Today, I talk about emotional eating from a place of awareness and compassion, not shame or control.

Emotional eating is not a flaw. It is a coping strategy, shaped by experience and pressure from toxic diet culture. I share why awareness matters more than willpower, how emotions move through the body, and how small moments of noticing can interrupt the diet-binge cycle.

Listen to this episode if you are stuck in chronic dieting, food guilt, or the comparison trap created by unrealistic beauty standards.

💚 TRY THIS

When emotional eating shows up, pause and notice what is happening underneath. Ask what emotion is here and what thought is fueling it. Name it without judgment. Awareness gives you a choice.

🥬 ABOUT THE HOST KATHY

Kathy Salata is a certified intuitive eating coach. She helps people heal from chronic dieting, step away from food shaming, and rebuild trust with their bodies after years of unrealistic beauty standards.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support and accountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating and body trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to your health, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in case of a medical or mental health emergency.*

So many people feel stuck going back and forth between dieting and binge eating. In this episode of Freedom to Nourish, I talk about why this cycle happens and why it has nothing to do with willpower.

You will hear how restriction creates fear around food and how that fear leads to overeating. The binge is not the problem. Toxic diet culture is. This is why diets fail and whycontrol never brings peace.

I share a calmer way forward that focuses on trust and care instead of rules. You do not need to fix your body. You need to make peace with it.

💚 REMEMBER

Peace with food starts when you stop fighting your body.

🥬 ABOUT THE HOST KATHY

Kathy Salata is a certified intuitive eating coach. She helps people heal from chronic dieting, step away from food shaming, and rebuild trust with their bodies after years of unrealistic beauty standards.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support and accountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating and body trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to yourhealth, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in case of a medical or mental health emergency.*

This podcast is produced by AOLI.fm.

In this episode of Freedom to Nourish, I talk about the New Year, New You pressure and why changing your body is not the answer. I explain how toxic diet culture ties to appearance and keeps people stuck in chronic dieting and the comparison trap.

I share a simpler reframe. Growth does not come from weight loss. It comes from connection, rest, boundaries, and living in a way that feels supportive.

I just want you to hear this. You do nothave to earn rest or belonging. You are allowed to grow without being hard on yourself.

💚 ASK YOURSELF

What would actually support your life this year, not just how you look?

🥬 ABOUT THE HOST KATHY

Kathy Salata is a certified intuitive eating coach. She helps people heal from chronic dieting, step away from food shaming, and rebuild trust with their bodies after years of unrealistic beauty standards.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support andaccountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating andbody trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to yourhealth, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in case of a medical or mental health emergency.*

This podcast is produced by AOLI.fm.

Getting sick can feel unsettling in recovery. Appetite drops. Energy disappears. Weight changes without permission.And for anyone healing from an eating disorder, that can stir up old thoughts fast.

So, let’s talk about what happens when illness interrupts appetite during recovery. I share why appetite loss is not a win, how diet culture can sneak back in during vulnerable moments, and what it looks like to return to basics with care, rest, and compassion.

💚 KEY REMINDERS

Temporary appetite loss does not invalidate your recovery. Unintentional weight changes are not opportunities. Your worth does not increase when your body takes up less space. Care matters more than control.

🥬 ABOUT THE HOST KATHY

Kathy Salata is a certified intuitive eating coach. She helps people heal from chronic dieting, step away from food shaming, and rebuild trust with their bodies after years of unrealistic beauty standards.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support and accountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating and body trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to your health, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in the event of a medical or mental health emergency.*

This podcast is produced by AOLI.fm.

January gets sold as a fresh start. A reset. A chance to fix yourself. In this episode, I name what January really is => Black Friday for diet culture. The biggest sales moment of the year for weight loss plans, detoxes, cleanses, and promises that quietly tell you your body is the problem.

💚 THINK OF THIS

You are not a problem to be solved. January does NOT NEED a NEW YOU. It just needs YOU.

🥬 ABOUT THE HOST KATHY

Kathy Salata is a certified intuitive eating coach. She helps people heal from chronic dieting, step away from food shaming, and rebuild trust with their bodies after years of unrealistic beauty standards.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support and accountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating and body trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to your health, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in case of a medical or mental health emergency.*

This podcast is produced by AOLI.fm.

In this episode of Freedom to Nourish, I sit down with Paige Alexander and Jamie Morgan Reno, founders of Real Food Recovery. We talk about processed food addiction, emotional eating, and why so many people feel stuck in chronic dieting.

Paige and Jamie share their personal recovery stories and explain why diets fail, how community supports healing, and how freedom with food looks different for each person.

💚 THINK OF THIS

Connection is the opposite of addiction.

🥬 ABOUT THE HOST KATHY

Kathy Salata is a certified intuitive eating coach. She helps people heal from chronic dieting, step away from food shaming, and rebuild trust with their bodies after years of unrealistic beauty standards.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support and accountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating and body trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 ABOUT THE GUESTS

Paige Alexander and Jamie Morgan Reno are the founders of Real Food Recovery. They support people healing from processed food addiction and finding freedom through real nourishment.

› Website

› Instagram

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to your health, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in case of a medical or mental health emergency.*

This podcast is produced by AOLI.fm.

This episode of Freedom to Nourish is a conversation with Bonnie Giller, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES -

a registered dietitian with decades of experience. We discuss how long-term dieting can weaken trust in the body and how strict food rules often increase stress around eating. We also explore how healing is possible, even for those managing medical conditions or a long history of food concerns. This episode is for anyone seeking a more respectful relationship with food.

💚 TRY THIS TODAY

Notice one food rule that shows up today. Name it without judging it. Pause before acting on it. Just observe and realize.

🥬 ABOUT THE HOST KATHY

Kathy Salata is a certified intuitive eating coach. She helps people heal from chronic dieting, step away from food shaming, and rebuild trust with their bodies after years of unrealistic beauty standards.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support and accountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating and body trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 CONNECT WITH BONNIE GILLER

› Website and Bonnie Giller

› Book: Enjoying Food Peace

› Free Gift

› LinkedIn | @bonniegiller

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to your health, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in case of a medical or mental health emergency.*

Hunger is not just about food. Today, I talk about the kind of hunger that keeps whispering for ‘more’. The hunger for rest, safety, connection, and meaning. I share how toxic diet culture teaches us to silence hunger, why that never works, and what changes when we learn to listen instead. This conversation invites you to stop fighting your body and start getting curious about what you truly need.

💚 TRY THIS REFLECTION

Pause for a moment today. Ask yourself one question. What am I really hungry for right now? No fixing. No correcting. Just notice what comes up.

🥬 STAY CONNECTED w/ KATHY:

› Newsletter + resources at⁠ Vitality⁠ for support with disordered eating and body image.

› Join the⁠ Freedom to Nourish support and accountability group⁠ for conversations on intuitive eating and body trust.

› LinkedIn | @kathyelainesalata

› Instagram | @vitalitysupport

🥬 NEW EPISODES EVERY WEEK → Follow this podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

*This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical, psychological, or spiritual advice. Always consult your licensed provider before making changes to your health, treatment, or lifestyle, and seek immediate help in case of a medical or mental health emergency.*

This podcast is produced by AOLI.fm.