Why You're Holding It Together All Day and Losing It With Food at Night
This week on One Body to Love, we’re exploring the deeply personal and often misunderstood relationship women have with food, particularly focusing on emotional eating and the pressures of caregiving. What feels like “losing control” is often the only place your body finally feels allowed to let go. This isn’t a discipline problem, it’s depletion. We’ll discuss how emotional suppression, over-responsibility and the pressure to be everything for everyone can lead to food becoming your only source of release. The conversation emphasizes that binging is not a failure of willpower but rather an emotional response. In this episode, you will hear:• 01:50 - The hidden cost of holding it all together and running on fumes.• 02:45 - Binging as a release and how your nervous system uses food to decompress.• 03:34 - A personal example of how parenting, daily stress, and exhaustion reduces emotional capacity for things like movement and self-care.• 05:27 - How your body responds when you continually ignore its emotional and physical signals and why it often turns to food.• 06:20 - The shame tied to rest, space, and food, and why we eat in secret when we can’t ask for what we need.• 07:00 - Prompts to reflect on your relationship with food: What if the eating that feels so chaotic or shameful is actually your body asking for connection? What if binge eating isn’t sabotage, but self-protection? • 07:25 - The approach inside One Body to Love and how healing begins by listening to what food behaviors are trying to expressIf food has become your only form of rest, comfort, or release, I hope this episode shows you a new way forward, with more compassion, capacity, and care. You don't have to keep carrying everything alone and you don't have to keep using food as your only outlet. Inside my One Body to Love program you’ll find everything you need to begin healing your relationship with food, with support every step of the way. If something from today’s episode resonated with you, send me a message on instagram! Until next time, be gentle with yourself. You deserve a life of peace with food and your body.One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Programhttps://meredithmackenzie.ca/intuitive-eating-programWebsite - www.meredithmackenzie.caInstagram - @ParallelWellnessFacebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/parallelwellnessYoutube @ParallelWellness
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Why Self-Control Isn’t the Answer to Food Freedom
You've read the books, you've followed the intuitive eating accounts, and you know dieting doesn't work. But somehow, you still find yourself standing in front of the fridge at 9:00p.m. asking “Why did I just do that again?” This week on One Body to Love, I'm diving into the gap between awareness and embodiment. I share real client stories, explain how physical and mental restriction create biological urgency, and reveal why safety, not willpower, is the missing piece in healing your relationship with food.In this episode, you will hear:• 01:25 - My personal journey with dieting, restriction, and realizing that following all the “rules” didn’t heal my relationship with food.• 03:28 - The Difference Between Knowing and Healing: Understanding the “why” doesn’t give you the “how.” True change happens when you learn to feel safe around food. • 05:25 - The reality of juggling demanding jobs, family, social lives, and health goals - and why so many women who try to eat "clean" still feel undernourished and disconnected to their body.• 06:00 - Biological Urgency: How your body responds to long periods without enough food, and why that drives powerful cravings.• 07:55 - The Myth of Willpower: Why white-knuckling your way through food cravings never works, and how restriction rooted in fear, control, or guilt leads to more binging.• 10:35 - Introducing the One-to-Eat Method: A simple pause to reconnect with your body’s actual needs• 14:25 - The powerful shift that happens when you stop trying to “earn” food and start trusting your body’s cues.Curious about what this journey could look like for you? Send me a DM on instagram with the word LOVE and I'll send you everything you need to get started. My One Body to Love program is here to help you break free from binge eating and find true peace with food. If you're enjoying the show, one of the best ways to show support me is by leaving a quick rating and review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you're listening. Your words help more women find this space and feel less alone. Until next time, be gentle with yourself. You deserve a life of peace with food and your body.Website - www.meredithmackenzie.caInstagram - @ParallelWellnessFacebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/parallelwellnessYoutube @ParallelWellness
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Beyond Vyvanse: How to Truly Heal Binge Eating with ADHD
You've probably heard the buzz, Vyvanse is being prescribed for both ADHD and binge eating. But is it truly a breakthrough solution or just another band-aid for a deeper problem? This Week on One Body to Love, I’m shedding light on the connection between ADHD and binge eating, sharing real stories, practical strategies, and a look at how Vyvanse fits into the picture. If you've ever struggled with emotional eating, late-night binges, and ADHD, this conversation is for you. Let's explore the real impact of ADHD on your eating habits and uncover ways to heal that go beyond medication.In this episode, you will hear:•01:25 - Jenna’s story: Living with undiagnosed ADHD and how binge eating became a coping mechanism.• 02:10 - How the link between ADHD and binge eating is more common than you might think.• 02:44 - Understanding ADHD’s impact on executive functioning and dopamine regulation, leading to impulsive eating patterns.• 04:20 - Vyvanse: How it works and its downside effects, like decreased appetite, anxiety, insomnia, and why binge eating is a survival response.• 06:10 - Strategies for combining medication with sustainable habits.