What happens when exercise stops being something you do to control your body and becomes something that actually adds to your life?

In this episode, I’m joined by mixed movement coach Olive to talk about healing your relationship with exercise after orthorexia, rigidity, and exercise obsession.

Olive shares their journey from highly controlled exercise to finding freedom through climbing, strength training, yoga, calisthenics, pole, and play.

We talk about exercise guilt, consistency vs. rigidity, aesthetic goals, knowing when to push vs. rest, and how getting physically stronger can change the way you show up far beyond the gym.

Because healing your relationship with exercise doesn’t mean you stop caring about your training.

You can get strong, challenge yourself, chase goals, AND actually enjoy moving your body.

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Your nervous system isn't broken. It's not a wound that needs healing. And our obsession with “healing” it fits a little too perfectly into a wellness culture that constantly gives us something new about ourselves to fix.

But that doesn't mean nervous system regulation doesn't matter.

In this episode, we're getting nerdy about

• what your nervous system is actually doing when you're triggered
• why you can't always think your way out of dysregulation
• and what becomes possible once you're regulated enough to actually listen to your body.

This episode is specifically created with folks who struggle with body image, disordered eating, or are in eating disorder recovery in mind—but the tools and concepts we're talking about can be useful for anyone who wants to better understand their nervous system and themselves.

We get into:

• What “healing” your nervous system actually means + why regulation is about more than calming down

• What happens in your brain when you're triggered + why positive affirmations don't always help

• Bottom-up + top-down regulation tools, with specific applications for body image + disordered eating

• Neuroplasticity, interoception + how your nervous system learns and adapts

• Questions to help you investigate what's underneath a trigger + build a relationship with your body outside of crisis moments

Because the goal isn't to become permanently calm or never get triggered again. It's learning how to stay with yourself, get curious, and understand what your body is trying to communicate instead of constantly trying to fix it.

• Dr. Stephen Porges — Polyvagal Theory, neuroception + nervous system regulation

• Dr. Dan Siegel + Matthew Lieberman — “name it to tame it” + affect labeling

• Dr. Bessel van der Kolk — trauma + the brain

• Cheryl Groskopf, LMFT, LPCC — somatic regulation practices

• Kati Morton, LMFT — bridge statements

• Byron Katie — The Work

  
  

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Everyone's Trying to Lose Weight (Again!): How to Stay Connected to Your Recovery

If it feels like everyone around you is suddenly on a GLP-1, talking about weight loss, or shrinking their body... you're not imagining it. And if you're in eating disorder recovery or working to heal your relationship with food, it makes sense that this season feels especially hard.

In this episode, we're talking about why GLP-1 medications can feel so triggering, how to navigate the grief and comparison they can bring up, and—most importantly—how to stay connected to yourself and your recovery in the middle of it all.

This isn't an anti-GLP-1 episode. It's a compassionate conversation for anyone who has chosen a different path and is wondering how to protect their peace while everyone around them seems to be chasing weight loss.

In this episode, we'll cover:

• Why GLP-1s can feel so activating during eating disorder or disordered eating recovery

• The psychology behind comparison and social modeling

• How to practice body neutrality even when it's hard

• Practical tools to stay grounded when weight loss conversations are everywhere

• How to respond when friends or family bring up GLP-1s

• Ways to strengthen self-trust instead of getting pulled back into diet culture

Whether you're recovering from an eating disorder, healing chronic dieting, or simply trying to build a healthier relationship with food and your body, I hope this episode reminds you that you don't have to follow what everyone else is doing to care for yourself well.

Resources & Links

🌿 Learn more about working with me: https://www.lizziefischercoaching.com

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**GLP-1 deep dive from the How To Fitness Podcast folks!

** My Episode on Body Neutrality + why it's sexy!!

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