Healthcare Unprofessionals

The fitness industry generally expects coaches to "walk the walk", by maintaining a lean physique and showcasing it on social media. What's the issue with making your body your business card ? And what can we do instead to get clients? Michelle & Chloe discuss the state of the fitness industry, Michelle's PhD and how Chloe's business transformed once she stopped only coac...

Today, Michelle sat down with the incredible Dr Angela Meadows to discuss weight stigma, how it can potentially impact physical activity and eating behaviours and the best ways for health and fitness professionals to adopt a more weight neutral approach. Dr Angela Meadows is currently a lecturer at the University of Essex. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Birmingham alongside a...

There's a paucity of research on women's health and body image, which gives rise to predatory practices. In this episode, we introduce why women's healthcare is so problematic, how to approach women's health discussions with healthcare professionals and how to know when body image and women's health advice are helpful and not hurtful. To purchase our Ultimate Women's Health...

After we got the name of our podcast correct, today, we chatted about diet culture and how we dropped out of it. Dedication to fitness, performance or academia is often admired, but is that problematic? Finally, if you drop out of diet culture, is it wrong to care about your appearance?

Michelle and Chloe have finally gotten their act together. After appearing on many other podcasts, they have decided to create their own - The Healthcare Unprofessionals! In this episode, we talk about our journeys as healthcare professionals, victims of diet culture and, unintentionally, our surgical histories! Here's to many more as we have a lot to say! Find us at: https://www.instagram.com...