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This episode is a bit more personal than her usual content but in it, Rachel shares with listeners some of the fun projects she's been up to and why she's been absent from the podcast. She talks about life as a dog mama, EMDR training, and about her newly published workbook, The Body Image Workbook For Every Body: Deconstructing diet culture and learning how to respect, nourish, and care for your whole self. She also discusses what to expect from the podcast in 2022! You can follow along (and see pictures of her fur son, Ollie) on Instagram: @iamrachelsellers. 

In this episode, Rachel and Lauren chat about all things perfectionism and procrastination. Lauren, a Nashville-based therapist, teacher, and speaker shares amazing insights into these topics, teaching us about the intersection of perfectionism and procrastination and how they're often much more intertwined than we think. Rachel and Lauren both talk openly about their own struggles with perfectionism and how they've healed/are healing. To learn more about Lauren and her work, you can visit her website or find her on Instagram @laurenruthmartin. 

In this episode, Rachel and Stefanie chat about binge eating and Binge Eating Disorder. Stefanie provides amazing education about binge eating, different kinds of triggers for binge eating, and the differences between overeating, emotional eating, and binge eating. Stefanie also talks about her own recovery journey and the tools that helped her the most. Stefanie is a Binge & Diet Culture Recovery Coach and a Certified Health Coach. You can find her on Instagram at @iamstefaniemichele or on her website, https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/. 

One of the ways we’ve made progress in the field of trauma is by recognizing that it’s not just the big stuff that “counts.” The mental health field now uses two categories to describe and label trauma: "Big T" and "Little t". In this episode, Rachel shares issues surrounding these distinctions, including how it perpetuates a narrow definition of trauma and fails to take into account how personal trauma truly is. Rachel talks about several factors that influence how trauma impacts a person, challenging these categories and naming the validity of any kind of trauma. 

Mainstream culture has adopted an extremely narrow-minded view and understanding of trauma, and we desperately need a paradigm shift. So in this episode, I talk about what trauma is, with hopes of expanding your understanding of the word. I define trauma as what happens in our bodies when we experience something overwhelming. I explain what exactly this means especially as it relates to our emotions and physical sensations. 

In this episode, Rachel defines and explores diet-culture, a system of beliefs that have idealized thinness at all costs and oppresses people who don't live up to this ideal. Rachel discusses what this has to do with eating disorders and why she's passionate about the anti-diet message.