Make Peace With Food, Finally (EP 96)

About this episode

Uncle Marv interviews anti-diet coach Sherry Shaban about making peace with food and the psychological aspects of dieting.

I sat down with anti‑diet coach and osteopath Sherry Shaban to talk about the messy, uncomfortable, and often ridiculous way we deal with food, diets, and our bodies. She shares how she went from CrossFit-obsessed, macro-counting perfectionist to someone who actually makes peace with food, and why most of us don’t have a “willpower problem” so much as a nervous system, stress, and survival problem. If you’ve ever gone from “cheat meal” to weekend-long food bender and then woke up Monday swearing you’ll fast and be “good,” this one is painfully relatable in all the best ways.

People in this episode

Host: Uncle Marv

Guest: Sherry Shaban

Topics covered

• food
• diets
• body image
• mental health
• stress management

Keywords

• anti-diet
• food relationship
• willpower
• nervous system
• stress
• CrossFit
• macro-counting

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