Millennial Body Image Project

Amanda Martinez Beck  is a weight-inclusive body image expert and coach, in addition to being a fat body liberation activist, podcaster, neighbor, writer, and anti-racist. On todays’ episode with Amanda we’re diving deep into fat joy, fat liberation vs. body positivity, fat liberation and faith, diet devotionals, and the damaging nature and undertones behind saying “I feel fat”.

Huge thanks to Better Help for sponsoring today’s podcast. Whole-Hearted Eating listeners get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/dana 

On today’s episode we’re chatting about:

The origins of body positivity and fat liberation

The differences between body positivity and fat liberation 

Weight control as a part of health

The impact of religious fasting practices on our relationship with food 

The damaging nature of saying ”I feel fat”

More from Amanda!

Instagram: @your_body_is_good 

Website: amandamartinezbeck.com/writing and Goodbodycoach.com  

Etsy shop: goodbodyshirts.com 

Podcast: Fat & Faithful

Mentioned on today’s episode:

* Learn more about The Body Image Audit here! 

* Book: Lovely – How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me

* Article: Oprah’s best body and the body of christ 

* Article: God loves my fat body as it is

* Look out for Amanda’s new book next year: More of You – the Fat Girls’ Field Guide to the Modern World (April 2022)

Want more from Dana & Cristina? 

Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

Support the show & gets some discounts too!

Better Help: Listeners get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/dana!

Just Thrive: 15% off researched-backed gut health supplements at justthrivehealth.com with coupon code “DANA”.

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On today’s episode we have Part II of II with Kristina Bruce, Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider (Click here for Part I). We’re talking about the navigating body changes & negative body comments, and the challenges of physical and psychological restriction when you’re working on neutral nutrition and unconditional permission to eat. We’re also diving into how this fits into the shift from external food ‘shoulds’ to internal regulation when giving up dieting behaviors, and why it feels like we’re constantly swimming upstream and have our defenses up when working on body acceptance in a body size obsessed culture.  

As a Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider, Kristina specializes in helping women break free from dieting and negative body image. Calling upon her education in health studies, sociology, yoga, meditation, and self-inquiry methodologies, Kristina works one-on-one with women to help them develop a positive relationship with themselves so they can live empowering and fulfilled lives, in the bodies that they have.

Huge thanks to Better Help for sponsoring today’s podcast. Whole-Hearted Eating listeners get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/dana 

On today’s episode we’re chatting about:

The impact of physical and psychological restrictions on food

Imagine what our culture would be like if people were aware and just said the deeper reason to each other of why they were trying to lose weight

What’s going on below the surface when people make body comments

What to do to set boundaries when people make comments negative about bodies and food

More from Kristina!

Instagram: @kristinabruce_coach

Facebook: @kristinabrucecoach

YouTube: youtube.com/c/KristinaBruce

Join Kristina’s yoga class on body acceptance on May 21st HERE 

Coaching with Kristina

Resources for Navigating body changes:

Grieving your ‘Ideal’ body weight and weight suppression with Kristina Bruce {Part 1}

Learn more about The Body Image Audit here! 

Health at Every Size 

Rebelling against toxic postpartum body ideals and gaslighting in the fitness industry with Larkin Silverman

More from Dana & Cristina

Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts – you guys are the beeeest! It really helps the show grow and reach more people.

Kristina Bruce, Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider is our guest today for the first of a two-part episode! Today, we’re digging deep into how our identity can be tangled up in weight suppression, the fear that happens when we don’t maintain weight loss, and grieving the “thin” body we want or had.

As a Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider, Kristina specializes in helping women break free from dieting and negative body image. Calling upon her education in health studies, sociology, yoga, meditation, and self-inquiry methodologies, Kristina works one-on-one with women to help them develop a positive relationship with themselves so they can live empowering and fulfilled lives, in the bodies that they have.

Huge thanks to Better Help for sponsoring today’s podcast. Whole-Hearted Eating listeners get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/dana 

On Today’s episode we’re chatting about:

Body acceptance and body neutrality during pregnancy 

The fear of what will happen if you don’t maintain weight loss, or if you don’t continue to pursue weight loss

When your identity becomes intertwined with your body size

What weight/size your body wants to be vs. what you think your ideal weight and body size ‘should’ be based on BMI, diet culture, etc.

Weight suppression & the indicators that your body wants to be bigger than it is right now

More from Kristina!

Instagram: @kristinabruce_coach

Facebook: @kristinabrucecoach

YouTube: youtube.com/c/KristinaBruce

Join Kristina’s yoga class on body acceptance on May 21st HERE 

Coaching with Kristina

Mentioned on today’s episode:

Learn more about The Body Image Audit here! 

