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Encouraging people to find what FEELS good in terms of food, movement and their bodies. Let's challenge the wellness w*nkery and start a new conversation.
In each episode, Christine and Ela discuss their thoughts on diet and fitness fads, speak with fabulous guests about finding peace with food and movement, and interview experts so that they can share their insights and knowledge with you, the listeners.
The hope is that together we can change the narrative around fitness and nutrition, and help you find YOUR strong!
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Send us a text Spicy one this week. We both believe that individuals have agency and that commenting on an individual's body, whether it be out of 'concern' or otherwise, is just not helpful. But can we call out a cultural shift towards extreme thinness? F*ck yes! We feel that we have to. We have a duty of care as professionals working in the non-diet space. We work with clients from disordered eating backgrounds, many of whom are slowly rebuilding trust in their bodies but who a...
Send us a text Tasha and Brandon and their membership - the Village- have been a lifeline for me over the last few months, which personally have been incredibly difficult. They work with recovering perfectionists, folks struggling with burnout and high-achieving humans who are navigating complex life circumstances (clcs) and have lost themselves along the way. If you have ever felt exhausted and overwhelmed by the everyday, and crave some clarity and some space to pursue the goals you'v...
Send us a text What a joyful conversation with the one and only Nana Crawford, creator of Jigglefitt. She is a powerhouse and her energy is truly infectious and we hope you love this conversation as much as we did. We talked to Nana about the following topics: Body Acceptance after having kids and seeing your body change out of recognitionHow to get to know your body againHow dance can help bring you back to your bodyWhy dancing is for everyone, and why it's ok if it doesn't land first ...
Send us a text Before I share the show notes below, a quick disclaimer: this episode is for information and education purposes only and does not focus on medical risk/ replace advice from a medical professional. If you are taking any weight loss drug or are considering taking one, please consult with a professional/ your healthcare provider. Now - what a treat to have the lovely Aoife McMahon on the pod today! Aoife is a specialist eating disorders, disordered eating and body image diet...
Send us a text We had the pleasure of chatting with Dr Rachel Evans for this episode - and we absolutely loved her multi-faceted approach to eating disorder recovery. Rachel draws on her own lived experience with Bulimia, and uses lots of different therapeutic modalities in her client sessions so that each session is tailored exactly to the individual client. Rachel kindly shared her own story with us, and we are sure it will resonate with many people, because it highlights that there o...
Send us a text We are re-releasing this to coincide with the APPG report from Dump The Scales, that was delivered to Number 10 yesterday, alongside a petition calling for an inquiry into all eating disorder deaths. You can find the full report here It's always humbling to speak to our amazing experts, and our conversation with Dr Kamila Irvine was no exception! Whilst she is a very senior researcher and serious advocate for weight-inclusivity, she is also incredibly good fun to chat to!...
Send us a text To celebrate the release of Jenn's first book - Eat to Thrive, we are re-releasing this impactful conversation with Jenn, which remains our most popular episode to date! What an episode. I realised about 20 minutes of chatting to Jenn that I wanted to work with her so immediately signed up to her Midlife Feast Community. Dr Jenn Salib Huber is a Canadian registered dietitian, naturopathic doctor and fellow Intuitive Eating Coach. She is on a mission to help women thrive...
Send us a text This was a feisty conversation. The conversation was inspired by an article from Mikala Jamison on Substack, entitled 'The Long Con of Pilates Culture.' This is by no means a takedown of Pilates as a movement modality. I (Christine) am a Pilates teacher myself and swear by its considerable benefits, however, I would not be inclined to direct a client to Pilates if they wanted to increase muscle mass or bone density. You can absolutely build strength in Pilates, and you can impr...
Send us a text Bethany Rutter is an author and online personal trainer. She is the author of four books for young people and two books for adults. Her next novel is Ask Me Anything, out November 2025. It was a joy to speak with Bethany - so refreshing to hear how she has come to be chill with the body she is in and how she has come from hating PE at school to enjoying movement. We talked about - Bethany's own body and movement story - spinning, sweating and finding joy in movement - how...
