This podcast episode features Victoria interviewing her husband Wouter. They discuss their relationship journey, how they've grown together, Victoria's eating disorder recovery, and Wouter's coaching approach. Listeners can expect vulnerably authentic conversations around personal development, spirituality, relationships, body image, and self-love.

Key Discussion Points:

- How Victoria and Wouter met in Egypt while Victoria was struggling with an eating disorder, but Wouter could see her true essence beyond that

- Wouter shares about his personal growth journey and transition from being a "nice guy" people pleaser to embodying more self-love and integrity

- How Victoria used Wouter as a model for what healthy self-care looks like while she was in eating disorder recovery

- Their perspectives on what makes their relationship so strong - unconditional love, open communication, intimacy on a soul level, not needing each other but choosing each other

- Wouter explains his direct, no-nonsense, spiritual-but-not-airy-fairy coaching approach and why most traditional methods don't create lasting change

- Insights on dropping limiting stories, choosing who you want to be in each moment, fear as an illusion, and taking responsibility for your own life and happiness

Wouter (https://www.wouterkleinsman.nl/) is an author and no-nonsense coach from the Netherlands focused on personal development for high performers. He takes an intensely direct yet compassionate approach to helping clients "get over their bullshit stories" in order to live more powerfully aligned lives. His bestselling books explain his methodology further.

Key Quotes:

"Attractiveness goes beyond the physical body. Attractiveness is the energy source she's portraying." [00:21:08]

"Our relationship works because it's based on 1+1=3, not me giving you something and expecting the exact same level back." [00:10:59]

"I'm the coach, but I'm also not the coach...when we just live life, we just live life." [01:21:37]

"Everything in life is bullshit. So why would we be living in the story which is hurting us, disempowering us, making us weak?" [01:34:39]

"Happiness and being who you want to be is a choice you can make right now." [01:37:16]

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In this podcast episode, Victoria Kleinsman talks about overcoming the fear of weight gain. She shares her personal struggles with this fear and offers practical tips on how we can move past it to live fuller, happier lives.

Main discussion points:

- Weight gain is often seen as a marker of personal failure in society. This breeds deep fears in many people (Victoria shares that she'd rather have died than gain weight).

- The fear manifests in behaviours like chronic dieting, bingeing-purging cycles, obsessive weighing, etc. But these approaches rarely work long-term.

- Fear of weight gain is not innate; it's learned. It links to deeper fears of being unloved and rejected.

- The fear can become self-fulfilling - stress promotes fat storage. Fear of weight gain causes stress leading to actual weight gain.

- Shift focus to self-care habits that gradually diffuse the fear - pursuing passions, spending time with body-positive people, speaking kindly to yourself.

- Understand that you can live happily at many weights. Chasing thinness often sacrifices what truly matters - intimacy, meaning, fulfillment.

Key quotes:

"I would rather have died than gain weight." [00:01:39]

"We think we'll be better when we're thinner. It's time to claim back your worthiness, my love." [00:08:30]

"Thinness is not an innate human need. Love and acceptance is." [00:25:22]

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Welcome to today's episode, where I’m joined by my wonderful friend and fellow eating disorder recovery coach, Julia Trehane. With the holidays just around the corner, we’re diving deep into the ultimate guide on How the Fck to Navigate Christmas While Recovering from an Eating Disorder.* 🎄💫

Hey Queens! In today’s episode, I’m sharing something special—a recording from one of my previous group coaching calls.

This session was packed with valuable insights, actionable tips, and breakthroughs that I know will resonate with many of you.

Whether you’re working on healing your relationship with food, building self-love, or taking charge of your life, I’m confident there’s something in here that will speak to you.

Grab a pen, take some notes, and get ready to dive deep into a call that’s full of real talk and transformation. Let’s get into it!

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Welcome to today’s episode! I’m joined by the incredible Amy Margolis, LCSW, a licensed therapist and co-clinical director at Santa Monica Counseling, where she specializes in guiding individuals, couples, and groups through healing from eating disorders, addictions, anxiety, and more. Amy is also a talented Meisner and Groundlings-trained voice actor, lending her voice to projects with Nickelodeon, Netflix, and Disney. Beyond her professional life, Amy is a proud mom of three and wife to her husband, Hank.

In our conversation today, we dive deep into Amy’s journey, from her personal recovery story to why she became a therapist. We discuss her perspectives on the roots of eating disorders, her advice for those on the path to recovery, and the concept of a “deprivation mindset” in women—a topic she explores in her book. This episode is packed with insights for anyone on a journey to healing and self-discovery. Let’s jump right in!

Connect with Amy

https://www.instagram.com/heres_the_memo/

https://amymargolislcsw.com

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In this episode of The Body Love Binge, Victoria Kleinsman discusses strategies for overcoming fear, specifically in the context of eating disorder recovery. She explains why it's necessary to face your fears head-on in order to find freedom on the other side.

