Truce with Food with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

[Rewind of Episode 53] Today we talk to Jolene Hart about her latest book and her own story as a top beauty editor for InStyle Magazine. Despite having access to every beauty opportunity, she struggled with painful cystic acne and inflammatory blemishes that covered her whole face and left her feeling like a fraud in her own industry. In this episode Jolene explains how she was able to clear her a...

If you haven’t already you are going to be bombarded by cleanses, powders, pills and juices galore! Spring is in the air and people want to shed the winter weight, but do these detoxes even work? We find that they set you up for failure and can make you feel even worse, both physically and emotionally. We want to share ways that you can shed that winter stagnation that is both gentle and super eff...

[Rewind of Episode 83] 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 the...

Rewind of Episode 78 Feelings like 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 speak and Human Behavior faculty member at the City University of New York. In today’s episode, we discu...

Rewind of Episode 28 Join us as we interview Bob, our former therapist! The technique of using imagery therapy is a balance of the conscious and the unconscious mind, leading to the experience of healing old wounds and gaining wholeness. Learn how you can use this transformative technique to heal and understand the root causes of your eating and body image issues.

Rewind of Episode 4 Are you planning to lose weight in the New Year? If so, you won’t want to overlook the linchpin that 90% of people overlook when trying to lose weight. Is it any surprise the failure rate corresponds with this percentage? If you want lasting results this year, this is the episode for you.

Rewind of Episode 34 What sugars, even natural ones like stevia are bad and why? How to start to get off sugar for good and the question you have to ask yourself to get to the emotional root on why you feel addicted to sugar. It goes way beyond physiological cravings and we won’t “sugar coat” this process!

We all have a Mom and a body. And we’ve all grown up under patriarchal conditions that tell us women are less than men. This reality can create quite a tangled web of body image and weight issues, no matter how great your relationship is with your Mom. But, according to Bethany Webster, a pioneering coach and writer, it’s not the body image and weight issues we need to address. Rather, we are stru...

Last year, the book; Woman and Desire Beyond Wanting to be Wanted by Dr. Young-Eisendrath came into my life. I honestly can't even tell you how it happened. It's a book that's about 18- years-old, but after I read it I was like, “She is on my bucket list because you insatiable listeners would love her expertise in which she explores in that book and in her work."

I sat down with Inferior author and science journalist Angela Saini to discuss the cultural myths like “women being better built for parenting” or “women aren’t as sexual as men” that lead to politics damaging to women’s health, overwhelm and not knowing the whole range of ourselves. And when we are overwhelmed and under-fulfilled, we make food choices unaligned with our goals. If you’re looking t...

You know you need to leave all-or-nothing thinking behind with your food and body. But easier said than done. Breanne Ward, MSN, RN, RYT and I discuss her Truce with Food journey and the “how” of embracing growth mindset to propel you further (wait till you hear her period story!). Breanne shares three important questions to embrace your health journey as it comes and the biggest cultural myth and...

In today’s episode, Nicole “The Period Girl” Jardim is going to give us the important truth about: 1. The importance of a healthy menstrual cycle, including making sure this happens, not just if you get your period or not 2. The side-effects and costs of taking the birth control pill, including for some women, it makes them attracted to the wrong guy! 3. Food fixes to make during the various phase...

With the New Year upon us, it’s easy to think things will be magically different. Guess what? They can be if we do things differently. We can start the year with a fresh start, but not necessarily a clean slate. In other words, we still have our emotional selves that we’re bringing to the New Year. Because this season is about the feminine perspective or what’s missing in our conversations, I’m go...

While the health-care and diet industry would like you to believe all bodies are the same, the truth is: You are a wonder, not a widget. In today’s episode, we’ll chat with my client Jess Ivins, to hear her story and how she: got unstuck and re-energized from years of dieting, working with her body to manager her endometriosis (including this one change that made her drop eight pounds), and how sh...

The world’s default is male. It’s hard to grasp the enormity of this bias. From the medicine to spirituality, our healing modalities are incomplete. This season aims to start to fill in some very important blindspots that once you see, you can get results beyond your and our culture’s current imagination. Let the game begin!

Rewind of Episode 98 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: 1.1. The different types of discipline required to be consistent with working out versus food2.2. The importance of not pushing through your physical hunger and how that back fires3.3. How to start to build the discipline required to unders...

Rewind of Episode 64 Do you find that certain foods are a gateway for you? You can’t just have one? Why are there certain foods that trigger us? And they are never carrots and green smoothies. In today’s episode we talk about the key questions to ask yourself that will enable you to finally be around your trigger foods and not eat them. There is a physical and emotional component that we have to t...

Rewind of Episode 39 What if there was a way to increase your will power? Would that be the key to being able to say no thank you to that dessert at at end of the meal? Nicole is the founder and President of Equilibria Leadership Consulting, an international leadership and management consulting and coaching firm, based in Philadelphia, PA. She is a regular contributor to the print and broadcast co...

Rewind of Episode 54 People often say they feel blocked or stuck with heavy emotions and food, booze and bad tv are the only choice they have to cope. In this episode we will talk about how to stop anesthetizing you feelings and face them head on in a way that is empowering and not scary.

Rewind of Episode 52 Conventional wisdom tells you to visualize success in order to achieve a goal, but in this episode we will reveal a better technique that’s more effective than just positive thinking. How can you gracefully get on the same page with your hosts and hostesses when it comes to wanting to eat healthy at a holiday gathering?and lastly what to measure so you can eliminate your guilt...

Depression is not a disease, it’s a symptom. Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. With her groundbreaking, science-based and holistic approach, Dr. Brogan shatters the mythology conventional medicine has built around the causes and treatment of depression. According to Dr. Kelly Brogan, antidepressant...

Sas has a Masters degree in Coaching & Mentoring from Oxford Brookes, and is a Certified Dr. Martha Beck Life Coach. She has also been coaching women leaders for the past 6 years in adaptive challenges. Find out why it’s great news that you only made it to day 9 of your Whole30 cleanse or your resolutions have already gone to shit. It turns out even though you think weight watchers, whole 30 o...

Agency is a word rarely associated with weight loss and healthy eating. Yet it’s a root cause of emotional eating and bingeing. In this episode, Ali shares: 1. What agency is and why it’s critical to weight loss and health 2. How the degree of agency we have determines if we overeat or full out binge 3. Coaches Insatiable listener Stephanie Cahill on where she’s lacking agency today and beginning...

October 15 marked 10 years for me as an entrepreneur in the wellness space, studying, practicing and synthesizing what it means to be well. In today’s episode, I want to share 10 wellness truths my clients and I have experienced. I hope these insights will help invigorate your journey if you have momentum or support you to get you unstuck if you’re struggling.

What a milestone. In today’s episode, my client Liza turns the tables and interviews me! We get into the influences of my work, the important healing reasons I designed Truce with Food the way it is and what I’m working on in my own health and with my work to support more people becoming liberated in their bodies and lives.