The Nood Troop Podcast

Hey Troop!Can you believe episode 10 is launching on the day we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Katelyn Scott AND the launch day of The Love and Rage sessions?!Seems super fitting to be hosting one of my most favorite photographers in the whole world, Chantelle Dione, an empowerment and branding photographer based in Stonewall, Manitoba, photographing humans across Manitoba and beyond.She believes the most powerful image of you is an honest one. Her messaging is super clear that bodies are pretty incredible and deserving of being seen, just how they are. She makes sure clients know that she works with the light, not against the lines. And most importantly, she does not sand down the evidence of a life fully lived in pursuit of someone else’s idea of polished.She strives to create portraits that empower, inspire, and spark something real. Make sure you hop onto her IG account and show her some love!! If you are interested in working with her, make sure to check out her webpage here! Enjoy episode 10 and make sure to check your email at 9am for the launch of The Love and Rage photography experience! The first 10 people are going to snag a one of a kind experience! I love you so much and as always, make sure you’re subscribed to The Nood Troop so you don’t miss a thing! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Hi Troop!First, let me start by apologizing for my absence. It’s been a wild couple of weeks with travel and lack of decent Wifi, so this podcast is a solid 2 weeks late and that’s my bad. New content and some changes will be happening in the next 2 weeks, so thank you for your patience!Now onto the good stuff. Bali was wild, incredible, healing and so much more. Come on a little journey with me as I walk you through my trip, talk about the incredible healing that happened, and why I think it’s so important to prioritize things that set your soul on fire! Cheers, Katelyn! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Troop! I’m so honored to welcome Alex, aka Alex.Yapps on social media, to the pod today! This woman is a freaking powerhouse, talking all things life after divorce, hot slut era and why life really does look bright on the other side!Divorce has been a taboo topic for far too long and Alex is truly stepping into the light and bringing all our divorcee baddies with her. No more playing small, life is meant to be lived and she is truly embodying that! Alex is a dating coach and a specialist on stepping into your power after your divorce and you won’t want to miss today’s episode! You can find Alex on her podcast “Dating Yapps” on both Apple and Spotify as well on IG and TikTok at Alex.Yapps!As always, thanks for listening! Find us on Substack The Nood Troop! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Trooper!Happy April cuties! This month always feels special, but this April feel EXTRA special because Katelyn Scott is turning 10!! I started this very company on April 4th, 2016!! We are officially hitting double digits, so in celebration of this incredible milestone, I am headed to Bali for a much needed adventure filled with love, healing and digital detoxing! To kick this month of celebration off, it only makes sense to run down memory lane and recap the last 10 years of this incredible ride! No long winded post, just a gentle reminder that everything happens the way it’s supposed to, there are no mistakes, and the journey is the fun part because there is no true destination! Thanks for being here and know how much I love you! Cheers, Katelyn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

So I hear you hate yourself in pictures and that’s why you don’t ever get in front of the lens….It’s human nature to occasionally see an image of yourself that makes you recoil then question every decision you’ve ever made. Every.Single.One.Of.Us.Has.Done.This. Insert clapping hands emojis for emphasis! There isn’t one human on the planet that hasn’t had this happen a time or two in their life and we need to normalize it.When I tell you that I help people heal their relationship with their body through the lens of boudoir, it means I allow people to witness the human they are becoming and then invite them to get curious about their body. To see it in ways they never have, to stand powerfully in front of a camera and investigate what makes them feel good and what makes them feel squiggly. Do you think they will love every image?! Absolutely-the-fuck will they not. And that’s ok! We put such an emphasis on only taking images that we think we’ll like that we forget to document our lives. We refuse to get in front of a lens out of fear and disdain for the person we will see reflected back….and I hear that all the time. Every single week. But I need you to hear me when I say this, you don’t have to like the photo to start healing. You just don’t.There are a million reasons why you may not like a photo of yourself, but none good enough from prohibiting the documentation of your life. Just because you’re not used to seeing yourself outside of a mirror, or from a different angle, or with different lighting or harsh shadows, doesn't mean your body doesn’t deserve to be in front of the lens! It just makes you human.I had a moment like this in Banff that I keep coming back to, because it was such a clear example of how fast a photo can try to take you out. It was one of those days you wish you could bottle up and keep forever. Sun out, sitting by the river, feet in that freezing, sparkly water. Drinks in hand. Friends around. I felt good. Like, genuinely good in my body. I was wearing one of my go-to outfits, black crop top, black skirt, big earrings. My little uniform. I was comfortable. I was present. And then someone took a photo….And when I saw it, I had that full body recoil. You know the one. Where it’s like your stomach drops and your brain just starts firing.The angle was bad. The lighting was bad. My belly looked more prominent than I expected. And immediately all those old voices showed up.