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.
Tags: body image
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[Case Study] Confidence Isn't Something You're Born With. Denise Built Hers.
Read time: 6 min.
Most women want to feel confident or feel more confident.
Most of us were taught it's something you either have or you don't.
My client Denise said it better than I could: confidence is not something we're born with. We create it.
Here's how she did it.
A Client Story about...
by Stepanie Dodier —
Sep 26, 2026
body image
confidence
life
[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] 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 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