Intuitive Eating & Body Positivity with Terri Pugh

Send me a message - text me! A quick update on where I am right now, and my plans for the next few weeks. Don't panic, I'm not quitting the show, but I do need to take a little break. Listen in and I'll tell you what my plans are for the podcast for while I'm away. Mop up your tears, know that I'm still here, and take advantage of the replays I'm going to share with you. Revisiting old episodes really can provide new insights and shine a light on some aspects of intuitive eating and...

Send me a message - text me! Welcome to this week's empowering episode of the Intuitive Eating & Body Positivity Podcast, where I’m discussing practical tips for advocating for yourself confidently and effectively in everyday life. Whether you're travelling, dining out, attending social events, or simply navigating daily routines, it's crucial to ensure your comfort and wellbeing, so I’m giving you plenty of actionable strategies tailored for individuals in bigger bodies to help you ...

Send me a message - text me! Today, for a bit of fun, I’m bringing you my 10 commandments of dieting. Let’s break some rules of dieting. From ‘thou shalt worship the scale’ to ‘Thou shalt find salvation in achieving the 'ideal' weight’, and all the commandments in between.I'm talking about carbs and calories, trends and exercise, social media and food validation, body acceptance and comparison. So much to talk about, so many rules to break!I also couldn’t let this episode pass by without a me...

Send me a message - text me! I looked at some photos recently and caught myself saying "I wish I could still wear that,", but do I really?? I’m taking a somewhat nostalgic journey through the fashion trends of yesteryears. From shell suits and banana clips to heather shimmer lipstick and mini skirts, I’m reminiscing about my past fashion choices and reflecting on what still appeals to me today (hint, not very much of it!!).This is why I’m talking about the evolution of her personal style...

Send me a message - text me! In this week’s episode I’m going to guide you through the incredible benefits of journaling as a tool for supporting your body positivity and intuitive eating journey. Journaling has helped me confront and change negative beliefs about my body and self-worth so I wanted to share some tips with you too. I’m talking about,✏️How writing helps process thoughts more efficiently.✏️What to use to be able to journal.✏️Ideas for what you can journal on.✏️When to ...

Send me a message - text me! Hey everyone, it's Terri here, welcoming you back to my podcast. Today, I'm getting real with you about taking responsibility for my own actions. I'm stepping up to take better care of myself, especially with my battle against chronic fatigue syndrome. It’s been a rough ride, and honestly, I’ve let some things slide more than I should have. But you know what? It’s time to change that.In this episode, I’m opening up about everything from my struggles with food truc...

Send me a message - text me! Hey everyone, welcome to Episode 129 of our podcast, “People Don't Like Change.” In this episode I am tackling a pretty big topic, how people change towards us as we start to change our attitude towards our bodies and food. As we change and become our genuine, body positive, intuitive eating self we often hear comments from people around us that make us question their friendship. So this week we’re talking about staying strong amid the negativity, breaking do...

Send me a message - text me! Welcome to Episode 128 of our podcast, "Body confidence in the workplace, why it matters and how we can all help". Today, I'm going to delve into a sensitive yet crucial topic that affects many professionals: body confidence and its impact on workplace dynamics and personal performance. Let me take you through various aspects of body shaming and bias in professional environments, from subtle comments about food choices to explicit biases in job selectio...

Send me a message - text me! In this week’s episode I’m talking to Charlie Garnham. Charlie is a Human Design expert, specialising in helping women to move away from their Good Girl conditioning and stepping away from the frantic “doing” of their businesses and lives and finding more flow and ease by becoming the natural leader they were born to be. Intuitive, yet practical, Charlie uses the Human Design system to uncover your personal map to success in life through teaching the system t...

Send me a message - text me! Let's talk about whether or not you should watch Fat Friends. With the focus of the Netflix show being based around people who met at and regularly visit a diet club, it is understandable that you might be wary of watching if you're trying to escape dieting yourself.I'm going to explain how I see Fat Friends through my very own eyes - the funny and satirical, the sympathetic approach to its characters, and how we can relate to the depiction of different foods...

Send me a message - text me! It’s food waste action week. Reducing food waste is a great thing for us all to strive to do, but as someone coming out of dieting and trying to make peace with not having to finish everything on your plate to do this can be quite difficult. It can plunge you straight back into a dieting mentality.There are many reasons why we might be uneasy about wasting food. Let’s chat about why that might be, and then let’s find ways to reduce food waste without compromising ...

Send me a message - text me! Bingeing looks different to different people, but whether you are a diagnosed binge eater or have simply had a massive blow out and now feel absolutely terrible for it, those feelings that you are left with after are awful. You can feel guilt, shame, embarrassment, and like you need to undo it all somehow. In this episode I'm going to help you to work through that. I have some tips to help you understand where your binge eating or overeating may have come fro...

Send me a message - text me! Have you ever had those days when nothing seems to go right? Well, let me start you off in this episode with with my own mishap involving some highly anticipated chicken nuggets and chips. Let's call it nugget-gate.Nostalgia's a tricky thing, and in this episode, we're not just reminiscing about the fashion disasters (hello, neon!) but also wading through the deeper waters of body image and identity. In this episode, host I am delving into the concept o...

Send me a message - text me! We are at the end of the back to basics series! We have looked at each of the 10 principles of intuitive eating, and hopefully it has helped you to understand them a little bit better, and see how they fit for you, in your life.I do want to finish off with a quick episode that will help you to bring it all together, and give you some final tips and words of wisdom.I’d like to take a few minutes to talk to you about what order to work through the principles of intu...

Send me a message - text me! Today in my back to basics series I’m talking about intuitive eating principle principle 10, honour your health - gentle nutrition.Gentle nutrition is very intentionally the last of the intuitive eating principles. In this episode I am going to help you find a way to consider nutrition without being overwhelmed or all consumed by it.I’m explaining how diet plans put a large focus on nutrition, and make you feel guilty for not being ‘healthy’ enough. I’ll...