Are you a health practitioner that’s ready to uplevel your practice? What we know about how to change and heal is shifting. I want you to be a part of this change. I’m hosting a live SMART Goals: How they Sabotage Eating and Exercise Goals Workshop that involves a paradigm-shifting approach to ...
Reimagining Food and the Body: Ali’s Reflections as a 30 Year Cancer Survivor
Download the transcript (PDF) In this special Insatiable podcast episode, I celebrate a major milestone: 30 years as a cancer survivor. I’ll share how what resolved my acne, depression, IBS, infertility, and out of control eating was learning how to redefine health beyond losing weight and ...
Body discomfort caused by a values gap: The Next Step
This post was in response to an overwhelming "I so GET THIS" reaction from my community. You can read part 1 here. The response from my "where I've been" email was incredible. I sooo appreciate how many of you replied, “I feel this.” With this touching a nerve, I wanted to offer the next step ...
A personal update + 30 year cancer anniversary Qs?
I started this email to you in May. I wanted to explain my absence. Especially when I have so much I can support you with. But then daycare closed again. And again. And our beloved Coffee developed eye ulcers. And it was a time of “when it rains it pours” with house stuff. And then my ...
The Confidence to Make Some Noise (with or without botox) with Andrea Owen – Insatiable Season 12, Episode 7
Download the transcript (PDF) Confidence is foundational to satiation or as Andrea defines satiation, fulfillment. Too often, we think confidence comes from weight loss, in a bottle promising beauty or is something we are born with. The good news is confidence is a skill-set and involves as ...
Reclaiming Body and Self-Trust with Kristin Leslie – Insatiable Season 12, Episode 6
Download the transcript (PDF) We live in a world that teaches us to battle our bodies. Fight your hunger. Battle your weight. The war on mental health. This omnipresent battle narrative makes it appear natural and the only choice is to battle our bodies. Is there another way? Yes. In ...
The Art of Falling Apart with Serena Ryder – Insatiable Season 12, Episode 5
Download the transcript (PDF) Platinum-selling artist Serena Ryder had her worst fear come true when she ended up in a mental hospital. Her recent album, The Art of Falling Apart, invites listeners to join her mental wellness journey and helps us understand the importance of sitting ...
I Want *to Want* to Eat Healthy with Ali Shapiro – Insatiable Season 12, Episode 4
Download the transcript (PDF) Did being gluten-free used to feel easy and now it feels depriving? Or maybe you’re burned out and getting back in shape sounds great but feels too much. Or like me recently, you’re on a roll and then you fall off track. To the untrained eye, there’s a ...
What is enough food? exercise? weight loss?
When I battled my weight as a teenager, I came up with various goal weights. I'm not sure how I decided on them, other than I thought they were "good" weights. I'd reach these goals and think, I need to lose 10 more pounds. There never seemed to be enough weight loss. As I got into my mid-20s ...
The Role “Enough” Has in our Food and Body Healing with Kimberly Ann Johnson – Insatiable Season 12, Episode 3
Download the transcript (PDF) In her new book, Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken our Own Power and Use it for Good, Kimberly Ann Johnson gives us the critical language to understand our nervous system and why this matters for us to heal trauma and feel enough. An important ...