In this session, we examine how diet culture has shaped the food and eating rules you’ve internalized—and how those rules have fractured your connection with your body.
We’ll name the harm: the guilt, shame, and self-doubt that arise when eating is governed by external control rather than internal cues.
You’ll begin to recognize these limiting beliefs in real time and gently question their authority.
From there, we open space to dismantle what no longer serves you and begin restoring a more compassionate, trusting relationship with your body.

In this session, we explore how fitness culture reinforces the belief that more is always better—more intensity, more discipline, more effort—and how this “never enough” mindset disconnects us from our bodies.
We’ll examine the pressure to move for optimization, longevity, and “super-aging,” and how these messages can quietly fuel both overexertion and avoidance.
Together, we’ll name the very real pull toward exercise addiction on one end and exercise resistance on the other—both understandable responses to a culture that moralizes movement.
From there, we begin to untangle from rigid expectations and explore a more compassionate, responsive relationship with movement that honors your body, not just performance.

In this session, we explore how ageism, weight stigma, and our culture’s body hierarchy don’t just shape beliefs—they impact your nervous system.
You’ll gain a foundational understanding of what it means to feel regulated versus dysregulated, and how body shame lives not just in thoughts, but in your body.
We’ll connect the dots between cultural messages about aging and bodies and the activation of stress, vigilance, and disconnection.
From there, you’ll begin to recognize your own nervous system responses and explore gentle ways to support regulation as you untangle from shame and reconnect with your body.

In this session, we begin actively mending your relationship with your body by reconnecting with its cues—hunger, appetite, and fullness—as signals to listen to rather than control.
We’ll explore the very real and understandable barriers to this reconnection, especially in a culture that has taught you to override your body.
You’ll be introduced to the practice of consent with your own body—learning to notice, honor, and respond rather than push or ignore.
Grounded in self-compassion, this week supports a shift toward body respect that is relational, responsive, and sustainable.

In this session, we shift toward caring for your body in ways that support vitality in midlife and beyond—without falling into deprivation or restriction.
We’ll explore an additive approach to nourishment, focusing on consistently and adequately meeting your body’s needs rather than trying to control or shrink your body.
Together, we’ll gently untangle from the hype and fear-based messaging of longevity and menopause influencers that can make your body feel like a problem to solve.
This week invites a steadier, more grounded way of nourishing yourself—rooted in respect, sufficiency, and trust.

In this session, we reimagine movement as a source of embodiment, pleasure, and connection—not a tool for control or self-improvement.
We’ll explore how fitness culture has shaped both over-exercise and exercise resistance, and why both are understandable responses to pressure and perfectionism.
You’ll be invited to experiment with movement that feels more responsive, social, and joyful, rather than prescriptive or performance-driven.
This week is about rediscovering movement as something you can experience in your body—not something you do to it.

We’ll bring our eight weeks together into your everyday life, exploring how to stay connected to body respect when diet culture, ageism, and old patterns inevitably arise. You’ll identify practices that help you return to yourself, consider what it means to treat your body as your life partner rather than your life’s project, and imagine what you want to make more room for when body shame takes up less of your mental and emotional energy.