Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen

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#161: Detaching From Thin Ideal (Body Image Series) Feb 25, 2020

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I'm talking about breaking the attachment to the thin ideal. Specifically, why it's so hard to break the attachment to the thin ideal and how to identify and work through the fears that keep us hooked on the pursuit of thinness, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet - "Goodbye Diet Culture - 5 prompts to help you break up with diet culture for good" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/161 Specifically, we cover:

- Why it's so hard to break the attachment to the thin ideal, - Why no one should feel ashamed for wanting to lose weight, - Why breaking the attachment to the thin ideal is a crucial part of body acceptance work, - How to identify and work through the fears that keep us hooked on the thin ideal, - The 5 main fears that keep us hooked on the thin ideal and diet mentality, Get your free worksheet - "Goodbye Diet Culture - 5 prompts to help you break up with diet culture for good" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/161

#160: Believing You Are Good Enough (Self-Worth). (Body Image Series) Feb 11, 2020

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I'm talking about what gets in the way of believing that we're good enough, how to build self-worth and why it's so damn important towards knowing you're good enough as you are, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet - "10 Powerful Ways To Reinforce That You're Good Enough" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/160 Specifically, we cover:

- What gets in the way of feeling good enough, - How our "shoulds" feed the belief that we're not good enough, - What is self-worth and why it's so damn important for you to feel good enough, - The difference between confidence and self-worth, - How perfectionism influences our self-worth, - 8 components to build self-worth, Get your free worksheet - "10 Powerful Ways To Reinforce That You're Good Enough" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/160

#159: Intuitive Eating & Body Image (Body Image Series) Feb 04, 2020

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I'm talking about the relationship between body image and intuitive eating, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet - "Eat Like A Grown-Ass Adult - 4 prompts to inspire you to live your life without diets" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/159 Specifically, we cover:

- Why body dissatisfaction drives the diet mentality, - Why accepting our bodies doesn't mean giving up, - 5 ways that body image work will facilitate healing your relationship with food, - What it means to "trust yourself" around food and how to overcome that hurdle if you feel like you just can't Get your free worksheet - "Eat Like A Grown-Ass Adult - 4 prompts to inspire you to live your life without diets" in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/159

#158: How To Feel Better In Your Body (Body Image Series) Jan 28, 2020

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I'm talking about how to feel better in your body, as part of the Body Image Series. Grab your free worksheet with 5 actions to immediately feel better in your body in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/158 Specifically, we cover:

- The body image series of podcast episodes I'm going to be doing, - Why I intertwine the words self-worth and body image, - The biggest mistake we make when trying to feel better in our body, - The one question to ask yourself when working on feeling better in your body, - 7 ways to feel better in your body mentally, - How to feel better in your body physically, Get your free worksheet with 5 actions to immediately feel better in your body in the show notes at summerinnanen.com/158

#157: Alcohol Culture & Quitting Like A Woman - interview with Holly Whitaker Jan 14, 2020

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I'm interviewing Holly Whitaker author of Quit Like A Woman and founder and CEO of sobriety school Tempest, about how alcohol culture strips us of our power, the patriarchal nature of AA and her approach to becoming a non-drinker geared towards women and other marginalized groups. We chat about:

-Holly's personal story of her battle with alcohol and how that inspired her to write the book Quit Like A Woman and start the sobriety school Tempest, - How alcohol culture is embedded into female culture and the various ways this shows up in our everyday life, - Why alcohol is the new tobacco and the stats around how it is harming individuals and specifically women at an increasing rate, - How alcohol brands have co-opted feminist ideals to increase profits, - How to know if you need help with drinking, - The question we need to ask instead of "am I an alcoholic," - Why Holly feels we need to stop using the words alcoholism and alcoholic and how these words can be stigmatizing, - The patriarchal nature of Alcoholics Anonymous and how it works against feminist ideals and can further hurt marginalized groups, - How Holly's approach to healing involves empowerment and a more "feminine" centric approach to recovery, Plus, so much more!

