Naomi Katz & Sadie Simpson Podcasts

Next week will mark two years since we published the first episode of Satisfaction Factor! In that first episode, we introduced ourselves, told you our origin stories, and generally gave you the low down on who we are, what we do, and what we believe in. So in this week's episode, we're celebrating our podcast-iversary by reintroducing ourselves! W…

This week, we’re talking to Jessi Kneeland about body neutrality & their new book, Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues! Jessi Kneeland (they/them) is a coach, writer, and speaker dedicated to helping people overcome the suffering associated with body anxiety, insecurity, and negativity, and to improve their relations…

This week we’re talking all about body diversity! We realized that we use this term frequently, but we’ve never talked about what it is, why it matters, or how you can start cultivating an appreciation for it. So that’s exactly what we’re doing in this episode! We had a great conversation, including: What body diversity is (and how bodies are like …

This week, we’re talking to Jenna Jozefowski about diet culture in dance spaces... and so much more! Jenna Jozefowski helps active women learn to lift and get strong with equal parts challenge and compassion. She is a certified personal trainer & kettlebell instructor, Trauma Informed Weightlifting coach, dance teacher, yoga teacher, and semi-retir…

This week, we’re talking to Melanie Losacco about embodiment practices for fat folks! Melanie (she/hers) draws on her lived experience as a fat person as well as her professional background as a trauma informed somatic coach to help fat folx become more embodied. Outside of work she fills her days mom-ing, laughing with friends, binging trashy tv a…

[This week's episode is a replay because we're on vacation/having surgery! But we'll be back on July 26th with a brand new episode for you!] This week, we're deconstructing the common diet culture concepts of authority, discipline, and accountability. In particular, we're looking at: what systems are being upheld by these concepts how these concept…

This week, we’re talking to Vivian Selles about yoga as a path to body liberation in eating disorder recovery and beyond! Vivian Selles is an experienced registered yoga teacher and Yoga Alliance continuing education provider. Yoga is action, and Vivian cultivates positive change in the yoga community through her practice and teachings. Vivian’s in…

CW: medical weight stigma, BMI, bariatric surgery, and some discussion of restrictive post-surgical diets Last month, Naomi had a really difficult medical experience, and when she shared about it on Instagram, she got a lot of responses from people saying how helpful it was to hear how she navigated it. Unfortunately, experiences like these are way…

This week, we're busting 5 common anti-diet myths! In this episode we're talking about why being anti-diet definitely doesn't mean: Completely cutting out “diet” foods Avoiding workouts Hating fruits & veggies Always eating dessert Or always choosing to wear a bikini. Instead, we're breaking down what it really means to be anti-diet, and what quest…

This week, we're talking about all about the ways that conversations about financial freedom often overlap with conversations about food freedom, and how we can apply our anti-diet lens to our financial conversations. We had a great conversation, including: The way the privilege in conversations about financial freedom mirrors the privilege in conv…

This week, we’re talking about a very hot topic that has been requested of us multiple times - the weight loss drugs Ozempic & Wegovy (plus a little bit about Mounjaro & Saxenda)! Note: We are not registered dietitians, or doctors, or medical providers of any type, and this podcast does not constitute medical advice! Instead, this episode is more o…

We've done several episodes now where we deconstruct diet culture language, but this week, we wanted to take a look at some phrases we see in anti-diet spaces that can actually still be upholding some diet culture ideals. In this episode, we're talking about the problems with how the concepts of moderation, food freedom, and health get used in anti…

This week, just in time for Passover, we’re talking to Asher M. Seruya, LMSW, a gender-queer social worker, psychotherapist, and illustrator specializing in trauma-informed care, weight-stigma, and eating disorder recovery. They have a special focus within their eating disorder work on Jewish identity, neurodivergent conditions, fatness, and queern…

This week, we’re talking to Ragen Chastain, a speaker, writer, researcher, Board Certified Patient Advocate, multi-certified health and fitness professional, and thought leader in weight science, weight stigma, health, and healthcare. Utilizing her background in research methods and statistics, Ragen has brought her signature mix of humor and hard …

This week, we're deconstructing 5 more common phrases that perpetuate diet culture. In this installment, we're covering: "I have to exercise for X minutes for it to count/Only X counts as exercise." "I've been bad." "Off the wagon" "Strong is the new skinny." "I exercise so I can eat/drink X" We're breaking down the ways these phrases can cause har…

This week, we’re talking to Pam Luk, founder of Ember & Ace, an athletic wear brand for plus size kids. Growing up playing sports, Pam learned firsthand the importance of finding active wear that fits. Not finding it is one of the main reasons kids quit sports. Pam launched Ember & Ace exclusively for plus size kids with a focus on comfort and perf…

