Talking with Emma: Stop fighting food & weight

Emma Wright
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Talking with Emma is the podcast for women who are tired of obsessive food thinking, struggling with body image and feeling like food and weight is the one thing they can’t get sorted. I’m Emma Wright — feminist health coach, author, and someone who knows exactly how exhausting it is to live like not matter how much you try, your health is never quite “good enough.” After years of controlling my weight, focusing on food, exercising harder, and constantly feeling like a failure, I discovered something different — and more powerful:  Coaching tools that help you trust yourself again - and take charge of your health the way you want to. Each episode, I’ll share the tools I use with clients who want relief health feeling so confusing — and who are ready end emotional eating, stop thinking about food all the time and improve their body image.  If you’re ready for those things, this podcast is for you. 📥 Want to go deeper?  Download the Self-Assessment — a free tool to evaluate what’s really going on beneath the food and body thinking. Curious about working together?I’m currently welcoming new 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about how to achieve the health goals you have and what kind of support you need to do that, and of course, whether coaching with me feels like the right fit.

  1. 4D AGO

    41: Money, worthiness and body image with Jane Guy

    In this powerful episode, I talk with Jane Guy, about how women are socialized to think about money and success.  Jane brings a unique perspective on what keeps women stuck around money - their internal stories, cultural narratives and black and white thinking. We looked at how similar our money stories are to our body image stories and how both keep us playing small in smiliar ways.  Jane helps women rewrite their relationship with money through her business coaching where she turns the intellectual into the practical.  This conversation is a bold reminder of the impact of our socialisation on every aspect of our lives. It was also a hugely hopeful episode where we help women navigate their way to a very different relationship with money and body image to impact a more postive sense of worthiness.  What you’ll learn in this episode: Where our money stories start How to change our money story so it's more empoweringThe link between how we feel about our bodies and how we are with moneyThe best place to start to make change stickMentioned in the show: Jane guy business coach helps women articulate their value so their work is clearly understood, recognised, and resourced. With over 20 years of experience supporting women and a reputation for sharp, no-fluff strategy with a huge side of laughter, Jane helps women move from being busy and capable to being known as high-impact problem-solvers and leaders.  Find Jane on LinkedIN, Instagram and Facebook Get on her mailing list here Also mentioned in the show: Download the Midlife Body Image Guide to get early access to workshop details and ticket release dates.  Curious about working together? I’m currently taking private coaching clients. Book a consultation to discuss what you want to achieve and create a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you archive your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are. 🌐 Emma's Website 📱 Follow on LinkedIn If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them.

    1h 8m

  2. FEB 16

    40: Emotional Eating is Biology not weakness

    This episode is about how stress eating, night eating and unconscious eating are biological responses, not a weakness you need to overcome. Emotional eating a topic the wellness and nutrition world often makes out is a personal weakness - stress eating or night eating or unconscious eating - but is a very normal biological response.  Knowing this takes a huge struggle out of your eating and ends the battle you have with yourself.  Mentioned in the episode: The Emotional Eating Solution Workshop: Learn a powerful tool to end night eating, unconscious eating and stress eating. Feb 19 | Noon | Recording avaiable Download the Midlife Body Image Guide to get early access to workshop details and ticket release dates.  Curious about working together? I’m currently taking private coaching clients. Book a consultation to discuss what you want to achieve and create a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you archive your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are. 🌐 Emma's Website 📱 Follow on LinkedIn If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them.

    18 min

  3. FEB 9

    39: Emotional Eating Unpacked

    In this episode of Talking with Emma we're going to unpack emotional eating from a unique standpoint, so that you can see that it may not be the problem you feel it currently is, and you can actually do something about it. The Emotional Eating Solution Workshop: Learn a powerful tool to end night eating, unconscious eating and stress eating. Feb 19 | Noon | Recording avaiable Mentioned in the episode: Download the Midlife Body Image Guide to get early access to workshop details and ticket release dates.  Curious about working together? I’m currently taking private coaching clients. Book a consultation to discuss what you want to achieve and create a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you archive your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are. 🌐 Emma's Website 📱 Follow on LinkedIn If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them.

    24 min

  4. FEB 2

    38 ways dieting interferes with your life

    The pursuit of weight loss is almost universally talked about in positive terms. But it has huge costs.  This episode outlines many of the side effects that women are unaware of or not told about when they embark on weight loss behaviour. It goes through 38 side effects over four categories: Physical, Social, Psychological, and Behavioural.  Mentioned in the episode: Download the Midlife Body Image Guide to get early access to workshop details and ticket release dates.  Curious about working together? I’m currently taking private coaching clients. Book a consultation to discuss what you want to achieve and create a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you archive your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are. 🌐 Emma's Website 📱 Follow on LinkedIn If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them.

