One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie
One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie is a space for honest, unfiltered conversations about food relationships, body image, and the emotional journey to self-acceptance. Hosted by binge eating therapist and intuitive eating coach Dr. Meredith MacKenzie, this podcast dives deep into what it really takes to break free from the cycles of bingeing, restricting and food guilt, in order to finally feel at home in your body. With warmth, insight, and lived experience, this show offers connection and guided support for women who are tired of chasing perfection and ready to reconnect with themselves in a more meaningful way, free from outside pressures.
Each week through solo episodes, guest interviews, and real-life coaching conversations, listeners are invited into real, grounded conversations. Ranging from topics of intuitive eating and binge eating recovery, to reclaiming your body, joyful movement, and navigating life in a culture obsessed with size. If you’ve ever whispered, “I don’t know what else to try,” One Body to Love will offer a new perspective, one rooted in compassion, curiosity, and sustainable change. Whether you’re in the thick of it or slowly finding your way forward, this is your reminder that healing is possible and you don’t have to do it alone.
One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie
Making Peace with Food and Public Opinion with Cathy Olson Pt. 2
On One Body to Love, we make space for the gray area, the space where food, body image, and healing don’t always follow the rules. In Part Two of my conversation with Cathy Olson, we explore what it means to make a decision for your own peace, even when it doesn’t align with the narrative around you. (If you missed it, catch part 1 here!) Cathy opens up about the choice to begin a GLP-1 medication, the intense shame she felt around it, and the impact that decision had on her relationship with food, her business, and her sense of self. Cathy’s experience speaks to anyone who’s ever felt judged for wanting to change, and unseen when they tried.
In this episode, you will hear:
- 01:50 - Cathy reflects on orthorexia, “biohacking,” and staying grounded in health, not obsession
- 06:49 - What it was like to be in the public eye while struggling with body image
- 13:11 - Why GLP-1 stigma is rooted in shame and societal punishment
- 16:44 - The pressure to stay in a larger body, for relatability, for activism, and for “values”
- 19:26 - How GLP-1 changed her mental relationship with food, not just her appetite
- 23:46 - The future of GLP-1s: evolving tools, reduced side effects, and increasing accessibility
- 28:40 - Reconnecting with intuitive eating and learning to nourish without rules
If you’re walking your own complicated path with food and body image, I hope this episode reminds you that there is no one “right” way to heal. If today’s conversation challenged your perspective or opened your heart, I’d love to hear from you. Send me a message on Instagram and if you’re ready to move beyond food rules and find peace in your body, the One Body to Love program offers compassionate support every step of the way. You deserve a relationship with food that feels free and a body you feel at home in. Until next time, be kind to yourself.
Cathy’s Links
https://www.instagram.com/funnelgorgeous
https://www.instagram.com/loveinspired
https://www.instagram.com/glpcheatcode
Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca
Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie
Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching
Pinterest - pinterest.com/parallelwellness
Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie
