Register for the WHERE TO START WITH BODY IMAGE & ADULT KIDS IN A GLP-1 TSUNAMI? masterclass here:

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Worried about your young adult daughter and the weight loss drugs — but don't know what to say? This free masterclass will help you have the conversation without pushing her away.

In this class you'll learn:

• How body image is formed — and why that helps in their decision-making process
• What they are trying to get by going on the drugs - a question they may never have been asked
• Three ways to talk to your adult daughter about bodies that create connection, not defensiveness

This class is for you if:

• Your daughter (18–30) is talking about GLP-1s — Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro — and you're worried
• You've done your own work around diet culture and don't want her to go through what you went through
• You want to say something, but you don't want to make it worse

Friday 17 July | 12 noon | Live and free

[Register here: emmawright.co.nz/where-to-start]

Why do so many smart, capable women feel like failures when it comes to money? In this episode, I talk with therapist and Hi Money co-author Rachel Davies about the hidden beliefs, shame, and socialisation that shape how women relate to money — and how the patterns are almost identical to diet culture.

Rachel Davies is a therapist, and co-author of *Money Money Money* with Angela Meyer. After realising at 49 that she had no KiwiSaver despite years of "knowing better," Rachel discovered that the missing piece wasn't more financial knowledge — it was understanding what was driving her behaviour with money in the first place.

In this conversation, Rachel and I explore:

- Why women are statistically more likely to retire into poverty, and the invisible "death by a thousand cuts" that causes it

- How the patriarchy isn't "men" — it's a system, and why that distinction matters for how women relate to both money and their bodies

- The belief that money (or thinness) will arrive in the future and finally make everything okay — and how to come back to the present instead

- Why "you have to work hard for money" is a lie that keeps women stuck in shame

- The role trauma and nervous system regulation play in our ability to manage money, food, and self-worth

- Why shame and silence are the tools that keep both diet culture and money culture in place — and what happens when women start talking about it

If you've ever felt like everyone else got the "how to handle money" manual and you somehow missed it, this episode is for you.

Connect with Rachel Davies:

Hi Money: https://himoney.co/

Book - Money Money Money: https://www.paperplus.co.nz/shop/books/money-money-money-1488946

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hihi_money/

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Weight loss drugs are everywhere right now — in ads, in conversations, even being trialled on children as young as six. So what does that mean for how we talk to our kids about food, bodies, and weight?

In this episode I'm joined by Oona Hanson, parent coach and educator based in Los Angeles, who helps families raise kids with a healthy relationship to food, exercise, and their bodies — including families navigating eating disorder recovery.

We talk about:

— What parents actually need to know about how accessible these medications are becoming for kids and teens

— The difference between having a hard day with body image and something that needs professional support — and the signs Oona watches for as a coach

— Why representation matters more than ever, as larger-bodied public figures disappear from our screens — and what this means for kids whose bodies are supposed to be growing, not shrinking

— How to talk to teenagers about diet culture and weight loss drugs without lecturing — including practical scripts for opening these conversations in the car, doing the dishes, or on the couch

— Why "they look healthy" is one of the most dangerous things we can say, and how this kept Emma's own eating disorder hidden for years

— How to advocate for your child at the doctor when you're worried about weight stigma — and the questions to ask your GP ahead of time

— Why Oona believes "we can't just talk about it, we need to be about it" when it comes to modelling body image for our kids

— And why there's real reason for hope, even in a culture saturated with weight loss messaging

This episode follows on from Emma's earlier conversation with Louise Adams on the marketing of weight loss drugs — if you haven't listened to that one yet, it's worth going back to.

Find Oona Hanson: https://www.oonahanson.com/

Substack (Parenting Without Diet Culture): https://oonahanson.substack.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oona_hanson/

Mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Lauren Hartman's book, Freeing Children and Young Adults from Shame, Scales, and Stigma: https://www.amazon.com/Freeing-Children-Adults-Scales-Stigma/dp/1041141009

Eating Disorder Association of New Zealand (EDANZ): https://www.ed.org.nz/

Louise Adams episode on weight loss drug marketing: https://open.spotify.com/episode/46YpLnCFUttZgbOIfq3F8s?si=j5OaiN1lRS-QcdzdMxrerQ

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If you keep going around and around on a decision — and no amount of Googling or talking it through is helping — this episode will help.

Confusion feels like an information problem. It isn't. It's a protective strategy your brain uses to keep you from feeling something uncomfortable. And once you understand that, you can actually get out of it.

In this episode, Emma walks you through a four-question tool to get yourself out of the loop — whether you're stuck on something big, like a relationship or a work situation, or something that should feel simple, like what to order for lunch.

You'll learn:

• Why confusion is not a thinking problem — and what it actually is
• Why women in particular get stuck in this loop (and why it makes complete sense)
• What people pleasing has to do with feeling confused
• Four questions that help your brain find a way through
• What to do once you've worked through the questions

This tool works best when you approach it with kindness toward yourself. Emma explains why that's not just a nice idea — it's the only way the tool actually works.

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Talking with Emma is hosted by Emma Wright — certified cognitive behavioural coach, Intuitive Eating coach, author of Body Confident, and holder of a Masters degree grounded in feminist theory. Emma helps high-achieving women build a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.

