Beyond Diet Culture and Coming Home to Your Body with Leah Hortin

What if the path to true health isn’t about control, restriction, or willpower... but about trust?

In this grounded and liberating conversation, hosts Kim Romain and Louise Neil sit down with Leah Hortin, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Anti-Diet Health Coach, to explore how diet culture disconnects us from our bodies, and how to find peace, nourishment, and self-trust again.

Together, they unpack the history and harm of diet culture, the mental load it creates, and what it means to rebuild a caring, respectful relationship with your body. You’ll hear laughter, science, and soul as they talk about intuitive eating, oppression, emotional eating, and the freedom of finally feeling at home in your skin.

Listen if you’re ready to:

• Reconnect with your body’s wisdom
• Release food guilt and control
• Heal from the mental load of diet culture
• Redefine health on your own terms

Key Moments

00:00 – Opening reflection & introductions

03:03 – Leah’s story and breaking free from the guilt of “health” culture

04:27 – The money behind diet culture and the myth of sustainability

08:45 – Diet culture as a system of oppression and control

13:14 – The mental and physical toll of dieting and disconnection

15:38 – Relearning hunger, fullness, and body trust

24:45 – Healing the “forbidden food” cycle and finding freedom

35:51 – The myth of BMI and shifting definitions of wellness

43:54 – Integration: living fully and trusting your body again

46:31 – Final reflections and practical ways to start rebuilding trust

Connect With Leah

Diet Brain Quiz: http://bit.ly/3Le9HLt

Website: http://www.antidiethealthcoach.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/antidiethealthcoach

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antidiethealthcoach/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@antidiethealthcoach

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