Embodied with Anthea Bell

What does it mean to be truly well in a world obsessed with optimisation and external validation? How do we navigate the pressures of the wellness industry, confront comparison, and return to an embodied, individual sense of health and purpose?

In this episode of Embodied, celebrated nutritionist and founder of The Well Edit, Eleanor Hoath, joins Anthea Bell for an honest exploration of the modern wellness landscape. They discuss carving your own path as a young entrepreneur, moving beyond compulsion and comparison, regulating the nervous system, and building both a meaningful career and a nourishing life. 

Together, they challenge industry hierarchies, reveal the messy realities behind social media, and celebrate the radical act of honouring your unique needs.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro: The uneasy promise of wellness culture  

02:05 Eleanor Hoath’s non-traditional journey

04:00 The biology of confidence and nervous system regulation

05:26 High-pressure events and holding space for others  

10:00 Flipping the narrative on “falling behind” in life and health  

12:02 Compulsion versus self-nourishment: The “why” behind wellness  

14:13 Clients' real needs: Safe spaces, anxiety, and the art of holding  

15:18 Practitioners need support too

17:37 Loneliness, belonging, and the return of community  

20:08 Unplugging, presence, and nervous system healing  

24:00 Finding sustainability, and authenticity as a wellness “influencer”  

30:14 Building The Well Edit

36:20 Joyful curation, artful living, and redefining holistic wellness  

48:09 The myth of work-life balance & the reality of self-designed living  

51:46 Avoiding burnout: Micro-moments of nourishment, not just escape  

53:12 The body as teacher: Coffee, compulsion, and incremental change  

58:06 Real life, and living well, socials, wine, and all  

59:48 Control, wearables, and when metrics rule your mind  

64:01 Social media, comparison, and returning to yourself  

71:15 Eleanor’s message: No one else is you, honour your individuality

About Eleanor Hoath:

Eleanor Hoath is a Registered Nutritional Therapist, specialist in gut, skin and women’s health, translating clinical research into calm, intelligent guidance that actually feels usable in real life. Alongside her practice, she’s the founder of The Well Edit - a research-led platform exploring wellbeing through nutrition, beauty, travel and culture. 

Her work has been featured in titles including Vogue, British GQ and SheerLuxe, and she’s known for bringing a refreshing perspective to an often noisy wellness space.

If something in this episode landed in your body, there are a few doors open to you.

For 1:1 coaching, this is a bespoke and intimate partnership, curated by you and who you know you can become. If you're a woman of unmistakable talent who has hit a ceiling, in confidence, in bandwidth, in the career you're building, this is deep, targeted work. Together we locate the blocks in body, mind and context, and cultivate what it takes to move beyond them.

For a compact immersion, the Embodiment Coach Training runs each year. Applications for the September 2026 cohort are now closed, but you're welcome to join the waitlist for the next intake at [email protected].

And if you'd like a taste of the work first, sign up to the newsletter and you'll receive the full recording of our Visibility Masterclass, a 2 hour session on the unconscious patterns that keep us from our fullest expression, and the body-mind tools to move beyond them. 

Connect with Anthea:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab_embodiment/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@embodied_anthea/videos

Substack: https://antheabell1.substack.com/

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What happens when the life you've built suddenly ends, leaving your identity and sense of self shattered? How do you navigate the messy work of dissolving who you thought you were to discover who you might become?

In this episode of Embodied, Olympic figure skating medallist turned transformational coach and facilitator Dylan Moscovitch joins Anthea Bell for an honest conversation about purpose, loss, and the possibility of deep healing through letting go. Together they move from the all-consuming world of elite sport into the liminal space of identity crisis, spiritual awakening, and building a meaningful life beyond external success.

Timestamps:
 00:00 Introduction & the shattering of identity
 02:41 Dylan's journey into figure skating
 06:12 Leaving a world of structure and pressure
 07:46 The successful athlete persona versus the authentic self
 11:47 Losing the 'sparkle' and the grind of high performance
 15:39 The addictive energy of performing and receiving adoration
 18:02 The intimacy and challenge of pair skating partnerships
 22:24 Love and relationships beyond the skating world
 39:32 Identity loss, addiction to success, and coming home to the body
 43:57 The body as a vessel for spiritual connection
 47:02 The accident that ended Dylan's career
 57:06 Parenting the inner child, grounded practice, and integrity
 61:07 Ancient wisdom, plant medicine, and performance psychology
 65:28 Wholeness in nature, sacred reciprocity, and learning as joy

About Dylan Moscovitch: 

Dylan Moscovitch is a Canadian Olympic silver medalist, TEDx speaker, and founder of Threshold™ - a methodology for navigating life's pivotal transitions.

