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Weightless with Michelle Carroll
by Michelle Carroll
A podcast for coaches ready to think about weight less and live more - free from food and body obsession. Hosted by Michelle Carroll, (PhD(c) Clinical Psychology & MSc Nutrition), I'm here to bring science-backed tools to help you and your clients find food freedom and body confidence with my unique blend of deranged humour and atrocious pop culture references.
Episodes
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69. Do you really need that extreme deficit?
A lot of people are advised by medical professionals to lose weight. This isn't necessarily a bad thing (and you should follow the advice of your medical professional not a podcast!), but do you really need to diet on 1200 calories to support your hormonal health? Or is it adding more stress?…
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68. Marketing and niching for motherhood... is it necessary? (with Gillian Bennett)
Today I am joined by a very good friend of mine, Gillian Bennett, aka Bite Sized Nutrition. Gillian is a nutrition coach and mentor, who has recently pivoted her niche into coaching and mentoring mothers. I had lots of questions for her, ranging from how to market to mothers without losing your...
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67. How to stop body checking
Are you obsessed with the scale? Or frantically pinching at your skin like a demented bodyfat callipers? Let's talk about how you can stop body checking having such a hold on you. BODY IMAGE GYM INFO WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed…
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66. You won't like your body when you lose weight
As the fitness industry continues its rampant decline into thinly-veiled promotion of fitness as being an “aesthetic” and not something that can be measured and tested, it’s time to consider what happens if you DO get the dream body you’ve always wanted... and why it won't be enough unless you…
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65. The gym is helping and hurting your body image
The gym and the fitness industry can be insanely beneficial for our relationship with our bodies... but it's not all performance goals and body confidence. Let's get into how the gym can help and hinder body image, plus what to do instead! WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered…
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64. Protecting adolescents from eating disorders (with Penny Greening from Reframe Voices)
How do we prevent adolescents from getting eating disorders? And how do we approach these conversations without fear of "getting it wrong"? I sat down with Penny Greening from Reframe Voices, a Canadian-based charity aimed at reducing eating disorders in adolescents and beyond, and we had a chat...
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63. Building body image when you really don't want to (with Rachel Hunter)
Is there really no point in body positivity? Why hasn't weight loss helped you like your body? And how can we start to like our bodies when we really don't want to? I'm joined by Rachel Hunter, nutritionist and fellow body image coach/enthusiast as we chat through the big hitters... And if you…
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62. Is the fitness industry going back to diet culture?
The fitness industry appears to be swinging back towards fat loss, dieting, tracking and transformation marketing - and coaches need to think critically about whether they are following the market or leading it. In today's epsiode I'm going to talk about why everyone seems to be pushing fat loss...
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61. Relationship with food considerations for neurodivergent clients
idk how anyone who's neurodivergent is ok when this is the advice given to people (they aren't). From fat loss coaches to relationship with food coaches... there's lots we're getting wrong about neurodivergence and eating behaviours. WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating...
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60. Is food preoccupation a good thing?
NO. That's the entire episode. WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed Body Image & Nutrition Review @michellecarroll1
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59. Losing weight while tackling binge-eating? (Answering your questions!)
Is is ever appropriate to give someone a weight-loss goal when they are struggling with binge-eating? I got a great DM from a listener over on Instagram and well, I couldn't condense it into a feed post so here you go! WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed Body Image &...
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58. Why "data over feelings" makes no sense in research or coaching
DATA>feelings might be one of the most reductionist arguments used by broscience coaches in the online space. Bc ultimately what is data? And what happens when feelings are data? Time to piss off a lot of gym bros... WORK WITH ME: Coaching...
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57. How to improve client check-ins
Ah, the humble check-in. The online coach's bread and butter... and in my opinion, one of the biggest areas for improvement for most coaches. What do you ask clients? How do you ask them? And what are some common misconceptions about how to respond to clients? Let's get into it. WORK WITH ME:...
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56. Body image in athletes
Do athletes struggle with body image? Is body image different for athletes? How do we support body image when athletes have to lose weight or are assessed on their physique? I'm answering all your questions in today's epsiode on body image in sport! WORK WITH ME…
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55. Why you're struggling with body image on your fitness journey
You got into fitness to feel more confident in your body - so why do you feel worse? We delve into why we struggle with body image on our fitness journeys, what makes positive body image and some common mistakes we make when starting off! WORK WITH ME: Coaching...
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54. Can aesthetic goals and body image co-exist?
I got a really interesting DM from someone struggling with finding success on their body image journey - is it always problematic to want to change your body? And is "because I want to" a good enough reason to want fat loss? Let's discuss. WORK WITH ME: Coaching...
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53. What ruined my holiday body image
You mean to tell me you can do all this work on body image and still struggle with it? UNFAIR TRADE. Anyway, here's what really affected my body image whilst on hols! WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed Body Image &...