Body Image & Conditional Food Neutrality

Want more from Dana & Cristina? 

Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts – you guys are the beeeest! It really helps the show grow and reach more people. We appreciate you!

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Support the show and get some freebies/discounts!

Better Help: Listeners get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/dana!

Just Thrive: 15% off researched-backed gut health supplements at

On today’s episode we’re introducing our May focus: body image and body neutrality. Today’s episode is a solo one – just Dana and Cristina – and we’re digging into conditional food neutrality: how and why we set conditions on when we feel like we can, or are allowed to have food neutrality or food freedom – based on our body image, self perception, and size/shape of our bodies. 

Huge thanks to Better Help for sponsoring today’s podcast. Whole-Hearted Eating listeners get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/dana 

Mentioned on today’s episode: learn more about The Body Image Audit here! 

More episodes on body image & conditional food neutrality:

* Listener Questions: Adrenal fatigue, body image and the fear of gaining weight

* Rebelling against toxic postpartum body ideals and gaslighting in the fitness industry with Larkin Silverman

* The Invisible Corset & Issues with the Body Positivity Movement with Lauren Geersten

Want more from Dana & Cristina? 

Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

Online courses: breaking free of the diet cycle, healing from body image issues, and how to incorporate non-diet nutrition into healing chronic health conditions. Learn more at wholeheartedeating.com

the *free* Non-Diet Community for episode discussion + support and our quarterly free book club!

If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts – you guys are the beeeest! It really helps the show grow and reach more people. We appreciate you!

Want to support the show and get some freebies / discounts? Here you go!

Better Help: Real Talk with Dana listeners get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/dana!

Just Thrive: 15% off researched-backed gut health supplements at justthrivehealth.com with coupon code “DANA”. 

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On today’s episode with Becky Scott we’re chatting about microaggressions in the fitness industry, the problematic “worth it” aspect of exercise, how to create more inclusive fitness spaces, and the work she’s doing with FitPros Against Weight Stigma.

Becky is the creator of MissFits Workout. Becky found body positivity and fat liberation in her early thirties after a lifetime of self-hate, ‘failed’ diets and exercise regimes. By following bloggers and influencers she began to challenge her views on the diet industry, find peace with her body and grow in self-confidence. She rediscovered her love of dance and joyful movement and found it liberating! She began to blog about her experiences as a plus size Health at Every size fitness enthusiast and became a This Girl Can Ambassador in her home county.

Becky has since trained as a fitness instructor and now leads her own dance-based exercise classes – MissFits Workout! She promotes a holistic approach to fitness and wellbeing that’s not about aesthetics – She’s more about building confidence than muscle, more about losing inhibitions than inches! Becky’s approach offers a great introduction to dance based group fitness for those who don’t feel ‘at home’ in the gym – with a plus size instructor who has designed routines with plus size bodies in mind.

More from Becky!

Becky’s Instagram: @missfitsworkout

Website: www.missfitsworkout.co.uk 

FitPros Against Weight Stigma

Instagram: @againstweightstigma

Have questions about the episode, a guest you’d love us to interview, or a topic you’d love us to cover? email us at [email protected] !

Don’t miss our other episodes on Intuitive Fitness:

* Intuitive Fitness & How to Repair Your Relationship with Movement, with Carolyn Viggh

* Rebelling against toxic postpartum body ideals and gaslighting in the fitness industry with Larkin Silverman

* Problems with before & after photos and the all-or-nothing fitness mentality, with Barb Puzanovova

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If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts – you guys are the beeeest! It really helps the show grow and reach more people. We appreciate you!

Want more from Dana & Cristina? 

Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

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Larkin Silverman is a self-proclaimed Vinyasa Vixen who teaches accessible, inclusive, empowering,  Body Neutral and Trauma Informed group and private fitness classes. For Larkin, these movement modalities are an act of reckoning and reclamation. In today’s episode she is going to be sharing these deeply liberative practices and mindset shifts with you in podcast form, as she aims to do as a teacher with all of her classes.

On today’s episode with Larkin we dive into: 

Gaslighting in the fitness industry, from dance, to crossfit to yoga classes 

How fitness instructors can feed negative body image conversations that make people feel like this practice is not for them.

How Larkin was able to cultivate a safer space for herself in a fat phobic industry, while existing in a larger body  

What are some of your go-to tools and strategies you use to protect your mental and emotional health and cultivate resilience on bad body image days? 