It's the first week of February, which means we're right at the time when almost 70% of folks will give up on their new year's resolutions....not because they lack willpower or dedication, but because the goals they set for themselves were simply not sustainable. So if you're one of the many people who might be reassessing the movement routine you …

*Content Warning: This week's episode contains use of the O-word, as well as discussion of weight loss surgery.* Earlier this month, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new guideline document containing weight loss recommendations for children as young as two years old. So this week, we are talking to Anna Lutz, MPH, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S abou…

*Content Warning: This week's episode contains references to sexual assault.* This week, we’re talking to Dr. Hortencia Jimenez. Dr. Jimenez is from huichol ancestry, she was born in the Sierra Madre in the state of Nayarit, Mexico and immigrated to the United States with her paternal grandmother and aunt. She holds a BA, MA, and Ph.D in Sociology …

This week, we’re talking to Debra Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT. Debra has helped hundreds of women heal their relationship with food, eating, and their bodies in her 35-year career as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist specializing in the prevention and treatment of disordered eating. Debra brings her wisdom, passion, and lived experience to the …

ICYMI, last month the New York Post published an article claiming that the worst fashion trend of the 1990s & 2000s was making a comeback - heroin chic. If you lived through this the first time, you probably recall how damaging & shaming this trend was, and you might have felt more than a little traumatized by seeing this headline pop up. So this w…

Get ready for our spiciest episode yet! In this week's episode we're breaking down all the problematic details of Beachbody's recent announcement that it will be rebranding as BODi and taking a more "body positive" approach. Spoiler alert: It's definitely still a diet company & an MLM! In this episode we're diving into what's really behind this reb…

If you're dreading the diet & body talk at your holiday family gatherings, you're not alone! Even if we are really good at having these conversations with friends, acquaintances, professionals, or co workers, having these conversations with family can feel way more loaded than it does in other contexts. In this episode we're discussing why diet & b…

Despite the fact that Intuitive Eating is absolutely not a weight loss program, most people come into the practice holding out the hopes that they will lose weight. And that's okay! And because of how common this is, we wanted to dedicate an episode to addressing the nuances of why weight loss and Intuitive Eating don't go together, and why it's im…

This week, we’re talking to Jessie Mundell (she/her). Jessie has over 15 years experience in exercise coaching and personal training for people who are pregnant, newly postpartum, and parents. She is a registered Professional Kinesiologist and holds a Master's Degree in Kinesiology, with studies focused in prenatal and postnatal exercise. Jessie is…

This week we’re talking to Vysh Sivakumaran, a certified strength coach, trauma informed yoga instructor, and a fitness industry leader in the Toronto community. Vysh (vai-sh) works to create inclusive, body neutral, and accessible fitness, through 1:1, group, and corporate services within her online fitness community, Fitness in Place (FIP). With …

Surprise! Yes - we told you we're shifting into an every-other-week podcast format...and we are...but we also wanted to give you more info about our brand new podcast community: The Satisfaction Space! JOIN AT: https://thesatisfactionspace.mn.co/ The Satisfaction Space was designed to support listeners of the Satisfaction Factor podcast in diving d…

This week, we're celebrating our one year podcast-iversary & making some big announcements! We're looking back on the experience of our first year of podcasting, including our favorite things about doing the podcast, our favorite guests, the biggest surprises, what we've learned, our biggest struggles, and what we're looking forward for the year to…

Often when we talk about Intuitive Eating with new people or on social media, we hear variations of "I'd love to eat intuitively, but I can't because..." The end of that sentence is sometimes about weight loss, sometimes about health concerns, or sometimes about something completely different. So this week, we're talking about who gets to practice …

It's the week after Labor Day, and a new season often means a new version of diet culture popping up. In the fall, it's usually the narrative of "getting back on track" after the summer. So this week, we're breaking down all the reasons why you actually don't have to get back on track at all! We're chatting about: why we might feel drawn to diets a…

This week we’re talking to Lori Civello & Chelsey Cahilly, certified ASL interpreters and co-founders of The Sign Space. Lori Civello (she/her) is a New York City Native and Current Georgia transplant, is a certified language interpreter, Integrated Model of Interpreting practitioner, and college instructor. Lori grew up with Deaf parents and start…

This week we’re talking to Heidi Andersen, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Supervisor, Registered Yoga Teacher and Embodiment Specialist. During Heidi's career, she has worked as a therapist in residential, PHP, IOP and outpatient levels of care with people struggling with eating disorder…

This week, we're deconstructing our top 5 common phrases that perpetuate diet culture. In this installment, we're covering: "I'm out of shape"; "I feel fat"; "I have joint pain because of weight gain"; "This food is better for me"; and "Love your body for what it can do." We're breaking down the ways these phrases can cause harm & what we might wan…

