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Talking with Emma is the podcast for women who are tired of feeling like their health is the one thing they can’t get sorted.
I’m Emma Wright — feminist health coach, author, and someone who knows exactly how exhausting it is to live like not matter how much you try, the way you eat and look is never quite “good enough.”
After years of controlling my food, exercising harder, and constantly feeling like a failure, I discovered something different — and more powerful:
Coaching tools that break free of patriarchal structures so you can powerfully change the way you think and feel - and take charge of your health the way you want to.
Each episode, I’ll share the exact tools I use with clients who want relief from the mystery of why health feels so confusing and out of reach — and who are ready to reclaim their power, with the calmness and confidence to reach for their goals.
If you’re ready to see where patriarchy has infiltrated the health and wellbeing industry and kept you in a cycle of blaming yourself and keeping yourself small, this podcast is for you.
📥 Want to go deeper?
Download the Midlife Body Image Assessment — a free tool to help you uncover what’s really going on beneath the food and body noise that patriarchy is very happy for you to have, so you can start feeling more grounded, confident, and in charge.
Curious about working together?
I’m currently welcoming new 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about how to achieve the health goals you have and what kind of support you need to do that, and of course, whether coaching with me feels like the right fit.
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This week on Talking with Emma, I’m diving into one of the most emotionally charged topics in the health world: food addiction. But instead of recycling the same old narratives, I’m offering a different lens — one that cuts through the confusion, the shame, and the pseudoscience. We’re pulling apart what people really mean when they say they feel addicted to food — and why that feeling is often more about cultural conditioning, restriction, and stigma than about the food itself. If you've eve...
In this special {time sensitive} episode, I’m sharing a sneak peek into my free masterclass: The Emotional Eating Solution. I break down a practical, compassionate 3-step process to help you stop the cycle of emotional eating — without more willpower, rigid rules, or yet another plan to follow. If you're ready to feel more in control of your energy, reduce the food noise, and quit beating yourself up, you won't want to miss this. Timeline Summary: [0:45] - Why emotional eating is a biol...
Today, we’re flipping the script on emotional eating. I’m saying what most wellness advice won’t: Eating your feelings isn’t a personal failure. It’s actually your biology doing its job. In this episode, we look at why food is such an effective (and totally sane) way our bodies seek calm after stress, and how cultural conditioning has layered shame, fear, and perfectionism on top of that very human behaviour. I break down the powerful cultural forces that taught us to see emotional eating as ...
What to Do When Getting Dressed Ruins Your Day We’ve all had those mornings. You get dressed, catch your reflection — or feel your clothes pinch — and suddenly the whole day feels hijacked. The shame hits hard, especially if you “know better” and still find yourself spiraling. Here’s the truth: you’re not failing. You’re not weak. You’re not broken. You’re learning a new skill — and like any new skill, it takes practice. In this episode of Talking with Emma, you’ll learn: Why your brain still...
You’ve been told that changing your mindset and loving your body will stop the food and body noise. But those messages, well-meaning as they are, may have been keeping you stuck. In this episode, I’m diving into why I don’t coach mindset—and why I don’t teach body love either. Instead of piling on more affirmations or chasing a feeling of love about your body still centers women's worthiness around appearance. I am offering you something different: the power of embodiment and the quiet,...
For so many smart midlife women, the dressing room isn’t just about clothes. It’s the place where decades of cultural messages about how our bodies should look come crashing in. That’s why I’m running a free masterclass: How to Stop the Dressing Room Spiral and Feel Good in Clothes Again. In this Sept 22 class, you’ll learn: Why dressing rooms trigger so much shame (and why it makes total sense).How to prepare yourself before you shop so you feel steadier walking in.The exact tools to use in ...
If you’ve ever stood in a dressing room, staring at your reflection with that sinking feeling in your chest—this episode is for you. Today, we’re talking about why dressing rooms can feel like emotional landmines for midlife women—and more importantly, what to do about it. I’ll walk you through a practical, compassionate framework that helps you stop spiraling and start shopping with more self-respect. You’ll learn why your reaction is completely normal (spoiler: the problem isn’t your body),...
If you’ve ever wondered how to handle body comments or wished you had a graceful way to end unwanted diet talk, this episode is for you. Whether it’s a relative commenting on your weight, a friend raving about their latest wellness trend, or someone “helpfully” telling you what you should be doing with your body, these moments can knock you off balance and drain your energy. In this episode of Talking with Emma, I’m teaching you how to pair my proven Expect It tool with simple, healthy bounda...
