Food & Life Freedom with Emma Townsin – Details, episodes & analysis

Take-away can be a fun, satisfying and easy meal option.

But if you feel frustrated with how much you rely on take-away foods, this is for you.

Let's explore the reasons we can get caught in a 'take-away-for-dinner' cycle and some tips for a better relationship with take-away foods.

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I'm Emma Townsin, a Specialist Eating Disorder Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. This episode is my opinion based on extensive specialist training and many years of working with people who have spent many years dieting and/ or a stressful relationship with food and eating disorders.

This isn’t personalised support and please do see your healthcare provider if you have health concerns or are worried you may have an eating disorder.

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Get in touch/ work with me- ⁠www.foodlifefreedom.com⁠

The soup and shake weight loss diets involve replacing food with special nutritional shakes that are fortified with vitamins and minerals.

But, do they work? What are the risks? And is it worth giving up eating actual food for the promises of weight loss and/ or diabetes remission?

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I'm Emma Townsin, a Specialist Eating Disorder Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. This episode is my opinion based on extensive specialist training and many years of working with people who have spent many years dieting and/ or a stressful relationship with food and eating disorders.

This isn’t personalised support and please do see your healthcare provider if you have health concerns or are worried you may have an eating disorder.

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Get in touch/ work with me- www.foodlifefreedom.com

Links and helpful info from the episode

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjyy7280lzo

https://www.jeffreyhunger.com/uploads/3/4/4/8/34481134/hunger_smith___tomiyama__2020__-_sipr.pdf

Dieting tells you your body cannot be trusted. It tells you your body is wrong and it's normal to feel in a fight between body and mind.

This is not true and we can feel at peace with food while supporting our bodies to feel their best. The key is having a strong mind-body connection.

We will cover:

• what mind-body connection is
• what it can tell us (and why this is important)
• how you can improve your mind-body connection

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For more support: Anti-diet guide to overcoming emotional eating online course. Learn more here

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I'm Emma Townsin, a Registered Dietitian, a Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor and founder of Food Life Freedom. I support you to stop feeling stressed over food or feel overwhelmed with out-of-control eating experiences and to find joy in eating and in connection with your body.

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Music: ⁠Making progress by Dan Phillipson

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*This podcast can't provide individualised health or nutrition advice. We are all unique . Please use this as an opportunity to learn and explore but if something does not sit with you then it's not meant for your unique self. And if you have any health concerns, please seek personalised support from a registered healthcare provider.

Raquel and I discuss body image after pregnancy and how societal pressures and "bounce back" culture can fuel poor body image and sometimes lead to a difficult relationship with food. Raquel shares really helpful tips for navigating body image in the postpartum phase.

About Raquel Griffin

Raquel (she/her) is a queer therapist, Registered Social Worker and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor based in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. In her private practice she specialises in disordered eating, grief and supporting trans and non binary folks in accessing gender-affirming care.

You can learn more about Raquel through the following links:

• Email: Raquel@BirchStand.ca
• Instagram: @BirchStandMentalHealth
• Website: www.BirchStand.ca
• Blog post: “Postpartum Body Image Tips from an ED Therapist with Lived Experience” by Raquel Griffin for National Eating Disorder Information Centre.
• Free eating disorder support group for pregnant individuals (must live in Ontario, Canada)

Here’s how to learn more from me, Emma Townsin (Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counsellor)

Instagram: @food.life.freedom

Website: www.foodlifefreedom.com

Read more on the blog

Free e-book: “5 steps to get started with intuitive eating”

Individual support

Music: ⁠Making progress by Dan Phillipson⁠

Today I am talking about what to do if you experience constant, obsessive or stressful thoughts about food. Often referred to as a lot of "food noise". I will talk through 5 reasons why food might be on your mind all the time. And, if you relate to this, I will offer some gentle steps you can take so food becomes less obsessive and more peaceful.

Here’s how to learn more from me, Emma Townsin (Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counsellor)

Instagram: @food.life.freedom

Website: www.foodlifefreedom.com

Read more on the blog

Free e-book: “5 steps to get started with intuitive eating”

Individual support

Music: ⁠Making progress by Dan Phillipson⁠

Jeff and I discuss why intuitive eating and body acceptance messages don't always resonate with men and how we can communicate intuitive eating in a way that is better understood by men. This can help men access support and male partners can be better able to support an intuitive eating journey.

