More Than What You Eat

So many of us spend years living according to invisible rules—trying to be liked, trying to be enough, trying to get everything "right." We follow expectations, seek external validation, and silence our own intuition, believing that if we follow all the rules we'll finally arrive and feel enough.

But what if all of that striving is actually what's keeping you disconnected from yourself?

In this episode, Rachel shares her own journey and struggles of shedding all the diets of her life - the business 'noise', motherhood 'noise', and the rules our society sets out for us - and what helped her find her own intuition and voice.

In this episode we cover:

• 01:14 What led Rachel to burnout

• 03:51 The realization she was still living according to a diet in different areas of her life and the negative impact it was having

• 08:24 Feeling a void despite external success

• 10:13 The emotional breakdown and breakthrough moment

• 13:47 The crumbling of an old identity and building anew

• 17:02 Recognizing how shame was holding her back

• 22:42 What Rachel did to reclaim her intuition

• 41:45 How pulling away the layers of shame has impacted her life

• 45:24 Finding purpose in struggle and the real meaning of growth

Whether you're feeling stuck, burned out, disconnected from yourself, or simply wondering if there's another way to live, I hope this conversation reminds you that your life doesn't have to follow anyone else's blueprint.

Often the greatest transformation begins when you stop searching for the "right" path... and start creating the one that intuitively feels right to you.

Rachel's resources:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching and schedule a free discovery call by clicking here

• Follow Rachel on Instagram

• Get the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food, click here

• For RDs and health professionals, get the free masterclass: The Missing Structure of Intuitive Eating for the 5-step coaching method that WORKS and will boost your coaching confidence - click here.

• Want to share your thoughts, feedback, or book Rachel for a speaking event? Contact Rachel at [email protected]

So many of us spend years living according to invisible rules—trying to be liked, trying to be enough, trying to get everything "right." We follow expectations, seek external validation, and silence our own intuition, believing that if we follow all the rules we'll finally arrive and feel enough.

But what if all of that striving is actually what's keeping you disconnected from yourself?

In this episode, Rachel shares her own journey and struggles of shedding all the diets of her life - the business 'noise', motherhood 'noise', and the rules our society sets out for us - and what helped her find her own intuition and voice.

In this episode we cover:

• 01:14 What led Rachel to burnout

• 03:51 The realization she was still living according to a diet in different areas of her life and the negative impact it was having

• 08:24 Feeling a void despite external success

• 10:13 The emotional breakdown and breakthrough moment

• 13:47 The crumbling of an old identity and building anew

• 17:02 Recognizing how shame was holding her back

• 22:42 What Rachel did to reclaim her intuition

• 41:45 How pulling away the layers of shame has impacted her life

• 45:24 Finding purpose in struggle and the real meaning of growth

Whether you're feeling stuck, burned out, disconnected from yourself, or simply wondering if there's another way to live, I hope this conversation reminds you that your life doesn't have to follow anyone else's blueprint.

Often the greatest transformation begins when you stop searching for the "right" path... and start creating the one that intuitively feels right to you.

Rachel's resources:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching and schedule a free discovery call by clicking here

• Follow Rachel on Instagram

• Get the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food, click here

• For RDs and health professionals, get the free masterclass: The Missing Structure of Intuitive Eating for the 5-step coaching method that WORKS and will boost your coaching confidence - click here.

• Want to share your thoughts, feedback, or book Rachel for a speaking event? Contact Rachel at [email protected]

How do you teach your child about nutrition and healthy habits without making them anxious about food? How do you set boundaries around certain foods in or outside of the home without creating fear or restriction? And how do you protect your child from developing disordered eating or an eating disorder in a culture that is constantly sending them confusing and fear-mongering messages about food, weight, and their bodies?

In this episode, I sit down with eating disorder dietitian Dina Cohen, who brings over 15 years of experience working with children and families impacted by eating disorders. Drawing from what she has seen throughout her years in her private practice, we have a nuanced conversation about how parents can support nutrition while also helping their children build a healthy, trusting relationship with food and their body —and the common, well-intentioned approaches to stay aware of that can sometimes do more harm than good.

