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Hosted by Sarah Dosanjh (psychotherapist and author) and Stefanie Michele (coach and somatic therapist), Life After Diets explores what it really takes to heal your relationship with food and body image. Through personal stories, professional insights, and candid reflections, Sarah and Stefanie unpacks the messy, nonlinear process of recovery: the relief of food freedom, the discomfort of identity shifts, and the challenge of living in a culture obsessed with thinness.
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All or Nothing (otherwise known as black and white) thinking is one of the most common thought patterns of disordered eaters. Do you ever feel like you've eaten one "bad" food and you "might as well keep going?" Or feel rigid thinking that turns into an all-out binge? In this episode, we talk about:
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Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Are you still influenced by the diet culture messages you received in childhood? Does your family conditioning still impact your beliefs and behaviors about food and eating? In this episode, Sarah and Stef take a look at:
Jane Fonda, Nair commercials, and Disney princesses
Beliefs about the "ideal feminine" and gender hierarchies, especially in previous generations
Sarah's memory of mangoes and Stef's memory of ravioli Sundays
When one parent has a troubled relationship with food
Happy memories of sweets in childhood do not have to be pathological
Messaging about what it means to be female
Binges as a way of rejecting the idea that we should "behave" and be "good little girls"
The role of health-ism influencing this generation of kids
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Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
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Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
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YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Do you feel obsessed with thoughts of food? In this episode, Stef & Sarah talk about the reasons this may be happening for you -- none of which include being selfish, addicted, or gluttonous! We cover:
The role of restriction in food obsession (including the role of ghrelin, the hunger hormone)
Food obsession driven by feelings of food guilt, including guilt about not eating "clean" enough
Is it food obsession or anxiety?
Thinking about food as a way of escaping your thoughts or reality
The role of emotional suppression to think about food, and how to access groundedness
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Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
In this episode, Sarah and Stef discuss the role of rules, comfort, joy, creativity, and boundaries in relation to food-as-reward. We'll take a look at:
Food as a pressure-release system at the end of a long day
How diet culture has manipulated happy, comfort foods as something we have to earn
Sarah & Stef's memories of food as rewards or treats
Stef's concept of "joy reservoirs"
The interplay of body image and reward
What does creativity have to do with this concept?
Saying No more often to reduce the need for reward
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Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
In this episode, Sarah and Stef make sense of the impulse to eat when your rational brain doesn't want to be eating. Do you ever feel conflicted about eating? Do you feel like you self-sabotage? We'll take a look at:
Why the conscious brain and the subconscious mind have different agendas
Eating just to "get it over with"
Eating from rebellion or to access pleasure
Can you talk yourself out of a binge?
Is non-consenting eating just a habit?
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Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
In this episode, Sarah and Stef talk about the role of emotions in binge eating versus emotional eating recovery. Do you feel like you've tried "sitting with" your feelings but it doesn't make a difference? Or that you don't know what to do with your emotions at all? We'll take a look at:
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Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
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Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
In this episode, Sarah and Stef talk about how difficult it is to deal with weight gain that we experience from binge eating or overeating, as well as the weight we may gain after giving up diets.. Do you feel like you want to give up diets but feel torn about the possibility of gaining weight? Or do you feel distress about the weight you've gained during overeating or binge eating periods? We take a look at:
Feeling a sense of panic that weight gain will never end
How society perceives weight gain
The difference between recovering into a straight size body vs a larger body
Accepting weight gain vs not eating with integrity
Weight as a distraction from uncomfortable life situations
Connect with the show!
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/
Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com
Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
Work with Stefanie - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
In this episode, Sarah and Stef talk about exercise, movement and impact on weight, hunger and mental health. Do you struggle to approach exercise in a non-diet way? If you're not losing weight do you find it difficult to motivate yourself to get moving? We take a look at:
Connect with the show!
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/
Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
Do you find yourself eating when you're bored? In this episode, Sarah & Stef interrogate the feeling of boredom and how it relates to eating urges. We cover things like:
Connect with the show!
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/
Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
In this episode, Sarah and Stef discuss the idea of dieting for health reasons. Do you believe weight loss will improve your health? Are there foods you need to avoid and feel guilty for still having them? We take a look at:
Connect with the show!
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/
Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com
Connect with Sarah Dosanjh
Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist
Sarah's book I Can't Stop Eating is available on Amazon
Connect with Stefanie Michele
Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele
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