Episode 72: Finding Food and Body Freedom with Kim Basler

Kim Basler is changing the way we think about movement and our bodies. But it wasn’t always this way. While Kim was building her career in fitness, she was living in a painful and secretive cycle of body shame and disordered eating.

Kim shares her powerful journey to recovery and how she’s helping other women and the fitness industry revisit their definitions of health, wellness, and movement.

Here’s what we’re talking about in this episode:

• How working in the fitness industry fuelled Kim’s eating disorder and perfectionism.
• The secrecy, fear, and shame of living with an eating disorder.
• The moment that she knew it was time to make a change.
• What Kim’s relationship with the fitness industry and movement look like today. 
• The work that Kim is doing with CanfitPro as a Body Image and Mental Wellness panelist to make the fitness industry a safer, more inclusive space

Kim Basler understands first hand the struggles around emotional eating, chronic dieting, and body image issues. With over 25 years working in the health and fitness industry, she is invested in helping YOU find a balanced approach towards healthy living. 

 Her training at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating enables her to use a mind-body centered approach to nutrition as well as cutting-edge eating psychology strategies. Kim believes in a holistic approach to health. Moving beyond the number on the scale and embracing health through mind, body, and spirit. She looks to support you with coaching strategies and nutrition principles that are nourishing, doable, sustainable, and that yield results.

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Instagram @kimbasler_foodfreedom

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kim.basler

Website www.kimbasler.com/

Resources we talk about:

The Institute of the Psychology of Eating:  https://psychologyofeating.com/

Intuitive Eating: https://www.intuitiveeating.org/

Spinco Waterloo https://spinco.ca/locations/

To learn more about The Bliss Retreat, visit thebalancebliss.ca/retreat 

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