#306: Season 10 Premiere - changes and what to expect!

I’m talking about a counterintuitive way to manage body anxiety - whether that be from pictures or the mirror or in social situations.     Show notes: summerinnanen.com/311   In this episode, I talk about: - The personal fear that led me to create this episode, - What I learned working through that fear, - What I mean by body anxiety, - That we want to learn to cope with intense feelings about our body instead of letting them escalate, - Why it’s worth considering if there are areas where you’re holding yourself back, - How liberating this work can be, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/311   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.

I’m joined by Dana Karen (“DK”) Ciccone, a certified Pilates instructor, owner of Movement Remedies, and author of You’re Meant to Move. We’re talking about how to recover from having a disordered relationship with exercise and whether you need to lose weight in order to help with pain.    Show notes: summerinnanen.com/310   In this episode, we talk about: - How pain can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, - The importance of understanding why you’re moving, - The definition of exploratory movement, - The link between chronic dieting and chronic pain, - The many factors that contribute to pain, -That we tend not to notice the absence of pain, just the presence, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/310   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.

I’m talking about how attachment styles relate to body image. I’m sharing briefly about what the attachment styles are, how they relate to body image, self-compassion, body grief, and what we can do with this information.Show notes: summerinnanen.com/309   In this episode, I talk about: - The four main types of attachment styles and a brief overview of some of their characteristics, - A few critiques of attachment theory, - That our body image is heavily influenced by how the world perceives us and our interpersonal relationships, - That there is a significant association between attachment anxiety and body image concerns, - That attachment anxiety and avoidance are linked to lower self-compassion and how that makes body image work more challenging, - How to work on attachment and body image together, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/309   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.

I’m joined by Shana Spence (she/her), Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and author of Live Nourished: Make Peace with Food, Banish Body Shame, and Reclaim Joy. We are talking about why the BMI is bullshit, whether processed foods are really bad for us, and her perspective that “all foods fit.”Show notes: summerinnanen.com/308   In this episode, I talk about: - How bias is taught and reinforced in teaching, - How the BMI is used to discriminate, - Other ways to measure health, - How to define processed food, - What she feels is most useful about intuitive eating, and what she would change, - That food is not just for nutrients, it’s also for joy, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/308   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.

I’m exploring body grief ­– I talk about the different ways we might experience body grief, whether we can actually “overcome” it, why it’s so hard to grieve our ideal body, the factors that determine how we process this grief, and how we can move away from the stages of grief model to other models that may be more useful for moving forward. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/307 In this episode, I talk about: - What body grief is, - That body grief is influenced by individual and social factors, - That grief is influenced by our personality and attachment style, - How grief is an adaptive process, - Why community support is key, - What it means to find meaning in this loss, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/307   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap   Support the show via Ko-Fi - go to ko-fi.com/summerinnanen and you can make a monthly contribution. For as little as $5 a month, you can help to keep this show on the air for another season and you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk.” 

This is the premiere of Season 10 of Eat The Rules. I’m giving you an update on some changes that are happening and what to expect from this season Show notes: summerinnanen.com/306 In this episode, I talk about: - Why I started a ko-fi account - what it is and how you can contribute - Big changes that are happening for me professionally and why I’m making those changes - What this means for my business moving forward - Why this will be the final year that I run You, On Fire - Ways that you’ll be able to work with me this year - Where to start if you’re newer to the show - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/306   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap

I’m revisiting the body image series, breaking down 5 reasons we struggle with body acceptance and how to work through these struggles.  Show notes: summerinnanen.com/305 In this episode, I talk about: - How the culture we live in can make body acceptance a challenge, - What being stuck with body acceptance can look like, - How dieting is addictive and a coping mechanism, - That we’ve been conditioned to believe we should be able to control weight, - The importance of community in this work, - The difference between intellectually getting it and being intentional about putting it into action, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes: www.summerinnanen.com/305   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap

I’m joined by Amapoundcake - we are talking about some of the trends we’re seeing that are influencing body image and body liberation, including the proliferation of weight loss drugs and our culture’s fixation with looking younger. We also talk about the Body Image Coach Certification program and our experience with the new format. Support the show via Ko-Fi.com/summerinnanen and for $5 a month, you’ll get my mini-course “Conquering Negative Body Talk” Show notes: summerinnanen.com/304 In this episode, we talk about: - What the new format of our Body Image Coach Certification program looks like and what we love about it, - Why it seems that we’re at a moment of regression, - That body positivity was never going to eradicate weight stigma, - That messaging from the health community is full of anti-Blackness, ableism, and classism, - That the goalpost is always moving, - How this is going to shape the future generations, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/304   Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap

I’m revisiting the body image series, talking about what body neutrality looks like in everyday life with some specific examples. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/303 In this episode, I talk about: - Two questions I ask to determine body neutrality, - How it’s really hard to be neutral about your body in a culture that has body hierarchies, - That body neutrality refers to your own perception of your body, - Why I like body neutrality as a starting point, - Ten specific examples of body neutrality, - That’s it’s about reducing the emotional charge of negative thoughts, not getting rid of them all, - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/303     Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap

I’m revisiting the Body Image Series, talking about how to know if you have a healthy body image and the number one tool I use with clients to assess this. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/302 In this episode, I talk about: - What it means to have a positive body image, - How self-worth is at the core of body image, - Why it’s important to be able to measure it, - Some of the signs and symptoms I look for in assessing body image, - How it shows up in different areas of our life, - Your free copy of my Body Image Benchmark Quiz,  - Plus so much more!  Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/302         Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap