It’s Not About the Food: Why Diets Fail Us and What Actually Works with Dietician Kim Shapira
In this episode, I sit down with Kim Shapira, dietitian, author, and nutrition therapist, to unpack what most people get wrong about “healthy eating.”
If you’ve ever felt like food has become confusing, moralized, or loaded, this conversation is your permission slip to simplify.
Kim shares why it’s never really about the food, how stress changes the way we digest and crave, and the small practices that rebuild self-trust when your relationship with eating (and your body) has felt fractured for years.
This is a nourishing, real-talk episode about coming home to yourself, one meal at a time.
Key insights:
How Kim’s childhood illness shaped her path into health + nutrition
The surprising link between shopping, numbing, and emotional eating
Why dieting can be harmful physically, emotionally, and spiritually
What people are actually hungry for underneath restriction + control
“Vacation mode eating”: why food feels different when your nervous system is relaxed
The simplest pre-meal reset
Kim’s 6 rules (and why rules aren’t the enemy when they build trust)
The difference between hunger vs cravings (and how to tell in your body)
GLP-1s: what they help, what they don’t, and why relationship with food still matters
How to rebuild trust with your body through tiny experiments + evidence
Why “eat without distractions” is the rule most people need right now
Food isn’t the problem, the disconnection is. When you learn how to listen again, everything changes: cravings, digestion, satiety, self-trust, and peace.
Dive deeper with us!
The conversations don’t end here, they ripple into real life.
Ways to be Supported:
Follow Kim: @kimshapiramethod
Learn more + offerings: Kim Shapira Method
The Feel Good Food Flow: Weekly Checklist for Easy Meal Prep
The Never Diet Again Masterclass with Kim Shapira
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