It’s Beyond The Food: Non-Diet Health Coaching

This is going to be a fun episode... I’m answering 25 questions our listeners have submitted. Short to the point answer on all subjects related to the non-diet approach...    You’ll get an answer for each of these 25 non-diet approach & business questions.     You keep referring to  PROs. .. I’m a health coach so I’m not a professional right?   How do I make money as a non-diet coach? How do  I  c...

The end of a year in our current culture serves as a point of reflection: what went well, what didn’t go so well, for me what I’ve learned….what we accomplished and then we also use this time to set ourselves goals, objective, intention for the new year. This process of reflection and intention setting is a very powerful process for us and should be done. Dec 1 is typically the date when the real...

The Non-Diet Business Mindset discourse is vastly different from the traditional business mindset discourse you might have heard. Why? Simply because the same system of oppression that is in place to keep women stuck in diet culture is present in the business world. One of our guest expert teachers, Dr. Michelle Mazur is Ph. D. in sales psychology as an expert coined the term “Bro Marketing” to de...

My journey with exercise has been chaotic for most of my life. Dieting really screwed up my relationship to exercise as much as it f*cked up my relationship to food. When I first entered the world of Health At Every Size and Intuitive eating the concept of Joyful Movement sent me straight into cognitive dissonance. And then I quickly realize that as much work I needed to do to change how I perceiv...

What you'll learn listening to this episode on body image health coaching for women: Why we struggle with body image The impact of not being liberated from body image to you personally and on your business Why helping and coaching women through body image healing isn't about the how... The stages of healing body image Mentioned in the show: Conquer & Thrive Professional Limited Edition PRO Mentors...

What to do when others talk about dieting when I’m trying to stop? How to not be jealous of other people's weight loss? How to handle my mom’s comment on my body? What about my family at gatherings and holidays so triggering? Can you relate? Although this episode was created around the American Thanksgiving holiday, this is applicable all-year-round. It’s good for family BBQs, friends dinners, off...

You have a degree or certification in hands and you are ready to get started. Or perhaps you’ve spent the last few years recovering your own relationship to food and body and you have a burning desire to share your journey with others. This podcast is for you! Our guest today is Stephanie Long, a Business Coach for Nutritionists and has helped hundreds of nutritionists start their own successful b...

I often get asked what is the difference between mindful eating and intuitive eating. While mindful eating teaches you to be present with your food experience, intuitive eating encompasses the whole relationship to food. Both are different and similar at the same time. Both are excellent and should be incorporated into one’s life. Based on your past experience with food one might be better than th...

In the Non-Diet Mentorship, we change lives. Your life as a coach and the life of your future clients. We do it with ease, less time, and greater impact. We get success for our students and their clients. Let’s go behind the scenes of that success. Let’s hear from the current students of the Non-Diet Mentorship Program. We recorded a live session for this podcast just for you based on your questio...

Have you been told you shouldn’t be eating X or Y food for your health? As a good responsible patient, you’ve been trying your best to do so. But in secret, you obsess about the food that is “illegal” for you? You resent the fact that you can’t have sugar as a diabetic. Sometimes end up even end up overeating that “illegal food”. You struggle with “on plan” consistently. You may even feel guilty f...

“I’m doubting my ability as a coach...How can I increase my confidence as a coach?”   A very frequent  error  health coaches make is to get more certification in order to be more confident in their coaching skills.   A new certification will not give you confidence.   Being A Confident Non-Diet Coach Confidence is an emotion. Confidence is a feeling.   Coaching confidence is a feeling of trust in...

"If you don't love it, don't eat it and if you love it, savor it". - Evelyn Tribole Satisfaction versus Fullness The difference between satisfaction versus fullness is how you can see that diet culture has invaded your journey through intuitive eating because satisfaction with food is always left off the non-diet way of diet culture. Food can be filling without being satisfying: Think of your last...

One of the frequent questions from health coaches who encounter my work in the non-diet approach for the first time is this: How do I make money as a non-diet coach? I get it. I had the same question 6 years ago when I first came to the world of anti-diet health coaching. If we don’t tell people what to eat when to eat and how to eat, what will they pay us for? Right? To help answer this question,...

