Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. – Albert Einstein

Today’s guest is the director of brand strategy and food editor at Greatist, Tara Fuller. Tara wrote a fantastic article about the consequences of her exercise addiction, and she shares her story of recovery and hope.

In this episode we discuss:

* “What’s Your Excuse” for continuing to push through pain?

* Journaling, therapy, and traveling the world with a yoga mat

* Why you have to put your foot down and ask for what you need

Connect with Tara:

TWITTER: @tarasoph

Read more about Tara and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. 

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

READ: I Got Six-Pack Abs in Six Weeks. Here’s How I Feel One Year Later

READ: Disgust, Body Shame, and Fitspiration: Why We Care About Maria Kang

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@MissSkinnyGenes

 

“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s saying.” ―Sarah Dessen

“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” —Yogi Bhajan

Today’s guest is the ridiculously amazing health coach, body positivity warrior, and no-nonsense truth-teller Isabel Foxen Duke.

In this episode we discuss:

* How shrinking has become the measure of our growth

* Why Isabel won’t sell women weight loss

* The true meaning of “confidence” (hint: it starts with trust)

* The life or death reason we have to relinquish control over our food

Plus, Isabel explains why every time you tell yourself not to think of a cookie, you start thinking about cookies (and what to do instead).

Connect with Isabel:

WEBSITE: isabelfoxenduke.com

TWITTER: @isabelfoxenduke

Read more about Isabel and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. 

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

WATCH: Special K “Fat Talk” Commercial

VISIT: Institute for Integrative Nutrition

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@MissSkinnyGenes

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”— Leonard Cohen

“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”― Brené Brown

Today’s guest is Karly Randolph Pitman, author of Overcoming Sugar Addiction and creator of Growing Human(kind)ness.

In this episode we discuss:

* Where the line between isolation and over-sharing lies

* Why vulnerability can be our greatest asset or our greatest hindrance

* The difference between a map and directions

* What it’s like to make peace with being a messy human

Connect with Karly:

WEBSITE: Growing Human(kind)ness

NEWSLETTER: Sign up here!

Read more about Karly and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

 

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. 

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

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@MissSkinnyGenes

 

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.— Stephen Covey

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” ― Coco Chanel

Today’s guest is certified nutritional practitioner and the self-love sharing love child of Sarah Silverman and Slash, Summer Innanen.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

* Why it’s easier to add kelp to your diet than to look at what the real (emotional) health problems are

* What to do when your own body is a trigger

* Why we have to start making our bodies tangible by acknowledging that they are “there”

* How self-esteem and positive body image aren’t always the same thing (and why you HAVE to start with self-esteem first!)

And why you should consider carrying a sledgehammer in your bags!

Connect with Summer:

REMINDER: Friday (MAY 16) is the LAST DAY to register for the 8-week Rock Your Body program! [Click for more info!]

WEBSITE: summerinnanen.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/SummerInnanenNutrition

TWITTER: twitter.com/summerinnanen

NEWSLETTER: Sign up here!

Read more about Summer and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

READ: 100%: The Magic Pill for Chronic Pain and Eating Disorder Recovery

LEARN: 10 Day Body Confidence Makeover

LEARN: 8-Week Rock Your Body Course

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Sometimes the best moment to sing a victory song is in the middle of your battle. – Jeremy Riddle

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – Pericles

Today’s guest is shift disturber, designer of solutions, author, podcaster, and blogger Dean Dwyer. In this episode, we discuss:

* Why the journey to changing how you look is really a journey to changing how you live

* Why mastery does not equal stagnation

* How to stop turning your problems over to other people and become the expert on you

And why you really, really, should start that journal you’ve been putting off. (No seriously. HOW many Finding Our Hunger guests have suggested we journal? Yeah…that’s what I thought. :D)

Connect with Dean:

WEBSITE: DeanDwyer.com

TWITTER: @DeanFromCanada

Read more about Dean and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

READ: Mastery by Robert Greene

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“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” —Roger Babson

Today’s guest is Darryl Edwards, aka “The Fitness Explorer,” a movement therapist, paleo nutritionist, blogger and published author of “Paleo Fitness” based in London, England. In today’s episode we discuss:

* How to stop doing the “fast food” of fitness and start nourishing yourself with movement

* How to remove the anxiety of exercise with play and fun

* What functional movement has to do with…function

* Why movement shouldn’t become either a hobby or an obsession

Plus we discuss a life-changing moment in Darryl’s past that partially led to his transformation into the Fitness Explorer. Connect with Darryl:

BOOK: Paleo Fitness

WEBSITE: The Fitness Explorer

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/fitnessexplorer

TWITTER: twitter.com/fitnessexplorer

YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/fitnessexplorer

Read more about Darryl and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

READ: Paleo Fitness

VISIT: Paleo F(X)

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“To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.” –Anne Lammott 

Today’s guest is Luke Robinson, former WWE wrestler, professional human being, and leader of Wolf Pack Fitness in Maine.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

* The story most women believe about how to be fit and healthy (and why we keep telling it to ourselves even though it’s wrong)

* What it’s like to celebrate strength and not physicality as beauty

* How happiness is like an impressionist painting

And we discuss why it’s time to start respecting your body (and the people you love) by putting on your big girl panties and eating the sardines!

Connect with Luke:

FACEBOOK: WolfPackWorldwide

Read more about Luke and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

VISIT: Paleo F(X)

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@MissSkinnyGenes

 

“As Aristotle said, ‘Excellence is a habit.’ I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring.” ― Criss Jami

“If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance.”  —Andrea Boydston

In today’s episode, Ito and I *FINALLY* had a chance to catch our breath and catch up. We discuss:

* Why more is not more

* How our generation has lost the ability feel contentment

* What it’s like to live in the in-between

And we talk about healthy expectations for work and dating, as well as how you can maintain momentum, even by slowing down.

Read more about today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

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@MissSkinnyGenes

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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. – C. S. Lewis

Today’s guest is Shey Harms, the blogger behind Helping Others Achieve and the Slender Safari podcast.

In today’s episode we discuss:

* How infobesity can be harmful to your health

* Why you can’t always equate your body image with your quality of life

* Why you need to pack self-love on a weight loss journey

And the reasons why you need a journal—and a “bigger why!”

Connect with Shey:

WEBSITE: Helping Others Achieve

WEBSITE: Slender Safari

PODCAST:  Slender Safari

TWITTER: @sheyharms

Read more about Shey and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

VISIT: Fizzle

WATCH: The Thyroid Sessions

PLAY: Gratitude Mad Libs

READ: REM Rehab

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@MissSkinnyGenes

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“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

Today’s guest is Kelsey Osgood, the writer of How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia.

In this episode, we discuss:

* Why sharing the story of your eating disorder can be both healing and triggering

* How anorexia is like a socio-cultural virus

* Why living a stable, healthy life can make you more extraordinary than someone seeking greatness

This one gets a little deep and a lot vulnerable. Please be kind to yourself as you listen—and if you are or think you may be suffering from an eating disorder, please seek help.

Connect with Kelsey:

WEBSITE: kelseyosgood.com

BOOK: How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia

Read more about Kelsey and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.

Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.

Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review.

Mentioned in the podcast:

READ: Pinterest Removes Eating Disorder-Related Content, Pro-Anorexia Community Continues To Thrive

READ: Instagram Bans ‘Thinspo’: Photo-Sharing App Updates Community Guidelines

 

Stay hungry,

@MissSkinnyGenes