Food & Life Freedom with Emma Townsin

Dec 18 2023 2
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The Food & Life Freedom Podcast is here to help you explore your relationship with food and body, to overcome out-of-control eating such as binge or emotional eating and take the guilt out of food. We are so much more complex and interesting than the diet-y messages and food rules make us out to be. When we start working with our bodies (rather than against them), we can find our food and life freedom! Emma Townsin is a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor.

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S2 E12. How body respect can help overcome emotional eating and feeling stressed around food

Dec 18 2023 27 mins  
Stressful emotional eating issues often stem from issues with our body. In this episode we will explore What body respect is How a poor relationship with your body can trigger emotional eating How to work with your body from a body respect approach So you can feel good around food! For more support, join the ⁠Anti-Diet Guide to Overcoming Emotional Eating online course⁠. Wit

S2 E11. How to cope with diet culture during the holiday season

Dec 12 2023 6 mins  
The holidays is no holiday for diet culture. These 3 steps can help you stay grounded and confident in your own body and avoid being drawn back into dieting. For more support, join the Anti-Diet Guide to Overcoming Emotional Eating online course. With lessons, exploratory activities and practical tools to feel good around food into 2024 and beyond! _____________ I'm Emma Towns

S2 E10 Body acceptance while living with a chronic illness or condition with Grace Hamner

Dec 06 2023 78 mins  
Grace and I discuss how navigating chronic body symptoms and chronic illness can negatively impact on our body image. And how easily this can spiral in dieting, disordered eating or an eating disorder. Grace wonderfully weaves her story of navigating MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) and vulvodynia into her professional knowledge as we explore body image as more than just our

S2 E9. How to reject the diet mentality for good with Krista Beck

Nov 28 2023 35 mins  
Krista and I discuss the first principle of intuitive eating - rejecting the diet mentality. We explore why we can feel stuck dieting, how to spot sneaky "not-a-diet" diets and the first steps you can take to move away from dieting to make space to become an intuitive eater. About Krista Krista Beck is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and diet

S2 E8. Overeating, binge eating or emotional eating. What's the difference?

Nov 21 2023 29 mins  
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S2 E7. A non-diet approach to health during midlife and menopause with Sherry Pratt

Nov 14 2023 56 mins  
Today Sherry and I discuss the challenges many women face while navigating midlife and menopause while living in a diet culture. From navigating emotions, weight changes, life changes and our society's erasure of aging women, there can be a lot to process and accept which can for some lead us toward dieting as a way to try control a changing internal and external world. Sherry

S2 E6. Self care for binge eating with Toni Rudd

Nov 07 2023 48 mins  
Binge eating is very common, although if we are struggling with out-of-control eating, it might not feel like it. It is a topic we don't talk about much in our culture. Toni and I are here to change that and take the shame and stigma out of binge eating. We explore: What binge eating is Why we might develop binge eating What we can do to start feeling good around food Toni R

S2 E5. Why mind-body connection is so important for intuitive eating

Nov 01 2023 25 mins  
Dieting tells you your body cannot be trusted. It tells you your body is wrong and it's normal to feel in a fight between body and mind. This is not true and we can feel at peace with food while supporting our bodies to feel their best. The key is having a strong mind-body connection. We will cover: what mind-body connection is what it can tell us (and why this is important) h

S2 E4. Navigating postpartum body image with Raquel Griffin

Oct 24 2023 61 mins  
Raquel and I discuss body image after pregnancy and how societal pressures and "bounce back" culture can fuel poor body image and sometimes lead to a difficult relationship with food. Raquel shares really helpful tips for navigating body image in the postpartum phase. About Raquel Griffin Raquel (she/her) is a queer therapist, Registered Social Worker and Certified Intui

S2 E3. What to do when you can't stop thinking about food

Oct 17 2023 26 mins  
Today I am talking about what to do if you experience constant, obsessive or stressful thoughts about food. Often referred to as a lot of "food noise". I will talk through 5 reasons why food might be on your mind all the time. And, if you relate to this, I will offer some gentle steps you can take so food becomes less obsessive and more peaceful. Here’s how to learn mo