One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie

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One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie is a space for honest, unfiltered conversations about food relationships, body image, and the emotional journey to self-acceptance. Hosted by binge eating therapist and intuitive eating coach Dr. Meredith MacKenzie, this podcast dives deep into what it really takes to break free from the cycles of bingeing, restricting and food guilt, in order to finally feel at home in your body. With warmth, insight, and lived experience, this show offers connection and guided support for women who are tired of chasing perfection and ready to reconnect with themselves in a more meaningful way, free from outside pressures. Each week through solo episodes, guest interviews, and real-life coaching conversations, listeners are invited into real, grounded conversations. Ranging from topics of intuitive eating and binge eating recovery, to reclaiming your body, joyful movement, and navigating life in a culture obsessed with size. If you’ve ever whispered, “I don’t know what else to try,” One Body to Love will offer a new perspective, one rooted in compassion, curiosity, and sustainable change. Whether you’re in the thick of it or slowly finding your way forward, this is your reminder that healing is possible and you don’t have to do it alone.

  1. 5d ago

    Food Freedom Files Ep. 4 | The "I Was So Good All Week" Spiral

    You start every week with resolve. And end most of them in the same place you started. In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie names the "I was so good all week" spiral — one of the most common, most demoralising patterns in her clinical work — and explains exactly why it keeps happening. This isn't a discipline problem. It's a structural one. The controlled week and the chaotic weekend are two sides of the same coin, and understanding why the control creates the blowout is the shift that makes a different approach possible. Key takeaways: Why the "good week / bad weekend" rhythm is a cycle, not a failure patternHow describing eating as "good" creates the conditions for the Diet RebelWhat the meal prep week that slides is actually telling you — and why it's not a food problemThe all-or-nothing thinking pattern: how one "off" choice becomes a lost weekWhat flexible structure actually looks like: planning easy meals and fun meals with equal legitimacy This week's reflection prompt: What does the beginning of your week look like with food? What does the end look like? And what does the gap between them tell you — not about your discipline, but about the approach itself? Ready to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

  2. Jul 14

    Food Freedom Files Ep. 3 | Why the Cycle Keeps Going (Even When You Really Want to Stop)

    You've tried everything. You keep trying. And the cycle is still running. In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie goes into the biology and psychology of why — and why "trying harder" was never going to be the answer. Drawing on the foundational work of Tribole and Resch, this episode explains what restriction actually does to the body at a hormonal and neurological level, names the three phases of the restrict-binge cycle in specific, recognisable terms, and addresses the woman who says "I don't diet" — because mental restriction is enough to keep the cycle going. Key takeaways: The three phases of the restrict-binge cycle: restriction, binge, aftermath — named and normalisedThe biology of restriction: what your body is doing and why it's not a character flawThe breathing analogy: why the binge is a predictable outcome, not a personal failureMental restriction: the quiet, internal version of dieting that keeps the cycle running without a formal planWhy both biology and emotion drive the cycle — and why both need to be addressedThis week's reflection prompt: Where in the cycle do you tend to find yourself most often? What does your version of restriction look like — formal or informal? Use code SUMMER10 at meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off Food Freedom in a Weekend. Ready to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

  3. Jul 7

    Food Freedom Files Ep. 2 | The Voices in Your Head Aren't Yours

    You understand the cycle. You've done the reading. You might even agree, in theory, with intuitive eating. And you're still stuck. In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie names the three internal voices that keep the restrict-binge cycle running — even in women who know better. The Food Police, the Nutrition Informant, and the Diet Rebel aren't random thoughts. They're patterns, installed over years of living inside diet culture. And naming them as distinct from your own voice is one of the most disarming things you can do. Key takeaways: Why the "knowing-doing gap" isn't a willpower problem — something is operating underneathThe Food Police: what it is, where it came from, and why it gets louder with every dietThe Nutrition Informant: the sneakier voice that sounds like wellness but functions like restrictionThe Diet Rebel: why she exists, why she's not the problem, and what she's responding toThe Intuitive Eater: the voice that was there before all of it — and how to start hearing her againReady to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

