In this episode, I am joined by Holly Toronto, certified Master Level Coach through Health Coach Institute, group facilitator, and podcast host with years of experience helping highly driven women stop dieting and build resilience to toxic beauty messages. Holly uses an intuitive and spiritual approach that guides her clients towards self trust, confidence and sovereignty over their entire being; body, mind and soul. From this place, her clients are able to make self guided decisions and finally live the life they desire in the body they live in today.

SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Fashion industry ideals and the pressure to "look the part.”

• Objectification rooted in the obsession with appearing “beautiful” at a young age.

• How sizing in the fashion industry excludes upwards of a billion body types.

• Prioritizing self-expression over self-consciousness when choosing the clothing we wear to feel “good.”

• How shame will never beget change and even if it does, it is not sustainable for weigh loss.

• The intangibility of self-worth versus the tangibility nature of human bodies.

ABOUT HOLLY TORONTO:

Holly Toronto is a certified Master Level Coach through the Health Coach Institute and has four years of experience helping highly driven women stop dieting and build resilience to toxic beauty messages. She uses an intuitive and spiritual approach that guides her clients towards self trust, confidence and sovereignty over their entire being; body, mind and soul. From this place, her clients are able to make self guided decisions and finally live the life they desire in the body they live in today. Holly is also the host of the podcast “Return to Wholeness.”

Holly is also is the co-creator of two group coaching programs with her business partner, Julie Ohlemacher. Homecoming helps women make peace with their bodies and food so that they can play big in their lives. Anti Diet Health Coach Camp is a training program for wellness professionals that want to use the principles of Intuitive Eating with their clients, while they help them build body image resilience.

Holly currently lives in the Hudson River Valley of New York State with her husband and their fur-child, Gatsby. When she is not supporting clients, recording episodes for her podcast or making dance videos on Instagram, you can find her hiking, exploring little mountain towns, drinking wine, trying out new recipes or listening to podcasts.

CONNECT WITH HOLLY:

• Learn more about Holly by visiting hollytoronto.com

• Follow Holly on Instagram

• Listen to Holly’s podcast “Return to Wholeness”

• Learn about Holly’s group coaching programs:

  • Homecoming: Make Peace With Your Body, Play Big in Your Life

  • Anti Diet Health Coach Camp

• Learn about the "Feminine Freedom Coaching Experience"

• Get your copy of Holly’s Free Body Gratitude Meditation + Journal

• View to Holly’s featured interviews and podcasts

ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:

Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. Karin is the founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center located in Boston, MA. You can visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center online to learn more about Karin and her center’s services. You can also connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.