Welcome to Love Your Bod Pod, a podcast all about intuitive eating, female empowerment, body acceptance, and saying goodbye to diet culture. Cara Carin Cifelli is your host, she is a certified holistic health coach, breathwork facilitator, author, speaker, and food lover! Find her @caraskitchen on Instagram or www.caraskitchen.net Disclaimer* This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and does not substitute individual medical or mental health advice.
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Listen in as author Linda Sivertsen (aka Book Mama) brings together the world’s most beloved bestselling authors to chat about writing, publishing, deal-making, spirituality, activism, and the art of romancing creativity. Now streaming on American Airlines, these up-close conversations are a fan favorite, downloaded millions of times, and frequently profiled on “Best Podcast” lists (i.e., The Motley Fool’s “10 Best Podcasts for Women”) while gracing the "Popular Podcasts, Books" (formerly Li ...
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Rhonda Byrne & Kelly Noonan Gores: Their top secrets for birthing global bestsellers
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The magical duo of Rhonda Byrne & Kelly Noonan Gores are rounding out a bucket list week here at the Beautiful Writers Podcast. After years of dreaming, writing, podcasting, and, more recently, recording my latest book, the audiobook for Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams & Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors…
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Solo Pod: My published books woke me up at 3 am with intel they wanted us to know . . .
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What happens when your dream comes true after years of work? What happens when that dream twists into what feels like a career-killing nightmare? In this episode, I'm telling the truth like never before—solo, my first in nine years—and it's the most real, vulnerable, and perhaps ill-advised show I've ever done. Catch it quick before my Vulnerabilit…
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Dr. Jody Carrington: Self-Pub Superstars, Part 2
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I can't with this soulmate client. I'm pressed for words to share how much I love this woman, author, and communicator. I promise you've never met anyone like Dr. Jody Carrington. I call her Canada's Brené Brown (mixed with some Jerry Seinfeld), so that's close. But, well. Just see for yourself. When I met Jody at one of my Carmel retreats at the s…
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Hal Elrod: Self-Pub Superstars, Part 1 of 2
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Ever feel like you need a miracle to realize your big dreams? Let me introduce you to my miraculous client and friend Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning: The Not So Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life Before 8 AM. With over 3.5 million books sold, you'd think he'd have started with a top-five publisher. Instead, he launched a wor…
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Jenny Lawson & Laura Belgray, TMI Queens: The Art of the Overshare
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It's open books all the way with these two TMI queens and their no-holds-barred, hilarious ways. They're the perfect duo to break my 6-month hiatus from the show. What a hoot to be back with three-time New York Times best-selling memoirist Jenny Lawson (Broken, Furiously Happy, and Let's Pretend This Never Happened) and her blogtastic comedic twin,…
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#146 - 10 Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Recovery
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In this solo episode, I share 10 lessons learned from being in recovery for 10 years. Get Cara's new book: One Day at a Time Enroll in Food Body Soul - The Academy Self-Paced Course Enroll in Embodied Rebel Masterclass Find Cara Instagram TikTok Website
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#145 Mindset for Freedom with Fitness, Food & Body Image, and How to do IE with Health Conditions w/ Alana Van Der Sluys
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In this episode, I interview Alana Van Der Sluys from Freedom with Food and Fitness, a fellow coach and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. We talk about mindset work and how food is only as powerful/scary/dangerous as the story you tell yourself in your head and how lasting freedom with food, fitness and your body requires mindset work. We also …
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#144 Self Esteem, People Pleasing, ED & Substance Abuse Recovery with Trauma Therapist Emily @yourmentalhealthbff
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In this episode, I interview Emily, @yourmentalhealthbff, about her experience with drug-induced anorexia and the very common overlap of substance abuse and eating disorders. She tells her story of asking for help, choosing recovery, and going to a wilderness rehab (something I didn't know existed). She is a licensed Trauma Therapist, so I picked h…
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#143 BED Recovery, Overcoming Weight Stigma in Treatment, and Body Positive Fashion with Jaimie Weisberg
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In today's episode, I meet with Jaimie Weisberg, your body-positive bestie! She is a fashion queen on social media and a recovery advocate. We talk about her experience growing up, advocating for herself throughout treatment while facing weight stigma, and why recovery is worth it. Of course, we talk about fashion and how to not let the size of you…
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#142 The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying and How Thinking About the End of Your Life Can Help Your Recovery
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In this episode, I talk about a book I read last year titled "The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying" by Bonnie Ware and how thinking about the end of my life, not in a morbid way, but in a matter-of-fact way, has helped me face my fears and show up powerfully for my lie. I also read some old Instagram posts on this topic and talked about some reflections …
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#141 End Secret Binge Eating, Parts Work and IFS, Perfectionism, How to Stop Living in the Thin Dream with Sammy Harrison Gutt
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In this episode, I interview Sammy Harrison Gut, a binge-eating coach and previous client of mine. We explore topics including secret binge eating, how it is a coping mechanism for anxiety, how perfectionism shows up with food and weight, how parts work and IFS helped Sammy heal, and the difference my online course Embodied Rebel Masterclass made f…
