Satisfaction Factor

On this week's episode, Naomi & Sadie discuss toxic positivity and how “good vibes only” messaging pushes us towards seeking perfection via external rules & societal constructs (and also bypasses ALL of the negative things that happen as a result of trauma, mental health issues, and experiencing marginalization or oppression). Plus, we share how toxic positivity is directly tied into diet culture & how the personal development industry is basically made up of rich dudes telling women they need to be more positive in order to be successful. And don't miss our whole related side conversation about Rachel Hollis!

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And be sure to check out Shame Free Fitness, Sadie's new training program for fitness professionals who strive to be the change within an industry that is centered around diet culture. Enrollment will reopen in early 2022, but you can click here to get on the waitlist now!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

This episode references:
Parenting Resources - @mrchazz, @biglittlefeelings, @lisaalamode, @manifestdestini
19 Self-Improvement Industry Statistics You Probably Didn't Know Before
Maintenance Phase Podcast - Rachel Hollis Part 1 & Rachel Hollis Part 2
Joyn - Free Body-Inclusive Movement

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

Get ready for a fun & candid New Year's episode! It’s officially 2022, and Naomi is still rebelling against structure & rigidity, and Sadie is still loving a schedule and a well-established plan. Even though we both function from two pretty opposite operational styles, we both agree that setting any kind of New Year’s resolution, intention, or goal should be something you WANT to do, not something you feel like you HAVE to do because it’s January. There’s nothing magical about January 1st. We’re chatting about all things New Year's: setting realistic resolutions, dry January, a few fun rants about Noom, sugar fasts, detoxes, & WW…and more!

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And be sure to check out Shame Free Fitness, Sadie's new training program for fitness professionals who strive to be the change within an industry that is centered around diet culture. Enrollment will reopen in early 2022, but you can click here to get on the waitlist now!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

This episode references:
Maintenance Phase Podcast - Weight Watchers
Maintenance Phase Podcast - The Keto Diet

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie wrap up the Intuitive Eating Deep Dive series with a nuanced look at the concepts covered by the last two principles of Intuitive Eating,  joyful movement and gentle nutrition. Exercise and nutrition are topics that are heavily influenced by diet culture, so these principles generally come last, both in theory and in practice. In this episode, we discuss: why it's beneficial to disconnect movement from weight loss goals; what we mean when we talk about joyful movement; why we might need to take breaks from movement altogether; common barriers to joyful movement; the myth of perfect nutrition; and how to avoid turning nutrition into a diet.

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And this is the last week of enrollment  for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for free-thinking grown-ups who want to reject diet culture & cultivate resilience! Enrollment closes on December 31st at midnight, and the workshop kicks off on January 3rd. Click here to get all the details, including pricing & the full curriculum, and to enroll today!

And be sure to check out Shame Free Fitness, Sadie's new training program for fitness professionals who strive to be the change within an industry that is centered around diet culture. Enrollment will reopen in early 2022, but you can click here to get on the waitlist now!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

This episode references:
Linda G. of the Fluffy Kitten Party blog and this post from her @littlewingedpotatoes Instagram account

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #8 - Respect Your Body. This episode is a great companion to Episode #3 - Body Feelings Are About More Than Our Bodies. While that episode covered a lot of the theory around our body feelings, this week's episode digs into some of the practices that can help us to cultivate body respect. This episode covers: how to deal with negative self-talk, why it's important to stop comparing ourselves to others, why representation of body diversity matters, why ditching the scale boosts body respect, what body-checking is & why it might be keeping us stuck, and a whole lot more!

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And enrollment is still open for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for free-thinking grown-ups who want to reject diet culture & cultivate resilience! You can get all the details, including pricing & the full curriculum, at  www.happyshapes.co/nourishandbloom!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #7 - Cope With Your Emotions With Kindness. This is the principle of Intuitive Eating that addresses emotional eating. But - surprise! - the goal isn't necessarily to stop eating emotionally! Emotional eating is actually a perfectly valid coping mechanism. AND...we probably want some other tools in our coping toolbox, as well. In this episode we explore: why we demonize emotional eating, but not emotional restriction; why what we think is emotional eating might not be emotional eating at all; how emotional eating can actually be a tool to help us better tune into our needs; and what we mean when we talk about self-care (hint: it's a lot more than just massages). 

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And enrollment is still open for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for free-thinking grown-ups who want to reject diet culture & cultivate resilience! You can get all the details, including pricing & the full curriculum, at  www.happyshapes.co/nourishandbloom!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #6 - Feel Your Fullness. This principle can be tricky, because it's easy to turn it back into a diet, or to focus on fullness as a means of portion control. So, in this episode, instead of focusing on fullness as a sign that we've eaten too much, or as something we should avoid, we look at fullness as something we should be actually trying to feel, as a sign that we've eaten enough. We also talk about: how feeling fullness and honoring our hunger can work together, why a focus on feeling fullness isn't necessarily something that everyone needs to do, why arbitrary advice about fullness doesn't work, and how our feelings about fatness can have a big impact on our feelings about fullness. 