What to Expect:

Listeners can expect to gain an understanding of why their eating disorder-related fears feel so real despite being imaginary constructs. Victoria outlines the process of uncovering core wounds that underlie these fears so they can be healed. She also provides encouragement, compassion, and a mantra for moving through fears consistently: "Face your fears, find freedom."

Main Discussion Points:

- Why avoiding fears makes them stronger

- How fears are imaginary yet feel very real

- Getting clarity on where fears originate from

- The difference between danger and fear

- You have to walk through fear to overcome it

- Freedom comes at a cost (giving up control/safety)

- Facing fears with compassion, commitment

Key Quotes:

"Fear isn't real. I'm sorry, what?... Let me just say that again, fear isn't real." (00:09)

"When you face your fear with courage the scary vision turns into something funny." (00:04:42)

"You have absolutely everything you need within you to overcome all of your fears." (00:12:32)

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Welcome back to the podcast, queens! Today, I have a great guest joining us, Robyn Shumer. Robyn wears many hats: she’s a leadership development facilitator at Johnson & Johnson, a TEDx speaker, a yoga teacher, an executive coach, a mental health advocate, and even a working mom. Robyn is truly dedicated to helping others share their personal and professional stories with impact, all while managing her own journey of self-love and mental wellness.

Robyn is also the author of *Bones: Anorexia, Anxiety, and My Path to Self-Love*, her powerful memoir where she dives deep into her story of healing and transformation. She believes in the power of sharing our most vulnerable stories and even says that preparing for her TEDx talk was more impactful than years of therapy.

In today’s conversation, we’re exploring some powerful themes: the pivotal moments in Robyn’s own recovery, the inspiration behind her mantra, “Don’t be afraid to share the stories that shaped you,” and her thoughts on how our culture’s view of bodies has evolved since her own experience growing up in the 1980s. We’ll also hear about her initiative, *What’s Your Story, USA*, and her advice for those of us who want to share our stories but may feel hesitant.

Robyn’s insights on storytelling, healing, and mental health are sure to resonate, so let’s dive in!

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https://www.robynshumer.com/

Today, I have the incredible Cath Counihan joining me, a trauma therapist, touch practitioner, and psychotherapist specialising in developmental trauma. Cath dives deep into the intersection of childhood trauma, attachment styles, and the ways these affect our relationships, self-worth, and behaviours in adulthood, especially for those on a journey of self-acceptance and recovery.

In this episode, Cath and I explore everything from the impact of family dynamics and early childhood patterns to the roles of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and shame in our lives. We also discuss the importance of emotional regulation, creating safety, and how trauma shapes our coping mechanisms, particularly around food and body image.

Get ready for a raw, enlightening, and inspiring conversation that will give you tools, insight, and hope for healing and finding true freedom.

Let’s dive in!

Cath Counihan is a Trauma Therapist (UKCP accredited) working in London. Cath specializes in complex trauma, maternal mental health, perfectionism, nervous system healing, shifting dysfunctional patterns in our families and reparenting. One of her areas of expertise is how our own childhoods impact our parenting journey. Shifting shame to help each client gain an embodied sense of being good enough is her passion. She hosts a weekly podcast Grow Yourself Up; focused on tending to ourselves in adulthood when we have not had our needs met as children, and the complexity of doing this as we parent. She writes, delivers workshops and has taught for the Bowlby Centre in London and the International Attachment Network. She has more than 12 years of clinical experience and a previous career in financial services. Cath is the mother of twin girls.

This is her website: www.cathcounihan.com

And here is her latest workshop: https://www.cathcounihan.com/triggers-rage-reparenting-workshop

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Welcome to today's episode of the podcast, where I had an inspiring conversation with the wonderful Emily Spence. Emily is an animal-loving, adventure-seeking life enthusiast who has fully recovered from her own restrictive eating disorder. Now, as a passionate advocate for full recovery, she’s dedicated to supporting others in their journeys to complete freedom as a coach.

In this episode, we dive deep into whether full recovery and full freedom are truly possible. We also explore the powerful process of rediscovering your identity in recovery, and we unpack the often complex journey of neural rewiring, especially around compulsive movement.

I’m so excited for you to listen to this conversation, and I hope it brings you insight, hope, and inspiration as you continue on your own journey toward food and body freedom. Let’s get into it!

Connect with Emily

Instagram: @emilyspence__Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCz2oUkO7UXpkkC7RCQrek2g

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In this episode of The Body Love Binge podcast, I dive into a question I get asked all the time: How do you pursue health while allowing yourself to eat whatever you want during your eating disorder recovery journey?