Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen
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.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 330
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
#207: Movement Series: Movement as an Outlet with Steph Dykstra
Movement Series: This is another instalment of the movement series where I’m joined by Steph Dykstra – creative director and martial arts coach at Iron Lion Training. She is talking about her relati…
#206: Movement Series: 8 Ways to Heal Your Relationship to Exercise
Movement Series: This is another segment in the movement series, a series of episodes to help you change your relationship to movement. In this episode I’m giving you 8 steps to take to heal your rel…
#205: Movement Series: How I healed my relationship to movement
Movement Series: I’m kicking off the movement series, talking about my history with exercise, when you might need to take time off, why we need to move away from black and white thinking, and how I n…
#204: Why neglecting our needs makes body shame worse (Body Image Series)
I’m talking about why our culture has normalized putting our needs last, why this increases body shame, what gets in the way of us putting our needs first, and how to change to build self-worth, as p…
#203: Season 7 Premiere - Are MLMs like diet culture + What to expect this season
This is the season 7 premiere of the podcast. I’m giving you a personal update on these past couple months off, what to expect from this season, some highlights from past seasons to check out if you’…
#202: Sexuality, Pleasure and Body Image - with Megan Stubbs
I’m interviewing Dr. Megan Stubbs, EdD, a sexologist, relationships expert, body image specialist, and author of Playing Without a Partner. We’re talking about why you are powerful on your own, how t…
#201: Body Image, Race & Gender - with Savala Nolan
I’m interviewing Savala Nolan, author of Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body. We’re talking about Savala’s story of growing up Black, Mexican, and white, and thin and fat,…
#200: 10 Lessons I’ve Learned as a Coach & Podcaster
This is episode 200 and I’m sharing 10 lessons I’ve learned over the past 7 years of being a podcaster and coach. I talk about how I’m really sensitive, what I truly value, how motherhood has opened …
#199 Part 2: Clients Share Their Journeys (You, On Fire Spotlight Series)
#199 Part 1: Clients Share Their Journeys (You, On Fire Spotlight Series)
These are 4 of my clients who worked with me during the You, On Fire program and they are here to s…
#198: Unapologetic Eating - with Alissa Rumsey
I’m interviewing Alissa Rumsey, registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and the author of Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace with Food and Transform Your Life. W…
#197: Redefining Health and Unpacking Healthism - with Rachel Molenda
I’m interviewing Rachel Molenda, Intuitive Eating & Body Image Coach and Host of the Fill Your Cup Podcast. We’re talking about the influence of healthism on our relationship with food, how to tell i…
#196: Introversion, Burnout and Boundary Setting - with Sarah Salmon
I’m interviewing Sarah Salmon, TEDx speaker and Coach, who specializes in helping overwhelmed introverts get their energy back. We’re talking about what it REALLY means to be an introvert, why the wo…
#195: Medical Fatphobia & Racism - with Danni Adams
#194: Why It’s So Hard to Stop Dieting (Body Image Series)
I’m talking about why it’s so hard to stop dieting, the addictive nature of diets, why this makes it so hard to break free, and what life is like without it, as part of the Body Image Series. Show no…
#193: Dieting & Body Shame As Coping Mechanisms (Body Image Series)
I’m talking about why dieting and body shame are often coping mechanisms, why that can make accepting your body so hard, and how they distract us from getting at the real issue and keep us turning to…
#192: The Culture of Impossible Parenting - with Olivia Scobie
I’m interviewing Olivia Scobie, social worker and author of Impossible Parenting, about the culture of impossible parenting, its impact on our mental health, and how we need a shift from self-care to…
#191: Weight Set Point Theory & Your Relationship to it (Body Image Series)
I’m talking about the weight set point theory - what it is, how dieting impacts it, and why using it as a goal weight can be problematic to healing your relationship to food and your body, as part of…
#190: Body Image Ideals + Inside the Obesity Collective - with Louise Adams
I’m interviewing Louise Adams, clinical psychologist and founder of UNTRAPPED, about the hazardous influence of body image ideals in society and on social media. We also talk about the dangerous agen…
#189: Recovering from an Eating Disorder in a Fat Body - with Nic McDermid
I’m interviewing Nic McDermid, fat activist and intersectional feminist, about how fatphobia is rampant in the eating disorder recovery world and the harm that this does, what they can do better, the…