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The Courageous Inner BeastEpisode 18: Fun with Yoga and Handling Endometriosis ft. Emma PoletteEmma Polette ditched her stressful corporate career in 2012 to become a health coach, personal trainer, and yoga teacher. She is currently challenging herself to practice yoga 365 days in a row. Her goal is to show women of all ages, sizes, and fitness levels that yoga (and its benefits) is possible for them too. When Emma’s not practicing or studying yoga she is working at her local library or taking her dog, Barney, to one of the stunning beaches in her hometown, Albany Western Australia.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dai...2023-08-2925 min
Random and Wonderful: Conversations about Travel Anxiety, Wellness, and Mindset ShiftsSelf-Advocacy Series: Chatting with Emma PoletteToday's episode is with Emma Polette, health coach, yoga teacher, and personal trainer focusing on body acceptance and health at every size.
Quick Notes from today's episode:- Understanding your body's needs
- Promoting body positivity & self-care
- Curating your social media feed
- Self-compassion mediation
IG:@daily.yoga.with.emma
Facebook: @emma.polette.coach
Website: emmapolette.com
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2023-07-3124 min
The Body Love ShowGive your social media a "Body Respect" spring cleanThis week I'll teach you how important your social media feed is to your mental health and how you can make changes today that will support you to respect your body and look after it without the influence of diet culture.The Instagram accounts I mention in this episode are:Fashion: @icurvyActivism: @iweighFitness: @louisegreen_bigfitgirlFood: @no.food.rulesMum blogger/general lifestyle: @lovezoepotterMe!!: @emma.poletteTell me how you go with your social media spring clean...2022-08-3119 minThe Body Love ShowSeason 2 TrailerI’m back babies! Welcome to The Big Bellied Yogi season 2! If you haven’t met me before, my name is Emma Polette – I’m an anti-diet health coach, personal trainer and yoga teacher and I have a plus sized, curvy, fat body. How dare I!!?I’ll be covering topics like intuitive eating and movement, self-compassion, feminism, privilege, why diets don’t work, living in a menopausal body and of course a bit of yoga talk too. I hope to have some guests including anti-diet experts and real people like you so if you’re keen to share what...2022-07-2703 minThe Body Love ShowTrailer - coming on Thursday 1st JulyI've been practicing yoga on and off for over 20 years and teaching since 2015. When I recently completed another 200 hour yoga teacher training, I realised how inaccessible yoga is for so many people.According to Instagram, yoga is all about the poses, and about how bendy, skinny and young you are. But it's so much more than that.I'm on a mission to make yoga available for everyone. Each week I'll show you how, including giving you a practice to try while you listen to the podcast.The first episode drops on 1st July so...2021-06-0703 min
Align + AttractCreating and Re-Creating Your Beautifully Aligned Business (and Life) with Emma PoletteSend us a textCreating and Re-Creating Your Beautifully Aligned Business with Emma PoletteThis interview is part of my Your Aligned Business series where I talk to inspiring business owners about THEIR inspiring businesses to give you inspiration for YOURS. After years of having her self-esteem battered by the corporate boys club while dealing with Stage 4 endometriosis, Emma Polette ditched her six-figure corporate career in Sydney and moved to Albany, Western Australia to start her multi-passionate business. She is now a personal trainer, yoga teacher, reiki master and creator of th...2021-05-2037 min
The Body Love ShowLeonie Dawson talks Body LoveIt's been a while since I released a new podcast episode. But when I got the chance to interview my mentor, Leonie Dawson, I knew it was time to release a new episode.In the first few minutes of the show Leonie tells us about growing up with a brother with cerebral palsy and lot's of older women and how that shaped her attitude of complete love and acceptance of her body.She also breaks down how the patriarchy, capitalism and white supremacy takes us into the "unnatural" territory of body hate.And s...2020-08-2626 minThe Body Love ShowCreate a life you don't need to escape fromSelf-care is a massive buzz word. It's one I use a lot. But the ultimate in self-care is creating a life that you don't need to escape from... one that's full of inbuilt self-care.I've recently taken another step towards that by taking another job. That might not sound like self-care but in this episode I explain how that's the case.I've also talk about how knowing my Human Design and journaling about my Perfect Day have helped me create a life that feels less and less like something to escape from. In...2020-05-1721 minThe Body Love ShowQuick and easy daily steps to achieve Self-LoveI've been talking about moving from just Body Love into full-on self-love lately and it's really resonating.And although I know The Body Love Method works to help women feel better about their bodies, the true strength of the Method is it helps women to love themselves. To be honest that is much more powerful.But, I also know that for busy women who take on too much (that's the women who need self-love the most), the 12 steps in The Body Love Method feel too much, too overwhelming.So during this quite time I...2020-05-1019 minThe Body Love Show3 Iso Lessons About Body LoveIt's a rare event to have to self-isolate. In fact its unprecedented in our lifetime. And although it's been really tough at times, I have relished the time to go deep within and re-evaluate my favourite topic: Body Love. Everything changed for me in February and March this year. I was offered a new (dream) job, my living circumstances changed suddenly and I had a life changing medical diagnosis. And then the global pandemic set in. It's been surreal. And hard. So for a while my brain couldn't handle all the Body Love...2020-05-0323 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 1 May 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 1 May 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/may-1 Here is some guidance that is inspired by my oracle card reading today:The Dream: What breakthrough did you have over the