Before diving into this week's guest interview, I answer a listener question on how to navigate Intuitive Eating when you are prescribed a medication with side effects that decrease your appetite.  Do you have a question you'd like to hear answered on the show? Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode!

This week we are joined by Katie Campbell, a fellow Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and anti-diet dietitian. In this episode, we discuss:

• Katie's story from harmless curiosity about nutrition to full blown obsession 
• The moment Katie realized she was struggling with disordered eating and how she started moving through recovery
• Katie's days working for one of the most popular (and insidious) modern day dieting companies
• Behind the scenes details of this incredibly problematic diet company
• Why disordered eating behaviors are especially prevalent in mountain towns 
• Disordered eating under the guise of environmentalism, veganism,  or being  "crunchy”

Connect with Katie on Instagram @bitterrootnutrition.llc
Inquire about Katie's services here

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Before diving into this week's guest interview, I answer a listener question on why you're still binging even after you've allowed all foods. I address the top 3 reasons why binges happen, how to actually stop when you notice fullness, and I also share my own experience healing from binge eating.  Do you have a question you'd like to hear answered on the show? Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode!

This week we are joined by Megan Lublyi, a fellow Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, weight inclusive and HAES-aligned registered dietitian. In this episode, we discuss:

• Megan story with recovering from an eating disorder and struggling to get treatment due to weight biases in the medical community
• Skepticism and cognitive dissonance with Intuitive Eating  and Health At Every Size (HAES)  and the Semmelweis reflex
•  HAES and social determinants of health 
• Downstream effects of weight stigma in healthcare
• Megan’s journey with being a yoga teacher and why she ultimately decided to stop teaching
• Why Megan loves slow living and "taking her damn time"
• Intuitive living: using the body’s feedback to inform decision making 
• Why emotional eating isn’t bad
• How the recent Roe v. Wade draft leak threatens body autonomy and how that relates to healing your relationship with food and body 

 
Connect with Megan on Instagram @asoftplacetoland_nutrition
Learn more about Megan's offerings here

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This week we are joined by Emily Holt-Gosselin, a fellow Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who is also a yoga instructor. In this episode, we discuss:

• Emilys story with recovering from an eating disorder and substance abuse
• The intersection of intuitive eating and social justice as a catalyst for Emily's recovery from her eating disorder
• Diet culture's origins in racism 
• Issues within the “health coaching” sphere and specifically Emily's experience as a student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
• Emily’s journey with transitioning from “health coaching" to becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor 
• The intersection of Emily’s identity as a yoga teacher and her identity as an Intuitive Eating Counselor

Before diving into this week's guest interview, I answer a listener question on how to decipher your hunger and fullness cues. Click here for access to your FREE Hunger fullness activity and resource (this is the exact activity I use with my 1:1 coaching clients).

Connect with Emily on Instagram @em.poweredliving
Learn more about Emily's offerings here
Learn about Emily's yoga class offerings at Sangha Studio in Burlington

Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
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Before diving into this week's guest interview, I introduce a NEW segment  where I'll be answering listener questions! I kick off this segment by answering a listener question about Intermittent Fasting.

This week we are joined by Tory Stroker,  a fellow intuitive eating and Health At Every Size dietitian who is also a new mama! In this episode, we discuss:

• How being a dancer for 20 years impacted Tory's relationship with food and body
• Tory's story with recovering from disorder eating while also pursuing a career to become a dietitian 
• Challenges that come up with intuitive eating while pregnant and Tory's tips for navigating these challenges
• How to handle the influx of body-centric comments during pregnancy
• Navigating wellness culture and healthism in pregnancy and motherhood
• The stigma society places on bottle feeding and the reality of choosing bottle feeding over breastfeeding

Resources/ References Mentioned:

• Click here for the NY Times article on Intermittent Fasting 
• Click here for the study referenced on Intermittent Fasting 
• Click here for the video Tory reference's on intuitive bottle feeding 

Follow Tory on Instagram @torystrokernutrition.
Visit Tory's website to learn more about her services.

Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
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In this week's episode we're joined by Rel Brender,  a question-asker, mistake-maker, earth steward, and Jewish ritual candlemaker in pursuit of an aligned, interdependent life. In this episode, we talk about:

• How Rel’s relationship with land transformed their relationship with food 
• The story behind Rel’s candle-dipping business, Cognitive Resonance
• The connection between ancestral wisdom and intuition 
• Defining  beauty outside of diet culture’s standards
• How to listen to  internal cues when there are other, louder voices
• What is a ritual? How to incorporate rituals in daily life
• Allowing true, deep rest in a Capitalist culture that equates  worth with productivity
• How undoing white supremacy culture can help allow more deep and restorative rest

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Maree Brown
• How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell
• Read about the characteristics of white supremacy culture here 

Follow Rel on Instagram @cognitive.resonance.rituals. Visit their website to purchase candles and to learn more about the story of how Cognitive Resonance came to be. 

Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
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Culinary Dietitian and soon to be Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Sam Blumenthal, joins us this week to share her story. In this episode, we talk about:

• How Sam’s competitive rhythmic gymnastics carer led to the onset of her eating disorder 
• Sam’s experience being a registered dietitian while also actively navigating eating disorder recovery
• How Sam knew it was finally time to go all-in with intuitive eating 
• Navigating diet culture at the wellness resort Sam works at
• Issues with the dietetics field/curriculum
• How Sam got involved in the culinary world of nutrition and how this impacted her relationship with food.

Find Sam on Instagram @fulfilled.not.full and check out her podcast, Fulfilled Not Full.

Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.

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Body Image Expert, Molly Seifert,  joins us to discuss how to cultivate authentic, sustainable body confidence. In this episode we talk about:

• Molly's story with disordered eating
• How her disordered eating morphed into Orthorexia
• Molly’s journey from being a health coach, to becoming an intuitive eating coach and now a body image coach
• How disordered eating infiltrated Molly’s identity and her wants and desires (specifically her dream wedding day and honeymoon)
• The most common mistakes Molly see’s with people who are trying to make peace with their body and how to avoid these mistakes
• Why we should make friends with our inner critic instead of rejecting it

Find Molly on Instagram @mollykatewellness and visit her website for more info on her coaching offerings. Access her free body image mini training here.  Listen to my interview on Molly's podcast, What She Gained.

Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.

🥂 What if 2026 was the year you stopped starting over with food? Join a low-cost anti-diet workshop with Leah Kern, RD to feel normal around eating. (Use code PODCAST at checkout to get 10% off)

When you live in the diet mindset, you spend much of your time living in your head- constantly tallying, dwelling, and stressing over your food and lifestyle choices. When you become an intuitive eater, you learn to drop into your body and start living shoulders down. The territory below your shoulders contains your innate wisdom and power. Shoulders Down is a podcast designed to teach you how to harness your intuition to govern not just how you eat but also how you live. I’m your host,  Leah Kern and I’m an anti-diet dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor.  Join me as I dive deep on nuanced topics related to intuitive eating, diet culture, and body image. Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here.  

🥂 What if 2026 was the year you stopped starting over with food? Join a low-cost anti-diet workshop with Leah Kern, RD to feel normal around eating. (Use code PODCAST at checkout to get 10% off)