Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen

In this special 2-part episode I’m speaking to two incredible women who I've had the pleasure of working with in You, On Fire.    In this episode, we meet Starlett... After Starlett had her daughter, she gained a lot of weight and was having trouble accepting the changes. It was a new body and she says it felt like, “she was dropped into a foreign country where she didn’t know how to speak the language.”  She says she was constantly told she needed to look a certain way and felt like if she accepted this body, she would be rejected by society and opening herself up to ridicule.  I feel like so many of us can all relate to this.  She asked herself, “do I want to stay on this cycle or do I want a real change?”  Since working together, Starlett came to the realization that she is worthy and valuable just as she is - without any external validation. She also respects that this is a journey and is still using the tools to be more compassionate and accepting of her whole self. One breakthrough moment she had was when she looked in the mirror and she says, “I looked at myself and said I’m worthy and valuable just as I am. The best part is that I believed it. I can feel the change inside of me and I genuinely believe it…It feels amazing” She says, “I’m worthy of the same grace I give my daughter. Yes, my body has changed but my worth and value haven’t. I just needed to see that. Now, I can see me for me without all these other things that used to define me.”   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 Get the shownotes: summerinnanen.com/246   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

I’m joined by Ingrid R. Pipes, National Certified Counselor, who is fat, queer, gender non-conforming, and neuro-divergent. We talk about how being neuro-divergent informed Ingrid’s relationship with her body, the difference between body positivity and fat liberation (and why we need more fat liberation), and why “trauma healing” as a form of weight loss is fake news. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/245 If you leave a review during the month of October 2022, then I’ll send you a free audio and e-book copy of my best-selling book Body Image Remix. Email or DM me telling me that you left a review and I’ll send you the link. In this episode, I talk about: - Ingrid’s relationship with her body growing up, - How being neuro-divergent helped protect them as a child, - That body positivity has become digestible and dominated by straight-size people, - That fat liberation is an intersectional movement that supports dismantling social stigma, - That influencers who promote trauma healing as a form of weight loss are preying on people’s insecurities, - Why weight loss is not a therapy goal, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/245 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

I’m joined by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant, authors of Reclaiming Body Trust and founders of the Center for Body Trust. We talk about how to overcome the challenges around trusting your body and how to navigate body grief that may arise as you step away from dieting. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/244 If you leave a review during the month of October 2022, then I’ll send you a free audio and e-book copy of my best-selling book Body Image Remix. Email or DM me telling me that you left a review and I’ll send you the link. In this episode, I talk about: - The importance of trusting your discernment and how it’s a place of experimentation, - Why people feel like they’re flailing while doing body trust work and their response to people who think they’re doing it wrong, - That body trust is a birthright and it was taken from you, but you can get it back, - Advice for navigating the loss of privilege associated with living in a fat body, - How grief gives permission to acknowledge that something is hard, - Why they prefer the phrase “attuned self-care,” and what it means, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/244   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

I’m talking about overcoming mirror-checking and mirror avoidance. I also talk about why mirror-checking is often a hidden substitute for the scale, whether you should take a break from mirrors, and when it’s appropriate to use mirrors to heal body image, as part of the Body Image Series. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/243   Thanks to our sponsor Magic Mind. To get 20% off, go to magicmind.co/rules and enter the code RULES20 at checkout. The best part is that they have a money back guarantee. If you get the subscription, it’s a 40% off. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up. If you leave a review during the month of October 2022, then I’ll send you a free audio and e-book copy of my best-selling book Body Image Remix. Email or DM me telling me that you left a review and I’ll send you the link.   In this episode, I talk about: - How mirror-checking is a hidden form of checking body size, - That it is often done unconsciously, without understanding its impact, - Four questions to ask yourself to assess if mirror-checking is problematic for you, - Why completely avoiding mirrors can also be problematic, - That we want to drop the expectation of loving our bodies and aim for neutrality, - How we’ve been conditioned to value our worth based on how we look, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/243

