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 char...
Latest episodes
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11 min
Eating Your Feelings (About THAT Person)
This short episode takes you through a very simple but effective process to get you out of both eating your feelings and feeling irritated or resentful toward someone.Join Wait.Wha…
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22 min
66: The 5 Elements Of A Great Nervous System Regulation Toolkit to Help With Food/Weight Stress
In this episode, I break down the five elements of a great nervous system regulation toolkit for food and weight stress.I walk through the five elements: understanding where food a…
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48 min
65: Weight Neutral Family Nutrition with Andrea Palmer
[This episode is part of the Weight-Neutral Health Care In Aotearoa NZ Series]This week I'm talking with Andrea Palmer, a Wellington-based dietitian, about weight-neutral family fe…
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59 min
64: Weight Neutral Approach in ED Peer Support with Meg Vardy
[This episode is part of the Weight-Neutral Health Care In Aotearoa NZ Series] This week I'm talking with Dr. Meg Vardy, founding chair of JourneyED, about why taking weight off th…
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1 h 01
63: End Binge Eating With Nicole Gaviria
Part of the Weight Neutral Health Care in Aotearoa NZ.Therapist Nicole Gaviria, founder of Binge Free Bestie, talks about her binge eating disorder, why bariatric surgery didn't fi…
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44 min
62: Weight-Neutral Health in Midlife with Niki Bezzant
[This episode is part of the Weight-Neutral Health Care In Aotearoa NZ Series]This week I'm talking with journalist and author Niki Bezzant about paying attention to what our bodie…
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12 min
61: (BEST OF) Why Trying Harder Is Not The Answer
In this episode, I look at that sneaky ingrained belief that if we just try harder — eat better food, be more disciplined, stick to the plan — we’ll finally feel better. But the is…
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54 min
60: Just Eat The Damn Sausage with Comedian Harriet Moir
In this episode we talk about Harriet Moir's Eat Damn Sausage show and why it's such a great way for women to reject beauty standards and find empowerment. We talk about Challengin…
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19 min
59: You Can End Food Noise Without Weight Loss Drugs
Is food noise loud in your head? In this episode, I break down what food noise actually is, why your brain produces it, and why using a GLP-1 is a mask, not a fix. If you or someon…
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2 min
[bonus] Talking to your adult daughter about GLP-1 (time sensitive episode)
Register for the WHERE TO START WITH BODY IMAGE & ADULT KIDS IN A GLP-1 TSUNAMI? masterclass here: https://emmawright.co.nz/where-to-start/Worried about your young adult daughter a…
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56 min
58: What your money story and your body story have in common with Rachel Davies
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,…
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1 h 01
57: Parenting in the age of Ozempic with Oona Hanson
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 foo…
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24 min
56: Getting out of confusion and making a quality decision
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.…
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20 min
55: Is Your Health Routine Leading To Burnout
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…
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14 min
54: The Yo-Yo Solution That Isn't Wellness Hogwash — Why The Weight Comes Back
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.Sh…
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56 min
53: Before you take Ozempic, listen to this. With Guest Louise Adams
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, autho…
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21 min
52: Your Midlife Body Isn't a Problem To Fix (RERELEASE)
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…
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1 h 17
51: When Good Girl Conditioning Makes You Stay Too Long In Marriage and Diet Culture with SallyAnne Hartnell
Why do women stay in bad relationships — even when they know, in their heart of hearts, that the situation doesn't suit them? This week I'm joined by Sallyanne Hartnell, a divorce…
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20 min
50: Why Your Habit Isn't Happening
Have you ever set a goal, genuinely wanted it, done all the right things and still found yourself not following through? You're not lazy. You're not lacking willpower. And you are…
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57 min
49: Body Image and Mental Health (Specifically Bi-Polar) with Katie Rickson
What happens when life-saving medication changes your weight, but the medical system keeps focusing on it?Katie Rickson lives with bipolar. She has been hospitalised. She has been…