I’m revisiting my interview with Kelsey Miller, author of Big Girl. We chat about her journey out of disordered eating, what she learned about herself from giving up dieting and how she moved from the role of sidekick to leading lady in her life and I’ll be answering a listener question on what to do if you’re afraid of people judging your weight gain. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question what to do if you’re afraid of people judging your weight gain, - How Kelsey’s first extreme diet at the age of 11 planted the seed and kept her hooked on “the manic power of skinny” for years, - How the pattern of being in the “zone” of a new diet followed by periods of crushing shame kept her trapped in the dieting cycle for years, - The influence of Kelsey’s mom on her relationship with food and her body, - The point when Kelsey realized she was done with dieting and self-loathing and ready to choose living, - What it was like to become an intuitive eater, - The real issue that was at the heart of Kelsey’s disordered relationship with food and how this impacted the rest of her life, - How she stopped playing the sidekick and took the leading lady role in her life, - What Kelsey’s imperfect relationship with her body is like now, Plus so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with Nutritionist Chris Sandel.  We chat about on the physiology of the restrict-binge cycle, the fallacy of weight control and dieting, how to learn to trust your body again and I’ll be answering a listener question on how to find balance between eating what you want and health.  In this episode, we chat about: -  I answer a listener question how to find balance between eating what you want and health, - How Chris realized that his weight was not in his control and how that shaped his approach with working with clients, - The physiology of the restrict-binge cycle and why we really can’t control our food, - The fallacy around the amount of control we have over our weight, - Why recovery from disordered eating and chronic dieting involves more than simply “eating normally,” - Mental versus physical deprivation – knowing the difference and how to heal both - How to trust your body and what this process actually looks like, - The importance of doing the inner work to heal your relationship with food, - What is moderation and is it possible? - Are there some people who need to abstain from certain foods? Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with fat activist Ragen Chastain. We chat about size stigma, HAES, why every body deserves respect, her experiences training for an Ironman and I’ll be answering a listener question on what to do if you feel like you cannot trust your body. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about what to do if you feel like you can’t trust your body, - How Ragen went from having an eating disorder to becoming a fat activist, - The research on dieting and weight loss and why health habits are the best way to get a healthy body, - The experience that made her to realize the oppression against fat people and how this was the catalyst for her activism, - The role of fat stigma on body image, - If you have issues with your body, it can be you and your body against that problem—not you against your body, - Why your life wouldn’t be better if you were thinner—your life would be better if you lived in a world that didn’t stigmatize fat and why changing the world is the solution, - Is it really possible to be happy, sexy and successful at any size? - The good fatty/bad fatty dichotomy – what is is and how she navigates it being a athlete and activist, - How she handles the trolls and stays determined against the negativity, - All about her experience with her Ironman training, Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with awesome anti-diet Dietician Glenys Oyston. She blows up the BS on health and weight and talks about how you can focus on health without being restrictive, plus answer a listener question on whether there is a “there” as an intuitive eater. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about whether there is a set of “criteria” to being an intuitive eater, - How Glenys overcame her battle with restrictive eating and discovered Health At Every Size, - Why dieting is so seductive and hard to let go of, - How to overcome the ramifications of dieting – a.k.a. “Diet PTSD,” - Why looking at health through the lens of weight is B.S., - How to focus on health without being restrictive, - Her experience working as a “fat dietician” who practices HAES, Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with one of my fav coaches Keri-Anne Livingstone on radical acceptance and how to become the truest version of yourself and I’ll be answering a listener question on how to feel feelings. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about how to feel “negative” feelings, - How Keri-Anne went through big life challenges to find joy, - Why surrendering to our struggles can help us find gifts, - What it means to Dare To Suck and how this intention can help you unlock your greatest potential, - How to implement ‘Daring To Suck’ in your life to be fearless, - How a simple mindset shift of ‘detaching yourself from the outcome’ can help you overcome self-doubt, - Why paying attention to what lights you up is the first step towards finding the fulfillment you crave, - How acknowledging and allowing all of the different parts of yourself to ‘admit their crap’ is integral to creating the emotional release needed to move forward, - How to feel worthy to make the changes you want to have in your life, Plus, so much more!

I’m revisiting my interview with Isabel Foxen Duke from 2014 all about how to stop fighting food. This was truly revolutionary then! Plus, I’ll be answering a listener question on overcoming fear of weight gain. In this episode, we chat about: - I answer a listener question about what to do if you’ve accepted where your body is at, but you are scared of gaining weight, - Isabel tells her story of being a chronic dieter and finally realizing she had to let go of all judgments to heal her relationship with food, - Why judgment about a right or wrong way to eat leaves you doomed for failure, - Why when our motivation is driven by our desire to lose weight, things gets very complicated, - Thin privilege: what is it and how it holds up the body acceptance movement, - Challenging fatphobic beliefs and letting go of that need to be thinner, - Overcoming the belief that you need to be thinner to have a good relationship, - Challenging the belief that if we lose weight we can control the entire universe, - The social politics of weight discrimination, - Everything you need to know about Isabel’s free training series Stop Fighting Food  Plus, so much more!

It’s the Season 4 Finale of Fearless Rebelle Radio! I’m talking about what you can expect while I’m gone, what I’m looking forward to/terrified of and how you can work with me. Specifically: - Fearless Rebelle Radio hit 1 Million downloads – thank you!!!!!! - What’s happening with the podcast while I’m gone,  - Why I’m really excited about re-releasing old episodes,  - What maternity leave is going to be like for me, - How I’m feeling going into maternity leave,  - Various ways you can get support while I’m gone,  - I’m going to miss you!!! Plus, so much more!

Jes Baker, author of Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is on the show talking about the difference between body love and body liberation, doing things she never thought she could, the struggle with finding a good relationship with food and more. In this episode, we chat about: - Jes tells her story of how she found fat acceptance and how this changed her life, - What she wants people to get out of Landwhale and why it was such a hard book to write,  - Why “bopo light” is necessary and a needed stepping stone, - The struggle she had in healing her relationship with food and what is working for her right now, - Why understanding things logically is different than implementing it into your life, - The difference between body love and body liberation and how liberation is needed to really heal, - What helped her to do the myriad of things she never thought she could do and her advice for others,  - Why this idea of being bulletproof to criticism and trolling doesn’t exist and why this idea is harmful,  - Why we need more vulnerability,  Plus, so much more!

Virgie Tovar, author of You Have The Right To Remain Fat is on the show talking about why diet culture is so toxic to our self-worth, the influence of sexism on our desire to diet and so much more. In this episode, we chat about: - Virgie’s new book, You Have The Right To Remain Fat – why she wrote it and what’s she’s hoping people get out of it, - How Virgie felt the magic of her body as a child before she was introduced to fatphobia and how that magic feels today,  - The importance of understanding what internalized inferiority is, how this is upheld by diet culture and how you can unpack that for yourself, - Why “dieting is a survival technique” and obligation in our culture,  - The role of sexism in diet culture and why it’s a means of controlling women’s lives,  - Why intimate relationships might take longer to cultivate once you’ve opted out of diet culture, but will ultimately be more meaningful and fulfilling, - The difference between liberation and acceptance and why we need to be aiming for liberation versus settling for acceptance,  - Why you deserve more than a $7 bottle of Shiraz and need to upgrade to the Dom Perignon and other amazing metaphors to help you feel worthy of all your desires, Plus, so much more!