100% Healthy-ish

In the seventh episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a woman who has managed to work her way out of a long history of diet cycling and into a place of intuitive eating. She never, ever, ever wants to go back to dieting but she's struggling to accept the changes in her body. How could she possible begin to accept and enjoy her new shape and size?

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

In the sixth episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a woman with a long history of disordered and distorted eating. She's worked remarkably hard to move through many of these phases on her own and with therapists. Currently, she finds herself in a new distorted pattern she labels orthorexia - extreme rigidity with the types of food choices she makes. She desires more freedom, more flexibility, more fun - for herself and, also, to be a good role model for her daughter. But where to begin?

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

In the fifth episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a woman who 's been working diligently towards getting in touch with her body, eating intuitively, and practicing acceptance....but her weight keeps going up. She worries that continuing to accept her body will lead to more (and more!) weight gain and she wants to learn how to manage this fear and/or possible reality. 

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

In the fourth episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a woman who 's managed to deal with the majority of her negative food behaviours. That said, she continues to feel preoccupied with negative food and body thoughts. She wants to know - are these thoughts a problem or are they just a few remaining habits from a long and tumultuous relationship with food.

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

In the third episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a woman who's undergone gastric sleeve surgery after years of trying to get off the diet/weight gain roller coster on her own. While she did lose weight after the surgery - new issues have emerged and the struggle with food and body continue.

In this episode, we discuss:

Note: At the beginning of this podcast, as I introduce the session, I say that I'm sure there are people who've undergone weight loss surgery with "beautiful" results. I'd just like to note that the word "beautiful" feels wrong to me. I don't pretend to know what every person's experience with surgery has been, but based on what I do know I'd choose more subtle language if I were to re-record. Thanks for sticking with me as I "write in pencil" and facilitate these off the cuff conversations that aren't always perfect!

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

In the second episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a mother of four as she explores her beliefs about her body and how it should bounce back after giving birth.

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

In the first episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a gym owner, Cross fit athlete, and nutritionist who is tired of counting macros and ready to make the switch to intuitive eating - but how? She needs to stop pushing her body to the limit but scared of what will happen if she let's it all go. She's worried about changes in her body, changes in her performance as an athlete, and how she'll be judged as a gym owner and nutritionist if her body shifts.

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues , you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating. 

In this episode, Jill describes a simple and effective technique for improving body image - and how to use the same technique for improving overall self-care and sense of fulfillment in these challenging and unprecedented times. 

"I eat when I'm not hungry" is something Jill hears over and over again in her practice. Today, Jill talks about physical hunger (the one we usually think about!) as well as emotional hunger, taste hunger, and logistical hunger. It's a concept from Intuitive Eating that most skip over or miss and is so important to understanding your internal cues and getting more clear about whether your eating is actually a problem - or not!

Your Brain vs Your Body! Which is smarter?

In this episode, Jill talks about why the information, thoughts, judgements, and ideas your brain has about food and weight is not to be trusted! She also talks about the lived experience of the body and how to access that information. 

The ultimate goal? To be able to integrate information the brain learns, with information the body knows - but there are a few steps in between. Tuen in for step one!