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Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

312 episodes

1 week ago

What if your inability to change isn't a failure of willpower, but your heart's way of protecting you from something you're not ready to face? Today I’m sharing a conversation I had with Meghan Telpner for the Courageous Pivot podcast about how my journey from overworking addiction to radical life redesign began with a simple question: "Why does this make sense?" I reveals how addressing my relationship with food became the gateway to confronting deeper questions about worth, identity, and wh...

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What if your inability to change isn't a failure of willpower, but your heart's way of protecting you from something you're not ready to face? Today I’m sharing a conversation I had with Meghan Telpner for the Courageous Pivot podcast about how my journey from overworking addiction to radical life redesign began with a simple question: "Why does this make sense?" I reveals how addressing my relationship with food became the gateway to confronting deeper questions about worth, identity, and wh...

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Episodes (20/312)

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

312. Why Willpower Isn’t the Problem: The Truth About the Knowing–Doing Gap [Courageous Pivot Podcast]

What if your inability to change isn't a failure of willpower, but your heart's way of protecting you from something you're not ready to face? Today I’m sharing a conversation I had with Meghan Telpner for the Courageous Pivot podcast about how my journey from overworking addiction to radical life redesign began with a simple question: "Why does this make sense?" I reveals how addressing my relationship with food became the gateway to confronting deeper questions about worth, identity, and wh...

3 days ago

1 hour 28 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

311. How to Finally Stop White-Knuckling Your Weight-Loss Journey with Sas Petherick [Body Stories #5]

Today, Sas Petherick returns for the fifth installment of our Body Stories series — and she’s nearly a year into her holistic weight-loss journey! In this conversation, Sas shares what’s become unmistakably clear along the way: true change happens at the pace of your body, and all-or-nothing thinking around food and movement is far more pervasive (and sneaky) than we realize. Together, we discuss: Why dieting isn’t an either/or thing — and you’re never just “on track” or “off track”How Sas em...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 2 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

310. How to Feel our Feelings with Mary Tilson

You’ve probably heard the advice: “Feel your emotions.” But what does that actually mean in everyday life? Especially when so many of us believe we’re feeling our feelings when we’re actually thinking our feelings. And thus, not feeling better or resolving our stubborn bad habits. In this episode, Mary Tilson joins me to explore how we’ve each learned to stay with and move through our emotions. Mary also opens up about her journey with addiction and anorexia, offering an honest look at how ac...

1 month ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

309. What Feels Good Right Now: Ending Emotional Outsourcing with Beatriz Victoria Albina [Part 2]

This week, Beatriz Victoria Albina returns to Insatiable for part two of our conversation on ending emotional outsourcing — the habit of looking outside ourselves for validation, safety, and worth. In this episode, we explore the practices that help you come back home to yourself: tuning into your needs, regulating your nervous system, returning to your body, and reclaiming your center. It all begins with one simple but powerful question: What feels good right now? Join us as we explore what ...

1 month ago

41 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

308. Maybe You’re Not Actually Gluten Sensitive: Ending Emotional Outsourcing with Beatriz Victoria Albina [Part 1]

Today, I’m joined by Beatriz Victoria Albina for a conversation about the emotions that often hide beneath common gut issues—and why codependency isn’t the real problem (and boundaries aren’t the full solution). We also dive into her new book, End Emotional Outsourcing: A Guide to Overcoming Codependent, Perfectionist, and People-Pleasing Habits, where Beatriz offers powerful reframes on parenting, community, and self-trust. This episode feels like a deep exhale—a reminder that healing isn’t ...

1 month ago

50 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

307. How About Now with Kate Baer

Today I’m joined by everyone’s favorite poet, Kate Baer, for a tender conversation about midlife transitions, medical anxiety, and the power of female friendship. We talk about how to orient around ideas instead of problems, and we share a few poems from Kate’s forthcoming collection, How About Now, out November 4th. If you’ve been feeling a little lonely, uncertain, or in-between — or all three — this one is for you. We discuss: How the body makes itself known in midlifeBody neutrality, medi...

1 month ago

1 hour 4 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

306. 3 Perimenopause and Menopause Fitness Myths Debunked with Liz Wolfe

This week Liz Wolfe returns to the show for a candid conversation about all the fitness myths we’re seeing around the wild world of wellness in 2025. Together, we get into why people are slapping the word “perimenopause” on everything, how to focus on agility as much as strength training, and everyone’s favorite fall purchase: weighted vests. We also discuss: Taylor’s new album and why we love her with TravisWhy strength is different than muscle massLiz’s tips for injury prevention at any age...

2 months ago

1 hour 18 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

305. 5 Things I Changed My Mind About This Year

This week, I’m joined by my former cohost Juliet Root for a fun, truth-seeking conversation about how our perspectives on food, body, and movement have shifted in 2025. Together, we share the biggest things we’ve changed our minds about—what no longer feels true, what surprised us, and what new possibilities opened up when we let old beliefs go. We discuss: Releasing restriction and shameProtein, fiber, and variety in our dietsDental care and holistic vs Western dentistsIs getting to the “roo...

2 months ago

55 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

304. Rethinking Weight Loss, Willpower, and Emotional Eating with Ali Shapiro [Well-Fed Woman Podcast]

If you’ve ever thought “Why can’t I just stick with it?”, this episode is for you. Today I’m resharing a conversation I had with Noelle Tarr of Coconuts & Kettlebells for her podcast, Well-Fed Women. We discuss why willpower isn’t the problem, how shame hijacks true behavior change, and what it really takes to heal your relationship with food and your body. We also dive into emotional eating, weight loss without diet culture, and the mindset shifts that actually work—no guilt trips includ...

3 months ago

1 hour 25 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

303. Before You Try Another Reset: 3 Things I Hear When People Are Considering ‘Why Am I Eating This Now?’

It’s officially back-to-school season! Which means you might be thinking it’s time for a new nutrition plan, exercise routine, or self-improvement challenge. But before you set out once again, I want you to ask yourself: “Will I just end up back here in six months if I don’t get to the root of what’s really going on with my relationship to food?” In this episode, I share the three most common things I hear when people are wrestling with “Why am I eating this now?” — and how each one points to...

3 months ago

31 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

302. A Holistic Approach to GLP-1s with Mayo Clinic Dietician Tara Schmidt

Tara Schmidt, M.Ed., RDN, LD is the lead dietitian for the Mayo Clinic Diet, host of the Mayo Clinic On Nutrition podcast, and Medical Editor of the Nutrition & Fitness channel. Today she joins me for a holistic, evidence-based conversation about GLP-1s, where we cut through the misinformation around these drugs and offer information you can really trust. If you’re already taking Ozempic or Wegovy, you want to start so you can lose weight, or maybe your doctor’s recommending it — this epi...

4 months ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

301. You Don’t Have to Feel Powerless Around Food with Ginny and Isis

Why Am I Eating This Now? is open for registration! Today I’m resharing a great conversation — and a powerful “Where are they now?” update — with two past Why Am I Eating This Now?: The Courage for Consistency participants who tell their powerful stories of going from “failing” at every program they tried to address the root issues of why they were falling off track with food. Tune in to hear Ginny and Isis talk about the diets they’ve been on, the health concerns they’re navigating, and how ...

4 months ago

54 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

300. What Really Works for Women Over 40: Three Essential Lessons

Welcome to the 300th episode of Insatiable! To celebrate this milestone, I’m sharing three essential lessons every woman over 40 should know about health, weight loss, and nutrition in midlife. After years of making this show and working with real life clients, I’ve seen what actually works for women in perimenopause and menopause—and it’s not counting calories, cutting carbs, or blaming yourself when your body doesn’t respond the way it used to. Instead, we need to improve the quality of our...

4 months ago

48 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

299. How to Hold Your Weight Loss Goals Loosely (for better results) with Sas Petherick [Body Stories #4]

Body Stories is back — and we’re halfway through the journey. Sas Petherick returns to share what she’s learning six months into her year-long holistic weight loss experiment. She opens up about how her relationship with food is evolving, what strength feels like in her body now, and how all of it is reshaping her work as a coach. Together, we explore what it means to approach weight loss as an act of care — not punishment — especially in midlife, when everything from metabolism to motivation...

4 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

298. Why Wholeness Beats “Being Good” with Elise Loehnen

Today Elise Loehnen returns to Insatiable for a much-needed reminder that you don’t have to be good. And in fact, focusing on being “good” or “nice” might perpetuate your battle with food and leave you feeling deeply unfulfilled. In this conversation, we unpack what it means to be whole, why it’s fine if some people don’t like you, and how to stop seeking external approval. We also tap into how the stories we tell about goodness impact our relationship to food and our body (including what the...

4 months ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

297. Why I Joined Orange Theory (even though it’s “Bad” if you’re over 40)

A few months ago, my exercise routine stopped working for me. I’d been focusing on strength training for years, but I just didn’t want to go to the gym anymore. I felt super apathetic. At first, I chalked it up to bad sleep and low energy. But then I realized that some sneaky Menopause 101 messaging was actually holding me back from doing what felt right for my body. In this episode, I take you behind-the-scenes on how I noticed I was falling off track and the method that helped me return to ...

5 months ago

44 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

296. Emotions & Embodiment for Sustainable Weight Loss with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #3]

Our Body Stories series is back with another installment of my friend Sas Petherick’s intentional weight loss journey. We’re three months in now, and she’s discovering how her new routines are integrating into her daily life and reshaping her identity in the process. Tune in to hear us unpack the emotional body, the power of habits, and how to actually stop treating food as an escape. We discuss: Self-authoring and redefining what it means to “work out”How to cultivate self-compassion without...

7 months ago

59 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

295. “We’re the Brave Ones” — Discipline vs Devotion, Macros & Being “Sporty” with Sas Petherick [Body Stories Series #2]

Today we continue our Body Stories series with Sas Petherick! She joined me on Insatiable last month (listen here!) to talk about her intentional weight loss journey. This week she returns so we can catch up on how things are going one month in. Tune in as we explore public weight loss, before and after photos, psychological flexibility, how it feels to eat more calories, healing our childhood wounds around sports, and more. And if you relate to anything in this episode, join me (Ali) for You...

8 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

294. Why Food is NOT the Problem When Your Diet Falls Off Track [Wits & Weights Podcast]

Do you feel trapped in a cycle of dieting and frustration? Why do your best efforts with food seem to fail when it matters most? Is it possible that your food struggles are about something deeper than food itself? In this episode of Wits & Weights Podcast, host Philip Pape explores the deeper roots of food consistency with Insatiable’s own Ali Shapiro! Tune in to learn all about: Why food struggles aren’t about foodUnderstanding emotional hungerTools Vs. Deeper psychological workFood and ...

8 months ago

58 minutes

Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC

293. Is Your Eating a Problem or a Portal?

Here at Insatiable, we’re all about providing the education you need for perimenopause, menopause and aging. I mean, we did a whole season on it, and it's obviously been my own focus since going through early menopause a couple of years ago. But I'm starting to notice something alarming in terms of what we're not talking about — which is what these hormonal shifts mean for our stress and how this changes what works for our energy after 40. So this week, we’re diving into the often-overlooked ...

8 months ago

20 minutes