I’m talking about why you need to stop weighing yourself or any form of tracking your body size or food/movement. I also talk about five reasons why scales and tracking devices make our body image worse, and why it’s important to ditch them, as part of the Body Image Series. Thanks to our sponsor Magic Mind. To get 20% off, go to magicmind.co/rules and enter the code RULES20 at checkout. The best part is that they have a money back guarantee. If you get the subscription, it’s a 40% off. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/242 In this episode, I talk about: - What my Instagram audience said about their relationship to scales and tracking devices, - How this kind of tracking becomes an addiction, - My story with the scale and tracking devices, - That it is nearly impossible to have a good relationship with food or movement when our weight is involved in those decisions, - Why calorie counting is useless information, - Six reasons it’s important to ditch scales and tracking devices, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/242

I’m taking a deep dive into Superwoman syndrome - if you struggle with trying to do it all and be it all, then you won’t want to miss this. I talk about what it is, 6 ways to identify whether you have it, how this impacts your body image, and 10 ways to break free, as part of the Body Image Series.   Thanks to our sponsor Magic Mind. To get 20% off, go to magicmind.co/rules and enter the code RULES20 at checkout. The best part is that they have a money back guarantee. If you get the subscription, it’s a 40% off. My 40% off code only lasts 10 days, so hurry up. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/241 In this episode, I talk about: - That attempting to do too much is putting others’ needs ahead of our own, - Why this is not an individual defect, it’s rooted in our culture and is a social justice issue, - That most often our purpose and values are not aligned with the expectations we are putting on ourselves, - How having the perfect body and/or loving your body is a big part of Superwoman syndrome, - That when we’re burnt out, we’re going to be much more critical on our bodies, - Your free worksheet – 10 ways to reject Superwoman syndrome, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/241

This is the season 8 premiere of Eat the Rules, and I’m talking about how I feel after my hysterectomy and how my recovery from surgery + a social media break reminded me of what it was like when I first quit dieting. I also talk about the challenges of being on social media these days and give you a rundown of my fav episodes of this podcast to go back to listen to. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/240 In this episode, I talk about: - An update of how my hysterectomy for adenomyosis went and what helped me heal, - How you don’t realize how hard something is on your body until it’s gone, - The parallels between my recovery and recovering from dieting, - How incredible it felt to take a social media break and the challenges of being a creator on social media these days, - What to expect from this season of the show, - My most popular episodes that you can check-out if you’re newer to this podcast, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/240

In this best of episode, I’m talking about how to stop caring so much about what other people think (overcoming fear of judgment). Specifically, why we are so afraid of judgment, what this can teach us about ourselves and 7 ways to work through the fear of what other people are thinking, as part of the Body Image Series. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/239 In this episode, I talk about: - Why we fear judgment and how this is ingrained in us, - What these fears can teach us about ourselves, - Why understanding the source of our fear of what others think is integral to healing self-worth, - 7 ways to overcome fear of judgment, - Your free worksheet - 5 Ways to Navigate Social Situations When Feeling Self-Conscious, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/239

In this best of episode, I’m talking about how to overcome comparisons. Specifically, why we compare, why comparisons are one of the hardest things to overcome, and 8 actions to take to help you stop comparing, as part of the Body Image Series. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/238 In this episode, I talk about: - Why we compare and why it’s not our fault, - The main belief that drives us to compare, - Why comparisons are one of the hardest things to overcome, - 8 actions to take to stop comparing, - Your free worksheet - 6 Ways We’ve Been Conditioned to Compare, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/238

Danni “Amapoundcake” Adams and I are together reflecting on our first time teaching the Body Image Coach Certification program. We share what we enjoyed most about teaching professionals, our favourite aspects of the program, and catch up with some of our students to share their experience. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/237 In this episode, we talk about: - Danni “Amapoundcake” Adams is back and we’re doing a brief recap on what it was like teaching our first cohort of the Body Image Coach Certification program, - What it’s like training professionals now that we’ve completed our first cohort, - What we enjoyed most about the training, - The key components of our program that we feel make a huge difference to a professional’s skillset, - Interviews with 3 participants to talk about what they learned and how this benefitted how they support clients. - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/237