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Bad body image days aren't failures. They're the mechanism. Stephanie teaches the healing spiral and why oscillation is how real body image work actually moves forward. In this Coach Corner episode, I teach two concepts that created a light bulb moment inside the first session of The Groundwork: the oscillation of body image and the healing spiral. These are not abstract ideas. They are the reframe that changes how you coach, and how you live in your own body. What you'll learn in this episode: Why healing is a spiral, not a straight line, and what that actually looks like in practiceWhat oscillation means and why the hard moments are the most healing phases of the journeyHow to coach clients through "setbacks" with curiosity instead of judgmentWhy bad body image days are a skill-building opportunity, not evidence that something went wrongThe onion layer your clients don't expect: why body image work always leads to self-worth Mentioned in the show: The Body Image Coaching Immersive: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/body-image-coaching-mentorship-immersive/ The Groundwork: https://program.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Client Assessment Tool: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/

The Body Image Coaching Immersive is back for its 6th edition — this time as a 2-day intensive on May 1 & 2, 2026. If you're a health professional ready to confidently coach body dissatisfaction using a proven, weight-neutral framework — this is your training. 👉 Details and Registration

Performative eating is when you choose food based on how others perceive you — not hunger or satisfaction. Learn what drives it and how to stop. In this episode, you'll learn: What performative eating actually is and how to recognize it in your daily lifeWhy overriding your body's signals to "perform" health is the root of disordered eatingHow conditional self-esteem fuels food choices based on others' opinionsWhy this pattern shows up differently across body size, culture, and identityWhat health professionals must do first before coaching anyone on eating behavior Mentioned on the show: Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ Non-Diet Client Assessment Tool: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

What does a non-diet health professional's quarterly business review actually look like? I'm showing you mine. In this episode, I walk you through the exact process I use to review my business every three months — what worked, what to stop, and what to add. Then I share my real goals for Q2 of 2026, including the market shifts I'm responding to and why I'm restructuring my offers right now. This is the behind-the-scenes of running a lifestyle business with a weight-neutral framework. No fluff. Just the real process. What you'll learn in this episode: The three questions every non-diet health professional should ask in a quarterly business reviewWhy I'm shifting to shorter, immersive program formats — and what the market is telling meHow behavioral science applies to your business decisions, not just your client workThe habit coupling technique I used to build a new health behavior in 90 daysMy Q2 tagline and why credibility is the most important business asset you have right now Mentioned in the show: BIZ SPRING RESET Registration: https://program.stephaniedodier.com/offers/z2z6dVX5/checkout Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Client Assessment Tool: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment

Post traumatic growth is possible after diet culture. Learn how to move beyond anger and into a richer life using the Beyond The Food Method. In this episode, I'm sharing a concept that has the power to completely change what you believe is possible after leaving diet culture behind. Post-traumatic growth is real, it's backed by psychology, and for some people — it's the missing piece. I'll walk you through what it actually looks like, why it doesn't happen for everyone, and what conditions have to exist for it to become possible. This one is for the woman on her personal journey and the health professional leading others through this work. What you'll learn in this episode: What post-traumatic growth is and where the psychological theory comes fromWhy some women get stuck in the anger stage of diet culture unlearning and never move beyond itFive real-life areas where post-traumatic growth shows up beyond food and bodyThe specific tools that create the conditions for post-traumatic growth in your clientsTwo reflection questions that will shift how you use your diet culture experience going forward Mentioned on the show: Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ Non-Diet Client Assessment Tool: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

When your client hits a wall in body image healing, it is not a sign something went wrong. It is a sign you are doing the work right. In this Coach Corner episode, I answer a question I get more than almost any other. A practitioner has done everything correctly with her client. Intuitive eating. Body image tools. Mirror work. Six weeks of solid sessions. And now she is stuck. I explain exactly what is happening and what to do next. In this episode, you will learn: Why "hitting a wall" with a client is actually a sign of progress, not failureWhat the Model Behind the Model is and how to use it at every layer of client stagnationThe question you need to ask your client about her body that she has likely never asked herselfHow the Six Layers of Why tool moves clients from personal blame to systemic understandingWhy this work has very little to do with food and everything to do with power, patriarchy, and social conditioning Mentioned in the show: Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Non-Diet Client Assessment tool: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

Discover how hunger, fullness, and satisfaction cues work and why diet culture disrupted them. Learn to rebuild interoception for real food freedom. What you'll learn in this episode: Why wellness culture sends you chasing hormones you cannot controlWhat interoception awareness is and how dieting dials it downWhy feeling full is a shameful experience for most women and what that costs themHow the thin ideal disconnects women from their body's built-in eating signalsWhy physiology and emotional regulation are the same system and cannot be worked on separately Mentioned in the show: Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Non-Diet Client Assessment Tool: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

What really drives your food choices? Learn the psychology of eating — and why it must come before any nutrition conversation. In this episode, I break down the psychology of eating: the belief-to-behavior chain that drives every food choice, why diet culture structurally depends on keeping you disconnected from your own psychology, and what actually changes when you start addressing the root. This is part one of a two-part series. Part two covers the physiology of eating. Together, they are the foundation of how I think about eating behavior — and eating behavior is what determines your nutritional outcome. What you'll learn in this episode: Why nutrition is the outcome of eating, not the other way aroundHow your belief system, thoughts, and emotions create your eating behaviorWhy restricting comfort foods carries a psychological cost most practitioners never addressHow diet culture is structurally designed to keep you disconnected from your own psychologyThe first steps to evaluate and address the psychological factors influencing your relationship to food Mentioned in the show: Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Non-Diet Client Assessment Tool: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

