Trust Your Body Project

There is a common misconception when it comes to having a negative body image that only women struggle with these insecurities. Aaron Flores is here today to tell you why that is very far from the truth. Aaron is a registered dietitian nutritionist based out of Los Angeles, California with over 10 years of experience working with eating disorders in a variety of settings. In his work, Aaron helps men and women learn how to make peace with food and develop body-positive behaviors. Along with his work with eating disorders, he also is a co-host of the podcast, Dietitians Unplugged.    Whitney shares: Aaron’s food struggle journey that led him to where he is now Making the shift from traditional nutrition approach Becoming a Body Trust provider and what that means Including social justice in the healing conversation How anyone who does not identify as a woman is excluded from the conversation Socializing ourselves on how to have uncomfortable conversations Experiencing group-leader fear about creating a safe sp

During pregnancy, women’s bodies will go through the most dramatic changes in their lives. What the world doesn’t see is the powerful mental and emotional hardships that women go through during this time. Today, Whitney’s guest, Shreen El Masry, is talking about body image during and after pregnancy as well as healing infertility after having an eating disorder. Shreen is the owner of Be You Be Free, a body-positive health and wellbeing community for women. Having struggled with disordered eating and body issues her whole life, Shreen discovered intuitive eating, health at every size, and became educated in all areas of health and wellbeing to recover. Having a positive body image can help women break free from diet culture and spend their time on the things that matter to them the most. Live life the way you are meant to!   Whitney shares: Shreen’s journey through body image problems and her eating disorder Supporting women who are pregnant or post-partum with their body image Refusing to be weighed during

If you can change the way that you think about something then you can change the way that you feel about it. Today, Whitney is talking to Kara Loewetheil about how to take back control of your thoughts. Kara is a Master Certified Coach with a B.A. from Yale and J.D. from Harvard Law, as well as the host of the iTunes top-rated self-help podcast Unf*ck Your Brain. In the last three years after pivoting from a legal career, she has grown her life coaching business from 0 to 7 figures. At the end of the day, your thoughts control your emotions. You can consciously decide to engage with your thoughts instead of being at the mercy of those thoughts. Change the way you think and create your own life!   Whitney shares: Defining thought work and how people think Kara’s path to coaching and working with thought work Psychological teaching history of mankind Journeying through the relationship between size and happiness Where self-confidence comes from and how it works Reasons that people find their negative emotions

Recently, Weight Watchers has released their Kurbo app, which is geared towards dieting for children. This, of course, has plenty of concerned citizens expressing discontent with the problematic messages that this app is sending to the next generation. In the studio today, Whitney is talking to Lindsey Hall, who is here to talk about those problems and her own journey through recovery. Lindsey is an award winning eating disorder/addiction speaker and writer, focusing on the topics of recovery and eating disorders. Having struggled with the eating disorder cycle for many years, Lindsey has actively been in her coined "flexible recovery" since 2014, and is the author behind "I Haven't Shaved in Six Weeks," a blog written to humanize the stigmas of eating disorders and treatment. Parents, learn how to talk to your kids without shaming them! Whitney shares: Information about the launch of her new group coaching How writing about her experiences contributed to Lindsey’s healing Tendencies related to embarrassment

Experiencing trauma is an unfortunate aspect of life and can leave you feeling damaged with no healing in sight. Today, Whitney is talking to someone who has experienced major trauma and found a way to heal her relationship with her body. Ailey Jolie is the author of My Body, My Story, and assists individuals who have experienced trauma in their process of coming home to their body through somatic and mindfulness-based psychotherapies. This is the same approach that helped her reconnect with her body after being sexually exploited. Ailey knows that the best thing that you can do after experiencing a major trauma is to take what you can from it so that you can help others who may be dealing with the same things. Use your bad experiences to change the world for the better! Whitney shares: Update on Whitney’s burnout, health, and group-coaching program My Body, My Story on a high level Synthesizing powerful feelings and experiences into writing Reasons that trauma cannot be compared Staying aware of your body i

Do you often get the feeling like there’s no gas left in the tank? There’s a good chance that you are experiencing emotional burnout or just burnout in general. If you are, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Many people in and out of the workforce experience burnout on a daily basis and the problem is that too many of those people ignore it. Emotional burnout can affect your mindset and your ability to focus. Whitney has run into some burnout of her own lately and is here to tell you about what is going on with her and how she plans to handle the emotional burnout that she is going through. If you are dealing with your own emotional burnout then stay tuned because you may be able to take something away from Whitney’s experiences! Whitney shares: Types of people that Whitney can help with coaching services How emotional burnout shows up for Whitney Different sources of emotional burnout Chaos in life translating to trauma in the body What emotional burnout can look like from a medical standpoint Suggested emotion