“You look terrible.”“What are you doing wearing that?”“You shouldn’t be out like this.”It almost ruined the entire day. Like, genuinely almost derailed everything. But I caught it. And I think that’s the part I want you to really pay attention to…not that the thought happened, but that I noticed it. I had to pause and ask myself, “Am I really about to let a single photo take this entire day away from me?”And the answer was no.So I did this thing I’ve practiced over and over again. I took those voices, the ones that aren’t actually mine, the ones that were handed to me by media and people and years of conditioning, and I imagined pulling them out of my brain and putting them in a canoe and sending them down the river. Which, in that moment, was very convenient because I was literally standing in a river, and then I stayed.I stayed in the moment. I stayed with my friends. We went to dinner. I got pulled on stage at a Greek restaurant and broke plates and laughed until I cried and had one of the best days I’ve had in a long time.None of that would have happened if I had let that photo win.That’s the thing no one really talks about. It’s not the photo that ruins your day. It’s the meaning you attach to it. Because the truth is, no one else is seeing you the way you’re seeing yourself in that moment. No one else is zooming in on your stomach or your chin or whatever it is your brain has decided is the problem. They’re seeing you laugh. They’re seeing you exist. They’re seeing you be a human in a moment. The only person tearing you apart in that image is you.So the goal is to start showing up. To start being seen. To start documenting your life as it is right now—not five pounds from now, not ten pounds ago, not some imaginary version of yourself that you think would finally be “worthy” of being remembered. Right now.Because here’s the part that always hits me in the chest a little bit….photos are not just for you. They’re for the people who love you. They’re for the story you’re leaving behind. They’re for the moments you’re going to want to remember when time has moved on and everything looks different.If you’ve ever lost someone, you know exactly what I’m talking about. You don’t go looking for the perfect photos. You don’t care if they looked “flattering.” You just want to see them. Existing. Living. Being who they were. And if you’re not in the photos… if you keep waiting… if you keep hiding…what are you leaving behind?So take the photo….Even if you don’t like it. Even if it makes you feel a little uncomfortable. Even if you never look at it right away.Take it anyway and let it exist in the digital footprint you are building. Let it hold a memory from a day you want to relive. Let it be a part of your story. And maybe, just maybe, you will heal through the documentation of your story and you will look back on this images with joy and pride, and maybe even eventually love. Give yourself the permission to grow and learn to love the version of yourself that once was and the version of yourself that you are becoming.I love you friend, I am so fiercely proud of you and I can’t wait to see how you start to document this one beautiful life we are given! Because one day, you’re going to look back at this version of you, the one you’re so hard on right now, and you’re going to see something completely different. And I don’t want you to miss her.Love you!Katelyn Ps, look at how happy and adorable this image is!! How could this silly little cutie derail an incredible day?! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Hey troop!Welcome back for episode 5 of The Nood Troop Podcast! Full disclosure, we are all over the place with this one, but there is a point…stick with me!! Long story short, I booked a trip to Bali and like any normal, excited human, I started prepping the outfits long before the flight was booked. I imagined this easy breezy girl with flowy dresses, tiny little matching sets, clothes that made me feel like the higher version of myself…..so I did what most of us have learned to do.I opened 37 tabs. I scrolled. I added to cart. I hoped. And then I spent over $1700 on clothes…just to return almost all of it.Because shopping while fat isn’t just shopping.For the majority of my life, shopping has been the ultimate ick. Hot dressing rooms, limited size options, emotional labor and disappointment. As someone who lives in a body that sits above the magical straight size of an XL, finding clothes in store is not an option. I don’t get the luxury of walking into a dressing room and knowing. I don’t get to feel fabrics, test fits, or try on five options and pick the best one.Humans that live in bodies like mine get guesswork. We get size charts that lie. We get models that don’t look like us. We get “extended sizing” that somehow still doesn’t extend far enough. So we order…and we order a lot. Different sizes. Different cuts. Backups for the backups. Because the fear of having nothing that fits before a trip? That’s real.And then comes the part no one budgets for.The returns. The waiting. The refunds tied up for weeks. The mental math of “how much is currently sitting in limbo on my credit card?” The time spent repackaging. Printing labels. Driving to UPS. Doing it all over again.And when stores do carry plus sizes?They’re often hidden. Up on the 3rd floor next