Avoiding Photos is a Safety Issue, Not a Vanity Issue Have you ever avoided being in a photo, untagged yourself on social media, or felt instant dread when someone pulled out a camera? You might think it’s about vanity — but in this episode of Talking with Emma, I explain why it’s actually about body image safety and nervous system survival responses. We unpack how decades of diet culture, midlife body image pressures, and unrealistic beauty standards have trained our brains to see unflatteri...
In this episode I dive into one of the most pervasive and exhausting beliefs I see in my coaching practice: the idea that your body is a problem that needs to be fixed. Even for those of us who reject diet culture or adopt intuitive eating, this belief often runs deep and unconsciously influences how we perceive ourselves. I explore the systems of belief that reinforce the "fix-it" mentality—from diet culture and patriarchy to wellness culture and emotional avoidance. Plus, I shar...
If you’re tired of swinging between trying really hard and giving up entirely, if you’re worn out by the idea that more discipline is the answer — this episode will feel like a breath of fresh air. In this episode, I unpack one of the most common (and most damaging) myths midlife women carry: that they’re the problem. That if they could just get more willpower, they’d finally be able to eat better, move more, and feel good in their skin. Spoiler alert: You’re not the problem. You’re smart. Yo...
If you've recently put on weight and found yourself spiralling — even though you know diets don't work — this episode is for you. In today’s conversation, we talk about what to do when your body changes and panic sets in. When the old food and body thoughts are loud. When you feel ashamed for even caring, but can't stop thinking about it. You’ll hear the story of a smart, capable midlife woman who said, "I hate that I care about this so much. I feel like I should know better." And we unpack ...
You don’t have to feel good about your body to treat it with care. This episode is for you if you’ve ever said: “I’ll buy new clothes once I’ve lost weight.”“I'll go out with friends when I feel like I've got myself sorted."“I have to do the workout, even though I'm really tired.”If you’ve been waiting until you like your body before treating it with care — I want to offer you something different. Today’s coaching tool is: You don’t need to love your body to respect it. We explore: Why...
Episode 9: Don’t Gaslight Yourself: You’re Not Imagining the Struggle Welcome to Talking with Emma — a podcast for smart, capable women who are tired of feeling like their body is the one part of life they still haven’t figured out. I’m Emma Wright — body image coach, author, and someone who knows how hard it can be to have a body. In this episode, we build on last week’s coaching tool — thoughts are not facts — by exploring something just as important: You’re not making it up. That pressure ...
If you’ve ever stood in front of the mirror and spiralled into shame, changed outfits five times before going out, or quietly questioned your worth because of how you look — this episode is for you. Because your body isn’t a constant worthiness scorecard. And it never was. What’s causing the struggle isn’t your body — it’s the thoughts you’ve inherited about your body. In this episode of Talking with Emma, we dig into the invisible, exhausting inner dialogue so many women live with — an...
You’re smart. You’re politically aware of beauty standards. You know diet culture is toxic. And yet. In this episode of Talking with Emma, we explore one of the most uncomfortable contradictions: How can you be committed to body acceptance… and still long for a smaller body? We talk about why this desire is not a personal failure — it’s a survival response in a world that rewards thinness and punishes fatness. I share the story of a client navigating this exact tension, and offer a self...
Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I should have outgrown this by now” when it comes to your body? You're not alone — and you're definitely not failing. In this episode of Talking with Emma, we dive into the painful belief that midlife body struggles mean you haven’t done enough personal work. We unpack the real reason it still feels hard — not because you’re broken, but because you’ve been living in a culture that keeps moving the goalposts on what your body should be. I share a practic...
Description: If you feel like you’re always striving — to get it right, to hold it together, to prove you’re good enough — and want to feel more confident instead, this episode is for you. We talk about how perfectionism keeps you stuck in the cycle of “not enough,” even if you’ve done all the work to leave diet culture behind. You’ll learn why failure feels so personal, and how to build a different relationship with it — one that makes an easier relationship with yourself possible. In this ...
Description: If you feel like you spend too much time thinking about food — what you should eat, what you shouldn’t, whether you’ve already blown it — this episode is for you. We talk about why you’re not addicted to food. You’re deprived. And your body is trying to protect you. In this episode, I explain how black-and-white thinking about food — inherited from diet culture, family messages, and years of restriction — sets you up to feel out of control. We look at why your brain fixates on fo...
How to Use the Midlife Body Image Self Assessments If you’ve downloaded the Midlife Body Image Self Assessments — this episode is for you. Inside the guide are three evidence-based tools to help you understand what’s really shaping your relationship with your body, your eating, and your inner dialogue. In this episode, I walk you through how to use the assessments, what to expect, and how to interpret what comes up — especially if it brings unexpected emotion or clarity. You’ll also learn wha...
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