024: Joyful Movement with Barb Puzanovova, aka The Non-Diet Trainer

<p>TW: Eating Disorders</p> <p>Barb Puzanovova, aka The Non-Diet Trainer (@nondiet_trainer) is a Health at Every Size, weight-neutral, and inclusive ACE-certified Group Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Behavior Change Specialist, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Due to her own story of recovering from an eating disorder, she empowers people to step off the scale and into their life so they can move their body with less rules and more joy.</p> <p>Barb and I kick off the episode by talking about common perceptions or ideas of what it means to be a trainer - we talk about how often people think trainers have to look a certain way to do their jobs and that leads us into talking about how Barb's work has changed since the pandemic.&nbsp;</p> <p>Barb shares how her definition of healthy and fit has changed over the years and in this she shares how dance and other forms of movement helped her learn to regulate and cope with her emotions, which is super cool.&nbsp;</p> <p>We talk a little bit about identity, specifically, identifying with a form of movement or as an athlete or exerciser and how some of the expectations we often hold with being or doing that thing can impact us if our ability to be or do that thing is at stake for example if we get injured or are sick or something. Barb also shares also how identifying so strongly with exercise might lead into disordered habits or eating disorders like Barb experienced.&nbsp;</p> <p>We also chat about red flags and green flags when it comes to finding a non-diet or HAES trainer, the important of creating agency and autonomy with clients, and Joyful movement - what it is and what are some steps you can take to move from conventional ideas of exercise to joyful movement.</p> <p>Find Barb on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nondiet_trainer/">@nondiet_trainer</a></p> <p>Share your thoughts with me on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/giveemthebirdpodcast/">@giveemthebirdpodcast</a></p> <p>This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp: <a href="h