Shoulders Down

Being in touch with your body’s cues is one of the central pieces of intuitive eating. But what if, when asking your body “what are you craving?” you hear crickets… 
In this episode, Leah helps you think through how to actually figure out what you’re craving. 
She covers several practical tips you can implement immediately to help guide you towards what you’re body is asking for.
👉 ENROLL IN WHAT TO EAT, a workshop on August 10th, 2026

Mentioned In This Episode:
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More From Leah:
📚Download your free Intuitive Eating Starter Pack
Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Subscribe to Leah's Youtube Channel
Subscribe to my personal Substack
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
Send me a voice message on Speakpipe
Email me: Leah@leahkernrd.com
🍽️ Are you overwhelmed by figuring out what to eat without the structure of diet rules? Enroll in our upcoming live workshop, WHAT TO EAT, on August 10th @ 3pm PT. Use code PODCAST at checkout to get $7 off.

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Chelsea Levy, MS, RDN, a weight-inclusive dietitian specializing in eating disorders, PCOS, diabetes, and endocrine-related conditions.
Chelsea shares her personal journey from chronic dieting and weight cycling to discovering intuitive eating while studying to become a dietitian. Together, Leah and Chelsea explore the realities of living in a weight-centric world, the impact of weight stigma on healthcare and body image, and why body respect can sometimes be a more accessible goal than body love.
They also discuss body image grief, the challenges of navigating medical spaces in larger bodies, and how self-compassion can help us move toward a more peaceful relationship with ourselves.
You'll hear about:
Chelsea's experience with chronic dieting and weight cycling
How discovering intuitive eating changed her relationship with food and body
What it means to practice weight-inclusive care
Why body image healing often involves grief
What the medical industry is getting wrong about PCOS and diabetes recommendations
The difference between body positivity, body neutrality, and body respect
More From Chelsea Levy:
Website: https://chelsealevynutrition.com
Instagram: @chelsealevynutrition
More From Leah:
📚Download your free Intuitive Eating Starter Pack
Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Subscribe to Leah's Youtube Channel
Subscribe to my personal Substack
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
Send me a voice message on Speakpipe
Email me: Leah@leahkernrd.com
🍽️ Are you overwhelmed by figuring out what to eat without the structure of diet rules? Enroll in our upcoming live workshop, WHAT TO EAT, on August 10th @ 3pm PT. Use code PODCAST at checkout to get $7 off.

In this solo episode, Leah talks about why it can feel so hard to figure out what to eat when you’re coming from a history of dieting.
She outlines some of the main obstacles she sees clients running into, and then offers a solution for how to transition into intuitive eating without feeling like you’re free falling.
She gets into:
Why figuring out what to eat is likely a muscle you haven’t strengthen
How loosing the structure of dieting can feel destabilizing and overwhelming.
The obstacle of knowing what sounds good but not knowing how to reconcile that with what would feel good in your body.
The missing nutrition education necessary to be able to make informed eating decisions.
A brand new tool Leah created to give you gentle structure in figuring out what to eat, without rigid diet rules.

👉 ENROLL IN WHAT TO EAT, a workshop on August 10th, 2026

More From Leah:
📚Download your free Intuitive Eating Starter Pack
Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Subscribe to Leah's Youtube Channel
Subscribe to my personal Substack
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
Send me a voice message on Speakpipe
Email me: Leah@leahkernrd.com
🍽️ Are you overwhelmed by figuring out what to eat without the structure of diet rules? Enroll in our upcoming live workshop, WHAT TO EAT, on August 10th @ 3pm PT. Use code PODCAST at checkout to get $7 off.

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Ragen Chastain, speaker, researcher, board-certified patient advocate, and leading voice in the fields of weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare.
Ragen shares her personal journey from years of chronic dieting and an eating disorder to becoming a weight-inclusive health advocate. She explains what happened when she conducted an extensive review of the weight loss literature and discovered that the evidence did not support many of the claims she had been taught to believe.
Together, Leah and Ragen explore the intersection of weight science, healthcare, and stigma, unpacking why weight-inclusive care is an evidence-based approach and how weight-centered healthcare can create harm for patients in larger bodies.
You’ll hear about:
Ragen's experience with dieting, weight cycling, and eating disorder recovery
Common misconceptions about weight science and healthcare
The impact of weight stigma on patient care
How Ragen became involved in fat activism and weight-inclusive healthcare advocacy
What healthcare providers often get wrong about weight and health
The growing influence of GLP-1 medications and how they are being marketed
More From Ragen:
Newsletter: Weight and Healthcare
Health at Every Size® Health Sheets
Blog: Dances With Fat
Instagram: @ragenchastain
More From Leah:
📚Download your free Intuitive Eating Starter Pack
Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program
Join my self-paced course, The Return
Subscribe to Leah's Youtube Channel
Subscribe to my personal Substack
Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rd
Visit my website to learn more about my coaching offerings
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.
Send me a voice message on Speakpipe
Email me: Leah@leahkernrd.com
🍽️ Are you overwhelmed by figuring out what to eat without the structure of diet rules? Enroll in our upcoming live workshop, WHAT TO EAT, on August 10th @ 3pm PT. Use code PODCAST at checkout to get $7 off.

In this episode, I respond to and unpack some of the most common comments I received after the viral Jillian Michaels vs. Body Positivity debate video was published.
I’ll be honest: it took me a long time to record this episode. Reading through hostile and misinformed comments is unpleasant. But I ultimately decided this conversation was worth having, because the comments reveal deep misunderstandings about weight, health, and what ethical nutrition care actually looks like.
In this episode, I cover:
Why I said that I believe its unethical to encourage  weight los ( and how this differs from judging people who choose to pursue weight loss.
The flawed assumption that a dietitian’s role is to control someone’s body size
Why weight is not a measure of health
The criticism I received from fellow dietitians and why this hurt the most
Mentioned in the episode:
Behind the Scenes of the "Jillian Michaels vs Body Positivity" Debate with Edie Stark
We Watched The Jillian Michaels Debate Back... And Had Thoughts with Edie Stark
Unpacking the Viral Jubilee Body Positivity Debate with Marcy Guevara
You're Not Wrong For Desiring Weight Loss
 5 Reasons Why Your Weight Doesn't Determine Your Health
🍽️ Are you overwhelmed by figuring out what to eat without the structure of diet rules? Enroll in our upcoming live workshop, WHAT TO EAT, on August 10th @ 3pm PT. Use code PODCAST at checkout to get $7 off.