Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

You know you need to leave all-or-nothing thinking behind with your food and body. But easier said than done. Breanne Ward, MSN, RN, RYT and I discuss her Truce with Food journey and the “how” of embracing growth mindset to propel you further (wait till you hear her period story!). Breanne shares three important questions to embrace your health journey as it comes and the biggest cultural myth and personal belief that stops women from having time for self-care.Send me (Ali) a text message. 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 today’s episode, Nicole “The Period Girl” Jardim is going to give us the important truth about:1. The importance of a healthy menstrual cycle, including making sure this happens, not just if you get your period or not2. The side-effects and costs of taking the birth control pill, including for some women, it makes them attracted to the wrong guy!3. Food fixes to make during the various phases of your menstrual cycle so you don’t crash on carbs and chocolateSend me (Ali) a text message. 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.

With the New Year upon us, it’s easy to think things will be magically different. Guess what? They can be if we do things differently. We can start the year with a fresh start, but not necessarily a clean slate. In other words, we still have our emotional selves that we’re bringing to the New Year. Because this season is about the feminine perspective or what’s missing in our conversations, I’m going to be sharing what’s missing in traditional and emotional eating approaches, including binging approaches, so that you can blow your expectations for freedom out of the water in today’s episode.Send me (Ali) a text message. 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.

While the health-care and diet industry would like you to believe all bodies are the same, the truth is: You are a wonder, not a widget. In today’s episode, we’ll chat with my client Jess Ivins, to hear her story and how she: got unstuck and re-energized from years of dieting, working with her body to manager her endometriosis (including this one change that made her drop eight pounds), and how she learned to embrace the necessity of experimenting what works for her body as she gets healthier.Send me (Ali) a text message. 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.

The world’s default is male. It’s hard to grasp the enormity of this bias. From the medicine to spirituality, our healing modalities are incomplete. This season aims to start to fill in some very important blindspots that once you see, you can get results beyond your and our culture’s current imagination. Let the game begin!Send me (Ali) a text message. 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.

Rewind of Episode 98Most people think they aren’t reaching their health goals because of a lack of willpower. In this episode, I dispel this myth and discuss: 1.1. The different types of discipline required to be consistent with working out versus food2.2. The importance of not pushing through your physical hunger and how that back fires3.3. How to start to build the discipline required to understand your makes no sense eatingSend me (Ali) a text message. 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.

Rewind of Episode 64Do you find that certain foods are a gateway for you? You can’t just have one? Why are there certain foods that trigger us? And they are never carrots and green smoothies.In today’s episode we talk about the key questions to ask yourself that will enable you to finally be around your trigger foods and not eat them. There is a physical and emotional component that we have to take into account and we want to teach you how.Send me (Ali) a text message. 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.

Rewind of Episode 39What if there was a way to increase your will power? Would that be the key to being able to say no thank you to that dessert at at end of the meal? Nicole is the founder and President of Equilibria Leadership Consulting, an international leadership and management consulting and coaching firm, based in Philadelphia, PA. She is a regular contributor to the print and broadcast community and has been featured on NPR, NBC, CBS, Fox Business News, Investor’s Business Daily, Entreprenuer.com, Forbes.com, New York Times Magazine, Prairie Business Magazine, and numerous other media outlets. She is also one of Ali’s Best friends! The weight loss industry has been trending towards increasing acceptance, self love and giving yourself permission to eat what you want, in the hopes that if you allow yourself those “forbidden” foods then you won’t over eat them. In this episode we talk about the importance of having self discipline and how to work on habit formation.Send me (Ali) a text message. 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.

Rewind of Episode 54People often say they feel blocked or stuck with heavy emotions and food, booze and bad tv are the only choice they have to cope. In this episode we will talk about how to stop anesthetizing you feelings and face them head on in a way that is empowering and not scary.Send me (Ali) a text message. 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.

Rewind of Episode 52Conventional wisdom tells you to visualize success in order to achieve a goal, but in this episode we will reveal a better technique that’s more effective than just positive thinking. How can you gracefully get on the same page with your hosts and hostesses when it comes to wanting to eat healthy at a holiday gathering?and lastly what to measure so you can eliminate your guilt from over indulging over the holiday season.Send me (Ali) a text message. 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.