Why feminist identity (not just beliefs) protects women from disordered eating, and what that means for non-diet health coaching. In this episode, you'll learn: Why feminist identity protects against body dissatisfaction and disordered eating, and what the research actually saysThe difference between holding a belief and embodying it, and why that gap is the reason your clients get stuckWhy socialization, not willpower or readiness, is what drives client resistanceWhat healthism is and why it's the layer most health professionals haven't addressed yetWhy feminism is a clinical tool in the Beyond The Food Method, not a political stance Mentioned in the show: Study mentioned in the episode: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4999297/ Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

You've been told consistency is the goal. But what if chasing it is actually what's keeping you stuck? In this episode, I'm introducing a concept I call the consistency fetish — the belief that being consistent is a moral indicator of your worth. I'm breaking down why women are especially conditioned to chase it, how it mirrors the thin ideal, and what we need to build instead. What you'll learn in this episode: Why consistency has been moralized — and how it mirrors chasing the ideal body sizeThe two root causes behind the consistency obsession: gender socialization and the nervous system threat systemWhat coaches get wrong when they coach clients toward consistencyThe two skills that actually create long-term sustainable results: behavioral flexibility and return ratesHow to start building nervous system capacity to handle failure without spiralingMentioned in the show:Groundwork: https://program.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

Nervous system capacity matters more than pant size. Stephanie Dodier explains why it's the #1 missing piece in women's health and how to build it. What you'll learn: What nervous system capacity is — and why thinking of it as a muscle changes everythingHow low capacity shows up in your clients through body image, emotional reactivity, and eating behaviorWhy it's the hidden driver behind patterns like starting and stopping, coping behaviors, and helplessnessHow greater nervous system capacity creates the internal safety needed for lasting behavior changeThe first steps to building it — in yourself and with your clients Mentioned in the show:Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

What if your self-worth isn't broken — it's just conditional? Learn the difference, the signs, and how to rebuild it from the inside out. In this episode, you'll learn: The critical difference between self-esteem and self-worth — and why confusing them keeps clients stuckHow social conditioning wires women to seek worth externally — and what that looks like across body image, health, and careerThe key signs that your self-worth (or your client's) is still conditionalWhy body image work alone isn't enough — and what must happen alongside itThe three-part framework for rebuilding unconditional self-worth from the inside out Mentioned in the show:Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop

Food noise is dominating the cultural conversation — but it's not a new phenomenon, and it's not a disease. In this Coach Corner episode, Stephanie Dodier breaks down what food noise actually is, what causes it, and how health professionals can coach clients through it using a Cognitive Behavioral Coaching framework — no pharmaceutical intervention required. Health professionals will learn how to address food noise at all three levels: the cognitive (food rules), the somatic (eating cues including the often-missing satisfaction cue), and the identity level (untethering food from body size). What you'll learn in this episode: Why food noise is a signal from your body, not a malfunction to be silencedHow diet culture created the problem GLP-1 is being sold to fixThe cognitive tools to dismantle food rules driving the mental chatterWhy the satisfaction cue is the most overlooked piece of the puzzleWhy body image work is a clinical prerequisite — not an add-onMentioned in the show:Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/non-diet-coaching-certification/ What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/what-to-say-when-clients-want-to-lose-weight Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop Study Mentioned in the podcast: Hayashi et al. (2023) — What Is Food Noise? A Conceptual Model of Food Cue Reactivity: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10674813/ Minnesota Starvation Study: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/hunger Ragen Chastain: What is food noise?: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/reader-question-what-is-food-noise

Body positivity isn’t dead. It was hijacked by influencers. In this episode, I unpack the cultural narrative claiming the body positivity movement is over. I explain how a radical activism movement slowly became influencer-friendly content. I also break down why expertise matters in conversations about health, body image, and wellbeing. Finally, I share evidence-based frameworks that actually support lasting change. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why body positivity was hijacked by influencersThe difference between self-improvement messaging and social changeThe risks of treating influencers as health expertsEvidence-based frameworks that support body acceptance and wellbeingWhy expertise matters more than follower count Mentioned in the show: Virgie Tovar article on body positivity :https://www.forbes.com/sites/virgietovar/2026/02/22/the-split-inside-body-positivity-boils-down-to-this-one-thing/ Interview on Today Show: https://www.today.com/video/how-weight-loss-drugs-have-impacted-body-positivity-movements-258761285520 New York Times opinion piece https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010675137/body-positivity-social-media-weight-loss-feed.html The GroundWork: https://program.stephaniedodier.com/waitlist-the-groundwork Coach Corner Vault: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/coach-corner Beyond The Food - The Groundwork: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://wwwstephaniedodiercom/shop

The non-diet coaching industry is about to shift fast in 2026, and you need to be ready. In this episode, I share my annual industry predictions and the seven major shifts that will shape your work in the year ahead. You will hear why these changes matter and how to adjust your coaching, content, and business strategy with confidence. This episode gives you a clear and simple roadmap for a stronger 2026. What You’ll LearnWhy selling information no longer works in 2026.How customization becomes essential in client work.Why AI-smart professionals will grow faster next year.What the GLP-1 rebound era means for your niche.How long-form content becomes your most powerful funnel. Mentioned in the show: Coach Corner Vault: https://bit.ly/coachcornerpodcastsn Non-Diet Coaching Certification Waitlist: https://bit.ly/ndccpodcastsn What To Say When Clients Want To Lose Weight Guide: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/guide Weight-Neutral Coaching Training: https://www.stephaniedodier.com/shop/