Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen
I’m talking all about negative body thoughts, exploring how NOT to respond to them and how to begin the work of changing them, as part of the Body Image Series.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/186
In this episode, I chat about:
- Potential sources of negative body thoughts and how they’re exacerbated during the pandemic,
- The THREE things we’re typically told to do to change our thoughts and why you should avoid them,
- A way to visualize how your brain evolves to think about self-doubt and self-compassion,
- How our negative thoughts tend to stick more than the positive ones,
- The TWO things that need to happen in order for our thoughts to change,
- The ONE question to ask yourself to start to work on changing your negative body thoughts,
Plus so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/186
Direct download: 186_episode.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m talking all about what to do if you still want to lose weight, and how the answer might surprise you. I also explore the things that cause us to feel bad about our bodies and how to reject them, and the game-changing REFRAME that will help you get a lot closer to body neutrality, as part of the Body Image Series.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/185
In this episode, I chat about:
- What it means if you still want to lose weight,
- How this work is more than just embracing your “flaws,” it’s about cultivating a sense of worthiness outside of your appearance,
- Three things that cause us to feel bad about our bodies and why rejecting these is so important,
- The game-changing REFRAME that will help you get a lot closer to body neutrality (seriously, my clients love me for this),
- The freedom of taking the judgement, criticism, and forced positivity out of the way you talk about your body,
- The ONE thing you need to get clear on to help you feel better in your body,
Plus so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/185
Direct download: 185_episode.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m interviewing Joy Cox, PhD, researcher and author of Fat Girls in Black Bodies, about her path to body liberation and how she practices acceptance, how diet culture showed up in her community, church, and in the Black community at large, and how to deal with a lack of support from your family/community.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/184
In this episode, we chat about:
- The importance of writing her book about a topic that is often left out of the fat acceptance conversation,

- The impacts of Adultification on Black children,
- The idealistic standards of women’s bodies in diet culture and how it’s different in the Black community, but just as unrealistic,
- The intersection of religion and fatphobia, and how hearing scriptures about gluttony creates confusion and frustration,
- Joy’s experience standing up to the doctor about weight loss at a young age,
- The importance of asking yourself “whose voice matters?” and listening to yourself instead of the negativity around you,
Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/184
Direct download: 184_episode.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m interviewing Caitlin Ball, Health & Lifestyle Coach, about misconceptions around eating what you want, how to trust yourself around food, letting go of guilt, and how to survive the messy middle part of learning to be an intuitive eater.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/183
In this episode, we chat about:
- How moving abroad shifted Caitlin’s relationship with diet culture,
- How intuitive eating was a life-changing discovery for her,
- That once previously restricted foods are allowed all the time, you begin to crave more variety in what you eat,
- The benefit of trying to learn from the times you don’t feel good after eating, instead of feeling guilty about it,
- That there is so much more to health than just your physical health, and stress is a big factor,
- That calorie counts have nothing to do with how a food will make you feel,
Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/183
Direct download: 183_episode_new.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m interviewing Victoria Albina, Certified Life Coach and Breathwork Meditation Guide, about tuning into your inner child to heal, how to overcome people pleasing, tending to the stress response cycle to release feelings, and more.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/182
In this episode, we chat about:
- What the stress response cycle is and tips on how to complete it,

- Why it’s important to take a look at our unintentional thinking,
- What happens when the body holds onto tensions that are not completed,
- Tips for re-parenting your inner child,
- How your inner child is working to keep you safe and that needs to be celebrated,
- How to interrupt the guilt cycle.
Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/182
Direct download: 182_episode_n.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m interviewing Shana Spence, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, about how to navigate diet culture over the holidays, including what to do about food guilt, urges to diet, and dealing with diet talk from family/friends.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/181
In this episode, we chat about:

- Shana’s work as an “Eat Anything Dietician” and what that means,
- How fear about indulging too much stems from restriction,
- The importance of giving yourself permission to eat the fun foods,
- How the trauma of this year has been hard on our bodies and dieting only increases that,
- What we can learn from celebrity interviews on how to deal with diet-talk,
- Why comfort food and emotional eating should be normalized,
Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/181
Direct download: 181_episode_n.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m unpacking where our body image comes from and how to unpack your own body image origins, as part of the Body Image Series.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/180
In this episode, we chat about:
- How systems of oppression impact body image and how we’re treated in our society,

- The importance of knowing that your self-worth isn’t dictated by your appearance or how other people feel about you,
- How our culture has taught us that only certain bodies are worthy,
- Beauty as social currency,
- How the desire to fit beauty standards is hardcoded in our DNA,
- How external systems of oppression create internalized oppressions,
- Questions you can use to examine your past and be curious about where your body image came from,
Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/180
Direct download: 180_episode.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m interviewing Natasha Ngindi - non-diet nutritionist, body image activist, Zumba instructor, and entrepreneur - about the BMI and diet-culture’s roots in anti-Blackness, and how to show compassion to yourself when it comes to food.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/179
In this episode, we chat about:
- How Natasha’s body image shifted after moving to Canada from South Africa,

- How she discovered Intuitive Eating and found freedom with food and her body,
- The creation of the BMI and why it is a racially biased metric,
- The history of body image and its roots in anti-Blackness,
- Her work as a non-diet nutritionist and what that means,
- Detaching the desire for weight loss from joyful movement,
Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/179
Direct download: 179_episode.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

I’m interviewing Victoria Welsby – author, speaker, and body confidence expert - about reclaiming the word Fat, and how being your authentic self and doing what brings you joy can have a bigger purpose.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/178
In this episode, we chat about:
- Victoria’s lightbulb moment of realizing it’s okay to be fat and how that influenced her path as a coach and activist,

- Reclaiming the word Fat and owning it with confidence,
- How much your environment can influence your beliefs,
- The importance of having other fat positive people in your life, including your social media feed,
- Embracing the idea of being authentically you, even if it offends people,
- How Victoria manages criticism and online trolls,
Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/178
Direct download: 178_episode.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT

This is the season premiere of season 6 of the podcast. I’m talking about why I changed the name, what you can expect from this season of the show, where to start if you’re new around here and what to do if you stare at yourself all day on video calls.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/177

In this episode, I'm talking about: 

- Why this work needs to be political,
- Why I changed the name,
- What to expect from this season,
- Where to start if you’re new around here,
- What to do if you spend a lot of time on video calls,

Plus, so much more!
Get the shownotes:  summerinnanen.com/177

 

Direct download: 177_episode_new.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 6:00am EDT