past...2020-04-3010 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 30 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 30 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-30 Here is some guidance that is inspired by my oracle card reading today:Peace: What are some short practices you can do each...2020-04-2909 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 29 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 29 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-29 Here is some guidance that is inspired by my oracle card reading today:Healing: Download this list of Core Values. What are your...2020-04-2811 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 28 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 28 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-28 Here is some guidance that is inspired by my oracle card reading today:Enchanted Forest: Reflect on 2 or 3 things that are annoying you r...2020-04-2709 min
The Transit LoungeCareer Change After 40 - From FMCG to Body Love with Emma PoletteThe career change after 40 interview series keeps uncovering great, 'ordinary' women who left successful careers to work for themselves...
After 'falling' into a career in FMCG Emma Polette found herself managing multi-million dollar budgets, with a National role she was good at, but didn't love, in a boys club industry...
Then some health issues kicked in [as seem to often be the case with high achieving women], leading her to consider doing something else and now she is ...
How she found her new direction was a little unusual, but in this podcast episode she shares:
A comment a colleague made...2020-04-2751 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 27 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 27 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-27 Here are some Body Love tools that were inspired by my oracle card reading today:Eternal Dance: Can you change your perspective on so...2020-04-2608 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance 26 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 26 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-26 Here are some Body Love tools that were inspired by my oracle card reading today:Achievement: Has your sense of achievement changed over...2020-04-2509 minThe Body Love ShowBody Loved Guidance for 25 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 25 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-25 Here are some Body Love tools that were inspired by my oracle card reading today:The Message: As I pulled this card the...2020-04-2411 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 24 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 24 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-24 Here are some Body Love tools that were inspired by my oracle card reading today:Rising Above: What do you need to do...2020-04-2305 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 23 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now and I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 23 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-23 Here are some Body Love tools that were inspired by my oracle card reading today: Amethyst: Spend some time thinking about (and writ...2020-04-2212 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 22 April 2020I'm mixing things up and right now I am offering a one-card oracle card reading each day. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 22 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-22 Here are some Body Love tools that were inspired by my oracle card reading today: The message: Use the mantra, "I thank the Earth...2020-04-2110 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 20 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 20 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-20 Here are s...2020-04-1910 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 19 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 1 9April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-19 Here are s...2020-04-1811 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 18 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 18 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-18 Here are s...2020-04-1711 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 17 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 17 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-17 Here are s...2020-04-1611 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 16 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 16 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-16 Here are s...2020-04-1511 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 15 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 15 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-15 Here are s...2020-04-1412 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 14 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 14 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-14 Here are s...2020-04-1311 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 13 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 13 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-13 Here are s...2020-04-1212 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for Easter 2020Today I have shared something different, for Easter. Join me for a mindful eating practice by listening to the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-04-1109 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 11 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 11 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-11 Here are s...2020-04-1014 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 10 April 2020Each day I share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 10 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-10 Here are s...2020-04-0913 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 9 April 2020Each day I will share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 9 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-9 Here...2020-04-0809 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 8 April 2020Each day I will share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you Body Love tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 8 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-8 