The Confident & Eating Podcast

Welcome to the first episode of the brand new season of The Confident & Eating Podcast! This season, I am bringing you a new word to focus on..and that is CURIOSITY.

Why curiosity?

Well, curiosity is what opened me up to the world of intuitive eating and it really embodies the message that I want to share this season.

When I was studying nutrition is that I thought I could help the world by telling them what to do and what to eat, but through learning about my own privilege and the world around us I learned that privilege and think privilege create situations that make it easy for some and not so easy for others.

So what has privilege got to do with your relationship with food?

In this episode I discuss:

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This season I am bringing you a new word - curiosity.

Get curious as to how you can support your health the non-diet way. Because you know in your heart that the diet’s don’t work. 

And I know that you are overwhelmed with the all of information that you should be doing in regards to your health and diet.

My aim this season, is to give you the tools and support to clarify your WHY for your self care.

This season I want you to tap into your deep curiosity to learn new approaches. Because deep in your heart you know the diet is not working, you know that trying to be ‘perfect’ is causing you nothing but overwhelm and stress..

I also thought I needed to be perfect. I thought I needed to change who I was. How wrong was I? It was the mistake that I made that I want to prevent you from making.

Take a listen to learn to see what IS possible for you as I help you to change your thoughts so that you can open up to curiosity and learn about ways you can eat to live - not live to eat.

I have so much planned for you this season over the next 10 weeks so stay tuned!

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Welcome to episode ten! We have made it to our final principle in our Intuitive Eating Principles series.

In today's episode, Denise covers shares her story of discovering intuitive eating, what is gentle nutrition and 3 core areas of gentle nutrition.

There is a myth out that there that says that Intuitive Eating ignores just nutrition...that is NOT the case. In fact, it is actually quite the opposite. 

Science does show us that nutrition is important, but you have to learn to take that nutritional information and trust yourself. 

In this episode, Denise covers:

In the words of Denise:

"A healthy relationship with food means that you understand that foods are all nutritionally different, but you also understand that you can hear your thoughts and you can experience the sensations that you feel and you can make a choice for yourself"

We really hope you enjoyed this episode. If you found it helpful, please do like, share and leave us a review - so that more women can find us!

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Welcome to episode nine and our first guest!

In today's episode, Denise talks chats with Christine - a non-diet strength and movement coach with an intuitive approach.

Christine is passionate about women moving more freely, listening to their bodies and tuning in to what they need today and every day.

Denise and Christine are on a mission to show women that you CAN choose movement that is truly joyful for you!

"You get to choose how you want to move and what you want to do, you don't have to do those team sports. There is so much choice out there, do a little research - have a look at something that you might actually have fun with!"

In this episode, Denise and Christine discuss:

In the words of Denise:

"It's really reductionist - this whole thing of energy in and energy out. There is so much more at play"

We really hope you enjoyed this episode. If you found it helpful, please do like, share and leave us a review - so that more women can find us!

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Welcome to episode 8! 

On today's episode, Denise talks about the 8th principle of Intuitive Eating - respect your body.

If you struggle with body image, this one is for you.

"Accepting your body is revolutionary. Changing that narrative about your body means you work on changing the stories about your body and how they got there"

In the process of growth, it is so important to start noticing the words and phrases you are using with yourself.

Denise shares her wisdom and experience about body image through her learnings from clients and her study of intuitive eating - so that you can begin to see how you can start to begin to respect your body. 

In this episode, Denise covers:

- What exactly is body image.

- What happens when we have a negative body image.

- How you can begin to notice things to begin to respect your body through intuitive eating.

- Something for you to practice...

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Welcome to episode 7!

On today's episode, Denise talks about the seventh principle of Intuitive Eating - coping with your emotions with kindness.

If you are an emotional eater, you may find yourself eating to deal with uncomfortable emotions, using food as a reward or eating mindlessly when you are stressed…you are not alone!

Many people when they first start out with intuitive eating are unsure where to begin in dealing with these emotions that can arise….

In this week’s episode, Denise focuses on coping with emotions with kindness by tapping into what you really feel in that moment.

Denise shares her wisdom and experience about emotional eating to help you in identifying what you truly need in that moment.

