Live Unrestricted - The Intuitive Eating & Food Freedom Podcast

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  How to (Actually) Break Free From the Binge-Restrict Cycle 23.09.2026 41min

  You already know about the binge-restrict cycle. That's not why you're still stuck in it. In this episode I'm going 10 layers deep into what's actually keeping the cycle running - including the real reason "just stop restricting" advice doesn't work, and the three things that actually have to happen to break free for good. In this episode I discuss... Why "just stop restricting" advice can make things worse - and what it's missingThe invisible straitjacket: why some people can't stop re...
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  How to Stop Panicking About Food and Your Body While Travelling 16.09.2026 52min

  You spend weeks looking forward to a trip. And then the second you get there, your brain is consumed with thoughts about food and your body. Constant math about what you've eaten. Dreading the next time you have to put on a bathing suit. Feeling like you're watching your own vacation instead of actually being in it. And this specific kind of shame that comes from knowing you should be relaxed right now, and being completely unable to get there. This episode is about why that happens, an...
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  The Best (Realistic) Advice On Eating Healthy Without Restricting or Driving Yourself Crazy 09.09.2026 45min

  Eating healthy feels SO much harder than it needs to be. In the current age of health and wellness culture, you’re being set up to fail. Too many conflicting opinions, too many rules, confusion, overwhelm… and underneath all of it, a nervous system that's been in survival mode around food for so long that even the word "healthy" can feel like a threat. In this episode, I break down the five most common mistakes that make healthy eating feel impossible. You’ll also know how to simplify it, str...
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  The 5-Minute Practice That Changes Everything When You're About to Eat Your Feelings 02.09.2026 26min

  You’re becoming aware that you turn to food when you’re feeling overwhelmed or feeling like you’re failing at something, as a way to distract from that discomfort. But even though you now know what’s happening, you can’t seem to stop. That gap between knowing and being able to actually do something different isn't a willpower problem. It has everything to do with your nervous system. In this episode, I answer a real question from a member inside Food Freedom Academy: she's aware s...
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  30 Lessons I Learned Before 30 (I turn 30 Today!) 26.08.2026 49min

  Today is my 30th birthday. Ahhh!!! And after a month away from the podcast, which hasn't happened since I started it, this felt like the right episode to come back with. My 20s were challenging and beautiful and full. Living in Italy, living in France, the pandemic, building a business, falling in love, moving between friend groups, failing A LOT growing A LOT. I am SO proud of my 20s. And I am even more excited for what comes next. In this episode, I'm sharing 30 things I figured out before ...
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  The "Wellness Trap" : How To Avoid The Dark Side of Wellness Culture w/ Christy Harrison, RD 19.08.2026 54min

  Have you ever found yourself spiraling down the "wellness" rabbit hole? One week you’re told your bloating is from gluten. The next it’s dairy. Then suddenly you’re on your 5th elimination diet, $300 deep in supplements, and still feeling exhausted, anxious, and confused. I know that trap because I lived it. And so did my guest today - Christy Harrison. Christy is a registered dietitian, journalist, host of Rethinking Wellness, and author of the books Anti-Diet and The Wellness Trap. She has ...
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  The Secret To Overcoming Emotional Eating That No One Talks About 12.08.2026 43min

  You know that feeling where you feel like you get PULLED towards food when you get hit with a strong emotion...like anxiety, stress or overwhelm? You might know logically that eating never makes you feel better in the long-run, but no matter how much you try, it feels IMPOSSIBLE to break free from emotional eating for good. If you can relate, you're going to find out why it feels like food has power over you in this episode! Plus, you'll learn brand-new strategies to overcome emot...
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  The Comfort of Struggle: What You Might Be Afraid to Let Go Of w/Danya Douglas Hunt (Part 2) 05.08.2026 25min

  You want to change. You say you're ready for freedom. But… part of you is still clinging to the struggle. In this powerful Part 2 of my conversation with mindset expert Danya Douglas Hunt, we unpack something most people don’t talk about: The hidden comfort that can live inside patterns we say we want to change- especially when it comes to food, money, and control. Together we explore: The subconscious benefits of staying stuck (yes, they exist)Why you might be eating “healthy” from fear inst...
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  Is Fear Is Running Your Life (Without Even Realizing It)? w/ Danya Douglas Hunt (Part 1) 29.07.2026 41min

  You might think it’s just overthinking. Procrastination. Perfectionism. Burnout. But underneath it all? Fear is calling the shots, and you probably don’t even realize it. In this raw, honest, and mind-expanding conversation, I’m joined by the incredible Danya Douglas Hunt, a former Olympic Athletic Therapist turned powerhouse mindset coach for high performers. Danya blends neuroscience, quantum physics, and subconscious reprogramming in a way that’s equal parts grounded and expansive. Togethe...
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  How To Stop Hating Your Body 22.07.2026 26min

  Affirmations aren't going to fix the fact that you haven’t felt safe or comfortable in your body for decades. Neither is journaling. And neither will knowing, intellectually, that your body is the least interesting thing about you. Because body hatred doesn't live as a thought. It lives in your nervous system. It's a survival program, wired in at some point that linked your size, your weight, your appearance, to your safety. And you cannot think your way out of a program that lives in your bo...
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  The Real Reason You Feel the Need to Control Everything About Food (The Nervous System Series, Ep. 5) 15.07.2026 29min