Send us a text Christine and I had a really honest conversation about body image disruptors and how we deal with them. Disclaimer: we don't have a 'one-size-fits-all' solution for you! But we are here to validate that they happen to almost everyone, that they suck, and that they can really knock you sideways. It's so hard to avoid comparing yourself to others, to avoid absorbing images that portray 'the ideal body', and to accept your here-and-now body. We get it, we hear it, we hear you! AND...
Send us a text If social media were to be believed, everyone is on a diet. No judgement here, believe me. We live in a dieting culture - it is the air we breathe and the sea we swim in. But we are shrinking ourselves in more ways than one, at a time, where we need to take up space and stand up to the establishment, not cower under it. Alok Venom: "I belong firmly and irrevocably to me. Once I began to realise that this body is mine, other people's appraisal of it becam...
Send us a text Alyssa Ages* is a force to be reckoned with. Author, freelance journalist, crossfit athlete, marathon runner, strong woman competitor, and advocate for strength training and taking up space as a woman. Alyssa talks to us about how strength training, in particular, helped her regain trust and confidence in what her body could do. She talks candidly about her struggles with infertility, how going back to the gym after a miscarriage helped her process some very d...
Send us a text Ela and I have been excited about this episode for quite some time. Stefanie Michele* is a binge eating recovery coach as well as host of the very popular Life After Diets podcast with former guest Sarah Dosanjh. She has recently completed her training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and now approaches her recovery coaching through this trauma-informed lens. Through our conversation, we touched on the following topics: Why striving to be 'body positive' doesn't work for ...
Send us a text RE-RELEASE of one of my favourite ever interviews from March 2023. Only my 6th episode of the podcast before Ela joined me.❤️ Jill Angie is a trailblazer. She is changing the conversation for fat women over 40 and for anyone who thinks they're too old or too slow. She is making huge waves in the running game and it was an absolute joy to share an hour with her. I am currently training for a marathon, and Jill's podcasts have inspired me and have been my constant compani...
Send us a text Skinny is back. With a vengeance. We're furious. Listen, we are very much speaking from a position of privilege in terms of both being in straight-sized bodies, but approaching fitness and health through an anti-oppressive and inclusive lens, this is simply not good news. Eating disorders and disordered eating are very much on the rise, as is body dissatisfaction, and the very sad truth is, is that there is no quick fix when it comes to our fitness,our bodies ...
Send us a text In this episode, I sat down to chat with the incredible Dr Jenn Huber as a guest on the Midlife Feast podcast. At 49, I received an ADHD diagnosis after years of masking. In this episode I share how perimenopause brought long-overlooked symptoms into focus. Together, we unpack how midlife hormonal shifts can amplify ADHD traits and why rigid fitness plans rarely work for neurodivergent brains. We also bust the motivation myth and share simple mindset shifts that make move...
Send us a text We recently had Sarah Dosanjh on the pod and as part of our prep had re-listened to several recent Life After Diets podcast. An episode about boundaries - setting and keeping - really spoke to us, so we decided to do a deep dive. We are by no means experts and in this episode, we simply try to navigate recovery from perfectionism and learning to set appropriate personal relationship boundaries as well as boundaries around food and movement. We get personal and open up abo...
Send us a text Michael Ulloa * is well known on social media for myth busting nutri- and fitness-bollocks - he gets posts every day from concerned followers that found yet another load of nonsense in their feed. Moving from gym bro to myth busting was a gradual process for Michael, as was changing his own relationship to movement and nutrition. We had such a good conversation and talked about how fitness doesn't have a look, how flexibility can lead to consistency and sustainable habits...
Send us a text Oh wow - we had Sarah Dosanjh on the pod!!! And how lovely is she? Sarah is a qualified and BACP-accredited psychotherapist specialising in binge eating — not just through training, but lived experience too. After over a decade of struggling with binge eating and bulimia, it was deep inner work that finally transformed her relationship with food. That journey now informs how she supports others. Since publishing I Can’t Stop Eating (an Amazon bestseller) in 2020, she's ra...
Send us a text (That's not how we actually feel by the way!) This is another solo/ duo episode where we shoot the sh*t and talk about all things body image, diet culture and embracing our 'here and now' bodies. Christine's husband asked her to join him on his 'HELL' run this Saturday and it got us thinking about how so many of us see exercise as a form of punishment or self-flagellation. A penance for eating the doughnut or having the cake when we 'should have had more willpower' or jus...
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