Wedding season can make even the most grounded person start negotiating with their body. Suddenly it’s not just a dress, it’s photos, comments, fittings, “just until the wedding” rules, and the fear that you’ll spend a once-in-a-lifetime day thinking about how you look instead of what you feel.

We get into the real pressure points: the subtle way families talk about weight, the way dress shopping can bring up anxiety when you don’t have the “movie moment,” and the ways fatphobia shows up in bridal spaces online. We also unpack why strangers feel entitled to comment on bodies, and how to stop letting that noise become your inner voice. Along the way, we share our own wedding memories and the tiny moments that could have spiraled but didn’t, because presence mattered more than perfection.

You’ll leave with practical body image tools for weddings, prom, and any special event: eat before you try things on, move in the outfit so you know you can live in it, plan for comfort so you’re not distracted all night, and separate logistics from self-judgment. If you’re navigating an eating disorder history, diet culture triggers, or just the nonstop pressure to “look your best,” this conversation is your reminder that your body is not the project.

Subscribe, leave a rating and review, and share this with someone heading into wedding season. What part of the process messes with your body image the most?

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

Alliance for Eating Disorders: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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He sells out Madison Square Garden, walks off stage, opens Instagram, and the first thought that hits is disgust about his body. That single moment in Noah Kahan’s Netflix documentary “Out Of Body” captures something we see constantly in our work: you can reach the goal you dreamed about and still feel hijacked by body dysmorphia, perfectionism, and a brain that won’t let you rest.

We recap the documentary through a mental health and body image lens, pulling out the scenes that made us tear up and the lines we can’t stop thinking about. We talk family trauma and the grief of the conversations you never have, the radical acceptance that comes with not being able to choose your parents or rewrite the past, and the strange whiplash of going from career-high moments to regular life the very next morning. We also connect the dots between safety, nervous system regulation, and creativity, and why returning to a place that feels grounding can change everything.

A big focus is men’s body image and disordered eating. Noah names body dysmorphia, shame, and a restrict binge cycle, while also admitting he didn’t know what his “place” was in talking about it. We unpack why so many men struggle in silence, how social media and photos can become a compulsive body-checking trap, and how the “life thief” can steal weddings, milestones, and joy by pulling you out of the moment.

If you’ve ever thought, “Why can’t I just be happy after something good happens?”, this conversation will land. Subscribe for more episodes on body image and mental health, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review with the scene or quote that hit you hardest.

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

Alliance for Eating Disorders: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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A diagnosis can explain what you’re going through, but it should never get to decide who you are. We’re joined by Brianna Mainprize, a registered psychotherapist from Ontario, Canada, whose work in eating disorder recovery is grounded in both clinical experience and her own healing journey. Together, we dig into the moment many people quietly hit: when “I have anxiety” turns into “I am anxiety,” or when “I struggle with an eating disorder” starts to feel like the only identity that fits.

We talk about the signs your mental health label is swallowing your sense of self, including language shifts, life decisions that get filtered through the diagnosis, and social reinforcement from diet culture, social media, sports, and perfectionism. We also unpack why letting go can feel terrifying even when the struggle is painful, because the brain often chooses familiar chaos over unfamiliar peace.

You’ll hear practical tools you can use right away, like Brianna’s Identity Pie Chart exercise to map the parts of you that exist now, the parts you’ve lost, and the parts you want to build. We also explore how to support a child, partner, or friend without reinforcing the illness, why curiosity beats judgment, and how shame blocks connection and recovery. For long-term eating disorder patterns, Brianna shares a powerful strategy: separating yourself from the eating disorder voice by naming it, so you can notice thoughts without automatically obeying them.

If you’re working on body image, eating disorder treatment, anxiety, OCD tendencies, or perfectionism, this conversation brings you back to the bigger goal: building an identity rooted in values, interests, and relationships. Subscribe to Nourish And Empower, share this with someone who needs hope, and leave a review telling us what part of your identity you want to reclaim.