Here...2020-04-0711 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 7 April 2020Each day I will share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 7 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-7 Here are some...2020-04-0610 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 6 April 2020Each day I will share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 6 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-6 Here are some...2020-04-0510 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Guidance for 5 April 2020Each day I will share my 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to the self. Kind of like a weather report. The second card is about daily guidance. I will also give you two tools inspired by my reading that you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 5 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by going to bodylovehq.com/april-52020-04-0411 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Oracle Card Reading 4 April 2020Each day I will present a 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to You. Where you am. Kind of like a weather report. The second card relates to your daily guidance. Things you can consider a you go about your day. I will also give you two tools you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic. This recording is the reading for 4 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking here or by g...2020-04-0312 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Oracle Card Reading 3 April 2020Each day I will present a 2-card oracle reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to You. Where you am. Kind of like a weather report. The second card relates to your daily guidance. Things you can consider a you go about your day. I will also give you two tools you can use to help support and guide you during this pandemic.This recording is the reading for 3 April 2020.You can see the cards by clicking...2020-04-0210 minThe Body Love ShowBody Love Oracle Card Reading - 2 April 2020 One of my favourite Body Love tools of all time is oracle card readings. Every day so far in 2020 I have done a 2 card reading inspired by Susannah Conway. The first card relates to me. Where I am. Kind of like a weather report. The second card relates to my daily guidance. Things I can consider as I go about my day. In these unsettling times I decided I wanted to share the daily oracle card reading with you and give you two tools you can...2020-04-0111 min
The Body Love ShowJane the Cacao Medium answers 5 Body Love QuestionsJane the Cacao Medium answers 5 Body Love questions*** Trigger warning - we delve quite deeply into my guest’s past eating disorder. If you need help you can reach out to The Butterfly Foundation. *** This week’s podcast episode is extra delicious because I am interviewing a chocolate maker! Jane is an Earth Mamma of 3 young kids, and creator of Cacao Medium - making ethical chocolates and ceremonial grade cacao elixirs for people all over Australia. She has journeyed through her own challenges around se...2020-02-2136 min
The Body Love ShowJess Crawford answers 5 Body Love Questions This week I’m excited to introduce you to Jess Crawford. Jess is an artist from South Australia and before this discussion we’d only ever met on Instagram (sometime I really love the internet). Here’s Jess describing a bit about herself: “I am a colour lover. I am an artist.I love to brighten the way in whichever way I can. My artworks bring brightness and light to the world with their vibrant colours and inspiring imagery. Recently I’ve been using my artworks to bring objects t...2020-02-1420 min
The Body Love ShowIntroducing The Body Love Book Club I'm feeling a little bit like Oprah (at least the Oprah before she started spruiking weight watchers...) because I am starting The Body Love Book Club! And our very first book is Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare BowditchIt’s a memoir about Clare living with anxiety brought on by a childhood tragedy, the shame of living in a larger body, and the fear of following her dreams. Who is Clare Bowditch?Clare is an Australian musician, actor, radio presenter and business entrepreneur. She has...2020-02-0713 min
The Body Love ShowMy student Anne answers 5 Body Love questionsThis is pretty exciting! This week I interviewed one of my fitness students. Anne is 47 years young. She is a Special Needs Education Assistant at one of the local primary schools - she says it’s “the best in the west” and a Therapy Assistant for the Department of Communities. Anne loves cooking/eating and creating meals with a glass of good wine, hiking, SUP boarding, walking, roller skating and dance parties with her dogs. Her goals are to be the best she can be for myself and others and to help kids do the same. Anne...2020-01-3127 min
The Body Love ShowKerry Rowett answers 5 Body Love questionsKerry Rowett answers 5 Body Love questions I am thrilled to introduce you to one of my mentors, Kerry Rowett. Her energy and her program Align & Attract has helped me immeasurably over the last 4 years both personally and professionally. Kerry Rowett is a Kinesiologist based in Adelaide, Australia so focused on teaching other entrepreneurs how to create their own version of an aligned business. She believes that awake, empowered women can have a big impact on the world and she teaches other business owners how to release their own blocks and align to...2020-01-2436 min
The Body Love ShowLiss Amyah answers 5 Body Love questionsLiss Amyah answers 5 Body Love questions I started this year in a bit of funk. We’d lost a close family friend and I felt helpless about the fires. So when it was time to go back to work I didn’t feel very motivated. Luckily the first thing I did this year was interview Liss Amyah for the podcast. Preachers wife turned pleasure advocate, Liss was married at 19, had 6 babies by 31, and was divorced by 36. In 2014, after baby number six was born, Liss starte...2020-01-1727 min
More Confidence with Luna GaiaEpisode #2 with Emma PoletteJoining us on the couch today is Emma Polette, she is spent most of her life believing that being skinny = happiness, love, success. When she was a teen and in her 20s, she was very thin. People often told me her she looked anorexic. Then once she hit her late 20s her body started to change.
