Hello Body!

About Hello Body!

What’s healthier than that kale smoothie? A positive relationship with your body! Welcome to the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. Melissa is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer, and Katy is a certified health coach and yoga instructor, as well as the author of the book Worth It: A Journey to Food & Body Freedom. We are two friends who share an interest in non-diet approaches to health and wellness, including Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size.

Publisher

Hello Body!

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Aug 2020

Latest episode

29 Mar 2021

Latest episodes

19 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Mar 2021

   Body inclusive fitness with Shreen El Masry

   Episode 17 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts, Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we talk with Shreen El Masry. Shreen is a non-diet, body inclusive and Health At Every Size personal trainer, Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor based in Sydney, Australia. Shreen struggled with dieting and body image from a young age, but it wasn’t until she migrated to Australia from the UK back in 2010 that her physical and mental health deteriorated, and she developed depression, anxiety and an eating disorder. The eating disorder started when Shreen was asked to be a bridesmaid for a friend’s wedding and she was body shamed during the fitting. Shreen’s turning point came when her counsellor warned her that she would hospitalize her under the Mental Health Act. This pushed her into recovery, where she discovered intuitive eating, health at every size and the non-diet community and became educated in all areas. The combination of all these elements ultimately led her to a full recovery. The experience was life changing and this is what inspired her to set up her non-diet, body inclusive, fitness and wellbeing community called “Be You, Be Free (https://beyoubefree.com.au/).” Shreen is deeply passionate about promoting body inclusivity and helping women break free from dieting. She helps women heal their relationship to food, exercise, and their body. But mostly, she helps women exercise from a place of fun and for nourishment, and as a for a tool for self-care and mental health, rather than for punishment. Shreen’s mission is to change the narrative around fitness and diet culture and show women that their weight has nothing to do with their self-worth. You can find Shreen on Instagram @shreen_beyoubefree. (https://www.instagram.com/shreen_beyoubefree/) This episode marks the finale of Season 1. Melissa & Katy are going to be taking a little break from recording. Thank you to everyone who has been listening along and to all of our Season 1 guests for these fantastic interviews!

2. 

   15 Mar 2021

   Physiotherapy & weight stigma with Dr. Melissa Cioffi

   Episode 17 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts, Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Melissa Cioffi, owner of New Quest Physical Therapy (https://www.yournewquest.com/) in Beacon, NY, and host of the Finally Fearless (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finally-fearless-with-dr-mel/id1523092436) podcast. Dr. Mel brings her services to her clients in the comfort of their own homes, whether that be in person or virtually. She is passionate about helping women learn how to use their bodies in ways they’ve always believed they never could! We talk to Dr. Mel all about weight stigma in the world of physiotherapy, and she gives us SO MUCH great information about the pelvic floor — including common issues and misconceptions about peeing, pain during sex, and the truth about kegels! This episode is jam-packed full of great information for women’s health, and Dr. Mel delivers it with the same humor and frankness we’ve come to love in her Tiktok videos and Reels. You can find Dr. Mel on Instagram @dr.mel_pt (https://www.instagram.com/dr.mel_pt/). Also this is the pelvic wand (https://www.intimaterose.com/products/pelvic-wand) we talk about during the episode. Enjoy!

3. 

   1 Mar 2021

   Exposure therapy with Jessica Keogh

   Episode 16 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts, Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we talk with Jessica Keogh, founder of The Body Positive in Australia. The Body Positive is a counseling practice built on the principles of unconditional self-acceptance and body positivity. Jess is a qualified mental health and counseling professional with a degree in Psychological Science and a bachelor’s degree in Communications. The Body Positive was established to fulfill the need for body positive services in the mental health industry and Jess’s unique background in psychology, communications and mental health allows her to support clients who experience a range of emotional, interpersonal and mental health concerns. We talk with Jess about the sheer emotional toll of dieting and chasing thinness for years and how much we lose as humans when we tie our happiness to weight loss. Jess also tells us all about exposure therapy and the vital role it can play in diet and body image recovery work. And we also find out what the heck a “cossie” is. Find Jess on Instagram @thebodypositiveau.

4. 

   15 Feb 2021

   Joyful movement with Natasha Ngindi

   Episode 15 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts, Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we talk with Natasha Ngindi, also known as the Thick Nutritionist (https://www.instagram.com/thethicknutritionist/). Natasha is a Non-Diet Nutritionist, Body Image Activist, Zumba Instructor, and Entrepreneur who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She spent years being a slave to diet culture but she was never able to keep the weight off. After hitting rock bottom, she finally gained food freedom and learned to truly love herself. Her lived experiences and nutrition knowledge inspire her to help others gain food freedom and accept their bodies, too. Natasha talks to us about her own dieting history and how her work with Registered Dietitian at the University of Saskatchewan opened her mind to the concepts of intuitive eating and joyful movement and she’s never looked back.

