Talking with Emma: End the Food Noise. Feel the Relief
Talking with Emma is the podcast for midlife women who are tired of obsessing over food and feeling like their body is the one thing they can’t get sorted.
I’m Emma Wright — body image coach, author, and someone who knows exactly how exhausting it is to live in a body that never feels “good enough.”
After years of trying to eat better, exercise harder, and finally feel at peace, I discovered something different — and more powerful:
Coaching tools that help you change the way you think, not just what you eat.
Each episode, I’ll share the exact tools I use with smart, capable clients who want relief from food and body struggles — and who are ready to show up in their life with more calm, and more confidence.
If you’re done waiting to feel good in your body, this podcast is for you.
📥 Want to go deeper?
Download the Midlife Body Image Assessment — a free tool to help you uncover what’s really going on beneath the food and body noise, so you can start feeling more grounded, confident, and in charge.
This isn’t another thing to “stick to.” It’s a way to get curious, not critical.
Curious about working together?
I’m currently welcoming new 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost, judgement free consultation where we’ll talk about what’s keeping you stuck, what kind of support would feel good, and whether coaching with me feels like the right fit.
Talking with Emma: End the Food Noise. Feel the Relief
6: Why Having a Body Can Feel Harder in Midlife
Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I should have outgrown this by now” when it comes to your body?
You're not alone — and you're definitely not failing.
In this episode of Talking with Emma, we dive into the painful belief that midlife body struggles mean you haven’t done enough personal work. We unpack the real reason it still feels hard — not because you’re broken, but because you’ve been living in a culture that keeps moving the goalposts on what your body should be.
I share a practical coaching tool to help you trace where your body thoughts come from, question the lies you've internalised, and take a powerful first step towards feeling more at ease in your skin.
We cover:
– Why it’s totally normal to still feel stuck with food and body thoughts in midlife
– How diet culture and ageism combine to make this even harder as we get older
– What the “promise of looking better” really sells us — and why it doesn’t deliver
– How to separate your actual desires (like confidence and love) from what culture tells you will get them
– A simple but powerful coaching exercise to help you locate, question, and gently push back on the loud thoughts in your head
If you’ve been blaming yourself, this episode is a permission slip to stop. The struggle is not your fault — but there is something you can do about it.
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📥 Want to go deeper? Download the Midlife Body Image Assessment — it’s the next step in understanding what’s really going on beneath your food and body struggles so you can stop obsessing about food and start feeling more easy in your body.
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