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

Alliance for Eating Disorders: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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Article written by our guest, Nikki DeRosa

https://www.todaysdietitian.com/flexible-meal-planning-for-autism-and-adhd/

Most “healthy eating” advice is built for brains with steady energy, easy task initiation, and predictable appetite cues. If you live with ADHD, autism, or other forms of neurodivergence, that gap can turn food into a daily stressor and it can make eating disorder recovery even harder. We’re joined by registered dietitian Nikki DeRosa to unpack what neurodivergent-affirming nutrition actually looks like when you stop forcing one-size-fits-all rules and start designing support around real barriers.

We talk through the tricky clinical question: how do you tell the neurodivergent brain from the eating disorder brain without invalidating someone or letting the disorder “drive the bus”? Nikki shares how she looks for patterns over time, why she builds rapport before challenging, and how sensory needs, executive functioning, and interoceptive awareness can shape eating. You’ll also hear why shame is a short-lived motivator, how immediate benefits beat distant health promises, and why “convincing yourself” works better than bullying yourself.

Then we get practical with neurodivergent meal planning: lowering the number of steps, cutting decision fatigue, keeping six backup meals on hand, and even rolling a dice when your brain locks up. Nikki breaks down her simple framework for satisfaction and fullness: fat, fiber, protein, and a wow factor. We also connect spoon theory to food prep and explain why low-spoon dinners need low-spoon options.

If you find this helpful, subscribe, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with someone who needs neurodivergent-friendly nutrition support. What strategy are you going to try first?

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

Alliance for Eating Disorders: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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A “healthy” diet can turn into a cage so slowly you don’t notice until your world gets smaller. After seeing orthorexia pop up in Scrubs, we pull the camera back and talk about what orthorexia actually looks like in real life, why it’s so easy to praise at first, and why the harm is still real even though orthorexia isn’t an official DSM diagnosis.

We unpack the overlap between orthorexia and anorexia nervosa, including restriction, body image pressure, and the relentless anxiety that comes from rigid food rules. We also dig into the details that make orthorexia feel unique, like the obsession with “clean eating,” ingredient labels, processed food fear, and the way flexibility disappears. Then we talk about the medical side that gets overlooked, including how severe restriction can lead to nutrient deficiencies that sound rare today, like vitamin C deficiency and scurvy.

From there, we get honest about the social media problem: Instagram diets, trend plans, and Skinny Talk content that weaponizes words like intuitive eating to disguise restriction. We share practical ways to protect your brain from search spirals, why we’d rather you talk to a registered dietitian or qualified therapist than Google or ChatGPT, and how recovery gives you your life back, not just “better willpower.” If you’re ready for more grounded, evidence-based support around eating disorder recovery, nutrition, and body image, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a rating and review.

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

Alliance for Eating Disorders: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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Spring break is supposed to feel like a break, yet for so many of us it turns into a countdown of food rules, body checking, and “vacation ready” pressure. We’re talking about travel nutrition and body image in a way that’s realistic, compassionate, and grounded in what actually helps. If you’ve ever tried to restrict before a trip and ended up more bloated, more constipated, more anxious, and more distracted by food, you’re not alone and you’re not broken.

We walk through our go-to travel framework: adequacy, consistency, and variety. Adequacy and consistency keep your energy, digestion, and mood steadier while you’re away, and variety lets you enjoy the whole point of traveling: new foods, cultural experiences, and memories you’ll actually want to keep. We also unpack why eating totally differently on weekends or vacations can be a sign of diet culture and an undernourish-overnourish cycle that makes Mondays feel like punishment.

Then we get practical with body image. We share a simple packing tool we love using with clients: a “fashion show” where you choose outfits for good body image days, in-between days, and hard days, so you’re not problem-solving in a hotel mirror. We also talk planning that supports recovery without turning into control, like looking at menus ahead of time or practicing foods before you go. If you need one takeaway, let it be this: your body is worth the vacation. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s traveling, and leave a review telling us what helps you feel more present on trips.