We discuss:

• Why perfectionism may be one of the most underrated challenges parents face when feeding their kids—and how it can create unnecessary pressure around food

• How to balance caring about nutrition with keeping food relaxed and emotionally neutral

• The difference between setting reasonable boundaries around food and creating rigid rules or anxiety

• What to do when your child gains a lot of weight, starts eating more, and it triggers your own fears—including Rachel's personal experience with her child

• How parents' own unresolved food and body concerns can unintentionally influence the way they respond to their child's eating or changing body

• A powerful question to ask yourself when concerns about your child's food intake or weight come up

• How to talk to kids about food coloring, sugar, and other foods that are demonized or may truly be a concern without creating fear or moralizing food

• What age-appropriate nutrition education can look like from preschool through the teen years

• Why puberty, weight gain, and normal body changes can become particularly vulnerable times for the development of disordered eating and how to work through this season with your child

• How to help kids navigate diet culture, nutrition misinformation, advertising, and conflicting messages about food and bodies

• What it takes to play the long game in raising children who grow up to be adults with a healthy relationship with food and body image.

This conversation isn't about parenting perfectly or eliminating every possible influence of diet culture. It's about understanding how the messages we send around food, health, weight, and bodies can shape our children's relationship with eating—and how we can be more intentional about creating an environment that supports both their physical health and their long-term relationship with food and body image.

Whether you're worried about your child's relationship with food, want to prevent disordered eating, or simply find yourself worrying, Am I doing this right?, this episode offers a thoughtful and practical perspective on what matters most.

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Rachel's Resources:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching and schedule a free discovery call by clicking here

• Follow Rachel on Instagram

• Get the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food, click here

• For RDs and health professionals, get the free masterclass: The Missing Structure of Intuitive Eating for the 5-step coaching method that WORKS and will boost your coaching confidence - click here.

• Want to share your thoughts, feedback, or book Rachel for a speaking event? Contact Rachel at [email protected]

Dina's Resources:

• Check out Dina's book: Smart Cookie, A Girl's Guide to Healthy Eating, click here.

• Visit Dina's website for support options and resources by clicking here.

In this episode, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Rachel Goodman discusses the psychology of food exposure to stop binge eating. She walks you through the process of increasing your exposure to holiday foods so you can stop feeling out of control and ENJOY your holiday meals again with control and confidence.

In this episode we cover:

• Why you binge on holiday foods
• What is habituation
• How to expose yourself to holiday foods gradually so you no longer feel the urgency to over eat or binge on them at your holiday meals.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Ep 38: The Dos and Don'ts of How to Stop Binge Eating

Ep 52: How to Break Free of the Binge Eating Cycle

Rachel's Resources:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching for personalized high level support to accelerate yourself to the binge-free life you deserve. Click HERE to apply.
• Connect with Rachel on Instagram
• Stop feeling out of control with food using the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food, click HERE to get it.

For Dietitians & Health Professionals wanting to elevate their Intuitive Eating and Body Image counseling skills Get my FREE masterclass by clicking HERE.

To share your thoughts or feedback on this episode, or to inquire about speaking engagements and workshops for individuals and/or professionals, please email Rachel at: [email protected]

Negative body image moments can feel like they 'come out of nowhere' and suck the joy out of your day. And if your body image is chronically bad, it can be even a week, month, year, or lifetime.

I'm going to let you in on a secret, these bad body image moments can also happen even when you've healed your body image!

In fact, not too long ago, I experienced one of the worst body image moments I've had in a really really long time, probably even years!

A big misconception, and one that my clients I've been working with a for a while bring up often, is the belief that if you have a healthy body image and positive relationship with our body, then you won't or you 'shouldn't' (ugh, there's the pesky word again) have bad body image thoughts or feelings EVER.

The truth is, a healthy body image doesn't mean you'll never have a bad body image thought, day or moment. A healthy body image is knowing how to respond and work through these moments in a way that is kind and honors you and your body.

