In this special 2-part episode I’m speaking to 4 incredible untamed women who will set you on fire… These are 4 of my clients who worked with me during the You, On Fire program and they are here to show you that it is possible to go from obsessing over food and hating your body, to no longer fretting about your reflection and having so much more confidence in who you are outside of how you look. You, On Fire is the online group coaching program that gives you a step-by-step way of building up self-worth beyond your jean size with personalized coaching from me and lifetime access to the program—so you can break out of the diet culture cage, get free from body shame and live your fiery, free, untamed life. Go here to get all the details and get on the waitlist for the upcoming cycle: summerinnanen.com/youonfirewaitlist Shownotes: summerinnanen.com/199

In this special 2-part episode I’m speaking to 4 incredible untamed women who will set you on fire… These are 4 of my clients who worked with me during the You, On Fire program and they are here to show you that it is possible to go from obsessing over food and hating your body, to no longer fretting about your reflection and having so much more confidence in who you are outside of how you look. You, On Fire is the online group coaching program that gives you a step-by-step way of building up self-worth beyond your jean size with personalized coaching from me and lifetime access to the program—so you can break out of the diet culture cage, get free from body shame and live your fiery, free, untamed life. Go here to get all the details and get on the waitlist for the upcoming cycle: summerinnanen.com/youonfirewaitlist Shownotes: summerinnanen.com/199

I’m interviewing Alissa Rumsey, registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and the author of Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace with Food and Transform Your Life. We’re talking about the importance of raising awareness around the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that are behind how we interact with food, why that’s different from mindful eating, and what to do if you overthink food choices. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/198 In this episode, we chat about: - How Alissa got into this work and how she transitioned from a weight loss focused practice to a weight neutral one, - Why mindfulness is not the same as mindful eating, - What Alissa means by the “grey area” when it comes to food and eating, and how there’s no right and wrong in intuitive eating, - Why eliminating the restrictions on food, including the mental restrictions, is so important, - How the concept of scarcity plays into our eating behaviors and relationship with food, - Tips for transitioning from doubting and questioning your hunger, decisions, and experiences, to learning to trust your intuition, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/198

I’m interviewing Rachel Molenda, Intuitive Eating & Body Image Coach and Host of the Fill Your Cup Podcast. We’re talking about the influence of healthism on our relationship with food, how to tell if your health choices are disordered, and when is it the right time to focus on health. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/197 In this episode, we chat about: - How we’ve made health part of our status and identity, which encourages people to keep turning to diet culture, - Tips for trying to undo beliefs inherited from diet culture, - Why health shouldn’t be a hobby, - What a healthy relationship with food looks like, - Rachel’s advice to someone having trouble getting past the diet culture way of looking at food, - That our needs change every day, and you need to check-in with yourself each day, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/197

I’m interviewing Sarah Salmon, TEDx speaker and Coach, who specializes in helping overwhelmed introverts get their energy back. We’re talking about what it REALLY means to be an introvert, why the world was built for extroverts, how to know if you’re burned out, and how to set boundaries so you can recharge and focus on doing what you want. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/196 In this episode, we chat about: - How Sarah got into this work and how she helps people, - Some of the myths around being an introvert, - How the world is built in preference for extroverts, which makes introverts feel like there’s something wrong with them, - How freeing it can be to settle into who you really are and not who you’re expected to be, - Tips for setting healthy boundaries, - How to manage the guilt of feeling like you’re letting people down, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/196

I’m interviewing Danni Adams, body image coach, activist, and writer, about how fatphobia impacts Black communities, the adultification of Black girls, and medical fatphobia and its impact on our well-being. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/195 In this episode, we chat about: - How Dani got into fat activism and body image coaching, - The perception of fat Black women and how that stigma influences how they are treated, - How medical fatphobia is especially violent to Black people, - How this pandemic has exposed weight discrimination, - How fatphobia stems from racism and is directly linked to anti-Blackness, - Advice if you or your child are experiencing medical fatphobia, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/195

I’m talking about why it’s so hard to stop dieting, the addictive nature of diets, why this makes it so hard to break free, and what life is like without it, as part of the Body Image Series. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/194 In this episode, I chat about: - How dieting is like a drug in our culture, - That there’s an anticipation of this perfect life and perfect body on the radar that keeps us hooked to dieting with a false sense of fulfilment, - That the fear of the unknown is at the root of why it’s so hard to let go of dieting, - How this is an opportunity to find new coping mechanisms that will actually help you process your feelings and feel better about yourself, regardless of your size, - What life is like without dieting, - How fulfilment is different from happiness, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/194

I’m talking about why dieting and body shame are often coping mechanisms, why that can make accepting your body so hard, and how they distract us from getting at the real issue and keep us turning to diets for an answer, as part of the Body Image Series. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/193 In this episode, I chat about: - The concept of “emotional dieting” and “emotional weight fixation,” - How emotional dieting distracts us from getting at the real issue and keeps us turning to diets for an answer, - That we’ve been conditioned to think that our bodies are a problem, so it’s no surprise when that becomes our way of thinking about ourselves or processing emotions, - Why this makes accepting your body so hard, - Why the pandemic has been so hard on people’s body image, - How to separate from these things in order to truly move forward, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/193

I’m interviewing Olivia Scobie, social worker and author of Impossible Parenting, about the culture of impossible parenting, its impact on our mental health, and how we need a shift from self-care to self-parenting. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/192 In this episode, we chat about: - How Olivia’s own experiences led her to work in perinatal mental health, - What the culture of impossible parenting is and that it’s very outwardly oriented, - How diet culture has permeated into the culture of impossible parenting, - That it’s normal to have contradictory feelings, because it’s not possible to fully escape impossible parenting or diet culture, so you need to be gentle with yourself, - How parenting involves a lot of guilt, and a question to ask yourself to help you through it, - What self-parenting is and how to navigate it, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/192

I’m talking about the weight set point theory - what it is, how dieting impacts it, and why using it as a goal weight can be problematic to healing your relationship to food and your body, as part of the Body Image Series. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/191 In this episode, we chat about: - What the weight set point theory is, - How we don’t have as much control over our weight as we’ve been led to believe, - How dieting impacts our set point, - Why the idea of a set point can trigger the diet mentality, - What to focus on instead of getting to your set point, - Why our happiness and acceptance can’t be conditional on achieving a certain body size, Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/191