Body shame is what kick-started my descent into perfectionism. No matter what I did, I couldn't rid myself of the shame I felt for my body. Like millions of other women, I master up a plan to offset my inability to get a "proper body" by being perfect everywhere else. Familiar? Why is body shame so powerful? What you’ll learn listening to this episode: What is shame How shame applies to our body i...

When I first started in my nutrition practice the term “non-diet approach” didn’t even cross my mind. “Anti-diet approach” didn’t even exist. Unbeknown to me, I was practicing the “diet approach to nutrition” simply because that’s what was taught in health & nutrition school. Fast forward close to 10 years now and a lot have changed. The non-diet approach is growing rapidly, so has the anti-diet a...

Have you ever thought, "I wish I could just eat normally!" Hell yes, right, lol! I've had this thought for years not sure when I first started to think it, but it's been years for sure, probably decades. I thought that by quitting dieting, I would be able to eat normally. Well, that didn't work, lol! After a few attempts, I had to acknowledge that I didn't even know what eating normally was. What...

People will often refer to mindset as a perspective. I like to explain mindset to my clients as a collection of all of the things you believe, that you assume or that you have been taught. These can be conscious or unconscious, but these beliefs, assumptions or taught notions that influence your feelings, the approach you have in the situation, how you meet your needs, and ultimately the actions y...

Being Body Neutral Body neutrality is a way to engage with our bodies. The goal of body neutrality is to dial down the enormous significance that’s being given to physical attractiveness in our society. In fact, the significance of women’s beauty is what causes us to do all kinds of crazy things to look “better”. We wear make-up and spend a stupid amount of money on anti-ageing cream. And we cut u...

I’ve been waiting for this day for months and it’s finally here. I’ve been working on this since March, and now it’s here. I’m bursting with excitement… I could scream but since this is a podcast and many of you are listening to me in your earbuds, I do not want to hurt your pretty little ears, so I’m going to restraint myself. I’m beyond myself to finally be able to share all the secret details o...

Power or Control Let us start with this question: Do you want to be in your power with food, or do you want to control food? Do you want to be in your power with your body, or do you want to control your body? My own relationship to power and control has been different at different stages of my life. I spent most of my teens developing my power and being punished for it. In fact, I was labeled as...

Are you a righteous eater? One hint that you might be is the answer to this question: Do you  secretly  feel superior (better than others) because of the way you eat? This one is also revealing: now again, answer  silently : Do you feel a sense of shame or guilt when you don’t eat the way you think you should? I emphasize the word secret or silent answer because admitting that you are a righteous...

Unlearning Diet Culture as a mom It’s in our human DNA to seek autonomy as we become adults. To be independent and self- sufficient; without having to fit someone’s expectations but our own. To be ourselves. I mean as parents our role is to raise little humans to be autonomous, right? But Diet Culture gets in the way of our autonomy as women. It tells us what to eat, how to move, and what size and...

The Black Outfit Do you have a black outfit in your closet? Do you perhaps have more than 1 black outfit… one piece for every type of clothes? Do you wear black clothes as often if not more often the bright colorful clothes? Or do you wear bright colorful clothes that make you stand out in a crowd? Do you strategically plan the color of your clothes based on where you’re going? Is wearing black cl...

Good Girl Syndrome Do you remember being told to be a “good girl” when you were young? And praised for being a “good girl” and punished for not being a good girl? Although socialized very early on as women, to be a good girl this socialization is done with good intentions but it leaves grown-up women struggling and in pain. We are told to be: sexy, but not sexual; skinny, but not to be healthy; sm...

We Shall Enjoy Our Bodies & Lives I have to share something with you:  I’m nervous.   I’ve been thinking about this episode for weeks and it’s here now.   Why am I nervous about this new episode?   A little background here: a few months back, I announced that I would take a summer break from podcasting so I can create the space to be creative. I shared that I was working on something special, revo...