Love Your Bod Pod by Cara Cifelli

07.12.2023

#147 THE FINAL EP. Why I'm retiring from Coaching - Lessons from Chronic Pain

In this final episode of Love Your Bod Pod, I am sharing my experience with chronic pain and how that played a role in my decision to no longer be a coach. I answer the questions you have sent in...

07.05.2023

#146 - 10 Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Recovery

In this solo episode, I share 10 lessons learned from being in recovery for 10 years. Get Cara's new book: One Day at a Time Enroll in⁠⁠ Food Body Soul - The Academy Self-Paced Course⁠⁠ Enroll in ⁠⁠Embodied Rebel Masterclass⁠⁠ Find Cara ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Website⁠

06.28.2023

#145 Mindset for Freedom with Fitness, Food & Body Image, and How to do IE with Health Conditions w/ Alana Van Der Sluys

In this episode, I interview Alana Van Der Sluys from Freedom with Food and Fitness, a fellow coach and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. We talk about mindset work and how food is only as powerful/scary/dangerous as the story you tell yourself...

06.21.2023

#144 Self Esteem, People Pleasing, ED & Substance Abuse Recovery with Trauma Therapist Emily @yourmentalhealthbff

In this episode, I interview Emily, @yourmentalhealthbff, about her experience with drug-induced anorexia and the very common overlap of substance abuse and eating disorders. She tells her story of asking for help, choosing recovery, and going to a wilderness rehab...

06.14.2023

#143 BED Recovery, Overcoming Weight Stigma in Treatment, and Body Positive Fashion with Jaimie Weisberg

In today's episode, I meet with Jaimie Weisberg, your body-positive bestie! She is a fashion queen on social media and a recovery advocate. We talk about her experience growing up, advocating for herself throughout treatment while facing weight stigma, and...

06.07.2023

#142 The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying and How Thinking About the End of Your Life Can Help Your Recovery

In this episode, I talk about a book I read last year titled "The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying" by Bonnie Ware and how thinking about the end of my life, not in a morbid way, but in a...

05.31.2023

#141 End Secret Binge Eating, Parts Work and IFS, Perfectionism, How to Stop Living in the Thin Dream with Sammy Harrison Gutt

In this episode, I interview Sammy Harrison Gut, a binge-eating coach and previous client of mine. We explore topics including secret binge eating, how it is a coping mechanism for anxiety, how perfectionism shows up with food and weight, how...

05.24.2023

#140 What to Expect from the Recovery Process

In this episode, I talk about the recovery process and how it happens in phases. Too many people try to rush the process or skip steps which ultimately slows them down and leaves them stuck. I share about my unique...

04.13.2023

#139 It's not about the food, grieving the "thin dream", and YOUR questions answered by an Anti-Diet RD, w/ Genevieve Prushinski, MS, RD

Today's podcast guest is Genevieve Prushinski, and HEAS-aligned, anti-diet Dietitian working at Balance Eating Disorder Treatment Center in NYC - one of the nation's best treatment centers. She answers questions from you that you submitted on Instagram! Topics we cover: - her...

04.06.2023

#138 Breathwork to Calm Down & Reduce Anxiety

Freaking out? Can't stop obsessing over something? Just had one of those days? This breathwork pattern is for you. My clients absolutely love this to help create a state of inner peace and calm the body down while giving the...

03.22.2023

#137 Romanizing your ED, the overlap between religion & diet culture, motherhood & body image and so much more with Rachel Hills

Today we are with Rachel Hills, and our conversation gets raw, real, and deep. And it's loooooong and juicy! We talk about all the things, including her religious upbringing and the overlaps with diet culture, her personal struggle with body...

03.15.2023

Season 4 Trailer - Where I've Been, What I've Learned and What You Can Expect from the LYBP

Welcome to season 4 of Love Your Bod Pod. Today I share where I've been, what I've learned and what you can expect from this season of the LYBP. Thank you so much for listening and being here! My Website Instagram TikTok

08.12.2022

#136 How to Feel Better in Your Body

Feeling better in your body is not determined by your weight - I explain why and how in this episode and give you 10 practical tips ad action items you can start implementing RIGHT NOW to feel better. Find Cara and...

