Breaking Body Biases

Send a text message to the show! This week we explore food could influence our impact. Why should we separate food from our workouts and how that would look?  This is the 6th video in a series for fitness instructors for the ACE Group Fitness FB page. Assignment:  Start untangling food from your workouts. What would change? What things would you need to stop doing or saying? And what could be said...

Send a text message to the show! This week we explore the LOOK of fitness. How could taking a less aesthetic approach help to create a greater connection with clients?  This is the 5th video in a series for fitness instructors for the ACE Group Fitness FB page. Assignment:  This week pay attention to your coaching and cueing. Could you change some aesthetic cues from your coaching? Add your though...

Send a text message to the show! This week we explore the power of our words. Take a listen to learn why reframing what we say could help create a much greater connection with clients. This is the 4th video in a series for fitness instructors for the ACE Group Fitness FB page. Assignment:  This week pay attention to the words you use in your classes or when taking classes. Observe and reflect on w...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, the 3rd in a series for fitness instructors, we examine why fitness instructors would benefit from taking a weight-neutral approach.  This week we explore what it would look like if we took a weight-neutral approach. Take a listen to learn what a weight-neutral approach is and how it might benefit participants and those that haven't found thei...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, the 2nd in a series for fitness instructors, we look at BIAS.  If you haven’t completed the Harvard Implicit Bias Test from the last episode, be sure to do that first. The results from this quick 'test' will help you as we talk about bias this week and how it could affect your classes. Take a listen to the video and complete the suggested...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, we launch a brand new series for fitness instructors. Looking to have a greater impact with your group fitness classes?  A Summer Learning Series with ACE Fitness: “Am I Welcome Here? How To Make Your Classes More Inclusive”. Each week ACE Fitness Instructor and host of the Breaking Body Biases podcast, Christine DeFilippis will be sharing with our...

Send a text message to the show! In this week's episode, we connect with Certified Health Coach Katelyn Parsons. We talk about  Overcoming binge eating as a health coach Nuances of binge eating/intuitive eating/body image How to achieve more confidence, quickly + compassionately   Katelyn Parsons is a Certified Health Coach, speaker, and host of the weekly podcast Body Truth .  After years of...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, Christine shares her thoughts on celebrity weight loss. What can we learn from Kim Karshasian, Jessica Simpson and Lizzo Topics include 👉🏻 How celebrities influence diet culture 👉🏻 Body autonomy 👉🏻 and more Christine is a Movement Motivator, Body Liberator & Unconventional FitPro Her mission is to disrupt the industry and destroy diet cul...

Send a text message to the show! In this week's episode, we connect with Pain Management Coach and Personal Trainer Fran Garton. We talk about  Her journey and how she lives pain-free Stress Management and identifying triggers and stress management techniques  Pain Management strategies How negative emotions connect to pain Fibromyalgia and so much more Fran Garton is a Pain Management Coach...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, Christine shares her thoughts on why she started the podcast and the journey throughout the first year. She shares 7 things she learned this past year and lots of great resources 👉🏻 Weight bias/stigma in healthcare  👉🏻 Taking a weight neutral approach vs loving your body  👉🏻 HAES: where it originated and ASDAH  👉🏻 Body positivity  👉🏻 The...

Send a text message to the show! In this weeks episode, we chat with Group Exercise Instructor, Personal Trainer, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and fellow podcast host Sadie Simpson We talk about 👉🏻 Re-defining "health" for fit pros 👉🏻 Understanding healthism and associating morality and elitism with a healthy lifestyle 👉🏻 Recognizing commonly admired behaviors among group f...

Send a text message to the show! Weight bias is negative attitudes, beliefs, judgments, stereotypes, and discriminatory acts aimed at individuals simply because of their weight. It can be overt or subtle and occur in any setting, including employment, healthcare, education, mass media, and relationships with family and friends. It also takes many forms – verbal, written, media, online and more. We...

Send a text message to the show! In this weeks episode, we chat with Canadian NIA instructor Jennifer HIcks We talk about 👉🏻 Jenn's history with exercise addiction and an eating disorder 👉🏻 How she was able recover and start finding joy after a very unhealthy relationship with movement 👉🏻 NIA and what it is and how that changed her relationship with movement and more Jenn Hicks is a Bla...

