Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen

I chat with Christy Harrison – Intuitive Eating Counselor and Anti-Diet Registered Dietician – on what it means to be a “normal” eater, how the transition from dieter to intuitive eater looks and the fallacies around food addiction. • How Christy developed an eating disorder in college and what was at the root of her sudden obsession with weight • What it was like for her to discover intuitive eating • Her experience studying dietetics at school and what she noticed about the way weight and health are taught and the implications on our health care system • What it means to be a “normal” eater • The different stages that people go through when they transition from “dieter” to “intuitive eater” • The physiological reason why we go through the “honeymoon” / eat-all-the-things phase when transitioning to intuitive eating • Why food addiction is not real and the fallacies around that • Plus so much more!

I chat with Lyndsey Averill and Viri Lieberman, the creators of the movie Fattitude – a documentary that exposes how popular culture fosters fat prejudice and then offers an alternative way of thinking – on fat acceptance, thin privilege and body positivity and why they created Fattitude to change our culture to eradicate size prejudice. In this episode, we chat about: • The inspiration behind the movie Fattitude and why Lyndsey and Viri created it • Lyndsey and Viri’s personal experiences that led them to want to create this film • How diet culture and the beauty industry has co-opted “body positivity” for their capital gains • Whether weight loss and fat acceptance can go hand-in-hand • How the media’s representation of fat bodies perpetuates size discrimination • Why “health” is becoming the new guise for diet culture • The insidious ways fatphobia exists in our culture and why changing our language and words can contribute to it • What it means to have thin privilege and why it’s important to acknowledge that it exists • How you can support the film to bring it into film festivals and create cultural change • Plus so much more!

On the show today is Lydia Wente – Lifestyle Coach and binge eating expert, author and vlogger – on her recovery from binge eating, the fallacies around food addiction and her unique approach to helping women overcome it. In this episode, we chat about: • How Lydia’s career as a weight loss coach led to her having an eating disorder and how she “came out” and gave that up to recover from it • How she stopped feeling “possessed” by food and totally out-of-control • The most common causes of binge eating • Her beliefs about “food addiction” • Why therapy is not always helpful for women with food issues • Why understanding our thoughts is critical to overcoming binge eating • Lydia’s 3 steps towards helping you manage binge eating • The importance of body image work in her recovery and how she helps other women • How humor has helped her manage her thoughts • Plus so much more!

We’re baaaaack! In this second special episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, fellow Body Image Coach, Sarah Vance, and I get back together to share the mic to talk about self-doubt, overcoming judgments and what confidence means to us. We chat about the Reclaim Retreat happening May 2017! In this episode, we chat about: • THE RECLAIM RETREAT happening May 2017 – it’s half-way sold out! Early Bird tickets are on until August 9th. • How self-doubt showed up for us in the past versus how it impacts us now • What self-doubt really is and how we both manage it • How we overcome and manage judgments and comparisons • How we approach confidence in our everyday lives • Our “Tony Robbins” inspirational speeches • Plus so much more!

In this episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, I chat with Anne-Sophie Reinhardt – Certified Martha Beck Life Coach and Eating Psychology Coach and founder of the award-winning blog and podcast Escape Diet Prison – on her recovery from an eating disorder and what you can do to let go of your desire to be thin and love your body as it is. In this episode, we chat about: • Anne-Sophie’s story of recovery from anorexia, including the hardest thing she had to do to recover • How she let go of “thinness” as her identity and discovered who she really is • The importance of body image work in having a good relationship with food • What her best recommendations are for feeling better in your body • What to do when it feels hopeless • What “loving your body” really means • What to do when you have a “bad body day” • Why there is no failing at loving your body • How she manages self-care as a single mom of a 2 year old • Plus so much more!

In this episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, I chat with Sarah Knight – author of the national best-selling book The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F – on how to stop spending time you don’t have, with people you don’t like, doing things you don’t want to do. In this episode, we chat about: • Sarah’s formula to stop giving your F's away to things that are wasting your time, energy and money • Why getting rid of F's helped Sarah to be more enlightened and how you can have that too • The two-step process to help you stop giving a F • How to stop giving a F without being an jerk • Is it selfish to not give a F? • Why no longer giving a F about having a bikini body was the best F Sarah stopped giving • How to get over the guilt, shame and anxiety that holds us back from saying no to people and things we don’t want to do • Why the most important thing to stop giving a F about is other people’s opinions • Plus so much more!

In this special episode , fellow Body Image Coach, Sarah Vance, and I share the mic to talk about the messy middle part of our road to self-love. We also announce our Reclaim Retreat happening May 2017! In this episode, we chat about: • THE RECLAIM RETREAT happening May 2017 • The different phases we went through when we gave up dieting and started to work on body image • The messy middle part of the journey that often gets skipped over • Why it was SO hard to stop thinking about weight loss • Our individual interpretations of what it means to “love our body” • Did I mention THE RECLAIM RETREAT happening May 2017?!?!? • Plus so much more!

In this episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, I chat with Veronica Grant – Dating Mindset Coach – on how to enjoy the process of dating, get comfortable with intimacy and attract the right partner. In this episode, we chat about: • Veronica’s 3 important steps to getting the relationship you desire • What you can do if your self-image holds you back from dating • Why you need to “date yourself” first and how to do that • How to overcome first date anxiety and feel comfortable • Why you shouldn’t buy a new dress before a date • How perfectionism gets in the way of finding the right partner and having a solid relationship • How you can become more intimate in your relationships • How to know when it’s time to leave a relationship • Plus so much more!

I chat with Anita Wing Lee – Transformational Life Coach and Award-Winning Speaker – on how listen to and trust your intuition, find you purpose in this life and get paid to travel. In this episode, we chat about: • How Anita traveled the world, gets paid to travel and how this helped her discover her purpose • You feel like there is something bigger for you in this life, but you don’t know how to find “it” or where to begin – Anita talks about how to do this • What it means to trust your intuition • Why intuitive eating goes wrong for a lot of people • Anita’s best tools for tapping into your intuition • A non-woo-woo version of what it means to live in the flow • How to make big changes in your life without being held back by fear • Plus so much more!

In this episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio, I chat with Anastasia Amour – Body Image Educator, Self-Esteem Coach and author of Inside Out – on how to stop letting your weight dictate your worth, why feeling sexy is a state of mind and how she practices fearless body confidence. In this episode, we chat about: • Anastasia’s journey from being bullied as the “fat girl” growing up to a near-fatal 5 year battle with Anorexia to being the confident woman she is today • What the road to recovery looks like • How she got to know who she was at her core and started to express that • What loving your body really means and why our false expectations can hold us back • The role of toxic relationship in our body image • Why you can love your body and still have bad body days, plus how she manages those • How to move your body and eat more healthfully without going crazy • The importance of changing beliefs, especially those that are fatphobic • How to feel sexy from the inside out • Anastasia’s Instagram feed – why it’s one of my favorites to follow • Plus so much more!