Find Your Strong Podcast

Send us Fan Mail I invited Amanda Bullat onto the podcast this week to tell HER story.  Amanda became interested in nutrition while training as a competitive distance runner in her early 20s but her passion for running and food became a double-edged sword, as she developed her own disordered relationship with food and exercise. After many years of personal struggle and a real commitment to recover...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is non-diet dietitian Krista Beck Muench.* Krista came from a dieting background where she exercised to burn calories and shrink her body and where she was caught in an unrelenting cycle of exercise, tracking macros and restriction. It was only when a friend introduced her to Intuitive Eating that Krista realised that there might be another way. Now she&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Elyse Resch, co-founder of Intuitive Eating and author of the Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens (amongst many other books and publications*) joins the podcast this week and I couldn't be more excited to bring you this episode. Elyse is nationally known for her work in helping patients break free from diet culture through the Intuitive Eating process. Her philosophy embraces...

Send us Fan Mail A great episode with the incredible Kim Stacey today. Kim has been an inspiration to me since I started changing the way I taught fitness to a body-neutral approach and is making waves in the industry. We start by chatting a little bit about what brought Kim to fitness and why she feels she is right where she wants to be. We talk about bodies.  Our body stories. Accepting our chan...

Send us Fan Mail This conversation was different for me.  It challenged me and was confronting. Maybe I take movement too seriously and need to find that playful element once more..... Jamie Carbaugh (aka fitragamuffin) is a non-diet Virtual Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor. She guides folks to learn to enjoy regular movement by shifting their view of what traditional exercise ‘should...

Send us Fan Mail I'm flying solo this week and am talking about a subject VERY close to my heart. I have struggled with anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember and I am not one to pretend 'everything is ok', rather I am sharing my own story in the hope that it will resonate with some of you and help you realise you are not alone. Movement has been part of my mental heal...

Send us Fan Mail Courtney Gioia is the founder of Loyobo, a community for women who are sick of trying to be smaller.  This ISN'T about weight loss for Courtney.  This is about learning how to love your body and feel strong so you can take up space in your body AND in your life. AMEN to that! It was such a joy for me to chat with Courtney and throughout our conversation there were pinnacle po...

Send us Fan Mail My guest this week was Mark Breedon.  Mark is a weight neutral strength coach for women. Mark wants to remove the focus on weight loss and aesthetics, and instead encourage his clients to train to become stronger and live healthier, happier lives. Mark wants you to focus on what you body can do as opposed to what it is supposed to look like. Obviously Mark is preaching to the choi...

Send us Fan Mail Denise is one of my favourite people on Instagram, but we have yet to meet in real life! I knew this would be a great conversation and it didn't disappoint, although with all the Irish lilting on both sides, captions may be needed;)  Denise is a Nutritional Therapist and Life Coach on a mission to help her clients discover food freedom and happiness in their mind and body, bu...

Send us Fan Mail What an episode! Another week, another dream guest! This week we have Damali Fraiser,  Kettlebell Instructor, Nutrition Coach, and Author passionate about exploring fitness from an intersectional lens. *  Damali talks about the time after her debilitating ACL injury, which effectively ended her Muay Thai career, when " that unstable, big ball of metal, helped me one breath at...

Send us Fan Mail This was a chance for me to chat to my good friend, business coach AND client Jude Turner. Jude and I got on from first time we met, possibly because we were aware that perhaps we didn't quite fit the mould and found ourselves in the magical messy middle, without diagnoses but as neurodiverse women in business. As we started moving together and I gave my usual cues, Jude&apos...

Send us Fan Mail  A short solo episode today all about motivation and why it's often lacking when it comes to moving our bodies. The crux of the conversation today is our critical self-talk. How helpful is it for us to should all over ourselves when it comes to establishing a fitness/ strength training regime? Can we lower the bar when it comes to working out? ( Here I reference  Dr Jenn Sali...

