You Don't HAVE to Lift Weights, with Dr Lisa Folden @healthyphit

12/13/24 • 45 min

Ela and I LOVED this conversation. It was a chance for us to debunk popular fitness culture myths and talk about why we don't all need to be lifting heavy shit, if it doesn't work for us and WHY even 5 minutes of movement counts.
Dr. Lisa brings something unique to this space, specialising in physical therapy and body image. Her own journey started only 6 years ago, having herself being submerged in diet culture and self flagellation until that point. Dr. Lisa talks to us about how she is navigating the road to body acceptance and is very candid about her struggles along the way.
*Dr. Lisa N. Folden is a North Carolina licensed physical therapist, NASM certified behavior change specialist and Anti-diet Health & Body Image Coach. She owns Healthy Phit Physical Therapy & Wellness Consultants in Charlotte, NC where she provides trauma-informed and weight-inclusive care to clients in diverse bodies and those in eating disorder recovery.

As a health at every size (HAES®️) ambassador and movement expert, Dr. Folden assists clients seeking healthier lifestyles. Her weight-neutral approach encourages intuitive eating, joyful movement, body acceptance and breaking up with toxic diet culture.

Dr. Lisa is a mom of three, published author and speaker whose goal is to see as many people as possible living their best lives without worrying about their weight!

Please reach out if you would like some support with your relationship to food OR movement. Ela currently has limited spaces for Intuitive Eating coaching and if you'd like to reconnect with movement, contact Christine.
AND if you enjoyed this episode, please share and follow the 'Find Your Strong podcast' and if you have time, write us a short review. It would honestly mean the world. Love to you all, Ela & Christine x

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Dr. Lisa is a mom of three, published author and speaker whose goal is to see as many people as possible living their best lives without worrying about their weight!

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Molly Forbes is an author, campaigner, and journalist. Her first book, Body Happy Kids (for adults), was published by Vermilion in 2021, followed by Every Body (for readers 9+) in 2024, which won Highly Commended in the Health & Wellbeing category of the Teach Primary Awards. That same year, Molly was named one of the winners of The Fair Education Alliance Innovation Awards, supporting the development of the Body Happy Schools programme. An experienced broadcaster and public speaker, Molly has appeared on BBC Breakfast, Woman’s Hour, This Morning, Radio 1’s Newsbeat, Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, and Heart Breakfast, discussing children’s body image, mental health, and parenting. As the founder and Executive Director of Body Happy Org, she oversees operations and strategic direction. Molly is also an active workshop facilitator, delivering sessions in schools and corporate training for brands promoting positive body esteem.

In our conversation we talked about Molly’s passion for making body image more than just a topic in PSHE (Personal Social Health Education) lessons and how if body image gets neglected as a key ingredient to children’s well-being, the repercussions can be immense.
We hope you find the episode inspiring to find out more about Molly's work and that it helps you to call out weight stigma, body shaming and inappropriate teaching tools at your child's school (or at your place of work, in particular if you work with children and young people!)

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Self-Care, Mindfulness and Boundaries in the Festive Season

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Guest-less but certainly not clue-less - our Christmas episode is full of our thoughts about how we can set boundaries during the festive season, how to prioritise enjoyment and use mindfulness to make sure we stay present and focus on looking after ourselves with kindness.
Many people feel overwhelmed during this time of year, anxiety levels rise, we beat ourselves up for eating 'too much' and moving 'too little'. As a consequence we are vulnerable of falling into the 'new year - new diet' trap.
We talk about how we can stay tuned in to our bodies, how we can be kind to ourselves, how to respond to comments about our bodies or food choices and how to say f* you to diet culture come the new year.
Hoping this will be helpful for you to take the pressure off yourself and stay in the present, we both wish you a lovely festive season, whether you celebrate or not, wherever you are and whomever you are with.
We will be back in the new year with tons more episodes and amazing guests!
Take care of yourselves
Christine & Ela
xxx

Find Your Strong Podcast - You Don't HAVE to Lift Weights, with Dr Lisa Folden @healthyphit

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Christine Chessman: So welcome, Dr. Lisa Folden to the podcast we are so so excited to have you. And without further ado, I just want you to jump right in and just give us a little bit about what you do and why.
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Dr. Lisa: Sure.
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Christine Chessman: Do in the way that you do.
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Dr. Lisa: Absolutely thank you for havin