Truce with Food with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

Many people have an image of physical therapy based on a bad experience from a friend or family member or that it’s only relevant after a major trauma like a stroke. But that’s not true! One of it’s superpowers is the ability to get to the root cause of chronic pain issues like back and neck pain.In today’s episode, I sit down with my client Karen Emery, who is a physical therapist to discuss how the you can use PT in your own life.We discuss:1. The unexpected reasons you might want to see a PT instead of starting to explore your pain with an MRI or CT scan.2. How your doctor might not even be aware of when to refer you to a PT and how you can be a better advocate for getting pain relief3. How to access and find a phenomenal PT for you as well as movement guidelines for health and better posture

It’s been six months since we caught up with my Truce with Food client Linda. We all know we can make changes for a little bit. But what does it really take to make changes that stick? Turns out it’s all about the inner world of your emotions. Last time we left off, Linda’s health goal was to get off her antidepressants and of course, maintain all her progress. Has she maintained and made progress now that she’s not in the Truce with Food program? And now off anti-depressants?In today’s episode, we discuss:1.1. How Linda’s dealing with stress and overwhelm without food or her antidepressants for more rewarding outcomes2.2. How work with her emotions has become a powerful source of confidence, improved many of her relationships and has led to her taking risks with and at work.3.3. What’s happening with Linda’s nighttime eating and why she’s not freaking out about it at all

Dr. Blum is back with us today to talk about arthritis and the latest research on the gut microbiome and the influence of stress and trauma on all sorts of arthritis and autoimmune conditions, which arthritis is one. Arthritis is not a condition for old people. It also affects women more than men.In today’s episode, we discuss:1. The role trauma plays into triggering autoimmune conditions like arthritis and how stress can reactivate dormant symptoms2. The role resilience plays in both finishing the healing protocols we start and managing stress, including different types of tools to be able to see stress as resilience building instead of something negative.3. Gut biome entertypoes and an in-depth discussion of what researchers are coming to believe about if we can change the nature of our gut biome.

We grow up in a culture, like a fish swimming in water, that rewards those who are thin. And if you’re thin, white and blonde too? You receive access to ALL. THE. THINGS!In today’s episode with writer, speaker and body justice advocate, Melissa Toler breaks down diet culture so we can find our way out! As Melissa shares her story, if you keep thinking there has to be more to life than trying to control your body and beauty, you can opt out of diet culture and discover more truth and beauty. Melissa and IMelissa and I discuss:1. How the wellness world is really diet culture and diet culture mirrors patriarchy2. How weight loss is sold as empowerment while in truth, it does the opposite3. Discuss the intersection of race with diet culture and how Melissa’s acceptance of her natural hair laid the ground work for her to give up dieting

Self-care has become a buzz word and catch-all solution to anything that ails you. Marketers have pounced on this as a way for women especially to empower themselves, while making them a lot of money. But the kind of self-care that leaves you feeling replenished, not broke or indulging in wine, are rarely identified and discussed. Instead, you end up with temporarily relief yet long-term depletion of your bank account and trust in yourself if you don’t have time for your self-care routine!In today’s episode, Melody Wilding, LMSW and coach and I discuss: 1. How the most common advice to get you to buy and do self-care is to put yourself first when in actuality, you are putting yourself first in this unconscious, depleting way2. Key mental shifts to diffuse life’s stress while making it more fulfilling for you and your loved ones3. Some of our all natural, totally free solutions for deep self-care

With so much not working in the Western medicine model as evidence of increasing illness and weight gain despite spending more money than any other country in the world, old beliefs and truths around our bodies and health are falling away. For those of us using a holistic microscope, that focus has shifted to wellness and getting to the root causes of issues to build a bridge to new, vibrant solutions. Yet, that bridge isn’t fully complete and knowing what you need, who to trust along with limited time and money to figure it out creates stress just navigating your health-care.In today’s episode, Insatiable favorite Sera Snyder is bringing guidance to navigating this crazy mess based on her experience with a Desmoid tumor and professionally, works with health care providers to deliver more value to their patients. In today’s episode, Sera and I discuss:1. The distinct and profound difference between health-insurance and health-care. And how to figure out which providers to choose within your health-insurance.2. The key factors to consider when deciding whether to invest money in services not covered by insurance like lab work, a functional medicine practitioner or coaches. And also how to think about the financial investment in terms of value not cost.3. The unexpected places to get the most value for your money outside of what you normally think of as health-care providers, including the number 1 factor to look for when deciding between all the options of more holistically minded healers and coaches.

In today’s power packed episode, we discuss:1. How Elizabeth honored her intuitive, bodily knowing during each of her heroine’s journey, from dealing with Wall Street sexism and departing as business partners and friends with Ivanka Trump once the Donald declared his presidency.2. The signs that you aren’t living in your body and how Elizabeth reclaimed feeling safe in her body after childhood sexual abuse to today, seeing her body as an ally in expanding what is possible for the impact she wants to make in the world.3. How women are being called to new types of leadership roles at work, in their communities and own personal lives so as Elizabeth says, we can bring home a world of good.

There’s so much possibility when you’re fed up with the fighting and fixing of your body and food. Today, my client Stephanie Truax will share with you how a powerful cocktail of desperation and not wanting to give up on herself inspired her to give up not just diets but diet culture. She’ll share the missing component of why she wasn’t successful with all the other approaches, two life-changing steps to transform the emotions that drive “I don’t care but I care” eating and the new metrics she uses for success, including a brilliant approach to free you from the tyranny of the scale.

Anxiety isn’t an all or nothing diagnosis or all in your head. Anxiety results in part from turning up the thermostat of inflammation in your body. The hotter it gets, the more anxiety you feel. In this minisode, I’ll share why anxiety is more likely to affect women, three food tips you can implement to reduce your anxiety and a common vitamin deficiency that might require a special kind of vitamin to relieve your anxiety.

Taking on the National Rifle Association (NRA), one of the most well-funded, intimidating and recently turned extreme lobby groups in America sounds stressful at the very least and putting your life on the line at most. It would make me eat all the chocolate! In this inspiring interview, Shannon Watts, Founder of Demands Action for Gun Sense in America, shares:•How Sandy Hook changed the course of her life after she started a single Facebook page•How she leveraged the skills she had from her previous Corporate life to get creative and achieve great gun safety wins and their organizational mindset for when they lose legislative battles. This philosophy is necessary for any of us trying to do hard, life changing things.•How she has found purpose, community, and chutzpah in her activism, including the strength she gets from leaning into the horror of gun violence, and the health tools she uses so she doesn’t burn out and can continue to restore our public safety.