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If intuitive eating was intuitive, it should be easy - right? But it’s not easy. Intuitive eating is REALLY hard to learn and it can take years of practice to feel confident making choices with food that feel comfortable. In this episode, we talk about why intuitive eating might not be intuitive at all, and what you can do to make progress towards mastering intuitive eating regardless.

Spring is here, which means the weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and… the talk about getting your body “ready for summer” is about to begin. But your body does not need changing - and you don’t need to do ANYTHING to prepare to wear summer clothing and show up at the beach. This week, we give you a refreshing dose of sanity to help you bite back against the “beach body” BS and head into to the summer season with a smile instead of a diet. We talk through different things to look out for so you can call out diet culture for what it is; then, we guide you through some actionable steps for staving off the harmful effects of these messages during this difficult time.

It’s easy to say “just learn to accept your body!” but it’s SO hard to actually do it. This week, we talk you through 10 real things you can do to get closer to body acceptance. These tips are real, they’re honest, and they’ve helped both of us. Quitting dieting and finding freedom with food is impossible when you’re hung up on hating your body. But you don’t need to change your body to start feeling okay with it. Body acceptance is possible at ANY size!

In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness week and National Nutrition Month, we wanted to talk about some of the most common myths and misconceptions related to eating disorders and eating disorder treatment. In this episode, we talk about how weight bias prevents treatment from being as effective as it could be, the many shapes and sizes of eating disorders, and ED recovery.

Caitie is the founder of F.I.T.4all, a community organization that works to bring accessible and holistic fitness to all communities and all bodies. She’s also an overall BADASS and incredible human being. Former boutique fitness instructor and current community-focused fitness instructor, Caitie talks with Hannah and Holly in this episode about relationships with our bodies, with exercise, and with our definitions of fitness overall.

Here’s the truth: Holly and Hannah are are both ex-dieters. And if you’re listening to this podcast, it’s probable that you’re either trying to stop dieting, or still are. In our paths to recovery, we’ve realized something: it makes TOTAL sense that we used to diet because at one point, diets were actually helpful to us. They were a coping mechanism that we turned to when we needed one. Now that our days of dieting have ceased, we’ve gone through (and are still very much going through) a transformational change in mindset. Instead of judging our past selves and the people we know now for dieting, we adopted a more compassionate perspective. Dieting was once a part of our lives for a reason. And that's A-okay.

Weight Watchers recently revealed their marketing plan to offer their program free for teens this summer. This got us thinking about how much of OUR relationships with food were affected by exposure to diet culture at a young age.

Body positive discussions, in some spaces, are only halfway there. Like,

sure, we can accept our belly rolls and sometimes we can eat a donut. But

what happens if your body has more than just belly rolls? What if you ate

the donut in the afternoon and still want ice cream after dinner? Is body

positivity still for you? It should be.

Filling a carry-on with chia pudding and collagen may SEEM glamorous, but

we promise you-- it’s not. No matter how effortless it may look on

Instagram, packing individual smoothie baggies or servings of trail mix is

nothing short of exhausting and stressful. “Healthy” travel hacks from

wellness gurus are nothing to envy and certainly nothing you need to try

for the sake of your health. We used to BE those health gurus. We used to

pack the snacks and worry about the processed foods on the plane. And

honestly, nothing about the experience ever felt fulfilling or well.

Instead, they took away the healthiest, happiest, most fulfilling aspects

of travel - the scenes, the smells, the experiences, the FOOD. Listen in to

find out all about how we approach travel now that we’re intuitively eating

and how different our travel experiences have been since we made the

switch.