#38 Celeste Rains-Turk NPC Bikini: how to develop a healthier relationship with food & body, importance of identity, danger of autopilot, managing the festive season!

This week’s guest is the wonderful Celeste Rains-Turk who you may
recognise as the host of Confessions of a Bikini Pro podcast.


As well as being an NPC bikini competitor, Celeste is a mindset
mentor specialising in helping people make peace with food, their
body and their goals and is the author of the number one best
selling self help book ‘Believe Your Way to Badass.’ Combining
her passion for the sport, her experiences with disordered eating
plus her qualifications and passion for psychology, personal
development, mindfulness, Celeste works closely with competitors
to help them develop healthier relationships with food. 


In this episode, we dig into a bit more about what that entails,
some tips and tricks and we answer a LOAD of listener questions
too. Competitors of ALL levels will get so much out of this
episode!


We spoke about:⁠


Her current prep

Why she started her podcast

Celeste’s competing history

Taking a long time off between shows to build her body and
repair her mindset

Getting her period back

Battling with how we identify and speak to our selves

How and why Celeste got into the work that she does helping
people repair their relationship with food and their bodies

Common struggles for competitors (change, post show, food
focus)

Differences in pros/amateurs, age differences

Writing a best selling book - ‘Believe Your Way to Badass’

Listener Q&As!! 

How do I stop binging post show/shoot? 

What protocol to implement post show to not fall into the
binge/restrict cycle 

How do you break from the all or nothing mentality? 

How to find the line between reversing and getting your
life back? 

How to improve body image & self love/acceptance,
while always working to change your body? 

Common mistakes you see athletes make post show 

Tips to manage the festive season (especially while in
prep) 





And SOOO much more!⁠


If you want to follow Celeste, learn more about her journey and
her food relationship coaching services you can do so at
https://www.instagram.com/celestial_fit/ and
http://www.celestial.fit. You can check out her podcast on Apple,
Spotify and wherever you like to listen to your podcasts!


If you love the episode don’t forget to share to your stories and
tag us both in so we can see and share too!⁠


Until next time…⁠


Love you!⁠


R x