In this episode, Denise covers:

- Questions to ask yourself about emotional eating to determine if it is emotional eating or a lack of self-care.

- The two types of hunger - physical and emotional hunger and how to determine the two.

- How to recognize emotional eating.

- Some tips on emotional eating when the feelings come up including 3 questions to ask yourself.

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Welcome to episode six! 

In this episode, Denise talks about the 6th principle of Intuitive Eating - feel your fullness & satisfaction.

"Eating what is truly satisfying to you without any attachment of morality to it achieves physical and biological health"

In this episode, Denise shares

- How to learn what feels good and what doesn't feel good in your body through intuitive eating.

- How to find pleasure and satisfaction in eating.

- How intuitive eating really does correlate with physical and biological health. 

- Some actionable takeaways for you to learn how to feel your fullness and discover satisfaction through intuitive eating.

"Remember, if you feel ready to work on your relationship with food, if you notice there are parts of this that you feel you may not be able to do this alone, give yourself the freedom to invest in yourself, you are worthy, you are brave. 

When you lean into this kind of support you will never want to choose a diet again, you will know that you are brave, you are courageous, you are strong and you are powerful"

Welcome to episode 5!

"Intuitive eating empowers you to feel better in your body by making your own food choices - you get to choose in your body how you want to live in it"

On today's episode, Denise talks about the fifth principle of Intuitive Eating - feel your fullness.

So what does it mean to feel and respect your fullness?

"The key to respecting fullness means giving yourself unconditional permission to eat. When you know and trust you can eat whatever it is again, it's letting go of the notion that certain foods are good and others are bad "

You do not need to walk it off later.

You do not need to starve yourself next week.

Having full choice over what to eat sends people into a tailspin.. it makes us feel scared.  But this is a crucial step in the intuitive eating journey. And in this episode, Denise discusses some fears you may have about this and the solution to these fears...

In this episode, Denise shares:

- What it means to respect your fullness.

- How to address the fears "I won't stop eating" "I have tried it before" "Overeating will trigger a binge" "I don't trust myself".

- Self-compassion as your weapon.

- Actionable steps you can take to continue your intuitive eating journey and respect your fullness.

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Welcome to episode 4!

On today's episode, Denise talks about the fourth principle of Intuitive Eating - how to challenge the food police.

So who are the food police in terms of intuitive eating?

The Food police monitor the unreasonable rules that dieting has created. Certainly, you may have people in your life who tell you how you should eat – either directly or indirectly. They might say things like “You eat that? Haven’t you heard how bad that is for you?” or or simply bragging about their own eating habits, making you feel like you should follow suit.

However, the most militant form of the police comes from your own mind, from within. It incorporates every bit of information you’ve internalized from doctors, friends, family, media and culture about:

- How you should or shouldn’t eat

- Which foods are “good” and which foods are “bad”

- How much your health relies on what you eat (hint: many things affect how healthy you are, and food is only one of them)

In this episode, Denise shares:

- What exactly does the food police really mean in Intuitive Eating?

- How to challenge the food police to help improve your relationship with food.

- The different types of negative self-talk such as 'all or nothing' thinking and 'catastrophic' and 'perfectionist' thinking and how to recognise this.

- Why self-compassion and self-awareness are KEY in eating and the ultimate weapon against the food police.

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Welcome to episode 3! On today's episode, Denise talks about the third principle of Intuitive Eating - make peace with food.

In this episode, Denise shares:

- What does the principle of 'unconditional permission to eat' mean 

- What does it look like to make peace with food 

- Common and normal fears clients have at first around this principle such as "Once I start eating my forbidden food, I won't stop"

- What is habituation and how it is the KEY to help you on your journey to making peace with food

- Questions to ask yourself if you are ready to make peace with food

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Welcome to episode two! Let's talk about the second principle of Intuitive Eating - honouring your hunger.

In this episode, I will share

- what it means to honour your hunger

- what is leading you away from trusting your body and intuition

- the difference between physical and emotional hunger

- the hunger scale and how to use it on your intuitive eating journey

- strategies you can start to implement to learn how to honour your hunger in daily life