Send a text message to the show! In this solo episode, I share why I needed to take a few weeks off from the podcast. An update on my medical journey and my frustration with weight stigma in the medical field. Christine is a Movement Motivator, Body Liberator & Unconventional FitPro Her mission is to disrupt the industry and destroy diet culture. She is the host of the Breaking Body Biases pod...

Send a text message to the show! In this solo episode with BBB podcast host Christine DeFilippis she shares her thoughts on why willpower is not what its cracked up to be and what to do instead if you are trying to set and reach goals  👉🏻 Why most most fail at new years resolutions 👉🏻 Why willpower doesn't work 👉🏻 Three strategies that will help you reach your goals Christine is a Movem...

Send a text message to the show! In our first episode of the year, and part two of my interview with Kim Basler, we talk about New Years Resolutions and goals for 2022. We talk about 👉🏻 New Years Resolutions 👉🏻 Intentions and Goals 👉🏻 Being present and our wish list for 2022 Kim understands firsthand the struggles around emotional eating, chronic dieting and body image issues. With 25 plus y...

Send a text message to the show! In our final episode of the year, we reconnect with past guest Kim Basler and we talk about what she's been up to and reflect on the past year. We talk about 👉🏻 Adele 👉🏻 Lizzo 👉🏻Will Smith and so much more Kim understands firsthand the struggles around emotional eating, chronic dieting and body image issues. With 25 plus years working in the health and f...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, we talk with Dr Lara Zibarras, Psychologist and Food Freedom Coach. She shares her story from dieting, to disorder eating to having an eating disorder and her journey to recovery. Learn what food freedom is about, why diets are bad for you and how cultivating a  health-mindset and can help in your un-dieting journey while sharing some tips for brea...

Send a text message to the show! In this solo episode with BBB podcast host Christine DeFilippis she shares her thoughts on Mindful Movement 👉🏻 Do you enjoy your workouts? 👉🏻 Checking in with yourself before, during and after your workout 👉🏻 Do your workouts serve you ? Christine is a Movement Motivator, Body Liberator & Unconventional FitPro Her mission is to disrupt the industry and de...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, we talk with Samantha Montpetit-Huynh an Online body inclusive health coach. She shares how she got into the fitness industry and how she has pivoted throughout her career. How becoming a mom changed her perspective and what she is doing to disrupt the industry.  She also shares her perspective being black in the fitness industry, black fishing, an...

Send a text message to the show! In this solo episode with BBB podcast host Christine DeFilippis we share thoughts on a recent article on yahoo Fitness Instructors And Workout Coaches Are Sharing Things Most People Don't Realize About The Industry, And Some Are Really Dark 👉🏻 Assumptions about what an instructor is supposed to look like and what their fitness level "should" be 👉...

Send a text message to the show! Alison Rothman is a Body-Centered Holistic Wellness Coach and Women's Group and Retreat Leader. She utilizes her extensive studies, experience, and first-hand knowledge of the capacity within the human body and spirit to heal. Alison provides clients with the ability to access their inner resources and release debilitating life patterns in order to reclaim the...

Send a text message to the show! This week is Body Acceptance Week, a new initiative promoting body positivity, body neutrality, and body liberation for all bodies.  We know through research that body dissatisfaction is the leading risk factor in the development in an eating disorder  So body acceptable week goes beyond body positivity to be more inclusive.  Three types of body acceptance 🔥  Body...

Send a text message to the show! In this episode, Gillian shares her journey and how she shifted her yoga teaching and health coaching to be more inclusive. She shares: 👉🏻 How diet culture shows up in yoga 👉🏻 What instructors and yoga students can do to dismantle it 👉🏻 The importance of body acceptance work when healing our relationship with food 👉🏻 How embodiment practices like yoga can h...

Send a text message to the show! Recently Jonah Hill made the following post on his social media “I know you mean well but I kindly ask that you not comment on my body - good or bad. I want to politely let you know that it's not helpful and doesn’t feel good. Much respect” This sparked conversations around when is it okay to comment on someone's weight loss. The short answer is never and...