaching.
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Why communication is key
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Is coaching like dating?
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What coaches want to know and why
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Most plans don't go to plan
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Reminder that you are not alone
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BONUS: Coco (Sophie's daughters black lab puppy) also makes a few appearances in the episode
Get in touch with us:
Claire: Instagram @coachedbyclaireofficial or Website www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Sophie: Instagram @performance_endurance_training
Hello and welcome to the Living Imperfectly podcast with me your host Claire.
This intro episode is to give you a wee snippet in to what this podcast will be about.
If you have any questions please get in touch via:
Website: https://www.coachedbyclaire.uk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachedbyclaireofficial/