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Nov 26, 2019

Kim Gould is the creator of Autonomy Movement, a body-positive, size-inclusive and weight neutral fitness space which is on a mission to increase access to fitness for all. A former barre instructor and licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in eating disorders and body image issues, Kim has seen first hand the overlaps between body image, disordered eating, and movement.

Honor Your Body's Needs

Autonomy Fitness is a space free from diet culture and exercise as punishment and combines the movement process with mental health self-care to improve your relationship with movement and your body. Kim wants you to feel good in your body, become okay with making mistakes and embrace your autonomy to do what you want when you want with your body.

An amazing, impactful and necessary space, Kim is here today to address weight stigma, intuitive eating and movement and help you honor your body’s needs instead of trying to fit into our society’s obsession with wellness culture.

 We live in a society where thinner is better, and Kim is determined to bust those myths and stop the false truths that you are being fed about your body. Are you ready to say goodbye to a pervasive diet culture and embrace your body at whatever stage you are at? Share what you find refreshing about Autonomy and Kim’s mission in the comment on the episode page.

 

In This Episode

  • Understanding how diet culture influences you and your mental health (10:15)
  • Highlighting subtle ways that diet culture shows up in the wellness world (27:24)
  • Learn why the language you use around your body and diet is so impactful (28:50)
  • Addressing the rampant privilege and marginalization in the wellness space (32:15)
  • Ways that you can improve your relationship with movement and food (43:45)
  • How to become okay with being at your set point instead of altering yourself (49:10)

 

Quotes

“The word that originally stood out to me as one of my favorite therapy words, like how do I develop my sense of self as a person and a professional, is what guided me to open Austin’s first size-inclusive body-positive fitness studio.” (13:43)

“If I were just any old gym, and I didn’t know what I knew about how destructive yo-yo dieting and compulsive exercising is to the body, it would be really great to just sort of blast everywhere I went. But with Autonomy what I think is really hard and really important is that every time I am marketing Autonomy I am having to clearly explain our values.” (24:10)

 “There is still another way to be living that is infinitely more compassionate. How much more does your world open up and expand when you give yourself permission to eat and more and exist in a way that actually is really intuitive to the body?” (37:32)

“There is nobody that is better than the next. Our bodies are the least interesting thing about us, especially because they are so dynamic, they are always going to keep changing.” (42:55) 

“I believe in body diversity 110%... and there is no such thing as a body that has more worth than another.” (48:00)

 

Links

Autonomy Movement

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Nutritional Therapy Association Website

 

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

Check out the full show notes here!

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Nov 22, 2019

Today on Harder To Kill Radio I am sharing a major announcement and letting you in on a personal issue that I hope will help those of you who are also struggling with burnout. While it has become more and more common in our society for us to feel exhausted and burnt out, it is not normal, and this universal concept needs to be addressed.

Struggling With Burnout

If you feel as though you are struggling with a lack of creativity, motivation or mental health, burnout could be the culprit. By setting boundaries, focusing on self-care and being open with what you are dealing with, we can destigmatize and de-normalize burnout for the masses.

A lot of us are struggling with burnout while pretending we have it all together. If you are wrestling with burning out because you are trying to do all of the things, this is the episode you need to listen too. How do you protect yourself from getting burnt out? Share your self-care strategies with us in the comments on the episode page.

 

On Today's Episode

  • The importance of setting boundaries when it comes to your mental health (11:50)
  • Why entrepreneurs need to stop pretending they have it all together (14:30)
  • Signs that you need to take your foot off the gas for a little bit (17:50)
  • The necessity of self-care when it comes to  treating burnout (18:45)
  • Ways that you can practice challenging yourself to say no (20:30)

 

Quotes

“Although it is common, it is not normal to feel this way.” (1:48)

“Entrepreneurs, we need to stop fucking pretending that we have it all figured out and that we are not struggling with this stuff.” (14:39)

“These things are not revolutionary, but when we practice them we already set ourselves up for a lot of what goes into self-care. Because when we don’t feel good in our body, it is really hard to make a change in these other areas. (23:35)

“It’s okay to not be okay, it is important to ask for help, we cannot do this alone.” (26:26)

 

Resources Mentioned In This Show

Order The Core 4 Book Here

Nutritional Therapy Association 

Follow Steph on Instagram

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

The Core 4 book is now available! Click here to get a free gift when you purchase. Thank you so much for all your support!

