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

Food Freedom these days is getting tossed around a lot...and unfortunately, most often it’s a clickbait term to diet culture. The truth is, Food Freedom is simply normal eating. It is our innate state of being as humans until the moment restriction comes in. These restrictions and rules are layered on in the Food Freedom Diet, all under the disguise of "Food Freedom". The Food Freedom Diet continu...

'Tis the season to smash down diet culture... and if we want that, we need to understand the roots of the holiday season so that we can smash down the roots of oppression. "Indulgence” is rooted in diet culture – it makes you feel bad for enjoying holiday foods and it sets you up for eating out of control. It is a stepping stone on the path to binging because this mentality towards food is tied up...

Do you often answer the question “How are you doing?” with “I’m just so busy....” The thoughts that want to validate the fact that you’re too busy, that there’s not enough time, are coming from the exact same place in your brain that criticizes your body, that criticize your food choices. That part of your brain is your fight or flight part of your brain – aka diet brain. That part of your brain i...

Ready to escape the new year new you bs? Do you want to make 2022 the year where you say: enough is enough… I’m taking back my body from diet culture? Then you’re ready for the  un-retreat! Our mission; to make 2002 the year you undiet your food, your body and you mind… heck your whole life! Here’s the plan… Kickstart 2002 with a transformative unretreat and  then we get to spend the whole year to...

We are celebrating the 300th episode of our podcast and entering our 6th year! Woot Woot! So, this is a special episode: Chapter 6 of She’s Beyond The Food: My personal story. For most of my life, I misunderstood acceptance. I have to admit today, I was wrong. I used to believe that acceptance meant being resigned and giving up. I was socialized to believe that self-acceptance meant being passive...

Decolonizing diet culture and our approach to non-diet coaching is essential for the healing of all of our clients and it’s goes beyond simply white people’s food. Diet culture centers on the white narrative of what is “healthy”. Non-diet coaches need to know how to hold space for clients who have been taught that their food is “bad”, and play an active role in decolonizing diet culture in practic...

Wishing Thinking is when you want something to be true even when it’s not true, like the fantasy of the thin ideal. Think of all the years we pursue dieting… The endless “on and off” diet cycle always landing right back in the same place. Wishful Thinking is the formation of beliefs based on what might be pleasing to imagine rather than on reality, evidence, FACTS. It’s is usually grown from fear....

Bro marketing “works” because its tactics are rooted in scarcity, authority, and social proof which ultimately brings cash into our non-diet coaching businesses. Building ethical marketing into your non-diet business with the right messaging and strategy for your brand will set you up so that you can reach more people, build brand awareness, and get your dream clients interested in your offer. Wha...

Learning to have your own back is the process of developing an internal culture of unconditional self-compassion It is being your own best friend and treating yourself in a respectful and supportive way. Having your own back means that no matter what, you will fight for your own potential, not limitations as imposed by diet culture or patriarchy. Learning to have your own back is training your bra...

Thin privilege in coaching is a reality that will impact your client relationship and coaching efficiency.    Here's the thin privilege definition: being able to experience the world knowing you will always be accommodated for and considered “acceptable”, based on the (smaller) size of your body.  Thin privilege in health coaching – what it means for non-diet coaching businesses is that coaches in...

I want you to think of the process of undieting your brain of all the diet culture thoughts and beliefs, like Marie Kondioing your mind.  Undiet Your Life is the act of decluttering your mind from all the thoughts that are no longer serving you, that no longer spark joy, happiness, and ease for you.  You’ve picked thoughts all along your life, and up until now, you have kept them. Now, you have a...

We are back with a Q&A-style podcast this week. I help you find your answer to the question: “Can I accept my body and still want to change it?” In this episode #296 of the Going Beyond The Food Show, we will discuss: How my relationship with my family has changed What does body acceptance truly mean Why is there not 1 answer for everyone to the questions 3 questions to ask yourself to find the an...