In this podcast episode, I share with you how I do that in real time (so you can, too!) and turned around a really bad body image experience (I mean, I nearly cried!), to one that felt compassionate and empowering and left me feeling GOOD.

Whether you struggle with your body image all day every day or feel like you're doing well and then spiral when you are hit with a bad body image moment - you'll find this episode relatable, practical, and healing.

In this episode we cover:

• The moment that triggered Rachel to have negative body image thoughts
• The processed she used to work through and overcome the negative feelings toward her body
• How she turned around her negative body image moment into empowerment and healing
• The steps she took to feel amazing in her body without dieting, restricting, or shaming

LINKS MENTIONED:

FREE Believable Body Image Healing Guide: how to reframe your negative body image thoughts into deep healing your mind will actually believe, click HERE to get it now.

Rachel's Resources:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching for personalized high level support to accelerate yourself to the binge-free life you deserve. Click HERE to apply.
• Connect with Rachel on Instagram
• Stop feeling out of control with food using the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food, click HERE to get it.
• For Dietitians & Health Professionals wanting to elevate their Intuitive Eating and Body Image counseling skills Get my FREE masterclass by clicking HERE.

To share your thoughts or feedback on this episode, or to inquire about speaking engagements and workshops for individuals and/or professionals, please email Rachel at: [email protected]

Being able to 'just listen to your body' to eat with ease and peace may sound idyllic - except its anything but that simple if you've been in the trenches of diet culture for years and trying to claw your way out.

How can you possibly learn to listen and trust your body when there is so much noise coming from diet culture at every angle that pressures you to do the opposite? To follow meal plans and food rules and do anything except listen and trust your body.

How can you reconnect to your inner food voice after years of being conditioned to diet and living in an environment that isn't conducive to that?

Registered Dietitian, Julie Duffy Dillon, shares the answer with us in this episode. With over 2 decades of experience working with clients and helping them find their inner food voice as part of the journey of living with food + body peace, Julie walks you through how to overcome the obstacles diet culture puts in your and have a relationship with food that is navigated by the build in intuition you were born with to nourish yourself with confidence.

In this episode, we cover:

• The experience that made Julie quit her job on the spot and pivot into starting her own weight-neutral and intuitive eating based approach practice
• What makes diet culture sparkly and how to work through the temptation to go back to dieting
• Julie's #1 tip for reconnecting to your inner food voice that guides you in nourishing yourself without food rules
• What to do when your inner food voice doesn't match up achieving the body size you want
• Juile and Rachel discuss the toxic positivity that can also be found within the Intuitive Eating & Body Positive community, how to spot it, and how to heal in a more realistic way
• The best way to see how food + body peace is possible for you, and the first step to take so it becomes your reality

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Please share this episode with someone who needs to hear this today and will find it helpful!

LINKS mentioned:

→ Check out Julie's book 'Find Your Food Voice' by clicking HERE

→ Stop feeling out of control with food using the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food. CLICK HERE.

→ For Dietitians and Health Professionals → Get my FREE masterclass, Scattered to Structured for the 5 step method to coach your clients with confidence. Click HERE to watch now.

Rachel's Resources to achieve food + body peace and authentic health:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching for personalized high level support to accelerate yourself to the binge-free life you deserve. Click HERE to apply.
• Connect with Rachel on Instagram

Julie's Resources:

• Listen to Julie's top rated podcast 'Find Your Food Voice by clicking HERE.
• Check out Julie's website and course by clicking HERE

Connect with Julie on Linkedin by clicking HERE.

To share your thoughts or feedback on this episode, or to inquire about speaking engagements and workshops for individuals and/or professionals, please email Rachel at: [email protected]

Whether you struggle with your body image and its getting in the way of enjoying your intimacy and sex with your spouse or partner, have a partner who is pressuring you to lose weight, or want to get better at communicating and enriching your sexual relationship - this is the episode you want to listen to.