After a series of surgeries, a stressful job and too long hating herself, she then decided to leave the job and move back to Albany to be close to family. From there she became a personal trainer, yoga teacher & health coach. She decided to s...2020-01-1643 min
The Body Love ShowThe Merry Maker Sisters Answer 5 Body Love QuestionsIn the wake of the devastation my country, Australia, has faced over the last weeks and months, I couldn’t think of a better way to start the new year than with my interview with the Merrymaker sisters. They are bubbly, positive women with such an important message to share.This podcast episode will delight you and definitely inspire you to love your body in 2020.Emma and Carla Papas (The Merrymaker Sisters) are bliss followers and yoga, pilates and meditation teachers. They quit their full time government desk jobs in July 2014 to pursue their passion of...2020-01-1134 min
The Body Love ShowHelen Polette answers 5 Body Love questionsHelen Polette answers 5 Body Love questions This week on the podcast I am so excited to introduce you to my mum! Many of my listeners will know Helen because she has been a loyal regular at some of my fitness classes for years. My mum is a very young 72-year-old who is physically active, a mad keen international traveller, a caring mother and grandma and busy with many hobbies and friends. I know she inspires a lot of the students in my classes, as much as she insp...2019-12-2015 min
The Body Love ShowClaire Riley answers 5 Body Love questions This week's podcast guest is Claire Riley. Claire is a marketing & strategy business coach working with women who are amazing at what they do but feel clueless about how to run a profitable, sustainable business the easy way. She works with women who’s almost-successful online businesses feel like a runaway train… women who are struggling to get organised, make consistent income and serve their clients effectively and who wish they could have some simple systems to make things feel easier so that they can have more time to do the things they love, with people they love...2019-12-1327 min
The Body Love ShowRose Sing answers 5 Body Love questions This week I have a deep conversation with Rose Sing about all things sensual including belly dance, Tantra and the power of female orgasms. Rose is the founder and principal teacher at Sahara Belly Dance. She started her belly dance journey in the early 1990s and commenced teaching after moving to Albany Western Australia in 1997. With over twenty years experience in this dance genre, Rose is considered,by many,as a Middle Eastern dance specialist. She has learnt from many local, national and international dancers and teachers. Rose guides women to...2019-12-0628 min
Fit in Real Life158: Body Love is a Practice with Emma PoletteOnly 20% of women are satisfied with their bodies. 89% of women and 8 out of 10 girls are withdrawing from life engaging activities because they don’t feel good about their bodies. This means women are holding themselves back from living the life they dream of. (Dove Beauty & Confidence Report, 2019) This is why we need Body Love. In this episode I team up with Emma Polette from bodylovehq.com to talk all things about loving your body. Our own turning points when we reached ‘diet rock bottom’ and realized we needed to start truly caring for ourselves Common triggers...2019-12-0248 minFit in Real Life158: Body Love is a Practice with Emma PoletteOnly 20% of women are satisfied with their bodies. 89% of women and 8 out of 10 girls are withdrawing from life engaging activities because they don’t feel good about their bodies. This means women are holding themselves back from living the life they dream of. (Dove Beauty & Confidence Report, 2019) This is why we need Body Love. In this episode I team up with Emma Polette from bodylovehq.com to talk all things about loving your body. Our own turning points when we reached ‘diet rock bottom’ and realized we needed to start truly caring for ourselves Common triggers...2019-12-0248 min
The Body Love ShowTanja Shaw & Emma Polette answer 5 Body Love QuestionsThis week on the podcast I interview Tanja Shaw (and she interviews me too). Tanja is a sought-after lifestyle coach, keynote speaker, founder of Ascend Fitness + Lifestyle, a holistic health coaching studio in Chilliwack, British Columbia Canada, and The Whole You Transformation ProjectTM. Tanja has built a credible reputation for helping 1000s of men and women ditch the diet, find real health, and feel GOOD in their bodies, so that they can have the freedom to fully experience life. Tanja, her husband Keith, and their son Jacob live in Chilliwack, BC, ab...2019-12-0142 min
