Body Like You
This podcast is for everyone who is tired of thinking about food all the time with nothing to show for it. Join me as we go deeper than what's on your plate into the brain skills that result in real change. You don't need another nutrition coach telling you to eat more vegetables or that we all have the same 24-hours in a day. Real change starts in your brain by changing your thoughts about your body and yourself. This is mindset coaching on steriods!
31. Thoughts that Encourage Self-Sabotage: I Can't Change Because of Other People
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In this episode, Aimee explores one of the most common limiting beliefs that keeps people stuck: “I can’t change because of other people.”
Aimee unpacks how fears about upsetting partners, children, friends, or family can become a convincing reason to avoid taking care of your body. She explains why you cannot control other people’s thoughts or emotions, why neglecting yourself does not actually protect your relationships, and how to approach change with both acc...
30. Bought Sense: Why Failure Is the Cost of Real Change With Your Body and Everything Else
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Happy eating!!
Have you ever noticed how babies fail over and over in their efforts to walk, but never quit? Even if they have a few tantrums along the way? Imagine if babies could feel shame or create stories around how hard it is to learn how to walk. How many of them would never learn to walk in the first place?
The lessons that truly change us often cost something: time...
29. Why “I Deserve This” Is Keeping You Stuck
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Happy eating!!
Have you ever gotten to the end of a horrible week or a bad day at work and said, "I deserve to DoorDash?" Or if you're out to eat with your friends, do you get dessert and tell yourself that you've earned it?
This is an incredibly common dynamic that is hurting your relationship with food.
On the surface, it seems like telling yourself you deserve to eat...
28. Liking Your Body On Vacation Part 3
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Happy eating!!
This episode is packed with practical tips for eating well on vacation without overcomplicating it. We cover simple ways to stay more consistent while still enjoying your trip, including planning ahead for meals that actually matter, booking a room with a fridge or kitchenette, keeping easy grocery staples on hand, and using balanced breakfasts, packed lunches, and backup fast-casual options to make travel days less chaotic.
You’ll also he...
27. Liking Your Body On Vacation - Part 2
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Happy eating!!
In this episode of Body Like You, Aimee shares practical tools for improving body image on vacation and navigating the emotional challenges that can come with beach trips, summer travel, photos, swimsuits, and being out of your normal routine. If you’ve ever struggled with body dissatisfaction, negative thoughts about your appearance, or anxiety about how your body looks while traveling, this episode offers compassionate, actionable support.
Amy explains why vacation bo...
26. Liking Your Body On Vacation - Part 1
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Why does body image get worse on vacation? In this episode, Aimee explores the psychology of body image on vacation and explains why so many people struggle with feeling bigger, more self-conscious, or uncomfortable in their bodies while traveling. She breaks down the science of body perception, including why your brain’s view of your appearance can shift so quickly and how factors like bloating, wa...
25. Summer Body Anxiety: How to Build Real Body Confidence Without Crash Dieting
The weather is getting hotter, and your next vacation is on the horizon. Maybe you're planning something involving bikinis or swim trunks. And while that sounds like a lot of fun, you're also feeling a bit nervous about how you look in a bathing suit. Or, maybe you feel a general sense of body anxiety around wearing shorts and tank tops.
It's the time of year that predatory fitness and wellness coaches are ready to swoop in to sell you the ultimate solution to your body dissatisfaction: the Six Week Shred.
If you've ever been...
24. Urge Surfing for Cravings: A Self-Compassion Approach to Emotional Eating.
Hey friends! We're back for a second week talking about cravings and how to manage them.
And if you know anything about behavior change, you already know you're not going to hear anything about willpower or discipline here.
But managing cravings and emotional eating does require the willingness to be uncomfortable and tapping into your courage to change.
In this episode, I talk about why cravings can feel so intense and what to do when food urges seem out of control. I explain how cravings are created in the brain, why willpower alone...
23. The Wanting is Not the Liking: Cravings and Food Noise 101
Happy eating, everyone.
