What's up, Badi Bees? I'm Brianna, mom, wife, serial entrepreneur, and host of the badass basic bitch podcast. Each week, I sit down with a seemingly ordinary woman who's doing extraordinary

things and I get to share her story with you. So let's go. Buckle up as we're going to get real

and dive into the shit nobody talks about. Welcome to the Batty B Club.

Beautiful. Welcome to the Batty B Club. If you think about it, when we were children, we had no fear around food. We were intuitive

eaters. We knew when we were hungry and we cried for it and we knew when we didn't want anymore,

we stopped eating. You know, when we're children and we're outside and we're playing,

we're free. And I think that everyone needs to reintroduce that into their life.

Welcome back to another episode of Badass Basic Bitch.

On today's episode, we have with us Natalie Rose Allen, who is a registered psychotherapist and wellness coach.

She's also the founder of hashtag Wake Up Goals Community, which is a group of health-conscious individuals

who want to make peace with food and learn how to care for themselves in an enjoyable, sustainable

way.

And today, we are going to be talking about body image and food relationship.

Natalie, thank you so much for being here with us today. Thank you so much for

having me. I'm excited to be here. Why don't you go ahead and give our listeners a short summary

of what it is you do? Sure. So I'm living in Toronto. I work primarily as a psychotherapist,

helping adolescents and adults

work through a variety of mental health issues like depression, anxiety, OCD, trauma, and phobias.

And I specialize in treating eating disorders and body image issues.

How did you get into this industry? What drew you into food relationship, eating disorders,

OCD? Like, was there something that sparked your interest in it? It's kind of a funny story.

Like, it's a mix of different things. I didn't even realize that I had such an interest in eating

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