Description:
If you feel like you’re always striving — to get it right, to hold it together, to prove you’re good enough — and want to feel more confident instead, this episode is for you.

We talk about how perfectionism keeps you stuck in the cycle of “not enough,” even if you’ve done all the work to leave diet culture behind. You’ll learn why failure feels so personal, and how to build a different relationship with it — one that makes an easier relationship with yourself possible.

In this episode, I explain how perfectionism often stems from a nervous system response — not a personality flaw. We explore why failure feels unsafe, how diet culture taught us to internalise it, and how to begin softening those patterns with a powerful self-coaching tool.

You’ll learn:

• Why perfectionism is often a survival response, not a moral failing
• How diet culture links failure to personal worth
• Why success doesn’t solve the fear of “not being good enough”
• A self-coaching tool to help you feel safe with imperfection — and start living more fully

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📥 Want to go deeper? Download the Midlife Body Image Assessment — it’s the next step in understanding what’s really going on beneath your food and body struggles so you can stop obsessing about food and start feeling more easy in your body.

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Description:
If you feel like you spend too much time thinking about food — what you should eat, what you shouldn’t, whether you’ve already blown it — this episode is for you.

We talk about why you’re not addicted to food. You’re deprived.
And your body is trying to protect you.

In this episode, I explain how black-and-white thinking about food — inherited from diet culture, family messages, and years of restriction — sets you up to feel out of control. We look at why your brain fixates on food, even when you’re not dieting, and how to begin unhooking from that pattern using a powerful self-coaching practice.

You’ll learn:

• Why food obsession is a sign of deprivation, not addiction
• How diet culture trains your brain to think in black-and-white categories
• Why your food thoughts aren’t a moral failing — they’re a survival response
• A self-coaching tool that helps you notice, name, and soften the inherited food rules in your mind
  
  

Mentioned in this episode:
📥 Want to go deeper? Download the Midlife Body Image Assessment — it’s the next step in understanding what’s really going on beneath your food and body struggles so you can stop obsessing about food and start feeling more easy in your body.

Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about your goals and see if I’m the right coach to support you.

If this episode helped you feel seen…
Subscribe or follow the show so you don’t miss the next coaching episode.
And if someone you love is tired of always trying to “get it right,” send them this. It might change their story.

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How to Use the Midlife Body Image Self Assessments

If you’ve downloaded the Midlife Body Image Self Assessments — this episode is for you.

Inside the guide are three evidence-based tools to help you understand what’s really shaping your relationship with your body, your eating, and your inner dialogue.

In this episode, I walk you through how to use the assessments, what to expect, and how to interpret what comes up — especially if it brings unexpected emotion or clarity. You’ll also learn what to do next, depending on what your results reveal.

Finding your body hard to live is not a personal failing.
It’s coming from somewhere.
The self-assessments will help you find living in your body easier by stopping food obsession and finally finding your confidence.

📥 Download the Midlife Body Image Self-Assessments — it’s the next step in understanding what’s really going on beneath your food and body struggles.

Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about your goals and see if I’m the right coach to support you.

If this episode helped you feel seen…
Subscribe or follow the show so you don’t miss the next coaching episode.
And if someone you love is tired of always trying to “get it right,” send them this. It might change the story.

Let’s stay connected:
🌐 Emma's Website
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