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Inspiration and Motivation are things we all struggle with. In this podcast I want to inspire and motivate all people not based on what you look like, your religion or anything else people are judged on. I want to be the light in the dark places for people to feel comfortable and welcomed. I Am Nikki Angie!!!
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Find Your Strong Podcast

Christine Chessman & Ela Law

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Encouraging women to find what FEELS good in terms of food, movement and their bodies. Let's stick two fingers up to diet culture, take up space and change the conversation in this industry. In each episode, Christine and Ela discuss their thoughts on diet and fitness fads, speak with fabulous guests about their experiences with finding peace with food and movement, and interview experts so that they can share their insights and knowledge with you. The hope is that together we can change the ...
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Foster care is truly an unparalleled experience. This is our journey as a foster and adoptive family that has seen and experienced a lot! We want to share our joy and heartbreak with the world to inspire others to join in our mission of providing strength to the weakest among us. We are sharing our personal experiences as a foster and adoptive family and the stories that other brave souls are willing to generously share with us. Our goal is to help potential foster families take that next st ...
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Send us a Text Message. This episode went places neither of us was expecting! Tune in to find out why. This week we are chatting with Kanoa Greene, celebrated by Good Morning America and CNN! Kanoa is proof that athleticism and adventure come in ALL shapes and sizes. She is an internationally renowned fitness trainer and outdoor adventurer, and is …
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Send us a Text Message. This episode was inspired by an instagram post, which spoke about the messy middle between diet culture and aesthetic goals and whether you could pursue fat loss specifically, and NOT promote diet culture at the same time. This is certainly a nuanced issue. We live in a dieting culture which worships thinness above all else …
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to episode #2 of our 'YOUR Bodies' series, where we invite members of our community. Today we have Liana Stevens, or @mysugarcoatedlife Liana is a 45 year old mum of 2 from Nottingham, who started her journey towards neutrality and recovery from Binge Eating Disorder during the pandemic in 2020. She realised that the…
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Send us a Text Message. Wow this one was juicy. I have to say, Ela and I were both ON it for this episode😘 Ela had been finding in sessions that many of her clients were scared, not just of weight gain but of what digging deeper into their dieting history would involve. Leaving the perceived 'safety' and 'control' around dieting or 'watching our we…
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Send us a Text Message. This series is about YOU. YOUR body stories. YOUR relationship to food and movement, YOUR dieting and un-dieting history and how you feel in the body you're in. Ela and I wanted to understand more about the issues you are dealing with when it comes to body acceptance, intuitive eating and listening to your body. How can we n…
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Send us a Text Message. Ela and I are beyond excited to bring you this week's guest, the OG of Intuitive Eating herself, Evelyn. If you are new here or have never heard of Intuitive Eating and don't know what the fuss is all about, this is the episode for you. I had the joy of interviewing Elyse Resch, the co-creator of Intuitive Eating a few month…
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Send us a Text Message. Have you heard the term 'Hot Girl Summer'? Yes, thank you diet culture for once again making a season all about women's bodies, and making us feel that we are somehow wrong and need to change!* In response to the surge in popularity of "weight loss" drugs such as Ozempic, some influencers have taken it upon themselves to let…
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Send us a Text Message. This week I am bringing you a podcast that I was a guest on, as it's topical, hard hitting and I think you'll get a lot out of it, especially if you're struggling with body acceptance as the weather gets warmer and diet culture gets noisier. I'll let Kim take it away: "In the first episode of the "Not a Before Body" podcast,…
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Nikki Habibullah is a holistic nutritionist, personal trainer and overall wellness girly. She’s been in the game for quite some time but has really found her stride lately as she shares her postpartum journey with baby number two. She brings good energy, calm vibes and giggles wherever she goes and I am so excited to be chatting with her in this ep…
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Another honey lemon shot but this time we have my fiance joining me because in this episode we're diving deep into our couples therapy experience. This was something I had been wanting to do with my partner Len for years but he had major reservations about it. I thought it was important to talk about why we decided couples therapy was right for us …
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is our first one as a duo and I'm SO excited to have Ela on board. Ela (@elalawnutrition) has been on the podcast several times and she and I have worked together on numerous projects in the past. As a non-diet nutritionist, and fellow IE counsellor, she brings a unique perspective to the podcast and one that is…
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*Hey google play "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler* It's been a while since I've done an astro episode so it's about time! What better time than when the solar eclipse is at our doorstep and Mercury Retrograde is wreaking havoc on us all. Oh, also it's Aries season so if you've been waking up and choosing violence everyday, this explains…
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We're back! Took a little break (not on purpose) but back with a passion! This episode is all about sibling order and chatting about my experience as an eldest child. There are so many ways our upbringing and life can affect us and I thought it was so interesting to dissect how the order you were born in can affect your personality. I definitely co…
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Send us a Text Message. This week I grabbed my good friend Ela Law from @elalawnutrition to chat about the Your Fat Friend documentary, by Jeanie Finlay which followed Aubrey Gordon across 6 years, since she released an anonymous blog from an account called @yrfatfriend . Aubrey has since written 2 New York Times Bestselling books (You Just Need to…
