Letter] Navigating Change, Body Image, and Temptations to Diet in Midlife with Shanetta McDonald

Find Your Food Voice

Julie Duffy Dillon RDN

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Mental Health

4.9 • 750 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Julie Duffy Dillon hosts a letter from a listener grappling with body changes, diet struggles, and the grief of aging. Joined by somatic life coach Shanetta McDonald, they explore themes of grief, societal pressures, self-acceptance, and practical tools for embracing body shifts with compassion. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to episode 430 of the Find Your Food Voice podcast.
0:05.5	Today we have a letter episode with special guest, Shannetta McDonald.
0:10.4	Let's get to it.
0:12.2	Hey there, friend.
0:13.5	I am Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian and your host of Find Your Food Voice.
0:18.7	Welcome today.
0:19.9	I am looking forward to sharing this episode with you
0:23.5	because I have a very important letter that I think many of you can relate to. In fact,
0:29.4	when I read through this letter, it reminded me so much of clients I worked with over the years.
0:35.3	And after 10 years of this podcast, if you haven't listened to
0:39.3	the last episode, definitely listen to it because something I announced in that last episode is that
0:45.6	this will be the last season of Find Your Food Voice. And the reason why I made this podcast in
0:51.5	particular is because my clients would talk about these
0:55.0	themes.
0:56.0	And while everyone had their own story and lived experience, the themes were so similar.
1:02.4	When I would see clients back to back, I'm like, everyone's talking about the same shame
1:07.2	and isolation and blame and just feeling overwhelmed and like they're doing things in secret
1:13.2	and i wanted to do this podcast because i wanted to share all these stories with you so you knew
1:20.1	you're not alone because if you can remove the shame and blame and not feel like you have to
1:26.3	suffer in silence that's like taking away, like, so much
1:31.7	of the heavy burden of repairing your relationship with food. And again, the letter I have today
1:37.8	is a great representation of that. She is someone who's in midlife and has a really complicated relationship with food because their body was smaller and now it's not.
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