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You want to eat well, but you also don't want to wait until you feel confident in your body to live your life. You've tracked calories endlessly in the past, you got obsessed or depressed or both. You want a better way to look after yourself without the toxic messaging of diet culture. Same, babe, same. Rachel Hunter is an evidence-based nutrition coach informed in body image work, tired of the status quo, and here to help. You want a good relationship with food and your body, and you want it to be delivered with a bit of banter? Good news, you're in the right place...
Episodes
81 episodes
Ep. 79 Should you change your relationship with being a loser? (I don't think you're a loser though)
When it comes to changing our behaviour, we often have high expectations of ourselves. And listen, fellow overachiever, I fully support you in your desire to do well and have high standards. HOWEVER, the expectation that nothing will ever go wr...
Ep. 78 Don't trust yourself around chocolate? Here's how to fix that
It's really common to feel a bit panicky around foods that you've restricted for so long, but you also feel frustrated that you know what to do, but you're just not doing it. Well, your relationship with food is often the bottleneck between wha...
Ep. 77 [HOT TOPICS] 'Strong not skinny' is a trash take (as someone who is strong and not at all skinny)
The strong vs. skinny debate is growing legs. I had a lovely follower on Instagram send me a DM asking my thoughts on another creator's video of 'strong vs. skinny. And as someone who is very much strong and not at all skinny, my views might ac...
EP. 76 Fat loss and improving your body image? Is that an oxymoron?
I rarely ever see anyone talking about the nuanced middle of improving your body image, and that you don't have to feel guilty for losing weight. In this episode, I break down a conversation that I had with one of my clients a few weeks ago bec...
Ep. 75 Do you *just* need some accountability?
We all do well with accountability, right? But you've had accountability in the past, like a nutritionist or a PT and then when you stopped seeing them, you weren't all that accountable to yourself, and then you felt like crap that all of your ...
Ep. 74 No need to panic about going off plan this Easter- listen for a practical guide
Logic has its limits when it comes to making us feel better about our behaviour. So hearing that 'a calorie is just a calorie' doesn't really make you feel any better about overdoing it on the Easter bunnies this weekend. Fear not, ...
Ep. 73 I'm not anti-diet BUT (lots of people missed the point when I talked about gaining weight, and losing it again)
Are you stuck in a cycle of healthy days, maybe even weeks and then 'fck it' days, weeks or even months? You know you 'should' be doing more to look after your health but you don't want to track calories or live and die by what the scale tells ...
HOT TOPICS Ep. 72 Manosphere, Misogyny & Body image OH MY!
I have had requests for my hot takes on the 'Inside the Manosphere' documentary, and who am I to say no? As a self-proclaimed admirer and lover of women, and have a fairly feminist world-view, I am here to provide my thoughts and op...
Ep. 71 Am I a hypocrite for talking about my weight as a body image coach?
Am I a hypocrite for talking about my weight as a body image coach? I'm sure some people would argue that I am. Listen to the episode and decide for yourself. We chat about why I gained weight and whether I spiral. Did I do it on purpose? Why d...
Ep. 70 Do you want practical tips to build your confidence? GOOD.
Confidence is something that we can all resonate with, right? Body image and relationship with food are two biggies, where we assume that it is something other people have and we do not. But in this episode, I chat about a couple of simple stra...
Ep. 69 Is reducing your snacking really that hard?
"I know what to do, so I should just be able to do it." But should you? As a nutrition coach who specializes in helping people with body image and disordered eating patterns, I hear this a lot from my clients. But the thing about eating behavio...
Ep. 68 HOT TOPICS Is an 'ADHD Coach' necessary support or a sales pitch? With Special Guest Michelle Carroll
ADHD is currently a hot topic, but if you have ADHD espeically if you're late-diagnosed, you don't feel so 'hot' about it, do you? I certainly didn't, anyway! And there is a growing trend in the fitness industry to talk about how their coaching...
Ep. 67 Your New Year’s Resolutions Haven't Gone to Plan? Good.
It's six months from now, you're no longer obsessing over food or watching the lettuce in the back of your veggie crisper go brown. Your New Year's Resolutions haven't gone to plan so far in 2026, but 'slipping up' is normal; giving up for days...
Ep. 66 You’re Not Failing at ‘Snacking Less’ You’re Stuck in a Pattern No One Explained
You have your shit together in every area of life, but you always feel like you could be snacking less? I unpack the hidden patterns behind emotional eating and snacking in a way that has nothing to do with shame or willpower, revolutionary, I ...
Ep. 65 I didn't want to work on my body image either...
It's really normal not to want to work on your body image, but it's often necessary to get the outcome that you desire. I certainly didn't realize that or know that or see the value in it, and yet I had to. In this episode, I go int...
Ep. 64 Facing something I can't ignore anymore: My Ignorance is NOT Bliss...
Making a hard decision that feels shit in the short-term, but ultimately you know is better for you in the long-term, is crap. And I'm going through that right now. If you don't want to feel alone in having to confront your own avoidance, give ...
Ep. 63 When 'Just do it" hasn't worked for your gym panic, what do you do instead?
It's January, the gyms are busy, and everyone seems to want some time on the equipment. But maybe you're not quite there right now, and you know you want to be, but the fact that it's going to be busy puts you off even more.
Ep. 62 Simplest ways to improve your nutrition without cutting out your favourite foods
Cutting out your favourite foods never worked anyway...so you probably need a better strategy. Give this episode a listen if you really want to improve what you eat and you don't want to lose your mind... Submit your ques...
Ep. 61 Avoid these mistakes so your 2026 Resolutions *actually* stick...
New Year's Resolutions can be really fun and a great way to get a fresh start to challenge yourself, but sometimes we feel like after years we've let ourselves down and we don't want to try anymore. This episode is for you if you fe...
Hot Topics Ep. 60 Ins/Out for 2026
What are your ins and outs for 2026? I love a new year for a refresh and a reset, putting some new goals in crosshairs, so here are my ins and outs for 2026 upon some reflection on 2025. I hope you enjoy, and if you want ...
Ep. 59 Don't 'start in January" [Eat, Drink, Be Merry not Stressy: Holiday Survival Guide Pt. 5]
We hear a lot of conflicting and somewhat crap advice in the run-up to Christmas about whether you should keep up your routine, "Christmas is just one day!!" or the opposite Just start again in January, screw it"; neither is particularly helpfu...
Ep. 58 "Are you sure you want to eat that?" Surviving holiday dramas [Eat, drink, be merry pt. 4]
It shouldn't be a thing that people are going to comment on your bodies, BUT they will, and here's a survival guide on how to make it through with your sanity intact.Why not have some phrasing handy and a guide to discernment of who to u...
Ep. 57 Screw you December merriment...[Eat, Drink, Be merry not stressy: Holiday Survival Guide pt. 3]
December is a crazy month. What can you do to make sure all of your progress and hard work doesn't go down the drain? How do you stop yourself from throwing it all away in the fck it bucket? Well, it's not impossible to survive Dece...
Ep. 56 You don't have to feel out of control around food [Eat, and be merry not stressy: Holiday Survival Guide Pt. 2]
Do you always panic about overeating going into the holidays? Yeah, that is pretty common! You are definitely not alone, but the thing is, what can we actually do about it? We're not in our usual routine; we often aren't the ones cooking. ...
Ep. 55 When the scale doesn't feel like 'just data' [Eat and be Merry, not Stressy: Holiday Survival Guide pt 1]
The scale jumping up doesn't have to ruin your festive season. Sounds wild, but it is possible. And tell anyone who says that the scale is 'just' data, that they're an idiot, and then send them this podcast. Why does the scale have ...