Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen Summer Innanen
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Eat the Rules is dedicated to empowering you to break free of societal standards, body shame and live life beyond the scale. Summer interviews the leading experts in body image, the anti-diet movement, self-help and intersectional feminism, covering a range of topics that include: body positivity, size acceptance, fat positivity, self-worth, self-esteem, intuitive eating and eating disorder recovery, health at every size and positive psychology. Summer also gives practical advice and shares personal experiences to help you accept your body and break free of diet culture. Summer Innanen is a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, self-worth and confidence and is the best-selling author of Body Image Remix.
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#293: Drinking and diet culture with Lael Atkinson
I’m joined by Lael Atkinson, a certified professional recovery coach who works at the intersection of drinking and dieting. They are talking about the similarities between drinking culture and diet culture and how they have both set us up to steal our time, energy and money. They also talk about how dieting fuels drinking, why we should not compare food addiction to alcohol addiction, and signs that you should visit your relationship with alcohol.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/293
In this episode, we talk about:
- The similarities in how dieting and drinking are marketed to us,
- That society encourages us to both drink and diet,
- How their drinking was intertwined with their body image and their queerness,
- The stats on the co-occurrence between eating disorders and substance abuse,
- Ways that drinking and dieting are the same,
- Advice to someone starting to visit their relationship to alcohol,
- Plus so much more!
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#292: AITA Diet and Body Edition Part 2 - with Vinny Welsby
In this episode, I’m cohosting with my best buddy Vinny Welsby. Have you ever read the “Am I The Asshole” questions on Reddit? If you don’t know what AITA is: People ask the internet if they were in the right or wrong about a situation that happened in their life. In the second half of this two-part episode, Vinny and I are reading some of these to give our verdict on AITA posts around weight and diets.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/291
In this episode, we talk about:
- The cognitive dissonance we see in the responses,
- How you can hear the anti-fat attitudes in what people write,
- How we would have handled these situations,
- How people’s own self-esteem influences how they treat and view the people around them,
- Plus so much more!
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#291: AITA Diet and Body Edition Part 1 - with Vinny Welsby
In this episode, I’m cohosting with my best buddy Vinny Welsby. Have you ever read the “Am I The Asshole” questions on Reddit? If you don’t know what AITA is: People ask the internet if they were in the right or wrong about a situation that happened in their life. Vinny and I are reading some of these to give our verdict on AITA posts around weight and diets.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/291
In this episode, we talk about:
- How much our views differ from the popular public opinion,
- That people’s bias can create exaggerations in storytelling,
- The incorrect assumption that someone’s ability is related to their size,
- How universal the experience of being fat shamed as a kid is and the impact it has on your future body image,
- Plus so much more!
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#290: How Core Beliefs Influence Our Body Image with Nia Patterson
I’m joined by Nia Patterson, author of the newly released “What’s The Story” A Guided Walkthrough of the Stories You Tell Yourself About Your Body. Nia shares their story of recovering from an eating disorder, what helped them in recovery, what body neutrality means when your body isn’t neutral in our culture, how core beliefs influence our body image, the importance of self-affirmation, and why eradicating anti-fat bias helps everyone.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/290
In this episode, we talk about:
- Their relationship with their body growing up,
- How the way we perceive our bodies as kids is so different,
- The hardest parts of being in recovery,
- What helped them the most in recovery,
- That there’s no one way to define body neutrality,
- How if you work to benefit marginalized people, it benefits everyone,
- Plus so much more!
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#289: Beyond Body Neutrality with Tiffany Ima
I’m joined by Tiffany Ima, who is also a body image coach. She shares her story of how she developed exercise bulimia and bulimia and what helped her to overcome that. We also talk about why body neutrality isn’t enough for her, how she’s learned to celebrate and embrace her body, and the importance of using self-expression to heal.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/289
In this episode, we talk about:
- Her relationship with her body growing up and when her body image took a turn for the worse,
- How the diet culture mentality remained even after she was recovered from her eating disorder,
- What she called her “personal recovery phase,”
- The comment that led her to shift her mindset and find her current path,
- How body neutrality helped her initially and why she no longer feels it’s enough,
- Why she worked to expand her idea of beauty and define her own beauty standard,
- Plus so much more!
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#288: Oprah & What to Do if Your Client Wants to Lose Weight with Danni “Amapoundcake” Adams
I’m joined by Amapoundcake - we are talking about some of the recent headlines in the news around anti-fatness including the photos of Emily Ratajkowski in the extra large jeans and Oprah’s announcement that she’s been using weight loss drugs. We segue into talking about what to do if you still want to lose weight or if you work with clients who still want to lose weight. Finally, we talk about the re-launch of our Body Image Coach Certification program, including our newest offering the Body Image Coaching Foundations course.
Show notes: summerinnanen.com/288
In this episode, we talk about:
- Why we think people are wanting to lose weight,
- Why we can’t criticize people for wanting to lose weight,
- The importance of owning your privileged and the power dynamic when working with clients,
- What it means to be “stuck on your privileged” and how it can get in the way,
- The importance of grace and empathy,
- Who our new offering is for and how it differs,
- Plus so much more!
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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
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I have been working on these concepts for a long time now and this podcast really helps me maintain what I am working towards and is a good reminder about why I'm doing the work that I'm doing. It is a very important encouragement in my life to keep going. I highly recommend this podcast whether you are new to these concepts or farther along on your journey!
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I appreciate this podcast so much. It’s smart and funny with great interviews and impeccable research. Summer knows her stuff and makes it accessible for any listener. Never fails to get me thinking.