The Love, Food Podcast: Peace From Emotional Eating, Binge Eating, Eating Disorders, And Negative Body Image Through Intuitiv

Are you struggling with your relationship with exercise while pursuing food peace? Do you attach your self-worth to how much physical activity your body is capable of doing? Listen now for some tips on how to tackle this challenge in the food and body peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in January 2018, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Episode's Key Points: Jessi Haggerty joins us to tackle this listener's letter! Fat acceptance and feminism can be KEY to finding recovery... and it can help us to keep going along the recovery path if we start to feel stuck!! It's important to inspect our beliefs about ability, and see how our relationship with exercise is influenced by ableism. Social j

Are you struggling to make peace with food while simultaneously grappling with food scarcity? Is poverty and food insecurity contributing to feelings of deprivation? Listen now for ideas on how to navigate this food peace challenge. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in January 2018, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Episode's Key Points: I just got back from BEDA! I had the honor of presenting at the conference, as well as meeting previous Love, Food guests and listeners!! Lack of food access is a real food peace problem! When our body doesn't have consistent access to food, food gains a lot of power in our lives. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Only once our basic needs are met (food, shelter, oxygen,

Have you finally found food freedom with intuitive eating, but are now struggling with the difficult emotions that used to be managed with food? Listen now for some relief from this food peace conundrum. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in January 2018, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Episode's Key Points: Intuitive eating can feel SO freeing and exciting, but it also can be tough and SUPER scary! Can you sit with the uncomfortable emotions that come up during the intuitive eating process? Emotional eating is a part of normal eating!! The problem is when food is the ONLY method we have to soothe hard feelings. Part of the food peace journey is moving away from diet culture. Give yourself unconditional per

Do you struggle with making peace with physical movement, or are you using it to compensate for eating behaviors? Are you struggling with how to get started, and feeling paralyzed? Listen now for some expert tips on these food peace struggles. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in January 2018, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Episode's Key Points: Are you headed to BEDA the first weekend in November? I'm presenting! Come find me so I can give you a FREE gift :) You are NOT alone!! Jessica Setnick joins us to offer her eating disorder recovery and food peace expertise. If we were more open about our food peace struggles, we'd probably find that many people around us are ALSO struggling with diet culture and disordered eating..

Do you have a health condition that's complicated your food peace journey? Listen now for some expert perspective on how to navigate this food peace challenge. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in January 2018, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Episode's Key Points: Come find me at FNCE! Trying to heal our relationship with food while struggling with a health condition can be SO hard! Too many health conditions tangle up weight with health, and this can make food peace EVEN HARDER to achieve. Anna Sweeney joins us to talk about finding food peace with a chronic health condition! We're allowed to love food!! Food is AWESOME, and we're supposed to love it! Watch kids eat to see a purely intuitive, blissful experience with fo

Does the journey to food peace just feel too long? Have you been struggling to the point that it feels like it's time to give up? Does thinking about food just make you tired? Are you struggling to make sure you eat enough every day? Listen now for some insight into this part of the food peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.  Episode's Key Points: Food can be boring. Sometimes eating can be a chore, and eating decisions can be exhausting, especially in recovery. Permission, self-care, and just "being" are things that the recovery journey forces us to get familiar with. But they can be challenging, and this boredom and exhaustion around food can be a sign that you are struggling

If you make peace with food correctly, will you lose weight? Have you gained weight with intuitive eating so think you are doing it wrong? Or, that it isn't working? Does going back on a diet feel tempting due to these body changes, even though you know it ultimately isn't the right path for you? Listen now to hear my tips on how to grapple with this food peace struggle. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my FREE roadmap, PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: Some diets are diets in disguise! They pretend to be non-diets, but they still focus on weight loss and tell us that certain foods are good or bad. Even intuitive eating has been co-opted by the diet industry! Intuitive eating can result in weight loss, weight gain, or sustaining our weight... intuitive eating is not about the weight!! It's about experiencing heal