Navigating relationships with your partner, friends, and family can be difficult for anyone. It can become even more difficult when those people diet regularly while you have a rough relationship with what you eat. It’s a rocky combination. Instead of avoiding these people, and subsequently, your life, you need to learn how to talk to these people. Going through the recovery process alone can be a terrifying path, but having strong relationships with people that you can open yourself up to can help make it a smoother ride. To keep these healthy relationships, it is important to set boundaries with these people. Stay tuned to hear Whitney’s advice on just how to do that.  Whitney shares: Letting people in on your recovery when you feel ready Easiest ways to tell someone about your mental health problems Internalizing negative self-talk from the outside Staying on the same team as yourself Practicing patience with others around what they say The two kinds of people you are going to deal with Following up your

Being vulnerable is the ultimate sign of trust. There is nothing more vulnerable than openly discussing your eating disorder or disability on a podcast, and that’s exactly what Anna Sweeney is here to discuss. Anna is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, and owner of Whole Life Nutrition, a nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders. She is able to help those struggling with eating disorders and disabilities from a place of experience, having been diagnosed with MS when she was 12. She works by combining her knowledge of nutritional science, experience in the treatment of eating disorders, and heartfelt, thoughtful care. Stay tuned to hear about Anna’s story and how we can bridge the gap between the able-bodied and disabled worlds!   Whitney shares: Updates, updates, updates Anna’s story Experiencing invisibility for the first time through disability Learning and sharing through life experience Being grateful for everything that disability can give y

Go lose weight. Fat is bad. Do these sound familiar? The problem with becoming healthy is that the definition of healthy is completely different from person to person. In the studio today is Dr. Joshua Wolrich, who has recently become an anti-diet and health at every size advocate on social media. Over the past few years he has become acutely aware of the problematic nature of both losing weight and also encouraging it. He now focuses on improving one's relationship with food through addressing #nutribollocks and reminding us that there is so much more to health than our weight on the scales. There are times when weight loss can be beneficial to health, but how do we decide what goes in that crossover gray area? It’s a conversation that needs to be had!  Whitney shares: Problems with too much information and control on your journey Making the change away from the problematic view of weight loss Having the unconditional permission to eat all foods with natural moderation Where weight loss and health cross ove

Are you noticing that your love-hate relationship with exercise has been more hate than love? We have all been sitting at home thinking that it’s time to go exercise but the gym is just not in the books for today, so you exercise at home. Somewhere in the back of your mind, you don’t consider this exercise. Why? This is what is called the diet-culture voice. That diet-culture voice in your head tells you to feel bad about something that you should absolutely not feel bad about. Whitney is sharing with you 5 tips to develop a healthy relationship with exercise. Take the power back from your inner bully! Whitney shares: What inspired today’s talk about exercise Short-term mindset vs. long-term mindset Importance of developing a healthy relationship with exercise Be willing to take a break from exercise Working on the guilt of taking a break Finding a place to heal other than the place that you got sick Take it one day at a time and try new things Questioning what you count as movement The power of the brain ov

In today’s episode, Whitney is talking to Talia Koren, the person behind Workweek Lunch, a membership site on how to meal prep and eliminate food waste. Talia is here to shed some light on how meal prepping and intuitive eating are not exclusively for the diet culture. Her mission is to help busy people all over the world master easy, affordable and time-saving cooking so that they can spend less time doing dishes and more time living their best lives. By using these methods, you can learn to separate the concept of health from the stresses of weight loss. There are so many perks to these practices because they can be helpful at any point in your food journey. Don’t pick fights with your foods! Come to terms with what you are eating and use these methods to help you along your journey! Whitney shares: Changes that are coming to Whitney’s coaching Update on Whitney’s life Talia’s story Rejecting the idea of expected beauty standard Meal planning at different points of your food journey Differentiating between

Today, Whitney is talking about the struggle of emotional eating and why it isn’t bad. This topic tends to have a negative stigma around it but in reality emotional eating happens in response to positive and negative emotions and it can come when you are hungry or not hungry. There are a plethora of reasons why people eat when they are emotional, whether it be chemical, emotional, or physical. The problems arise when this is the only way that you know how to cope with your emotions and problems in your life, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Stay tuned to hear why emotional eating does not have to be a bad thing! Whitney shares: Everything that’s going on with Whitney right now What is emotional eating? Reasons that emotional eating develops People that are most likely to develop emotional eating habits Here’s why emotional eating is not a bad thing When emotional eating becomes a problem The dangers of suppressing your emotions for long periods of time Finding a way to cope that actually helps with the

