Food & Life Freedom with Emma Townsin

How does stress and your nervous system influence your gut symptoms? If you experience IBS or gut symptoms, it can be tempting to turn straight to food. But, as we will learn, the gut responds to much more than just food. We will cover: 1. What is stress and why we need to stop trying to "reduce" it 2. How stress can impact the gut with both physical and nervous system changes 3. When to...

Today, we are exploring what it really means to be “healthy”? Is health a personal responsibility? And how much impact does diet and exercise really have on our health? By understanding what makes you feel healthy, rather than what our culture says should be healthy, you can prioritise the areas of your health and wellbeing that really matter to you. This episode is an exploration, from my own per...

Today we are exploring diet culture and how it relates to principle 1 of Intuitive Eating - rejecting the diet mentality. We will explore what diet culture is, the 6 most common lies we are told about food and bodies and how we can actively start rejecting diet culture. Exploring and letting go of diet culture is the number one step to finding a peaceful and easy relationship with food and your bo...

I speak with Ela Law, Nutritionist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor about how to let go of weight loss dieting and get started with Intuitive Eating. We explore why dieting has become about acceptance and safety rather than health, how our sense of identity fits in with becoming an intuitive eater and the most important first steps to take to become an intuitive eater. ... Ela's work...

What are the 10 principles of intuitive eating? As a Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, I see many myths and just plain innacurate information about intuitive eating. So, to bust through this, let's break down the principles to learn how intuitive eating really helps you to stop feeling stressed over food and feel good in your body. Today's episode is brought to you by Re...

Today, we are exploring intuitive eating! What it is, how it can support a positive relationship with food AND with healthy eating, and I'll share my best tips to get started with intuitive eating. We will discuss: why body trust and connection is so important for intuitive eating our innate processes that naturally guide our eating how our cultural food and body ideals create a disconnect wit...

Today I am joined Registered Dietitian and PCOS expert Cordula Henggler. Cordula shares her knowledge and helpful advice about how you can support your body to manage PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) symptoms without diets and food restriction. PCOS is a health condition heavily impacted by dieting and weight loss advice. But, as we discuss, this advice is rarely helpful and can cause a lot of har...

"I don't want to diet but I need to lose weight for health, what should I do?" Today we discuss how you can work towards health goals or health improvements without falling into the diet cycle trap. We discuss what the research actually says about weight loss diets and health improvements, why we are constantly told to "just lose weight" (as if it's that simple) and wha...

In this first episode we are exploring the biological changes that happen in your body when you weight loss diet so you can take away the guilt and shame you might have felt towards your body if you have not been able to stick with a diet. You don't fail a diet, a diet fails you! And importantly, even if you relate to these symptoms, it is possible to feel good around food and in your body so...

Food Life Freedom explores our relationship with food and the connection with nutrition, our physical health and our mental wellbeing. With your host Emma Townsin, a Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counsellor you will explore a new perspective that aims to take away the guilt and shame we so often feel towards food and our bodies so we can truly focus on the health and self care behaviou...