[REPOST] #101: How to Honor Your True Hungers & Find Body Acceptance with Rachel Estapa of More to Love Yoga
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Size-acceptance advocate and yoga teacher Rachel Estapa discusses how being a larger-bodied child led to early experiences of shame and dieting, why diet culture's promise to "fix" us is so alluring, the connection between physical and emotional hungers, why rediscovering her loves and desires in life was essential to her recovery from dieting, how the practice of yoga helped show her the path to liberation, and lots more! This episode originally aired Apr 24, 2017.
Rachel Estapa, founder of More to Love®, is a certified life coach, certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, writer, speaker and social entrepreneur who educates and supports plus size people on approaches to positive body image and wellness, enabling all bodies to lead more empowered lives. Find her online at MoreToLoveWithRachel.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, body positivity, and health at every |
| 0:06.2 | size. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified |
| 0:11.2 | intuitive eating counselor, specializing in weight-inclusive wellness. |
| 0:15.3 | Join me as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships |
| 0:19.3 | with food. |
| 0:20.3 | Hey there, welcome to episode 101 of Food Psych. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and today I'm talking with Rachel Estapa, a yoga teacher, |
| 0:44.6 | life coach, and speaker who helps people make peace with their bodies and accept their |
| 0:48.6 | size. |
| 0:49.6 | She is such a great guest. |
| 0:51.2 | We had a really amazing, far-ranging conversation about recovering from diet culture, body |
| 0:56.0 | shaming and childhood, how she finally ended her fight against her body, and why she launched |
| 1:01.3 | a blog called More to Love that has really taken off and morphed into an amazing business. |
| 1:07.6 | So I can't wait to share it all with you in just a moment, and I would love to hear |
| 1:11.5 | your feedback in our Food Psych listener Facebook group. |
| 1:15.1 | We have such an amazing group now with thousands of people from around the world, fellow listeners |
| 1:19.6 | like you, sharing your reactions to the podcast, and also sharing resources and support on |
| 1:25.6 | this anti-diet journey. |
| 1:27.2 | So it's become a really lovely supportive community, and I would love for you to be a part |
| 1:31.8 | of it. |
| 1:32.8 | To join, just go to KristiHarrison.com slash community, and you'll be redirected to the |
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