More Than What You Eat
In this episode, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Rachel Goodman discusses the psychology of food exposure to stop binge eating. She walks you through the process of increasing your exposure to holiday foods so you can stop feeling out of control and ENJOY your holiday meals again with control and confidence. In this episode we cover: Why you binge on holiday foods What is habituation How to expose yourself to holiday foods gradually so you no longer feel the urgency to over eat or binge on them at your holiday meals. LINKS MENTIONED: Ep 38: Ep 52: Rachel’s...
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Negative body image moments can feel like they ‘come out of nowhere’ and suck the joy out of your day. And if your body image is chronically bad, it can be even a week, month, year, or lifetime. I’m going to let you in on a secret, these bad body image moments can also happen even when you've healed your body image! In fact, not too long ago, I experienced one of the worst body image moments I’ve had in a really really long time, probably even years! A big misconception, and one that my clients I’ve been working with a for a while bring up often, is the belief that...
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Being able to ‘just listen to your body’ to eat with ease and peace may sound idyllic - except its anything but that simple if you’ve been in the trenches of diet culture for years and trying to claw your way out. How can you possibly learn to listen and trust your body when there is so much noise coming from diet culture at every angle that pressures you to do the opposite? To follow meal plans and food rules and do anything except listen and trust your body. How can you reconnect to your inner food voice after years of being conditioned to diet and living in an...
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Whether you struggle with your body image and its getting in the way of enjoying your intimacy and sex with your spouse or partner, have a partner who is pressuring you to lose weight, or want to get better at communicating and enriching your sexual relationship - this is the episode you want to listen to. In this episode, we cover: The difference between discussing sex with shame vs modesty ‘Being sexy’ vs being sexual. How to have conversations about your sex life and intimacy with your partner when it feels awkward Tips on how to feel more comfortable in your sexual...
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In this episode, Rachel is joined by her close friend and fellow Registered Dietitian, Miriam Shurpin, where they share their personal journeys of how they overcame the challenges of leaving the trenches of diet culture and pivoting their practice from a weight loss approach to a weight-inclusive one. This is an honest conversion about what it's like to be an intuitive eating dietitian in a diet-obsessed world and the continuous challenges we face. In this episode, we cover: How Miriam’s clients helped her shift her practice to an Intuitive Eating approach and heal her own relationship with...
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You’ve heard about ozempic, mounjaro, zepbound, and other GLP-1s for weight loss. But do you really know what they are doing to your body and the risks involved? Too many people are prescribed weight loss medication without informed consent. Meaning, they are given zero education on what these drugs actually do to the body, the risks involved, or what to do to manage and mitigate such risks. While I personally don’t endorse intentional pursuits of weight loss, I’m all for body autonomy. It’s your choice what to do with your body and I don't believe in judging others for...
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In this episode, Rachel is joined by Jewish influencer, Alyssa Goldwater, who shares her journey from a diet-centered childhood that eventually led to being diagnosed with binge eating disorder - and how she healed to find food + body peace, and how she is now fighting diet culture with her platform and voice. In this episode, we cover: How Alyssa’s childhood shaped her negative body image, even if it was from well-meaning family members What helped her set boundaries with people she loved Her reaction to getting diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and the moment she...
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In this episode, Rachel is joined by Eden, who has attempted to embrace intuitive eating and eat with food freedom multiple times - only to end in the usual binge and guilt every time. You’ll be able to listen in as Rachel coaches Eden in real time and helps her identify the real reasons her binges persist and provides steps and insights on how Eden can heal her relationship with food, stop the food guilt,and opt out of the diet-binge cycle for good. Rachel also helps Eden get to the root of her body image struggle and pursuit of thinness, and what she actually needs to work on...
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If you’ve tried to eat intuitively but you feel like you’re just eating all the things and not feeling good, which has led you to the assumption that ‘its not working’ - this is the podcast episode to listen to. Intuitive Eating is more than just ‘let yourself eat whatever you want, whenever you want it’. This approach to eating with food freedom can quickly turn into feeling all over the place with food, even if it does feel good to no longer diet. In this episode, Rachel shares how to differentiate between intuitive eating and when eating becomes impulsive and...
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Eating disorders are often misunderstood, tricky to identify, and can be really scary when someone you love is struggling with one. How do you know if they're struggling if they won’t be open with you about it? How do you know when it's time to get help? And what do you do if they don’t want to get support? Whether you worry about the person you love, or are wondering if its time for you to get help yourself - this podcast episode is the one to listen to. Rachel is joined by Registered Dietitian, Jessica Setnick MS, RD, CEDS-S who has decades of experience...
info_outlineIn this episode, Rachel is joined by Eden, who has attempted to embrace intuitive eating and eat with food freedom multiple times - only to end in the usual binge and guilt every time.
You’ll be able to listen in as Rachel coaches Eden in real time and helps her identify the real reasons her binges persist and provides steps and insights on how Eden can heal her relationship with food, stop the food guilt,and opt out of the diet-binge cycle for good.
Rachel also helps Eden get to the root of her body image struggle and pursuit of thinness, and what she actually needs to work on to heal it.
If you relate to Eden’s struggles, you’ll walk away from this episode with huge breakthroughs, just like Eden did!
In this episode, we cover:
- Eden’s sneak eating and why it happens
- Identifying the connection between macro counting and her binges
- Why willpower is not the reason she binges
- Uncovering Eden’s food rules with burgers and fries [and how to challenge them]
- Eden gets honest with herself about her weight loss goals and if its really about her health
- Why Intuitive Eating hasn’t worked for her in the past and what she needs to do instead
- Identifying the root of her bad body image
- Understanding safe attachment in childhood and how that has affected her body image
- The next best step to stop binge eating and heal her body image effectively.
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