Susan Hyatt is our guest this week and she is about to drop some diet culture knowledge bombs on us all. She’s a Certified Master Life Coach and the author of the new book BARE, which is all about Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You.

On this week’s episode, we’re chatting about:

Susan shares her story from using food to cope with pain and stress to eventually letting go of diets and treating your body like a friend.

What really happens when you stop dieting? (hint: you won’t gain weight)

The myth of willpower in the diet culture industry.

Why might we want to question our beliefs about what we know about food, diets, and our bodies – and telling ourselves what we “should” be doing?

Learning to eat more intuitively – we’ve forgotten the signs of hunger.

How to treat your body with care, love, and respect—not hateful criticism

Setting boundaries

When you stop dieting, all of a sudden you get your life back. Because there’s a difference between “letting yourself go” and “letting yourself BE.”

Resources mentioned:

* Book: What Color is your Parachute, by Richard N. Bolles

* Book: Finding your Own North Star, by Martha Beck

Hang out with Susan:

Website: https://shyatt.com/

Instagram: @susanhyatt

Book: Bare: A 7-Week Program to Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You

Susan Hyatt is a master certified life coach who has helped thousands of women to transform their bodies and lives. She’s the creator of the Bare Process, the Bare Deck, the Bare Podcast, and an online community called Bare Daily. With her fiery Facebook rants—including “Whoop Ass Wednesday,” where she reads a fresh batch of hate mail from Internet trolls and gives her sassiest response—Susan has gained an international following of women who love her honesty, humor, and fearlessness. Susan has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Woman’s World, Seventeen, and O: The Oprah Magazine, and was a Finalist for the Athena Award, honoring her work in the field of women’s empowerment. Learn more at: shyatt.com