It’s Beyond The Food: Non-Diet Health Coaching · Stephanie Dodier

448-Coaching the Pendulum Swing of "Not dieting" and Body Comparison Patterns in Clients

November 24, 2025·16 min·1 clip

Stephanie Dozie explains that pendulum swing eating is actually an assertion of autonomy, like a teenager rebelling against control.

Stephanie Dozie addresses two common coaching challenges in non-diet health work: the pendulum swing where clients go from restriction to opposite extremes, and body comparison that intensifies during body image healing. She explains the psychological mechanisms behind both behaviors and offers specific coaching techniques rooted in cognitive behavior coaching.

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