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Send us a Text Message. Simone Samuels, B.A. (Hons.), J.D., B.C.L. is a consultant in equity, diversity and inclusion and a weight-neutral personal trainer/group fitness instructor. A lawyer by training and a fitness professional, she has consulted for fitness organizations in Canada, US and the UK and has delivered courses on weight stigma, fatpho…
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am chatting with Jonny Landels, a former diet culture-obsessed fat loss coach turned Intuitive Eating coach and Health at Every Size Advocate. He spent YEARS fighting his own body but a couple of years ago, managed to turn things around and now adopts a non-diet approach. I was really interested to get a male perspec…
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HEY! If you're about to listen to this episode right now.. WAIT! I would love if you could take a second to subscribe to the podcast wherever you're listening. Help a girl out please. Also if you have not rated and reviewed the podcast yet on your favourite platform, here's your chance to. You don't get a prize or anything but it is a free way to s…
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Send us a Text Message. I invited Amanda Bullat onto the podcast this week to tell HER story. Amanda became interested in nutrition while training as a competitive distance runner in her early 20s but her passion for running and food became a double-edged sword, as she developed her own disordered relationship with food and exercise. After many yea…
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Send us a Text Message. This week's guest is non-diet dietitian Krista Beck Muench.* Krista came from a dieting background where she exercised to burn calories and shrink her body and where she was caught in an unrelenting cycle of exercise, tracking macros and restriction. It was only when a friend introduced her to Intuitive Eating that Krista re…
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*TRIGGER WARNING* In this episode, topics of self harm and suicide are discussed. We kept these conversations safe and still surface level, however, if you are not in a place in your journey to listen at this time please take care. <3 Raul is a the Founder of Grid Communications and has helped brand partners like Fuku by David Chang, Jägermeister, …
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Send us a Text Message. Elyse Resch, co-founder of Intuitive Eating and author of the Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens (amongst many other books and publications*) joins the podcast this week and I couldn't be more excited to bring you this episode. Elyse is nationally known for her work in helping patients break free from diet culture through t…
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Send us a Text Message. A great episode with the incredible Kim Stacey today. Kim has been an inspiration to me since I started changing the way I taught fitness to a body-neutral approach and is making waves in the industry. We start by chatting a little bit about what brought Kim to fitness and why she feels she is right where she wants to be. We…
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Happy New Year! This Honey Lemon Shot is a bit different this week. I'm joined by my lovely fiance (soon to be husband in 8 months) Len and we talk about some of our 2023 reflections. Has anyone ever actually held up a New Year's Resolution? I genuinely want to know because I don't think I ever have. That's why we focused on reflections over resolu…
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Our next guest is an entrepreneur, producer, creative consultant & a marketing girly all in one. Her lifelong passion for global cinema has led her to work with some of the most creative companies (TIFF? You might have heard of it) and people in the world. Through her experiences, she recognized that there was a need for a formal voice to speak on …
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Send us a Text Message. This conversation was different for me. It challenged me and was confronting. Maybe I take movement too seriously and need to find that playful element once more..... Jamie Carbaugh (aka fitragamuffin) is a non-diet Virtual Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor. She guides folks to learn to enjoy regular movement by …
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Send us a Text Message. I'm flying solo this week and am talking about a subject VERY close to my heart. I have struggled with anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember and I am not one to pretend 'everything is ok', rather I am sharing my own story in the hope that it will resonate with some of you and help you realise you are not alone…
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It's been a while Honeys! Two solo episodes in a row? Who am I?! I had a few reflections after coming back from my trip so this is more of a audio journal of things I learned not only about myself but about my parents while on vacation. When I came back from vacation I had quite a few people messaging me and telling me in person they were surprised…
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Send us a Text Message. Courtney Gioia is the founder of Loyobo, a community for women who are sick of trying to be smaller. This ISN'T about weight loss for Courtney. This is about learning how to love your body and feel strong so you can take up space in your body AND in your life. AMEN to that! It was such a joy for me to chat with Courtney and …
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Send us a Text Message. My guest this week was Mark Breedon. Mark is a weight neutral strength coach for women. Mark wants to remove the focus on weight loss and aesthetics, and instead encourage his clients to train to become stronger and live healthier, happier lives. Mark wants you to focus on what you body can do as opposed to what it is suppos…
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Send us a Text Message. Denise is one of my favourite people on Instagram, but we have yet to meet in real life! I knew this would be a great conversation and it didn't disappoint, although with all the Irish lilting on both sides, captions may be needed;) Denise is a Nutritional Therapist and Life Coach on a mission to help her clients discover fo…
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Send us a Text Message. What an episode! Another week, another dream guest! This week we have Damali Fraiser, Kettlebell Instructor, Nutrition Coach, and Author passionate about exploring fitness from an intersectional lens. * Damali talks about the time after her debilitating ACL injury, which effectively ended her Muay Thai career, when "that uns…
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Send us a Text Message. This was a chance for me to chat to my good friend, business coach AND client Jude Turner. Jude and I got on from first time we met, possibly because we were aware that perhaps we didn't quite fit the mould and found ourselves in the magical messy middle, without diagnoses but as neurodiverse women in business. As we started…