Undieting  your life doesn’t mean stopping dieting. Although stopping dieting is the first step.   I hosted a workshop yesterday The Rebellious Eating Solution and the Q&A part of the class was on fire! I received one question that stomped me and I decided to create a podcast episode about it. This is today’s episode! What you’ll learn listening to this episode:  Why did I add “ not just your food...

Thru their body women are asked to comply with society's prescribed norms. Body compliance defines, controls, and constrains women.  As women, we learn to perform via our bodies. We demonstrated our ability to be self-disciplined, self-controlled, and to comply with social norms via body constraint.  As a result, we learn not to disturb and take space through our bodies. That it is its size or its...

Rebellious eating is when we use food and/or eating in order to resist authority. In fact, it's an action to affirm one's power of food, body, or existence. Rebellious eating is not about the food... it's about resisting authority over us. Rebellious eating is about fighting for our autonomy and agency. When we eat rebelliously, We're actually restoring our autonomy and protecting our boundaries....

Most often, when women start their journey beyond dieting, it’s because they want to overcome compulsive eating behaviors like binging or what they self-describe as “overeating.”  They have learned that restriction is causing these compulsive eating behaviors, so they quit dieting... but is it the solution? Is it the only action that needs to be taken in order to end compulsion around food? That’s...

Are you a very logical woman who perhaps uses her brain capacity to succeed at work yet struggles with her relationship to food & body? And just like me in secret, you wonder: Why is it that I can solve very complicated problems at work, yet something as simple as how I eat and feel about my body isn’t working for me? You’re not alone—the secret thought and the same one that many of us have or had...

Are you successful in many aspects of your life, yet food and body remain a secret struggle? Kim Beckman is a high-performing, achieving professional who, after a 50-year journey with food and body restriction, has committed herself to the journey of unlearning diet culture. She joined Undiet Your Life a year ago, and in this interview, she will share with us what she has learned. She has a specia...

Kim was a listener of the podcast for more than 6 months, and then one day, she listened to me talking about taking action instead of just listening to the podcast. That's when she joined us. She'll share with you that when she joined Undiet Your Life, she thought, "Let me try this intuitive eating thing... it sounds a lot healthier than my last diet." That's almost a year ago. What you'll learn l...

Diet culture beliefs do not support your amazingness, your goodness and your brilliance. Diet Culture has been manufactured in order to create self-doubt in women, feeling of victimhood, distrust of self and disempowerment. In order to believe in yourself and the possibilities that can be present for you in your life, you need to have beliefs that support this amazingness, goodness that is in you...

Today, we are sharing stories and unpacking one of the most common beliefs women share: the belief that we are not good enough. And very often, controlling our bodies and beauty are the tools offered to us in order to access our self-worth and confidence, always selling us with the promise that we will feel good enough when we get to the “right body” size and beauty. Although I consider myself a c...

After every single diet failure over the span of a 25-year dieting career, these thoughts were on running on a loop in my mind "What's wrong me with?" "Why is it that it works for ALL these women but not for me."  "If only I had more discipline and willpower, I couldn't have kept the weight off ." What if I told you that nothing had gone wrong?   That diet failure was the actual expected outcome o...

About 4 years ago, I came across an analysis of 57,000 women and found that those who had experienced physical or sexual abuse as children were twice as likely to behave compensatory behaviour with food. These women said that they felt more physically imposing when they were bigger. They felt their size helped ward off sexual advances from men. That's how food and trauma are often linked. It's not...

What you’ll learn listening to this episode, Diet Brain:   What is Diet Brain?   The 4 mindf*cks of diet brain   How to liberate yourself of diet brain What is Diet Brain? It's a term that I created a few years back after my own 25 years career and having worked with hundreds of women that have a similar journey as me. We all try to solve our lack of confidence, perfectionist habits, people-pleasi...

One of the most profound questions I get on consultation is this one:  How do I know if I’m ready to help clients in a Non-Diet Approach?  First off, You’ll never feel totally ready. Waiting for this moment where you will feel ready to go out into the world and launch your program, I’m sorry to say, but you’ll likely wait forever. Why is it that we never really feel ready?  One answer: The Human B...