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#140 What to Expect from the Recovery Process
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In this episode, I talk about the recovery process and how it happens in phases. Too many people try to rush the process or skip steps which ultimately slows them down and leaves them stuck. I share about my unique road to recovery and how, now, 13 years after making the powerful decision to work on recovery, I see things differently. Hindsight is …
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#139 It's not about the food, grieving the "thin dream", and YOUR questions answered by an Anti-Diet RD, w/ Genevieve Prushinski, MS, RD
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Today's podcast guest is Genevieve Prushinski, and HEAS-aligned, anti-diet Dietitian working at Balance Eating Disorder Treatment Center in NYC - one of the nation's best treatment centers. She answers questions from you that you submitted on Instagram! Topics we cover: - her personal experience with an ED and recovery process - grieving the thin d…
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#138 Breathwork to Calm Down & Reduce Anxiety
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Freaking out? Can't stop obsessing over something? Just had one of those days? This breathwork pattern is for you. My clients absolutely love this to help create a state of inner peace and calm the body down while giving the mind something else to focus on. I hope you love it. Let me know if you do. If you're interested in private breathwork with m…
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#137 Romanizing your ED, the overlap between religion & diet culture, motherhood & body image and so much more with Rachel Hills
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Today we are with Rachel Hills, and our conversation gets raw, real, and deep. And it's loooooong and juicy! We talk about all the things, including her religious upbringing and the overlaps with diet culture, her personal struggle with body image and food, motherhood, miscarriages, health struggles. We dive into shame and how underneath it is a be…
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Season 4 Trailer - Where I've Been, What I've Learned and What You Can Expect from the LYBP
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Welcome to season 4 of Love Your Bod Pod. Today I share where I've been, what I've learned and what you can expect from this season of the LYBP. Thank you so much for listening and being here! My Website Instagram TikTok
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Mark Manson: The subtle art of movie making & selling millions of books
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Three #1 New York Times bestsellers. Nearly twenty million books sold. One of the most popular self-development blogs in the world. What more could Mark Manson take on? As of this week, movie stardom. Suppose you're a fan of Mark'sThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (or his follow-up book, Everything's F*cked: A Book About Hope). In that case, I pr…
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How to Write a Book (& Actually Finish It!), a MarieTV Replay
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Marie Forleo is back on the show! HER show, actually. Say what? In a rare move for each of us, this is a replay of my recent appearance on MarieTV while touring for my latest book, Beautiful Writers. Since Marie and I LOVE this episode and 80% of the population say they want to write a book, we're doubling up to help you beat those odds. You can al…
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Pub Day Celebration! A Writer's Roundup w/ Martha Beck, Steven Pressfield, Elizabeth Lesser, & Aditi Khorana
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It's finally here! Pub Day for Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams & Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors. To celebrate this happy day, I invited a few of my fave writers to join me for a writer's roundup for good vibes as we talk about the things we did that WORKED. The details we want to remember to do next t…
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Zibby Owens & Silvia Vasquez-Lavado: Women on a Mission to Scale New Heights
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New York's # 1 book influencer, author, DAILY podcaster, and publisher, Zibby Owens, is here! Joining her is Peruvian mountaineer, humanitarian, and social entrepreneur, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first openly gay woman to climb Everest and all seven summits (who happens to be one of Zibby's favorite writers). Welcome to another literary love-fest!…
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Feeling better in your body is not determined by your weight - I explain why and how in this episode and give you 10 practical tips ad action items you can start implementing RIGHT NOW to feel better. Find Cara and learn about FBS The Retreat FBS-The Retreat Instagram
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#135 Connecting to Your Inner Child Meditation
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Inner Child work plays a powerful role in healing your relationship with food and your body because many of our earliest experiences of Diet Culture, body shame, trauma or feelings of not being enough/loveable, etc. happened in childhood. Those experiences impact how we relate to food and our body. Use this meditation to connect to your inner child…
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Danielle LaPorte & Book Mama Pod Reunion, Post Deadline Truth Tellin’
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We’ve missed you, Danielle LaPorte & me! Our season of book delivery kicked our asses. (How to Be Loving for Danielle and Beautiful Writers for me, both available now for preorder.) But that’s what it takes, often, to create our best work. So, since we know we’re not alone in this endeavor to leave a legacy, we’re back together to dish, deal, and l…
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#134 Heal Your Relationship with Exercise & Movement with Anti-Diet Personal Trainer Rachel Bass
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In this episode, we talk with Rachel Bass, an NYC-based Anti-Diet personal trainer about exercise and movement! If you want to learn how to have an intuitive joyful relationship with movement and want to learn to separate weight loss from it so you're freer to move in ways that feel good, this episode is for you. Find Rachel: @NoLongerDieting on bo…
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#133 You Deserve Clothes That Fit. Fashion from an Anti-Diet Lens with Dacy Gillespie @mindfulcloset
