When you feel the urge to control your food, your body, or other people’s reactions, you may actually be trying to regulate something much more vulnerable inside. Obsession and urgency are often protective responses to shame, fear, conflict, or fragile self-worth. In this episode, I sit down with Marcus Kain to explore how emotional healing happens through safe relationships, self-compassion, emotion regulation, and reconnecting with the parts of you that once felt unseen.

Marcus is an Eating Disorder informed Nutrition and Strength and Conditioning Coach with additional certifications in Stress Management and Couples Coaching. His podcast, Strong Not Starving, was born from his own experience of navigating body image struggles and disordered eating in the fitness industry.

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📌 TIME STAMPS

00:00 Introduction

02:44 Why You Feel the Constant Need to Fix Your Body

07:47 What's the Obstacle to Food Freedom

11:49 Managing Your Body to Fit In Socially

14:29 It Was Never About Your Body

15:37 Red Flags: Obsession & Urgency

16:56 Physical Insecurities Are Relational

19:58 Noticing Old Patterns

23:54 Love That is Not Conditional

26:08 Compassion Isn't Coddling

29:24 You're In the Middle!!

33:16 Why You Avoid the Inner Work

35:48 How to Deal with Urgency

42:13 How to Break the Cycle

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💁🏻‍♀️ ABOUT NATALIE ROSE

Hey, I’m Natalie Rose, a licensed therapist and coach. I help women break through the real, raw healing of food and body image struggles, to find peace, joy and deep self-worth.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for medical advice.