Check out the full show notes here!

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Nov 19, 2019

Rachel Dash-Dougherty, better known as The Grounded Therapist, works with clients who struggle with disordered eating, perfectionism, and control when it comes to our food and our bodies. Today Rachel is here to address some of the myths and stigmas around mental health, help you understand where you are on the spectrum of how you relate to food and provide tips and guidelines to help you get a better foothold on life and your mental health.

Gaining Awareness And Peace

Whether you are working with a professional or trying to do this on your own, understanding how you interact with food and movement is the key to gaining awareness and peace. Instead of buying into diet culture, Rachel is here to help you work on your thoughts first, set boundaries and get a grip on your irrational thoughts. 

Seeking help and changing the way you relate to food, diet, and movement is a brave thing, and with help of counselors like Rachel, you can tackle disordered eating, assert boundaries and look at your language around food to let go of perfectionism and control. Instead of beating yourself up, Rachel wants to help you be kind to yourself and shake those hilarious irrational thoughts out of your head for good.

Do you feel as though you display some of the indicators that your relationship with self-worth, body image, and food needs a second look? Share how you are working to be kinder to yourself in the comments on the episode page.

 

In This Episode

  • Addressing the stigma of medication and the shame around getting help (9:35)
  • How to get yourself out of the self-generated pervasive perfectionism loop (15:00)
  • Tips for nudging yourself towards the edge when the fear is overwhelming (22:20)
  • Exploring disordered eating and how it relates to issues of control (34:10)
  • Learn how EMDR can help you process your stuck and irrational beliefs (42:25)

 

Quotes

“I put people back together so that they can go back out into the world and function.” (11:22)

“The gray, which is my zone, that is where therapy happens is in the gray. You cant trap yourself like that because the world is not that simple of either its this or its this when there is so much in between.” (19:12)

“You can think all day long, you can think horrible, violent scary thoughts. You can think wonderful rainbow unicorn fluffy thoughts, but none of them have any value or meaning unless you assign it to them.” (26:42)

“It’s not giving up, it’s taking out a layer of suffering when you are already in pain.” (32:28)

“That stuff is that person’s stuff, it is not your stuff. So if they are lost in their own disordered eating, if they are lost in their weight loss challenges or whatever is going on for them, that does not mean you have to take it on, you don’t have to believe the same thing other people believe.” (46:03)

“You will get there faster, you will be less exhausted, you will accomplish that goal and you will enjoy the fruits of all that work you did because you were kind to yourself that whole time.” (55:08)

 

Links

The Grounded Therapist

Follow Rachel on Instagram

Leave Steph a Voice Message Here

Get the Made Strong + Core 4 Book Bundle Here

Nutritional Therapy Association Website

 

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

Check out the full show notes here!

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Nov 15, 2019

Take a minute to ask yourself, would you still be doing what you are doing right now even if it meant you do not get the handsome payoff, arrival or ‘I’ve made it’ moment that you’ve been hoping for? The key to finding happiness and contentment in your life right now is to be grateful for right now, even when things get difficult.

Stop Putting False Promise On A Pedestal

The promise of false arrival is something that everyone struggles with, and if you find yourself in the mindset of ‘I will be happy when I achieve this thing’, you need to take a look at your goals to figure out how to hold your process in tension with the outcome. 

Everything that we want to achieve has a cost, be it energetically, monetarily or relationally, and it is only by keeping the cost of those goals in mind that you can become okay with holding things in tension. By finding and expressing gratitude for what you have in the present, noticing and changing your language around what you are doing and stepping back and navigating your hopeful outcomes, you can stop putting the false promise of arrival on a pedestal. 

Who do you think would benefit from the questions asked in this episode? Tag them in the comments and share your story with us in the comments on the episode page!

 

On Today's Episode

  • Understanding the problem with setting goals and the cost of achieving them (14:00)
  • Ways to achieve a healthy tension between the process and the outcome (15:30)
  • How to stay grateful for what is going on in the present moment (18:30)
  • What to do when you realize your process is not working for you (24:40)
  • The importance of changing your language around what you are doing (26:20)

 

Quotes

“I think sometimes there is this idea that we will find that thing, that feeling, that state when we get that thing. And often this causes problems for a bunch of reasons.” (13:32)

“We can hold these things in tension so that it is not ‘either this or either that’, but how can we see the nuance.” (16:11)

“Here is the one thing I know: change is inevitable. Meaning, we might achieve the thing, we might arrive, we might have finally made it, how long is that going to last? I don’t know. It might last forever, it likely may not.” (18:55)

“Can we hold the process in tension with the outcome? I think so, if we are doing it in a healthy way. And only we get to assess that, is it worth what it’s costing us? And that’s really really important.” (25:44)

“Ultimately, find things to feel content, grateful, happy, joyful about now, even when it is hard, even when things may not be going your way, there is always a lesson in there too.” (29:20)

 

Resources Mentioned In This Show

Leave Steph a Voice Message Here

Order The Core 4 Book Here

Nutritional Therapy Association 

HTK 254: 6 Tips for Navigating the Holiday Food Scene

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

The Core 4 book is now available! Click here to get a free gift when you purchase. Thank you so much for all your support!

Check out the full show notes here!

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Nov 12, 2019

Laura Ligos, AKA The Sassy Dietitian, loves to dissect what we see on Instagram and shed light on truths surrounding fitness and nutrition. An advocate for the nutrition profession, understanding how food fuels the body and how you can make it fun, Laura is here to debunk everything from macros and fat consumption to how to get a handle on holiday eating.

Focus More On What Makes Your Body Feel Good

Giving yourself grace in regards to food is just as important as anything else, and it is only by becoming okay with the mess and mistakes that you can learn from them and figure out what works best for your unique body. Learn all about the dangers of pre-workout, things to pay attention too when looking at your health, and why you should focus more on what makes your body feel good than what the internet tells you should feel good.

An important voice bringing a dose of reality, Laura is helping her clients make the choices aligned for them and ultimately works to help people feel good at the end of the day. If you want to learn how to live your life without restriction while still feeling empowered enough to choose what is working for you, this is an episode you do not want to miss.

Are you ready to pick yourself up and keep going with your health goals instead of getting sucked into the spiral of negativity? Share what you loved most about Laura’s no BS attitude in the comments on the episode page.

 

In This Episode

  • How to get over the hump and start having fun in the kitchen (12:57)
  • Understand the long term effects of overtraining and over supplementing (19:20)
  • The truth about macro’s and why you should question your macro coach (30:42)
  • Ways to use tracking as a tool in your nutrition toolbox without overdoing it (45:15)
  • The importance of planning your meals and movement throughout the holidays (55:21)

 

Quotes

“Now you get to go experience the process of getting messy in the kitchen and learning new techniques with one another and actually realizing that food can be fun and enjoyable, it doesn’t have to be this chore or this negative either I’m eating healthy or I am not eating healthy foods.” (12:03)

“You have to do what works for you and look at your plate because everyone is different.” (17:25)

“If you want to live your healthiest, happiest life for the longest time possible, you don’t want to be mimicking these elite athletes.” (27:30)

“Think about yourself at 80 or 90 years old, would you still want to be tracking macros? And when I say that people laugh and I am like, ‘exactly’. This is not a long term approach, this is not something you want to be tied down to forever.” (35:51)

“I can make my own decisions when I go to these events and I can come out on the other side happy, healthy and feeling really good about myself while not affecting my health in a negative way.” (51:57)

 “You don’t always have control over the situation, you may have to go to a party where you don’t even get to bring food, but in the situations that you do, make it fun and make it food that you feel good about.” (58:34)

 

Links

The Sassy Dietitian Website

Follow The Sassy Dietitian on Instagram

Leave Steph a Voice Message Here

Get the Made Strong + Core 4 Book Bundle Here

Nutritional Therapy Association Website

 

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

Check out the full show notes here!