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52. We should all be more CMAT
In addition to being one of the coolest people alive, and one of the most insane performers I have ever seen, CMAT was victim of body shaming online after her festival performance (God forbid a woman exists) last weekend. Let's chat about how CMAT exemplifies what it means to have positive body...
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51. The unholy trinity of reasons you don't like your body
Body image is complex, and there's often no "root cause" for why you struggle to like your body. This is something researchers are aware of, and it's lead to the development of the Tripartite Model of Body Image - a model designed to capture three major influences on body image and how they...
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50. We're looking at fitness wrong
Fitness generally centres around looking a certain way, or maintaining a certain body fat percentage. In today's episode we talk about why that is and why we're getting it wrong... plus what to measure instead. WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating…
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49. Is everything (tracking calories) disordered?
Time for my seemingly annual fight with people online about tracking calories... but here we're bringing the nuance. WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed Body Image & Nutrition Review @michellecarroll1 ED...
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48. Should you do a PhD?
Is a PhD worth it? What do you need to know? And how do you even go about starting one? Here's everything I wish I knew before I started applying for my PhD! WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed Body Image & Nutrition...
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47. AI, Eating Disorders & Ethical Use in Coaching
It’s the era of AI-slop, with people outsourcing their critical thinking and setting the environment on fire just to post about the same fat loss tips we’ve heard since the Bodybuilding.com days. Which is obviously hell enough, but with coaches and mentors now advertising products that rely on...
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46. How to care less about the scale
If you're used to obsessing about the scales or your macro targets, you need today's episode. We chat all about why the numbers are so important to you and why the solution isn't just "care less" or "just wear the shorts" (JAIL). - WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered...
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45. Binge eating in Ireland, Operation Transformation & why dieting isn't the answer (with Joanne Moscalu)
Today, I am joined by the incredible Jo Moscalu, who you might know as the @binge.eating.dietitian on Instagram. Joanne is a registered dietitian and currently finishing up her PhD which looked at binge eating disorder in Ireland. We discuss all things binge eating, from our own journeys…
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44. Boy kibble, GLP-1s, transformation photos... 2026 in fitness Q1
Rounding up and reviewing the latest fitness trends in 2026 bc I am basically body image Carrie Bradshaw and I've never let anything go ever. MENOPAUSE MASTERCLASS TICKETS WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed Body Image & Nutrition…
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43. How do we get clients to move away from aesthetics?
I got a cracker of a question in the DMs about how to get people who only care about aesthetics to consider health and strength goals... in what I thought would be a short episode, over the course of the 25 mins we chat about: - Whether aesthetics are always harmful - Coaching the...
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42. Are you summer body ready? And WTF is seasonal body image?
Winter in Ireland and the U.K. was cold, dark and rainy. And now, much like Moses leading the people out of the desert, Megan Thee Stallion has arrived to lead us into Hot Girl Summer. But Hot Girl Summer isn’t all it cracked up to be, and can actually have some far-reaching consequences for body...
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41. Strong is not the new skinny
You may have heard the latest uproar on social media owing to the return of "heroin chic" and "GLP-1 bodies". This was immediately used for content by a rake of influencers. Some virtue-signalling, some actually trying to make a fair point. Swings and roundabouts. However, it got me thinking…
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40. Why you need to stop the fat talk
What you say about your body matters - more than you might think. In this episode, we dive into the world of “body talk,” from self-deprecating fat talk to empowering conversations about what your body can do. We explore why casually tearing ourselves down is normalised, whether it’s really...
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39. Anti-thin and anti-fat bias: what's worse?
After this week's IWD event, we break down the answer I wish I gave to the question asked - can you be just as unhealthy in a thin body as a larger one? I have many thoughts (shocker), so let's discuss... WORK WITH ME: Coaching Disordered Eating Informed Body Image & Nutrition...
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38. Body image & weight stigma in Sport & Coaching (with Hannah Silva-Breen)
Athletic body image differs from that of the general population... and it might be just as poorly understood. Plus, what happens when we factor in how much weight bias impacts coaching and athletic decisions? I discussed all of this and more with the incredible Hannah Silva-Breen. Hannah...
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37. How to be more body image conscious in your business
It's no secret that I think every coach should be more body image conscious in their marketing and coaching... but where do you start? Research is inaccessible and the sheer volume of all you need to know can be overwhelming, right? So, I though I'd provide a little overview (lol it was 30 mins...
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36. ADHD, relationships with food & what you need to know (with Rachel Hunter)
Today, I'm joined by nutrition and body image coach, the hilarious Rachel Hunter as we chat all about whether you need a neurodiverse specific coach, qualification... and it's a race to see who says something cancellable first. We love to see it. Rachel on IG: @hunterhealthproject Follow me on…
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35. Why self-control isn't enough to stop binge eating
We are constantly told that dieting is just a matter of “willpower”. That individuals just need more control. Is it really that simple? And if so, what happens when we try and restrain ourselves when we experience cravings? WORK WITH ME Coaching information Book a consultation call...