For nearly two decades he represented Canada in pairs figure skating, winning silver at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games through resilience, artistry, and focus under pressure. Then a 200-pound mirror fell on his face, ending his path to a second Games and shattering an identity built over decades. What followed wasn't recovery - it was an unraveling.

Acting, modeling, broadcasting, and coaching each pushed him further, but not yet through. A profound awakening cracked everything open, initiating a path of purpose rooted in study and service. Learning from indigenous traditions, somatic practice, meditation, and ceremony, he weaves ancient wisdom with sport psychology and lived experience.

From that passage, Threshold™ emerged. Dylan now guides athletes, leaders, and creatives through transitions of every scale, working alongside his wife, Mariana, at Tierra Viviente, and creating safe spaces for men at Menkind Collective.

Connect with Dylan:

Website:https://www.dylanmoscovitch.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylan.moscovitch

Working together, beyond the podcast

If something in this episode landed in your body, there are a few doors open to you.

For 1:1 coaching, this is a bespoke and intimate partnership, curated by you and who you know you can become. If you're a woman of unmistakable talent who has hit a ceiling, in confidence, in bandwidth, in the career you're building, this is deep, targeted work. Together we locate the blocks in body, mind and context, and cultivate what it takes to move beyond them.

For a compact immersion, the Embodiment Coach Training runs each year. Applications for the September 2026 cohort are now closed, but you're welcome to join the waitlist for the next intake at [email protected].

And if you'd like a taste of the work first, sign up to the newsletter and you'll receive the full recording of our Visibility Masterclass, a 2 hour session on the unconscious patterns that keep us from our fullest expression, and the body-mind tools to move beyond them. 

Connect with Anthea:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab_embodiment/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@embodied_anthea/videos

Substack: https://antheabell1.substack.com/

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

How do we turn moments of deepest pain and disruption into seeds for beauty and courageous living? What happens when we stop shrinking from our grief, our longing, and our wildness and allow all of it to be seen, loved, and transformed?

In this profoundly honest episode of Embodied, Remi Olajoyegbe, executive coach, co-founder of Medicine Festival, facilitator, and community builder joins Anthea Bell for a conversation that ranges from loss and lineage to radical reclamation, women's circles, plant medicine, and the energetic truth at the core of healing.

You'll hear Remi recount the fierce initiations that forged her path from the loss of her first child, to leaving a high-powered corporate career, to discovering healing in community, ancestral work, and sacred plant medicine. Expect candid reflections on competition, creativity, being "too much," building belonging, and the discipline it takes to nurture possibility in ourselves and others.

This episode is a call to return to wholeness, to honour your gifts, and claim both your vastness and your vulnerability. Through story and wisdom, Remi issues an invitation to co-create new cultures of collaboration, compassion, and embodied joy within ourselves, and together.

Timestamps:  

00:00 Being seen: the invitation to wholeness  

01:50 Anthea Bell shares her first connection with Remi Olajoyegbe  

03:19 Transformation, transmutation, and tending neglected places  

04:47 Loss, grief, and awakening the desire to nurture  

09:03 Mothering beyond motherhood

13:06 Radical inclusion and moving beyond judgment  

16:21 The necessity and challenge of collaborative healing spaces  

20:24 Why safety, love, and belonging are the ground for transformation  

23:25 Practising wholeness: discipline, ritual, and returning to self  

26:36 Grief as the portal to expansion and the importance of ancestry work  

34:34 Feeling safe to be vast and small in circles

46:47 Plant medicine and embodied awakening

01:00:39 Choosing your path, creating new cultures, 

01:18:06 The necessity of in-person community and relational connection  

01:23:31 Amplifying others, changing culture, celebrating women's brilliance  

If this episode resonates, share it with someone who is ready to reclaim their full aliveness, courage, and connection.

About Remi:

Connect with Remi:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/remi_olajoyegbe/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/remi-olajoyegbe/ 

Working together, beyond the podcast

If something in this episode landed in your body, there are a few doors open to you.