The Body Love ShowDietitian Laura Jean answers 5 Body Love questions Dietician Laura Jean answers 5 Body Love Questions This week on the podcast I interview Laura Jean. I met Laura earlier this year when she passed through Albany with her family as she does “the big lap” around Australia. Laura Jean is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with 16 years experience who focuses on the ‘whys’ of eating and how you can connect to your body to guide your interaction with food. She is passionate about helping women develop a healthier relationship with food, ditch food rules and restriction, and be ‘less crazy’ around...2019-11-2028 min
The Body Love ShowCarlie Maree answers 5 Body Love questions Carlie Maree answers 5 questions about Body Love. This week I interviewed bestselling author, Carlie Maree. Her book Soul Modes: You are not one ordinary woman. You’re four extraordinary ones, has recently topped the Amazon charts in many categories including #1 in the Women and Business category. Carlie Maree is a thought leader and industry disruptor with a deep understanding of how women work - what motivates them, what drives them and what holds them back. Through her online programs and private coaching, she supports women to show u...2019-11-1231 min
The Body Love ShowAesha Kennedy answers 5 questions about Body Love We have something new happening on The Body Love Show. Most weeks I’ll be interviewing a woman about her experiences with Body Love. I’ll ask each woman the same 5 questions so we can see how we all feel differently about our bodies yet in some ways we all feel the same. My first interview subject is Aesha Kennedy. Aesha helps visionary women connect deeply with innate SHAKTI DIVINE CREATIVE POWER, their true power, so they can expand their vision, have a bigger impact on a global sca...2019-11-0619 min
The Body Love ShowWhat is a Body Love Coach anyway? One of the questions I get asked a LOT is, “What is a body love coach?” In this podcast episode I break it all down for you. I’ll cover:What is a coach?What is a body love coach?How is it different to being a life coach, a health coach or a personal trainer?Who makes a good Body Love Coach?What employment opportunities or income generating activities are available for a body love coach?What are the other students like?Should you be a Body Love Coach? Find out...2019-10-2318 min
The Body Love ShowHow to beat Diet Culture with Body Love We are not born hating our bodies. We get this way because of diet culture. Diet culture is the not so invisible forces that make us believe that being thin is beautiful and guarantees health. It’s the messages from the media, advertising, news stories, celebrities, magazines, social media and influencers as well as our families, that have led us to believe that unless we fit into society’s narrow view of beauty or wellness we’ll never be enough. Listen to understand how a self-compassionate approach is best for our o...2019-10-1525 min
The Body Love ShowThe answers to 10 Body Love questions A little while ago I surveyed everyone on my email list about what they wanted to know about Body Love. (If you want to join my email list and receive weekly emails from me you can do that here. Plus you’ll get access to some free meditation downloads.) These were the top 10 most common questions and in this podcast episode I’ll answer them. How do I stay motivated?How to find a balance between work, kids, husband and maintaining the house, basically how to find time for me?How to make exercise fun?How c...2019-10-0923 min
The Body Love ShowFood Guilt is BOOOORING! Try Body Positivity instead. When I hear women in cafes say things like this about cake, it makes me want to scream! 🙊 It's my guilty pleasure🙊 Oh I shouldn't eat this, but I will🙊 Go on, let's be naughty together🙊 I'm so bad🙊 No thanks, I'm being good But then I remember that it’s not their fault. It’s diet culture that makes us do it! In this episode I give you some alternatives to Food Guilt that you may never have thought of be...2019-10-0222 min
The Body Love ShowThe real reason you are so tired Last week I owned up to the fact that I don’t love my body at the moment and one of the big reasons is that I’m doing too much which means I am exhausted. To continue the theme, this week I wanted to unpack the idea of exhaustion because the feedback I got is a lot of people are feeling the same way (shout out to all the teachers and EAs who listen!) One of the big reasons we feel tired all the time is because we are doi...2019-09-2519 min
The Body Love ShowI don't love my body anymoreI don’t love my body anymore. In this personal episode I admit to not loving my body anymore. It’s not that I don’t feel love toward my body… it’s that I don’t treat my body with love. I have started putting too much emphasis on achievement, even when it comes to my self-care practices, rather than allowing myself to feel good. It happens to all of us at some stage. And it never feels good. So, I am recommitting to th...2019-09-1813 min
