Satisfaction Factor

We're taking our first ever Satisfaction Factor holiday break this year! We’ll be back with a new episode on January 10th, but until then, we hope you enjoy this replay!

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!

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

We're taking our first ever Satisfaction Factor holiday break this year! We’ll be back with a new episode on January 10th, but until then, we hope you enjoy this replay!

If you're dreading the diet & body talk at your holiday family gatherings, you're not alone! Even if we are really good at having these conversations with friends, acquaintances, professionals, or co workers, having these conversations with family can feel way more loaded than it does in other contexts. In this episode we're discussing why diet & body talk hits different from our families, and we're also practicing some responses to common things we might hear around the table, using our Deflect, Educate, and Engage framework (which you might recall from Episode #4 - Diet Talk & Boundaries).

Referenced in this episode:
Maintenance Phase - 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, we’re talking to Esther Tambe, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES (she/her) about the mainstream myths about diabetes & what a weight inclusive approach to diabetes looks like!

Esther Tambe is a New York-based weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian passionate about helping women recover from eating disorders and disordered eating. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition from Long Island University and another in Health Science-Public Health from Stony Brook University. She also has a Master’s degree in Nutrition from Long Island University.

Esther is committed to increasing awareness of eating disorders/disordered eating in Black communities, which are often overlooked or misdiagnosed. She strongly believes culturally appropriate nutrition care is essential for the Black community.

In addition to providing nutrition counseling for eating disorders, Esther is a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist who helps clients manage diabetes from a weight-inclusive lens. Before opening her private practice, Esther worked in underserved communities providing nutrition education and counseling to individuals with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and HIV/AIDS. Now, she blends her passion for eating disorders with her clinical background to help clients heal their relationships with food while managing other health conditions.

As a weight-inclusive provider, Esther believes women of all body shapes and sizes deserve respect and high-quality care. She provides individualized nutrition care for all her clients, regardless of their body shape or size, that centers on health-promoting behaviors rather than weight.

You can find Esther traveling around the world, taking Zumba classes, and spending time with her family outside of work. She is also the co-founder of Fight Through Flights Inc., a non-profit organization that aims to empower and support the healing of Black women living with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors through wellness experiences and travel.

We had an awesome conversation with Esther about...

• what diabetes is, and some common misconceptions about its causes
• how to navigate a diabetes diagnosis, and what the deal is with prediabetes
• the truth about the relationship between diabetes, body weight, sugar, and carbs
• what factors have a bigger impact on blood sugar levels than body weight or diet
• what to know about diabetes medications, including drugs like Ozempic
• how to approach diabetes care from a weight-neutral lens
• and so much more!

You can connect with Esther and learn how to work with her on Instagram @et.the.rd, or at her website, EstherTambeNutrition.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

While the context is different, we thought this would be a good time to revisit these self-care practices and conversations about caring for ourselves. And, in an effort to practice what we preach, we took a week off from recording to allow ourselves to rest & regulate. We'll be back with a new episode on November 29th, and we hope this replay will be supportive for you in the meantime.

To say that he past few weeks have been hard would be a huge understatement. So this week's episode is all about how we can care for ourselves when it feels like the world is on fire. Black women & femmes have been teaching for generations about the importance of avoiding burnout when fighting oppressive systems. And, while that is not our lesson to teach, we are talking in this episode about: the importance of caring for ourselves & leaving room for our humanity in times of high stress; why it's okay that we all need different things to meet our needs for self-care & processing; and some practical ways that we can engage in self-care right now.

Referenced in this episode:
National Network of Abortion Funds
How to Show Up For Abortion Access (this is a comprehensive document with tons of resources for getting involved/finding support if you need it)
A Breakdown of the Supreme Court Rulings and their Impact (Anti-Racism Daily)
Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
All Bodies Movement & Wellness
Natalie Topalian, The Brand Copywriter

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, we're answering the question, “What if weight loss could actually help my situation?” And if you've ever found yourself wondering about that, you’re not alone. Maybe you understand that health is more complicated than just our personal behaviors, and you've realized that the “thin ideal” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. But some things still feel more complicated. Because wouldn’t weight loss actually help when it comes to finding clothes that fit, avoiding weight stigma at the doctor and other areas of life, being able to travel or go to the theater, and a whole host of other problems? If this sounds familiar, this episode is for you!

In this episode, we're talking about:

• why intentional weight loss isn't a long-term solution
• why it's not enough to just quote diet statistics when these questions come up
• what intentional weight loss & get-rich-quick schemes have in common
• why it's important to honor body autonomy in these conversations
• what a better long-term solution actually is
• and more!

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, we’re talking to Katie Kurtz, MSW LISW-S (she/her), a subject-matter expert and trainer who specializes in integrative and inclusive trauma-informed care. As a licensed social worker & certified coach, she has spent the last 15 years specializing in trauma-informed training and consultation across multiple disciplines and industries.  She reimagines trauma-informed care as inclusive and accessible for all people and professions through her developed frameworks and methodologies. She has created an integrative trauma-informed care approach to train thousands of professionals in multiple industries across 6 continents. She brings a vast lens of integrative instruction to embody these skills across many client experiences. She believes in honoring the origins of the approach while ushering it into a future that is inclusive for all industries and most importantly, doable so people can apply it into everyday practice.

Katie is the author of the reflective space holding tool, the Contain Card Deck© and host of A Trauma-Informed Future Podcast.  Additionally, she is the regional co-chair of the State of Ohio’s Trauma-Informed Care Collaborative, Subject Matter Expert with the Integrate Network, and is invited to guest teach in various professional settings nationally and abroad. Her leadership and work has been awarded and internationally recognized within both the social work and coaching fields.