  4. Jul 2

    Food Freedom Files Ep. 1 | The Relationship You Never Meant to Have with Food

    You've started over more times than you can count. Not because you lack discipline — but because every fresh start has been aimed at the surface of the problem, not the root of it. In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie opens The Food Freedom Files — a six-episode summer series on what's really going on underneath your relationship with food. Episode 1 introduces the iceberg: the history, the emotional patterns, and the deeply personal chapters that shaped the way you eat today. Because understanding where you came from is the only place any of this actually begins. Key takeaways: Why the restrict-binge cycle isn't a willpower problem — and what it actually isThe iceberg concept: what's above the surface vs. what's really driving the patternThe "I don't have an eating disorder, but..." moment and why it mattersThe food journey map: how tracing your food history creates the compassion the cycle has been blockingWhy "of course you're here" is the reframe that changes everything This week's reflection prompt: What is the most challenging part of your relationship with food right now? And if things could magically be different — what would be different? Ready to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

  5. Jun 16

    From the Scorecard to the Mat: Sky Corbett-Methot on Healing Through Movement

    In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie sits down with Sky Corbett-Methot, a yoga teacher, holistic nutritionist, and community creator whose prenatal, baby and me, and mama-centric classes have shaped Dr. MacKenzie's own relationship with movement. Sky shares her history as a high-performance gymnast and competitive diver, the abuse and injury that ended her athletic career, and how motherhood became the catalyst for building movement spaces rooted in community rather than competition. This is a conversation about what happens when movement stops being something done to the body and becomes something done with it. Key takeaways Sky's years as a high-performance gymnast involved 35+ hours of training a week, coaching abuse, and a culture where pain and bodily signals were routinely overridden — patterns she has spent years unlearningA devastating injury, paired with the loss of her closest teammates, marked the breaking point that ended her gymnastics career at fifteenThe phrase "do what feels good" is an intentional invitation, not a vague platitude — it's permission to check in with the body rather than push through itSky describes her classes as "circular communities," spaces where women move through prenatal, baby and me, and mama-centric seasons together, supported the whole way Movement can be both healing and energizing, but the same movement pushed past its limit can become depleting — the difference lies in whether it's goal-oriented or attuned to the bodyGuest bio Sky Corbett-Methot is a yoga teacher, holistic nutritionist, and community creator based in the Vancouver area. She holds a 500-hour Tantric Hatha Yoga and Meditation certification and additional training in prenatal, baby and me, mobility, and children's yoga. Her academic background spans anthropology and psychology. Sky will be joining the One Body to Love Day Retreat as a panellist this year. www.skyyogawellness.ca / www.instagram.com/skyyogawellness Ready to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

  6. Jun 2

    What I've Learned From Watching Women Heal Together

    In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie reflects on what 14 years of working with women in group settings and her first One Body to Love Day Retreat has taught her about how healing actually happens. This episode is for any woman who has tried to work through her relationship with food in private, and wondered why it felt so hard to get it to stick. 00:00 — Why Meredith no longer sees herself as the magic ingredient to her clients' change02:16 — How early career group work shaped her understanding of relational healing03:30 — Recapping the first One Body to Love Day Retreat and what surprised her most06:59 — The clinical case for healing in community: attachment, trauma, and the nervous system09:17 — What attendees said, and what Meredith wants every woman to carry out of the room11:37 — About the upcoming June 21 retreat and who it's for Ready to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