07.07.2022

#135 Connecting to Your Inner Child Meditation

Inner Child work plays a powerful role in healing your relationship with food and your body because many of our earliest experiences of Diet Culture, body shame, trauma or feelings of not being enough/loveable, etc. happened in childhood. Those experiences...

03.09.2022

#134 Heal Your Relationship with Exercise & Movement with Anti-Diet Personal Trainer Rachel Bass

In this episode, we talk with Rachel Bass, an NYC-based Anti-Diet personal trainer about exercise and movement! If you want to learn how to have an intuitive joyful relationship with movement and want to learn to separate weight loss from...

02.22.2022

#133 You Deserve Clothes That Fit. Fashion from an Anti-Diet Lens with Dacy Gillespie @mindfulcloset

In today's episode, we talk with Dacy Gillespie, an online personal stylist, about the messages that we have received about what we "should" and "shouldn't" wear based on our body, age, and weight so we can unpack them and connect...

02.09.2022

#132 Everything to Know About FBS - The Academy

Enrollment for Food Body Soul - The Academy is now open! In this episode, I share what you need to know about the program. Who it's for, what you will get out of it, what's included, and what to expect. Learn...

01.12.2022

#131 Real Talk: You Do Not Need to Lose Weight to be Your Happiest with Natalie Sanchez Alvarez

This week, we talk with former FBS - The Academy + Retreat student, Natalie about her 15 year-long struggle with food and her body image, and her journey to healing & her happiest life ever! Topics We Cover: Extreme restriction &...

01.05.2022

#130 Breathwork for Emotional Eating (How to Feel Your Feelings)

If you identify as an emotional eater, or someone who eats their feelings, you might not be sure how to actually feel your feelings, this breathwork practice will show you how to feel & process your emotions. I do not see...

12.30.2021

#129 But, I Still Want to Lose Weight...

Today, I want to talk to those of you that really want peace and freedom with food and know that you need healing, but you are still hanging on pretty tightly to the desire to lose weight. This is for...

12.22.2021

#128 Fitness Culture, ED Recovery, Self Love & Investing in Yourself with Mark Jelkovsky of Mary's Cup of Tea

Today we are joined by Mary's Cup of Tea! Not only do we explore her eating disorder and recovery journey, dropping in helpful tips along the way, but we also go deep into the power of in-person retreats & investing...

12.15.2021

#127 Overcoming Fear in Recovery & Finding Freedom from Binge Eating with Maren Hunt

Today, we interview Maren Hunt, a Certified Intuitive Eating Coach about her personal recovery journey from a 20-year struggle with her relationship with food, her body, and herself and how she now helps others do the same as a coach....

12.09.2021

#126 Breathwork for Connecting to Your Body (Body Wisdom)

Dieting disconnects us from our bodies. If you struggle to listen to your body, know when you're hungry, full, in need of rest or movement, or if you've been at war with your body and are ready to get on...

11.24.2021

#125 How to Stop Eating Your Feelings & Instead Feel Your Feelings with Goodwin Hope

Today, we interview Goodwin Hope, a health coach, and breathwork facilitator. If you are someone who feels like you constantly eat your feelings this one is for you! We talk about emotions, feelings, somatic work, confidence, and healing through the...

11.17.2021

#124 The 6 Types of Restriction that Lead to Binge Eating

Restriction leads to binge eating. But I often hear people say "I'm not dieting, I no longer restrict but I am still binge eating!" If you've ever said that or felt like that, then it's likely that you are still...

11.10.2021

#123 Periods, Cravings, Hormones, Birth Control & DIET CULTURE with Maddie Miles

Today we have an interview with Maddie Miles. We talk all things hormones, periods, cravings, birth control, seed cycling, cycle syncing, and shitty advice from diet culture that messes us up! Plus why we think we need men's birth control...

