Rachael Walkingshaw-McGuinness

Mindset Moments: Freedom From Food Beyond the Diet

Education EN ↓ 37 episodes

Mindset Moments: Freedom From Food Beyond the Diet is for women who are done with the endless cycle of emotional eating, food guilt & yo-yo dieting. Hosted by me, Rachael a mindset coach, SEN mum & someone who’s lived through years of binge eating, shame, and starting over this podcast gives you short, relatable mindset moments that spark real transformation.

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Rachael Walkingshaw-McGuinness

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Education

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Latest episode

Apr 15, 2026

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Episodes

E12. When the Mirror Lies — How to Feel Safe in a Body You’ve Spent Years Fighting 02.06.2025

You don’t hate your body. You hate what the world taught you to believe about her. This episode of The Unique World Podcast goes deep into body image wounds — and the lifelong battle of trying to feel at home in a body that’s only ever felt like a project. Inside this episode: Why body image isn’t about vanity — it’s about safety My own mirror moment that cracked everything open The story of Hanna...

E11. The Voice in Your Head Isn’t Yours — Unlearning Food Rules That Were Never Meant for You 30.05.2025

You’re not failing your plan. You’re obeying a voice that was never yours to begin with. In this episode of The Unique World Podcast , we unpack the critical, controlling, shaming voice in your head — and trace it back to where it began: diet culture, family, doctors, and shame. Inside this episode: How to recognise inherited food rules vs your true beliefs My own journey of obeying a voice that s...

E10. When “On Plan” Becomes a Prison — The Rebellion Behind Your Binge 28.05.2025

You’re not bingeing because you’re weak. You’re bingeing because you feel trapped. In this powerful episode of The Unique World Podcast , we explore how dieting perfectionism, all-or-nothing thinking, and emotional chaos turn “being good” into a ticking time bomb. Inside this episode: The hidden rebellion behind your binges How self-sabotage is often your body begging for flexibility My personal t...

E9. The Invisible Weight: The Mental Load Behind Every Bite 26.05.2025

Why the real reason you’re eating isn’t hunger — it’s the weight of everything no one else sees You’re not eating because you’re hungry. You’re eating because you’re carrying too much. In this powerful episode of The Unique World Podcast , we dive deep into the mental load — the invisible weight of remembering everything, fixing everything, holding everyone else together... and having no space lef...

E6. The Shame Spiral: Why You Always Start Again on Monday 25.05.2025

You eat something “off plan.” You feel guilty. That guilt becomes shame. You spiral. You restrict. You promise to “start again Monday.” Welcome to the Shame Spiral and if you’ve been stuck in it for years, you’re so not alone. In this episode of The Unique World Podcast , we’re breaking the cycle — the one that keeps women swinging between bingeing, restricting, and believing they’ve failed every...

E7. Regulate First, Then Decide: The Missing Step in Emotional Eating Recovery 25.05.2025

You promised yourself you wouldn’t binge. But the meltdown happened. The school email landed. The day spiralled. And before you knew it… the food was gone. Sound familiar? In this episode of The Unique World Podcast , we’re going beneath the binge and into the nervous system — because food choices made from survival mode aren’t really choices at all. Inside this episode: What nervous system dysreg...

E8. When You Don’t Want to Be In Your Body: Bingeing, Body Shame & Reconnection 25.05.2025

You look in the mirror and feel rage. You catch your reflection and flinch. You binge — not because you’re hungry, but because you want to escape yourself . In this episode of The Unique World Podcast , we’re talking about the moments no one admits out loud: When you don’t want to be in your body. And how that disconnect fuels emotional eating, binge cycles, shame, and self-sabotage. Inside this e...

E5. Is It Hunger or Is It Grief? The Emotion Beneath Emotional Eating 22.05.2025

You keep eating. You’re not physically hungry. But nothing feels satisfying and you don’t know why. In this raw and powerful episode of The Unique World Podcast , we’re exploring the grief that lives beneath emotional eating. The kind that builds quietly when you're carrying too much, losing parts of yourself, and holding it all together for everyone else. Inside this episode: The grief no one tal...

E4. The All-or-Nothing Trap: Why You Keep Starting Again on Monday 22.05.2025

You were “on it” all week. Then one snack turned into a binge. Now it’s Friday, you feel like a failure, and you’re already planning to “start again on Monday.” Sound familiar? In this episode of The Unique World Podcast , we’re unpacking the all-or-nothing trap the toxic cycle of perfection, punishment, and guilt that keeps so many women stuck in binge eating and emotional chaos. Inside this epis...

E3. Why You Binge After the Meltdown: Emotional Eating in a Dysregulated World 22.05.2025

You’ve kept your cool through the school refusal. You’ve sat through the meeting where no one really heard you. You’ve held your child during a meltdown when your own nervous system was screaming… And now? You’re in the kitchen. Grazing. Bingeing. Eating on autopilot. Not because you’re hungry — but because you’re done . In this episode of The Unique World Podcast , we’re talking about the moment...

E2. When Food Becomes Your Coping Mechanism: The Truth About Emotional Eating 22.05.2025

Ever found yourself eating when you’re not even hungry, just tired, touched-out, and running on fumes? In this episode of The Unique World Podcast , I’m peeling back the layers on emotional eating. Not the sugar-coated kind, but the real-life version that shows up after meltdowns, in between school calls, and when you’re finally alone at the end of a long day. We’re talking about: Why emotional ea...

E1. Food Shame, Meltdowns & Starting Again: Why I Created The Unique World Podcast 22.05.2025

Welcome to the very first episode of The Unique World Podcast — a space for the women doing the deep work while life stays messy. In this honest, heart-led intro, I’m sharing: My personal journey with emotional eating and losing over 12 stone What it’s really like parenting a neurodivergent child in a world that doesn't fit her needs The grief, the food guilt, the school system battles, and the mo...

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