The Diet Diaries

Back today with another episode focused on how to improve body image with a very specific question you can use to check in when you find yourself trash talking your body in the mirror.  Because for some reason its become totally ok to be mean to ourselves and believe that that’s what will motivate us to change. Except….it doesn’t.  So in today’s episode I’m sharing a simple tool you can use to pau...

On today’s episode of The Movement Diaries I’m talking with mom, physiotherapist and recovering disordered eater Rhonda Chamberlain. I’m so grateful to have Rhonda as a guest because she shares the years she spent binge eating, restricting and punishing her body with exercise and how she finally came to terms with it. Here’s what we cover: -Rhonda’s background as a high level gymnast and the lasti...

Today’s episode is the first in a series I’m going to be doing around body image. There’s so much to cover in this space and I want what I’m sharing to feel really doable instead of overwhelming. So I’m going to focus on one specific idea/skill per episode.  Let’s talk about getting dressed. In our new post pandemic, work from home, athleisure dominated world, getting dressed has taken on a new me...

Today, on this Monday after a long holiday weekend full of eating, traveling, no school, different work schedules, visitors and just general chaos, I’m talking about how to feel like yourself again without feeling the urge to “get back on track.” We tend to swing from one extreme to the other, really struggling to settle somewhere in the middle. And today’s podcast gives you a really clear way on...

Today I’m talking with my very close friend, strength coach and yoga teacher Gina Wright. This episode is kind of us just having a conversation with each other and then sharing it with all of you to listen, so expect a lot of laughing and fun tangents. Within that we have an amazing conversation around why strength training for women is non negotiable, how to get started if you feel intimidated an...

Today is Monday November 14 which means we are in full on holiday season mode. So I wanted to talk through some very specific skills you can draw from over the next 6-8 weeks so you can feel like yourself in January and not diving into another juice cleanse.  Real talk, this time of year may not be the best time to start something totally brand new in terms of change around food and exercise. But...

Today’s episode may feel a little controversial and unexpected because I’m talking about calories. And to be honest, I’ve been afraid to talk about this. Because we automatically label anything to do with calories as “bad” or as promoting diet culture. But it’s just not that simple. Because calories are about science. Our bodies were designed to require calories to survive.  The issue is the meani...

Today is episode 100!! It is a pretty cool milestone and first and foremost I want to say thank you for listening. For your support. For sharing with your friends and family. Truly, I do not take it for granted that you take time out of your week to listen to what I am sharing.  First I’m talking through a big change coming in 2023 based on the direction that I’m taking the podcast (all good stuff...

Today’s episode of The Movement Diaries brings back my first repeat guest, movement teacher and dear friend, Erica Webb. What’s even cooler about this is that Erica and I have known each other for nearly 3 years online and we recorded this episode one week before finally meeting in person in LA at a business conference. Erica is truly one of the most important people in my life, not just as a frie...

This is one of those episodes where something happens and I need to talk about  it IMMEDIATELY. Like an emergency podcast, but in a good way.  I dropped everything to record this because the thoughts came to me and felt so urgent to discuss. And here’s what it's about. Putting disordered eating out into the open. Helping people understand what disordered eating is and why it's happening...

Episode 97 of The Movement Diaries is all about why I’ve started adding in HIIT workouts after a 5+ year hiatus. HIIT stands for high intensity interval training and is the type of workout that I used to do years ago, when exercise was only about earning food or burning off food.  I share the two main drivers that brought this about after all these years and how I’m able to do these workouts witho...

Today I’m talking about why I’ve totally changed how and why I wear my Apple Watch. I got my watch 3.5 years ago and from the moment it arrived, I wore it everyday, all day.  I loved seeing the data around movement and it felt so convenient and easy to have text messages show up on my wrist. I (mistakenly) thought it would keep me off of my phone. And yet over time, I started to notice a shift in...

I’m back with a guest today, my neighbor, colleague and friend Janine Flannery who is the founder of the Allergy Aspect, which creates awareness and advocacy for people living with food allergies and EOE (a rare esophageal disease associated with food allergies). Janine shares what it was like when her infant son was diagnosed with multiple anaphylactic food allergies and how it transformed her li...

Today’s episode is like a mini coaching session around the core skills you need to be working on to feel at ease around food and in your body. I break this down into three categories: what, why and how. What focuses on the nutrition part of eating-learning how to choose a protein, carb and a fat. Knowing what foods are what and how much you need of each. Why focuses on learning the difference betw...

We’re back! (Apologies in advance I forgot to shut off my window A/C unit, so theres a little intermittent background noise). And today’s episode is all about what, how and why I ate and moved/exercised in Greece. I share my thought process and the skills I used to choose what to eat throughout our trip. And as probably will come as no surprise, these are the same skills I use everyday at home. Th...

Two important announcements to start:  The Movement Diaries is taking a 2 week vacation while I’m away in Greece! New episodes will pick back up Monday, September 12. The waitlist for my 6 week group coaching program, Eat with Ease, is open. This is a skills based program to help you find more acceptance, ease and trust when it comes to food, eating and body image. Click here to join so you get fi...

Let’s talk about time. How much time we need to make lasting changes. How long the coaching process takes How much time you’ve spent living in the chronic diet cycle and why accepting that is a key part of setting expectations. How long it takes to learn, practice and get proficient at the skills you need to find ease around food and in your body.  How much time it takes for your body to respond t...

This might be one of my favorite episodes. Because it gets to the core of how I approach coaching and what really creates change that lasts for life.  Today I’m talking about values and why using a values based approach to reworking your relationship with food and your body is the key to long term success. This is really about shifting our choices from being driven and motivated by external pressu...

Today I’m talking about one of the most common and damaging words we use to talk about ourselves-and that is the way we use the word fat. We have weaponized the word fat to be the absolute worst possible thing we could ever be.  And until we learn to strip away the emotion we’ve assigned to that word, we won’t be able to change anything about how we feel about our bodies.  One of the simplest ways...

Today’s guest is Pilates teacher and studio owner Allison Skewes.  Allison comes from a place similar to many of us, which is that exercise is was about weight loss and changing your body. So when she found Pilates and discovered how amazing it felt for her, it became not just a form of exercise but also her career. As a woman living in a bigger body, Allison’s focus is on creating an inclusive ex...

Solo episode today talking about what happens when you make the choice to break up with traditional dieting and begin figuring out how eat in a way that is sustainable everyday, all the time. Forever. You have to totally redefine what it means for what you’re doing to be working.  Because we’re used to a drop on the scale to be the way we measure if what we’re doing is working. But when you choose...

Today I’m talking with body neutral strength and fitness coach Christine Chessman. Christine is an eating disorder survivor, mom of 2 girls and an amazing advocate for women finding acceptance in their bodies through exercise. As a body neutral coach, Christine places no focus on weight loss/aesthetics through exercise-its all about relearning how to incorporate movement into your life in a way th...

This has been on my list of topics for a long time and today is the day. Why we get stuck in the binge/restrict cycle and how to break it.  I’m sharing a seemingly meaningless story about a recent lunch to illustrate the change that is possible when you commit to doing the work. One of the key pieces is getting honest with yourself about whether you’re eating what you want or what you think you “s...

In today’s solo episode I’m talking about whether you are talking to yourself as your own enemy or your own ally. I shared an IG post about this recently that really resonated with all of you, so wanted to create another resource to learn more about this idea here.  I’ve been spending a lot of time studying and learning more about self compassion as a practice to shift body image and the behaviors...

Today I’m talking with movement teacher and human body expert Dinneen Viggiano. Dinneen is the founder of Retrain Back Pain, an approach to self care that teaches you how to self advocate, educate yourself around pain and learn to improve your quality of life even when nothing else has worked.  Our discussion covers so many useful topics from how to deal with chronic back pain (spoiler alert, its...