The Body Love ShowEmma's Body Love Heroes I believe that all women can learn to love their bodies and free themselves from all the self-loathing that diet culture encourages! But it does take some work. I hope this podcast and The Body Love Method™ give you lots of tools to love your body. But I know one size does not fit all so I want to share with you some of the biggest influencers in my Body Love Journey. I call them my Body Love Heroes. Taryn Brumfitt - director of the movie Embrace. FInd her at tarynbrumfitt.comMegan Jayne Crabbe - amazi...2019-09-1214 min
The Body Love ShowDitching diet culture is the first step to Body Love. But what is it? It’s occurred to me that I say the words “diet culture” A LOT on this podcast but perhaps you don’t know what I mean when I say that… Diet culture is the not so invisible forces that make us believe that being thin is beautiful and guarantees health. It’s the messages from the media, advertising, news stories, celebrities, magazines, social media and influencers as well as our families that have led us to believe that unless we fit into society’s narrow view of beauty or wellness we’ll never be enough. ...2019-09-0507 min
The Body Love ShowThe body Love Show - Body Love for your kids starts with YOU This week I was reminded of how far I’ve come with my Body Love mission in two ways. Firstly I was reintroduced to a podcast interview I did late in 2017. It was a few months before I wrote The Body Love Method and I had started to see results in my clients. In the interview I spoke about how Body Love is essential for two reasons:It frees up a lot of brain space because when we let go of diet culture and feeling not good enough ALL. ...2019-09-0216 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Changing the face of fitness with Bevie CollierThe Body Love Show - Changing the face of fitness with Bevie Collier Lately my body has been sore. Sore feet, sore hips, sore neck. And when I finally got to the point of cancelling classes due to headaches and pain I knew I had to do something about it. More than once I had been recommended the services of Bevie Collier, a Master Rehab Trainer, Barefoot Specialist, Personal Trainer and founder of Sustainable Motion. I’ve known Bevie for a while because I used to attend her fit...2019-08-2138 min
The Body Love ShowThe body Love Show - Learn from a client how Body Love really changes things (celebrating 50 shows) This is our 50th episode. When I started this show I hadn’t thought about milestones but now that I’ve been producing this show for over a year I am excited to celebrate 50 shows and more than 2000 downloads. I wanted to celebrate by interviewing one of my long term clients, Nadia. Back at the beginning of 2018, Nadia was introduced to me by her friend Anne. She knew she needed support and took the big step of investing in herself by doing my 12-week private coaching program. Since...2019-08-1623 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - 3 things you need to know about The Body Love Bali Retreat The Body Love Show - 3 things you need to know about the Bali Retreat I recorded this week’s episode in Bali while on retreat with 8 other beautiful women. It’s the first retreat I’ve ever hosted overseas and so far it is going so well and we are all having a fantastic time.In this episode I share 3 things I would love you to know about the retreat - not the workshops or what kind of yoga we are doing… but the really important stuff like true c...2019-08-0908 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Creating Harmony with Body Love Academy Student Melynnda JelleyThe Body Love Show - Creating Harmony with Body Love Academy Student Melynnda Jelley Melynnda Jelley works for a Not for Profit organisation in a Management position. She has 2 fantastic boys, a spoilt fur baby and an amazingly supportive husband that is always encouraging her to invest in her wellbeing and grab time for herself. Melynnda is a qualified Life Coach and creator of Harmonious Me. Melynnda wants to help women feel comfortable with who they are mentally and physically, to find their true essence to be able to shine and liv...2019-08-0125 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - How Adele Renee helps mums put themselves first In this podcast episode I interview Adele Renee (You can check out her interview with me here) Adele Renee is a wife and Mum to 3 young children and is launching her own business as a personal mentor and coach for Mum's. Adele's journey into motherhood has been a struggle, going from a career and study driven perfectionist to an overwhelmed Mum that pretended to have it all together on the outside but was lost and falling apart on the inside. Her overwhelm turned into po...2019-07-2627 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show- Emma Polette interviewed by Adele ReneeThe Body Love Show - Emma Polette interviewed by Adele Renee Recently I was interviewed