09.29.2021

#122 Restriction for Medical/Health Issues and Binge Eating with Kirsten Ackerman, The Intuitive RD

In today's episode, we talk extensively about restriction and binge eating specifically as it relates to medical and health issues, including PCOS, Diabetes, IBS, Weight Loss Surgery, and more. This is in response to my viral TikTok video about the...

09.09.2021

#121 Life is Hard. Which Version of Hard Will You Choose?

Hard things are inescapable. But some hard things lead to suffering, depression, anxiety, and a life you don't love. Other hard things lead to liberation, expansion, evolution, and a life you love. So which version of hard will you choose?...

08.25.2021

#120 Healing Through Inner Child Work, Breathwork and Somatic Work with Stevie Wright

This episode is all about unbecoming who we thought we had to be to succeed and be loved and becoming exactly who we are! Today, we have an episode with Self Love Coach and creator of The Breath Channel, Stevie...

08.18.2021

#119 Breathwork for Letting Go

This episode is a short breathwork session to help you with letting go of anything you have been hanging on to. As you may have seen over this past year, I have been working on my breathwork facilitator training certification so...

08.04.2021

#118 Why We Need Weight-Inclusive Health Care and Is Food Medicine? with Dr. Joshua Wolrich

TRIGGER WARNING: Sensitive eating disorder behaviors are discussed in this episode. In today's episode, I interview NHS doctor Joshua Wolrich and it is a fire-filled episode. Come listen with curiosity and open mind! Topics we cover: - Joshua's story of first being a...

06.23.2021

#117 Hovering Above Rock Bottom, The Emotional Work, and Knowing When it's Time to Change with Whitney Catalano

In this episode, I interview Whitney Catalano, An Anti-Diet Dietician turned Success and Alignment Strategist. Topics We Cover: How her disordered eating & desire to be thin influenced her to study Dietetics in college HAES, Diet Culture & Fat Activism ...

06.16.2021

#116 The 5 Steps to Food Freedom

In this episode, I share the road map to Food Freedom. Food Body Soul - The Membership Apply for 1:1 Coaching Instagram

06.09.2021

#115 You Don't Have to "Lose the Weight" First + Body Confidence + Following Your Dreams with Amanda LaCount

If you have ever thought that you have to "lose the weight" before you can go do what you want to do and be who you want to be, THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU! Amanda LaCount is a plus-size, body-positive...

06.02.2021

#114 Self-Talk (Healing the ED Voice), Feeling Uncomfortable Feelings and Healing Body Image with Emma Lauer, LCSW/Therapist

TRIGGER WARNING: mention of sexual abuse In today's episode, we talk with Emma Lauer, a therapist at Find Your Shine Therapy (@findyourshinetherapy on Instagram). She is a HAES-informed eating disorder therapist who also specializes in trauma and anxiety. We talk about...

05.26.2021

#113 Body Confidence, Diet Recovery & Fat Positivity with Victoria Welsby @FierceFatty

In this episode, we interview the incredible Victoria Welsby, also known as Fierce Fatty. She is a body confidence expert and fat positive powerhouse. If you are struggling to feel good about yourself because of your body, this episode is...

05.19.2021

#112 How to Be Active & Pursue Health Without the Pressure of Weight Loss with Martinus Evans @300poundsandrunning

Trigger Warning: talks of numbers/weight, and suicide Today, we have an incredibly inspiring episode with Martinus Evans, also known as 300 Pounds and Running! He is a marathon runner, a run coach, and a soon-to-be author. But like many, he struggled...

05.12.2021

#111 What They Don't Teach You in Nutrition School, Health Advice from a Dietician, & How Weight Stigma is a Public Health Issue with Shana Spence, MS, RDN, CDN @Thenutritiontea

Today, we have an awesome conversation with Shana Spence, MS, RDN, CDN, and Anti-Diet Dietician that I love to follow on Instagram, she is @TheNutritionTea. We cover a wide variety of topics including: What she didn't learn in school What society...