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Nov 8, 2019

The holidays are here regardless if we want them to be or not, and with that comes stress around what to eat, how to control your cravings and ultimately ‘white-knuckling’ your way through a time of year when you should be enjoying yourself.

Embrace The Holidays Without Losing Your Sh*T

You don’t have to be on the defensive or walk on eggshells during this time of year. With a few mindset and intuitive eating strategies, you can embrace the holidays without losing your shit when it comes to food. 

When you are able to practice setting boundaries, find the overlap between sustainable nutrition and intuitive eating and embrace the fact that you do not need to earn or burn your food, you can create a healthier relationship with food and everything that comes with this time of year.

Whatever stresses you have during the holidays, food shouldn’t have to be one of them. Stop approaching the holidays as a chore and expand your viewpoint around intuitive eating during the holidays with this episode.

How do you manage your relationship with food during the holiday season? Share your approach with us in the comments on the episode page.

 

On Today's Episode

  • The two typical archetypes of those extra activated during this time of year (5:40)
  • Six things you can do to make it through the holidays without losing your shit over food (10:11)
  • Why you should watch out for the dieting throughout the day mentality (12:25)
  • How to slow down and pay attention to your experience with food (21:04)
  • Understanding the role of basic self-care when avoiding food triggers and stressors (23:04)

 

Quotes

“Today I want to offer this to you as we approach this time of year so that you could perhaps expand your own view of the world and get some transformation in this area if you have really been struggling with the idea of food and the holidays.” (2:27)

“Finding the overlap between the world of sustainable nutrition/nutritional therapy and intuitive eating is messy and it’s hard and it’s confronting and it’s challenging but it is very, very worth it.” (9:20)

“Exercise has so many other amazing benefits, controlling weight is not one of them.” (16:37)

“We don’t need to abandon all of the things we normally do because there might happen to be fun foods laying around or fun foods in greater abundance. Come back to what you know.” (24:40)

 

Resources Mentioned In This Show

Join the Core 4 Club on Facebook

Order The Core 4 Book Here

Nutritional Therapy Association 

 

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

The Core 4 book is now available! Click here to get a free gift when you purchase. Thank you so much for all your support!

Check out the full show notes here!

Follow Steph on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Pinterest

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Nov 5, 2019

Are you looking to break into the business of fitness but are unsure how to establish yourself as a trainer or coach? Annie Miller is a fitness and business expert who helps women break into the boys club of fitness and start thriving careers in this exciting space.

Why Quick Fixes Never Work

If you are looking for clarity on your online fitness business, want a realistic breakdown of financial and social media goals when starting a new online business or just want to hear some stories about wild travel adventures this is the episode you need to listen too. 

Annie dives into imposter syndrome, how to serve the client instead of just yourself and ways to present yourself on Instagram so that you are established as a professional, and so much more. Providing nuggets of gold on how to get popular on social media, why you shouldn’t give things away for free right away and why quick fixes never work in business or in fitness, Annie is the girl for you. 

Have you ever considered starting an online fitness business? Share which of Annie’s tips you found the most useful or surprising in the comments on the episode page.