Toxic postpartum body ideals, and the enormous amount of pressure put on postpartum bodies – what needs to change in the messaging directed towards postpartum bodies to create a more safe and inclusive space 

More from Larkin!

Instagram: @vinyasavixen

Website: www.vinyasavixen.com 

Newsletter 

Freebie from Larkin!

Resources mentioned:

* @danceforallbodies

* Book: Her Body Can, by Katie Crenshaw

* Book: Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are, by HIllary L. McBride

* Book: I Love All of Me, by Lorie Ann Grover

Want more from Dana & Cristina? 

Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

Online courses: breaking free of the diet cycle, healing from body image issues, and how to incorporate non-diet nutrition into healing chronic health conditions. Learn more at wholeheartedeating.com

Want to support the show and get some freebies / discounts? Here you go!

Just Thrive: 15% off researched-backed gut health supplements at justthrivehealth.com with coupon code “DANA”. 

Clearly Filtered: Grab 20% off with code REALFOODWITHDANA on advanced water filters to support whole-body health here.

Better Help: listeners get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/dana!

Barb Puzanovova is our guest today, who is also known as the the Non-Diet trainer! Barb is an ACE-certified personal group trainer, Behavior Change Specialist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She’s dedicated to teaching her clients how to move joyfully and train with intention for all bodies. 

On today’s episode with Barb we’re digging into joyful and intuitive movement vs. training and workouts, and what a weight neutral approach looks like when she works with clients. We also discuss problems with before & after photos, and how to shift away from external motivators in your relationship with fitness in order to set ourselves up for success instead of with an all-or-nothing approach.

PS – check out our free quiz:  Are You a Wellness Chaser?

We’re chatting about: 

How non-diet trainers can set goals and expectations with their clients in a non-triggering way that doesn’t solely focus on weight control 

The roadblocks Barb sees in the industry that inhibit people from having a more intuitive or gentle relationship with fitness

Why we think people have an all or nothing/punishing relationship with fitness 

How Barb disentangles fitness from weight loss with her clients 

The biggest problems of “before and after” or transformation photos 

What Barb believes needs to change in the fitness industry to make it a more inclusive and supportive environment for all bodies

More from Barb! 

* Instagram: @nondiet_trainer

* Website: https://thenondiettrainer.com/ 

* Facebook: The Non-Diet Trainer

* The Joyful Movement Program Waitlist 

Want more from Dana & Cristina? 

Free Quiz: Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

Online courses: breaking free of the diet cycle, healing from body image issues, and how to incorporate non-diet nutrition into healing chronic health conditions. Learn more at wholeheartedeating.com

the *free* Non-Diet Community for episode discussion + support and our quarterly free book club!

Have questions about the episode, a guest you’d love us to interview, or a topic you’d love us to cover? email us at [email protected] !

If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts – you guys are the beeeest! It really helps the show grow and reach more people. We appreciate you!

Want to support the show and get some freebies / discounts? Here you go!

Just Thrive: 15% off researched-backed gut health supplements at

This month on the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast we’re diving deep with our guests on the topic of intuitive fitness, and how you can begin to change the way you view exercise away from an all-or-nothing mentality that is always tied to changing the size of your body. Our guests are all non-diet fitness professionals who practice from a body neutral, weight inclusive approach – with the goal of making movement more accessible, flexible, and joyful for all bodies (radical, we know!) 

Carolyn Viggh is a Certified Personal Trainer, online content creator, and a body acceptance and anti-diet activist. She believes in taking a weight-neutral, anti-diet approach to fitness that rejects Diet Culture and embraces each individual’s unique needs. She helps people develop a positive relationship with fitness that is rooted in self-compassion, self-care, and self-love. Carolyn specializes in helping people with a history of disordered eating reclaim movement and create health promoting lifestyle changes outside of the toxic and oppressive expectations of diet culture. She believes that all people in all types of bodies deserve to move in ways that feel good, bring joy, and add value to their life.

On today’s episode, we’re chatting about:

What is intuitive fitness? 

What does that look like, as a weight-neutral personal trainer when you’re working with clients? 

How Carolyn applies the principles of Intuitive Eating to fitness

Repairing your relationship with movement, no matter your athletic or exercise background (or lack thereof!) 

How to tune into your body and see whether you ‘should’ work out today or not 

Discussing the post:  “Challenge the belief that exercise has to change your appearance to be worthwhile”

How peoples’ relationship with exercise has changed during the pandemic? 