This week I'm kicking off a little series on the part of pleasure eating that tends to upset everyone. It's the compulsive, relentless drive to eat things that we know aren't the best for our bodies or don't align with our goals. Most of us have experienced cravings, and some of us suffer from unwanted cravings to the point that it negatively impacts our lives.
Once you understand the the part of your brain that makes you yearn for food isn't the same part that likes what you are eating, you can...
22. Can You Want to Look Better and Be Healthy Without Damaging Your Body Image?
Happy eating, everyone!
This week I'm talking about a very common fight I see in the online health and wellness community.
On one side, you have people who say, "It's perfectly normal to work out for vanity." or "Everyone works out too look good. Stop pretending."
On the other side, you have people who almost...look down on...anyone who mentions anything aesthetic about their fitness and nutrition goals.
As with most things, the truth lies in how your brain evolved to keep you alive, bringing nuance to your appearance goals...
21. Why Do Scale Fluctuations Still Upset Me Even When I Know They’re Normal?
If you’ve ever watched the scale jump up and instantly felt your mood drop, even while your rational brain says “it’s just water weight," this episode is for you. We break down why intellectualizing scale fluctuations doesn’t calm the emotional hit, especially when fat loss is your goal and the number feels like a verdict on your effort.
You’ll learn what’s actually happening in your body (and your nervous system) when weight bounces day to day, why “just don’t be upset” backfires, and how to respond in a way that reduces spiraling without...
20. People Versus Food: A quick tool to help you reorient yourself when food noise is yelling for your attention
Hi friends! Aimee's back, post-laryngitis
Ever notice how food can hijack your attention at parties, dinners, or restaurants—especially when you’re a food-focused person? In this episode, we unpack a simple mindfulness tool called “People vs Food” to help you decide in advance whether a social situation is primarily about connection or a unique food experience. We talk about why food fixation happens, how shame makes change harder, and how to gently redirect your attention back to the people you’re with.
An important reminder: tools only help when they’re used with compassionate motives, not...
19. Why Body Comparison Happens And How to Stop the Spiral
Have you ever been mid-workout, feeling strong, energized, proud? Then you glance in the mirror, see someone with the perfect body, and your mood drops instantly? That jealousy-anger-sadness-shame spiral is more common than you think, and it isn’t proof you’re a bad person.
In this episode, Aimee unpacks why body comparison happens (hint: your brain is scanning for resources and safety), why “looking better” doesn’t solve body dissatisfaction, and how to interrupt the cycle with a simple 5-step Body Comparison Playbook.
You’ll learn how to:
Recognize “competitive social mentality” and upward compariso...18. Why Perfectionism Keeps You Stuck (and What to Do Instead)
When perfectionism shows up, it doesn’t just raise your standards, it tries to protect you from vulnerability, judgment, and uncomfortable emotions. In this episode, Aimee shares how quickly the brain can turn “not perfect” into “this will be a failure.”
You’ll learn why intellectualizing often doesn’t calm perfectionism, how perfectionism becomes a safety strategy that fuels procrastination and all-or-nothing habits, and what it looks like in exercise, nutrition, and body image.
In this episode, Aimee covers:
Why perfectionism is about fear of being seen as imperfect, and why you can’t control other pe...17. Do You Actually Need a “Perimenopause Plan” to Take Care of Your Body?
Perimenopause has become one of the loudest and confusing conversations in health and wellness
In this episode, Aimee Richardson cuts through the noise to unpack what’s actually happening to your body during perimenopause, and what’s just fear-based marketing designed to sell you supplements, programs, and panic.
Drawing from both lived experience and evidence-based research, Aimee explores metabolism myths, fat gain fears, cortisol anxiety, insulin resistance, GLP-1 chatter, and the emotional weight of body changes in midlife. You’ll learn why menopause does not automatically slow your metabolism, what really drives body composition changes, and wh...
