Talking with Emma: Stop fighting food & weight
Talking with Emma is the podcast for women who are tired of obsessive food thinking, struggling with body image and feeling like food and weight is the one thing they can’t get sorted.
I’m Emma Wright — feminist health coach, author, and someone who knows exactly how exhausting it is to live like not matter how much you try, your health is never quite “good enough.”
After years of controlling my weight, focusing on food, exercising harder, and constantly feeling like a failure, I discovered something different — and more powerful:
Coaching tools that help you trust yourself again - and take charge of your health the way you want to.
Each episode, I’ll share the tools I use with clients who want relief health feeling so confusing — and who are ready end emotional eating, stop thinking about food all the time and improve their body image.
If you’re ready for those things, this podcast is for you.
📥 Want to go deeper?
Download the Self-Assessment — a free tool to evaluate what’s really going on beneath the food and body thinking.
Curious about working together?
I’m currently welcoming new 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about how to achieve the health goals you have and what kind of support you need to do that, and of course, whether coaching with me feels like the right fit.
Talking with Emma: Stop fighting food & weight
42: The Hidden Reason Body Image Still Impacts You
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In this episode, Emma shares a powerful insight from a recent talk where not a single woman in a room of 90 had never tried to lose weight.
That moment reveals something bigger than personal struggle.
It reveals a culture.
If nearly every woman has tried to shrink herself — and most still feel dissatisfied — the problem is not individual failure. It’s the system we’ve been trained to participate in.
Emma unpacks:
- The powerful link between self-worth and sustainable health behaviours
- The four components of body image most people don’t understand
- How “thinking first” coaching creates change that actually sticks
If you’ve tried to action your way into feeling better about yourself — and ended up exhausted — this episode will help you understand why.
And more importantly, what to do instead.
Mentioned in the episode:
Download the Midlife Body Image Guide to get a picture of your current body image, thinking and eating patterns.
Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private coaching clients. Book a consultation to discuss what you want to achieve and create a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.
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