In this powerful conversation, Kayla sits down with Stephanie Dodier of Beyond The Food to talk about what it really takes to undiet your life, reclaim body neutrality, and finally stop letting external rules dictate your worth. From her raw story of being sent to Weight Watchers at 12, to breaking free from decades of dieting and corporate burnout, Stephanie shares how women can re-write the most harmful stories about food, health, and body image—and create a life rooted in pleasure, neutrality, and self-trust.

Together they explore:

• Why diets (and even weight-focused “healthy behaviors”) don’t work
• The difference between body positivity, body love, and body neutrality
• How to use intuitive eating to reconnect with hunger, fullness, and satisfaction cues
• Why pleasure is a powerful guidepost in food and movement
• How to replace external validation with intrinsic motivators for a desired life

Connect With Stephanie:

• It's Beyond the Food Podcast
• Stephanie’s Website
• Stephanie's Client Assessment
• The Non-Diet Coaching Certification

If you've ever felt weird—or secretly wonderful—about your love for M/M fan fiction, this episode is for you.

Kayla dives deep into the emotional, psychological, and spiritual medicine of slash fic, especially for women who are high-achieving, emotionally burnt out, or healing from food/body image struggles or sexual trauma. Through the lens of beloved pairings like Dean/Castiel, Blay/Quinn, Kirk/Spock (and of course, Rex/Haven), she reveals why this genre isn’t just hot—it’s healing.

You’ll explore:

• The four inner conflicts that slash fic helps resolve
• Why M/M dynamics bypass internalized misogyny and body comparison
• How creating your own pairings (like Rex and Haven) can help you integrate self-trust, sensuality, and nervous system safety
• What it really means to balance fire and water, dopamine and serotonin, passion and peace
• And why so many brilliant women are secretly (or not-so-secretly) obsessed with emotionally repressed men kissing in fanfiction

Stay tuned through the end for a special bonus scene featuring Rex and Haven—one that might just change how you see desire, safety, and integration forever.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
• The Molecule of More by Daniel Lieberman
• Do Hard Things / Win the Inner Game by Steve Magness
• Podcast Episode 073: Create Passion & Safety Together
• Podcast Episode 067: How To Balance Your Slay & Thrive Energy For Maximum Energy, Happiness, & Success
• Podcast Episode 186: What If You're Already Worthy?
• Podcast Episode 188: Animus Wrangling 101
• Podcast Episode 190: The Drama Triangle of Binge Eating
• Kayla’s Free Gift & Waitlist
• Book Your Call to Adventure

In this episode of The Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, story coach and solo journaling RPG creator Megan Fuentes joins Kayla to explore how story arcs—especially the powerful “wound → wrong idea → right idea” structure—can be used not just in fiction, but in memoir and personal growth. They discuss creative blocks, why the messy middle is so hard, and how to reawaken your writing life with tools like 4theWords and solo journaling RPGs.

Megan also shares her unique metaphor of the rock tumbler to explain her writing process and offers a juicy embodied challenge using her downloadable worksheet.

Links mentioned:

• Megan's Blog & Website
• Get Coached By Megan
• Get Your Free 15-Minute Story Fix
• Megan's Etsy Store
• Megan's itch.io Store
• Get Your Core Wounds -> Wrong Idea -> Right Idea Worksheet
• 4thewords.com (Journaling & Writing Platform)