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Solo dolo again after quite a while! This episode is really just a chit chat life update so grab a hot beverage and tune in. I talk about having minor inconvenience meltdowns (something I'm hoping I'm not alone in), my woes with body image lately + I share what's been working for me to take on the devil of the winter months - seasonal depression. I…
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Send us a Text Message. A short solo episode today all about motivation and why it's often lacking when it comes to moving our bodies. The crux of the conversation today is our critical self-talk. How helpful is it for us to should all over ourselves when it comes to establishing a fitness/ strength training regime? Can we lower the bar when it com…
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Hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in and being patient with me. I was actually supposed to release a solo episode last week but my family suffered a very sudden loss. My cousin Delicia passed on from this world at a whopping 22 years of age. I talked a little bit about it at the beginning of this episode and it's a strange but poetic coincidence that…
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Send us a Text Message. Nina Manolson is a body peace coach, who help her clients end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their bodies, as they are now.* From the first second I started chatting with Nina, I was touched by her empathy and warmth. She was 100% present with me and was deeply invested in this conversation. I f…
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Send us a Text Message. How is your relationship to food and your body? Have you ever heard of Intuitive Eating? Here's a clue - it's NOT anything to do with NOOM. Intuitive eating is a simple idea about making peace with all types of food. Unlike traditional diets that restrict/ban certain foods, intuitive eating encourages listening to your body …
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Alanna Cardarelli is a true creator at heart. She’s a triple threat, writer, actor and singer…with an astounding voice I might add… she has been on her own healing journey for some time now and is always open and honest about how her experiences have shaped her. She’s been passionately working on her memoir…”Well.. that was a lot”, that she self-pu…
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Send us a Text Message. Are you just too busy? Do you often feel overwhelmed, anxious and that you're doing your best but it's still just not good enough? This conversation is for YOU. We talk about what it means to really rest. How can we access rest when our days are so full on. This applies directly to movement. When movement is one of our main …
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Send us a Text Message. "There are no magic muscles." My favourite quote of the series so far! This is a no holds barred chat about breaking free of exercise and diet dogma and the idea that perhaps, it's NOT all about the core. We delve deep and explore those grey areas existing between the 'non-diet' and other more traditional fitness spaces. Nik…
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Tanisha is a Habit forming health coach, a gym baddie and is currently in the process of officially becoming a naturopath! She has a passion for all things wellness and helping people become the best version of themselves. In this episode we talked a lot about how she grew up and how it wasn't until she really had the confidence to make her own dec…
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Send us a Text Message. "We've been taught to tune out and override our bodies' signals for SO long, we don't know what the f*ck our body is saying." This episode explores those grey areas. Those areas between anti-diet culture and fitness culture and asks the question, whether challenging ourselves and pushing for our fitness goals can still align…
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Send us a Text Message. Wow, this week's guest blew me away. Dr Charlotte Ord has featured extensively as a physical and mental health expert across television, radio and print media platforms and advocates a truly holistic approach to health and well-being that celebrates and respects body diversity. Charlotte is a chartered Counselling Psychologi…
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This week's guest is Stef Williams! She is a Toronto dancer, teacher and all around firecracker in my opinion. Stef’s professional dance career began with the NFL’s Miami Dolphin’s Cheerleaders and since then, she has worked with some of the industries most reputable artists such as Pitbull, Sean Paul, Marc Anthony, FloRida, Nelly Furtado, Don Omar…
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Send us a Text Message. Serious fan girl week here. Steph Gaudreau was a huge inspiration for me becoming a strength coach in the non diet space. She is passionate about women and young girls fuelling their bodies well, building strength and resilience, saying NO to shrinking their bodies and finally taking up space in the fitness industry, Steph G…
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Send us a Text Message. Today I am bringing you a conversation with the formidable Ban Hass, integrative psychotherapist and experienced fitness professional bridging the gap between physical well-being and mental health. Ban believes in a ‘health first’ approach to fitness and prioritises well-being over aesthetic results and physical transformati…
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Send us a Text Message. This week's guest is Kira Onysko. Kira and I bonded over our mutual love of Paul Rudd AND our work as trainers in the non diet space. Kira is a size inclusive personal trainer based in Ontario, Canada. After developing her own food & body image struggles due to mainstream fitness culture, she now promotes a body-neutral appr…
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Shots! Shots! Shots! Back again with a solo ep. This episode is more of a gab sesh. I dive a little deeper into my healing journey, what sparked it and how it affected other aspects of my life. Have you ever heard of the Saturn return? Well I also explain what that is and why it's important when it comes to levelling up your cosmic self. Do you eve…
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Send us a Text Message. This week we start by talking about the impact of one of America's most harmful TV experiments - The Biggest Loser. Specifically the impact of Jillian Michaels, the most aggressive, bullish and outspoken trainer on the show, who made a name for herself by encouraging a generation to eat less and move more and by shaming fat …
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