Personal Essays by Stephanie Dodier
ALREADY ENOUGH
For women who've seen through the plot of diet culture — you're done shrinking, done proving, and now doing the harder work of feeling enough from the inside out.
Written Stephanie Dodier, someone who's already walked that road.
[Case Study] Body Noise And The Tools That Work To Mute The Noise
Read time: 5 min.
Everyone is talking about food noise.
Body noise is also a thing… and I can almost certainly predict you and your client have experienced body noise.
My client called it “bad body image day”.
Let’s dive in.
A Client Story about body noise
Most of the suffering my clients c...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Aug 17, 2026
body image
case study
[Case Study] When "nobody wil like me" isn't really about being liked
My client didn’t need a new affirmation. She needed a different question to ask herself
Read time: 5 min.
As a coach, my work is not only to help my clients change their behaviors but most importantly to help them examine the beliefs quietly running the show underneath those behaviors.
Because...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Aug 10, 2026
case study
mindset
self-worth
Monthly Rewind & Forward [July 2026]
I had other plans for the Monthly Rewind & Forward [July 2026] edition but everything changed on Wednesday July 29
Read time: 4 mins
Welcome to Monthly Rewind & Forward for June 2026
How was your month, my sister?
July was unfolding softly until Wednesday, 3 days before the end of the month.
I ha...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Aug 03, 2026
life
monthly recap
[Case Study] Intuitive eating is not the end point. Normal Eating is
I am the case study this time. A story about my latest All-inclusive resort trip.
Read time: 5 min.
This case study isn’t about one of my clients. This is my story.
In February 2026 I went to an all-inclusive resort for the first time in decades and this is the story of what happened at the “al...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Jul 27, 2026
case study
eating
mindset
nutrition
[Case Study] Why knowing about body image is not enough
The science of body image is not what will help you make peace with your body. A Case Study.
Read time: 9 min.
To help people change their health behaviors permanently, the coaching work is seldom about finding better information.
Especially when it comes to women + health behaviors. The proble...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Jul 20, 2026
body image
case study
The problem with the “future self” I was chasing in 2017
The version of your future self you've been working toward might not actually be yours. Here's how socialization hijacks the vision, and what to do instead.
Read time: 9 min.
A few weeks ago, this Facebook memory landed in my feed.
It was a post from 2017. A photo of me, shoulder up. Smiling. P...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Jul 13, 2026
essay
future self
mindset
[Case Study] Self-Trust Is The Ceiling, Not Strategy
For most women learning how to build self-trust is what changes everything
Read time: 4 min.
As a coach, my work is not only to help my clients with tactics, but most importantly to help them build self-trust.
Because most of the time, what women need is not a better plan, but instead a higher ...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Jul 07, 2026
business
case study
non-diet professionals
Monthly Rewind & Forward [June 2026]
Welcome to Monthly Rewind & Forward for June 2026
How was your month, dear reader?
Mine was inspiring, and not by accident. I had to be intentional to get there. After a few months of doom and gloom, that felt good.
Uranus Entered Gemini on April 25
My brain knows astrology isn't scientific. I...
by Stephanie Dodier —
Jul 01, 2026
life
monthly recap
The main character
You didn't know you were living someone else's story. Neither did I.
Read time: 4 min.
Last weekend I went on a hike. The trail is called L'Erablière.
That quiet is why I hike. Not the exercise. The silence from technology. The smell of wood and humidity. The birds — and there are always birds...
Jun 08, 2026
body image
mindset
Righteous and stuck
Blaming diet culture felt like power. It kept me trapped in the same place.
Read time: 4 min.
She was telling me about the airplane seat.
It was our second coaching session. She had just returned from a trip. To be comfortable in her seat, she had upgraded to business class. As she told the sto...
Jun 01, 2026
body image
mindset
weight stigma