• 07:00 This week’s journaling prompt to explore your own eating patterns when feeling overwhelmed or undernourished.Weekly Journaling Prompt:When during the day do I feel the most out of control with food? Am I underfeeding myself earlier in the day? How does my energy and focus fluctuate in relation to my eating habits? What's one small way I can nourish myself consistently this week, even if I'm not physically feeling hungry?If today's episode spoke to you, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Send me a message on Instagram and share what resonated most with you. If you’re ready to heal your relationship with food and receive compassionate support every step of the way, my One Body to Love program is here to help you break free from binge eating and find true peace with food. And if nighttime cravings are where you struggle most, download my free guide, Five Steps to End Binge Eating at Night. Until next time, be gentle with yourself. You deserve a life of peace with food and your body.Website - www.meredithmackenzie.caInstagram - @ParallelWellnessFacebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/parallelwellnessYoutube @ParallelWellness
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Eating in Secret, Living in Shame & What’s Really Driving Your Eating Patterns
This Week on One Body to Love we're diving into one of the most misunderstood aspects of wellness culture: the gray space between healthy eating and disordered eating. If you’ve ever skipped meals to “make up” for eating later, felt guilty for breaking food rules, or wondered why eating feels so emotionally loaded, I hope this episode will speak to you. I tell the story of a client who was stuck in a cycle of shame and obsession, and walk you through the differences between disordered eating and clinical eating disorders, and why both deserve compassion, healing, and support. In this episode, you will hear:• 00:23 - The question so many women silently ask: Is my eating disordered, or just disciplined?• 01:25 - A real-life client story: how shame and food rules quietly took over.• 02:45 - The continuum of eating behaviors and where disordered eating fits.• 04:30 - “Normal” habits that are actually harmful.• 05:45 - When disordered eating becomes a clinical diagnosis and how diet culture blurs the line.• 08:30 - Gentle reflection questions to help you check in with your food relationship.• 10:38 - This week’s journaling prompt and a reminder that you are not alone.Weekly Journaling Prompt:What food rules have I been following, consciously or unconsciously? When did I first start believing that my body needed to be controlled? What would it feel like to nourish myself without guilt or conditions?If this conversation resonated, I’d love to hear from you. DM me on Instagram @ParallelWellness. And if you’re ready for deeper support, One Body to Love program or my Food Freedom in a Weekend mini course are here to help you reclaim peace with food, for good.Website - www.meredithmackenzie.caInstagram - @ParallelWellnessFacebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/parallelwellnessYoutube @ParallelWellness
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Welcome to One Body To Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie
Welcome to One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie! In this first introduction episode of the podcast, I open up about a moment that was the beginning of setting me free from years of dieting, binge eating, and body shame. I share my personal journey from living in the exhausting gray zone between "healthy” and disordered eating, to becoming a binge eating therapist and intuitive eating coach and where we are today. This episode sets the foundation for everything to come: honest conversations from real women, expert insights, and compassionate guidance for anyone stuck in the cycle of food guilt and body distrust. Together, we’re rewriting the narrative! Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an upcoming episode each week, and share this podcast so we can continue to grow this beautiful community!In this episode you will hear:• 00:00 - The moment that changed everything for me and cracked open my healing journey.• 01:58 - Why the space between "healthy" and disordered eating is so much wider, and why so many women live there unnoticed.• 02:18 - What intuitive eating taught me about trust, compassion, and rebuilding a peaceful relationship with food.• 03:00 - The purpose behind One Body To Love: creating a safe, shame-free space for women in the "gray zone" of food struggles.• 3:54 - What you can expect from future episodes: real coaching sessions, expert interviews, and raw, unfiltered conversations.Website - www.meredithmackenzie.caInstagram - @ParallelWellnessFacebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/parallelwellnessYoutube @ParallelWellness
About One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie
One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie is a space for honest, unfiltered conversations about food relationships, body image, and the emotional journey to self-acceptance. Hosted by binge eating therapist and intuitive eating coach Dr. Meredith MacKenzie, this podcast dives deep into what it really takes to break free from the cycles of bingeing, restricting and food guilt, in order to finally feel at home in your body. With warmth, insight, and lived experience, this show offers connection and guided support for women who are tired of chasing perfection and ready to reconnect with themselves in a more meaningful way, free from outside pressures.Each week through solo episodes, guest interviews, and real-life coaching conversations, listeners are invited into real, grounded conversations. Ranging from topics of intuitive eating and binge eating recovery, to reclaiming your body, joyful movement, and navigating life in a culture obsessed with size. If you’ve ever whispered, “I don’t know what else to try,” One Body to Love will offer a new perspective, one rooted in compassion, curiosity, and sustainable change. Whether you’re in the thick of it or slowly finding your way forward, this is your reminder that healing is possible and you don’t have to do it alone.
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