Satisfaction Factor

This week, we’re talking to Renee Hamati of Sensibly You. We had an amazing conversation with Renee about her own experience with autism & eating disorders, how autism & neurodivergence can impact our relationships to food, and how the Intuitive Eating framework can work for autistic & neurodivergent folks, plus a whole lot more! Renee is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Lice...

This week, we're wrapping up our 4 episode mini-series on the eating personas with a look at The Intuitive Eater.  Spoiler alert! "Becoming an Intuitive Eater" is not actually about reaching a single endpoint, and it's definitely not just about eating when you're hungry and stopping when you're full. Instead, a practice of Intuitive Eating is about cultivating certain...

This week, we're continuing our 4 episode mini-series on the eating personas with a look at The Professional Dieter.  The Professional Dieter is someone who has tried many weight loss programs (Noom, WW, Keto, Whole 30), thinks a lot about what they “should” be doing to lose weight, has lost, gained, and lost the same X pounds multiple times, may be someone who regularly has cheat meals/cheat...

This week, we're continuing our 4 episode mini-series on the eating personas with a look at The Unconscious Eater. This eating style consists of 4 subtypes: The Chaotic Eater, The Waste-Not Eater, The Refuse-Not Eater, and The Emotional Eater. In this episode we discuss: what characteristics distinguish The Unconscious Eater persona, how these eating personas can show up as stress responses &...

This week, we're kicking off a new 4 episode mini-series! In the Intuitive Eating framework, we're introduced to 4 eating personas: The Careful Eater, The Unconscious Eater, The Professional Dieter, and The Intuitive Eater. Over the next 4 weeks, we're going to be diving deeper into each of these eating personas, and this week we're chatting all about The Careful Eater. In this...

This week, we're deconstructing the common diet culture concepts of authority, discipline, and accountability. In particular, we're looking at: what systems are being upheld by these concepts; how these concepts can interfere with our self-trust and autonomy; how we address these concepts within our work with clients; and how interrogating the language we use can help us better identify...

This week, we're each sharing some recent personal experiences of being confronted by diet culture, and discussing how we've both built the skills to talk back to diet culture over the years. There's a common misconception that being able to talk back to diet culture requires bravery. The good news? It doesn't! In this episode we're talking about: how responding to diet cu...

This week, we're talking to Kelly Cutchin of Casual Magic Writing. We had the pleasure of talking to Kelly about all things self-expression, including: how diet culture robs us of belonging, how discipline is a tool of oppression, and how writing is a place where everyone fits. Kelly should’ve been named YELLY because she's never not exclaiming something! She's a writer, writing coa...

This week's episode is a little bit different  and special episode for many reasons, one being we’re interviewing Sadie’s, older sister Rev. Carrie Carpenter! With today being the first day of Lent (Ash Wednesday) we wanted to talk to Carrie about diet culture and how it shows up in church culture, specifically this time of year when it’s a common religious practice for folks to either fast o...

This week, we're talking to Betsy Archer of All Bodies Movement and Wellness in Asheville, NC. We had the pleasure of speaking with Betsy about how her career as a fitness professional was molded by experiencing the negative effects of diet culture as a young athlete and into adulthood, and how she aims to provide a movement space (both in-person locally here in Asheville and online) that is...

In honor of Valentine's Day, this week Naomi & Sadie are talking about relationships. Not romantic relationships, but platonic friendships! Ditching diet culture changes a lot of things, and the we way we make & relate to our friends is no exception. We're chatting about: how making friends as an adult can be hard (and why we really think there should be a dating app for friendsh...

This week, we're talking to Caroline Quinn...and it's also our first interview episode! Caroline is a confidence and body image coach, residing in Boston, supporting marginalized folks from all over the world on their journey to radical self love & acceptance. Caroline believes that body love is achievable for all folks, regardless of ability, body size, gender, race, or sexuality. W...

In today's Satisfaction Factor Podcast episode, Naomi & Sadie chat about Shame-Free Fitness, Sadie's new continuing education course for fitness professionals who are ready to do things differently! If you are a: group exercise instructor, personal trainer, gym manager, or other fit pro who values serving your clients in a way that's free of guilt, shame, manipulation, and weigh...

On this week’s, Naomi & Sadie are diving deep into all things fitness and wellness marketing, calling out some of the more manipulative marketing tactics, and sharing how we can be both more conscious consumers AND responsible in our own work of marketing health-based programs & services. We're talking about: why weight loss marketing is false advertising, before & after photos, r...

In this week's episode, Naomi & Sadie are talking about beauty standards: what they are, how they’re harmful, and how we can approach certain beauty rituals in an autonomous way that gives us the freedom to decide what we actually want to be doing vs. what society expects us to do in regards to our appearance. We also cover Hype House, grey hair, and how being told you look younger than y...

On this week's episode, Naomi & Sadie discuss toxic positivity and how “good vibes only” messaging pushes us towards seeking perfection via external rules & societal constructs (and also bypasses ALL of the negative things that happen as a result of trauma, mental health issues, and experiencing marginalization or oppression). Plus, we share how toxic positivity is directly tied into...

Get ready for a fun & candid New Year's episode! It’s officially 2022, and Naomi is still rebelling against structure & rigidity, and Sadie is still loving a schedule and a well-established plan. Even though we both function from two pretty opposite operational styles, we both agree that setting any kind of New Year’s resolution, intention, or goal should be something you WANT to do,...

This week, Naomi & Sadie wrap up the Intuitive Eating Deep Dive series with a nuanced look at the concepts covered by the last two principles of Intuitive Eating,  joyful movement and gentle nutrition. Exercise and nutrition are topics that are heavily influenced by diet culture, so these principles generally come last, both in theory and in practice. In this episode, we discuss: why it's...

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #8 - Respect Your Body. This episode is a great companion to Episode #3 - Body Feelings Are About More Than Our Bodies. While that episode covered a lot of the theory around our body feelings, this week's episode digs into some of the practices that can help us to cultivate body respect. This episode covers: how to de...

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #7 - Cope With Your Emotions With Kindness. This is the principle of Intuitive Eating that addresses emotional eating. But - surprise! - the goal isn't necessarily to stop eating emotionally! Emotional eating is actually a perfectly valid coping mechanism. AND...we probably want some other tools in our coping toolbox,...

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #6 - Feel Your Fullness. This principle can be tricky, because it's easy to turn it back into a diet, or to focus on fullness as a means of portion control. So, in this episode, instead of focusing on fullness as a sign that we've eaten too much, or as something we should avoid, we look at fullness as something w...

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #5 - Discover the Satisfaction Factor. This principle is all about recognizing that food can actually be pleasurable! Our entry point into ditching diets is often the concept that food is fuel, and the earlier principles of Intuitive Eating help us to embrace that entry point and honor our biological needs for food. But th...

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #4 - Challenge the Food Police. This principle is all about unpacking & reframing our thoughts, beliefs, and rules about food (and bodies - because, let's face it, food rules are really body rules). This episode covers: identifying our inner & outer food police, why it's important to trace the origins of...

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #3 - Make Peace With Food. This principle can be summed up as giving ourselves unconditional permission to eat all foods. And if just reading that made you feel super uncomfortable, then this episode is definitely for you! This episode covers: why restriction & rules eventually leads to rebellion; why feeling out of co...

This week, Naomi & Sadie do a deep dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #2 - Honor Your Hunger. The most basic explanation of this principle is to eat when you’re hungry - to recognize & honor our biological signals, and to keep our bodies adequately fed & fueled. This is a cornerstone to the whole Intuitive Eating process because it’s the first step to rebuilding trust in our bodies (...