Ali is the host of the top-ranked podcast Insatiable, a holistic nutritionist, integrated health coach, and rebel with a serious cause.
She’s academically, practically, and empathetically aware of how the medical system, diet culture, and body positivity movements all have their own flavor of crazy.
Ali developed TRUCE while in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, where she drew from her 17+ years of working with real life clients and her own personal healing journey from emotional eating and having cancer as a teenager.
Ali’s work and clients’ unique success has been featured in well + Good, mindbodygreen, Prevention, Women’s Health and Forbes, as well as industry leading podcasts Being Boss, Tell Me Something True, and Food Heaven.
Show notes:
- |01:06| Discussing the potential reasons for food battles and promoting sustainable health habits.
- |03:58| People who struggle with weight and emotional eating DO want to change their relationship with food.
- |09:09| Individualized meal plans based on personal needs can aid adult behavior change.
- |10:57| Focus on true health, not just weight loss.
- |15:01| Struggling with body image postpartum.
- |16:15| Helping individuals overcome shame and fear through a unique weight loss journey.
- |21:08| Focus on supplements rather than drugs.
- |22:51| The importance of prioritizing healthy food on a budget.
- |28:00| Coaches need to address trauma and shame in clients.
- |30:09| Why coaches must understand their own fears and not impose them on clients.