For 1:1 coaching, this is a bespoke and intimate partnership, curated by you and who you know you can become. If you're a woman of unmistakable talent who has hit a ceiling, in confidence, in bandwidth, in the career you're building, this is deep, targeted work. Together we locate the blocks in body, mind and context, and cultivate what it takes to move beyond them.

For a compact immersion, the Embodiment Coach Training runs each year. Applications for the September 2026 cohort are now closed, but you're welcome to join the waitlist for the next intake at [email protected].

And if you'd like a taste of the work first, sign up to the newsletter and you'll receive the full recording of our Visibility Masterclass, a 2 hour session on the unconscious patterns that keep us from our fullest expression, and the body-mind tools to move beyond them. 

Connect with Anthea:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab_embodiment/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@embodied_anthea/videos

Substack: https://antheabell1.substack.com/

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What if your deepest resilience came not from avoiding pain, but from moving through it again and again - in the body, in a sacred relationship with life itself as your teacher?

In this stirring episode of Embodied, Echo - Somatic Practitioner, Death-Doula, DJ and Tantrika - joins the conversation from Austin, Texas, to explore what it means to live and love in a world coloured by loss, lineage, and longing.

You'll discover why Echo credits nature with saving her life, how grief and rage become portals to collective healing, and what it means to hold vigil for the dying and for a humanity in flux. With candid stories from the deathbed, she reveals how presence and surrender - not control or avoidance - let us feel the fullness of being alive.

This episode is a call to feel more, not less: to honour the cycles of life and death present in everything, and to trust that even in the darkest moments, "the first step of life is death." Echo invites us to stay with what is, breathe through the discomfort, and remember that every end brings a new beginning.

Timestamps: 

00:00 Meet Echo: healing through presence 

02:12 Roots and finding belonging in the forest 

05:37 Death as the portal to the heart 

08:21 Becoming a death doula: early initiations 

13:41 Honouring ancestors and "anti-role models" 

23:00 Moving rage and grief: singing, shaking, surrender 

29:45 Healing gendered wounds through conscious sexuality 

34:38 Learning to lead with love, not hatred 

48:57 From grief dances in nature to global DJ 

55:49 Still worth loving and fighting for

If this episode resonated with you, share with someone who needs to remember their capacity to feel and heal.

About Echo:

Echo is a guide of embodied transformation, working at the crossroads of sound, movement, shadow, and spirit. Through music, ritual, yoga, meditation, and dance, she creates ceremonial spaces where the body becomes a safe vessel for truth, healing, and remembrance.

As a shadow worker and medicine guide, Echo walks with those navigating initiation, grief, desire, and rebirth—holding space for the unraveling of old identities and the return to embodied sovereignty. 

Through collective presence and honest embodiment, Echo guides others home - to the self, to community, and to the mystery that unites us.

Connect with Echo:

Website: https://www.ourecho.life/

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ourecho

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_ourecho_

Working together, beyond the podcast

If something in this episode landed in your body, there are a few doors open to you.

For 1:1 coaching, this is a bespoke and intimate partnership, curated by you and who you know you can become. If you're a woman of unmistakable talent who has hit a ceiling, in confidence, in bandwidth, in the career you're building, this is deep, targeted work. Together we locate the blocks in body, mind and context, and cultivate what it takes to move beyond them.

For a compact immersion, the Embodiment Coach Training runs each year. Applications for the September 2026 cohort are now closed, but you're welcome to join the waitlist for the next intake at [email protected].

And if you'd like a taste of the work first, sign up to the newsletter and you'll receive the full recording of our Visibility Masterclass, a 2 hour session on the unconscious patterns that keep us from our fullest expression, and the body-mind tools to move beyond them. 

Connect with Anthea:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab_embodiment/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@embodied_anthea/videos

Substack: https://antheabell1.substack.com/

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What if the blueprint for a life you love wasn't more strength, more effort, or more grit, but a deeper capacity to love and forgive?

In this Season 9 opening episode, Anthea Bell sits down with world-renowned Enneagram expert, psychotherapist and author Dr. Deborah Egerton for an honest conversation about the transformative power of love as a force for healing our own wounds, and those of a fractured, often divided world.

You'll hear why seeing the good in others (and yourself) is anything but naïve, and how connection is the antidote to isolation and survival mode. Deborah shares how suffering can be the wake-up call that cracks open our narrow perspectives and moves us toward compassion and unity. 

