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Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen

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Feb 11, 2025 • 36min

#318: Can We Trust Nutrition Evidence? with Vincci Tsui

I’m joined by Vincci Tsui (she/her) registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor. We’re talking about Vincci’s experience working in bariatrics and what brought her to the anti-diet space, as well as her predictions for what will happen with the rise of weight loss drugs. We also talk about cultural sensitivity in the nutrition space and whether we can trust nutrition evidence. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/318   In this episode, we talk about: - Things she wishes people knew who are considering bariatric surgery, - Some of the trials going on with weight loss drugs, - What the proliferation of these drugs means for the body positivity/acceptance movement, - A definition of cultural sensitivity, - The importance of investigating what is forming the base of our evidence that we look to, and who is included in the studies, - Where she thinks some of the mainstream advice is falling short, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/318 Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Jan 28, 2025 • 43min

#317: “Ballerina Body,” anti-aging, trad wives and other body image trends with Danni “Amapoundcake” Adams

Danni and I are recapping some of the beauty and other related trends influencing our body image. We’re talking about the “ballerina body,” the soft voice, a face standard, trad wives, make America healthy again, and more. Plus, we’re excited to share about our Spring cohort of the Body Image Coach Certification opening for enrolment on January 28th, 2025. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/317   In this episode, we talk about: - The differences we’re seeing in beauty trends now compared to the past, - How this all ties into the white supremacist value of perfectionism, - How none of the make America healthy again rhetoric looks at things like the social determinants of health, - The lack of structural protections, - Some of the topics covered in our Body Image Coach Certification and how it works, - The way our course talks about power, privilege, and bias, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/317   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Jan 14, 2025 • 27min

#316: Eating disorders & disordered eating in mid-life

I’m sharing a summary of what the research says about eating disorders and disordered eating in mid-life, and why this lifestage can make people more vulnerable to EDs and disordered eating. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/316   In this episode, I talk about: - How a lot of perimenopause and menopause messaging promotes disordered habits, celebrating and normalizing it, - Some of the barriers to treatment, - That eating disorders are often associated with young women and the problems with this, - That data is limited since so few women actually seek and receive treatment, - The biological aspect of it, - What to do with this information, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/316   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Dec 31, 2024 • 36min

#315: How to Set Weight Neutral Fitness Goals with Louise Green

I’m joined by Louise Green, personal trainer, author and creator of the Size Inclusive Training Academy. We’re talking about what we think about the new year/new you messaging and new year’s resolutions, how to know when you’re ready to set fitness goals, how to set those goals in a weight neutral way, and how she feels about the messaging around fitness and perimenopause. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/315   In this episode, I talk about: - The struggles she’s seen people experiencing when looking for size-inclusive training, - The trends she’s noticing in fitness when it comes to size inclusivity, - That many places don’t truly understand what size inclusivity means - The importance of understanding the why underneath the goal, - How easy it is to default to the weight loss mindset, - The truth about the body’s decline in perimenopause, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/315   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Dec 17, 2024 • 43min

#314: OCD and Eating Disorders + Finding Identity After Recovery with Abbie Attwood

I’m joined by Abbie Attwood (she/her), an anti-diet, weight-inclusive nutritionist with a masters in clinical nutrition. We’re talking about Abbie’s experience with OCD and an eating disorder, why there is an overlap between these and what helped her most during recovery. We also talk about how to find your identity if it changes because you’re no longer obsessively dieting or exercising. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/314   In this episode, I talk about: - The things that OCD and eating disorders have in common, - How Abbie’s eating disorder impacted her OCD, and vice versa, - The unique challenges this combination presents in recovery, - Where she’s at with her own journey now, - The importance of healing your relationship with rest, - The importance of detaching your self-worth from movement, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/314   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Dec 3, 2024 • 25min

#313: Worried about holiday “overeating” and food guilt? (Updated)

I’m talking about how to manage holiday “overeating.” I give you specific ways to manage “overeating,” and guilt around eating certain foods.   Show notes: summerinnanen.com/313   In this episode, I talk about: - The role that dieting and restriction can play in “overeating,” - Why I don’t like the word “overeating,” - How restriction can cause us to “overeat” and what we can do to manage that, - Some other resources that can help this time of year, - How the diet cycle works and what stepping out of that cycle looks like, - That it’s counter-cultural to accept your body, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/313   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Nov 26, 2024 • 41min

#312: How Supremacy Culture Hurts Self-Worth with Caroline Sumlin

I’m joined by Caroline J Sumlin, author of We'll All Be Free: How a Culture of White Supremacy Devalues Us and How We Can Reclaim Our True Worth. We’re talking about how white supremacy culture influences our self-worth, the various ways that this manifests in our life, and how to start to break free from it.        Show notes: summerinnanen.com/312   In this episode, we talk about: - A definition and examples of white supremacy culture, - What Caroline found about white supremacy and how it had impacted her life, - How society makes us constantly feel like we’re not doing enough, - Is it possible for us to thrive in these systems? - That thriving looks different from what society says, - The importance of detaching our worth and humanity from what society is demanding of us, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/312   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Nov 12, 2024 • 18min

#311: A Counterintuitive Way to Deal With Body Anxiety (Body Image Series)

I’m talking about a counterintuitive way to manage body anxiety - whether that be from pictures or the mirror or in social situations.     Show notes: summerinnanen.com/311   In this episode, I talk about: - The personal fear that led me to create this episode, - What I learned working through that fear, - What I mean by body anxiety, - That we want to learn to cope with intense feelings about our body instead of letting them escalate, - Why it’s worth considering if there are areas where you’re holding yourself back, - How liberating this work can be, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/311   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Oct 29, 2024 • 34min

#310: Do you need to lose weight to reduce pain? with DK Ciccone

I’m joined by Dana Karen (“DK”) Ciccone, a certified Pilates instructor, owner of Movement Remedies, and author of You’re Meant to Move. We’re talking about how to recover from having a disordered relationship with exercise and whether you need to lose weight in order to help with pain.    Show notes: summerinnanen.com/310   In this episode, we talk about: - How pain can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, - The importance of understanding why you’re moving, - The definition of exploratory movement, - The link between chronic dieting and chronic pain, - The many factors that contribute to pain, -That we tend not to notice the absence of pain, just the presence, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/310   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.
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Oct 15, 2024 • 23min

#309: Attachment Styles and Body Image (Body Image Series)

I’m talking about how attachment styles relate to body image. I’m sharing briefly about what the attachment styles are, how they relate to body image, self-compassion, body grief, and what we can do with this information.Show notes: summerinnanen.com/309   In this episode, I talk about: - The four main types of attachment styles and a brief overview of some of their characteristics, - A few critiques of attachment theory, - That our body image is heavily influenced by how the world perceives us and our interpersonal relationships, - That there is a significant association between attachment anxiety and body image concerns, - That attachment anxiety and avoidance are linked to lower self-compassion and how that makes body image work more challenging, - How to work on attachment and body image together, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/309   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.

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