Conditional food freedom and exercise 

What Carolyn thinks needs to change on social media to make fitness a more inclusive and supportive environment for all bodies

More from Carolyn!

Patreon: www.patreon.com/carolynviggh

Instagram: www.instagram.com/carolynviggh

Twitter: www.twitter.com/carolyn_viggh

Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@carolynviggh

YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCp2AeGIMRE3hqvkFFIk9KAA

Want more from Dana & Cristina? 

1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

Online courses: breaking free of the diet cycle, healing from body image issues, and how to incorporate non-diet nutrition into healing chronic health conditions. Learn more at wholeheartedeating.com

Join our Whole-Hearted Eating Community Newsletter to get the free quiz – Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

the *free* Non-Diet Community for episode discussion + support and our quarterly free book club!

Have questions about the episode, a guest you’d love us to interview, or a topic you’d love us to cover? email us at [email protected] !

Want to support the show and get some freebies / discounts? Here you go!

Welcome to the evolution of the Real Talk with Dana podcast with Dana Monsees, to…the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast with Dana Monsees and Cristina Hoyt!

Whole-hearted Eating is the philosophy we created that marries the principles of integrative health, weight-inclusive care, and non-diet, neutral nutrition. It is a way of empowered eating and living that creates an inclusive space for all bodies, including those who want to manage chronic health conditions.

Through our years of clinical experience, we have identified Four Pillars that are the foundation for embodying Whole Hearted Eating.  

* Food Neutrality

* Body Neutrality

* Resilience

* Intentional Eating 

This show goes beyond introducing you to new, expanded ideas – we’re bringing the real talk (no BS) vibe with tangible tools to get you officially out of the all or nothing mentality, learn to accept your body, and how to untangle nutrition from diet and wellness culture.

The Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast will be a mix of solo episodes and interviews with guests with diverse skillsets, who challenge the status quo of diet and wellness culture to work towards a more inclusive, safe environment for all bodies. Together we’ll have conversations that will help you dig deeper to learn to embody Whole-Hearted Eating.

We’re so excited to have you here for the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast!

Learn more about the Whole-Hearted Eating Philosophy HERE.

More from Dana & Cristina: 

Dana’s Instagram: @danamonsees_cns

Cristina’s Instagram: @cristinahoytnutrition

Our website: www.wholeheartedeating.com 

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE 

Book Cristina HERE 

Online courses: breaking free of the diet cycle, healing from body image issues, and how to incorporate non-diet nutrition into healing chronic health conditions. Learn more at wholeheartedeating.com

Join our Whole-Hearted Eating Community Newsletter to get the free quiz – Are You a Wellness Chaser? 

This week on Real Talk with Dana is the last episode until we change to the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast! Cristina Hoyt, aka my new co-host going forward, and I will be diving into the topics of wellness chasing, conditional food freedom, and The Nutrition Jungle – also known as, we get so confused and overwhelmed about what we’re “supposed” to eat and how we get all tangled up in the nutrition information swarming around in our thoughts causing us to feel paralyzed to make any kind of nutritional shift.  We’re also talking about the switch from Real Talk with Dana to the Whole-Hearted Eating™ Podcast, what’s changing and what’s not to give y’all a little preview!

The first official episode drops next week, April 7th and our first monthly theme will be Intuitive Fitness. Our guests are all non-diet fitness professionals who practice from an body neutral, weight inclusive approach – with the goal of making movement more accessible, flexible, and joyful for all bodies (radical, we know!) 

And just a reminder, if you’re subscribed to the podcast, you won’t have to do anything different next week to find the show. If you’re not, make sure you subscribe so you don’t have to do anything extra to find us!  

Learn more about our Whole-Hearted Eating philosophy in this podcast episode! 

More from Dana: 

1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – https://p.bttr.to/3dFylPU

Online courses: breaking free of the diet cycle, healing from body image issues, and how to incorporate non-diet nutrition into healing chronic health conditions. Learn more at wholeheartedeating.com

Join the *free* Non-Diet Community for episode discussion + support and our quarterly free book club!

If you love the podcast, please subscribe to get all new episodes and write a five-star rating & review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts – you guys are the beeeest! It really helps the show grow and reach more people. I appreciate you!

Want to support the show and get some freebies / discounts? Here you go!

Just Thrive: 15% off researched-backed gut health supplements at justthrivehealth.com with coupon code “DANA”. 

Clearly Filtered: Grab 20% off with code REALFOODWITHDANA on advanced water filters to support whole-body health here.

Better Help:  listeners get 10% off their first month of online therapy at www.betterhelp.com/dana!