IBS, Stress and Exercise, with Denise Wogan

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Denise is one of my favourite people on Instagram, but we have yet to meet in real life!
I knew this would be a great conversation and it didn't disappoint, although with all the Irish lilting on both sides, captions may be needed;)
Denise is a Nutritional Therapist and Life Coach on a mission to help her clients discover food freedom and happiness in their mind and body, but is also in her own words, a bit of a messer and dreamer at heart.
She helps her clients navigate fears they may have around food and discover what truly makes them happy and content in their bodies.
Her lived experience makes her a source of nourishment for others in pain and she too, battled confidence issues and anxiety, finding her path to a more fulfilling life through connecting with her true self.
We touch on the following topics:

• Is it possible to find balance in terms of food and movement especially if we have come from a disordered eating background?
• How do we start to accept our bodies?
• How do we begin to reject the diet mentality when it comes to our food.
• Can movement always be joyful?
• Why do we as women struggle to rest and feel we always need to be doing 'more'.

Denise gives some really practical advice and we discuss the nuance when it comes to movement, consistency, and doing what we love.
You can hang out with Denise on Instagram and to work with her check out her latest offerings through her website.

Please reach out if you would like some support with your relationship to food OR movement. Ela currently has limited spaces for Intuitive Eating coaching and if you'd like to reconnect with movement, contact Christine.
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1. IBS, Stress and Exercise, with Denise Wogan (00:00:00)

2. Welcome and Introduction (00:01:19)

3. IBS Diagnosis (00:03:02)

4. Corporate burnout (00:03:23)

5. The beginnings of body acceptance (00:04:46)

6. Discovering Intuitive Eating (00:05:11)

7. Putting ourselves back on the list (00:06:06)

8. Women don't see their own strength (00:07:55)

9. Body image vs self esteem (00:10:48)

10. IBS, stress and disordered eating (00:11:35)

11. The body keeps the score (00:13:05)

12. How do we start listening to our bodies? (00:15:02)

13. Movement and mental health (00:16:40)

14. Nourishing our bodies for movement (00:22:18)

15. Building body trust as a precursor to listening to our bodies (00:26:34)

16. Health is not a number on the scale (00:30:06)

17. Of course we want to lose weight (00:32:59)

18. Weight stigma and fatphobia (00:34:41)

19. Can movement actually be joyful? (00:37:16)