Find Your Strong Podcast
Encouraging people to find what FEELS good in terms of food, movement and their bodies. Let's challenge the wellness w*nkery and start a new conversation.
In each episode, Christine and Ela discuss their thoughts on diet and fitness fads, speak with fabulous guests about finding peace with food and movement, and interview experts so that they can share their insights and knowledge with you, the listeners.
The hope is that together we can change the narrative around fitness and nutrition, and help you find YOUR strong!
Episodes
105 episodes
Redefining Exercise After Eating Disorder Recovery, with Jenny Langley
What a joy to have Jenny Langley on the podcast. Since her son recovered from anorexia 20 years ago, Jenny Langley has campaigned to...
Is Our Obsession with Tracking Helpful or Harmful?
Are you tracking your weight/progress/calories/sleep/exercise/whatever-else-there-is-to-track?We had a feisty conversation about it (always feisty!!), and feel that tracking can be helpful in some situations (e.g. when you are tra...
Perfectionism Isn't Who You Are and the Burnout Cycle Isn't Inevitable.
Part 2.We could chat to these folks all day. Tasha* and Brandon are heart-centred coaches who work with recovering perfectionists (Hello!) people struggling with burnout as well as high achieving humans who are navigating complex l...
Can We Eat Sugar AND Be Healthy?
Ela and I were wondering about our topic for this week and a recent episode of Dragon's Den got us thinking about sugar, continuous glucose monitors and the absolute fear we have around "processed sugar".On Dragon's den, the dragons were...
Shrinking Celebrities, GLP-1s and Why We're Angry!
Christine and I are angry - we re trying to work out why we are so easily led into obedience when it comes to body image and dieting. Watching people (in particular celebrities) shrink before our very eyes is NOT an invitation to do the same, r...
Eating Disorders Do NOT Have a Look. Fighting the Stereotypes.
In the UK this is Eating Disorders Awareness week, so we thought we should talk about it.I have had too much lived experience with eating disorders as I'm sure many of you have had.This week I have become enraged at eating ...
Who's Benefiting From Our Body Dissatisfaction? A Conversation with Evelyn Tribole (Re-Release)
Ela and I are beyond excited to bring you this week's guest, the OG of Intuitive Eating herself, Evelyn.This of course, was one of our most popular episodes to date and if you listen, you'll understand why.Ela and I are both...
How To Tell if Your Relationship with Exercise is Disordered.
Another fiery episode today where we talk about the tell-tale signs of overexercise as well as some tips for getting back into movement, after a long period of absence.Untangling weight loss and movement is one of the hardest parts of re...
The Only Exercise Advice You Need for the Menopause.
We were not holding back.. It’s fair to say that both of us are super grateful to all the trailblazers that put perimenopause and menopause on the list of topics that we can now all pretty openly discuss. We are both heading towards 50, and are...
Why Eating Disorders Are Really About Our Relationship with Our Bodies.
This is our first episode of 2026 and it is one that we both feel incredibly passionate about. We explore why fitness spaces can be high risk environments for eating disorders.Sophie, founder of ED Informed, joins us to discuss how diet ...
Starting the New Year SOFT not STRONG.
Happy holidays everyone! This is a re-release from our January 2025 episode about easing into the new year. If you are thinking you need to change your body in 2026, this may just help you reframe and re-evaluate your goals....
Extreme Thinness Culture - How Did We End Up Here AGAIN?!
Spicy one this week. We both believe that individuals have agency and that commenting on an individual's body, whether it be out of 'concern' or otherwise, is just not helpful.But can we call out a cultural shift towards ext...
Maybe You're NOT Inconsistent and You DON'T Lack Discipline @rulesandrebellion
Tasha and Brandon and their membership - the Village- have been a lifeline for me over the last few months, which personally have been incredibly difficult.They work with recovering perfectionists, folks struggling with burnout and...
Nana Crawford. Celebrating Your Jiggles.
What a joyful conversation with the one and only Nana Crawford, creator of Jigglefitt. She is a powerhouse and her energy is truly infectious and we hope you love this conversation as much ...
GLP-1s - Why Informed Consent is Key, with Aoife McMahon @thatirishdietitian
Before I share the show notes below, a quick disclaimer: this episode is for information and education purposes only and does not focus on medical risk/ replace advice from a medical professional. If you are taking any weight loss drug or are c...
Can Hypnotherapy Help in Eating Disorder Recovery? With Dr Rachel Evans
We had the pleasure of chatting with Dr Rachel Evans for this episode - and we absolutely loved her multi-faceted approach to eating disorder recovery. Rachel draws on her own lived experience with Bulimia, and uses lots of different therapeuti...
Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery and Cake, with Dr Kamila Irvine - RE-RELEASE
We are re-releasing this to coincide with the APPG report from Dump The Scales, that was delivered to Number 10 yesterday, alongside a petition calling for an inquiry into...
Dr Jenn Salib Huber. Accepting Your Changing Body Through Peri to Post Menopause (Re-Release)
To celebrate the release of Jenn's first book - Eat to Thrive, we are re-releasing this impactful conversation with Jenn, which remains our most popula...
Pilates Princesses Vs Muscle Mommies. Our Take.
This was a feisty conversation.The conversation was inspired by an article from Mikala Jamison
Exercise Without Agenda. A Quietly Radical Approach with Author Bethany Rutter
Bethany Rutter is an author and online personal trainer. She is the author of four books for young people and two books for adults. Her next novel is Ask Me Anything, out November 2025.It was a joy to speak with Bethany - so refreshing t...
Body Image Disruptors - They Happen to Everyone (and They Suck!)
Christine and I had a really honest conversation about body image disruptors and how we deal with them. Disclaimer: we don't have a 'one-size-fits-all' solution for you! But we are here to validate that they happen to almost everyone, that they...
Your body belongs to you. How to get off the diet train once and for all.
If social media were to be believed, everyone is on a diet. No judgement here, believe me. We live in a dieting culture - it is the air we breathe and the sea we swim in.But we are shrinking ourselves in more ways than one, a...
Healing through Lifting. The True Meaning of Strength, with Alyssa Ages
Alyssa Ages* is a force to be reckoned with. Author, freelance journalist, crossfit athlete, marathon runner, strong woman competitor, and advocate for strength training and taking up space a...