In today’s episode, Whitney has the pleasure of interviewing therapist, coach, and founder of Caravel Coaching, Lee Chaix McDonough. Lee’s goal is to partner with healers, helpers, and creative entrepreneurs who want to grow successful businesses and lead fulfilling lives. Lee is here to talk about ACT, or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and how it has changed her life and the lives of her clients. ACT was developed as a therapeutic process, but it can be so much more than that and help you tap into your full potential. Check out Lee’s book, Act On Your Business, to hear some incredible insight on ACT and see how it may help change your life and business for the better!  Whitney shares: How Lee made her way to writing her book What changes Lee saw in her life through ACT Importance of seeing yourself as whole or enough Personal struggles with body image and relationship with food Separating your unwanted thoughts from your identity Understanding why the mind creates self-hate The 3 M’s and what they reall

On today’s very short episode, Whitney is giving an update on herself during this mid-season break. There is a lot going on in her life in the near future and she is here to tell you all about it! Whitney shares: Whitney’s ongoing apartment hunt The 5 Day Trust Your Body Challenge Free binge meditation and email sequence Taking on new coaching clients in the near future Reasons Whitney is taking a mid-season break Being authentic to yourself by doing your own thing    Links to Resources: SIGN UP FOR THE 5 DAY #TRUSTYOURBODYCHALLENGE HERE: bit.ly/tybchallenge For the free binge meditation, go to www.whitneycatalano.com/binge New clients can book coaching services at www.whitneycatalano.com/book If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can e

In the studio today, Whitney is talking to an IBS, FODMAPs, Boston-based dietician, Kate Scarlata. Part of respecting your body is paying heed to any conditions that you may have and focus on health at every size instead of just being anti-diet. There are a plethora of medical professionals who will prescribe restrictive diets to manage gastrointestinal disorders when it should be looked at from a holistic viewpoint. Many people struggle with IBS and gastrointestinal problems, so hopefully this episode can help clarify different aspects of these problems and help avoid any misunderstandings. Remember, food is never the only answer! Whitney shares: Huge misconceptions about the “health at every size” concept Kate’s story Is the FODMAP diet appropriate for everyone with IBS? Kate’s message to dieticians in regard to their bias Recommendations for those who have food eating disorder history and gut symptoms Why you should avoid putting all of your eggs in the eating basket When restrictive eating crosses over i

In the studio today, Whitney is talking about 5 ways to start loving yourself, even when you just don’t. Plenty of people struggle with loving themselves because they get caught in their own frustrations. It’s very easy to get lost in hating different characteristics about yourself but you are not the only one! Loving yourself is the first step to anything or anyone really. Most people are way too hard on themselves for reasons that aren’t very important. If you want to have success in your relationships, day-to-day, and life in general, take it easy on yourself and pay attention to this advice! Whitney shares: Becoming more self-assured to attract the right people into your life What’s going on with Whitney’s life right now Thoughts create your feelings Dealing with all the different voices in our heads Be open to the idea that loving yourself is possible Why everything hurts more when you don’t love yourself Imagining what it would feel like to love yourself Getting rid of anything and anyone that sparks s

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast!  Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter.  Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully. In this episode, Whitney is talking with J Aprileo. J is a nonbinary, fat activist, and the founder of Comfyfat.com. Comfy Fat is a site dedicated to sharing resources including clothing and products that make life a little bit easier for plus size folks. The site is also used for talking about the intersections of fatness and gender as well as fat accessibility. J is here to talk about what it means to be body positive and what needs to change so that people can learn about accepting what they have while enjoying all the great things in life. Whitney shares:

Welcome to the fourteenth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast!  Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter.  Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.  In this episode Whitney clears up five of the most common questions and myths surrounding intuitive eating and food freedom.  From using intuitive eating for weight loss to the right and wrong ways to do intuitive eating, Whitney provides clarity to the issues that come up most. Whitney shares: An update on her Patreon The differences in being an introvert and isolating yourself from the world Can intuitive eating can be used for weight loss? The dangers of straddling the fence with dieting Does anti-diet mean anti-nutrition? Prioritizing comfort with food

Welcome to the thirteenth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast!  Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter.  Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.  This episode is all about acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT. Whitney speaks with Margit Berman, author of A Clinician’s Guide to Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns.  Whitney is constantly referencing this book while working on Health at Every Size, and to help debunk the myths about weight science.   In this episode Whitney and Margit speak about: What exactly is ACT? Learning to focus on what you care about while also accepting that it’s human nature to suffer sometimes Margit’s story behind getting involved in ACT and writing this bo

Welcome to the twelfth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast!  Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter.  Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully. Whitney has a lot going on this week to prepare for Coachella!  For this week’s episode she does a quick Q&A speed round with 10 questions that she received through her Instagram.  From intuitive eating tips and binge eating to bodybuilding and veganism, Whitney covers a wide range of topics. In this episode you’ll hear about: How do you stop yourself from binging? How “to do” intuitive eating without over eating? What are the steps to overcoming the fear of certain foods? How to accept that you are gaining weight while intuitively eating What positive thi