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
Why Food Feels So Hard: The ADHD to Eating Connection & Compassionate Strategies with Marilee Pumple, RD
This week on One Body to Love, I’m joined by the incredible Marilee Pumple, a non-diet registered dietitian and co-founder of Little Spuds Nutrition. As someone deeply rooted in eating disorder recovery work, Marilee brings a powerful blend of clinical expertise and lived experience to this conversation. We dive into the nuanced connection between ADHD and food, from sensory sensitivity and executive dysfunction, to emotional regulation and shame. If you've ever felt like meal planning is impossible or binged at night after a chaotic day, I hope this episode will leave you feeling seen, validated, and equipped with practical steps.
In this episode, you will hear:
- 02:02 - Meet Marilee: how ADHD shaped her work as a dietitian and her own healing
- 11:10 - Assessing impulsivity, medication, routines, and eating patterns
- 19:45 - Why evenings are the hardest part of the day for many neurodivergent folks
- 27:45 - Hyperfocus and food: is it a binge or a dopamine hit?
- 40:06 - Postpartum and how parenting can intensify symptoms
- 48:07 - What mechanical eating is and how it helps rebuild trust in your body
- 1:06:49 - What peace with food really looks like for a woman with an ADHD diagnosis
You deserve support that works with your brain, not against it. If you're ready to take the first step toward healing your relationship with food, download my free guide, Five Steps to End Binge Eating at Night or explore my Food Freedom in a Weekend mini course. And if you want to learn more about Marilee's work, you can find her at LittleSpud's Nutrition or on Instagram. I’ll see you next week on One Body to Love and until then, be gentle with yourself!
Marilee’s Links:
Website: www.littlespudsnutrition.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marilee_dietitian
https://www.instagram.com/spudsnutrition
One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program
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Anti-Diet Holiday Club https://meredith-mackenzie.mykajabi.com/club-waitlist
One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program
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