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34. Why are all the female running influencers injured?
I can't be the only one who's noticed a lot of the running influencers are injured atm... and since I can't help but intellectualise everything, here's why I think that might be the case and what it means for how we view fitness and performance goals! GET YOUR TICKETS TO THE FITNESS…
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33. PCOS & body image
Women with PCOS have long been victimised by online fat loss “specialists” who capitalise on female health conditions by making them all about how you can’t lose weight...I hate it here. But whilst we problematise the female body for commercial gain, are we ignoring the body image struggles of...
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32. Alcohol dependence, disordered eating & body image (with Anna Preece)
Alcohol dependence is still a pretty taboo subject, as is disordered eating. Today, I'm joined by Anna Preece, a PhD candidate at Bournemouth University and a relationship with food coach to chat about the myths and realities of the interplay between alcohol dependence and disordered eating.…
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31. Bad body beliefs & how to change them
Do you struggle with unhelpful thoughts about your body? Body image concerns and disordered eating habits are often driven by dysfunctional cognitions. Aside from sounding like a terrible name for a college indie band, dysfunctional cognitions, or unhelpful thinking patterns/beliefs about our...
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30. Can you improve your relationship with food whilst dieting?
Can you really get "into the shape of your life" whilst trying to improve your relationship with food? Or are there some barriers to this? In 2026 we are RAMBLING and parsing out our thoughts on all things relationship with food and this week's episode is no different! WORK WITH ME Coaching...
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29. Commenting on bodies, GLP-1s and why real ED awareness matters (with Sophia Harris)
Join Sophia and I as we chat about all the major challenges facing the fitness industry - from commenting on celebrities bodies to new year diets! Sophia's IG: @sophia_apollo_nutrition Thank you for all your support this year - and I am really looking forward to getting more episodes out with…
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28. Body image Christmas survival guide
What do you do when that aunt comments on your body again? What happens if some Christmas excess means your clothes don't fit? Is it really as simple as "not feeling guilty"? Join me as we discuss all you need to know to support your body image this festive period. I'll be back in 2026 with more...
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27. Supporting your relationship with food over xmas
Worried about binge eating over Christmas? Scared about staying in control and not losing all your progress? Fear not, I shan't be telling you how to "damage control", but I will help you be mindful over Christmas! - WORK WITH ME: Body Image & Nutrition Review Coaching:...
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26. Disordered eating in fitness professionals (research review)
Disordered eating (DE) is becoming increasingly common, and anyone with eyes and a working Instagram account can see that we have plenty of reason to suspect that fitness professionals struggle with their relationships with food (see: the inability to post what you eat in a day without also…
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25. Why you don't want to learn about body image
Why do coaches get so angry about body image? Why does no one care about body image except to tell me it's BS in my IG comments? Let's discuss. EARLY BIRD MASTERCLASS TICKETS HERE WORK WITH ME: Coaching: www.michellecarroll.co.uk/coaching Course: www.michellecarroll.co.uk/dei-course...
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24. Body image in research, menopause, GLP-1s and everything in between (with Dr Charlotte Markey)
They say never meet your heroes, but they never had the pleasure of having Dr Charlotte Markey on the podcast. With over 20 years experience studying body image and eating behavious, over 100+ citations and 4 body image books published, Dr Markey is an absolute fountain of knowledge. I was...
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23. Discipline vs disorder: the fitness industry's false equivalency
Is everything disordered? Does discipline equal freedom? Do we all just need to touch grass? (Yes.) - WORK WITH ME: Coaching: www.michellecarroll.co.uk/coaching Course: www.michellecarroll.co.uk/dei-course Instagram: @michellecarroll1
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22. 3 tips for surviving bad body image moments
What do you do when you asks the universe to make you look younger, and it gives you a forehead of spots instead of more collagen? UNFORTUNATELY I KNOW THE ANSWER... But in today's episode, I'm going to take you through how I'm not going to let this get me down and give my 3 tips to get you…
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21. What fitness coaches get wrong in coaching
The fitness industry suffers as a result of a lack of education and predatory biznizz tormentors... but here's what you need to know about some of the main things I see coaches get wrong in their business. - WORK WITH ME: DISORDERED EATING INFORMED: www.michellecarroll.co.uk/dei-course COACHING:...
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20. Does the VS fashion show mean body positivity is dead?
Now that the VS fashion show and low rise jeans are back (BOO), what does that mean for us as consumers? Are we destined to be chasing a flat stomach for all eternity? Or is there something else we can do? Join me on today's episode as I break down all the goss from the VS fashion show! - WORK…
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A podcast for coaches ready to think about weight less and live more - free from food and body obsession. Hosted by Michelle Carroll, (PhD(c) Clinical Psychology & MSc Nutrition), I'm here to bring science-backed tools to help you and your clients find food freedom and body confidence with my unique blend of deranged humour and atrocious pop culture references.
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