Together they explore healing generational trauma, the tension between nurture and dominion, the pivotal importance of the female voice, and what it means to lead from the divine feminine in our own lives and in the wider work of global healing.

It's an invitation to let your light shine, to move from resentment to gratitude, and to remember that real change starts one person at a time.

Timestamps
 00:00 Intro: Meet Deborah Egerton
 02:09 Seeing the good in everyone
 06:19 Why suffering wakes us up to change
 13:00 Women's voices and the divine feminine
 14:35 Nurture over dominion: why the world needs a softer hand
 18:28 Working with "the bad parts" of ourselves
 19:45 How women are conditioned to self-silence
 24:02 Finding your core purpose to move through fear
 26:03 Using the Enneagram to face your core fear
 29:09 How the "I am not loved" story blocks abundance
 39:23 Why lack of self-love sits at the root of giving and receiving
 48:54 Compulsive giving, and "doing more with less"
 55:10 Daily gratitude and shifting your attention
 01:05:50 Closing prayer 

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About Dr. Deborah Threadgill Egerton
Affectionately known as Dr. E, Deborah is a bestselling author, TEDx speaker, internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, respected psychotherapist, and an advocate for unity and belonging in the healing of humanity. A former President of the International Enneagram Association, she holds IEA Certification with Distinction for her groundbreaking use of the Enneagram to bridge historical divides and dismantle the practice of "othering." As a consultant, coach, mentor and spiritual teacher, she guides people from all walks of life toward harmonious unification. Her books include the #1 Amazon New Release "Know Justice Know Peace," "Enneagram Made Easy," and the nine-part "Enneagram Inner Work Journals."

Connect with Deborah:

Website: https://www.deborahegerton.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enneagramjedi/

Working together, beyond the podcast

If something in this episode landed in your body, there are a few doors open to you.

For 1:1 coaching, this is a bespoke and intimate partnership, curated by you and who you know you can become. If you're a woman of unmistakable talent who has hit a ceiling, in confidence, in bandwidth, in the career you're building, this is deep, targeted work. Together we locate the blocks in body, mind and context, and cultivate what it takes to move beyond them.

For a compact immersion, the Embodiment Coach Training runs each year. Applications for the September 2026 cohort are now closed, but you're welcome to join the waitlist for the next intake at [email protected].

And if you'd like a taste of the work first, sign up to the newsletter and you'll receive the full recording of our Visibility Masterclass, a 2 hour session on the unconscious patterns that keep us from our fullest expression, and the body-mind tools to move beyond them. 

Connect with Anthea:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab_embodiment/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@embodied_anthea/videos

Substack: https://antheabell1.substack.com/

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What if the life you're working so tirelessly to create is actually taking you further and further away from the truth of who you are?

This is Embodied with Anthea Bell, and we are excited to share that Season 9 arrives on September 21st.

Each week, we share raw, real, intimate stories from leaders across the creative, healing, and entrepreneurial worlds. Profound journeys of transformation. Conversations that move into body-mind connection, real healing, and the courage it takes to step beyond challenge and into a truly aligned life.

This season, you'll sit with extraordinary guests who have crossed thresholds most of us only read about. You'll be hearing from guests like Dr. Deborah Threadgill Egerton, bestselling author and former President of the International Enneagram Association, whose life's work is healing the divides between us; the wonderful Echo, a guide of embodied transformation working at the crossroads of sound, movement, shadow, and spirit; from the inspirational Dylan Moscovitch, Canadian Olympic silver medalist and founder of Threshold, who lost the identity he'd built over decades when a 200-pound mirror fell on his face; from Shen Tong, activist, scientist, and impact investor with roots in the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement; and from Kisser Paludan, psychologist, spiritual teacher, and host of Soultalk. Plus many more amazing souls making a difference in the world.

Get ready for deep, honest conversations and real tools that you can bring into your everyday. You’ll be joining a community of like-minded people to get all the inspiration you need to let yourself dream bigger and change lives.

Season 9 is out September 21st. Follow Embodied wherever you listen to podcasts, so it lands the moment the first episode drops, and together let's find our way home.

I'll see you inside.

