Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

Today’s episode is with my long-time friend and colleague Sas Petherick. It’s about those times when you want to lose weight… but you also want to love your body.This is also the beginning of our new Body Series: ongoing conversations about the nuances of being in relationship with our bodies. And today I'm announcing the first live round of my Your Emotional Eating Blueprint: Why Am I Eating This Now? course, which you can hear more about by getting on my email list!We discuss:Sas’ relationship with her body + illnessDiet culture as “thin at all costs”Feeling peace within our bodiesCentering strength & health instead of weight lossHow Sas has changed her eating habitsWhy restriction is different than deprivationDoing the “good thing” vs actually feeling goodFinding satisfaction in our day-to-dayLetting go of the Weight Watchers “walk of shame” More about our guest: Sas Petherick believes that healing our self-doubt is one of the most important contributions we can make to ourselves, our families, our work, and the world.Sas holds a Master's degree from Oxford, and her research on self-doubt was published in the International Journal of Coaching and Mentoring. She has developed an evidence-based, trauma-informed, ICF-accredited coaching methodology for cultivating self-belief.For over a decade, Sas has coached with hundreds of women experiencing self-doubt in their professional and personal lives. Sas hosts the top 1% rated self-doubt podcast Courage & Spice which has enjoyed over half a million downloads. She is also an accomplished speaker and has developed coaching workshops and programmes for clients like BBC Worldwide and Pinterest. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines.After 25 years in the UK, Sas currently lives by the beach in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, with her partner Ash and pooch Bohdi, imagining a post-capitalist world, exploring consciousness, and listening to obscure UFO podcasts.Connect with Sas Petherick:Visits Sas’s websiteFollow Sas on InstagramSubscribe to Sas’s newsletter Courage & Spice Mentioned in this episode:That Sugar FilmFreedom From Cravings Self StudyOpt in here to be the first to hear about the first live round of my Why Am I Eating This Now? mini-course  Send me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

2025 has been the longest year ever (already), hasn’t it?My sleep issues are back. I’m working on HRT shifts. The political climate is chaos. And I just needed to take February to rest.But the podcast is coming back! I’m here today to let you know that we have a lot of exciting episodes coming up — including a new Body Stories series, an interview with a personal trainer about how to lose weight in mid-life, and minisodes from me about emotional eating and belonging.Plus! In mid-April I’m launching a Why Am I Eating This Now? mini-course for only $97. Get on my email list to be the first to know when registration opens. And tune back in next week for a new episode!Send me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

After nearly 300 episodes of the Insatiable Podcast, I know you likely understand food challenges intellectually—now it's time for real change.Join me, Ali, for a FREE breakthrough session that will transform your relationship with food. This Wednesday (Jan. 8th) at noon EST, I'm hosting Stop the Quick Fix Cycle: Why Band-Aid Solutions Make Emotional Eating Worse (and How to Actually Get Results). In this episode, I briefly address 3 of the things I most often hear from people considering Truce with Food:1) "I've tried everything" – Learn why emotional safety and belonging are the missing pieces.2) "I know what works; I just can't stick with it" – Discover how unmet emotional needs, not willpower, affect your consistency.3) "If there were a solution, I would have found it by now" – See why knowledge isn't enough and why you've been looking in the wrong direction (along with most of the nutrition and fitness industry)At this free breakthrough session, we'll dive deeper into these three beliefs and you'll hear direcly from past participants who've achieved sustainable and lasting transformation with their relationship to food. And you'll learn how to set transformational goals (and how they're different from traditional health and weight loss goal setting). Ready to make this year really different? 👇 Register below to turn your insights into action 👇Send me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

Hey, Insatiable listeners. Today I’m sharing a conversation I had with Sonia and Kathleen for their podcast Sisters in Sobriety all about food, belonging, and self-awareness during the holiday season.In this episode, I answer big questions, like:How do cultural narratives around food shape our holiday habits?What role does food play in our sense of connection?How can we honor our health while participating in long-standing traditions?We also discuss actionable strategies for balancing blood sugar, managing holiday expectations, and identifying emotional triggers that lead to overeating.I hope this episode can be your a roadmap for mindful eating and resilience during this festive yet often challenging time. Happy holidays!Hear me on Sisters in Sobriety:Emotional Eating & Self-Worth: Ali Shapiro’s Guide to True Food FreedomBreaking Free from the Food Guilt Cycle with Ali ShapiroEnjoying Food and Staying Balanced During the Holidays with Ali Shapiro Send me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

Ah, sugar…referred to as the sugar dragon, sugar siren, and sugar addiction. There are physical and emotional root causes and solutions of how to reduce sugar in your life.In this episode, we will discuss:Why sugar is so dangerous and yet it comforts us5 easy food swaps and additions to your diet to naturally prevent cravingsThe four emotional triggers that cause sugar cravings and how to work through triggers without sugarFor more support, I recommend my self-study course Freedom from Cravings: https://alishapiro.com/freedom-from-cravings/Send me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