16. If you want to enjoy more discipline, you have to start with more capacity first.
Discipline isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something that emerges when you have the capacity to change.
In this episode, Aimee reframes discipline as an outcome, not a personality trait, and introduces a more compassionate, sustainable approach to behavior change. Instead of relying on restriction, punishment, or willpower at all costs, she explores what actually makes change possible: building emotional, psychological, and logistical capacity.
You’ll learn why many diets and fitness plans quietly create more suffering, how life stress, body image distress, and emotional exhaustion limit your ability to follow through, and why fa...
15. What if discipline isn’t about willpower, grit, or suffering at all?
In this episode of Body Like You, Aimee challenges the cultural belief that discipline is a personality trait reserved for “good” or “hardworking” people. Instead, she breaks down the psychology of behavior change, explaining why knowing what to do with nutrition, exercise, or body image rarely leads to lasting results.
You’ll learn why discipline is something that happens on the back end, not something that is part of your personality, and how emotional regulation, self-compassion, and self-regulation skills create consistency without punishment. From fat loss frustration and diet burnout to exercise resistance and shame-based motivation, this episode ex...
14. What Your 2026 Goals Are Really About: Leverage the Psychology of Motivation to Get What You Want (and Need)!
t’s a new year, and once again, your body goals are calling.
In this episode of Body Like You, Aimee breaks down why wanting to change your body often comes with resistance, mixed emotions, and frustration — especially when it comes to weight loss, fat loss, exercise, dieting, and health goals — and why that tension is actually a normal part of behavior change. You’ll learn why ambivalence doesn’t mean you’re failing, why consistency is built through inconsistency, and how self-compassion plays a critical role in sustainable change.
Through personal stories and powerful mindset shif...
13. First Listener Q&A! Mind Body Lag: Why You Still Feel Bigger After Weight Loss + What Supplements and Protein Powder I Use
What happens when your body changes but your brain has not caught up yet?
In this Q&A-style episode of Body Like You, Aimee explores mind body lag, also known as phantom fatness, a common experience after weight loss, body composition changes, or dieting. She explains why you may feel larger than you actually are, how the brain’s threat and safety system distorts body image, and why this disconnect is not a personal failure or something that needs to be fixed.
Aimee breaks down the four components of body image including body perception, beliefs, em...
12. How Treating Your Body Like a Person Creates Lasting Self-Compassion
What if the key to taking care of your body wasn’t more motivation, but a better relationship?
In this episode, Aimee introduces a powerful reframe: treating your body as if it were another person you care about. Instead of pushing, criticizing, or trying to fix your body out of fear or dissatisfaction, she explores how compassionate motives emerge when you relate to your body the way you would a friend, child, or partner—someone whose needs matter, even when it’s inconvenient.
Through personal stories of pregnancy, chronic pain, weight loss, and burnout, Aimee explai...
You're Not Unmotivated: How Compassion Creates the Fuel that Fear Never Could
Why does motivation disappear the moment you need it most? Why does changing your body feel so urgent… and yet so impossible to sustain?
In this episode of Body Like You, Aimee explores the real fuel behind lasting change—and why most of what we’ve been taught about motivation actually works against us. From dieting in a panic to trying to scare ourselves into better health, she breaks down how fear-based motivation (whether rooted in body shame or future health risks) can spark short-term action but almost always burns out.
Drawing on neuroscience, body image...
10. The Real Reason You Panic When You Can't Workout
This week, Aimee starts with how to nourish your body when you’re sick and your routine gets thrown off. But knowing how to eat when you're sick or injured isn't usually the biggest obstacle. Beneath the practical questions about nutrition, there’s often a quiet sense of urgency. A low-grade panic. A worry that has nothing to do with vitamins or hydration.
That’s when the conversation shifts into what this episode is really about: the fear of fat gain.
Using insights from Tabitha Farrar’s book Fear of Weight Gain, Aimee unpacks why disrupti...
