Welcome back to Rebuilding Trust With Your Body! In this powerful conversation, I sat down with Julie Duffy Dillon—Registered Dietitian, podcast host, and author of Find Your Food Voice. We had a candid discussion about what it’s like to be trained in a weight-centric health system, how both of us had our “aha” moments that shifted our careers, and what it really takes to support your health without dieting.

Julie is a straight-shooter with a deeply compassionate approach. She doesn’t just talk theory—she brings real tools and powerful reframes that will help you navigate health conditions and stay grounded in your intuitive eating journey.

And her take on emotional eating? Buckle up. It’s a refreshing, non-shaming perspective you don’t want to miss.

We Discuss:

• Why Julie bailed 5 minutes into a weight loss class she was teaching—and never looked back
• What PCOS actually is, and how it’s commonly mistreated in mainstream medicine
• The truth about emotional eating (spoiler: it’s normal and healthy)
• How binge eating is often a form of trauma recovery—not a sign you’re “doing it wrong”
• Ways to approach chronic conditions like PCOS, diabetes, high blood pressure, and IBS without restriction
• What it means to “find your food voice” and how to use it to reclaim peace with food
• Actionable strategies for making health-supportive changes without getting pulled back into diet mentality

Wellness Woo of the Week:

“Winter Arcs” and Seasonal Crash Dieting

Julie and I talked about a bizarre TikTok trend called a “Winter Arc,” where people hide away during the winter months to “fix” themselves with strict diets and extreme workouts—only to re-emerge in spring with a so-called “better body.” Sound like a new version of an old diet culture trick? It is. This type of thinking is steeped in shame and anti-fat bias, and it only perpetuates the cycle of disconnection from our bodies. It’s not a reset—it’s restriction, repackaged.

Resources Mentioned

• Connect with Julie Duffy Dillon on Instagram @FoodVoiceRD
• Julie’s website and book: Find Your Food Voice
• Julie’s podcast: Find Your Food Voice

Resources for Your Intuitive Eating Journey

• Join the Intuitive Eating Made Easy Facebook Group
• Grab my FREE Daily 3 Body Kindness Journal Pages
• Intuitive eating education on the blog
• Work with Katy
• Explore the self-paced mini-course Stepping Off The Dieting Rollercoaster
  

Your Feelings Are Valid
Healing isn’t linear, and it’s not always comfortable—but it is worth it. If you’re in the thick of it, you’re not alone. Hit play and let’s talk it out together.

You’re Not Failing. You’re Feeling.
This is what it looks like to rebuild trust with your body—and you’re doing it. Proud of you for staying in the work.

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