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In today's episode, we talk with Dacy Gillespie, an online personal stylist, about the messages that we have received about what we "should" and "shouldn't" wear based on our body, age, and weight so we can unpack them and connect more to our authentic style and self-expression. Clothing plays a big role in our body image and healing journey, so I …
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#131 Real Talk: You Do Not Need to Lose Weight to be Your Happiest with Natalie Sanchez Alvarez
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This week, we talk with former FBS - The Academy + Retreat student, Natalie about her 15 year-long struggle with food and her body image, and her journey to healing & her happiest life ever! Topics We Cover: Extreme restriction & over-exercising Binge eating & eating in secret The pressure her parents put on her to lose weight The many areas of her…
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#130 Breathwork for Emotional Eating (How to Feel Your Feelings)
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If you identify as an emotional eater, or someone who eats their feelings, you might not be sure how to actually feel your feelings, this breathwork practice will show you how to feel & process your emotions. I do not see emotional eating as a problem, rather I see it as a check-engine light, inviting you to look under the hood so you can learn mor…
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Today, I want to talk to those of you that really want peace and freedom with food and know that you need healing, but you are still hanging on pretty tightly to the desire to lose weight. This is for you. Find Cara: Instagram Apply for a Discovery Call to learn about Food Body Soul - The Academy
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#128 Fitness Culture, ED Recovery, Self Love & Investing in Yourself with Mark Jelkovsky of Mary's Cup of Tea
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Today we are joined by Mary's Cup of Tea! Not only do we explore her eating disorder and recovery journey, dropping in helpful tips along the way, but we also go deep into the power of in-person retreats & investing in yourself and Mary opens up about her woo-woo, spiritual side as well. Get ready to learn her Self-Love Formula, her journey to empo…
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#127 Overcoming Fear in Recovery & Finding Freedom from Binge Eating with Maren Hunt
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Today, we interview Maren Hunt, a Certified Intuitive Eating Coach about her personal recovery journey from a 20-year struggle with her relationship with food, her body, and herself and how she now helps others do the same as a coach. She shares several practical tips and strategies for overcoming fear, breaking food rules, body image healing, and …
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#126 Breathwork for Connecting to Your Body (Body Wisdom)
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Dieting disconnects us from our bodies. If you struggle to listen to your body, know when you're hungry, full, in need of rest or movement, or if you've been at war with your body and are ready to get on the same team, this practice is for you. 0-4:33mins: Intro and explanation of the breath practice 4:35mins: Breathwork Practice Do not do this whi…
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#125 How to Stop Eating Your Feelings & Instead Feel Your Feelings with Goodwin Hope
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Today, we interview Goodwin Hope, a health coach, and breathwork facilitator. If you are someone who feels like you constantly eat your feelings this one is for you! We talk about emotions, feelings, somatic work, confidence, and healing through the body. Find Goodwin: insta: @goodwinhope_ goodwinhope.com Find Cara: @caraskitchen Website Join the B…
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#124 The 6 Types of Restriction that Lead to Binge Eating
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Restriction leads to binge eating. But I often hear people say "I'm not dieting, I no longer restrict but I am still binge eating!" If you've ever said that or felt like that, then it's likely that you are still struggling with one or more of the 6 types but you might be unaware of it. Check out this podcast if you're struggling with binge eating a…
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#123 Periods, Cravings, Hormones, Birth Control & DIET CULTURE with Maddie Miles
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Today we have an interview with Maddie Miles. We talk all things hormones, periods, cravings, birth control, seed cycling, cycle syncing, and shitty advice from diet culture that messes us up! Plus why we think we need men's birth control instead of placing all the responsibility on women. Find Maddie: @themaddiemiles @peace.love.hormones Find Cara…
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Patricia Cornwell & Tosca Lee: Thrilled to Death & Destiny
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Spooky smart. Miraculously mystical. Devilishly delightful. Listen in as two prolific bestselling thriller authors, Patricia Cornwell (over 100 million copies sold) and Tosca Lee (award-winning NYT bestseller), sweeten up our Halloween with this perfectly low-cal, high magic treat. And I'm not just throwing the M-word around. The true tales shared …
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#122 Restriction for Medical/Health Issues and Binge Eating with Kirsten Ackerman, The Intuitive RD
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In today's episode, we talk extensively about restriction and binge eating specifically as it relates to medical and health issues, including PCOS, Diabetes, IBS, Weight Loss Surgery, and more. This is in response to my viral TikTok video about the 4 types of restrictions that lead to binge eating. If you have health issues or medical reasons to re…
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#121 Life is Hard. Which Version of Hard Will You Choose?
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Hard things are inescapable. But some hard things lead to suffering, depression, anxiety, and a life you don't love. Other hard things lead to liberation, expansion, evolution, and a life you love. So which version of hard will you choose? In this episode, we explore choosing the hard thing that leads to freedom and a breakthrough on the other side…
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Jenny Lawson & Martha Beck: Seriously Funny + Broken (in the best possible way)
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Today's a very good day! This Book Mama is giddyhappy. Since meeting Jenny Lawson over five years ago, I've ached to have her on the Beautiful Writers Podcast, and it's finally happened on this, my post-book-delivery return to the show. After taking months off, I couldn't be more excited to be back with this literary lovefest! Jenny, who's on tour …
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