The Dear Body Podcast

Jessi is back today with another Her Story episode! Today, she interviews Food Freedom Online Program Client, Bree. Bree walks us through her journey with food, body, 5 pregnancies and how she was finally able to let go of the black & white mentality and learn to live in the gray area! If you're a momma, you are especially going to LOVE this episode. Bree provides inspiration and practical ste...

Today Jessi is joined by THE Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CERD-S is an award-winning registered dietitian, best selling author and the co-creator of Intuitive Eating. Together Jessi and Evelyn dive into ditching diet culture, making peace with food and body and her upcoming book, Intuitive Eating for Every Day: 365 Daily Practices & Inspirations to Rediscover the Pleasures of Eating. You will feel...

Is your desire to just feel normal around food? It can be overwhelming to start healing and envision your life without these struggles. After today's episode you will feel inspired to tell a trusted friend or partner and begin your healing journey. Today Jessi is joined by a fellow influencer in the mental health/body confidence space. Rini is a new mom to Zoe, mental health advocate and helps oth...

Have you ever felt like you're the ONLY person in the world struggling with something? In today's episode Jessi has Food Freedom Online Program Client, Ellie on the show and they unpack common but not so common to talk about struggle - adderall addiction. You leave this episode feeling less alone, inspired by Ellie's words of wisdom and empowered on your self growth journey. Find more of Ellie: El...

On today's episode, Jessi is joined by Dr. Caroline Leaf, communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist with a Masters and PhD in Communication Pathology. Together they discuss the mind-brain connection. Dr. Leaf provides a strong scientific foundation that is simplified so others are able to apply it to their daily life. From this episode you will learn how you as a human can manage your...

Today on the podcast Jessi interviews past Food Freedom Client, Dr. Cammy Froude, PhD trained Medical Family Therapist and EMDR Trained Trauma Therapist. Dr. Cammy shares her experience in the Food Freedom Online Program as a mental health professional, what she learned from the program and how integral the mind-body connection is. Find more of Dr. Cammy: Dr. Cammy's Website Dr. Cammy's Instagram...

Have you ever wondered if true, long lasting freedom with food is possible? Or maybe you've wondered if any of the women inside the Food Freedom Online Program slip back into diet culture? On today’s episode Julie returns to The Dear Body Podcast to share where she is currently at in her life and how her relationship with food/body has evolved even more. Julie shares an excerpt from one of her ver...

Today we have Lindsay Kite, PhD and founder of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined. Jessi and Lindsay discuss self objectification, media consumption, navigating life in a larger body and more. In a beauty obsessed world Lindsay and her identical twin sister have made it their mission to offer an alternative vision to women. They offer science backed body image research to help you see your body as an...

In today’s episode, Paige, Food Freedom Client joins Jessi to share her journey from body hatred to body appreciation. If your struggles with food & body began at a young age or you found yourself eating in secret, you will want to tune into this episode. Paige provides her tops tips to stop WAITING and start having the confidence you want and the life you’ve always dreamed of.   Find more of...

In this episode, Jessi brings on Cameron Rogers, the face behind The Freckled Foodie & Friends podcast to talk about anxiety, pregnancy, perfectionism & entrepreneurship. Together they discuss similarities in once labeling themselves as perfectionists and how they loosened this tight grip of control on life. They also talk about their favorite ways to live more in the gray area, find more...

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How many times have you tried, resolved or promised yourself that this is the last time that you will “fail” a new diet? Yet, inevitably end up falling off the diet.. which by the way the diet failed YOU, you did not fail the diet.  In this Holiday How To Episode, Jessi talks you through key aspects that are needed to heal your relationship with food as well as the science of behavior change. Full...

In today's episode, Charlotte Peirce joins Jessi ~ you may know her from her Instagram account where she consistently shares incredible content advocating for social change and is normalizing the REAL life behind social media. Charlotte has truly navigated it all from extreme dieting and exercising, negative body, coping with childhood trauma... Together Jessi and Charlotte shed light on these are...

