#180: When Gut Issues Make You Afraid to Eat: A Conversation with Digestive Expert Anna Mapson
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
Release Date: 04/15/2025
#191: Coping With Food Restrictions and Finding Joy in Eating Again After a Medical Diagnosis Like Celiac Disease
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
When Carrie Saunders discovered she had celiac disease, she finally had answers for years of feeling sick and disconnected from her body. But navigating a medical condition that requires eliminating foods, without falling back into a restrictive dieting mentality, wasn’t easy. In this episode, Carrie shares her story of going from chronic undernourishment to postpartum weight gain, and the long journey toward finding balance, healing, and body trust. We talk about the messy middle: how to take care of your health while staying grounded in intuitive eating, and how to listen to your...
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#190: Why You Still Feel Out of Control Around Food - Even When You’re Not Dieting
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
Do you still feel obsessed or out of control with food, even though you’re not dieting anymore? This is SUPER frustrating, I know. In this episode, I’m breaking down why so many women still feel chaotic around food even after quitting dieting, and why intuitive eating can feel confusing, frustrating, or “like it’s not working.” Before you throw in the towel and go back to your low carb diet or counting calories, listen to this episode. It might change everything for you. We’ll talk about: The sneaky ways diet culture lives on in your thoughts and...
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#189: What To Do After a Binge (Without Punishing Yourself or Treating it Like a Diet)
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
So… you had a binge. Now you’re wondering if you’ve totally screwed up intuitive eating and thinking, “Do I need to start over? Should I clean out the pantry? Maybe just be extra ‘good’ tomorrow?” Before you go down that spiral…PAUSE, put your hands over your heart, and take a breath. In this episode, I’m walking you through what to do after a binge without punishing yourself, and without turning it into a diet in disguise. We’ll talk about: Why this happened (even if you haven’t been dieting), The sneaky ways diet mentality creeps back in,...
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#188: She’s 47, Done Dieting, and Finally at Peace With Food
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
After decades of being on and off diets, chasing a lower number on the scale, hiding in photos and feeling frustrated with food - today's guest (one of my incredible clients) is sharing her powerful story of finding peace with food and her body, and you’re getting the inside scoop on HOW she did it. In this episode, you'll hear: ✔️ The emotional moment crying in her doctor’s office that led her to intuitive eating ✔️ What it was like to let go of food rules and fear of fullness ✔️ How her relationship with her body has radically shifted ✔️...
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#187: Intuitive Eating with ADHD: How to Handle Hunger, Impulse Control, and Gentle Nutrition
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
If you have ADHD, intuitive eating can feel confusing. Hunger cues might be delayed, meals forgotten, grocery shopping haphazard, and impulsive eating can feel out of control. In this episode we’ll dig into the nitty gritty of how ADHD affects appetite signals, impulse control around food, and interoception (your ability to sense internal body cues). And don’t worry, we’re also going to cover how stimulant medications impact eating patterns, why a consistent eating schedule is key for ADHD brains, and the overlap between ADHD and binge eating disorder. In this episode I’m...
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#186: Just Because Summer is Coming Doesn't Mean You Should Cut Out Carbs or "Try to Lose Weight the Healthy Way"
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
You’ve ditched the diets. You know in your soul they don’t work. But suddenly it’s the end of May, and you find yourself wondering if maybe *just maybe* you should try to slim down before shorts and swimsuit season gets into full swing. Sound familiar? In this episode, we’re going deeper than “all bodies are beach bodies.” (Although that part’s still true!) We’re going to look a why your desire to lose weight for summer makes sense from a nervous system perspective, and you can do to help yourself feel more safe and comfortable in your body this summer. Let’s...
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#185: PCOS and Managing Your Health Without Dieting with Julie Duffy Dillon
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
PCOS and managing any health condition that calls for dietary changes can be really challenging when you’re also trying to stay off diets and heal your relationship with food. My guest today is a fellow non-diet dietitian. Julie Duffy Dillon is a Registered Dietitian and Host of Find Your Food Voice®, a popular long running nutrition podcast. Through speaking and writing, she helps people with a complicated relationship with food strategize how to remove the shame and blame dumped on them from the diet industry. Her work has been featured on TLC and in the New York Times, Outside...
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#184: How Your Childhood Food Rules Still Control Your Eating Habits
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
Did you grow up being told things like "finish your plate" or "you can't have dessert until you eat your veggies"? It’s quite possible that these old food rules are still controlling what you eat - even if you don’t realize it. In this episode, we’re diving into how those childhood food rules have stayed with you over the years, and how they’ve morphed through the input from diet culture. Even if you’re technically not dieting anymore, you might still feel stuck in “no man’s land” between food guilt and food freedom, and these sneaky old rules are often the...
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#183: Before You Panic About Weight Gain, Let's Talk About What's Actually Happening
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
If you’ve recently looked in the mirror or stepped on the scale and felt that rush of panic, you are not alone. In this episode, we’re pushing pause on the shame spiral and digging into what’s really going on beneath that fear. We’ll talk about why your fear of weight gain is not a sign you’re doing intuitive eating wrong — it’s a reflection of the culture we live in. You’ll learn why your body changing is normal (and even healing), how to unpack the meaning you’ve attached to your weight, and what to do when panic hits. You’ll also get practical tools to ride...
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#182: Navigating Food Judgment (When Friends and Family Don't Understand Your Approach)
Rebuilding Trust With Your Body
Ever feel like the people closest to you just don’t understand your decision to stop dieting? Maybe they make comments about your body, question your food choices, or can’t stop talking about their latest cleanse. You’re not alone, and you’re certainly not wrong for choosing a different path! In this episode, we’re digging into how to navigate food judgment from friends and family when you're practicing intuitive eating. I’ll share why their reactions make sense (even when they’re hurtful), how to respond with grace and boundaries, and what to do when it feels...
info_outlineIf you’ve ever felt afraid to eat because of how food makes you feel (bloating, cramping, unpredictable trips to the bathroom), this episode is for you.
I’m joined by Anna Mapson, a registered nutritional therapist who specializes in IBS and digestive health, and who understands the delicate balance between managing gut symptoms and maintaining a healthy relationship with food.
We talk about how food fear can develop when you’re constantly trying to avoid symptoms, how that overlaps with disordered eating, and why simply cutting out more foods isn’t the answer. Anna shares her compassionate approach to gut healing that focuses on adding variety back in, not restricting even more.
We also discuss:
- Why elimination diets can backfire long-term
- The importance of working through food fear
- How to build trust with your body when your symptoms feel out of control
- Practical tips for expanding your diet without flaring your symptoms
Whether you're navigating IBS, other gut issues, or supporting someone who is, this episode will help you feel less alone, and more hopeful about your path forward!
Resources Mentioned
- Download Free Resources for IBS on Anna’s Mapson’s Website
- Connect with Anna Mapson on Instagram
- Listen to Anna’s Podcast: Inside Knowledge for People With IBS
Read the full episode show notes here.
Resources for Your Intuitive Eating Journey
- Intuitive eating education on the blog
- Work with Katy
- Explore the self-paced mini-course Stepping Off The Dieting Rollercoaster
Connect with Katy Harvey
Website: KatyHarvey.net
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