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Encouraging people to find what FEELS good in terms of food, movement and their bodies. Let's challenge the wellness w*nkery and start a new conversation. In each episode, Christine and Ela discuss their thoughts on diet and fitness fads, speak with fabulous guests about finding peace with food and movement, and interview experts so that they can share their insights and knowledge with you, the listeners. The hope is that together we can change the narrative around fitness and nutrition, and help you find YOUR strong!

Recent Episodes

Can We Talk About Kids, Food and Body Image?

Send us Fan Mail We're BACK! It has been a hot second since we last recorded an episode together and of course we're starting with an emotionally charged subject, just to get you thinking. In this episode, we spoke about the messages kids absorb from our own relationship with food and our bodies. How do we feel if our child or a friend's child gains weight? Is it ever ok to talk about a child's weight, even if it from a place of concern? Key Takeaways from this episode: Children h...

38 MIN

From Weight Watchers to Embracing Your Features.

Send us Fan Mail This week,I'm flying solo and I'm so excited to be chatting with the inspirational Christina Testut. Christina is a fierce body image advocate as well as a published author and Kindergarten teacher, and is passionate about developing confidence and building a strong self esteem within her students. As she says: "Changing the narrative around body image for our youngest generation and generations to come, has become my purpose." Christina talks honestly about going...

44 MIN

Burnout, Belief, and the Right to Recover - with Bex Spiller

Send us Fan Mail Bex Spiller is the founder of The Anti-Burnout Club and creator of the Right to Recover campaign — joins Ela to talk burnout, workplace culture, and why recovery should be a right, not a luxury. We covered Bex's Burnout Story Bex built a marketing agency from her bedroom at 21, then hit a wall physically and mentally while studying for an MBA in addition to long working hours. A GP eventually named what she'd been feeling: burnout — a word she'd never heard before. That crisi...

59 MIN

What We Resist, Persists

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore a simple but powerful idea: when we resist uncomfortable feelings, they tend to grow stronger, not weaker. This pattern shows up everywhere: for example anxiety on a plane, dental fear, body image, ageing, and cravings. Key threads we unpack: Resistance breeds shame. When we don't admit we're struggling — because we feel we shouldn't be — that gap between who we are and who we think we should be becomes a breeding ground for shame.Naming a fear dif...

30 MIN

Letting Go of the Athlete Identity, with Caroline Toshack

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we're joined by the wonderful Caroline Toshack for a thought provoking conversation about coming home to our bodies after an eating disorder or indeed years of chronic dieting. Caroline shares how her career evolved from personal training, sports coaching and competitive endurance sport into Pilates, yoga and body-led therapeutic work. We talk about her experience of living with an eating disorder, the pressure and identity that can become wrapped up in athle...

49 MIN