What if the “health advice” you got as a teenager didn’t make you healthier but made you distrust your body?

In this episode of Glucose, Grit & Grace, the Health Coaches Hotline sits down with guest coach Laurel Parker to unpack the damage of the eat less, move more era and what becomes possible when you stop punishing your body and start fueling it.

Laurel shares how early diet culture messages shaped her relationship with food, exercise, and self-worth… and how finding a balanced way of life helped her reclaim energy, confidence, and an active, adventurous life (swimming, skiing, skating, traveling because she loves it, not because she “has to”).

This conversation is for anyone who:

Grew up with “clean your plate” + “minute on the lips…”

Tried to outrun food with exercise

Felt dismissed by doctors and tol ...