About this episode

Mary shares her journey from food guilt and restriction to achieving food freedom.

"There was just this layer of shame. Whether I was a good or bad person essentially tied into all of my food choices." Food struggles can feel like they’re completely taking over, but healing really is possible, no matter how long you’ve felt stuck. In this episode, I sit down with Mary, a fellow Rebel, who shares her journey from years of food guilt, restriction, binge eating, and constant food noise to finally finding peace around eating. We talk about how sneaky diet culture can disguise itself as “healthy” living, how her attempts to eat healthy were actually making her relationship with food worse, and what it looked like to rebuild trust with her body and move toward true food freedom. ✅ What You’ll Learn: How “being healthy” under diet culture can secretly make your relationship with food worse Why restrict-binge cycles and food guilt are so hard to break free from The impact of food noise and body checking on mental health What it feels like to rebuild trust with your body and eat with confidence again How to recognize when “healthy” advice is actually diet culture in disguise Small, real-life steps you can take toward food freedom, even when it feels scary 🔗 Resources…

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