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Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
A podcast for women stuck in the diet cycle, emotional eating and the 'I'll start Monday' patten. If you eat when stressed, overwhelmed or bored and feel guilty every time this show is for you. We talk about food freedom, breaking self-sabotage, and building a sustainable relationship with food without another diet." Find me here - Facebook - Coaching with Cara Instrgram - @coachingwcara Email - cara@coachingwithcara.co.uk If you would like to enquire about my 1-1 coaching then please book…
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- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Declutter diet culture from your home (supplements, diet books & social media)
Want to break the diet cycle? Then we need to start with your supplement drawer, your bookshelf and your phone. One of the women at The Intuitive Table this…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The Intuitive Table Supper Club - An evening to build a healthy relationship with food
Ever sat down to a menu and started negotiating with yourself before you've even ordered? That's the moment this episode is for. I'm opening up something brand…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why knowing what to do isn't enough to stop emotional eating
You know you should drink more water. You know breakfast matters. You know the phone should go down before bed. So why aren't you doing any of it? In this…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Organic, grass-fed, sustainable... What do food labels actually mean? With Professor Nicola Randall
Ever stood in the supermarket staring at a label wondering what "sustainable" really means? In this episode of Chatting with Cara, I sit down with Professor…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
GLP-1 drugs, food noise and your relationship with food
Are GLP-1 drugs actually improving your relationship with food, or just quietening it? In this episode of Chatting with Cara, I'm talking honestly about GLP-1…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why you know how to lose weight but not how to maintain it (break the diet cycle for good)
You know how to lose weight. You know how to gain it back. But has anyone ever taught you how to maintain it? In this episode I break down why chronic dieters…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why I only trust evidence-based nutrition (and what it's got to do with your relationship with food)
Someone sent me a supplement in my DMs this week. It had 1,500 reviews and was £25 for 30 capsules, so £50 a month for her and her husband. I had a look on…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
It's common, but it's not normal (and why that difference matters)
Tracking your calories. Weighing your oats. Taking a photo of yourself in your underwear for a stranger on the internet. All incredibly common. None of it…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why September beats new year for real change
Ready to break the diet cycle and build a healthy relationship with food? In this episode, I explain why September (not January) is the perfect time to stop…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Myth busting intuitive eating (why you won't "eat everything" the second you trust yourself)
You think if you stopped dieting, you'd eat everything in sight, don't you? Ice cream for breakfast. Chocolate for dinner. That whole packet of biscuits. In…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Snacking all day? It's probably emotional eating....
Snacking all day? It's probably emotional eating.... In this episode I break down why emotional eating shows up as snacking, using a real conversation I had…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Too tired to cook dinner, too wired to sleep.
You skip breakfast because there's no time. You grab lunch at your desk, in the car, standing at the chopping board. By 3pm you need a coffee just to function…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The supplement drawer that's hiding your relationship with food
Open your supplement drawer. Go on, actually do it. The magnesium for sleep. The B12 for energy. The green powder that's meant to fix your gut. The menopause…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Diets give you rules. This gives you freedom.
You've tried the shakes. The app where you photograph your dinner. The plan where Tuesday's your free day. You've got the t-shirt, well multiple t-shirts. But…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why you already know what to do (and still don't do it)
Stop the diet cycle for good? You've tried every diet going. You know your macros, you've read the books, you've got the apps. So why are you still starting…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why this generation will be the last to diet.
Remember when everyone smoked indoors? When you'd come home from a night out absolutely reeking of it and nobody batted an eyelid? That was normal. Until it…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Take your seat at The Intuitive Table
That Sunday night feeling, you know the one. You're already planning Monday, already writing the meal plan in your head, already telling yourself “this time…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The Diet Graveyard: Where did all those diets actually go?
Slimfast. The Special K Challenge. Skinny teas. The Dukan Diet. If you're wincing right now, this episode is literally for you. Today I'm taking you on a…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
How I went from 1,300 calorie spreadsheets to food freedom
I tried one of those "eat what you want and lose weight" programs. The spreadsheet landed in my inbox, the calories came out at 1,300, and I thought, there is…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Episode 100. My Story | How I Got Here
100 episodes. I know. I genuinely can't believe I'm saying that. I wanted to do something different for this one. No notes (yes I do plan the podcasts), no…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Body image confidence starts here: How to appreciate your body for what she does, not what she looks like.
Stop waiting until you love how you look before you start loving your body. In this episode, I'm talking about body appreciation and it might just change…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Break the diet cycle - You already have everything you need to stop self-sabotaging with Food
You've been searching for the next diet, the next plan, the next thing, but what if the answer to breaking the diet cycle wasn't out there at all? In this…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Stop solving the wrong problem: emotional eating edition
Do you keep trying to fix your emotional eating but nothing works? You might be solving the wrong problem. If you struggle with stress eating, comfort eating…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Those "fat memes" you keep sharing? They're not as harmless as you think.
You've seen them. The pig dancing in front of the pool. The person tucking into dessert seconds after complaining about their body. The guinea pig waddling to…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why you're knackered and what to actually do about it
If you've ever felt completely drained and wondered why you just can't seem to keep up, this episode is for you. You already know the feeling. You wake up…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The one tool I use with every single client
If you've ever found yourself doing the same thing around food over and over again and hating yourself for it, this episode is for you. You already know the…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
All you can eat Italian buffet. Part 2 - After I've been
We went. We ate. I sweated through my polo neck because The Castle was absolutely roasting. Part two of this week's Chatting with Cara is here, and I'm telling…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
All you can eat Italian buffet. Part 1 - Before I go
If you've ever dreaded a buffet more than you were looking forward to it, this episode is for you. You know the feeling. You have a buffet booked and suddenly…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The real reason why you can’t stop at one
If you've ever stood in the kitchen at 9pm reaching for that "healthy" little treat, this episode is for you. You know the ones. The skinny bars. The…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
If you've ever done a fitness photo shoot - this episode is for you!
