Episodes 34
Avg. Duration 41m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (40)
Since Oct 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Full But Not Finished is for anyone who's tried to "just stop eating when you're full" and realized it's never that simple. Hosted by Somatic and Intuitive Eating counselor and coach Stefanie Michele, this podcast dives into the ongoing work of recovery -- where fullness doesn't always mean satisfaction, and where food, body image, and nervous system work is never finished. Each episode unpacks the psychology, nervous system patterns, and cultural conditioning that shape eating behaviors, showing why willpower alone doesn't work and what real regulation looks like. If you've lived the binge–restrict cycle, felt trapped in body image spirals, or wondered why "normal eating" feels out of reach, this is where we make sense of it — not with rules, but with integration, somatic tools, and a more human way forward.

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34. When You Can't Stop Exercising

Jun 10, 2026 41m

Last week, I talked about resistance to exercise and how movement can become safer when it is no longer tied to weight loss, punishment, or proving yourself. This week is the other side of the coin:…

33. How to Rebuild Your Relationship with Exercise (after diet culture)

Jun 03, 2026 43m

Exercise can be hard to separate from weight loss, calorie burning, food compensation, discipline, and body control. In this episode, I'm talking about how to rebuild your relationship with movement…

32. Supporting a Partner Through Binge Eating Recovery (a conversation with my actual husband)

May 27, 2026 45m

In this episode, Stef talks with her husband, Mike, about what it was like to support her through years of binge eating, restriction, body shame, and recovery. They talk about what he noticed in the…

31. Hilary Duff, "Strong Not Small," and Body Diversity in Wellness

May 19, 2026 40m

Hilary Duff's "Strong Not Small" campaign has brought up a bigger conversation about wellness culture, diet culture, fitness ideals, and the way bodies are still expected to show up. On the surface,…

30. When Body Image Meets Aging: a conversation with Deb Benfield

May 13, 2026 44m

Aging is natural, but women are rarely allowed to experience it that way. In this episode, I talk with Deb Benfield, author of Unapologetic Aging, about the pressure women face to keep defying the…

29. Gentle Nutrition After Diet Culture: How To Make It Simple

May 06, 2026 41m

Nutrition is a complicated, sometimes scary word after ED recovery or dropping out of diet culture. You may want more energy, steadier meals, better digestion, or a way of eating that supports your…

28. Life After Dieting with Guest Allison: Food Freedom, Body Image, and Motherhood

Apr 29, 2026 49m

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 of living in the binge/restrict cycle. The Body…

27. 5 Real-Time Tools for a Bad Body Image Day

Apr 22, 2026 44m

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 trigger without letting it take over the whole day.…

26. Body Image and Perfectionism: Why It Never Feels Like Enough (A Conversation with Kristina Bruce)

Apr 15, 2026 53m

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 conversation) In this special joint episode, Stefanie…

25. Why Am I Always Thinking About Food? (Mental Hunger vs Appetite Explained)

Apr 08, 2026 46m Transcript

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 is about appetite and mental hunger, and why both are…

24. Why Body Image Gets Harder on Vacation | Q&A

Apr 01, 2026 41m

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 people more, dealing with different clothes,…

23. Body Image on Vacation: Triggers, Comparison, Aging, and Tools To Help

Mar 25, 2026 48m

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 resurfaces, and certain environments bring it…

22. The Link Between Body Image, Shame, and Feeling Your Anger

Mar 11, 2026 39m

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 anger gets such a bad reputation, why so many of…

21. Intuitive Eating Q&A: Saying No, Brunch Planning, and "Food Isn't Exciting Anymore"

Mar 04, 2026 35m

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 say no to food without slipping back into restriction…

20. Are Ultra-Processed Foods Bad? A Non-Diet, Intuitive Eating Perspective

Feb 25, 2026 36m

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 stressed or guilty. In this episode, I'm talking…

19. I Need Help! Five Things I Needed to Help Me Recover from Decades of Food Noise and Body Image Anxiety

Feb 11, 2026 41m

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 looked like for me to recruit support during my…

18. From Burnout to Wintering: When Your Nervous System Is Afraid to Slow Down

Feb 04, 2026 39m

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 threatening. And when the body starts asking for…

17. Perimenopause + Body Image: Can You "Prevent" Menopause Weight Gain? (Q&A)

Jan 28, 2026 36m

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16. The 4 Types of Restriction That Drive Binge Eating

Jan 21, 2026 55m

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, or staying stuck in a stress state without…

15. When Your Clothes Don't Fit... and You Want to Binge?

Jan 14, 2026 42m

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 lived it. This episode is about that moment — why it…

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