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Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC
Are you struggling with food? Done with diets? Want another option between diet culture and body positivity?
This is *not* another diet culture in disguise wellness podcast. Host Ali Shapiro, creator of Truce With Food® and the ICF accredited and trauma informed Truce Coaching Certification, dedicated academic, and well-known integrated health behavior change expert shares a more truthful, holistic approach to freedom from cravings, emotional eating, bingeing, bargaining, and body image.
Join Ali for interviews, practical advice, and radically honest discussions about food, truth, psychology and change.
Episodes
315 episodes
315. Five Shifts to Finally Stay Consistent With Food
You've followed the plans. Upped the discipline. Doubled down on getting back on track. And still, food and taking care of yourself feel harder than they used to.You're not the problem. The problem is trying to apply the same strategies ...
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Episode 315
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37:30
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314. Why Food Plans Fail After 40 and What Works Instead
You've done the work. Tried the protocols, followed the plans. And yet food still takes up way too much mental space. You're not the problem. Those one-size-fits-all protocols you've been handed were never going to work for where you actually a...
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Episode 314
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21:16
313. What’s Still Missing From the “Emotional Eating” Conversation with Dr. Deborah MacNamara [Best Of]
Happy New Year, Insatiable listeners! Welcome to 2026.Today I’m resharing my conversation with parenting expert Dr. Deborah MacNamara, where we explore how food connects to our deep need for belonging, how feeling significant plays into ...
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Episode 313
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312. Why Willpower Isn’t the Problem: The Truth About the Knowing–Doing Gap [Courageous Pivot Podcast]
What if your inability to change isn't a failure of willpower, but your heart's way of protecting you from something you're not ready to face?Today I’m sharing
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Episode 312
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1:28:02
311. How to Finally Stop White-Knuckling Your Weight-Loss Journey with Sas Petherick [Body Stories #5]
Today, Sas Petherick returns for the fifth installment of our Body Stories series — and she’s nearly a year into her holistic weight-loss journey!In this conversation, Sas shares what’s become unmistakably clear along the way: true chang...
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Episode 311
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1:02:11
310. How to Feel our Feelings with Mary Tilson
You’ve probably heard the advice: “Feel your emotions.” But what does that actually mean in everyday life? Especially when so many of us believe we’re feeling our feelings when we’re actually thinking our feelings. And thus, not feelin...
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Episode 310
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1:13:54
309. What Feels Good Right Now: Ending Emotional Outsourcing with Beatriz Victoria Albina [Part 2]
This week, Beatriz Victoria Albina returns to Insatiable for part two of our conversation on ending emotional outsourcing — the habit of looking outside ourselves for validation, safety, and wor...
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Episode 309
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41:13
308. Maybe You’re Not Actually Gluten Sensitive: Ending Emotional Outsourcing with Beatriz Victoria Albina [Part 1]
Today, I’m joined by Beatriz Victoria Albina for a conversation about the emotions that often hide beneath common gut issues—and why codependency isn’t the real problem (and boundaries aren’t the full so...
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Episode 308
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50:32
307. How About Now with Kate Baer
Today I’m joined by everyone’s favorite poet, Kate Baer, for a tender conversation about midlife transitions, medical anxiety, and the power of female friendship.We talk about how to orient around ...
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Episode 307
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1:04:14
306. 3 Perimenopause and Menopause Fitness Myths Debunked with Liz Wolfe
This week Liz Wolfe returns to the show for a candid conversation about all the fitness myths we’re seeing around the wild world of wellness in 2025.Together, we get into why people are slapping the word “perimenopause” on everything, ho...
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Episode 306
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1:18:48
305. 5 Things I Changed My Mind About This Year
This week, I’m joined by my former cohost Juliet Root for a fun, truth-seeking conversation about how our perspectives on food, body, and movement have shifted in 2025.Together, ...
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Episode 305
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55:46
304. Rethinking Weight Loss, Willpower, and Emotional Eating with Ali Shapiro [Well-Fed Woman Podcast]
If you’ve ever thought “Why can’t I just stick with it?”, this episode is for you.Today I’m resharing a conversation I had with Noelle Tarr of Coconuts & Kettlebells for her ...