Is constant comparison getting in the way of your ability to make peace with food and your body? Listen now for some tips for navigating this difficult food peace struggle. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: Comparison is natural, but it can really get in the way of making peace with food! Beth Rosen joins for some insight. Body checking and comparison is super common for chronic dieters. How does our inner mean girl reinforce diet culture's rules?? The beauty industry, the diet industry, and the fitness industry ALL conspire to keep us stuck in our own heads, constantly comparing ourselves to others. We can talk back to our inner mean girl and build up our inner girl power so she can fight back! Come up with some body neutral responses to respond to the negative voices th

Are you cycling between restricting and bingeing? Have you left behind dieting, but are still struggling with the feeling of being out of control around food? Is your body image and fear of weight gain jeopardizing your food peace journey? Listen now for some solutions to these common struggles. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: What's the nitty gritty behind our food and body anxieties?? We learn at a young age that our bodies are to be CONTROLLED rather than enjoyed! This directly impacts our body image and how we feel about food. Our relationships with our parents can really influence how we feel about food and our body! The connections we make as children stick with us, and inform our relationships as we get older. Familiar patterns (like dieting!) can feel super fami

Are you trying to find food peace, while also struggling with a chronic illness that requires food restriction of some kind? Do you have fear around certain foods making you sick? Have you struggled with the deprivation and binge cycle? Listen now for some strategies to tackle these food peace challenges. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my FREE PCOS video training. Get connected now and be the first to get it when it releases in mid-September. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: Elyse Resch joins to talk about intuitive eating! We all are the experts of our own bodies. Feelings of betrayal from food and your body can make finding body trust and connecting with your internal wisdom that much harder. Have self-compassion and gratitude for what our bodies CAN do! Let's shift our thinking... instead of listing all the foods you CAN'T eat when

Have you hit diet rock bottom? Are you struggling with internalized fatphobia? Do you desperately want to find food peace, but still feel stuck? Listen now for some solutions to these hurdles. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my FREE video training: Your First 3 Steps Towards Food Peace with PCOS. Get connected now and be the first to get it when it releases in mid-September. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: Diets don't work for ANYONE! "Success" with diets is not the typical experience. So, now what? Body image coach Summer Innanen joins to give us her insight!  Summer's body image coaching program, You, On Fire Leaving the food rules behind can be really hard when you haven't built up your intuitive skills to know what you need to eat and how you need to move to feel good in your body. Breaking out of the diet box can be sc

Have you tried to move away from dieting, but in doing so have started to feel out of control? Are you worried about "letting yourself go?" Do you feel like intuitive eating will just never work for you? Listen now for some thoughts on how to move forward. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my FREE video training: Your First 3 Steps Towards Food Peace with PCOS. Get connected now and be the first to get it when it releases in mid-September. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: Diets cause the chaos, and it's not your fault that moving away from them is so hard! Body positivity doesn't need to be associated with "letting yourself go" or being overfull! This overfull feeling has to do with DIETING, not body positivity. Evelyn Tribole joins to help us tackle these intuitive eating struggles!! Dealing with overeating when you firs

If you've been trying to control what you eat for years I bet you are desperately needing a break. Fresh Love Food Podcast episode has insight. Pull up a chair and listen now for #foodpeace insight. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my FREE roadmap: Your First 3 Steps Towards Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: Recovering from an eating disorder is SO different than recovery from an addiction... we NEED food! So how do we figure out how to navigate something that we struggle with, but that we have to engage with on a daily basis? When we struggle with an eating disorder, food becomes the central focus of the brain. When we pursue recovery, it's no wonder that food is still on our minds! We have to retrain our brain, and rewire it so that over time, it stops obsessing over the food. Lean into the resentment, anger, and e

Do you feel like you've done everything to tackle your struggle with binge eating? Is there a constant battle in your head over cravings? Listen now to hear some solutions on how to overcome this food peace struggle. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my FREE roadmap: Your First 3 Steps Towards Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: The recovery process is NOT linear, and it takes TIME. Isabel Foxen Duke joins to talk about dieting, bingeing, and more! Physical restriction is NOT THE SAME as emotional and psychological restriction... even if you're eating "enough," bingeing can still occur if you feel mental restriction. Diet mentality is the bigger thing to break down when trying to break free from bingeing! Cravings are neutral things!! We don't need to feel shame about them. Emotional eating and binge eating a

