The gym and the fitness industry can be insanely beneficial for our relationship with our bodies... but it's not all performance goals and body confidence. Let's get into how the gym can help and hinder body image, plus what to do instead!

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How do we prevent adolescents from getting eating disorders? And how do we approach these conversations without fear of "getting it wrong"? I sat down with Penny Greening from Reframe Voices, a Canadian-based charity aimed at reducing eating disorders in adolescents and beyond, and we had a chat that could have gone on for hours... But we capped it at 50ish minutes of discussions surrounding her journey, sport and ED prevention.

ABOUT PENNY

Canadian-born Penny Greening is a former communications agency director, community mental health advocate and nonprofit founder whose work sits at the intersection of education and social impact.

During the height of the pandemic, Penny became Director of Marketing for premium personal training franchise Innovative Fitness, where she helped promote a whole-person approach to health, fitness and nutrition while raising her teenage daughter.

A breast cancer survivor at 42, Penny also took a hot-minute to compete in three World Natural Bodybuilding Federation shows between 2019 and 2024, moving through Figure, Fitbody and Bodybuilding categories. That experience ultimately revealed some of her own “best-kept” and darkest secrets—what she calls “the monster.”

Penny is now serving her fifth term on the board of Variety – The Children’s Charity of BC. And in 2025, she founded Reframe Voices Society after recognizing a critical gap in public awareness of how and when eating disorders truly begin.

Today, Penny leads a multidisciplinary team of volunteers equipping parents and guardians of school-aged children and teens with the language and practical tools to protect their children’s mental health when it comes to food, feelings and body talk.

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Is there really no point in body positivity? Why hasn't weight loss helped you like your body? And how can we start to like our bodies when we really don't want to?

I'm joined by Rachel Hunter, nutritionist and fellow body image coach/enthusiast as we chat through the big hitters...

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The fitness industry appears to be swinging back towards fat loss, dieting, tracking and transformation marketing - and coaches need to think critically about whether they are following the market or leading it. In today's epsiode I'm going to talk about why everyone seems to be pushing fat loss again - and what to do if you're feeling the pull.

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idk how anyone who's neurodivergent is ok when this is the advice given to people (they aren't). From fat loss coaches to relationship with food coaches... there's lots we're getting wrong about neurodivergence and eating behaviours.

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NO.

That's the entire episode.

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Is is ever appropriate to give someone a weight-loss goal when they are struggling with binge-eating? I got a great DM from a listener over on Instagram and well, I couldn't condense it into a feed post so here you go!

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DATA>feelings might be one of the most reductionist arguments used by broscience coaches in the online space. Bc ultimately what is data? And what happens when feelings are data?

Time to piss off a lot of gym bros...

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Ah, the humble check-in. The online coach's bread and butter... and in my opinion, one of the biggest areas for improvement for most coaches. What do you ask clients? How do you ask them? And what are some common misconceptions about how to respond to clients? Let's get into it.

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Do athletes struggle with body image?

Is body image different for athletes?

How do we support body image when athletes have to lose weight or are assessed on their physique?

I'm answering all your questions in today's epsiode on body image in sport!

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