In this episode, we cover:

• The difference between discussing sex with shame vs modesty
• 'Being sexy' vs being sexual.
• How to have conversations about your sex life and intimacy with your partner when it feels awkward
• Tips on how to feel more comfortable in your sexual relationship when you struggle with your body image and feel self conscious.
• The power your brain has on your intimacy and pleasure
• Being sex positive as an orthodox jew [which can be applied to being religious in general]
• What to do when your partner wants you to lose weight
• Attraction vs desire and their role in a healthy sex life within marriage
• How to stay connected in your physical relationship when you are not physically attracted to your partner
• Helpful vs unhelpful ways to give feedback about aesthetics
• When you should reach out for help

As always, your support of the More Than What You Eat Podcast is appreciated. If you find this podcast helpful, please share it with a loved one who it will help, and be sure to leave a 5-star review of the podcast.

LINKS MENTIONED:

→ Join Elisheva's schmoozeletter, join her courses, reach out to work with her, or get her book by going to her website elishevaliss.com

→ Get Rachel's free Believable Body Image Healing Guide by clicking here.

→ Join Rachel's Newsletter by clicking here.

Rachel's resources to achieve food + body peace and authentic health:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching with Rachel, for personalized high level support to accelerate yourself to the binge-free life you deserve. Click HERE to apply.
• Stop feeling out of control with food using the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food. CLICK HERE.
• For Intuitive Eating-aligned Dietitians and Health Professionals → Get my FREE masterclass, Scattered to Structured for the 5 step method to coach your clients with confidence. Click HERE to watch now
• Connect with Rachel on Instagram

To share your thoughts or feedback on this episode, or to inquire about speaking engagements and workshops for individuals and/or professionals, please email Rachel at: [email protected]

In this episode, Rachel is joined by her close friend and fellow Registered Dietitian, Miriam Shurpin, where they share their personal journeys of how they overcame the challenges of leaving the trenches of diet culture and pivoting their practice from a weight loss approach to a weight-inclusive one.

This is an honest conversion about what it's like to be an intuitive eating dietitian in a diet-obsessed world and the continuous challenges we face.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Miriam's clients helped her shift her practice to an Intuitive Eating approach and heal her own relationship with food and body image
• How Miriam's journey to becoming a dietitian differed greatly from her expectations
• Hitting rock bottom vs healing happening gradually - the difference in Miriam's and Rachel's healing journeys
• The first step Rachel took to heal her body image
• Why no dietitian can offer the perfect solution and overcoming imposter syndrome
• "What if no one wants to work with me?" How Rachel and Mirima overcame their fear of pivoting their practice to an IE approach
• Rachel explores any doubt with choosing to practice with an Intuitive Eating approach
• Is intuitive eating the ultimate approach for everyone? Here's the truth
• Why Rachel said 'yes' to educating weight loss providers on intuitive eating while staying true to her values
• How Miriam and Rachel work through moments of missing their smaller body

As always, your support of the More Than What You Eat Podcast means the world! If you find this podcast helpful, please share it with a loved one who you know will resonate and be sure to leave a 5-star review!

Rachel and Miriams' resources to achieve food + body peace and authentic health:

• Share your feedback or connect and work with Miriam by emailing: [email protected]
• Apply for 1:1 coaching with Rachel, for personalized high level support to accelerate yourself to the binge-free life you deserve. Click HERE to apply.
• Stop feeling out of control with food using the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food. CLICK HERE.
• For Intuitive Eating-aligned Dietitians and Health Professionals → Get my FREE masterclass, Scattered to Structured for the 5 step method to coach your clients with confidence. Click HERE to watch now
• Connect with Rachel on Instagram
• Connect with Rachel on Linkedin

To share your thoughts or feedback on this episode, or to inquire about speaking engagements and workshops for individuals and/or professionals, please email Rachel at: [email protected]

You've heard about ozempic, mounjaro, zepbound, and other GLP-1s for weight loss. But do you really know what they are doing to your body and the risks involved? Too many people are prescribed weight loss medication without informed consent. Meaning, they are given zero education on what these drugs actually do to the body, the risks involved, or what to do to manage and mitigate such risks.

While I personally don't endorse intentional pursuits of weight loss, I'm all for body autonomy. It's your choice what to do with your body and I don't believe in judging others for it.