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

Alliance for Eating Disorders: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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A bathroom scale can become a judge, a ritual, and a cage and most people suffering from disordered eating learn to hide it well. We sit down with McCall Dempsey, founder of Southern Smash and a National Alliance for Eating Disorders advocate, and Johanna Scoglio, author of *When the Water Still Holds Me* and founder of A Dragonfly’s Dream, to talk about what happens when recovery stops being private and starts becoming community.

We get into Rally For Recovery and why it’s built differently: a morning focused on hope, connection, and real support, with creative grounding activities, trauma-informed yoga, mindful movement, local treatment and clinician resources, and the catharsis of scale smashing. McCall shares how Southern Smash grew out of a 15-year eating disorder battle and how a simple sequence of reflections can help people loosen the grip of diet culture, perfectionism, and body image shame.

We also talk about eating disorders in athletes, the pressure of weigh-ins, and why coaches and leadership can either fuel harm or create safer environments through small, practical language shifts. Johanna brings a harm reduction and mind-body-spirit lens that makes space for complexity, long-term healing, and the truth that recovery isn’t linear. Along the way, we highlight the Alliance’s free clinician-answered referrals to care, therapist-led support groups, and the expansion to support options seven days a week.

Listen, share this with someone who needs a little more hope today, and then subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what part of recovery you want to feel less alone in.

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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What if yoga stopped asking you to earn your place and started meeting you where you already are? We sit down with Emily Anderson, a Pittsburgh-based yoga therapist and founder of All Bodies Welcome Yoga, to rethink movement through nervous system care, clear consent, and radical inclusion. No more “all levels” as code for bootcamp. No more stock-photo diversity without real access. This is yoga as a healing practice, not a performance.

Emily traces her path from sweaty power vinyasa to a therapeutic approach that brought amputees, pregnant students, folks with Parkinson’s, and people living with chronic pain into the same welcoming space. We talk through the nuts and bolts: writing honest class descriptions, modeling chair and mat versions side by side, and using opt-in systems for touch so consent is real, not performative. She shows how to teach poses by purpose—grounding, balance, ease—rather than by aesthetics, making yoga adaptable for disabled, fat, aging, and neurodivergent bodies without diluting its depth.

We also confront the culture around movement: diet-industry messaging, resolution season pressure, and GLP-1 ads that co-opt liberation language while selling shame. Emily offers a different path—building interoception and body trust, closing stress cycles, and treating somatic practice as preventative health. We dig into financial accessibility, from sliding scale policies to why corporate studios stay expensive while paying teachers little, and we spotlight Emily’s upcoming yoga therapy group focused on menstrual health and perimenopause.

If you’ve ever felt invisible in a studio, rushed by cues, or judged for your body, this conversation is a breath of fresh air. You deserve movement that honors consent, clarity, and choice. Listen, share with a friend who needs it, and then tell us: what would make movement feel truly safe for you? Subscribe, leave a review, and help more people find a yoga space that finally fits.

Show notes:

Trigger warning: this show is not medical, nutrition, or mental health treatment and is not a replacement for meeting with a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Mental Health Provider, or any other medical provider. You can find resources for how to find a provider, as well as crisis resources, in the show notes. Listener discretion is advised.

Resource links:

ANAD: https://anad.org/

NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

NAMI: https://nami.org/home

Action Alliance: https://theactionalliance.org/

NIH: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/

How to find a provider:

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians?tr=Hdr_Brand

Suicide & crisis awareness hotline: call 988 (available 24/7)

Eating Disorder hotline: call or text 800-931-2237 (Phone line is available Monday-Thursday 11 am-9 pm ET and Friday 11 am-5 pm ET; text line is available Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm ET and Friday 1-5 pm ET)

If you are experiencing a psychiatric or medical emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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