9. Introducing C.A.R.E.: the tool I use to prepare my brain for events, parties, and functions as a food-focused person.
In this episode, Aimee walks you through her signature CARE Method—a simple, powerful mindset tool designed to help food-focused eaters navigate parties, events, and any environment filled with delicious, high-dopamine “pleasure foods.”
You’ll learn how to:
✨ Connect with your emotional state before you arrive
✨ Assess vulnerabilities like stress, sleep, mood, or hunger
✨ Reorient your attention toward what you really want from the event
✨ Engage in future-oriented thinking so tonight’s choices feel aligned with tomorrow’s goals
Whether you’re heading into the holiday season, a big night out, or ju...
8. Every single bit of advice I have for Thanksgiving: Travel, Self-Care, Pleasure Eating, Body Image, and (Difficult) Family
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7. Curating Your Pleasure Eating Experience
In this episode, Aimee takes you inside one of the most powerful mindset shifts she teaches her clients: curating your pleasure eating experience. Just in time for the season of treats, traditions, and food-driven moments, Aimee breaks down why pleasure eating is emotional, complicated, and absolutely worth understanding if you want a healthier relationship with food.
You’ll hear how to move away from shame, drama, and “I can’t trust myself” thinking, and into an abundance mindset where you have full autonomy over what’s truly worth it. Aimee shares her signature pleasure scale, real client stories, a...
6. Are you someone who wants to change, but feels overwhelmed? Here's the first place I'd tell you to start if you were my client.
Ever feel like you want to get healthier but have no idea where to start? You’re not alone. In this episode, Aimee opens up about losing 80 pounds, quitting smoking, and learning how to care for her body without falling for diet culture traps. You’ll hear why calories aren’t the enemy, how small changes really do add up, and what it means to show yourself compassion while you figure it all out.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why “not knowing where to start” is more emotional than informational — and how to move past that block.The...Is Time your biggest obstacle to making real change with diet and exercise? Why time is never your issue, and what's really going on.
This week Aimee discusses everyone's favorite limiting belief, "I don't have enough time."
We're busier than ever these days, and it feels impossible to do everything well. There's a reason our brains offer up a lack of time as a good reason to not begin or continue health-seeking behaviors. It's so reasonable and feels so true.
Thoughts about time are a useful clue that something else is going on. Find out what and how to deal in this week's episode.
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The Holidays are here! How to reframe your holiday eating and drinking so you are finally in control.
Have you ever felt like it was impossible to eat like a normal person during the holidays? With Halloween upon it, it's the start to the 2025 holiday season. It's a time of anticipation, joy, and excitement, but also pressure, unrealistic expectations, and exhaustion.
There's a story that tends to come with the holiday season around indulgences with food.
The idea that
-this is someone's only chance,
-or that the holidays won't be the same without a particular kind of food,
-or that eating too much or drinking too much...
Your inner critic is not your enemy: how to coexist with that nasty voice inside of your head.
This week, Aimee explores that familiar jerk inside of our heads: your inner critic.
A strong inner critic is a common experience for people who are driven and love to achieve important things. When it comes to nutrition, fat loss, and other types of body care, your inner critic may be ready to call you names the minute you're not perfect. It may feel like this is what keeps you from going off track. And while that might be true (until it isn't), there's a huge emotional toll to letting your inner critic go hog wild.
<...Do you want to lose body fat to look good naked or to take care of yourself? Probably both. Why motivation matters for success.
This week, Aimee discusses why most of us come into fat loss for many different reasons, some having to do with what other people think about us and some having to do with our own body respect. Find out why it's completely normal to worry about how you look naked (no, you are not vain), and why it still in your best interest to cultivate motivation that comes from within.
My story: How I went from a sedentary smoker who loved fast food to a nutrition coach fascinated with body image.
Welcome to the first official episode of Body Like You! This week, Aimee talks a bit about her history with obesity, food focus, and smoking and the path that took her from struggling with food to helping others with fearless nutrition, body image, and self-compassion.
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Welcome to Body Like You!
