Weightless with Michelle Carroll

I got a really interesting DM from someone struggling with finding success on their body image journey - is it always problematic to want to change your body? And is "because I want to" a good enough reason to want fat loss? Let's discuss. WORK WITH ME : ⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrit...

You mean to tell me you can do all this work on body image and still struggle with it? UNFAIR TRADE. Anyway, here's what really affected my body image whilst on hols! WORK WITH ME : ⁠⁠⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrition Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@michellecarroll1

In addition to being one of the coolest people alive, and one of the most insane performers I have ever seen, CMAT was victim of body shaming online after her festival performance (God forbid a woman exists) last weekend. Let's chat about how CMAT exemplifies what it means to have positive body image, and why we should all STFU commenting on any woman's body. WORK WITH ME : ⁠⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Body image is complex, and there's often no "root cause" for why you struggle to like your body. This is something researchers are aware of, and it's lead to the development of the Tripartite Model of Body Image - a model designed to capture three major influences on body image and how they influence how we feel about our bodies. We delve right into it today! WORK WITH ME : ⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Fitness generally centres around looking a certain way, or maintaining a certain body fat percentage. In today's episode we talk about why that is and why we're getting it wrong... plus what to measure instead. WORK WITH ME : Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrition Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@michellecarroll1

Time for my seemingly annual fight with people online about tracking calories... but here we're bringing the nuance. WORK WITH ME: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrition Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@michellecarroll1 ED RESOURCES: Bodywhys BEAT UK

Is a PhD worth it? What do you need to know? And how do you even go about starting one? Here's everything I wish I knew before I started applying for my PhD! WORK WITH ME: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrition Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@michellecarroll1

It’s the era of AI-slop, with people outsourcing their critical thinking and setting the environment on fire just to post about the same fat loss tips we’ve heard since the Bodybuilding.com days. Which is obviously hell enough, but with coaches and mentors now advertising products that rely on generative AI, is there any cause for concern and pause when it comes to using a model trained on weight-...

If you're used to obsessing about the scales or your macro targets, you need today's episode. We chat all about why the numbers are so important to you and why the solution isn't just "care less" or "just wear the shorts" (JAIL). - WORK WITH ME: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrition Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Today, I am joined by the incredible Jo Moscalu, who you might know as the @binge.eating.dietitian on Instagram. Joanne is a registered dietitian and currently finishing up her PhD which looked at binge eating disorder in Ireland. We discuss all things binge eating, from our own journeys, Joanne's research on binge eating in Ireland and what really helps people find true food freedom. One of m...

Rounding up and reviewing the latest fitness trends in 2026 bc I am basically body image Carrie Bradshaw and I've never let anything go ever. MENOPAUSE MASTERCLASS TICKETS ⁠⁠ WORK WITH ME: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrition Review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @michellecarroll1

I got a cracker of a question in the DMs about how to get people who only care about aesthetics to consider health and strength goals... in what I thought would be a short episode, over the course of the 25 mins we chat about: - Whether aesthetics are always harmful - Coaching the aesthetically-motivated coaching - Marketing without aesthetics And lots more that I can't remember cos it was jus...

Winter in Ireland and the U.K. was cold, dark and rainy. And now, much like Moses leading the people out of the desert, Megan Thee Stallion has arrived to lead us into Hot Girl Summer . But Hot Girl Summer isn’t all it cracked up to be, and can actually have some far-reaching consequences for body image. How might body image change with the seasons? MENOPAUSE MASTERCLASS TICKETS WORK WITH ME: ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

You may have heard the latest uproar on social media owing to the return of "heroin chic" and "GLP-1 bodies". This was immediately used for content by a rake of influencers. Some virtue-signalling, some actually trying to make a fair point. Swings and roundabouts. However, it got me thinking about what we replaced thinspiration with – fitsporation. And, it turns out they aren’t...

What you say about your body matters - more than you might think. In this episode, we dive into the world of “body talk,” from self-deprecating fat talk to empowering conversations about what your body can do . We explore why casually tearing ourselves down is normalised, whether it’s really harmless, and how shifting the conversation can reduce body dissatisfaction and fatphobia. Listen in for in...

After this week's IWD event, we break down the answer I wish I gave to the question asked - can you be just as unhealthy in a thin body as a larger one? I have many thoughts (shocker), so let's discuss... WORK WITH ME: ⁠Coaching⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Disordered Eating Informed⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Body Image & Nutrition Review⁠⁠⁠ @michellecarroll1

Athletic body image differs from that of the general population... and it might be just as poorly understood. Plus, what happens when we factor in how much weight bias impacts coaching and athletic decisions? I discussed all of this and more with the incredible Hannah Silva-Breen. Hannah Silva-Breen, MS, MA, CMPC, is currently a doctoral candidate in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology at...

It's no secret that I think every coach should be more body image conscious in their marketing and coaching... but where do you start? Research is inaccessible and the sheer volume of all you need to know can be overwhelming, right? So, I though I'd provide a little overview (lol it was 30 mins long) of how you can go about being more body image conscious in your business and where to learn more!...

Today, I'm joined by nutrition and body image coach, the hilarious Rachel Hunter as we chat all about whether you need a neurodiverse specific coach, qualification... and it's a race to see who says something cancellable first. We love to see it. Rachel on IG: @hunterhealthproject Follow me on IG: @michellecarroll1 ⁠ ⁠ Disordered Eating Informed course info ⁠ ⁠ Body Image & Nutrition R...

We are constantly told that dieting is just a matter of “willpower”. That individuals just need  more control. Is it really that simple? And if so, what happens when we try and  restrain  ourselves when we experience  cravings ? WORK WITH ME ⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching information⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a consultation call⁠ @michellecarroll1

I can't be the only one who's noticed a lot of the running influencers are injured atm... and since I can't help but intellectualise everything, here's why I think that might be the case and what it means for how we view fitness and performance goals! GET YOUR TICKETS TO THE FITNESS UNPROFESSIONALS LIVE EVENT IN MCR ⁠ WORK WITH ME ⁠⁠Coaching information⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Book a consultation call

Women with PCOS have long been victimised by online fat loss “specialists” who capitalise on female health conditions by making them all about how you can’t lose weight...I hate it here. But whilst we problematise the female body for commercial gain, are we ignoring the body image struggles of women with PCOS? Let's talk about: Why PCOS makes liking your body difficult Challenges with body ima...

Alcohol dependence is still a pretty taboo subject, as is disordered eating. Today, I'm joined by Anna Preece, a PhD candidate at Bournemouth University and a relationship with food coach to chat about the myths and realities of the interplay between alcohol dependence and disordered eating. Follow Anna here: @anna.marienutrition GET YOUR TICKETS TO THE FITNESS UNPROFESSIONALS LIVE EVENT IN MC...

Do you struggle with unhelpful thoughts about your body? Body image concerns and disordered eating habits are often driven by  dysfunctional cognitions . Aside from sounding like a terrible name for a college indie band, dysfunctional cognitions, or  unhelpful thinking patterns/beliefs about our bodies , have some far-reaching consequences. In today's episode we discuss what dysfunctional cognitio...

Can you really get "into the shape of your life" whilst trying to improve your relationship with food? Or are there some barriers to this? In 2026 we are RAMBLING and parsing out our thoughts on all things relationship with food and this week's episode is no different! WORK WITH ME Coaching information Book a consultation call