Shoulders Down
Leah Kern
When you live in the diet mindset, you spend much of your time living in your head- constantly tallying, dwelling, and stressing over your food and lifestyle choices. When you become an intuitive eater, you learn to drop into your body and start living shoulders down. The territory below your shoulders contains your innate wisdom and power. Shoulders Down is a podcast designed to teach you how to harness your intuition to govern not just how you eat but also how you live. Shoulders Down Podcast is hosted by Anti-Diet Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Leah Kern, who works with clients to heal their relationships with food in her private practice, Leah Kern Nutrition. Disclaimer: All content in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The information and education provided is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis.
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04/08/24 • 47 min
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Debbie Saroufim, a body acceptance coach and food trauma healer who helps women, teens and tweens make peace with their body and build up their immunity to diet culture. Debbie’s first children’s book, Fat & Beautiful: A Book About Why You Can Be Both, was published this spring.
Together, we discuss:
- Debbie’s journey from actress to trainer to body acceptance coach
- The moralization of health and wellness
- Learning to identify diet culture in our self-talk
- Being a thin person in the fat acceptance movement
- Conversations between parents and children
- Self-compassionate intuition and recovery
More from Debbie:
Mentioned in the episode:
More from Leah:
- Get access to The Mindset Matters Free Mini Course
- Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
- Join my self-paced course, The Return
- Subscribe to my personal Substack
- Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
- Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
- Send me a voice message
- Email me: [email protected]
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
💖 You're Not Wrong For Desiring Weight Loss
Shoulders Down
12/16/24 • 44 min
In the intuitive eating space, we often hear that weight loss isn’t the goal—and in many ways, that’s true. But there’s a nuance here that’s sometimes overlooked. It’s easy for the message to come across as judgment toward those who do desire intentional weight loss, and that’s not what I believe we should be doing.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Whether or not you can do intuitive eating if you still desire weight loss
- How to hold the desire for weight loss while working on your body image
- Whats underneath the desire for weight loss
- Informed consent around pursuits of intentional weight loss
- Body grief
Resources Mentioned:
- To view the research mentioned in the episode, download this free PDF guide
- What We're Getting Wrong About Body Image with Bri Campos
- My Story (Unfiltered, The Whole Saga) podcast episode
More From Leah:
- Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
- Join my self-paced course, The Return
- Subscribe to Leah's Youtube Channel
- Subscribe to my personal Substack
- Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
- Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
- Send me a voice message on Speakpipe
- Email me: [email protected]
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
💛 Fat-Positive Fertility with Nicola Salmon
Shoulders Down
05/06/24 • 57 min
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by advocate, author, and fat positive fertility specialist, Nicola Salmon. Nicola is a prominent figure in the world of fat activism, and the leading voice for fat folks seeking fertility support. She’s also the author of the groundbreaking book “Fat and Fertile.”
Together, we discuss:
- Why it’s time to ditch the myth that fat people have more challenges with fertility
- How to honor the body’s nervous system response when seeking out fertility support
- The misconception of calorie restriction for fertility improvement
- What it looks like to take a holistic approach towards health that spans beyond weight
Mentioned in the episode:
More from Nicola:
- Follow Nicola on Instagram
- Nicola's Website
- Nicola’s Book: Fat and Fertile
More from Leah:
- Get access to The Mindset Matters Free Mini Course
- Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
- Join my self-paced course, The Return
- Subscribe to my personal Substack
- Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
- Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
- Send me a voice message
- Email me: [email protected]
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
05/13/24 • 48 min
This week, I’m joined by Dacy Gillespie, a weight-inclusive, anti-diet personal stylist. She helps her clients make a mindset shift from thinking they need to wear what's flattering to unapologetically taking up space in the world.
Together, we discuss:
- Mindful shopping and minimalism
- How to shop intentionally
- The cultural implications of the word “flattering”
- Cultivating personal style vs. wearing clothes to look thinner
- Reframing our thoughts around body changes as we age
🌞 If you enjoy this episode, make sure you RSVP for the FREE Anti-Diet Summer Support Panel I’m hosting with Dacy on June 6th!
More from Dacy:
- Subscribe to Dacy’s newsletter, Unflattering
- The Mindful Closet website
- The Making Space group program
- Dacy’s Instagram
More from Leah:
- Get access to The Mindset Matters Free Mini Course
- Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
- Join my self-paced course, The Return
- Subscribe to my personal Substack
- Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
- Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
- Send me a voice message
- Email me: [email protected]
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
Client spotlight: Lauren's story
Shoulders Down
09/05/23 • 50 min
In this week's episode, we catch up with Lauren, a graduate of my 1:1 coaching program, The Embodied Method. In this episode, we discuss:
- Lauren's story with her long history of dieting and trying to manipulate the size shape of her body
- How her relationship with food, body, and exercise has changed since doing The Embodied Method and becoming an Intuitive Eater
- How Lauren's self talk has dramatically shifted as a product of doing this work
- How intuitive eating and rejecting diet culture has helped Lauren ton live more in alignment with her social justice values
Apply to The Embodied Method 1:1 coaching program here
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered to your inbox each week.
