Strong Not Starving

What if your relationship with food is still difficult, even after you’ve made real progress? Sometimes, the struggle isn’t actually about food or the diet anymore. Food can become a way of coping with unmet emotional needs, loneliness, anxiety, or other parts of life that are harder to face. In this episode, I talk about why progress doesn’t always look like perfection, why confronting what’s underneath our food struggles can feel so difficult, and why it’s never too late to create a bette...

What happens when you stop dieting and start building a healthier relationship with food? In this episode, I share my experience of moving away from strict food rules and learning how to eat in a way that supports both my health and my enjoyment of life. We’ll explore why letting go of dieting can feel uncomfortable, how to approach food without constantly feeling like you’re doing something “wrong,” and why creating your own sustainable approach to nutrition and exercise can be more valuable...

After two years of following a bodybuilding-style training program, Annabelle decided to completely rethink the way she trains. She was pushing herself to failure, training individual muscles, and working as hard as she could in every session. She was also getting injured every few months and started questioning whether this was actually a sustainable way to train for the long term. So she switched to a strength-focused program designed by Marcus, and in this episode, Annabelle and Marcus t...

Sometimes, the environment I’m in simply doesn’t support the person I’m trying to become. In this video, I share my experience as a working guitar player in my 20s. From the outside, I was living the dream. But the reality of my day-to-day life was completely at odds with what I needed to feel healthy and happy. Leaving that career was scary. It meant starting over at an age when many of my friends already had established careers, families, and a clear path forward. But staying somewhere t...

In this video, we're talking about why it's so hard to change our relationship with food and body image, even when we genuinely want to. Even when we know our current habits aren't serving us anymore. Even when we want something better for ourselves. We share stories from our own journeys, the obstacles that kept us stuck, and the mindset shifts and realizations that helped us change our relationship with food and our bodies. If you've ever felt frustrated because you know what you "should" d...