Mar 14, 2023
Welcome to Beyond The Mirror.
Since its inception, this podcast has been a daily
show. Revealing a short <10-minute snippet about nutrition,
fitness, mindset or behaviour change.
Over the years of it running, my personal values
have changed, my beliefs have changed, I've learned more knowledge,
and the podcast has followed this journey through several
certifications, many workshops and courses, and a ton of books and
research papers.
I feel this is the mark of an evidence-based
professional. One who can admit where they may have missed the
mark. And also able to accept new evidence and adjust their stance
where they believe it's right to do so.
And through this journey, I've come to realise
where I sit in the war between diet culture and anti-diet
culture.
I also believe there's definitely a middle ground
to strive for, where we take actions in line with our goals and
values. But where doing so is fuelled by OUR goals, not ones forced
upon us by societal norms.
This is what Beyond the Mirror will explore. What
is this messy middle? Is it ok to want to lose weight? If so, is it
possible? And why or why not? When might it be ok to track
calories? What's "diet culture" and what are health-based goals? Is
it ever ok to work on your body composition? If so, how? How do we
do so while developing our relationship with food and our
bodies?
I believe there's a big market here for the
health-focused individual who wants to become their healthiest and
fittest self but who doesn't want to get lost in restriction,
obsession and disordered eating.
I also wanted to be a bloke in the space discussing
body image struggles, disordered eating habits, struggles with
self-compassion and health-based goals, as there's still a lot of
stigma around men struggling with these issues.
And this podcast will explore it.
THE NEXT BIG CHANGE IS THAT IT WILL NO LONGER BE
DAILY.
In my desire to provide BIG value, I wanted to
provide short snippets of information.
However, this became INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT to keep
up with, and I found myself compromising value just to get an
episode out, this isn't something I want to continue doing.
I'm a firm believer that too much information
simply makes people more confused and stops them from taking action
- I don't want to add to that.
As such, this podcast will be pivoting to mostly a
WEEKLY SHOW, where I welcome a guest on to discuss intuitive
eating, disordered eating habits, body image, health-based goals,
diet culture and more.
Welcome!