If intuitive eating feels harder than you expected, you’re not alone, and it doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Learn how to understand your frustration, work through fear, and figure out what you need to move forward without going back to dieting.

If intuitive eating has you feeling discouraged, scared of weight gain, or unsure which way to turn, you’re not doing it wrong. This episode explains why those feelings show up and how self-compassion and curiosity can get you moving again instead of falling back on dieting.

Feeling like intuitive eating isn’t working is a normal and expected part of the process. Instead of giving up and going back to dieting, get curious about what’s making you feel discouraged, scared or stuck. In this episode, you’ll learn how to tell whether you need to stick with it or do something differently, so you can get unstuck and keep moving forward.

Skills and coping strategies only go so far when the trauma underneath hasn’t been addressed. In this conversation, licensed clinical social worker Jennifer explains how trauma shows up in our relationship with food and our bodies, what ketamine-assisted therapy and EMDR actually involve, and how trauma-informed yoga and a simple five-minute body scan can help rebuild trust with yourself.

What if your struggles with food and your body aren’t really about food or your body? Trauma and eating disorder therapist Jennifer Lancaster joins Katy to explore how trauma, chronic dieting, and the nervous system keep you stuck, even when you know all the “right” recovery skills. Learn why emotions surface when you stop using food to cope, how EMDR and ketamine-assisted therapy can help, and where to start feeling safer in your body today.

You don’t have to love your body to treat it with kindness and respect. Learn what body respect looks like on the days when you don’t like your weight or body image, and how to respond without falling back into diet culture.