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And enrollment is officially open for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for free-thinking grown-ups who want to reject diet culture & cultivate resilience! You can get all the details, including pricing & the full curriculum, at  www.happyshapes.co/nourishandbloom!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #5 - Discover the Satisfaction Factor. This principle is all about recognizing that food can actually be pleasurable! Our entry point into ditching diets is often the concept that food is fuel, and the earlier principles of Intuitive Eating help us to embrace that entry point and honor our biological needs for food. But this principle is where we start to move past that entry point to see food as so much more than fuel. It’s an emotional, social, cultural, and sensory experience that is deeply human and personal. In this episode we discuss: why this principle is considered to be the “hub” of Intuitive Eating; why distinguishing nutrition and nourishment is an important part of this work; how it can be challenging to tune into satisfaction with eating when we don’t really even know what kinds of foods we like and don’t like anymore due to dieting; how this principle helps us personalize our relationship to food by honoring our social, cultural, and personal preferences; the ways pleasure can be a form of body respect; the ways that oppressive systems benefit from disconnecting us from pleasure; and how we can cultivate autonomy by using pleasure as a guide to letting go of rules that don’t serve us. Plus, why we love the idea of viewing food as satisfying and pleasurable so much that we decided to name our podcast after this Intuitive Eating principle!

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And enrollment is officially open for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for free-thinking grown-ups who want to reject diet culture & cultivate resilience! You can get all the details, including pricing & the full curriculum, at  www.happyshapes.co/nourishandbloom!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

This episode references:
adrienne maree brown
Pleasure Activism

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #4 - Challenge the Food Police. This principle is all about unpacking & reframing our thoughts, beliefs, and rules about food (and bodies - because, let's face it, food rules are really body rules). This episode covers: identifying our inner & outer food police, why it's important to trace the origins of our beliefs, and impactful ways to reframe our diet culture beliefs. Plus, we have some nuanced conversations about how the food police and the real police disproportionately harm the same people & why it's important to talk back to medical weight stigma.

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And this is the last opportunity to join the waitlist for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for grown-ups who already know what's best for their own bodies & want to reclaim their time, energy, and autonomy from diet culture. Folks on who enroll through the waitlist get a free 60-minute 1:1 coaching call to use at anytime during the workshop! You can get all the details & join the waitlist at www.happyshapes.co/nourishandbloomwaitlist!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

This episode references:
Ragen Chastain
Dealing With Fatphobia at the Doctor's Office Webinar
HAES Health Sheets

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #3 - Make Peace With Food. This principle can be summed up as giving ourselves unconditional permission to eat all foods. And if just reading that made you feel super uncomfortable, then this episode is definitely for you! This episode covers: why restriction & rules eventually leads to rebellion; why feeling out of control around food usually means we need more permission, not less; the difference (and similarities) between biological & mental restriction; common food fears & how to address them; and how ethical objections & food allergies/intolerances fit into the idea of unconditional permission. And, since this concept can feel so hard to grasp, this episode is chock full of personal stories & experiences, to help put these high-level concepts into perspective. Plus, Naomi shares a story from her teenage years that might get her grounded!

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And the waitlist is officially open for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for grown-ups who already know what's best for their own bodies & want to reclaim their time, energy, and autonomy from diet culture. You can get all the details & join the waitlist at www.happyshapes.co/nourishandbloomwaitlist!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

This episode references:
Food Psych #175: The Truth About Digestion and Gut Health With Marci Evans
Marci Evans, RD

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And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #2 - Honor Your Hunger. The most basic explanation of this principle is to eat when you’re hungry - to recognize & honor our biological signals, and to keep our bodies adequately fed & fueled. This is a cornerstone to the whole Intuitive Eating process because it’s the first step to rebuilding trust in our bodies (and vice versa). In this episode we: discuss the mental & physical effects of restriction; review some common hunger signals that we might be overlooking; check in about some barriers to our ability to feel hunger cues; explain why "just listen to your body" is terrible advice (unless it's coming from an old southern lady teaching line dancing🤣); and answer some listener questions about how to apply this principle! Plus, don't miss our digs at Gwyneth Paltrow & our first ever podcast disagreement!

You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And the waitlist is officially open for the 2022 cohort of Nourish & Bloom, Naomi's 40-week group Intuitive Eating workshop for grown-ups who already know what's best for their own bodies & want to reclaim their time, energy, and autonomy from diet culture. You can get all the details & join the waitlist at www.happyshapes.co/nourishandbloomwaitlist!

Here's where to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

For this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.com

This episode references:
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia by Sabrina Strings

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi