Truce with Food with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

For many people, the feeling of I need to diet is the background music of their lives. Sometimes it’s at lower volumes and then sometimes, it’s at so loud it drives a panic to find a new diet or approach to quiet the thoughts down. In today’s episode, we talk with my client Laura Folkes about: 1. Her journey of losing 60 pounds yet finding herself trapped in the fear of gaining the weight back tha...

Most people think they aren’t reaching their health goals because of a lack of willpower. In this episode, I dispel this myth and discuss: 1. The different types of discipline required to be consistent with working out versus food 2. The importance of not pushing through your physical hunger and how that back fires 3. How to start to build the discipline required to understand your makes no sense...

Many people have an image of physical therapy based on a bad experience from a friend or family member or that it’s only relevant after a major trauma like a stroke. But that’s not true! One of it’s superpowers is the ability to get to the root cause of chronic pain issues like back and neck pain. In today’s episode, I sit down with my client Karen Emery, who is a physical therapist to discuss how...

It’s been six months since we caught up with my Truce with Food client Linda. We all know we can make changes for a little bit. But what does it really take to make changes that stick? Turns out it’s all about the inner world of your emotions. Last time we left off, Linda’s health goal was to get off her antidepressants and of course, maintain all her progress. Has she maintained and made progress...

Dr. Blum is back with us today to talk about arthritis and the latest research on the gut microbiome and the influence of stress and trauma on all sorts of arthritis and autoimmune conditions, which arthritis is one. Arthritis is not a condition for old people. It also affects women more than men. In today’s episode, we discuss: 1. The role trauma plays into triggering autoimmune conditions like a...

We grow up in a culture, like a fish swimming in water, that rewards those who are thin. And if you’re thin, white and blonde too? You receive access to ALL. THE. THINGS! In today’s episode with writer, speaker and body justice advocate, Melissa Toler breaks down diet culture so we can find our way out! As Melissa shares her story, if you keep thinking there has to be more to life than trying to c...

Self-care has become a buzz word and catch-all solution to anything that ails you. Marketers have pounced on this as a way for women especially to empower themselves, while making them a lot of money. But the kind of self-care that leaves you feeling replenished, not broke or indulging in wine, are rarely identified and discussed. Instead, you end up with temporarily relief yet long-term depletion...

With so much not working in the Western medicine model as evidence of increasing illness and weight gain despite spending more money than any other country in the world, old beliefs and truths around our bodies and health are falling away. For those of us using a holistic microscope, that focus has shifted to wellness and getting to the root causes of issues to build a bridge to new, vibrant solut...

In today’s power packed episode, we discuss: 1. How Elizabeth honored her intuitive, bodily knowing during each of her heroine’s journey, from dealing with Wall Street sexism and departing as business partners and friends with Ivanka Trump once the Donald declared his presidency. 2. The signs that you aren’t living in your body and how Elizabeth reclaimed feeling safe in her body after childhood s...

There’s so much possibility when you’re fed up with the fighting and fixing of your body and food. Today, my client Stephanie Truax will share with you how a powerful cocktail of desperation and not wanting to give up on herself inspired her to give up not just diets but diet culture. She’ll share the missing component of why she wasn’t successful with all the other approaches, two life-changing s...

Anxiety isn’t an all or nothing diagnosis or all in your head. Anxiety results in part from turning up the thermostat of inflammation in your body. The hotter it gets, the more anxiety you feel. In this minisode, I’ll share why anxiety is more likely to affect women, three food tips you can implement to reduce your anxiety and a common vitamin deficiency that might require a special kind of vitami...

Taking on the National Rifle Association (NRA), one of the most well-funded, intimidating and recently turned extreme lobby groups in America sounds stressful at the very least and putting your life on the line at most. It would make me eat all the chocolate! In this inspiring interview, Shannon Watts, Founder of Demands Action for Gun Sense in America, shares: •How Sandy Hook changed the course o...

Now on Netflix, What the Health is an inspiring documentary on the power of nutrition to reverse chronic disease. There are wonderful points this movie makes and some key points that would’ve made the documentary stronger. In today’s episode, I’ll share what I loved about this documentary, including more resources if you’re interested in the conflicts of Big Food and our health, how it missed the...

Most of us know if we’re a Libra or a Capricorn. But did you know that is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to classical astrology? It turns out much like today’s nutrition information, mainstream astrology is reduced to a one-size-fits-all assumption based on one planet in your chart. The reality is when you understand the uniqueness of your entire chart, you can understand more about yourself...

A lot of people are feeling anxious today, tired but wired and having intense cravings. Could caffeine be the cause? Or can we blame it all on Trump? In today’s episode, I’ll share the symptoms that indicate you may need to modify or change your caffeine habits. Healthy guidelines for caffeine use: it doesn’t have to be all or nothing and lastly, how to work through the hurdles of going off caffei...

In talking with clients, a lot of them struggle with portions because they feel bad wasting food. Their conscious is on the right track. Today, will clarify more effective ways than stuffing yourself to reduce food waste. As dood waste is not only a hunger issue but a climate change issue. In today’s episode, 412 Food Rescue co-founder Leah Lizarondo shares with us: 1. How we as individuals can tr...

Most of today’s chronic health issues – from psoriasis to depression to Hashimoto’s –stem from an autoimmune response in an unhealthy gut. For two decades, Dr. Susan Blum has been providing relief to her patients by getting to the root of their chronic illness through a ground breaking whole body approach that with precision, addresses the physical and emotional roots of these issues. In today’s e...

Clients often tell me they think everyone needs the work we’ve done together. Yet many of their friends or family believe they just aren’t working hard enough. It’s a common misconception when you know you reward yourself too much with food or don’t get to the gym enough. Yet it’s untrue. In today’s episode, I’ll In today’s episode, I’ll share: 1. Why it’s so hard to stop believing you're jus...

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Terry Wahls on her dramatic reversal of MS after eight years of decline on conventional drugs (including how she had to leave her 20 year vegetarian diet behind to get well), how her VA clients taught her how to eat healthy on limited resources, including incredible results without being organic and how Dr. Wahls learned to bring the medical and MS community skept...

In today’s episode, I interview one of my first clients, Sera Snyder on her wild and dramatic healing journey that started with a battle with food and how her body looked and has transformed into her supporting patients and health care professionals to collaborate on better health experiences and outcomes for 21st-century holistic health-care that works. In today’s episode, Sera and I talk about:...

Does the idea of dieting frustrate you yet you continue to pursue weight loss? Do you feel like you have no other choice but to be all or nothing? On or off? Would you like to find a way to get results without all the striving in diet and lifestyle plans? If so, today’s episode is for you. I’ll share: 1. Why we pursue dramatic diet and weight loss efforts even though they rarely work. 2. The key c...

Feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy can drive us to overeat. Yet if we listen to conventional self-help to “just ignore your inner critic and crush your fears”, you lose self-trust. In this nuanced conversation, I talk with Melody Wilding, a licensed social worker, TEDx speaker and Human Behavior faculty member at the City University of New York. In today’s episode, we discuss the: 1. The counte...

Could the space you live in be holding you back from your health and weight loss goals? According to Rebecca McLoughlin, an Interior Life Coach, the space around you reflects the space within you. She sees our homes are metaphors for our inner world, and working directly with them can catalyze transformation and support us as we grow into who we want to become. In today’s episode, we talk about: 1...

Clients often come to me wanting their insides and outside figure to match. They have confidence in certain areas of their life but also feel held back in at least one area of their life and their weight. In today’s episode, I dive deep with spiritual shadow diver L’Erin Alta to illuminate what bridges our spirit and body, why understanding our shadow and its discomfort is critical to spiritual he...

Clients often come to me frustrated from everything they’ve tried and exhausted by the lack of results. They also believe it requires too much energy and effort to do ALL. THE. THINGS to lose weight, be healthy and oh yes, fit in your life too. In today’s episode, I’ll reveal the mindset that keeps you working hard not smart, the opportunity you have when you realize not all efforts are equal and...