Strong Not Starving
Welcome to the Strong Not Starving Podcast!
A note from SNS host, Marcus: I’m here to answer difficult questions and tackle complex problems around Nutrition, Stress Management, and the challenges we all face when trying to live each day in a way we can be proud of.
My goal is to help you live your life as the most fulfilled, healthiest, strongest version of you. So thank you for joining me, I hope you find this helpful.
The content of this podcast is not a substitute for medical advice.
Episodes
158 episodes
Should you exercise on holiday? Navigating holiday food, and the importance of feeling good in your clothes w Niki Sims
It can be hard to imagine what a healthy relationship with food and exercise even feels like when things like body image issues, feeling guilty about food choices, and feeling uncomfortable in our own clothes comes up, but my guest today is som...
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Binge Eating LIVE COACHING - The Messy Reality of Progress
In today’s episode of Strong Not Starving, you’ll hear a live coaching call with my client Helena as we navigate the road out of binge eating and restriction. This is the second call form Helena's journey we've shared here,...
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52:45
Body Image Struggles: Actionable Advice
This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Jbq1yiu_w80Disordered eating, binge eating, food anxiety wouldn’t exist in many cases without body image struggles. And more often than not, just being ...
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LIVE COACHING - Binge Eating Recovery: There’s More To Feeling Satisfied Than Eating Enough Calories
We’ll be covering some really important topics today like, what progress with binge eating looks like, why we keep eating sometimes even when we don’t want to, the forbidden food effect, how’s there’s more to feeling satisfied than just eating ...
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55:42
My Son Has an Eating Disorder, My Husband Has an Eating Disorder - Masculinity, and Raising Healthy Boys in 2025
If someone you love is struggling, or maybe you’re feeling lost and looking for some answers yourself, I’m joined today by Dr. Brendan Hartman to unpack some key points about masculinity and what it takes to raise healthy boys in 2025....
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56:29
Body Image, Body Acceptance Ideals Vs Reality, Living Life in a Larger Body, Health at Every Size
My client Gus joins me today for a chat about living life in a larger body. There’s a tonne of noise out there about HAES, body positivity, anti-diet culture, etc - and a lot of it sounds good in theory, while missing the mark in practice. So l...
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58:40
Weight Loss Medications, Food Noise, and Binge Eating with Brain Over Binge Author, Kathryn Hanson
Kathryn Hansen, author of Brain Over Binge, joins me today to talk about the rise of weight loss drugs in the binge eating space.If you’ve ever struggled with food noise, binge eating, body image, or the ups and downs of dieting...
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"I couldn't talk about my experience" Colin - Binge Eating, Recovery Groups, and Feeling Like An Outlier
Struggling with food can feel even harder when your experience doesn’t fit neatly into any box. In this episode, one of my clients joins me to share his journey - navigating food, mental health, and that frustrating sense of not quite fitting i...
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"A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous." w Dr Lara Zibarras
How can a little knowledge be dangerous? When we know enough to have strong convictions, but not enough to know the full story - this is what can happen when we chase the "perfect" diet. In this episode Dr. Lara Zibarras and I discuss the menta...
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Distance Running after Anorexia - How can you be sure it's what you really want?
How to know when it’s for health and enjoyment, vs when it’s a disorder? I’m stoked to welcome back Marek, a returning guest who joined us last year to talk about his journey out of an eating disorder.Earlier this year we were c...
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Binge Eating - Stepping Away from the Cycle
In today's episode we're looking at dealing with and framing some of the difficult feelings and experiences that come up as we step away from binge eating, and stop looking to food as a way to numb ourselves.
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Why Rigid Doesn’t Work with Andrew Jackson
While "diet gurus" lean on rigid rules and food lists, great strength coaches talk about stress, recovery, and adaptation. In today's episode Barbell Logic Coach, Andrew Jackson, shares real, practical advice for getting unstuck, and unpacks wh...
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1:17:35
Simple Shifts to Retrain Your Brain: The Upward Spiral w Dr Alex Korb
Today we're joined by Dr. Alex Korb - neuroscientist, coach, and author of The Upward Spiral, an incredible book that explores how small, science-backed shifts can create momentum out of depression and help orient the brain toward resi...
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59:19
The Fight Beyond the Ring: Danny O’Connor, Eating Disorders in Elite Sports
United States Olympian, Two time national champion Boxer, WBC international champion, Danny O’Connor is joining me here today to talk about his journey as an elite athlete experiencing an eating disorder. Danny O'Connor: https://www...
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"Which Exercises Are Best" unpacking this social media phenomenon with Luke Tulloch
Social media is flooded with content about the “best” exercises - but is this not much more than clickbait? In this episode, Luke Tulloch, fitness industry veteran joins me to break down the hype, and look at why context matters more than trend...
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The Life Changing Power of Opposite Action with Natalie Rose
Ever feel stuck in self limiting habits or emotions? In this episode, we explore Opposite Action - a powerful tool to break cycles of anxiety, guilt, shame, even fear. Therapist and Coach, Natalie Rose, joins us to unpack how acting
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Do Workouts & Ice Baths Really Increase Resilience?
Have you heard anyone say “If you do one hard thing, you can do other hard things”? Have you ever wondered why something like food choices can feel so difficult? We’re here to unpack that and look at one of the most common missing links in resi...
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How Intuitive Eating turned Anti-Diet into a Diet Cult
For years, I’ve defended Intuitive Eating and the Anti-Diet movement. But I’m stepping back. The core ideas of IE? Solid. The execution and culture... often leaves a lot to be desired. Nutrition shouldn’t be about picking sides, choosing your t...
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Episode 143
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Beyond the Buzzword: What "Somatic Work" Really Means with Stefanie Michelle
Strong Not Starving Daily Roadmap FREE DOWNLOAD HERE: https://www.strongnotstarving.com/sowhatdoieatdownloadStefanie Michelle: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/The term "somatic work" gets thrown around a lot, but wha...
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Practical Food Habits that Changed My Life
Summaries, Recipes, and Essential Tips! Pick up your free download to accompany this episode HERE: https://www.strongnotstarving.com/sowhatdoieatdownload
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Episode 141
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31:06
How to Stop Before Overeating, Getting Through Hard Feelings & Choices, Meaning Making
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Episode 140
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26:28
Starting 2025 STRONG with Niki Sims from Barbell Logic
Strong Not Starving Barbel Logic Application HERE (3 Spaces Available!): https://form.jotform.com/220624481844052The Barbell Logic team are doing spectacular work delivering custom strength training programs, because if we’re g...
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Episode 139
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44:39
New Years Resolutions & Lessons We Can Learn From Dogs w Dr Nina Savelle-Rocklin
Unpacking lessons we can learn from dogs about setting effective new years resolutions… and I have to warn you, this episode is a platform some some pretty epic bad puns, which I wholeheartedly endorse!Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin: https://...
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Episode 138
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42:39
Misinformation & Food "Documentaries", Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating, Addiction, and UPFs w Dr Andrea Love
When it comes to food and health challenges, it’s important to acknowledge when something is hard, and when something is a problem. But an accurate understanding of HOW exactly something is a problem is ESSENTIAL when choosing where to invest o...
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Episode 137
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