You know what you're supposed to do. Protein. Sleep. Movement. Stress. Fun. Relationships. And yet — underneath all of that knowledge — there is a persistent, grinding feeling that you are behind. That you haven't arrived yet. That you'll get there when the routine is sorted, when you lose a few kilos, when you finally feel on top of it.

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In this episode, I unpack what lies underneath why we have so much info about being well, but struggle to put it into action. And how that in itself detracts from our health.

WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE

— Why knowing exactly what to do is not the same as being able to do it — and what is actually getting in the way

— The connection between perfectionism and burnout, and why it makes complete sense that high-achieving women end up here

— What "capacity for the human experience" means, and why building it matters more than optimising your routine

— How the emotions we push down in service of getting it right are the same emotions quietly driving the cycle

— Emma's own experience of trying to do her body image work perfectly — and what she understands now that she didn't then

— One practice to try the next time you miss the gym and your brain immediately starts telling you what it means about you

ABOUT ME, Emma Wright, the podcast host

I'm a certified cognitive behavioural coach, Intuitive Eating coach, and the author of Body Confident. I have a Masters degree grounded in feminist theory. I work with high-achieving women who are done with diet culture and to exit as fast and as well as possible. My approach doesn't involve plans, protocols, or accountability tracking — it starts with understanding what is driving the compulsion to get it all right.

Learn more about my offerings, both free and paid: https://emmawright.co.nz/

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If you've yo-yo'd down and up more than once, this episode is for you.

Emma Wright shares what she learned after 65 (or more) weight loss cycles and what you can do to address it.

She introduces her free upcoming workshop — THE YO-YO SOLUTION THAT ISN'T WELLNESS HOGWASH — where she walks you through the steps to solve yo-yo cycle in way that's specific to your own dieting history.

This episode covers:

— Why weight loss is the most reliable predictor of weight gain (and what the research actually says about long-term dieting outcomes)

— The question nobody in the diet or wellness industry ever asks — and why it's the one that changes things

— A three-step method to end the cycle without giving up on your health

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The Yo-Yo Solution That Isn't Wellness Hogwash

12 June | Noon | Replay available

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Before You Take Ozempic, Listen to This — with Louise Adams

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ABOUT EMMA

Emma Wright is a certified Health and Body Image Coach with training in Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioural Coaching and Intuitive Eating. She holds a Master's degree grounded in feminist theory and is the author of Body Confident (HarperCollins).

Find Emma at: https://emmawright.co.nz/

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The marketing around Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound is relentless — and is only telling you one very small part of the story.

Louise Adams is a clinical psychologist, author, podcaster and founder of Untrapped. She has spent more than 20 years in the non-diet and Health at Every Size field. She recently co-authored a peer-reviewed paper — GLP-1 Medication for Weight Loss: A Triumph of Marketing Over Patient Care — which cut through the noise to look at what the clinical trials actually show, what the drug companies are not highlighting, and why informed consent is so critical before taking a weight loss medication.

This episode is not about telling you whether to take a GLP-1 medication or not. It is about making sure that whatever you decide, you have the full picture.

In this episode we cover

• Why almost everyone talking about GLP-1s in a positive light has a financial relationship with at least one drug company — and what that means for the information you are receiving
• What the clinical trials actually show about weight loss outcomes — including the significant variation in results, the plateau at around 12 months, and what happens when you stop
• Why GLP-1 medications are weight suppression drugs, not a cure — and why your body's response to that is not a personal failure
• The side effects that are not getting the spotlight they deserve, including gastric paralysis, pancreatitis, and the growing number of lawsuits citing lack of informed consent
• How the framing of larger body size as a disease was built — and why the comparison to how other conditions have been pathologised throughout history matters
• The difference between weight-dependent and weight-independent health outcomes — including why cardiovascular benefits from GLP-1s appear to occur regardless of whether you lose weight
• How to ask better questions of your health provider, and which weight-inclusive resources can help you do that
• A practical framework for making a genuinely informed decision: what do you actually want from this, what are the short and long-term pros and cons, and which of your goals are truly weight-dependent

Resources mentioned in this episode

Louise Adams' paper: GLP-1 medication for weight loss, a triumph of marketing over patient care -- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21604851.2026.2646492

Louise Adams -- meet Louise and her work: https://untrapped.com.au/meet-louise/

Louise Adams untrapped academy, newsletter and podcast All Fired Up: https://untrapped.com.au

Ragen Chastain's Weight and Healthcare Substack: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/

AWIM GLP-1 Informed Consent document: https://sizeinclusivemedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MSSI-GLP1-Informed-Consent-10.pdf

HAES Health Sheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/

Association for Size Inclusive Medicine: https://weightinclusivemedicine.org

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In this rerelease I dive into one of the most pervasive and exhausting beliefs I see in my coaching practice: the idea that your body is a problem that needs to be fixed.

Even for those of us who reject diet culture or adopt intuitive eating, this belief often runs deep and unconsciously influences how we perceive ourselves.

I explore the systems of belief that reinforce the "fix-it" mentality—from diet culture and patriarchy to wellness culture and emotional avoidance.

Plus, I share a client story that beautifully illustrates what it looks like to break free from this cycle. If you're ready to get relief from feeling like you're always falling short and start approaching your health and wellbeing in a more productive way, this one's for you.

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Links & Resources:
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