Talking with Emma: Stop fighting food & weight

37: Coping With Weight Gain

Emma Wright

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In this episode we talk about weight gain in a way you've probably never heard it discussed, especially if you're a midlife woman. 


This episode is for you:

  • You dislike diet culture but still fear weight gain
  • You feel uncomfortable in a changing body
  • You want relief from body-related fear, not another plan


In this episode, you’ll explore:

  • The cultural beliefs that teach women to feel like weight gain is a moral failure
  • Why dieting is an amazing emotional coping strategy if you don't have another way to feel hard feelings
  • How control what we eat can feel safer than uncertainty, even when it costs you
  • How to get what you want - confidence, self-respect, feeling good enough - without 'having' to lose weight


You’ll also hear why wanting weight loss does not make you shallow or wrong.


Mentioned in the episode:

The Normalising Weight Gain workshop on March 21.

  • Half-day workshop
  • Recorded and available by replay
  • Focused on tools, not mindset forcing
  • Designed for midlife women who want relief, not control
  • Limited to 15

Download the Midlife Body Image Guide to get early access to workshop details and ticket release dates.