Bonus: How To Use The Midlife Body Image Self Assessments
How to Use the Midlife Body Image Self AssessmentsIf you’ve downloaded the Midlife Body Image Self Assessments — this episode is for you.Inside the guide are three evidence-based tools to help you understand what’s really shaping your relationship with your body, your eating, and your inner dialogue.In this episode, I walk you through how to use the assessments, what to expect, and how to interpret what comes up — especially if it brings unexpected emotion or clarity. You’ll also learn what to do next, depending on what your results reveal.Finding your body hard to live is not a personal failing.It’s coming from somewhere.The self-assessments will help you see where.📥 Download the Midlife Body Image Self-Assessments — it’s the next step in understanding what’s really going on beneath your food and body struggles.Curious about working together?I’m currently taking 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about your goals and see if I’m the right coach to support you.If this episode helped you feel seen…Subscribe or follow the show so you don’t miss the next coaching episode.And if someone you love is tired of always trying to “get it right,” send them this. It might change the story.Let’s stay connected:🌐 Emma's Website📬 Join the Talking with Emma newsletter📱 Follow on Instagram, and LinkedIn
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Episode 3: The Mirror Is Not The Problem
You catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror… and your stomach drops. That familiar wave of self-criticism rolls in, fast and unforgiving.If that moment feels like it defines your day, your mood, your worth — you’re not alone. The problem isn’t your reflection. It’s the meaning you’ve been taught to attach to it.In this episode, we talk about why mirror moments feel so loaded, what they’re really showing us, and how to begin shifting the way we see ourselves — without forcing body love, toxic positivity, or fake affirmations.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why “hating your reflection” isn’t really about what you look likeHow body shame gets wired into our thinking from a young ageWhy neutrality is often more healing than forced confidenceA self-coaching tool you can try right now: The Mirror ReframeCurious about working together?I’m currently taking 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about your goals and see if I’m the right coach to support you.If this episode helped you feel seen…Subscribe or follow the show so you don’t miss the next coaching episode.And if someone you love is tired of always trying to “get it right,” send them this. It might change the story.Let’s stay connected:🌐 Emma's Website📬 Join the Talking with Emma newsletter📱 Follow on Instagram, and LinkedIn
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Episode 2: Why Trying Harder Is Not The Answer
In this episode, we look at the deeply ingrained belief that if we just try harder — eat better food, be more disciplined, stick to the plan — we’ll finally feel better. But for most women in midlife, the real issue isn’t a lack of willpower or time management… it’s a culture that taught us to fight our bodies instead of working with them.I share the story of a client who broke this cycle and introduce you to one of my core self-coaching tools: “Work with your body, not on it.” It’s a small but radical shift that can change everything.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why trying harder keeps you stuck (and exhausted)The real reason willpower always feels like it’s failing youWhat happens when we stop controlling and start collaborating with our bodiesA practical self-coaching technique to begin todayCurious about working together?I’m currently taking 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about your goals and see if I’m the right coach to support you.If this episode helped you feel seen…Subscribe or follow the show so you don’t miss the next coaching episode.And if someone you love is tired of always trying to “get it right,” send them this. It might change the story.Let’s stay connected:🌐 Emma's Website📬 Join the Talking with Emma newsletter📱 Follow on Instagram, and LinkedIn
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Episode 1: Emotional Eating Isn't What You Think
Show Notes: In this first episode of Talking with Emma, I’m diving into one of the most misunderstood topics in women’s wellbeing: emotional eating.If you’ve ever found yourself eating in front of the fridge, standing up, not even hungry — and then feeling guilty about it — this episode is for you.We’re going to unpack:What emotional eating really is (hint: it’s not a personal failure)Why trying to fix it with willpower or cutting out foods, never worksWhat’s going on under the surface — and what to do insteadYou’ll leave this episode with a clearer understanding of what’s driving your eating patterns, and a self-coaching tool to help you respond differently next time.Emotional eating isn’t a flaw. It’s a signal. And you get to learn how to listen to it without fear or shame.Curious about working together?I’m currently taking 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about your goals and see if I’m the right coach to support you.If this episode helped you feel seen…Subscribe or follow the show so you don’t miss the next coaching episode.And if someone you love is tired of always trying to “get it right,” send them this. It might change the story.Let’s stay connected:🌐 Emma's Website📬 Join the Talking with Emma newsletter📱 Follow on Instagram, and LinkedIn
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Talking with Emma Trailer
Welcome to Talking with Emma—a podcast for smart, capable women who feel like their body is the one part of life they still haven’t figured out.I’m Emma Wright—a 55-year-old mum of two teens, body image coach, author, and someone who knows firsthand how hard it can be to live in a body—especially when you’ve spent years trying to fix it.In each episode, I share the only thing that helped me—and the women I work with—stop obsessing and start feeling at home in themselves: practical, powerful self-coaching tools.These tools help you move from knowing what to do—how to care for yourself, stand up for yourself, feed yourself—to actually being able to do those things sustainably.This podcast gets you out of the narrative that tells us to 'wait until your body is “better” to start living'. You’ll learn how to reclaim your confidence, your trust in yourself, and your enoughness.That’s not self-improvement. That’s power.I’m a Certified Non-Diet Body Image and Intuitive Eating Coach, trained in Cognitive Behavioural Coaching from a trauma-informed perspective, and the author of two books. I’ve gone from a violent to a liberated body image—and nothing brings me more joy than watching other women come home to themselves.Let’s talk.
About Talking with Emma: Coaching Tools that Make Living in a Midlife Body Easier
Talking with Emma is the podcast for women who feel like they’ve figured out most of life, except that one elusive part: food, body image, and the way they talk to themselves.I’m Emma Wright, a body image coach, author, and someone who knows firsthand that having a body in this world can be hard!After years of trying everything, the only thing I have found that has worked for me — and for the smart, capable midlife clients I work with — are simple, powerful self-coaching tools that help you think differently, not just eat differently.In each episode, I share those exact tools, helping you take diet culture out at the knees, shift lifelong patterns, and show up in the areas of life that matter to you with more clarity, confidence, and calm.This is coaching for women who are done waiting to look better so they can live well. Let’s talk.
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