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The Anti Diet Life

The Anti Diet Life

Leah Hortin 73 Episodes Jun 11, 2025

Join host Leah Hortin, an anti-diet health coach and intuitive eating counselor, as she challenges diet culture and promotes intuitive eating, body acceptance, and health at every size. The podcast provides tools to overcome toxic diet mentality and adopt a weight-neutral approach to wellness. Listeners can connect with Leah on Instagram and be part of a movement towards a more liberated and balanced lifestyle.

Episodes

74. Functional Nutrition for Digestive and Autoimmune Health with Christina Stapke Jun 11, 2025 00:30:54 In this episode, I’m joined by Christina Stapke, a Registered Dietitian and functional nutrition expert who brings a refreshing, non-restrictive approach to healing. Christina shares her personal journey of navigating digestive issues, fatigue, and hormonal imbalance—and how it led her to functional nutrition without falling into diet culture traps. We talk about how to shift out of a fear-based m
73. The Forever Meal Plan Jun 4, 2025 00:20:44 Ever feel like you don’t have time to meal plan? In this solo episode, I’m sharing why I don’t have time NOT to meal plan—and how creating a “forever meal plan” has saved me tons of time, energy, and stress during the workweek. I walk you through the simple systems I’ve built to make meal planning take just 7 minutes (yes, really), including how I use meal kits, a go-to meal list, batch cooking, a
72. Exhausted, Anxious, and Over It? Let’s Talk with Colleen Kurtz May 28, 2025 00:38:19 In this episode, I’m joined by Colleen Kurtz—Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional—who specializes in helping burnt-out moms ditch fatigue and anxiety without falling into diet culture traps. We talk about why exhaustion, brain fog, and low energy aren’t personality flaws or just “part of motherhood,” but
71. What to Do When You’re Freaking Out About Weight Gain May 21, 2025 00:26:29 In this episode, I’m sharing what it looks like to stay grounded when weight gain brings up old fears or negative self-talk. Yes—even as a body image coach, I still experience moments of discomfort. I recently sized up in clothes (including a bathing suit!) and felt some of that internalized fatphobia creep in. But instead of spiraling into shame or dieting, I talk myself down with compassion, cur
69. The Queer Side of Body Image with Liza Katsman May 7, 2025 00:43:23 In this powerful episode, I’m joined by Liza Katsman—ICF-Certified Life and Leadership Coach, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and queer-inclusive practitioner—for a conversation that goes far beyond the basics of body image. Liza shares her early struggles with food insecurity, body shame, and bulimia, and how healing her relationship with food became deeply intertwined with learning to trus
68. Body Confidence with Jemma Haythorne Apr 30, 2025 00:41:48 In this fun and fire-filled episode, Leah chats with Confidence Coach and certified hype girl Jemma Haythorne about what body confidence really means—and spoiler alert: it’s not just about loving your body in the mirror. Jemma shares her personal journey from deep body shame to fierce self-love, and why confidence isn’t something you’re born with, it’s something you build.They dive into why you sh
67. Honoring Your Health with Amy Slabaugh Apr 23, 2025 00:38:33 In this episode of The Anti Diet Life, I’m joined by Amy Slabaugh, a registered dietitian nutritionist who specializes in gut health and Intuitive Eating. We dive deep into Principle #10: Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition—what it actually looks like, why it’s often misunderstood, and how to approach it without slipping back into diet mentality. Amy shares powerful insights on why nutrition i
66. Joyful Movement with Jill Monico Apr 16, 2025 00:48:33 In this episode of The Anti Diet Life, I’m joined by Jill Monico, a fitness coach and newly certified Intuitive Eating Counselor with over 15 years of experience helping women feel strong and confident in their bodies—without falling into the traps of diet culture. After a 35-year struggle with dieting and body image, Jill shares how she reclaimed movement as a joyful, compassionate practice and n
65. Body Respect with Gillian Hood Apr 10, 2025 00:44:31 In this episode, I’m joined by Gillian Hood, a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, to dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #8: Respect Your Body. Gillian shares her personal journey with binge eating disorder and how it led her to study exercise physiology, shifting her perspective on movement and body respect. We explore what it truly means to respect your bod
64. Coping with Emotions with Kindness (instead of food!) with Dean Smith Apr 2, 2025 00:36:51 In this episode, we dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness. Joining me is Dean Smith, a holistic mental health expert with over 30 years of experience in trauma-informed healing. Dean shares his personal journey with anxiety, social anxiety, and emotional eating, shedding light on how food became a coping mechanism for his struggles with a stutter and learni
63. Challenging Food Police with Jenna Talleda Mar 26, 2025 00:39:08 In this episode, I sit down with Jenna Talleda, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, to tackle the ever-present food police—those critical voices, both internal and external, that dictate what, when, and how we should eat. With 16 years of experience in nutrition counseling and a personal journey of overcoming chronic dieting and food guilt, Jenna shares how identifying
62. Feel Your Fullness with Kate Foutz Mar 19, 2025 00:33:47 In this episode of The Anti Diet Life, I sit down with therapist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Kate Foutz to dive into Intuitive Eating Principle #5: Feel Your Fullness. Kate shares her personal journey from a lifetime of dieting to discovering intuitive eating, including how a skin condition led her to finally break free from restriction. We explore why so many struggle with feeling fu

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