 

In This Episode

  • How to break into the online fitness community with established authority (19:10)
  • Ways to set yourself apart from other fitspo’s by finding your own expertise (21:40)
  • Addressing the problem of ‘quick fixes’ when it comes to fitness business (37:15)
  • How to become more realistic with your business goals as a new entrepreneur (38:20)
  • Ideas and practical tools to help you get started on your fitness business (47:10)

 

Quotes

“You know enough for who you are helping and that is what we are about here, that is why we are here.” (13:46)

“You need to give people something that will give them results right now, and then they will keep coming back because they want more results.” (24:53)

“Your business needs to sit well with you, you need to do whatever type of coaching that you want to do.” (32:57)

“You’re going to be motivated to work out 20% of the time. That’s why they call it the grind. Just get your ass to the gym and do the work.” (41:54)

“I do think that it’s your level of clarity and communication and consistency that kind of dictates how long it is going to take someone to throw their credit card at you.” (50:06)

 

Links

3 Business Beliefs I Had When Starting out & Disagree with Now - Annie Miller Podcast Episode

Annie Miller Website

Follow Annie on Instagram

The Fitspro Podcast with Annie Miller

Leave Steph a Voice Message Here

Get the Made Strong + Core 4 Book Bundle Here

Nutritional Therapy Association Website

 

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

Check out the full show notes here!

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Nov 1, 2019

Do you have clothes that you keep in the back of your closet, hoping one day you will be able to fit into them again? Wearing clothes that fit your here and now body, not the one you used to have or hope to have, is not only important for your own self-care but it can impact how you intuitively eat and your own self-worth.

Are You Ready To Be Kinder To Yourself?

It is really important to wear clothes that fit your here and now and that feels good for you despite the number that you see on the scale. Your body changes with you when you go through different phases throughout your life, and picking clothes that fit your body here and now is key to a positive relationship with food and yourself.

When you force yourself to wear clothes that are too small you can restrict your breathing, increase your stress and anxiety levels and make yourself feel guilty for where you are now. Motivating yourself negatively is not sustainable and it is not kind to yourself, and it is time to get rid of those clothes so that you can start making long term progress. 

Are you ready to be kinder to yourself and get rid of those clothes that do not fit you anymore? Share how you have overcome your closet anxiety in the comments on the episode page.

 

On Today's Episode

  • Why its time to let go of clothing that does not fit your here and now body (7:25)
  • Addressing the pressure that new parents are under to ‘get their body back’ (13:04)
  • Exploring the impact clothing can have on your physiology and psyche (13:50)
  • How to stop forcing yourself to use clothing to ‘motivate’ yourself (18:15)
  • Suggestions for what you can to start clearing our your closet and let go (22:43)
  • Tips for accepting your here and now body and how clothes feel on your body (26:35)

 

Quotes

“There is an aspect of intuitive eating that has to do with respecting your body, respecting your here and now body.” (9:11)

“I see so many people holding onto clothes and trying to fit into clothes that don’t fit them or keeping the clothes around as ‘motivation’.” (13:37)

“To feel everyday that we are forcing ourselves to put on clothes that don’t fit because we spent a lot of money on them or we should have lost the weight by now or we shouldn’t be this size and it will motivate us to change, my argument here is that that is not doing us any favors.” (15:15)

“This is not kindness, and we do not need to be mean to ourselves in order to get ourselves to make a change.” (17:54)

“You deserve to feel comfortable in your here and now body and the clothes that you are going to wear such that it is not causing you physical discomfort or mental discomfort.” (23:16)

 

Resources Mentioned In This Show

Cellulite Confidence Episode #108

Instagram Post Discussed

Leave Steph a Voice Message Here

Made Strong + Core 4 Book Bundle

Nutritional Therapy Association 

Steph Gaudreau Intuitive Eating Group Coaching

Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

Join the Core 4 Club on Facebook

Harder to Kill Radio is sponsored by the Nutritional Therapy Association. Registration is now open for the NTA’s November class. You can learn more and save your seat by clicking here (and don’t forget to mention my name on your application!)

You can also try out their free 7-day course, Nutritional Therapy 101 by clicking here.

The Core 4 book is now available! Click here to get a free gift when you purchase. Thank you so much for all your support!

Check out the full show notes here!

Follow Steph on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Pinterest

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