Consilience Podcast

I am joined by fellow MNU-certified nutritionist and Intuitive Eating coach Jeff Ash. We discussed: How Jeff found a more meaningful direction in coaching Common misconceptions about weight neutral approaches The 10 principles of Intuitive Eating Giving yourself unconditional permission to eat  Teaching the principle of gentle nutrition Tips for rejecting the diet mentality and honouring&nbsp...

I am joined by Josh and Hayley from LVL Health, an online directory, community, and network of qualified  fitness professionals.  LVL Health is on a mission to help change the health & fitness industries for the better by creating a directory, community, and network of qualified professionals that are on the same path of constantly learning and growing. They are working towards a fut...

Josh is a personal trainer based in Denver, currently doing a thesis on contextual behavioral science and emotional eating. He has created a skill based (not diet based) approach that allows people to create a new relationship with their bodies and with food, and get results that have previously never been possible. Josh joins Dr. Gabrielle Fundaro and I to discuss: How the fitness industry h...

I sat down with my client, Brianna, to discuss: - How we improved her relationship with food - Overcoming fear of fat gain - Eating fear foods - Learning to trust hunger and fullness - Enjoying social occasions again - Working on body image - From unhealthy to healthy perfectionism - Developing core self worth - Pursuing fat loss post Intuitive Eating Find me here: Instagram Website Coaching Mento...

Ashley is an award winning, registered dietitian consultant in Kenya with nearly 10 years of experience. She is a strong healthcare services professional skilled in weight loss coaching, chronic disease prevention and management, allergies and general nutrition with proven nutrition expertise in nutrition programing, recipe creation and execution, corporate wellness, staff management, strategic pl...

Ffion Davies is a Welsh grappler and elite BJJ female competitor. We talk about her journey from judo to BJJ, challenging social norms, body image struggles, appreciating what your body can do and the character traits that make a good role model. Find Ffion on instragram: www.instagram.com/ffioneira3 Find me here: Instagram Website Coaching Mentoring

I sat down with Siobhan O'Hagan, a personal trainer and online coach, to discuss: - Her experience with her own body image after competing in a bikini competition - Complimenting weight loss - Dieting without restriction - The difficulties in promoting the right message online - How should we market ourselves as coaches? Find Siobhan here: Instagram Website Find me here: Instagram Website Coaching...

Jake Gifford  is a personal trainer & doctoral researcher from Chesham, with research interests in physical activity, weight and health inequalities. He   looks at the broader social processes, barriers, and facilitators which impact health and well-being to better inform policy and reduce health inequalities across the population. We discussed: - Jake's interest in health inequaliti...

Join myself and a mentoring client on a coaching group call as we discuss how we can work on our body image and feel better about ourselves. Why do we care about how we look? Why does changing how we look do little to change how we feel? How can we actually feel good about our bodies, and help others to do the same? If you want to learn more evidence-based strategies to improve body image, check o...

Gabrielle and I discuss our plans for Comprehensive Coaching, the projects we are working on and what we are hoping to achieve in 2021. About Comprehensive Coaching: In an industry that glamourises extreme physiques and champions fads and quick fixes, we know what it's like to feel like you are the only coach who cares about helping your clients to flourish.  Our industry is dynamic and...

What can we learn about ourselves through introspection? Can it help us become better people? Lyndon is an obsessive learner with an interest in understanding the world at a deep level. He believes that solving problems is the key to progress, and he endeavours to solve relevant and important problems through strong conceptual understanding and reasoning from first principles. His formal education...

What can meditating on death teach us about how to live our lives?  Ciaran O'Regan is a Conditioning Coach and a doctoral candidate with the University of Central Lancashire. He has a B.Sc. in Sport and Exercise Sciences from the University of Limerick. While his in-person coaching work is done in Cork Ireland, he does online coaching with Sigma Nutrition where he specializes in Combat Sports...

Hugh is an applied sports psychologist for British Weighlifting and British Athletics. In this episode we discuss the importance of psychology and communication in behaviour change. Find him on instagram @hughjohngilmore Find his upcoming course here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harnessing-communication-for-performance-enhancement-tickets-122543648351 Check out the eightpercentmental podcast: h...

Today I am chatting with Dalton Franke, a good friend and fellow coach over in Brisbane, Australia. We discuss the things we get wrong about motivation and how we can find better sources of motivation when we're struggling to make a change. About Dalton:  I have been in the fitness industry since 2015. I began as an in-person personal trainer before migrating to online coaching. Helping peopl...

What follows is a discussion with a previous client of mine, Joshua Beggs, about his experience of overcoming his fear of fat gain, moving away from macro tracking, letting go of the idea of a perfect body and making room for other important things in his life. Find me here: https://www.instagram.com/shannonbeer_/ Coaching: https://www.shannonlbeer.com/coaching

Why is changing nutrition behaviours so difficult? What can we do as coaches to help promote positive change? Where does our scope of practice lie? How might someone identify with their eating behaviours, and how might that be problematic?  I discussed these questions and more with Joe O'Brien, a trainee health psychologist at Spectrum Mental Health.  Find more about Joe here: https...

Ben is a psychology student at Queenslands University of Technology and founder of Matter Athletica, a platform aimed at bridging the gap between psychology and elite performance. Ben talks to athletes to uncover the complexity of high level human performance and distil lessons that we can implement in our own lives.   This was a pretty wide-ranging chat covering: 01:00 Studying psychology &a...