Working together, beyond the podcast

If something in the following episodes land with you, there are a few doors open:

For 1:1 coaching, I provide a bespoke and intimate partnership, curated by you and who you know you can become. If you're a woman of unmistakable talent who has hit a ceiling, in confidence, in bandwidth, in the career you're building, this is deep, targeted work. Together we locate the blocks in body, mind and context, and cultivate what it takes to move beyond them.

For a compact immersion, the Embodiment Coach Training runs each year. Applications for the September 2026 cohort are now closed, but you're welcome to join the waitlist for the next intake at [email protected].

And if you'd like a taste of the work first, sign up to the newsletter and you'll receive the full recording of our Visibility Masterclass, a 2 hour session on the unconscious patterns that keep us from our fullest expression, and the body-mind tools to move beyond them. 

Connect with Anthea:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab_embodiment/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@embodied_anthea/videos

Substack: https://antheabell1.substack.com/

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

You sweet humans,

Last night, you found me curled up on my sofa leaving you a little podcast love-note... The first solo episode in an entire season of heart-expanding interviews. And, dedicated to a theme that all of you have been asking for:

"What does it take to let myself be truly, deeply, seen?"

Our yearning for visibility is palpable - as a society consistently disconnected from self, body and true connection, we long for it like nothing else. To be witnessed in all our beauty and bumpy humanity; to be held in the moments we feel most tender; to be celebrated for our incredible strides, our "biggest moments"; to become a part of something rooted in love and togetherness. 

We crave it: and by the same token, we ricochet away from it. Fearful, protective, imprinted on a body and mind level to stay wary. 

So, for all of you who have been longing to let loose into being seen - listen in. This is an episode dedicated to your wanting, to understanding your own patterns / preventatives, and to working beyond them. I've offered insight from my own life as well as swathes of clients - sink in with me and see what resonates. Let us know...

And if this deep-dive speaks to you, send it to someone who you think would love to hear it too. Make sure you’re following the show so you don’t miss what’s coming next, and if you’ve been loving the podcast this season, leaving a quick rating or review makes a bigger difference than you think.

Connect with Anthea

Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

Ax

This episode is a special one.

As our final episode of the season, we’re turning the spotlight inward. For the first time, your host Anthea Bell steps into the guest seat, and shares her own deeply personal story with Coach and Entrepreneur, Annabel Lane.

In this honest and powerful conversation, Anthea opens up about the journey from self doubt and not enoughness - to embodiment, healing and stepping fully into her voice. From early childhood patterns and people pleasing to navigating fear, visibility, anger and identity, this episode explores what it really takes to grow beyond the versions of ourselves we’ve out-stripped.

You’ll learn about the important role of crisis in transformation, the reality of fear when stepping into your potential, and why so many of us stay stuck in compromise instead of choosing authenticity. Anthea shares how somatic healing and reconnecting with the body became a turning point in her life, and why true change is not about perfection, but about willingness to face what feels uncomfortable.

If you’ve ever questioned your worth, held yourself back, or waited for permission to take up space, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are and gently challenge you to step forward into your own beautiful light.

We hope you’ll love it: let us know what lands.

Timestamps
00:00 Meet Anthea
01:05 That familiar voice of who am I to
03:21 From not enough to the beginning of healing
07:20 Do we really need to hit rock bottom to change
10:06 Learning how to work with fear instead of against it
15:10 Visibility, purpose and being of service
23:30 The tension between potential and staying comfortable
26:12 What surrender actually looks like in real life
34:19 Safety, belonging and choosing authenticity
37:15 A life changing trip and stepping into independence
41:07 Annabel shares her own turning points
45:51 What Anthea would say to her younger self
49:00 Closing reflections and gratitude

If this conversation spoke to you, send it to someone who you think would love to hear it too. Make sure you’re following the show so you don’t miss what’s coming next, and if you’ve been loving the podcast this season, leaving a quick rating or review makes a bigger difference than you think.

A heartfelt thank you for being a part of this season - more to come soon!

Connect with Annabel

Instagram: @‌iamannabellane

Website: https://www.annabellane.com/

Red Dress Energy: https://www.reddressenergy.com/

Connect with Anthea

Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What if your niggling self doubt was actually pointing you straight toward your purpose?

In this episode, Anthea sits down with internationally-acclaimed abstract artist Simon Kenny - opening up a deeply honest conversation about creative expression, vulnerability and identity. What in fact it really takes to grow into and show up as an artist in the world.

