Life After Diets
Not dieting? Now what?
Hosted by Stefanie Michele, a coach and somatic therapist, Life After Diets explores what it really takes to heal your relationship with food and body image. Stefanie brings the lens of nervous system regulation into every conversation, showing how patterns of bingeing, restricting, and body anxiety are less about willpower and more about how our systems seek safety.
Through personal stories, professional insights, and candid reflections, Stefanie unpacks the messy, nonlinear process of recovery: the relief of food freedom, the discomfort of identity shifts, and the challenge of living in a culture obsessed with thinness.
This isn’t another motivational pep talk or wellness quick-fix. It’s an honest exploration of how to move beyond food obsession, regulate your system, and create a life that feels steadier, freer, and bigger than the scale.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 210
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
128. Reflections & Projections
Two annoucements! Join our mailing list if you want to be in the know about upcoming events in the UK this May 2024; and our next four episodes will be a Back To Basics Series.
Now on to this week's …
127. But What About Authenticity?
We believe that authenticity can have to do with our relationship with food. In this episode, we explore those intersections and tell personal stories abour our own experiences with authenticity and …
126. But I Keep Catastrophizing!
Catastrophizing things like what we've eaten or how much weight we've gained (for example) can often led to despair or fear-based decision-making. In this conversation, we explore what catastrophizat…
125. But Why Aren't I Prioritising My Health?
Aside from body image, health seems to be one of the biggest concerns about gaining weight. Because weight gain is common for many people recovering from eating disorders, health is a big sticking po…
124. Permitters and Restrictors
Geneen Roth coined the terms "permitters" and "restrictors" to differentiate between two types of (disordered) eaters -- the latter, who tend to restrict food and adhere to food rules and regulations…
123. But Should I Keep Fear Foods in My House?
If we're no longer dieting, should we keep all of our trigger foods and/or "fear foods" in the house? Will we just end up eating them all and feeling MORE out of control? On the other hand, would it …
122. Body Image and Eating Disorder Recovery with Marcus Kain
This week we talk to Marcus Kain, a nutrition coach and trainer specializing in binge eating recovery. Marcus, who also hosts the Strong Not Starving Podcast, shares with us his own journey into and …
121. But Am I Just Deceiving Myself?
Do you ever feel like you're just kidding yourself about things? About how you're going to just get it together one day, or finally arrive in that smaller body you keep striving for? What is the diff…
120. Dopamine and Binge Eating: a Review of Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
Sarah and Stef review the book Dopamine Nation by Dr Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic.…
119. But What's a "Normal" Portion Size?
- Are you a “should”-er or a rebel?
- Let’s talk about Kettle Chips, for example
- Milkshakes, beliefs, and ghrelin (the hunger hormone)
- What if our mind wants more than our body needs?
- Collecting data & …
118. But I Don't Like Eating In Front of Other People
How do you feel eating in front of other pepole? Do you tend to become self-conscious about your food choices, or find yourself overly influenced by what other people are eating? This episode looks a…
117. Fitness without Obsession with Elena Kunicki, RD
This week, we're talking to Elena Kunicki RD who recovered from binge eating and an obsession with exercise that led to hypothalamic amenorrhea (when your period stops due to excessive exercise, stre…
116. But How Do I Deal With Mental Hunger?
This episode discusses several aspects of mental hunger including its relationship to physical hunger. It emphasizes how mental hunger can feel like an insatiable desire for food, often arising from …
115. But Am I Abandoning Myself?
In this episode, we dive into the concept of self-abandonment and the journey towards self-compassion. We explore the role of shame and the profound loneliness that often accompanies self-abandonment…
114. But Do I Need To Do Inner Child Work?
Embracing your inner child is a concept that you might see coming up when you work on ditching diet culture and embracing a nondiet or intuitive eating approach to disordered eating recovery.
What is…
113. But I Only Want to Eat "Junk Food"
Do you want to eat intuitively but find yourself only wanting "junk food"?
This is a common thing to hear from people trying healing their relationship with food.
A caveat to this conversation -- dep…
**BONUS EPISODE** Unintentional Weight Loss, Food "Purity" and "Wellness" Practices in Yoga (with Sarah and Becca)
Please read time stamps carefully and skip any segments, which might be triggering or unhelpful for you in your recovery. This video is an honest account of two mental health practitioners who are in…
112. Food & Body Image at Yoga Teacher Training (Sarah's story)
This episode was recorded after Sarah’s return home from yoga teacher training in India.
Sarah explores some of the human ups and downs (including body image and food difficulties) she experienced wh…
111. The Anti-Diet Identity
If you're not in diet culture, you're probably in anti-diet culture.
Diet culture is the water we swim in. If you're learning about the ways in which dieting and thinness-as-idol has harmed you, chan…
110. But I Can't Eat Without A Screen
In a world of technology, how many of us find it easy to sit down to eat without the distraction of a screen? Is there a difference between eating in front of a TV versus eating in front of a laptop …