Send us Fan Mail Nina Manolson is a body peace coach, who help her clients end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their bodies, as they are now.* From the first second I started chatting with Nina, I was touched by her empathy and  warmth.  She was 100% present with me and was deeply invested in this conversation. I first came across Nina many years ago on the Fit and Fea...

Send us Fan Mail How is your relationship to food and your body? Have you ever heard of Intuitive Eating?   Here's a clue - it's NOT anything to do with NOOM.   Intuitive eating is a simple idea about making peace with all types of food. Unlike traditional diets that restrict/ban certain foods, intuitive eating encourages listening to your body and eating what feels right for you. In the...

Send us Fan Mail Are you just too busy?  Do you often feel overwhelmed, anxious and that you're doing your best but it's still just not good enough? This conversation is for YOU.  We talk about what it means to really rest.  How can we access rest when our days are so full on.   This applies directly to movement.  When movement is one of our main coping strategies, how do we give our bod...

Send us Fan Mail "There are no magic muscles."  My favourite quote of the series so far! This is a no holds barred chat about breaking free of exercise and diet dogma and the idea that perhaps, it's  NOT all about the core.  We delve deep and explore those grey areas existing between the 'non-diet' and other more traditional fitness spaces. Nikki Naab-Levy is a strength an...

Send us Fan Mail "We've been taught to tune out and override our bodies' signals for SO long, we don't know what the f*ck our body is saying." This episode explores those grey areas.  Those areas between anti-diet culture and fitness culture and asks the question, whether challenging ourselves and pushing for our fitness goals can still align with our values in this space....

Send us Fan Mail Wow, this week's guest blew me away. Dr Charlotte Ord has featured extensively as a physical and mental health expert across television, radio and print media platforms and advocates a truly holistic approach to health and well-being that celebrates and respects body diversity. Charlotte is a chartered Counselling Psychologist and has an extensive background in health, fitnes...

Send us Fan Mail Serious fan girl week here. Steph Gaudreau was a huge inspiration for me becoming a strength coach in the non diet space.  She is passionate about women and young girls fuelling their bodies well, building strength and resilience, saying NO to shrinking their bodies and finally taking up space in the fitness industry,  Steph Gaudreau, CISSN, NASM-CPT (she/her/hers) is  a sports nu...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am bringing you a conversation with the formidable Ban Hass, integrative psychotherapist and experienced fitness professional bridging the gap between physical well-being and mental health.  Ban believes in a ‘health first’ approach to fitness and prioritises well-being over aesthetic results and physical transformations.  Music to my ears. I have been excited about this c...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guest is Kira Onysko.  Kira and I bonded over our mutual love of Paul Rudd AND our work as trainers in the non diet space. Kira is a size inclusive personal trainer based in Ontario, Canada. After developing her own food & body image struggles due to mainstream fitness culture, she now promotes a body-neutral approach to health & fitness and helps her clie...

Send us Fan Mail This week we start by talking about the impact of one of America's most harmful TV experiments - The Biggest Loser.  Specifically the impact of Jillian Michaels, the most aggressive, bullish and outspoken trainer on the show, who made a name for herself by encouraging a generation to eat less and move more and by shaming fat people across the country. Malarie Burgess is an ex...

Send us Fan Mail EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is a powerful stress-relieving technique that combines Chinese acupuncture with modern psychology to address the fear of rejecting diet culture and guide you towards a more intuitive relationship with exercise. Healing your relationship with movement and tapping come together beautifully because they help you break down the fear, stress, and an...

Send us Fan Mail I was so excited about this episode and honestly it made me think about body image and how we think about bodies in a very different way.  As a Body Acceptance Coach, Kristina Bruce specialises in working with women who are tired of dieting and trying to “fix” their bodies, but struggle with the fears that come with the idea of “letting go”. We chat about finding our confidence an...

Send us Fan Mail A wee solo one for you this week, where I take you through MY toolkit. Full disclosure, I'm not there yet.  It's a work in progress but I'm getting there and bit by bit dismantling the diet and toxic fitness culture conditioning and giving myself permission to take up space. I wanted to keep this episode short and sweet and so here are my main takeaways: You don&apo...