Monthly Rewind & Forward [August 2026]

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Welcome to Monthly Rewind & Forward for August 2026

How was your August, my sister?

For me August was made up of car camping adventures, celebration and plenty of ups and downs along the journey of building a new habit.

I had never heard of car camping before

A few months back I was doom scrolling on IG and my feed served me a reel of a woman car camping.

I was intrigued. Got curious and decided to try it.
And I loved it.

But it reminded me that the adventurous version of myself didn’t exist in my twenties & thirties. I was consumed by trying to prove my worth. The career achievements, the endless control of my body size. There was no room in my life to just try something.

For 25 years, when I was actively trying to lose weight or maintain the weight loss, my mind was full with all the self-critical thoughts. Ruminating on what I did wrong was not a headspace for adventure let alone do something “strange” like car camping.

That’s one of the most incredible outcomes of body acceptance. The ability to think and do anything I want.

The confidence to simply trust myself and my body and that no matter what happens I will figure it out.

And the freedom to not worry about what other people will think.

I almost forgot to share: I decided to cut half my hair… went back to the simplicity of a pixie cut (it’s the last image)

And the other celebrations

Last month in the [July] Monthly Rewind and Forward I shared that I decided to build a new behavior: showing up on Instagram daily to build a new marketing channel in my business.

And I set myself a goal to show up daily for 1 year.

The celebrations: showed up 27/30 days in July. Went viral twice in August and grew my account by 25%.

The learnings: I’m still figuring out how to stick to a content plan and batch create.

So what’s forward in September?

I have two more car camping trips planned. Getting my wisdom teeth pulled out 😳🫣🦷.

I’m heads down into creating CONFIDENT - a program to help make body acceptance take root in your life and confidently open the next chapter of your life.

This is New for September

🤫 Something Brand Spanking New is coming on September 21… CONFIDENT. As always, my community will get first dibs and a special offer. Be sure to be on the waitlist!

August case studies you may have missed

[Case Study] Body Noises Is A Thing And Tool That Works To Mute It

[Case Study] When "nobody will likes me" isn't really about being liked

Podcast Episode you may have missed

484- Intuitive Eating and GLP-1: 15 Clinical Considerations

485- Coaching Weight Gain in the GLP-1 Era

486- The psychology of Body Acceptance

487- Binge Eating - Turning On the “food off switch” with Dr. Sarah Cooke

488- Grieving Your Past Business in the GLP-1 ERta with HIlary Kinavey

That’s a wrap for August. Let’s do September!

With love,

Stephanie

Hi! I’m Stephanie Dodier.

Non-Diet Nutritionist. Cognitive Behavior Coach. Feminist.

I spent 25 years chasing enough from the outside. At 40 years old I quit and began crafting the second phase of my life. I write about what I found on the other side.

My Podcast - It's Beyond The Food

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