This week we’re talking to Elizabeth Watkins Price, an intentional life design and mindfulness coach. Elizabeth started EWP Consulting in 2021, after working many kinds of jobs over the last two decades, including years spent as a classroom teacher, a civil rights lawyer, and a judicial educator. One pillar of her consulting business is transition …

A while back, we talked about finding life after diets, and how we can navigate some of the non-food parts of ditching dieting. This week, we're answering some common questions about how to navigate our relationship to food once we've decided to stop dieting. We're talking about: how to figure out what we should be eating after spending so much tim…

This week we’re talking about how we can approach returning to intentional movement or exercise after taking some time off. Because let’s be honest: it’s HARD to get back into a movement routine when we’ve taken some time away, whether that was by choice or by circumstance. But there are definitely ways to make it more enjoyable & more sustainable!…

This week, we're answering a listener question about how things like cooking, meal prepping & meal planning work through an Intuitive Eating lens! Ditching dieting & diet culture definitely has an impact on these practices because it has an impact on the way we relate to food. And, contrary to some misconceptions, meal planning & prepping absolutel…

This week, we're breaking down all the nuances of one-to-one Intuitive Eating coaching - and, in particular, Naomi's new 1:1 Intuitive Eating & Anti-Diet coaching packages! If you've ever been curious (or confused) about what the heck Intuitive Eating coaching is, or why anyone would want to do it, this episode is for you! We're talking about: what…

To say that he past few weeks have been hard would be a huge understatement. So this week's episode is all about how we can care for ourselves when it feels like the world is on fire. Black women & femmes have been teaching for generations about the importance of avoiding burnout when fighting oppressive systems. And, while that is not our lesson t…

This week, we're talking all about life after diets! We often hear mantras in mainstream body positivity like "you're not a number on a scale", and those can be great entry points into breaking out of diet culture. But they only tell us what we're not. Often, when we've spent a lot of time within diet culture, our diet & exercise choices become par…

This week, as a change from our usual high-level discussions, we're breaking down a specific tool that is often used in the day-to-day practice of Intuitive Eating - the hunger & fullness scale. The hunger & fullness scale can be a great tool for building our awareness of our internal cues...but it's not necessarily the right choice for everyone. I…

This week, we're talking all about a specific practice that we spend a lot of time on in Intuitive Eating - reframing our food beliefs! We've all absorbed a million beliefs about food from diet culture. We get these beliefs from specific diets, from health & wellness professionals, from fitness professionals, from the media, and from our friends & …

This week, we're talking all about self trust! We know diet culture does a lot of harm to our relationship with food, exercise, and our bodies. But did you know it also interferes with our ability to trust ourselves? Diet culture is all about replacing self trust with self control. That's why rebuilding our self trust plays a huge role in our anti-…

This week, in honor of the unofficial beginning of summer, we're talking about all things summer bodies! In this episode, we cover: why the phrase "every body is a bikini body" misses the mark & keeps us centering our bodies anyway; the problematic fitness narratives that shape our thoughts & beliefs about summer bodies; and how we can prioritize c…

This week we’re talking to Melanie Knights, a self-published author, fat positive artist, and host of the Entrepreneurial Outlaws Podcast. She supports creative entrepreneurs in building successful, fulfilling, soul-aligned and inclusive businesses. Melanie describes her work as being the entrepreneurial intersection of strategy + spirituality + se…

This week, we're breaking down some of the most common forms of hidden dieting behaviors that we see in our work. Because even when we've started to disengage from the concept of dieting for weight loss, some of these behaviors can stick around & have a pretty significant impact on our relationships to both food & our bodies. As always, noticing th…

This week we’re talking to Bri Campos of Body Image with Bri about all things body image! We’ve mentioned Bri so many times on previous episodes, we thought it was time to actually have her on the show! Bri is a licensed mental health counselor based in New Jersey. As a body image educator and the founder of Body Image with Bri, she’s passionate ab…

This week, we're building on a conversation Sadie started on her Facebook page around Mother's Day last year about how we can better communicate our needs & wants in order to make the day more satisfying. In this episode, we're exploring how this concept applies far beyond holidays & talking about: the importance of treating communication as a skil…

This week, we’re talking to Renee Hamati of Sensibly You. We had an amazing conversation with Renee about her own experience with autism & eating disorders, how autism & neurodivergence can impact our relationships to food, and how the Intuitive Eating framework can work for autistic & neurodivergent folks, plus a whole lot more! Renee is a Certifi…

This week, we're wrapping up our 4 episode mini-series on the eating personas with a look at The Intuitive Eater. Spoiler alert! "Becoming an Intuitive Eater" is not actually about reaching a single endpoint, and it's definitely not just about eating when you're hungry and stopping when you're full. Instead, a practice of Intuitive Eating is about …