This week's episode is a niche one, but one that I really wanted to talk about. If you have never done a fitness photo shoot, stay with me because this crosses…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
If you've ever thought "this probably isn't for me" Stay with me!
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is one I've been sitting on for a long time. Who do you picture when you think of someone who works with a…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why holidays mess with your relationship with food and how to stop the cycle.
This week’s episode of Chatting with Cara is one that comes up every single year with my coaching clients. Holidays. For something that’s supposed to be…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why your relationship with food feels like the one thing you can't crack.
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is one I've been dying to record for ages because if there's one thing I am, it's a low-key psychology geek. And this…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Chatting with Dr Bangs
Women’s health deserves better (and here’s how we start fixing it) This week’s episode of Chatting with Cara is a special one because I’m joined by consultant…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
IWD - Diet culture can do one (and here's how you help make that happen)
Diet culture can do one (and here's how you help make that happen) This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is a special one, it's International Women's Day…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Behind the Business - How compassionate coaching changes everything
This week's episode is a little different, it's a special guest appearance I made on Charlotte Williams' Mindful Monday Marketing and it's such a good one that…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
When stress eating isn't about the food and how to stop it.
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is about something I see with nearly every client who walks through my door, stress eating. But it's not actually…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why evidence-based menopause coaching beats personal experience
Why I Can Coach You Through Menopause (Even Though I Haven't Been Through It Myself) This week's episode of Chatting with Cara tackles a question my…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why my clients get addicted (while others drop off after 4 weeks)
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara addresses something a PT said to me over coffee - "Don't you find clients drop off after a bit?" “No, not my…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
You're not a boredom eater (and why that changes everything)
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara tackles something I hear constantly - "I'm a boredom eater." But here's the truth bomb - you're not actually bored…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Misdirected Energy - stop wasting effort on things that don't work.
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is all about a pattern I'm seeing everywhere right now, people putting massive effort into things that simply won't…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why consistency feels so hard (and how to make it easier)
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is all about a pattern that's keeping so many of my clients stuck - the all-or-nothing mindset. If you find yourself…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
"I want to see my vag again"
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is all about something I saw on social media that stopped me in my tracks - a Welsh food blogger who said she wants…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Three Simple Questions to Transform Your 2026
This week's episode of Chatting with Cara is all about fresh starts and the power of simplicity. As we step into 2026, I'm sharing three powerful coaching…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Breaking the cycle - One woman's journey through diet culture
This is Your Story Too This week on Chatting with Cara, I'm telling you a story. A story about someone called Cara. This story isn't about anyone in…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
How I'm actually enjoying the Christmas chaos (and you can to)
How I'm doing a lot, holding it all and enjoying it. This week's episode is all about how I'm genuinely enjoying December despite doing a lot and holding it…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
How not to press the F**K it button this December
This week's episode is all about surviving December without self-sabotaging your efforts. If you've ever found yourself pressing the f**k it button in…
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How much is Coaching with Cara?
It’s Not What You Do, It’s How You Do It This week’s episode of Chatting with Cara is a short but important behind-the-scenes update about how I’m bringing my…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Why you need a "below the knee" coat moment
This week on Chatting with Cara, I'm talking about… a coat. Yes. Really. My brand new, below the knee, duvet like coat and what this coat means for my body…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The constant messaging is relentless
This week on Chatting with Cara I’m diving into one of the most overwhelming and confusing topics out there right now: nutrition advice and the constant noise…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Your relationship with your children's food
This week on Chatting with Cara, I’m diving into one of the most eye-opening conversations you can have as a parent, your relationship with your child’s food…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
How to ditch the burn and earn cycle of food.
This week on Chatting with Cara I’m diving into one of the most powerful mindset shifts you can make when it comes to food and exercise - unconditional…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Food rules and why they are running the show
This week on Chatting with Cara, I’m diving into one of the sneakiest things that shapes your relationship with food - food rules. If you’ve ever caught…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
I read all the self-help books… but still can’t change
This week on Chatting with Cara, I’m diving into one of the most common frustrations I hear from women in my coaching sessions, why you can read all the…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The Mindful Eating Coaching with Cara Method
When I talk about mindful eating on Chatting with Cara it's always really popular. So I’m relaunching my Mindful Eating Workshop, because quite frankly the jaw…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Food is not medicine....
This week’s episode of Chatting with Cara is short but important. I’m diving into the idea that food is often sold to us as medicine, but that’s not the truth…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Saying yes when you mean no.
This week on Chatting with Cara, I’m diving into one of the biggest challenges I see with my clients (and one I’ve struggled with myself) - people pleasing. If…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
The Emotional Eating Handbook
This week on Chatting with Cara, I’m diving into one of the most common struggles I see in my coaching - emotional eating. If you’ve ever found yourself…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Are you snacking more than usual?
This week’s episode is all about those unexpected snack cravings and what’s really behind them. If you’ve found yourself wandering to the fridge more often…
- Chatting with Cara - The Relationship with Food Podcast
Designing your best life - Intentionally
Designing your best life with intention. This week’s episode is all about designing your best life -intentionally, purposefully and in a way that actually…