About Jeff Ash Jeff is a nutritionist, Intuitive Eating Coach, personal trainer, and host of the Men's Intuition Podcast where he seeks to encourage other men (and women) to transform their relationship with food, exercise, and body all without restriction, guilt, or shame. When he's not helping others navigate our diet-obsessed culture, he enjoys traveling with his wife, building his own furniture, working in the yard, and challenging himself on ninja obstacles.

You can contact Jeff through the following links: Intuitive Eating Coach, Nutritionist, Personal Trainer
Hope Drives Me Training & Nutrition

Web: hopedrivesme.com

IG: @intuitive.eating.men

Webinar - Intuitive eating: Help without harming

Here’s how to learn more from me, Emma Townsin (Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counsellor)

Instagram: @food.life.freedom

Website: www.foodlifefreedom.com

Read more on the blog

Free e-book: “5 steps to get started with intuitive eating”

Individual support

Making progress by

Amanda and I discuss why we can feel body shame and distress around our body especially during periods of life when our body goes through changes. Amanda shares really helpful tips and support to navigate body shame and distress and develop a positive relationship with food and body.

About Amanda Mittman

Amanda is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Body Image Coach. Amanda knows that people and especially women, feel so much shame around their bodies. It is Amanda’s mission to talk about this topic without shame, guilt, or sense of failure, and to understand the systemic forces that cause us to feel the way we do about our body.

You can learn more about Amanda through the following links:

Instagram: @bitchinbodyimagerd Website: www.happyvalleynutrition.com

Here’s how to learn more from me, Emma Townsin (Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counsellor)

Instagram: @food.life.freedom

Website: www.foodlifefreedom.com

Read more on the blog

Free e-book: “5 steps to get started with intuitive eating”

Individual support

Music: ⁠Making progress by Dan Phillipson⁠

*This podcast can't provide individualised health or nutrition advice. We are all unique . Please use this as an opportunity to learn and explore but if something does not sit with you then it's not meant for your unique self. And if you have any health concerns, please seek personalised support from a registered healthcare provider.

I'm back for season 2!

I'm Emma Townsin, a UK Registered Dietitian and a Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. The Food & Life Freedom Podcast is back to help you explore your relationship with food and body, to overcome out-of-control eating such as binge or emotional eating and take the guilt out of food.

We are so much more complex and interesting than the diet-y messages and food rules make us out to be. When we start working with our bodies (rather than against them), we can find our food and life freedom!

I have so many interesting and knowledgable guests lined up (dietitians, therapists, personal trainers, health coaches, social workers) who all practice from a non-diet approach.

Hit follow to see the episodes as they are released weekly from the 4th October!

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Here’s how to learn more from me, Emma Townsin (Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counsellor)

Instagram: @food.life.freedom

Website: www.foodlifefreedom.com

Read more on the blog

Free e-book: “5 steps to get started with intuitive eating”

Individual support

Music: ⁠Making progress by Dan Phillipson⁠

Today we have a bonus episode to explore a listener question. “How do I know if I need another diet plan or if I should try intuitive eating?”

We will look at the differences between following a diet plan compared with intuitive eating and explore the 6 signs to look out for that intuitive eating may be your path to finding food freedom.

So tune in to this 10 minute bonus episode that will help you break down what path you need to take to find food freedom.

Links:

Free e-book "5 steps to get started with intuitive eating: https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/free-ebook

For further support: https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/

Show notes: https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/podcast

If you have any topics you would like covered on the show, I'd love you to reach out to me at https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/contact

Make sure you hit follow to hear when new episodes are released and if you got something from this episode, share with your community :)

This week we are exploring emotional eating. If you find yourself feeling out of control around food when big emotions come up, this episode will support you with the steps you need to recover from emotional eating without turning to dieting.

We will cover:

1. Why we eat for emotional reasons
2. The positive role it can serve in your life
3. How to know when emotional eating is harmful
4. 4 steps you can take to deal with stressful emotional eating.

So tune in to this 15 minute jam-packed episode for a new direction in how to support emotional eating experiences.

Links:

Free e-book "5 steps to get started with intuitive eating: https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/free-ebook

For further support: https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/

Show notes: https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/podcast ...

This is the final episode of season 1. There will be a season 2 coming up soon and a bonus episode or 2 while we wait.

If you have any topics you would like covered on the show, I'd love you to reach out to me at https://www.foodlifefreedom.com/contact

Make sure you hit follow to hear when new episodes are released and if you got something from this episode, share with your community :)