05.05.2021

#110 Hating your body takes a lot of energy, Dieting is a distraction, and raising kids with body-neutrality and intuitive eating with Catie Lynch, CSW

In today's episode, I interview Catie Lynch, a social worker, therapist, and body-image coach. This episode is filled with so many chicken nuggets of wisdom on body image healing, dieting, self-reflection, and intentions! Plus if you're a mom or have...

04.28.2021

#109 Men & Eating Disorders, Asking for Help, and Finding Worth in Your Appearance with William Hornby

In today's episode, we interview an eating disorder advocate for men, William Hornby. He has been creating insightful, informative, and often very endearing and funny content on TikTok and IG Reels that has been building awareness for men who are...

04.21.2021

#108 All or Nothing Mindset & How All Food Has Value

If you are caught up in "Black and White" thinking, believing that food is either good or bad, this episode is for you. I share very practical tips to get you out of the "All or Nothing", perfectionist way of...

04.14.2021

#107 How to Change Negative Self Talk, Cultivate Self-Compassion & Why We Self Sabotage with Iris McAlpin

In today's episode, we interview trauma professional and coach, Iris McAlpin. She is a NARM Practitioner and specializes in self-sabotage and eating disorders. Grab a pen and notebook for this one, it's jammed packed with very practical tips and strategies...

04.07.2021

#106 5 Unsuspected Things That Will Help You Recover and Find Food Freedom & Body Peace

In this solo cast, I share 5 unique things that will help you find food & body peace. When we think of healing our relationship with food we often think of Intuitive Eating, which is an incredibly powerful and healing...

03.31.2021

#105 Drunkorexia (alcohol & ED's), Bigorexia and The Eating Disorder Cycle with Lindsey Hall

Today we interview Lindsey Hall, an award-winning eating disorder recovery speaker, and writer. Topics we cover: - alcohol, addiction, and eating disorders (Drunkorexia) - the eating disorder cycle - romanticizing our eating disorders - "Bigorexia": men, fitness, gym culture and eating disorders - one foot...

03.24.2021

#104 Weight Bias in Public Health, COVID-19 Research + How to Accept Your Body w/ Epidemiologist Erika Austhof

In today's episode, we interview Erika Austhof, an epidemiologist at the University of Arizona College of Public Health. She has spent the last year advocating for weight-neutrality in COVID-19 research and ending weight-stigma in public health. She is also a...

03.17.2021

#103 Misconceptions About Intuitive Eating & Working Towards Food Freedom

There are a lot of misconceptions about Intuitive Eating - that it means you will never eat healthy again and only ever want cookies, that it is anti-health, that it's just about eating when you are hungry and stopping when...

03.10.2021

#102 Anti-Diet Work as Death Work with Virgie Tovar & Angela Alberto

Welcome to Season 3 of the #LYBP Today we have author, Virgie Tovar, and death midwife, Angela Alberto to talk about the joyful & devastating work of leaving diet culture. Topics we cover: What is Death Work and how does it connects...

03.03.2021

Season 3 Trailer

Welcome to Season 3 of the Love Your Bod Pod - #LYBP! This is a trailer to give you an idea of what you can look forward to this season of the pod. So much is in store. I also share...

10.28.2020

#101 BONUS: Why Being a Coach is The Best Career Ever with Brandi Tebo + a Convo with ERA Graduate, Nicole Zimmerman

Have you ever considered becoming a coach? It is a career path that encompasses everything I used to dream about before I became an entrepreneur. It's purposeful, meaningful, something I deeply care about, makes a difference in the world, lets...

10.07.2020

#100 My Recovery Process (What it looked like and the phases) [TRIGGER WARNING]

TRIGGER WARNING: in this episode, I talk very candidly about eating disorder behaviors and use language that could be triggering to you if you are currently struggling. Listener discretion is advised!! In this episode, I share about my 3 year-long recovery...

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