In today's Holiday How To Episode, Jessi provides a journaling activity to reflect on the past year and set intentions for the year ahead. If you're looking to stick to your goals this year, this IS the episode for you. Jessi covers why typical goals fail and what to do differently that focuses on true and lasting behavior change. Jessi walks us through the start, stop, face and embrace technique...

“I was hungry to know that I was accepted and approved of”. I believe so many of us can relate to this statement. As women, we want to be liked, loved, seen and live up to the set beauty standard. In this episode, Jessi is joined by Food Freedom Online Program Client, Chaunti. Chaunti shares her experience with food and body struggles as a black woman and how taboo it can be to talk about these st...

In this Holiday How To episode, Jessi covers weight gain. What to do about it, how to handle it and ultimately, how we are so much more than our bodies. Jessi compassionately explains that arriving at a place where we accept that our body may fluctuate throughout life is a must and how overtime our bodies will find a place that it functions most optimally at. This set point doesn’t require restric...

Do you turn to others' opinions and advice before checking in with yourself to see if you have the answer within you? If yes, this episode will be greatly beneficial! In this episode, Jessi is joined by public figure and life coach, Alyse Parker. Alyse shares about how she navigated through personal struggles like judgment, criticism, identity and negative self talk. Alyse provides countless tips...

On this weeks Holiday How-To series episode, Jessi unpacks how to set healthy boundaries. If you’ve ever felt like you say ‘yes’ when you really want to say ‘no’, or identify with being a people pleaser, this episode for you. You’ll learn how to start setting small boundaries, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel at first. You will feel empowered to learn your wants and needs, and then how to s...

On today’s episode of The Dear Body Podcast, Mik Zazon, social media influencer, speaker, creator and leader who lives to help women feel more at home in their bodies joins us! Mik strives to be a catalyst to help others finally give themselves permission to take back the confidence this world has stripped from them and in this episode you get to hear her heart! Mik shares her story, her journey t...

On this weeks Holiday How-To episode, Jessi unpacks how to overcome body shame. Jessi shares how she was able to heal her relationship with her body, what self objectification is and powerful tools that you can start using TODAY to heal. This episode will help you see building body confidence as a journey of building resilience rather than a destination or set location. Jessi also provides a Mindf...

Have you ever felt like a crazy person around food? Ya know, where you bring your own dressing, syrup or even meal prepped food to a restaurant? And maybe you feel like you don't quite identify with being a binge eater but you know something is off?  In this episode, Food Freedom Online Program Client, Rachel comes on the show to share her experience with food & body. Jessi & Rachel unpack...

Ever feel like you got a little too carried away with food at Thanksgiving dinner or that Holiday party or maybe just on a regular week night? It can cause so much guilt and shame, which then leads us to white knuckling it until we snap and the whole cycle repeats itself. Let’s not fall into this trap this season! Jessi is going to teach us HOW. In this episode, Jessi talks about the importance of...

In this episode: In this episode I am joined by body confidence & self-acceptance influencer, Alex Light. She is truly helping women break down all the messages that society has pushed on us making us believe in an unrealistic beauty standard. Alex shares her struggle with food and body as well as her top tips to breaking free from diet culture. We dig into some tough questions like, “Is it ok...

When you attend a Holiday party have you ever had anyone say, “Come on try it, you have to try this special cookie!”, “I made this JUST for you, just have one”, “It’s the Holiday season, live a little”? Let’s face it we all have, maybe WE have even done it to someone. In this episode, Jessi dives into how we can navigate food pushers with confidence. You will learn how to stop people pleasing and...

Have you ever been around someone who has this unshakeable confidence and wondered how you can bottle up some of that for yourself? Me too! Today, Jenny West joins us and everyone needs a bit of her energy. Jenny shares how she got to this confident place, started embracing her body and how she works out to be strong and able. You’ll learn Jenny’s top tips for cultivating confidence, the powerful...