Episode 164 · Heart Led Wellness
164: How to become NATURALLY thin (instead of FORCEFULLY thin)
2 Jun 2026 · 30 min
Episode 164 · Heart Led Wellness
2 Jun 2026 · 30 min
There are two ways to be thin: ('ve lived both of them) One feels like white-knuckling every single day…tracking, controlling, obsessing about protein, terrified of what happens the moment you stop. The other feels like nothing. Like you just live your life and your body takes care of itself. In this episode I'm sharing my full personal experience of both sides, what the difference actually looks like on a body, and exactly what needs to happen to make the shift from forcefully thin to naturally thin. I discuss... What “naturally thin” actually means How to tell immediately whether someone…
by Ashlyn Burnett · English · Health
The Heart Led Wellness Podcast is hosted by Ashlyn Burnett, a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Integrative Healthcare graduate, who has helped 500+ women learn to eat the way naturally thin people do...no tracking, no rules, no obsessing. Rooted in Polyvagal theory and somatic
E167 · 23 Jun 2026 · 20 min
I tried intuitive eating, and it was the most out of control I have ever felt around food in my entire life. I was gaining weight, eating in a way that felt like a complete free-for-all, and being told by coaches that this was normal and where my body was supposed to be. It didn't feel true. In this episode I'm breaking down exactly why intuitive eating fails so many women…and what's different about how naturally thin women eat. I discuss... My personal experience trying intuitive eating and why it made things worse instead of better Why "eat when you're hungry, stop when you're full" is bad…
E166 · 16 Jun 2026 · 32 min
I spent years assuming naturally thin women had something I didn't…better genes, a faster metabolism, some kind of luck they were born with. But when I actually started studying to how they ate, I realized none of that was true. They just had a completely different set of habits. And when I copied those habits, everything changed. In this episode I'm sharing exactly what I stole from them (and none of it involves tracking, restricting, or trying harder) I discuss... The myth that naturally thin women have special genes or faster metabolisms…and what they actually have instead The specific…
E165 · 9 Jun 2026 · 34 min
Imagine healing your relationship with food and your body so deeply that you have to leave the program you joined lol. This is exactly what happened to my Heart Led Eating client, Maddy! She told me last week that she no longer needed to be in the alumni group because she has NOTHING left to heal with food. She’s fully living like a naturally thin woman, and this is the story of how she got here. We discuss… Growing up thin and placing your identity in that How controlling and obsessing over food backfires Orthorexia and going plant based to try and feel in control Gut issues, missing…
E163 · 26 May 2026 · 24 min
I spent years in therapy talking about my disordered earting. I understood it deeply…where it came from, what triggered it, what kept me stuck, but I stayed exactly the same. It wasn't until I stopped TALKING about it and started FEELING it in my body that everything actually changed. In this episode I'm sharing the full story…including the panic attack on my bathroom floor that was my first real somatic experience, and what happened when I finally let myself feel what I'd been eating over for years. I discuss... Why talk therapy doesn’t work when it comes to healing your relationship with…
E162 · 19 May 2026 · 22 min
JOIN HEART LED EATING Your naturally thin friends don't track macros, count calories, or use a single app…and yet their bodies stay slim. It’s not “skinny genes” or their metabolism. They're listening to something I call their built-in calorie calculator. In this episode I'm breaking down what your built in calorie calculator actually is, why most women can't access it, and what's really standing between you and being able to hear it. I discuss... What the built-in calorie calculator is and how it works Why calorie tracking apps are doing a job your body was already…
E161 · 12 May 2026 · 29 min
Traditional eating disorder therapists made my eating disorder worse. They told me I was “disordered” for wanting to be thing and celebrating overeating in the name of “food freedom”. I fired them all and decided to develop my own method of healing that allowed me to have food freedom AND a body that felt good to me. Here’s the full story. I discuss… How traditional eating disorder recovery therapists made me worse What the eating disorder community gets wrong Why it’s not “disordered” to want to be thin How to get your period back without gaining weight How to be thin AND have food freedom…
E182 · 6 Oct 2026 · 36 min
Imagine binge eating every single day (while on the maximum dose of a GLP-1) weighing yourself multiple times a day, and living with constant food noise and body shame… then titrating off the medication, ditching the scale, maintaining a 25-pound weight loss, and feeling like a completely different person. In this episode, my Heart Led Eating alum Allison shares how a lifetime of family weight policing, extreme restriction, binge-purge cycles, yo-yo dieting, and a nursing background that pushed her further from her body led her to the moment she decided to draw a line in the sand and become…
E181 · 29 Sep 2026 · 23 min
If you keep getting urges to eat when you’re not hungry or past fullness, it’s not a willpower problem. It’s a capacity problem. In this episode I’m breaking down what nervous system capacity actually is, how a small capacity turns into overeating, and how to grow it so you don’t need food to feel safe. I discuss... What “nervous system capacity” really means Signs your nervous system capacity is small How eating dulls sensation and traps unfelt emotion in the body as excess storage Other buffers besides food Common myths about how to grow your nervous system capacity Do all naturally thin…
E180 · 22 Sep 2026 · 26 min
Body positivity culture says you heal body image by loving yourself, detaching from your physical body, and doing more inner work. That’s not what actually ended my bad body image days/body dysmorphia…and it’s not what I see work for my clients. In this episode I’m breaking down the 2 real reasons you don’t like how you look, and how to never have a bad body image day again. I discuss... Why “just love your body” doesn’t work The real root causes of body dysmorphia How excess storage creates body hatred that isn’t a mindset problem Why wanting to be thin is not disordered How your nervous…
E179 · 15 Sep 2026 · 46 min
Heart Led Exercise? Naturally thin pregnancies? Bad body images days? The meanest hate comment I’ve gotten? We’re going deeppppp today in this listener Q+A! Questions I answer: My experience with volume eating and why I hate it What’s my relationship with exercise? How to fight bad body image days? How do you practice holistic health today in a non obsessive way? Somatic practices specifically as an alternative for the chewing/jaw sensation? Spaciousness in the body for intuition / god / creative energy How do you deal with all the hate you get online? What do I do when urge to eat is…