by Adele Renee who is a personal mentor and coach for mums. She is currently traveling around Australia with her family and along the way she is interviewing people by asking 10 questions. I love this interview because Adele’s questions are so insightful and I like my answers :) During the interview I forget a quote from A Course in Miracles. It is: “Where would you have me go?What...2019-07-2325 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Introducing Body Love Academy Student, Peggy QuarmbyThis week I interviewed my Body Love Academy student, Peggy Quarmby. Peggy is a full time Receptionist, an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator of 12 years sharing stamping and creativity through classes and workshops. She is also a Body Love Coach (in training). Peggy is passionate about helping women to live a lifestyle of self acceptance, compassion, inspiration and creativity. She says, “I believe women have so many expectations from society, family and those we give ourselves, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and caught up in the busy-ness and stress of life. Creativity a...2019-07-1625 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Celebrating The Body Love Collective (and Barney)This is a huge week in Body Love HQ history. Firstly (and arguably most importantly) our resident dog, Barney, turns 8 this week! To be honest, he is actually a rescue so I don’t know how old he really is but it was 5 years ago I adopted him and he was about 3 when I did so I say it’s his 8th birthday. Now, you might be wondering what the hell my dog’s birthday has to do with Body Love. Well. I think adopting him was my first step in understanding unconditional love. This animal was...2019-07-0913 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Transform your life with this simple practice I’ve realised this week that my #1 life mission is to help hundreds and thousands of busy working women to find a sense of freedom in their hectic lives. The best thing that has come out of ditching my 9 to 5 career and creating my business is the sense of freedom I have. Just like last week, I write this while I have my dog snuggled at my feet. I wasn’t allowed to bring dogs to my last corporate job. I actually had to give away my pet guinea pig becaus...2019-07-0207 min
The Body Love ShowTHe Body Love Show - Allowing Vs AchievingThe Body Love Show - Allowing vs. Achieving On the weekend I had the monthly call with The Body Love Academy students. I feel like a proud mother hen because they have just finished learning the full Body Love Method and we are starting all the business building information - which I love. Do you know I have a Marketing degree? Anyhow, on this monthly call I asked everyone what was resonating most for them from The Body Love Method and almost all of the women said it was the overarching prin...2019-06-2519 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Body Love after birthing babes - with Samara RomanisThe Body Love Show - Body Love After Birthing Babes with Samara Romanis Samara Romanis is my guest this week. She is a body love advocate, coach and mentor - and one of the students in The Body Love Academy. Her passion is to build women up, to believe in themselves, to know they are worthy of self love and they are 100% more than they think they are. Samara is a mum to four boys. She has been parenting now for 10 years and each and every birth expe...2019-06-1927 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - How I learned to love my body It might seem that I’ve always loved my body, or that learning to love my body was easier for me than it would be for you. NOT TRUE! My body image issues started from a very young age and affected me so much that by my mid 30’s I had no confidence and my brain was constantly filled with negative thoughts from my inner critic. It affected my confidence at work, in my relationships, it affected my health and my assertiveness. Plus I was constantly thinking about how I look, if I’d eaten to...2019-06-1226 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - The Body Lover's Manifesto When you think about body image issues, do you assume it refers just to teenagers? Unfortunately about 80% of adult women in Australia also have body image issues. And they are holding themselves back from life because of it. My mission is to help women everywhere love their bodies because I know it will help improve their confidence, health and bank balance! So last week I created The Body Lover’s Manifesto which are 6 sentences that describe what a woman in my community believes, acts and feels. You c...2019-06-0521 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Live your best life with this 9 point checklist This week I am giving you a behind the scenes look at what the women in The Body Love Academy are learning this week. It’s all about upleveling. When