Shoulders Down

🎊 How to Stop Overeating During The Holiday Season (& Survive Triggering Situations)

In this episode, we cover: My story with navigating the holiday season before and after becoming an intuitive eater and healing my body imageCommon hurdles to navigating

🌱 Holding On to Hope in the Age of AI, GLP-1s, and Wellness Culture with Christy Harrison

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah welcomes back anti-diet dietitian, author, and journalist Christy Harrison for a conversation about the changing face of diet cult

🫶 It's Not About Food: What’s Underneath Emotional Eating with Kathy Most, LCSW

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah chats with psychotherapist, mindset coach, and author Kathy Most to explore what’s really underneath emotional eating and binge ea

🍍The Wellness Culture Rabbit Hole: Orthorexia, Anxiety & Conventional Medicine with Sarah Jane Garcia

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Sarah Jane Garcia, a certified intuitive eating counselor and specialty pharmacist, to talk about her journey from

🌀 GLP-1s, Informed Consent, & the Fight for Size-Inclusive Healthcare with Jackie Liu

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Jackie Liu, a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School and co-lead of advocacy for Medical Students for

📢 You're allowed to care about health.

Less podcast episode, more PSA.  More From Leah: 📚Download your free Intuitive Eating Starter PackApply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching programJoin my self-pace

🏃‍♀️ What If Movement Wasn't About Changing Your Body? Exploring Attuned Exercise with Martha Munroe

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Martha Munroe, author of Attuned Exercise, to explore what it means to build a healthier relationship with movement

✊ Rage is the Answer: Body Liberation, Psychedelics, & Unlearning Fatphobia with Paula D. Atkinson

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with licensed psychotherapist Paula D. Atkinson to explore the intersection of body image, eating disorders, social just

🧇 How to Figure Out What You're Craving

Being in touch with your body’s cues is one of the central pieces of intuitive eating. But what if, when asking your body “what are you craving?” you hear crickets…  In

🍎 Fat-Lived Experience as a Dietitian, Body Grief, and Endocrine Conditions with Chelsea Levy

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Chelsea Levy, MS, RDN, a weight-inclusive dietitian specializing in eating disorders, PCOS, diabetes, and endocrine

😐 Why It Feels So Hard to Figure Out What To Eat (& How To Fix It)

In this solo episode, Leah talks about why it can feel so hard to figure out what to eat when you’re coming from a history of dieting. She outlines some of the main obst

📊 The Weight Loss Research Nobody Talks About with Ragen Chastain

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Ragen Chastain, speaker, researcher, board-certified patient advocate, and leading voice in the fields of weight sc

✌️Responding To Hate Comments From The Jillian Michaels Debate

In this episode, I respond to and unpack some of the most common comments I received after the viral Jillian Michaels vs. Body Positivity debate video was published. I’l

🌞 Intuitive Eating 5 Years Later: Parts Work, Group Fitness, & Cycle Syncing with Lizzie

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah reconnects with former client Lizzie Marks for a conversation about what intuitive eating looks like five years later — and how he

🧠 ADHD, Body Image & Intuitive Eating: Making Sense of the Overlap with Brittany Modell

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Brittany Modell to explore the nuanced relationship between ADHD, body image, and eating behaviors — and how neurod

🏃‍♀️ Extractive vs. Regenerative Movement: Reframing Your Relationship with Running with Karly Borden

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Karly Borden, founder of The Public Run Club, to explore what it really looks like to rebuild a relationship with r

🔄 Transfer Addiction: When Substance Recovery Shifts Into Orthorexia with Sydney Greene

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with certified eating disorder specialist Sydney Greene, to explore the overlap between disordered eating and substance

📺 Unpacking the Viral Jubilee Body Positivity Debate with Marcy Guevara

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with plus-size style expert and reality TV producer Marcy Guevara-Prete to reflect on their experience participating in

🤔 We Watched The Jillian Michaels Debate Back... And Had Thoughts [with Edie Stark, LCSW]

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with therapist Edie Stark, LCSW, to discuss their thoughts on the final edit of the Jillian Michaels x Body Positivity d

🎥 Behind the Scenes of the "Jillian Michaels vs Body Positivity" Debate with Edie Stark

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with therapist Edie Stark, LCSW, to unpack their experience participating in a debate with fitness personality Jillian M