#156: How Diet Culture Impacts Wellness - interview with Steph Gaudreau Dec 17, 2019

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I'm interviewing Steph Gaudreau, NTP, and author of The Core 4 about how diet culture impacts wellness, why Steph shifted her message to Intuitive Eating and how she experienced burnout as an entrepreneur. We chat about:

- Steph's story with how she got into health and fitness and how that evolved and adapted when she discovered Intuitive Eating, - How Steph treated paleo like a diet when she first adopted that way of eating, - How diet culture touches the wellness world and how "it became increasingly obvious that people were more confused about food than ever," - How she started to learn more about social justice, health at every size and eating disorder recovery and how this influenced her decision to become a Certified Eating Disorder Counsellor, - Why we're socialized to think that weight is our problem and how so many people don't know how to think beyond that, - The impact on her audience when she moved away from "Stupid Easy Paleo," - How Steph experienced burnout as an entrepreneur and the impact this had on her business and life, - Why there is a facade that entrepreneurs put up that we "have it all together" and how this is a harmful illusion, - How she is coming through the burnout and how this is changing where she focuses her energy, Plus, so much more!

#155: Holiday "Overeating" & Weight Gain Dec 03, 2019

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I'm running solo giving you everything you need on how to handle holiday "overeating" and weight gain. We also talk about how to overcome guilt around eating and how to deal with general holiday stress. In this episode, we chat about:

- The diet cycle and how mental and physical restriction lead to our concerns about "overeating," - Why I hate the term "overeating" because it's the language of diet culture, - How to enjoy eating without the guilt and specific things you can do to help you eat more normally, - What to do if you feel you eat without "savouring," - How to work through stress about holiday weight gain, - How to handle feelings of holiday stress and feeling overwhelmed with social events, - What to do if you're worried about photos, Plus so much more!

#154: How To Handle Holiday Diet/Body Talk Nov 26, 2019

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I'm running solo giving you everything you need on how to handle holiday diet or body talk. We also talk about how to make boundary setting easier and how to be more resilient to diet culture. In this episode, we chat about:

- Why boundaries are necessary towards supporting your mental health and self-worth, - 3 ways to deal with unsolicited comments about your food and or body or kid's food and body, - A script you can use to request that people don't comment on your food or your body in advance, - 5 ways to deal with food and body talk from friends/family, - Simple replies that you can use if someone makes a comment about their latest diet, - 4 ways to make boundary setting easier, - How to create an emotional support kit to make you more resilient to diet culture, Plus so much more!

#153 – Body Acceptance & Fat Positive Fertility with Nicola Salmon Nov 19, 2019

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I'm interviewing Nicola Salmon, fat-positive and feminist fertility coach and author of Fat Positive Fertility. We talk about how to accept your body, improve your health and fertility without focusing on size and advocating for yourself with health professionals. We chat about:

- Nicole's story with fertility and how she learned to accept her body, - Advice on how to cultivate body acceptance, - How to change your beliefs about what it means to be fat, - What the evidence says about weight and fertility, - What to do if you've been told you must lose weight to get pregnant or resolve a health condition, - The fat positive framework Nicola recommends using to focus on fertility and health without it being about weight, - How to deal with unwanted advice and comments about your body/health - How to advocate for yourself at the doctor Plus, so much more!

#152: What My Clients Are Saying (You, On Fire Spotlights) Nov 04, 2019

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It's a special episode because I'm speaking to 5 incredible women, whom I'm willing to bet will have pieces of their story resonate with you. These are 5 of my clients who worked with me during the You, On Fire program over the past 2-3 years and they are here to show you that it is possible to go from obsessing over food and hating your body, to no longer fretting about your reflection and having so much more confidence in who you are outside of how you look. These women go on to be role models to their kids, they have more time so they volunteer or become advocates for social justice, they ask for a raise and a promotion at work, they speak up to their medical professional about HAES or they pursue a new calling. And in all of these little ways, they start to leave a different kind of mark on this world and change the culture. To enroll in You, On Fire go to summerinnanen.com/youonfire

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