Autonomy, Choice and Joy in Movement

There's a growing trend in the fitness industry regarding the way people view physical exercise. Movement is a mental health tool that helps people to connect mindfully to health and wellness without needing to focus on vanity metrics like weight loss. In today's episode, my guest is Barb Puzanovova, a non-diet trainer who is focused on inspiring people to rethink their relationship with exercise. During our conversation Barb shares why movement is about how you feel versus how you look, why it is important to remove the diet component of working out, what joyful movement is and how you can incorporate it in day to day moments and ways movement can improve your relationship with your mind and body. In this episode, we cover:

• Barb shares her journey to becoming a personal trainer [0:22]
• Why it is important to remove the diet component of working out [11:30]
• What joyful movement actually means [22:30]
• Digestive issues and physical movement [34:07]
• How to overcome fears related to exercise and injury [42:01]
• Ways movement can improve your relationship with your mind and body [50:47]

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About our guest: Barb Puzanovova (she/her), aka The Non-Diet Trainer, is a Health at Every Size (HAES), fat positive ACE-certified Personal Trainer, Behavior Change Specialist, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Due to her own story of recovering from an eating disorder, she empowers people to step off the scale and into their life so they can move their body with less rules and more joy. She lives her best queer life with her partner Danny and her pittie mama Betsy in Nashville, TN. Connect with Barb: Instagram: @nondiet_trainer Email: thenondiettrainer@gmail.com Website: https://thenondiettrainer.com Sign up for the JMP10 Fall 2022 waitlist: https://thenondiettrainer.ck.page/09ec3635cf Join The GUT Community: The Facebook group for those with IBS and digestive health conditions to connect, encourage one another, and dive deeper into the topics we cover on The Gut Show. Join here: facebook.com/groups/thegutcommunity Connect with Erin & the Gutivate team IG: @erinjudge.rd or @gutivate Website: www.gutivate.com Schedule a consult: bit.ly/jnwconsultcall FREE: IBS Fundamentals Mini Course https://www.ibsmastermethod.com/ibs-fundamentals-sign-up Start taking control of your IBS with the MASTER Method Foundations Course bit.ly/mmfoundations Track your symptoms & understand your body better My Gut Journal is a 90 day gut tracker to build awareness in your mind & body. Get yours at www.gutivate.com/store/mygutjournal