  You don't have a control problem. You have a nervous system that found control through food. Episode 5 of the Nervous System Series is about the real reason behind the compulsion to track, restrict, and micromanage everything around food, including my own story of moving to university at 18, my nervous system hitting DEEP dysregulation, and realizing years later that what I thought was my personality was actually a strategy. A really effective, really painful, really exhausting st...
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  Why "Just Listen to Your Body" Isn't Working For You (The Nervous System Series, Ep.4) 08.07.2026 32min

  You've tried to "just listen to your body." And it either feels like silence, or static, or something comes through that feels way too scary or confusing to stay with. And then you wonder what is wrong with you, because this is supposed to be natural. Nothing is wrong with you. But there are three very specific reasons why this feels impossible, and this episode breaks all of them down. In Episode 4 of the Nervous System Series, we go into why survival mode literally turns off your body's sig...
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  You're Not Broken With Food, Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated. Here's How to Tell (The Nervous System Series, Ep.3) 01.07.2026 37min

  You are not lazy. You're not a procrastinator. You don't "just lack willpower." Your nervous system is dysregulated, and once you can recognize that, your shame will start to lift. In this episode, I walk through an audit - the physical, emotional, behavioral, and thought-pattern signs that you're living in survival mode without realizing it. Sleep that doesn't actually restore you. A harsh inner critic that gets meaner on hard days. Resting that feels more like exposure than relaxation. Raci...
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  The 4 Nervous System States Running Your Relationship With Food (The Nervous System Series, Ep. 2) 24.06.2026 40min

  The state of your nervous system impacts what, why and how you eat. It determines whether you can hear the signals of your body or not. It determines how you feel about yourself and your body. So it is soooo important to: 1) be able to recognize which state you’re in 2) know how to bring yourself back to a regulated and present state Roughly 70% of people in the Western world are walking around in a survival state and have NO idea. They just think it's their personality, but it's not. In ep...
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  It's Not a Food Problem. It's a Nervous System Problem (The Nervous System Series, Ep. 1) 17.06.2026 48min

  Your nervous system runs your relationship with food. Not your willpower. Not even how much you WANT to change. Your nervous system - and until you understand what's actually happening in your body, no strategy is going to stick long-term. This is Episode 1 of the Nervous System Series, and it's the foundational episode: what your nervous system actually is, what it means to be chronically dysregulated, and exactly how that shows up in your relationship with food. We cover what neuroception i...
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  The 2026 Breakdown That Made Me Rebuild Myself and My Business 10.06.2026 46min

  Two and a half months ago, I had a breakdown bad enough that I had two choices: completely change how I was running my business, or quit. I chose to rebuild myself, and every facet of how I was running my business (boy was it hard). And this episode is me finally telling you what that actually looked like. For years, I had been normalizing monthly breakdowns. Curled up on the bed, crying for hours, convinced I was a failure. Luke holding me together. I thought it was just the cost of ru...
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  Why Can't I Stop Bingeing Even Though I Want To? 03.06.2026 38min

  You don’t need more willpower to stop bingeing. You don’t even need to want it “badly” enough. You need to uncover what the binges are DOING for you. In this episode, I sit down with a member of my community, Melissa, for a deep coaching over coffee session about binge eating, sugar cravings, and the pattern that keeps running no matter how much self-awareness she has. She knows what's happening. And it keeps happening anyway. We get into: Why you're not addicted to the food — yo...
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  Why the Way You've Been Taught to Build Habits Isn't Working for You w/ Monica Packer 27.05.2026 47min

  How many times have you started a habit, felt good about it, and then watched it fall apart the second life got in the way? And then blamed yourself for it? My guest today has spent 20 years studying exactly WHY that happens, and her answer is going to reframe the whole thing for you. Monica Packer is a certified habits and identity coach, host of the top-rated podcast About Progress, and author of the upcoming book Sticky Habits: A Woman's Guide to Reclaim Happiness, Ditch Perfectionism, and...
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  3 Steps to Get Rid of the "Clean Your Plate" Mentality For Good 20.05.2026 39min

  You know you’re full. Your body it’s had enough. And yet something takes over and you finish the plate anyway. That's not a willpower problem. It's a pattern that got wired into your nervous system long before you were old enough to question it, so willpower was never going to be enough to touch it. In this episode, I'm walking you through 3 specific steps to actually rewire the "clean your plate" mentality for good — not just override it occasionally, but unlearn it at the level where it act...
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  Why Part Of You Doesn't Actually Want Food Freedom 13.05.2026 45min

  You can want something with your WHOLE heart and still have a part of you working against it. I got back from my Sedona retreat a couple of days ago and I have been DYING to record this episode. Because what came out of that trip, I did not see coming. I thought I'd released all the resistance around my goal. I'd been doing the work every single day for months. And then I sat around a fire with my two business girlfriends and completely fell apart, because I realized that part of me had attac...