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
Welcome to Shoulders Down Podcast!
Shoulders Down
03/30/22 • 1 min
When you live in the diet mindset, you spend much of your time living in your head- constantly tallying, dwelling, and stressing over your food and lifestyle choices. When you become an intuitive eater, you learn to drop into your body and start living shoulders down. The territory below your shoulders contains your innate wisdom and power. Shoulders Down is a podcast designed to teach you how to harness your intuition to govern not just how you eat but also how you live. I’m your host, Leah Kern and I’m an anti-diet dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor. Join me as I dive deep on nuanced topics related to intuitive eating, diet culture, and body image. Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here.
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
04/12/22 • 72 min
Culinary Dietitian and soon to be Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Sam Blumenthal, joins us this week to share her story. In this episode, we talk about:
- How Sam’s competitive rhythmic gymnastics carer led to the onset of her eating disorder
- Sam’s experience being a registered dietitian while also actively navigating eating disorder recovery
- How Sam knew it was finally time to go all-in with intuitive eating
- Navigating diet culture at the wellness resort Sam works at
- Issues with the dietetics field/curriculum
- How Sam got involved in the culinary world of nutrition and how this impacted her relationship with food.
Find Sam on Instagram @fulfilled.not.full and check out her podcast, Fulfilled Not Full.
Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
08/08/23 • 67 min
In this episode, we are joined by one of my undergrad professors, Dr. Faryl Bertman, PhD, RDN. We discuss:
- Dr. Faryl’s story with her relationship with food and body
- The “crunchy hippie” to wellness culture pipeline
- The slippery slope of using systems level thinking as justification for individual food restrictions
- How Dr Faryl’s approach to teaching changed since adopting the IE HAES framework
- The concept of “fed is best”
- How white supremacy shows up in food systems
- Approaching intuitive eating while navigating food insecurity
White Supremacy in Food Systems Paper
Previous Shoulders Down Episode- Food Insecurity, Privilege, and Intuitive Eating on a Budget
Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
Email me: [email protected]
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
05/03/22 • 88 min
This week we are joined by Emily Holt-Gosselin, a fellow Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who is also a yoga instructor. In this episode, we discuss:
- Emilys story with recovering from an eating disorder and substance abuse
- The intersection of intuitive eating and social justice as a catalyst for Emily's recovery from her eating disorder
- Diet culture's origins in racism
- Issues within the “health coaching” sphere and specifically Emily's experience as a student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
- Emily’s journey with transitioning from “health coaching" to becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
- The intersection of Emily’s identity as a yoga teacher and her identity as an Intuitive Eating Counselor
Before diving into this week's guest interview, I answer a listener question on how to decipher your hunger and fullness cues. Click here for access to your FREE Hunger fullness activity and resource (this is the exact activity I use with my 1:1 coaching clients).
Connect with Emily on Instagram @em.poweredliving
Learn more about Emily's offerings here
Learn about Emily's yoga class offerings at Sangha Studio in Burlington
Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Submit your question(s) here for chance to have it answered on an upcoming podcast episode
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
02/12/24 • 69 min
Today I’m joined by body image coach and educator Bri Campos. Bri is a licensed mental health counselor based in New Jersey and the founder of Body Image with Bri. **
Together, we discuss:
- Bri’s food & body image story
- Internalized anti-fat bias
- Honoring intersectionality in body image work
- Why affirmations won’t cut it when it comes to doing body image work
- The biggest myth about body image work
- The importance of sitting with body grief
- Centering the fat experience as a normal experience
Mentioned in the episode:
- Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
- The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
- Christy Harrison’s podcast Food Psych
- The Real Reasons Why Being Higher Weight Can Lead to Negative Health Outcomes (it's not the weight!)
More from Bri:
More from Leah:
- Get access to The Mindset Matters Free Mini Course
- Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
- Join my self-paced course, The Return
- Subscribe to my personal Substack
- Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
- Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
- Email me: [email protected]
🥂 Are you sick of starting a new diet every January only to fall off the wagon a few weeks into the year? Join our FREE workshop on January 16th @ 4pm PST // 7pm EST, Nourished In The New Year Without Diets.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Shoulders Down have?
Shoulders Down currently has 102 episodes available.
What topics does Shoulders Down cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Intuitive Eating, Religion & Spirituality and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Shoulders Down?
The episode title '🥒 The Wellness Trap: When an Innocent Interest in Wellness Turns Disordered with Christy Harrison' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Shoulders Down?
The average episode length on Shoulders Down is 58 minutes.
How often are episodes of Shoulders Down released?
Episodes of Shoulders Down are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Shoulders Down?
The first episode of Shoulders Down was released on Mar 30, 2022.
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