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Jun 2025
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Ep 60: Using Trauma-Informed Pilates to ...

Rachel Evans
About this episode

In this empowering conversation, I am joined by Kaysha Thomas, a registered nutritional therapist and trauma-informed Pilates teacher, who shares her journey from restriction and body shame to food freedom and self-trust.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body or ashamed of your hunger, and you've tried every plan, cleanse, or “fix” and still felt stuck, then this episode will offer a new lens.

We discuss:

  • How to start building a more inclusive, compassionate relationship with food and your body
  • How diet culture disconnects us from our bodies and builds shame around food
  • Kaysha’s personal story of healing from restriction and reclaiming intuitive eating
  • Why information isn’t enough, and how language and safety are key to healing
  • The importance of trauma-informed care in nutrition, movement and beyond
  • What intuitive eating can really look like (hint: it’s not perfect)


info at @dump_the_scales

Connect with Rachel

Dr. Rachel Evans is a psychologist, hypnotherapist and eating disorder survivor. She brings together academic knowledge and theories, therapeutic skills and personal experience for a unique perspective on eating disorder recovery.

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/rachel.evans.phd/⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd


Connect with Kaysha

https://www.kayshathomas.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kayshathomas

https://www.youtube.com/@kayshathomas/featured

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