Are you trying to make peace with food, but still trying to lose weight? Do you want to know if there is a way to pursue weight loss AND heal your relationship with food? Are you struggling with what you see as an addiction to food? Listen now to hear my insights on this complicated food peace issue. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my PCOS summer series: Empowering Your PCOS Journey. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. This series and our Facebook group will be with you every step of the way. Episode's Key Points: The pursuit of weight loss CANNOT be combined with making peace with food... so now what?? Thinking about food addiction leads to issues with food preoccupation. We NEED food to survive and thrive! We shouldn't pathologize the desire for food. There isn't ONE diet that, for most people, can help maintain weight loss for more than two years. In fact, most dieters regain all their lost weight, plu

Have you embraced body trust, but are suddenly up against a trigger such as body changes? Are you concerned about relapse, and are trying to maintain recovery through a stressful time? Listen now for some advice on navigating this part of the food peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my PCOS summer series: Empowering Your PCOS Journey. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. This series and our Facebook group will be with you every step of the way. Episode's Key Points: Our bodies are ALWAYS changing, especially as women. We go through pregnancies, menopause... so how do we engage in body trust when our bodies keep changing?? Sometimes pregnancy can help grant a reprieve from an eating disorder. Weight gain fears with pregnancy are so common! Stressful transitions can trigger a relapse... Ellie Herman from Eating Recovery Center in Denver, Colorado joins to talk about how to keep us safe in these difficult t

Are you ready to leave dieting behind, but are too afraid to make that final leap and embrace intuitive eating? Are you looking for a way out, but aren't sure where to turn? Listen now to hear some great tips to transition into this part of the food peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my PCOS summer series: Empowering Your PCOS Journey. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. This series and our Facebook group will be with you every step of the way. Episode's Key Points: Diets don't work, and losing weight doesn't actually fix any of our problems! Dieting = MISERY! Healthy eating includes pleasure! If a certain eating pattern HURTS, then it's definitely a diet, and it's definitely not health promoting. We give food way too much power and brain space... we should only really have to think about food when it's meal time! Food preoccupation can lead to unhealthy eating behaviors. Compa

Are you worried about your ability to raise a normal eater, when maybe you've never been one yourself? Do you worry about raising children in larger bodies because you fear they will live a life filled with eating issues and judgment? Listen now for some suggestions for navigating this difficult part of the food peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my PCOS summer series: Empowering Your PCOS Journey. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. This series and our Facebook group will be with you every step of the way. Episode's Key Points: Being in a larger body in this world is HARD. From clothing choices to fitting in chairs, fat bodies face oppression EVERY day. It IS possible to prepare children for this fatphobic world by telling them that you love them at ANY size. Leslie Schilling joins to talk solutions! Our culture is one of diet culture, and so it's not uncommon to have these fears when thinkin

  Do you feel like you have to follow diet rules related to when you're allowed to eat? Have you experienced nighttime eating, and feel ashamed, or don't like that it interrupts your sleep cycle? Listen now for some experiments to help you along on this part of the food peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you the new PCOS summer series: Empowering Your PCOS Journey! Episode's Key Points: Our body has no idea when the sun sets or rises... so why do we have these harsh rules about when we can and can't eat?? Uninterrupted sleep is an important part of self-care! We're giving food WAY more power than it deserves. The word "lifestyle" is often used to normalize eating disorders or disordered eating. Eating disorders LOVE to rationalize and minimize the impacts of eating disorder behaviors. Low-energy availability: when someone's moving their body more than the calories they're giving it. When we restrict heavily, the b

Do you struggle with body image? Are you trying to find body peace, and to let go of body expectations? Listen now for some experiments to get through this part of the food peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass. Ready to start doing things your way and kiss the corporate world goodbye? Details here and remember the super secret discount code BOSS for 10% off. Episode's Key Points: Making peace with food comes down to accepting ourselves! This includes accepting our needs and accepting the space we take up in the world. Our bodies are NOT meant to be controlled!! They will change constantly as we get older. Rosie Molinary joins to talk about body image! We ALL have something unique to offer the world. So much of our pain is related to our lack of awareness around our own self-worth. We are all fighting for our worth! Remember, our worth isn't rooted in our appearance. So how do we find our worthiness