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Episode 304
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1:25:45
303. Before You Try Another Reset: 3 Things I Hear When People Are Considering ‘Why Am I Eating This Now?’
It’s officially back-to-school season! Which means you might be thinking it’s time for a new nutrition plan, exercise routine, or self-improvement challenge.But before you set out once again, I want you to ask yourself: “Will I just end ...
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Episode 303
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31:44
302. A Holistic Approach to GLP-1s with Mayo Clinic Dietician Tara Schmidt
Tara Schmidt, M.Ed., RDN, LD is the lead dietitian for the Mayo Clinic Diet, host of the Mayo Clinic On Nutrition podcast, and Medical Editor of the Nutri...
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Episode 302
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1:13:58
301. You Don’t Have to Feel Powerless Around Food with Ginny and Isis
Why Am I Eating This Now? is open for registration!Today I’m resharing a great conversation — and a powerful “Where are they now?” update — with two past Why Am I ...
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Episode 301
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54:31
300. What Really Works for Women Over 40: Three Essential Lessons
Welcome to the 300th episode of Insatiable! To celebrate this milestone, I’m sharing three essential lessons every woman over 40 should know about health, weight loss, and nutrition in midlife.After years of making this show and working ...
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Episode 300
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48:56
299. How to Hold Your Weight Loss Goals Loosely (for better results) with Sas Petherick [Body Stories #4]
Body Stories is back — and we’re halfway through the journey.Sas Petherick returns to share what she’s learning six months into her year-long holistic weight loss experiment. She opens up about how her relationship with food is evolving,...
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Episode 299
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1:08:56
298. Why Wholeness Beats “Being Good” with Elise Loehnen
Today Elise Loehnen returns to Insatiable for a much-needed reminder that you don’t have to be good. And in fact, focusing on being “good” or “nice” might perpetuate your battle with food and leave you feeling deeply unfulfilled.
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Episode 298
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1:13:03
297. Why I Joined Orange Theory (even though it’s “Bad” if you’re over 40)
A few months ago, my exercise routine stopped working for me. I’d been focusing on strength training for years, but I just didn’t want to go to the gym anymore. I felt super apathetic.At first, I chalked it up to bad sleep and low energy...
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Episode 297
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44:43
296. Emotions & Embodiment for Sustainable Weight Loss with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #3]
Our Body Stories series is back with another installment of my friend Sas Petherick’s intentional weight loss journey.We’re three months in now, and she’s discovering how her new routines are integrating into her daily life and reshaping...
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Episode 296
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59:23
295. “We’re the Brave Ones” — Discipline vs Devotion, Macros & Being “Sporty” with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #2]
Today we continue our Body Stories series with Sas Petherick!She joined me on Insatiable last month (listen here!) to talk about her intentional weigh...
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Episode 295
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1:05:16
294. Why Food is NOT the Problem When Your Diet Falls Off Track [Wits & Weights Podcast]
Do you feel trapped in a cycle of dieting and frustration? Why do your best efforts with food seem to fail when it matters most? Is it possible that your food struggles are about something deeper than food itself?In this episode of Wits ...
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Episode 294
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58:51
293. Is Your Eating a Problem or a Portal?
Here at Insatiable, we’re all about providing the education you need for perimenopause, menopause and aging. I mean, we did a whole season on it, and it's obviously been my own focus sinc...
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Episode 293
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20:58
292. Fat Loss vs Weight Loss and Health Over 40 with Philip Pape
I love Philip Pape’s approach to health, because everything he teaches is evidence-based.So today he’s joining me on the podcast to unpack a few “trendy” nutrition and fitness topics like fat loss, muscle building, protein, calorie-count...
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Episode 292
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1:14:48
291. How to Lose Weight AND Love Yourself (because you can do both!) with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #1]
Today’s episode is with my long-time friend and colleague Sas Petherick. It’s about those times when you want to lose weight… but you also want to love your body.This is also the beginning of our ...
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Episode 291
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56:01