It’s Beyond The Food: Non-Diet Health Coaching · Stephanie Dodier
440-Healing Relationship to Food Using Creative Writing with Kayla McDonald
October 21, 2025·23 min·2 clips
Kayla quit her health coaching career after realizing she was contributing to women's suffering through weight loss messaging.
As heard by us
Creative writing becomes a practical way to rethink food, worth, and the stories people tell themselves.
Kayla McDonald's story gives the episode its shape. A former personal trainer and health coach talks through burnout, stepping away, and building a new path around creative writing, storytelling, and non-diet work.
Why you'd press play
For when you want food healing that starts with story, not stricter rules.
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