we take the time to love our bodies and our lives we will come across 2 phenomena - self-sabotage and upleveling. Self-sabotage is absolutely normal and not something to beat yourself up about. But it’s good to get it under control. Listen to my podcast all about this topic by clicking here.2019-05-2917 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Creating more time for Body LoveThe Body Love Show - Creating more time for Body Love. There are 2 ways to look at Body Love. One is the way we feel about our bodies. Ultimately I want you to be able to say you love your body. Why? When we genuinely feel love and respect for our bodies it frees up a lot of mental and emotional bandwidth for more important things. The second way is the way we treat our bodies. Do you treat yourself with compassion? Do you look after your body wi...2019-05-2212 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - How can I be overweight but still beautifulIn this week’s podcast episode I answer a question from a woman who reads my weekly email. She asks:How do I get past the fact I am overweight but still beautiful? Why can't I see what other people see in me instead of just the outside?Firstly, I ask the question, “over what weight?”I also explain a few ways to recognise your own beauty and love yourself no matter what your size.I refer to this book in the podcast: Body Positive Power by Meagan Jayne Crabbe...2019-05-0719 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Learn to love your body in 7 weeksThe Body Love Show - Learn to love your body in 7 weeksIn the next few weeks I will be starting the online course for The Body Love Method. Until now I have only offered it as a one on one coaching program which can be out of some people’s budgets (especially when we don’t value ourselves!) or through The Body Love Academy where I’m teaching other women how to be Body Love Coaches and create their own businesses.And it’s since I started teaching the students in The Academy that I’ve beco...2019-05-0121 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - The problem with yogaWestern Yoga has a problem. Here are some of the examples: We almost only see skinny, white, young, bendy, beautiful womenIt’s just focused on Asana or physical posesMore & more it seems to have a go hard or go home orientation - handstands, crazy asana on the edge of the cliff, Tabata yoga, weight loss focus, etc. This can make yoga seem impossible for people who have larger bodies, or who are injured or chronically ill.However yoga does help body imageA 2018 Study showed:16.2% of young adults repor...2019-04-2318 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - The power of forgivenessI have been teaching The Body Love Academy for 3 months and the most transformative part of the curriculum so far is FORGIVENESS. In this episode I want to share with you WHAT forgiveness is, WHY it is so important and HOW you can start practicing it in your life. According to a guest that Oprah had on her show in the early 90’s, forgiveness is letting go of the idea that the past can be any different. In the context of Body Love, it’s not condoning bad behaviour or turning the other cheek but it’s ac...2019-04-1615 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Why you need Yoga NidraWhy you need Yoga Nidra Yoga Nidra is a deeply relaxing practice that helps our bodies find homeostasis (or our natural state of equilibrium). It is a guided process so all you need to do is to lie back and listen to the instructions. Anyone can practice and gain the benefits. I really wanted to give you this experience so find yourself 40 minutes to give yourself the gift of deep relaxation. Thanks to Swami Saraswati for the Yoga Nidra scrip...2019-04-1039 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love show - Why do I keep sabotaging myself?The Body Love Show - Why do I keep sabotaging myself? This week an old client of mine had told me she was dealing with some old emotional issues that had come up and that her fibromyalgia symptoms had started to return.She’s been having a huge amount of success in her business lately. So naturally, she asked me - why does all this crap come up when you hit good times? And it’s a common phenomenon.I’ll have clients start my VIP program or some of my fit...2019-04-0313 min
The Body Love ShowThe Body Love Show - Self Esteem and SustainabilityIn this week’s show, I talk about the link between boosting our self-esteem and how that affects the sustainability of our communities. I share a fairly common story of a woman struggling with low self-esteem. Then I share some shocking statistics on how low self-esteem fueled by body image issues affect women and girls. And finally, I explain three ways you can boost your self-image today!If you would like to join the free 21-day Body Love Meditation program please click here. H...2019-03-2818 min