to the home goods section, with no airconditioning and a dressing room that’s built for the kids section it sits in. Nothing screams - you’re not a priority - than sitting on a stool made for a small human, while you sweat your ass off. It’s the bare minimum a store can do to say “Yes, you can shop here… but we’d prefer you didn’t.”And here’s the part that hits the hardest…You can be so excited about your life…and still feel completely defeated trying to get dressed for it. You finally booked the trip, you planned the travel, you said yes to life and yet somehow standing in your room surrounded by boxes that don’t fit, it’s easy to think: “Maybe my body is the problem.”It’s not.Let me say that louder for the people in the back: It is not your body’s fault.Your body is not the barrier to cute clothes. Your body is not the reason shopping feels impossible. Your body is not the thing that needs to change.The system is broken.The fashion industry was not built with all bodies in mind and instead of fixing that, it asks you to bend, shrink, wait, or settle. It’s all a huge fucking lie and I want you to know that your body is good, is worthy and is deserving of clothes that fit you, that make you sing, that light you up and feel good on your body.This week on the Nood Troop Podcast…We’re talking about all of it.The frustration. The cost. The emotional toll. And what it means to navigate a world that still hasn’t caught up to the reality of our bodies.But more importantly, we’re talking about how none of this changes your worth. Not even a little bit.You are not hard to dress.You are not difficult to fit.You are not the exception.You are just living in a system that hasn’t done its job yet.And that’s not on you.I love you friend!Katelyn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Hey Troop,I am coming to you today with a really vulnerable post, one I have been dreading making for a few months. It is with a whole heap of sadness that I had to help my sweet baby angel dog cross the rainbow bridge on Sunday. Life as I know it is paused for the moment and I am allowing myself the time and grace to mourn this huge loss. This angel baby was my whole world and best friend for 14 years, and full transparency, I am not handling it well.So today, we are talking about grief….I know, not what was planned for this month, but honestly, this space is for vulnerability, honesty, stripping back the disguise and showing you that we can walk hard paths together. I would be honored to have you join me as we chat about grief’s compounding effect on the relationship you are developing with your body, as well as some tricks I have picked up along the way to help walk this rocky path. I love you. Just know that if you are walking with grief, my hand is open for you to grab. Our paths may not be the exact same, but I am here supporting you no matter what. Love you, mean it.Katelyn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Welcome to episode three of The Nood Troop Podcast!Today we are diving headfirst into a recent TikTok I stumbled across during a marathon doom scroll that claimed “you’re bigger than you think you are” and unpacking why I think it’s such a problematic statement. Trigger warning, this podcast addresses weight loss, diet culture, body dysmorphia and cultural expectations to live in the smallest body possible, so if you’re battling any sort of demon in this world, I’ll catch you on episode 4! Love you, protect you ok?! If you love this kind of content, make sure you subscribe to our page to be a part of this incredible community!Love you friend, Katelyn, your fearless troop leader! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Hello Troop!Today I had the GREAT honor of learning from the one and only Debbie Saroufim, author, body acceptance coach, retreat host, educator and all around bad ass! Debbie’s message was clear and to the point. Body acceptance is something we have to fight for every single day. Even when we are telling ourselves a story that everything is ok, there may still be those negative little gremlins that pop up when we least expect them. Healing is not linear and doing the work to unpack the underlying, systemic voices is where we really grow.If you want access to the hard hitting, 6 step process that helps you move through the negative self talk with compassion instead of shame, please make sure to subscribe to The Nood Troop to unlock the full episode! Debbie can be found on IG at bodyacceptance_coach or simply click through here! For more information about the incredible retreat she is running, check out her website here! And lastly, to grab a copy of her amazing kids book, Fat and Beautiful, A Book About Why You Can Be Both, hope over here!It was such an honor learning from Debbie today and I hope you get as much out of it as I did. These are powerful words from a wonderfully powerful human.Thanks for being here!Katelyn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe

Hey Cutie!Welcome to our spicy little corner of the internet where self acceptance gets loud and shame goes to die!! Every week we will be baring it all on The Nood Troop Podcast. This is a space for people to be celebrated, bodies to be embraced, liberation to be had, inspiration to be taken and a general soft spot to land to escape reality. New episodes will include interviews with amazing humans, special guest hosts, tips and tricks for feeling better in your skin, current events and so much more! Grab a seat and snuggle into the world of full exposure! You are loved, you are celebrated and it’s an honor you’re here! Cheers,Katelyn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thenoodtroop.com/subscribe