You’ll learn about the persistent reality of imposter syndrome, even at peak fame; the struggle with confidence and self worth; how creating heals our older and more implicit wounds; and the ongoing journey towards a sense of enoughness. Simon shares how his relationship with art has evolved over time, from using it as both a shield and a form of escape, to embracing it as a space for emotional expression, self-exploration and core healing. This conversation explores how art and trauma are often intertwined, and how the creative process itself can be a powerful pathway for personal transformation.

We’ll also dive into the messy middle of the artist journey, including overcoming creative blocks, learning to live with uncertainty and redefining success beyond external validation. Simon opens up about building a business, experiencing failure and finding his way back to an authentic artistic identity through abstract art process and experimentation.

This episode is a reminder that self expression is not about perfection, but about courage. It is about showing up, creating anyway and allowing your work to evolve as you do. In the process, who you are, what you believe and the inspiration you offer completely re-shapes.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Simon Kenny
04:27 When imposter syndrome hits hard in the spotlight
08:37 Building confidence and redefining what “enough” means
09:45 The unexpected path into becoming an artist
15:01 The childhood urge to constantly create
17:40 Using creativity as an escape from reality
22:04 The connection between creativity and trauma
27:55 Finding the way back to making art again
30:02 Building and losing a furniture business
32:35 Why anyone can be creative
34:15 Learning to sit with uncertainty
41:06 Seeing your work through other people’s eyes
42:54 Legacy, meaning, and what we leave behind
44:10 Balancing creativity with personal life
47:15 Creating connection through vulnerability
50:11 A final reminder to play, experiment and let go

If this episode got you thinking, share it with someone who needs a little creative spark right now.
And if you loved it, make sure you’re following the show and leave a quick rating or review. It helps more people like yourself find these conversations.

Connect with Simon

Instagram: @‌simonkennyart

Website: https://simonkennyart.com/

Connect with Anthea

Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

Have you or someone you know ever struggled with an eating disorder?

In this heart-felt and insightful episode, Anthea is joined by Renee McGregor, a leading voice in sports nutrition and eating disorder recovery. Together, they share a deeply honest conversation about the realities behind health, performance and the systems that often fail people in the greatest need of care. If this is a theme you’ve wondered about, today’s episode is a critical listen.

Renee shares her own ED recovery journey, and how it shaped her work supporting high-performing individuals struggling with disordered eating, exercise addiction and complex relationships with the body. We’ll explore how trauma and eating disorders are closely linked, and why many behaviours are actually emotional coping mechanisms rather than issues of discipline or control. This foundation becomes critical in knowing how to create truly lasting change.

The conversation also highlights the importance of nervous system regulation, rest and learning to rebuild a healthy food relationship beyond rigid rules.

Together, we’ll unpack the impact of wellness culture in today’s world, the role of social media and body image, and the growing conversation around GLP1 medications and Ozempic. Renee speaks openly about weight stigma, gaps in treatment systems and the need for more compassionate, inclusive approaches to care.

From intuitive eating to autonomy in recovery, this episode challenges common narratives and invites you to form a more nuanced, human approach to health and healing.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Renee McGregor and her work in eating disorders recovery
07:35 Transitioning from NHS work into sports nutrition
17:08 Why eating disorders are so often misunderstood
19:24 Understanding eating disorders as coping and trauma responses
23:40 Gaps in treatment and the limitations within the NHS
27:33 Regulation, addiction patterns, and emotional numbness
34:43 Caffeine, control, and returning to old habits
36:21 How overexercise becomes normalised
41:22 The role of the nervous system and the importance of rest
42:23 Using coffee and other tools for regulation
46:46 Influencers, wellness culture, and harmful messaging
53:18 Social media responsibility and impact
57:13 Living without constant online exposure
58:45 The reality of Ozempic and GLP1 medications
01:00:43 Weight stigma and its link to trauma
01:07:29 Bias, mindfulness, and anti racism in healthcare

If this episode resonated, share it with someone who might need a more compassionate perspective on health and recovery.

Make sure you’re following the podcast so you don’t miss future conversations like this.

And if you found this valuable, leaving a rating or review helps more beautiful people like yourself find the show.

Connect with Renee

Instagram: @‌r_mcgregor

Website: https://reneemcgregor.com/

Connect with Anthea

Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/