Full But Not Finished
Episodes
28. Life After Dieting with Guest Allison: Food Freedom, Body Image, and Motherhood
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Full but Not Finished, I'm talking with Alison about finding food freedom as a mom after weight gain, years of dieting, and years ...
27. 5 Real-Time Tools for a Bad Body Image Day
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bad body image day? I'm sharing five things I use in real time to interrupt the spiral, work with nervous system dysregulation, and get through a trig...
26. Body Image and Perfectionism: Why It Never Feels Like Enough (A Conversation with Kristina Bruce)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when two body image coaches start talking "off the record"? (also: Join The Body Image Workshop this May for more of this type of convers...
25. Why Am I Always Thinking About Food? (Mental Hunger vs Appetite Explained)
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you feel like you think about food more than other people, or your appetite just seems… bigger — this episode is going to matter. This episode ...
24. Why Body Image Gets Harder on Vacation | Q&A
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why does body image get so much harder when you go away, even when you thought you were doing pretty well? You're out of your routine, around other ...
23. Body Image on Vacation: Triggers, Comparison, Aging, and Tools To Help
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After a recent trip to the beach with friends, I found myself thinking: body image doesn't ever "finish" or resolve in a permanent way. It shifts, it...
22. The Link Between Body Image, Shame, and Feeling Your Anger
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Anger is one of the most important emotions in recovery, and one of the hardest for people to let themselves feel. In this episode, I talk about why ...
21. Intuitive Eating Q&A: Saying No, Brunch Planning, and "Food Isn't Exciting Anymore"
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this Intuitive Eating Q&A episode, we're unpacking three nuanced questions that often come up in recovery and food freedom work: ✨ How to s...
20. Are Ultra-Processed Foods Bad? A Non-Diet, Intuitive Eating Perspective
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Processed foods are having a cultural moment, and the way they're discussed online is so extreme that it's hard to know what to trust without feeling ...
19. I Need Help! Five Things I Needed to Help Me Recover from Decades of Food Noise and Body Image Anxiety
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you're in recovery and you keep hitting the same walls, you might need more help than you want to admit. In this episode, I'm talking about what it...
18. From Burnout to Wintering: When Your Nervous System Is Afraid to Slow Down
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us live in a nervous system state where movement, productivity, and momentum feel like safety. Slowing down doesn't feel restful — it feels ...
17. Perimenopause + Body Image: Can You "Prevent" Menopause Weight Gain? (Q&A)
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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15. The 4 Types of Restriction That Drive Binge Eating
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Restriction doesn't only mean "eating less." It can also mean living with food rules in your head, shutting down emotions you don't know how to hold, ...
14. When Your Clothes Don't Fit... and You Want to Binge?
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel bad about your body and go straight to food? That moment feels confusing, self-defeating, and impossible to explain to anyone who hasn't liv...
14. Why Restriction Feels Calming: Nervous System Dysregulation + Food Control
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For years I have talked about binge eating, compulsive eating, and the binge & restrict cycle — and how chaotic and dysregulated those patterns feel...
13. The January Trap: Last-Supper Eating, Gym Diet Culture, and Food Gifts [Q&A]
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're already thinking about how to "fix" your eating in 2026, listen to this first. This Q&A episode covers three of the biggest pressure p...
12. Why Am I So Nostalgic? On being a highly sensitive person
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nostalgia, body image, and high sensitivity are connected—and this episode explains why. This is for highly sensitive people who experience nostalgi...
11. My All-In Recovery Story: The Process That Ended My Binge Eating for Good
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explain my all-in recovery process and how it helped me stop binge eating after decades of battling food noise. I break down what "...
10. Celebrity Weight Loss: are we allowed to say something?
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrity weight loss is back in the spotlight — in headlines, before-and-after photos, GLP-1 speculation, and nonstop commentary online. Alongside ...
A Meditation for When You Feel Full or Over-Full
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this guided meditation, I use pendulation to help you work with fullness without getting pulled into the usual fear or anxiety. You'll move between...
7. The Reluctant Somatic: An Accessible Guide to Nervous System Regulation
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Full But Not Finished, Stefanie breaks down somatic work in a practical, accessible way for anyone who has ever felt confused, skep...
8. Getting Through Thanksgiving Meal with a Steady Nervous System (and Food Regulation)
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanksgiving can bring up a lot for people who are working on binge eating recovery, intuitive eating, or nervous-system regulation. Big meals on holi...
6. How to Break Food Habits Without Restricting | Intuitive Eating & Nervous System Explained
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you eating out of habit or because your body actually needs something? In this episode of Full But Not Finished, I'm breaking down one of the m...
5. My Eating Disorder Story: Binge Eating, Restriction, and Orthorexia -- and Recovery
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stefanie Michele shares the full story of her ED — from early dieting and body image issues to decades of binging, restriction, and...
4. Food and Family Triggers: A Parts Work Approach
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we're back around family, something ... regressive happens. Old dynamics resurface, our nervous systems fire, and parts of us we thought we'd out...
3. Why Upsizing Your Clothes Isn't a Failure: Body Image, Weight Gain & Self-Acceptance
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Struggling with weight gain or needing to size up your clothes? In this episode of Full But Not Finished, Stefanie Michele explores the emotional a...
2.The Body Keeps the Score...But With Food
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever found yourself eating when you weren't hungry—but something in you needed to? This episode explores how the body remembers the trauma...
1. PILOT EPISODE: Why Recovery Means Letting Go (and Beginning Again)
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this very first episode of Full But Not Finished, host Stefanie Michele (formerly of Life After Diets) shares why this new podcast exists, what's c...