    11 min

  5. JAN 26

    37: Coping With Weight Gain

    In this episode we talk about weight gain in a way you've probably never heard it discussed, especially if you're a midlife woman.  This episode is for you: You dislike diet culture but still fear weight gainYou feel uncomfortable in a changing bodyYou want relief from body-related fear, not another plan In this episode, you’ll explore: The cultural beliefs that teach women to feel like weight gain is a moral failureWhy dieting is an amazing emotional coping strategy if you don't have another way to feel hard feelingsHow control what we eat can feel safer than uncertainty, even when it costs youHow to get what you want - confidence, self-respect, feeling good enough - without 'having' to lose weight You’ll also hear why wanting weight loss does not make you shallow or wrong. Mentioned in the episode: The Normalising Weight Gain workshop on March 21. Half-day workshopRecorded and available by replayFocused on tools, not mindset forcingDesigned for midlife women who want relief, not controlLimited to 15Download the Midlife Body Image Guide to get early access to workshop details and ticket release dates.

    27 min

  6. JAN 19

    36: Sexual Wellbeing and Body Image in midlife and beyond

    Sexual wellbeing often changes in midlife. Bodies change. Desire changes. But you don't have to settle for being dissatisfied.  Yet very few women are given tools to talk about it without shame, pressure, or self-blame. In this episode, I explore the often-overlooked link between body image and sexual wellbeing — and why your thoughts and emotions play a bigger role than your appearance ever could. Drawing on insights from a women’s and sexual health doctor, alongside my own lived experience and coaching work, I break down: • Why the brain is the most important sexual organ • How cultural messages about women’s bodies shape intimacy • Why pressure, duty, and “shoulds” kill desire • What body image actually is — beyond the mirror • How shame quietly impacts connection and communication • Why working with thoughts and emotions changes what’s possible • Practical ways to approach intimacy  This episode is for you if: • You feel disconnected from your body or desire • You feel a bit hopeless or frustrated and like you have to settle • Communication feels hard  Mentioned in this episode Talking with Emma – Episode 24: How to Handle Anxiety A deeper dive into working with intense emotions like anxiety and shame, and how to stay present instead of shutting down. A free 50-minute consult to do a short body image assessment to see where it is getting in the way, look at what you want and create personalized step-by step process to achieve it. Whether we work together or not, you’ll know your next steps.  👉 Book your free consult here Want to connect with Emma? The best way is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain.

    20 min

  7. JAN 12

    35: Two Cultural Shifts to Notice If You Want to Eat How You Want This Year

    These two shifts are based on what I’ve been seeing in clients I coached in 2025—the wins and the challenges the women faced going about their day-to-day lives. These are not wellness trends or research insights. They are what I've noticed women saying from their lived experience.  That’s where today's podcast comes from. The two shifts I’ve noticed:  Women don’t want more information. They need support to make change sustainable.Weight loss drugs have changed the body image conversation. Want to connect with Emma? The best way is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain. Links & Resources: 🎧 Download the Midlife Body Image Guide + audio guide.  Curious about working together? Emma is currently taking private clients.  To see if coaching is for you, book a consultation where you discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it.

    16 min

  8. JAN 5

    33: You don’t need to overhaul your life to be healthy in 2026

    In today’s short episode, Emma explains why most goal-setting methods fail women — not because we lack discipline, but because the systems we’ve been taught rely on overhauls, pressure, and all-or-nothing thinking. Links & Resources: Join: Plan to Enjoy 2026 Curious about working together? I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are. 🌐 Emma's Website 📱 Follow on LinkedIn If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them.

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Talking with Emma is the podcast for women who are tired of obsessive food thinking, struggling with body image and feeling like food and weight is the one thing they can’t get sorted. I’m Emma Wright — feminist health coach, author, and someone who knows exactly how exhausting it is to live like not matter how much you try, your health is never quite “good enough.” After years of controlling my weight, focusing on food, exercising harder, and constantly feeling like a failure, I discovered something different — and more powerful:  Coaching tools that help you trust yourself again - and take charge of your health the way you want to. Each episode, I’ll share the tools I use with clients who want relief health feeling so confusing — and who are ready end emotional eating, stop thinking about food all the time and improve their body image.  If you’re ready for those things, this podcast is for you. 📥 Want to go deeper?  Download the Self-Assessment — a free tool to evaluate what’s really going on beneath the food and body thinking. Curious about working together?I’m currently welcoming new 1:1 clients. Book a no-cost consultation where we’ll talk about how to achieve the health goals you have and what kind of support you need to do that, and of course, whether coaching with me feels like the right fit.

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