173 episodes
186: From chasing wellness rabbit holes to becoming naturally thin: Olivia’s Heart Led Eating journey
03/11/2026 | 51 mins.Olivia thought she was just “a wellness girly.” But from middle-school crash diets to macros, keto, protein targets, and the infamous bean protocol, food had become something she was constantly trying to control. In this episode, she shares what happened when motherhood, a move to Japan, and an unexpected trip back to the US intensified the food noise…and how she eventually found Heart Led Eating and became naturally thin instead.
We discuss...
Olivia’s early restrict-and-overeat cycle
Wellness rabbit holes that promised a fix
Why rigid food rules felt comforting, even when they took over her life
The whip cream moment she realized she couldn’t keep living this way
Her “messy middle” in Heart Led Eating…and why she nearly gave up around week eight
How community and nervous system tools helped her respond differently when things felt hard
What it’s like to eat a burger, keep sourdough in the kitchen, and move on with her day
Her advice for anyone who knows what to do but feels stuck trying to do it
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Medical Disclaimer- this episode is a bit different than normal. I'm riffing on why diets make you fat and how to let go of the constant chase for weight loss so you can actually become naturally thin :)
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Medical Disclaimer 184: From "I just have thick thighs" to losing 20 lbs and becoming naturally thin: Krista's Heart Led Eating transformation
20/10/2026 | 41 mins.Krista spent years thinking she was basically healed because the big night binges had stopped. She still had food noise, still overate at most meals without fully realizing it, and had mostly accepted that she just carried excess in her legs and assumed that’s just how her body was built. Growing up in a house where someone was always dieting or binging, she used to wish she could be anorexic so she could finally control herself. As a mom of three, the pull to track, volume eat, and “get back on track” after her third baby almost pulled her right back in. In this episode, Krista shares how she became naturally thin, released over 20 pounds without white-knuckling it, and stop treating food and her body like the main project of her life.
We discuss:
Growing up in a home where someone was always dieting or bingeing
Restriction, nightly binges, digestion issues, and the long-held belief that she “just had food issues”
Stuck in quasi-recovery for years (not bingeing as badly but still wishing she was thinner)
Learning to read the nuances of her built in calorie calculator
How she lost 20lbs without tracking anything or removing soul foods
Letting go of the all or nothing root cause
Surrendering to the weight her body wants to land at
Raising heart led eating children
Krista’s advice for current student HLE students in the messy middle
How putting food back in order opens new options for life
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Medical Disclaimer- Most people think eating too much only looks like binges, but a lot of overeating is quieter than that. In this episode I’m walking through the hyper-specific signs your body is getting wayyyyy more food than it needs. These signs are part of how you read your built in calorie calculator!
I discuss...
7 signs you’re eating too much
Body positivity culture normalizing overeating
Hunger being an amplifier of trapped pain
How you should feel when you stop eating
Digestive issues that are related to overeating
The low grade buffer of grazing all day
Why excess storage gets blamed on thyroid, parasites, mold, or hormones instead of too much food
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Medical Disclaimer 182: She became naturally thin and got off her GLP1: Allison’s Heart Led Eating transformation
06/10/2026 | 36 mins.Imagine binge eating every single day (while on the maximum dose of a GLP-1) weighing yourself multiple times a day, and living with constant food noise and body shame… then titrating off the medication, ditching the scale, maintaining a 25-pound weight loss, and feeling like a completely different person. In this episode, my Heart Led Eating alum Allison shares how a lifetime of family weight policing, extreme restriction, binge-purge cycles, yo-yo dieting, and a nursing background that pushed her further from her body led her to the moment she decided to draw a line in the sand and become naturally thin instead.
We discuss:
Growing up in a household where weight and size are constantly talked about
Years of yo-yo dieting, a binge-eating disorder diagnosis, constant food noise
More than a year on a max-dose GLP-1 that still didn’t work
A pregnancy that brought a 70-pound gain and deep despair
The lightning-bolt moment after her mom’s mastectomy, and signing up for Heart Led Eating that same night
The real root causes Allison discovered underneath her food/body struggles
Titrating off the GLP-1, maintaining the 25-pound loss without it, finally ditching the scale, and clothes from 11 years ago fitting loose again
The ONE KEY thing that made the biggest difference in her Heart Led Eating journey
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About Heart Led Wellness
The Heart Led Wellness Podcast is hosted by Ashlyn Burnett, a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Integrative Healthcare graduate, who has helped 500+ women learn to eat the way naturally thin people do...no tracking, no rules, no obsessing. Rooted in Polyvagal theory and somatic healing, this show teaches you how to heal your relationship with food at the nervous system level so you can finally eat from your body instead of your brain. New episodes every week. Follow Ashlyn on Instagram @heart.led.wellness.
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