But being prescribed a medication that alters how our body functions without the full information you need, is not the body autonomy that should be encouraged. It's not safe or ethical to push these medications without requiring medical professionals to be transparent in how they work [no, 'you'll be less hungry and lose weight' is not an explanation] and the risks involved [no, 'you may be nauseous' doesn't cut it].

In this episode, fellow registered dietitian, Kelli Yarn, shares with you her experience with GLP-1s patients, how they affect your body, the risks involved and what to do to prevent harm if someone is already taking GLP-1s.

This conversation is not here to tell you what to do with your body, it's here to educate you and prevent harm.

Whether you feel tempted to go on a GLP-1, want to learn more about it, or are someone [or know someone] who's taking it… this is the episode that everyone should listen to.

In this episode, we cover:

• What doctors are not telling you about GLP-1s
• What are GLP-1s, how do they affect your body, and the physiological mechanisms they cause to result in weight loss
• The #1 risk of taking GLP-1s and what to do about it
• Food noise and GLP-1s
• Understanding the real concern with 'ozempic face'
• The long term effects of losing muscle mass on quality and longevity of life.
• Why and how your body loses muscle mass when you diet
• The risk of comparing yourself to people who take GLP-1s
• Understanding informed consent
• How to practice body autonomy to make the right decision for YOUR health.

Your support of the More Than What You Eat Podcast means the world! If you find this podcast helpful, it would be so appreciated if you please take a moment to leave a review.

Please share this episode with someone who needs to hear this today and will find it helpful!

Kelli's Resources:

• Work with Kelli by clicking HERE
• Contact Kelli by emailing: [email protected]
• Connect with Kelli on Instagram by clicking HERE.

Rachel's Resources to achieve food + body peace and authentic health:

• Stop feeling out of control with food using the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food. CLICK HERE.
• Apply for 1:1 coaching for personalized high level support to accelerate yourself to the binge-free life you deserve. Click HERE.
• For Intuitive Eating-aligned Dietitians and Health Professionals → Get my FREE masterclass, Scattered to Structured for the 5 step method to coach your clients with confidence. Click HERE to watch now.
• Connect with Rachel on Instagram
• Connect with Rachel on Linkedin

To share your thoughts or feedback on this episode, or to inquire about speaking engagements and workshops for individuals and/or professionals, please email Rachel at: [email protected]

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Jewish influencer, Alyssa Goldwater, who shares her journey from a diet-centered childhood that eventually led to being diagnosed with binge eating disorder - and how she healed to find food + body peace, and how she is now fighting diet culture with her platform and voice.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Alyssa's childhood shaped her negative body image, even if it was from well-meaning family members
• What helped her set boundaries with people she loved
• Her reaction to getting diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and the moment she realized she needed help
• Her fears about her body size and how she worked through them
• Why she didn't believe what her support team told her at first and what changed her mind
• What gave her the courage to let go of dieting and choose to heal
• How her darkest moments have been transformed into light
• How and why she's reclaiming the word 'fat'
• Alyssa shares the day to day freedoms she gets to experience as a result of healing and why its worth it

As always, your support of the More Than What You Eat Podcast means the world! If you find this podcast helpful, please share it with a loved one who you know will resonate and be sure to leave a review!

LINKS MENTIONED:

→ Order a copy of Alyssa's book Every Body Is: Nurturing Self-Acceptance through Torah Values by clicking HERE.

Follow Alyssa on Instagram by clicking HERE. .

Rachel's resources to achieve food + body peace and authentic health:

• Apply for 1:1 coaching for personalized high level support to accelerate yourself to the binge-free life you deserve. Click HERE to apply.
• Stop feeling out of control with food using the FREE eguide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food. CLICK HERE.
• For Intuitive Eating-aligned Dietitians and Health Professionals → Get my FREE masterclass, Scattered to Structured for the 5 step method to coach your clients with confidence. Click HERE to watch now.
• Connect with Rachel on Instagram
• Connect with Rachel on Linkedin

To share your thoughts or feedback on this episode, or to inquire about speaking engagements and workshops for individuals and/or professionals, please email Rachel at: [email protected]