In this episode, I am giving you a major and honest life update about my personal life and my business. Just a heads up that if you are not interested in that to skip ahead to minute 23:00 of this show where I dive into the topic of overcoming the diet mentality as we're starting out on our intuitive eating journey. In this episode I am sharing what helped me: Get out of the diet-binge-restrict cycleStop sabotaging my health with restriction, over-exercise and my[...]
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Today's guest Dr. Barbara Shabazz, founder of Intentional Activities, is a psychologist by trade, and a certified personal and executive coach by choice. After being laid off twice in one year from two academic positions, Intentional Activities was born out of her need to make lemonade out of the lemons. As an intentional life coach, she uses intentional activities (positive cognitive and behavioral tasks, actions, or exercises that require some degree of daily personal effort, and ult[...]
In this episode I am answering the following 3 questions from you: 1. What were the most challenging physical changes you went through in recovery and how did you navigate them? 2. How do I know if I actually have disordered eating or if I just prefer to eat a certain way? 3. Did you deal with binge eating in recovery? If so, how did you go about it and when did it stop? Weight inclusive treatment and resources http://www.gaudianiclinic.com https://lindab[...]
Let me tell you about my 2016 vs. 2019 priorities: 2016: Abs. 2019: Life. Memories. Connection. Love. Laughter. Being present. Purpose. Joy. The price I had to pay to have abs Obsessive calorie- and macro counting. Brain fog. Secret binge eating. Isolation. No social life. Excruciating workouts. Hating my body. Suffering from eating disorders for over 12 years. In secret. Being hooked on the outside world’s approval to feel worthy. Trying to fill up on massive[...]
In this episode I am answering your questions and talk about: * My vacation in Mexico and what my bad body image moment taught me * How I shifted from body hate to pure joy and self love with just one step * How to deal with the constant desire to change your personality based on not feeling enough - aka how to step into your truth and be the badass woman you're supposed to be * How I handled relapses in the past and overcame my mindset of "I will never recover from my eati[...]
I am constantly working on ways to manage my anxiety and seasonal affective disorder ('Winter Blues') and it's safe to say that I manage well...most times. In this short episode, I am sharing with you the one most important step I take every single time I struggle with my mental health and how I turn the bad days around as much as possible. Instagram: https://instagram.com/ownitbabe Access my Body Image Video Series: https://ownitbabe.ca/freebies[...]
"What is it actually like to be an open book on Instagram?How has it changed you for better or worse?" A lot of people have asked me what it's like for me being so vulnerable and honest online and sharing my story with almost 150 000 people on Instagram. In this episode, I am taking you behind the scenes of Own it Babe and sharing my journey with you, the good, the bad and the ugly parts of being vulnerable on the 'gram and everywhere else online and in real life. [...]
Kayla is the author of “Damn the Diets,” founder of damnthediets.com and course instructor of two online e-courses "Find YOUR Balance" and "Get Your Period Back!" She is a non-diet Holistic Nutritionist who’s sick of women and men struggling and suffering from restrictive eating disorders caused by unrealistic and unsustainable diet culture and beauty standard demands. I want to show people there’s more to life than food and looking a certain way. More about Kayla[...]
In this episode, I am sharing with you how I overcame my mindset about attaching my self worth to this silly number on the tag. Access my Body Image Video Training Series: https://ownitbabe.ca/freebies Size inclusive clothing brands https://www.torrid.comhttps://www.modcloth.comhttps://coverstorynyc.comhttps://www.all67.comhttps://www.universalstandard.comhttps://premme.ushttps://coedition.com Share or Pin this Episode [...]
I used to identify as a "sugar addict" and was convinced that I had to avoid sugar at all costs, in order to get over my "addiction". However, I wasn't aware of the whole truth behind the "sugar addiction" research. Once I educated myself on the big picture of this study, I was able to heal my relationship to sugar once and for all. In this episode, I am sharing the other side of the "sugar addiction" story with you, as well as the reasons you might feel out of control or addicted to sugar a[...]