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Courage and SpiceEmotions, Embodiment & Protein Popcorn with Ali ShapiroContent note: This episode includes discussions around intentional weight loss and diet culture, and therefore contains swearing.This episode is part of a podcast series called The Body Stories. I’m joined by my beloved friend and fellow coach, Ali Shapiro. Over the next year, Ali and I will have an occasional and ongoing conversation about the nuanced relationship with our bodies. These are tender conversations, and at times, I will be in the coaching client seat. Our hope is that listening in will spark your own exploration of your body story.💫 Subscribe below and I...2025-06-0456 min
Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC296. Emotions & Embodiment for Sustainable Weight Loss with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #3]Our Body Stories series is back with another installment of my friend Sas Petherick’s intentional weight loss journey.We’re three months in now, and she’s discovering how her new routines are integrating into her daily life and reshaping her identity in the process.Tune in to hear us unpack the emotional body, the power of habits, and how to actually stop treating food as an escape.We discuss:Self-authoring and redefining what it means to “work out”How to cultivate self-compassion without resignationWays that Sas is handling “bad days” wi...2025-05-2959 minInsatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC295. “We’re the Brave Ones” — Discipline vs Devotion, Macros & Being “Sporty” with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #2]Today we continue our Body Stories series with Sas Petherick!She joined me on Insatiable last month (listen here!) to talk about her intentional weight loss journey. This week she returns so we can catch up on how things are going one month in.Tune in as we explore public weight loss, before and after photos, psychological flexibility, how it feels to eat more calories, healing our childhood wounds around sports, and more.And if you relate to anything in this episode, join me (Ali) for Your Emotional Eating Blueprint this spring! You...2025-04-241h 05
Courage and SpiceUnder nourished to moderately active with Ali ShapiroContent note: This episode includes discussions around intentional weight loss and diet culture, and therefore contains swearing.This episode is part of a podcast series called The Body Stories. I’m joined by my beloved friend and fellow coach, Ali Shapiro. Over the next year, Ali and I will have an occasional and ongoing conversation about the nuanced relationship with our bodies. These are tender conversations, and at times, I will be in the coaching client seat. Our hope is that listening in will spark your own exploration of your body story.💫 Subscribe below and I...2025-04-231h 01
Courage and SpiceCan you love yourself and want to lose weight? with Ali ShapiroContent note: This episode includes discussions around intentional weight loss and diet culture, and contains swearing.This is the first in a new podcast series called The Body Stories with my beloved friend and fellow coach, Ali Shapiro. Over the next year, Ali and I will have an occasional and ongoing conversation about the nuanced relationship with our bodies. Ali is a deeply experienced coach whose work sits at the intersection of food, psychology, and behaviour change. Ali holds multiple certifications in integrated nutrition, and her master’s degree is in human behaviour. She has ov...2025-03-2556 minInsatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC291. How to Lose Weight AND Love Yourself (because you can do both!) with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #1]Today’s episode is with my long-time friend and colleague Sas Petherick. It’s about those times when you want to lose weight… but you also want to love your body.This is also the beginning of our new Body Series: ongoing conversations about the nuances of being in relationship with our bodies. And today I'm announcing the first live round of my Your Emotional Eating Blueprint: Why Am I Eating This Now? course, which you can hear more about by getting on my email list!We discuss:Sas’ relationship with her body + i...2025-03-2056 min
Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC192. Rewriting Low Expectations for our Bodies with Sas PetherickWe’ve inherited stories that contain low expectations around our bodies and selves. In this episode, Sas Petherick shares:How practically dying gave her more trust in her bodyHow our unconscious stories make us think “this is who I am” and sabotages sustainable changeThe freedom, creativity, and results inherent when we rewrite our stories.Send me (Ali) a text message. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able...2019-07-031h 03Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC155. How to Escape the Diet Culture Matrix with Sas PetherickWe're on hiatus until the 21st of November, enjoy this podcast interview I was on.Send me (Ali) a text message. Connect with Ali & Insatiable: Click here to text Insatiable (for privacy, we only see the last 4 digits of your phone number) and won’t be able to text back. Please don’t delete prepopulated numbers as that identifies your message is meant for us.2018-10-1751 min
Courage and SpiceHow to escape the diet culture matrix with Ali ShapiroAli Shapiro is academically, practically, and empathetically aware of how the medical system, diet culture and body positivity movements all have their own flavour of crazy. Ali is the founder of Truce with Food®, host of the top-ranked podcast Insatiable, and her work is a mashup of her skills as a holistic nutritionist, integrated health coach and a natural rebellion that is completely infectious.We talk about Ali's integrated and intersectional approach to living in a mysterious and magnificent body, in a world that wants to keep women small, nice and good. Get full a...2018-09-1950 minInsatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC105. [Rewind] Why Is Weight Loss So Hard With Sas PetherickSas has a Masters degree in Coaching & Mentoring from Oxford Brookes, and is a Certified Dr. Martha Beck Life Coach. She has also been coaching women leaders for the past 6 years in adaptive challenges. Find out why it’s great news that you only made it to day 9 of your Whole30 cleanse or your resolutions have already gone to shit. It turns out even though you think weight watchers, whole 30 or Ketogenic diets are all different , the way the approach nutrition is actually the same, which gives the power to the food. In today’s episode learn the difference betw...2017-11-011h 08Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC64. Why Is Weight Loss So Hard With Sas PetherickSas has a Masters degree in Coaching & Mentoring from Oxford Brookes, and is a Certified Dr. Martha Beck Life Coach. She has also been coaching women leaders for the past 6 years in adaptive challenges. Find out why it’s great news that you only made it to day 9 of your Whole30 cleanse or your resolutions have already gone to shit. It turns out even though you think weight watchers, whole 30 or Ketogenic diets are all different , the way the approach nutrition is actually the same, which gives the power to the food. In today’s episode learn the difference betw...2017-02-011h 08