5. 

   1 Feb 2021

   Reframing exercise with Amanda Bullat

   Episode 14 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts, Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we talk with Amanda Bullat, RDN, LD, of Alpine Nutrition (https://www.alpinenutrition.org/). Amanda became interested in nutrition while training as a competitive distance runner in her early 20s. Her passion for running and food became a double-edged sword as she developed her own disordered relationship with food and exercise. After many years of personal struggle, academic study at Bastyr University, and a strong commitment to recovery, Amanda was able to reclaim her intuition and enjoyment with food and movement. For over a decade, as a registered dietitian nutritionist, culinary expert, and avid outdoor enthusiast, Amanda has worked tirelessly to be an ally for women struggling with their own disordered relationship with food and their bodies. She listens to clients with compassion and offers validation for each client’s lived experiences with food and their bodies. Amanda specializes in supporting women of all sizes who are struggling with disordered eating, chronic dieting, eating disorders, and body shame. Using the framework of Intuitive Eating, Health At Every Size®, and the therapeutic Be Body Positive Model® created by The Body Positive, Amanda supports clients as they re-discover their intuition around food and movement.

6. 

   18 Jan 2021

   Speaking out while fat with Joshna Maharaj

   Episode 13 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts, Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we interview the incomparable Joshna Maharaj. Joshna is an award-winning chef, activist, public speaker and two-time TEDx speaker, and the author of the book “Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions.” She is at the forefront of a revolution in changing how we feed our most vulnerable members of society, and frankly the only reason we were able to nail her down to speak with us is because she also happens to be one of my oldest, dearest friends. We talk to Joshna all about her work to change how we view hospitality and how large institutions prepare and serve food, and the ways in which we need to challenge the industrial food complex. We also talk about what it’s like to be in the public sphere and to have big, loud, revolutionary ideas while existing in a fat body — especially when those ideas are about food and nutrition and how we feed ourselves and each other. And even though the overwhelming response to her work is positive, she talks about how the vitriol she has encountered and the unsolicited feedback she has gotten about her size can eat away at her. TW: We do talk about the industrial food complex and the topics of processed food and access to food, and this can triggering if you have a history with orthorexia or if you struggle with the 10th principle of intuitive eating, which is gentle nutrition and honoring your health and taste buds above the ingredients of your food. This episode is a bit longer than our usual interviews because we cover a lot of meaty issues and I know you’re going to love this conversation and hearing all about Joshna’s incredible work in this world. Website: joshnamaharaj.com (http://www.joshnamaharaj.com) Instagram: @joshnamaharaj (http://instagram.com/joshnamaharaj) Buy the book: Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions (https://www.amazon.com/Take-Back-Tray-Revolutionizing-Institutions/dp/1770414916)

7. 

   4 Jan 2021

   Reclaiming joy in the kitchen with Ranece Parker

   Episode 12 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts, Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we talk with Ranece Parker. Ranece is a high school food & nutrition teacher in Australia. She also runs the gorgeous Instagram account @bestronglovemuch (https://www.instagram.com/bestronglovemuch/), where you’ll find her mouth-watering food photography and her yummy recipes. We ask Ranece about her history with dieting and body image and how she became a self-professed “diet culture dropout,” as well as the uphill battle she faces teaching high schoolers how to have a balanced, positive relationship with food and nutrition and the ways diet culture infiltrates so much of that curriculum. And we also talk about baking, how diet culture and an obsession with weight can steal from us that sense of fun in the kitchen — and how she was able to get it back. And we get a primer on some of Australia’s best national delicacies (did you know Melissa had never even heard of Vegemite??) Just a heads up: There are some sound issues in the middle of the episode. We tried to clean it up as best we could, but there were some problems with the recording platform we were using because all three of our audio tracks were affected. So, our apologies for that and rest assured it does go away before the end of the episode. Other than that, it’s a lovely conversation, so enjoy!

8. 

   21 Dec 2020

   Raising intuitive eaters with Sumner Brooks & Amee Severson

   Episode 11 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we interview Sumner Brooks and Amee Severson. Both are registered dietitians who practice a weight-neutral, Health at Every Size® approach to intuitive eating and nutrition — and they recently joined forces to write the book entitled How to Raise an Intuitive Eater. Naturally, we peppered them with questions related to the struggles we’ve faced feeding our kids with a gentle nutrition approach while also existing in a fatphobic world that views our children’s health in terms of their body size. We also talk about how their upcoming book works with Ellen Satter principles and also how it departs from her work. We address some of the socioeconomic issues around nutrition, including access to food, and also address food rules with neurodivergent kids and the ongoing hysteria around sugar and children. Enjoy! Sumner is a registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist, and the founder of EDRDpro (https://edrdpro.com/), the international online training platform for eating disorder dietitians and health professionals. You can also find Sumner on Instagram @intuitiveeatingrd (https://www.instagram.com/intuitiveeatingrd/). Amee is a registered dietitian whose work focuses on body positivity, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social justice lens. Find Amee at Prosper Nutrition and Wellness (https://prospernutritionwellness.com/), and on Instagram @amee_rd (https://www.instagram.com/amee_rd/).

