Food & Life Freedom Podcast
With Emma Townsin, Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor
The Intuitive Eating and Anti-Diet Podcast
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!
Use the links to follow on your favourite podcasting platform or listen directly below to stop feeling stress over food.
Season 2 trailer - I'm back!
The Food & Life Freedom Podcast is back!
I have so many interesting and knowledgable guests lined up (dietitians, therapists, personal trainers, health coaches, social workers) who all practice from a non-diet approach.
Hit follow to see the episodes as they are released weekly from the 4th October!
Season 1
S1 Bonus. Do you need a diet plan or intuitive eating?
We will look at the differences between following a diet plan compared with intuitive eating and explore the 6 signs to look out for that intuitive eating may be your path to finding food freedom.
So tune in to this 10 minute bonus episode that will help you break down what path you need to take to find food freedom.
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S1 E10. How to deal with emotional eating without dieting
This week we are exploring emotional eating. If you find yourself feeling out of control around food when big emotions come up, this episode will support you with the steps you need to recover from emotional eating without turning to dieting.
We will cover:
- Why we eat for emotional reasons
- The positive role it can serve in your life
- How to know when emotional eating is harmful
- 4 steps you can take to deal with stressful emotional eating.
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S1 E9. Stress and gut health with Nickie Hursthouse
How does stress and your nervous system influence your gut symptoms? If you experience IBS or gut symptoms, it can be tempting to turn straight to food. But, as we will learn, the gut responds to much more than just food.
We will cover:
1. What is stress and why we need to stop trying to "reduce" it
2. How stress can impact the gut with both physical and nervous system changes
3. When to try food modifications and when to explore your nervous system responses
4. What you can do to reduce the impact of stress on your gut
About Nickie
S1 E8. What does it mean to be healthy?
What does it really mean to be “healthy”? Is health a personal responsibility? And how much impact does diet and exercise really have on our health? By understanding what makes you feel healthy, rather than what our culture says should be healthy, you can prioritise the areas of your health and wellbeing that really matter to you.
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S1 E7. What is diet culture?
Today we explore diet culture and how it relates to principle 1 of Intuitive Eating - rejecting the diet mentality. We will explore what diet culture is, the 6 most common lies we are told about food and bodies and how we can actively start rejecting diet culture.
Exploring and letting go of diet culture is the number one step to finding a peaceful and easy relationship with food and your body so this is a must listen episode as you start becoming an intuitive eater.
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S1 E6. How to start Intuitive Eating with Ela Law
Emma speaks with Ela Law, Nutritionist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor about how to let go of weight loss dieting and get started with Intuitive Eating.
This episode is a must listen for those newer to intuitive eating. We explore why dieting has become about acceptance and safety rather than health, how our sense of identity fits in with becoming an intuitive eater and Ela provides support and advice on the most important first steps to take to become an intuitive eater.
About Ela Law
S1 E5. The 10 principles of intuitive eating
What are the 10 principles of intuitive eating? As a Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, I see many myths and just plain innacurate information about intuitive eating. So, to bust through this, let's break down the principles to learn how intuitive eating really helps you to stop feeling stressed over food and feel good in your body.
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S1 E4. What is Intuitive Eating?
What is intuitive eating, how it can support a positive relationship with food AND healthy eating, and I'll share my best tips to get started with intuitive eating.
We will discuss:
- why body trust and connection is so important for intuitive eating
- our innate processes that naturally guide our eating
- how our cultural food and body ideals create a disconnect with our body
- how a disconnect drives disordered eating behaviours such as emotional eating and binge eating
- what eating can feel like as an intuitive eater
- my top 3 tips to get started with intuitive eating
For more, grab your free e-book "5 steps to get started with intuitive eating"
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S1 E3. Non-diet approach for PCOS with Cordula Henggeler
Today I am joined Registered Dietitian and PCOS expert Cordula Henggler. Cordula shares her knowledge and helpful advice about how you can support your body to manage PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) symptoms without diets and food restriction.
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About Cordula
S1 E2. The problem with weight loss dieting for health
"I don't want to diet but I need to lose weight for health, what should I do?"
We discuss how you can work towards health goals or health improvements without falling into the diet cycle trap. We discuss what the research actually says about weight loss diets and health improvements, why we are constantly told to "just lose weight" (as if it's that simple) and what you can do for your health and general wellbeing.
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S1 E1. Why weight loss diets don't work
In this first episode we are exploring the biological changes that happen in your body when you weight loss diet so you can take away the guilt and shame you might have felt towards your body if you have not been able to stick with a diet. You don't fail a diet, a diet fails you!
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Read the episode here.
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Season 1 Trailer - The Intuitive Eating and Anti-Diet podcast
For anyone finding food stressful or feeling a disconnect with their body when it comes to eating or your emotions, this podcast is for you.