We had an awesome conversation with Katie about...

• what trauma is....and what it isn't
• how diet culture itself can be source of trauma
• why naming our experience as trauma can help us process it
• what it means to be a trauma-informed provider & why it's so important for anyone who does work with or about bodies to practice through a trauma-informed lens
• why boundary-setting is a trauma-informed practice
• and so much more!

Connect with & learn more about Katie here:

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Free resources: Aware Guide on the Trauma Competency Framework™ and the Trauma-Informed Checklist
• Toolkits on Nervous System Care planning, Scope of Practice Statement Template, Consensual Communications and Harm Repair Planning
• CULTIVATE-a trauma-informed facilitation and space holding training
• Contain Card Deck© a reflective tool to hold space for yourself and others
• Invite Katie to be a guest on your podcast or teacher in your program

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, we’re talking to Lael Atkinson (they/them), a certified professional recovery coach who works at the intersection of drinking and dieting. During their experience of parting ways with alcohol and then tackling a lifetime of dieting, disordered eating, and body shame, they found resources that addressed quitting drinking OR that addressed food and body image issues, yet could not find any sources that spoke to the intersection of the two.  And in both their personal experience and the experience they saw with many of their clients, they found that the two do indeed frequently overlap. This led Lael to work with both folks who want to examine their relationship with alcohol and folks who want to divest from diet culture. They also created the Beyond Shrinking & Drinking course to address this intersection.

Lael hopes that whether it comes to questioning their drinking, or their participation in diet culture, that people know they can do it without labeling themselves, without judging themselves, and without it reaching a point of being “bad enough.” It’s more than enough to start from a place of asking if your life would be better without it.

We had an amazing conversation with Lael about...

• their own journey with drinking & dieting, and how it led to the work they do today
• the parallels between drinking & dieting (and why comparing booze to food is not helpful)
• the parallels between drinking culture & diet culture
• why some folks may experience food or body image issues when they quit drinking (and vice versa)
• how they're working to fight against the shame & stigma of both drinking and dieting
• and why this work is especially important within the Queer community. 

You can connect with Lael on Instagram @beyondshrinkinganddrinking, learn how to work with them at LaelAtkinson.com, or join their online course at BeyondShrinkingAndDrinking.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

Next week will mark two years since we published the first episode of Satisfaction Factor! 

In that first episode, we introduced ourselves, told you our origin stories, and generally gave you the low down on who we are, what we do, and what we believe in. So in this week's episode, we're celebrating our podcast-iversary by reintroducing ourselves! We're chatting all about what's changed for us in the past two years in life, business, podcasting, and everything in between. 

Thanks to all our amazing listeners & guests for making these past two years so successful! We're so glad we get to keep sharing this space with you!

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, we’re talking to Jessi Kneeland about body neutrality & their new book, Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues!

Jessi Kneeland (they/them) is a coach, writer, and speaker dedicated to helping people overcome the suffering associated with body anxiety, insecurity, and negativity, and to improve their relationship with their bodies. After working as a personal trainer for a decade in New York City, Kneeland became an iPEC certified life coach and launched a coaching practice centered around the meaningful work of self-acceptance. Their innovative approach allows them to partner with clients individually and in groups to help them find body acceptance, a strong sense of self-worth, and true confidence. They are committed to the pursuit of body neutrality—a philosophy predicated on the idea that how we look is the least interesting and important thing about us. Their work has been featured in Women’s Health, Shape, Pop Sugar, Refinery29, BuzzFeed, Hello Giggles, and more, and their TED talk has been viewed by over 50,000 people. They live in North Carolina with their partner and cat.

We had an amazing conversation with Jessi about...

• how they went from helping people change their bodies as a personal trainer to rejecting diet culture & helping people find body neutrality
• what body neutrality is & why it can be a more approachable alternative to body love (while also helping to make body love more realistic!)
• why body image issues are always about so much more than our bodies
• how they came up with the Body Image Avatars & the Body Image Blueprint
• why body image work is so hard & can take so much longer than we expect it to
• how navigating body image issues & finding body neutrality is different for folks in marginalized bodies
• and how working toward body neutrality can actually benefit our lives far outside of our relationships with our bodies.

You can connect with Jessi on Instagram @jessikneeland, listen to their podcast This is Not About Your Body wherever you listen to podcasts, learn how to work with them at JessiKneeland.com, or purchase Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues wherever you get your books!

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 we’re talking all about body diversity! We realized that we use this term frequently, but we’ve never talked about what it is, why it matters, or how you can start cultivating an appreciation for it. So that’s exactly what we’re doing in this episode!

We had a great conversation, including:

• What body diversity is (and how bodies are like zucchinis 😂)
• How we're conditioned to believe that all bodies are supposed to be the same
• The oppressive systems upheld in what we believe about "normal" bodies
• The harm done by a lack of body diversity & why accurate representation matters
• The intrapersonal, interpersonal, and institutional benefits of recognizing body diversity
• And ways to start unlearning our beliefs about "normal" bodies & cultivating an appreciation for body diversity.

Referenced in this episode:
List of IG Accounts to Follow for Body Diversity
Decolonizing Fitness's Database of Affirming Fitness & Movement Practitioners
Louise Green's Size Inclusive Fitness Specialist Certification
Damali Fraiser's certifications & trainings (personal & professional)

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