Podcast

One of the main reasons we turn to dieting is because we don’t feel safe, valued, or accepted in our bodies as they are. So we disconnect from it and force it to change. ⁣
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We are so obsessed with the way our bodies look on the outside, we are not present inside of them. We look outside of ourselves for how to care for it.⁣

Tracy and Tonya have the privilege of interviewing the lovely Evelyn Tribole.

Intuitive Eating is a life-changing path to cultivating a healthy relationship with food, mind, and body. It is an antidote to the chronic worry about what to eat and feeling at war with your body. It’s the path to freedom with a return to the joy of eating—through self-connection.

In this episode, Tonya talks about her deconstruction and reconstruction of faith. She talks about her struggle to reconcile what she was taught about her body and caring for it, versus what is actually her truth. Tonya addresses the effect purity culture had on her intimate relationships as well as how dieting within the church became toxic for her.

This episode is part of our series on the intersection of faith and diet culture. We did an episode with Talk Purity to Me , Episode 105. This week, Tracy is sharing her personal deconstruction and reconstruction of faith and next week Tonya will share hers.

We have Blair, the founder and creator behind Talk Purity To Me on the show today. Blair is an ex-evangelical and purity culture survivor who is working to create a space for people to discuss the harm of purity culture.

This episode is about The Messy Middle. You are trying to figure out this whole Intuitive Eating/Health at Every Size stuff. Learning how to reconcile a past of striving for your dream body, now knowing there’s no perfect diet out there. You are in the process of letting your body be the size it wants to be.

This week we dive into all things Enneagram with expert Erin Baute! We are delighted to welcome her to the show to discuss the intersection of the Enneagram and Intuitive Eating. If you’ve ever wondered how learning more about the number you identify with and how it relates to your body, then this episode is for you!

If you scroll through social media you might see photos of women showing off their rolls and proclaiming they love them. Which we are all about, we think that visibility and representation are so important and we need to see all bodies, not just the ones that the media portrays.