Happy Halloween season, dear Insatiable listeners! As we move toward this sweet-and-spooky holiday, I wanted to share how we approach candy in my household — before, during, and after trick-or-treating.In this episode, I'll explain the three flexible, biology-rooted rules that guide how I handle sweets for my almost five-year-old son, Eça. I also talk about how I approach candy for myself. Because it isn’t just for kids, and the idea that there’s food for kids and food for adults is just a marketing strategy.Tune in to hear about:Why food “rules” need more nuanceMy 3 principles for candy consumption: blood sugar, immunity, & joyHow to center joy & belonging in your Halloween traditionsModeration as a radical approachOur Halloween night protocolsThe challenges of intuitive eating for kids Mentioned in this episode:Episode 280: What’s Missing From the “Emotional Eating” Conversation with Dr. Deborah MacNamaraEpisode 257: Alcohol, Food, and Body Image: Push Off From Here with Laura McKowen – Insatiable Special EpisodeEpisode 234: How to Exercise to Prevent Sugar Cravings with Alisa VittiEpisode 233: Quitting Alcohol and Managing Sugar Cravings with Laura McKowenSend me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

Not eating the right foods for our unique bodies creates anxiety. This anxiety shows up as a felt sense of anxiety AND also “needing something more” to eat but not knowing what that is or a general feeling of being unsatisfied with what they just ate.To help us go into depth and teach us about this sugar-anxiety feedback loop, I’ve invited a holistic psychiatrist and my friend Dr. Ellen Vora onto the show. In this episode, we will discuss:Real and false anxietyHow and why sugar creates anxietyClean eating versus nutrient-dense foodsDr. Vora’s top foods to add in for reducing anxiety and sugar in one’s dietCaffeine’s role in anxiety and how to end your coffee habit Mentioned in this episode:Read Dr. Vora's book, The Anatomy of AnxietyAli’s Breakfast ExperimentSend me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

In this engaging discussion, Kristin Johnson, a holistic nutrition expert, and Maria Claps, an FDN practitioner, share insights from their book, 'The Great Menopause Myth.' They explore the challenges of menopause, including hormone loss and weight management, and stress the importance of personalized approaches to HRT. The duo emphasizes self-advocacy and critical thinking when navigating health decisions. Laugh along as they delve into misconceptions about diet and lifestyle during midlife, highlighting the significance of community support in this transitional phase.

Too many of us feel like we have to go it alone with food. We put so much work into trying to lose weight and get healthy, but we just end up feeling isolated and ashamed.In this episode, I’m joined by my clients Ginny and Isis to talk about why all of us (even the “bad joiners”!) need community support to heal our food triggers, and how working alongside other people can improve our self-awareness, self-talk, and self-esteem.This is part two of a conversation about the transformations Ginny and Isis experienced in my program Why Am I Eating This Now?.Tune in to hear us discuss:Why even “bad joiners” need communitySelf-monitoring vs self-awarenessThe ways Why Am I Eating This Now? can support weight lossHow to satisfy your food noise triggers without foodWhy you are not your coping strategiesIsis’ Ozempic experienceWhat you can expect if you join Why Am I Eating This Now? this fall And if you love this episode, make sure sign up for my free masterclass that’s happening tomorrow! Mentioned in this episode:Episode 278: How to Better Understand Stress with Andrea Nakayama, Functional Medicine Nutritionist and EducatorFood Freedom 2: Feel In Control, Not Controlled By FoodEpisode 280: What’s Missing From the “Emotional Eating” Conversation with Dr. Deborah MacNamaraSend me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.

Have you ever asked yourself, ‘why am I eating this now?’I’ve talked about this in many of my past episodes, but today I’m excited to have two clients joining me to share their powerful stories of going from “failing” at every program they tried to addressing the root issues of their falling off track with food.Tune in to hear Ginny and Isis talk about the diets they’ve been on, the health concerns they’re navigating, and how our work together transformed their eating habits, including food no longer being their go-to.We discuss:Our unique health priorities & how they relate to what we eatThe many ways popular diets shame & isolate usWhy Ginny & Isis decided to join Why Am I Eating This Now?How to know you’re ready to invest in yourselfSupport for pulling yourself out of feeling powerlessThe importance of having a flexible path (not a rigid rulebook) Part two of this conversation is coming next week. Make sure you sign up for my free masterclass before then!Send me (Ali) a text message.⭐️ Ready to catch yourself before you fall off track with food? RSVP for my free workshop on September 3rd. I’ll guide you through a supportive coaching exercise, and you’ll walk away with tangible tools for untangling your food triggers. Click here to join live and get the recording. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.