9. 

   7 Dec 2020

   Growing up underweight with Anupa Roper

   Episode 10 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we interview Anupa Roper (aka Miss Sparrow Legs). Anupa lives in the UK with her husband and 2 children. She allowed her label of ‘skinny’ to affect her feelings and choices for a long time. Now she wants to empower the young by helping them to feel happy in their own skin. She would love for the generations that follow to know that their bodies are amazing and they are beautiful just the way they are. Find out more about the Love Thy Body (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NRZGKJN/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_nZoZFb1N4E8TJ) book. Find Anupa on Instagram (http://instagram.com/miss_sparrowlegs) (@miss_sparrowlegs) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sparrowlegs).

10. 

    23 Nov 2020

    Wholistic Food Therapy with Sarah Thacker

    Episode 9 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we interview Sarah Thacker of Wholistic Food Therapy. Sarah offers a holistic approach to mental and emotional wellbeing. In her private practice she is dedicated to supporting those who struggle with emotional eating, eating disorders, anxiety, trauma and a variety of other challenges. As a licensed psychotherapist, certified EMDR therapist and certified yoga therapist, she integrates a variety of therapeutic techniques based on each individual's unique needs. Sarah believes that everyone deserves and has the capacity to feel their best in mind, body and spirit. Sarah has a wealth of information to share and offers so many amazing tips in this episode — especially related to dealing with the trauma associated with disordered eating and body dysmorphia. You’ll definitely want to grab a pen and paper to take notes from this one. Enjoy! You can find Sarah at https://www.wholisticfoodtherapy.com (https://www.wholisticfoodtherapy.com/workbook) and Instagram @wholisticfoodtherapy. Sarah’s book: https://www.wholisticfoodtherapy.com/workbook (https://www.wholisticfoodtherapy.com/workbook)

11. 

    9 Nov 2020

    Guilt-free eating with Susan Portz

    Episode 8 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we interview Susan Portz. Susan is a registered dietitian who is passionate about helping women find food freedom through intuitive eating and a Health At Every Size® perspective. She works with clients virtually to help them heal their relationship with food and their body. Susan’s goal is to help women stop worrying about food and their body so they can live their lives with more joy and find their true purpose in life. Susan talks about her own history with disordered eating and how she discovered intuitive eating and transitioned away from a weight-centric approach to health and nutrition with her clients and in her own life. We also talk about how she and Melissa support their clients whose doctors have told them they have to lose weight. The many trials and tribulations of getting weighed at the doctor’s office. And we ask Susan what’s really got her fired up about diet culture these days. You can follow Susan on Instagram @guilt.free.eating and join her free Facebook community, Guilt Free Eating Community for Women (https://www.facebook.com/groups/631992790857202).

12. 

    26 Oct 2020

    Weight stigma: What is it? Where is it? What can we do about it?

    Episode 7 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we talk about weight stigma. Melissa goes into detail about the advent of Weight Stigma Awareness Week (and some of the controversy around the merger of NEDA and BEDA). We also talk about weight is the last socially-acceptable form of prejudice and discrimination in our society, and discuss Melissa’s experience with weight stigma as a child and how it shaped her life as an adult and a parent, and Katy’s experience with weight stigma as an adult at the doctor’s office. We talk about the emotional toll of doctor visits, as well as the psychological damage of “concern trolling” & “sidewalk doctors,” the many ways we can perpetuate weight stigma without even knowing it, and what we can all do to combat external and internalized weight stigma. Enjoy! Girl Scouts article: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/body-image-daughter-says-she-is-fat.html (https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/body-image-daughter-says-she-is-fat.html) Brené Brown interviews Sonya Renee Taylor: https://apple.co/35zqlN8

13. 

    12 Oct 2020

    Grace over guilt with Jenna Corsi

    Episode 6 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we interview Jenna Corsi. Jenna is a registered dietitian who counsels her clients virtually, helping them to cultivate compassion and develop a healthier connection with food and their bodies with a focus on intuitive eating and Health at Every Size®️. You can find Jenna on Instagram @balanced.nutrition, and make sure to head over to jennacorsinutrition.com (http://jennacorsird.com/) and check out her free Grace over Guilt guide. We talk with Jenna about the difference between eating disorders and disordered eating, healing your relationship with food, her own history with disordered eating, and how listening to a talk from Aaron Flores when she was a student changed everything. Enjoy!