  7. May 19

    When Being in a Room Full of Women Who Understand Changes Everything

    Most women who are working on their relationship with food are doing it alone. Not because no one cares — but because the spaces around them weren't built to hold this kind of conversation. Friends are still deep inside diet culture. Therapy offers real support, but it's still just you and one other person. Social media communities exist, but the scroll is not the same as being in the room. In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie explores what changes when you finally find a space that was built differently. One where you don't have to manage what you share or scan someone's face to see if you've said too much. One where the acceptance is real and the nervous system — for the first time in a long time — can actually rest. Meredith walks through three things that happen in that kind of community that information on its own can't replicate: the moment of recognition that dissolves shame in a way no book can, witnessing a real person embody what you've only read about, and the nervous system experience of being genuinely safe. This episode is also a direct conversation for the woman who has done all the reading, understands the psychology, and still feels stuck — and what that actually means. In This Episode You'll Hear Why the isolation around this struggle isn't random — and the real structural reasons it's so hard to talk about food and bodies [2:08]Why being in a room with women who "get it" does something to shame that nothing else quite replicates [4:31]The difference between reading a testimonial and witnessing a real woman embody change — and why one reaches the part of you that still doesn't believe it yet [6:55]The nervous system piece: what it actually means to be in a genuinely safe space, and why that isn't just emotional comfort [7:30]A direct message for the woman who knows it all intellectually and still feels stuck [8:30]Why information changes what you think, and experience changes what you feel — and which one this kind of healing lives in [9:04]Details about the One Body to Love Day Retreat and what past attendees have said about what shifted [11:00]Ready to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

  8. May 4

    ADHD, Dopamine, and Why Food Feels So Loud

    If food has always felt louder for you than it seems to for everyone else — more urgent, harder to reason with, almost impossible to just leave alone — you have probably been given a lot of advice that doesn't actually work. Not because you weren't trying. Because the advice was never designed for the way your brain works.  In this episode, Dr. Meredith MacKenzie gets into the neurological explanation for why food feels the way it does for women with ADHD (or those who suspect they might have it). This isn't a willpower conversation. It's a dopamine conversation — and understanding the difference changes everything. In this episode you'll hear: •       [00:00] When food takes up the whole room •       [02:18] ADHD as a dopamine regulation issue — and what that has to do with food •       [03:50] Sensory hunger and why certain foods feel almost magnetic •       [05:20] The executive functioning gaps that make standard advice fall apart •       [05:30] Emotional dysregulation and why emotional eating makes sense in this context •       [07:30] Why mindful eating, meal planning, and trigger-tracking often miss the mark for ADHD •       [10:07] 'You are not failing the approach. The approach has been failing you.' •       [11:40] Five directions that actually work with an ADHD brain •       [14:29] Why naming the mechanism is often the thing that shifts the relationship with it   Resources Mentioned •       Food Freedom Rewind (free private podcast): meredithmackenzie.ca/rewind •       One Body to Love Retreat waitlist: meredithmackenzie.ca/retreat   If this episode was the first time food and ADHD were ever named in the same sentence for you — that matters. There is a framework that fits. You just haven't found it yet. Ready to go deeper? Food Freedom in a Weekend is Dr. Meredith MacKenzie's self-paced mini-course — two hours of video, a workbook, and a personalised food freedom plan built around your patterns. Use code SUMMER10 at www.meredithmackenzie.ca/summer for $10 off. Available for the full six weeks of this series. One Body to Love 10-Week Intuitive Eating Program 💻 Book a Connection Call Website - www.meredithmackenzie.ca Instagram - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie Facebook - Meredith MacKenzie Coaching Pinterest - pinterest.com/drmeredithmackenzie Youtube - @Dr.MeredithMackenzie

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One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie is a space for honest, unfiltered conversations about food relationships, body image, and the emotional journey to self-acceptance. Hosted by binge eating therapist and intuitive eating coach Dr. Meredith MacKenzie, this podcast dives deep into what it really takes to break free from the cycles of bingeing, restricting and food guilt, in order to finally feel at home in your body. With warmth, insight, and lived experience, this show offers connection and guided support for women who are tired of chasing perfection and ready to reconnect with themselves in a more meaningful way, free from outside pressures. Each week through solo episodes, guest interviews, and real-life coaching conversations, listeners are invited into real, grounded conversations. Ranging from topics of intuitive eating and binge eating recovery, to reclaiming your body, joyful movement, and navigating life in a culture obsessed with size. If you’ve ever whispered, “I don’t know what else to try,” One Body to Love will offer a new perspective, one rooted in compassion, curiosity, and sustainable change. Whether you’re in the thick of it or slowly finding your way forward, this is your reminder that healing is possible and you don’t have to do it alone.

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