14. 

    28 Sept 2020

    Health and body image in midlife with Michelle Viña-Baltsas

    Episode 5 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, we interview Michelle Viña-Baltsas. Michelle is a professionally trained coach and certified intuitive eating counselor. She supports midlife women who are ready to rewrite their stories around eating, body image and movement. Her unique approach to living guides women to focus on meeting their own needs and respecting their bodies at all shapes, sizes, weights, and ages without apology. You can find her at www.michellevinabaltsas.com, and follow her on Instagram @michellevinabaltsas_coach. We talk about the health industry’s focus on weight loss as the primary measure of success, fatphobia, weight gain during quarantine, navigating social media as a midlife health practitioner, and lots more! Enjoy!

15. 

    15 Sept 2020

    Exercise & body size

    Episode 4 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, Melissa puts on her personal trainer hat to talk about the importance of conscious uncoupling when it comes to exercise and body size. We each talk about our different histories with exercise as dieters, and one of us did NO, what we now love about intuitive movement and what that looks like outside of the dieting paradigm. We also chat about fitness trackers and weight training — yay or nay? — and share some of our favorite Instagram accounts to follow. Recommended resources: Train Happy: An Intuitive Exercise Plan for Every Body by Tally Rye (https://tallyrye.co.uk/my-book/)

16. 

    30 Aug 2020

    Why the BMI is bull$#!+

    Episode 3 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa and Katy. In this episode, Melissa and Katy talk about the history of the Body Mass Index and how and why this ridiculously over-simplified mathematical equation from the 1800s was ever tied to our individual health, and the many ways in which it is downright dangerous to tie the BMI to health. Trigger warning: We occasionally talk about weight numbers in relation to the BMI, and we do get into some detail when it comes to some of our own pretty severe weight-loss tactics. Useful Links: Ellyn Satter Institute: www.ellynsatterinstitute.org (https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/); Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong: https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong (https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/)

17. 

    17 Aug 2020

    Our infatuation with thinness

    Episode 2 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa Sakellariou and Katy Weber. In this episode, we talk about everything from celebrity quarantine weight loss, to a recent interview with Debra Messing on Jameela Jamil's podcast, to Jillian Michaels’ ill-informed take on intuitive eating (proving yet again how irrelevant she’s become, and how she's everything that's wrong with diet culture). We also talk about what’s behind social drive for thinness, our early memories of knowing that thinness was the ultimate goal, misconceptions of people with larger bodies, curating your social media feed and normalizing various body sizes, the importance of therapy, and much more! Episode Notes: I Weigh with Jameela Jamil interview with Debra Messing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/debra-messing/id1498855031?i=1000487376262 Jillian Michaels video on intuitive eating: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDy3GCapW7R/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link An excellent rebuttal to Jillian Michaels video: https://youtu.be/fuSYOku6FUc

18. 

    15 Aug 2020

    Welcome to the Hello Body podcast with Melissa & Katy

    What’s healthier than that kale smoothie? A positive relationship with your body! That’s right! Welcome to the Hello Body! podcast, where we say good-bye to fad diets, weight stigma and body shame and we say hello to intuitive eating, weight neutrality and treating our bodies with the respect and love they deserve. I am one of your hosts, Melissa Sakellariou. I’m a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer and you can find more information about me at shamelessnutrition.com. And I am your other host Katy Weber. I’m a certified health coach, public speaker and newly-certified yoga instructor. I’m also an ex-Weight Watchers leader who went from weekly weigh-ins and doling out bravo stickers to ditching the scale and becoming an anti-diet activist. I wrote all about my experiences in my book Worth It: A Journey to Food & Body Freedom, which you can find on Amazon or at my website worthitwithkaty.com. We are two friends who share an interest in non-diet approaches to health and wellness, including Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size®. Make sure to join us for ongoing conversations about what food freedom means to us. Questions, comments or if you just want to say Hello back? Email us at hellobodypodcast@gmail.com.

19. 

    7 Aug 2020

    Introductions

    Episode 1 of the Hello Body! podcast with your hosts Melissa Sakellariou and Katy Weber. For our first episode, we recently hopped on Instagram Live to chat about our "origin stories" and how each of us transformed from being diet- and weight-obsessed to embracing intuitive eating and food and body freedom. — — — Melissa is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer, and Katy is a certified health coach and yoga instructor, as well as the author of the book Worth It: A Journey to Food & Body Freedom. We are two friends who share an interest in non-diet approaches to health and wellness, including Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size®. To find out more about Melissa, visit her at shamelessnutrition.com. To find out more about Katy, visit her at worthitwithkaty.com. Email the hosts at hellobodypodcast@gmail.com.

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