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UNTRAPPED ACADEMY

Uplifting Anti-Diet Life

Helping overwhelmed anti-dieters forge their path to freedom.

UNTRAPPED ACADEMY

Uplifting Anti-Diet Life

Helping overwhelmed anti-dieters forge their path to freedom.

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Diet Culture is A Trap

You’ve ridden the diet merry-go-round enough times to know that it’s never going to deliver on its promises, and you’re craving something better.

Life is Busy & You Need Less

You love anti-diet social media but there’s so much information that you’re overwhelmed. You want to know exactly HOW to apply these ideas, learn effective strategies and experience meaningful change.

Life is Short & You Deserve More

You’re craving more – a deeper understanding of the issues. Ultimately, you want to feel at peace with food, body, exercise, and rock solid in your commitment to anti-dieting.

Make Anti-Dieting Easy.

Meet the UNTRAPPED Academy!

A membership bringing you the latest anti-diet ideas AND the gentle expertise and guidance and support required to embed them in your life.
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In super digestible 30-minute sessions, UNTRAPPED Academy membership gives you new speakers each month, a skills training session to help bring those ideas to life, plus a live support group session with a clinical psychologist.
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You’ll also have access to our growing library of past talks and skills training workshops and membership to our members-only Facebook group.
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We’re here for all anti-dieters who yearn for a better relationship with food, body and exercise but don’t have the time or money to spend on an online course or to work 1 on 1 with a health professional.
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The UNTRAPPED Academy will:

Stop anti-diet information overload – we’ve made it manageable with 3 sessions a month. And everything is recorded so you can watch when it suits you.
Give you access to specific, up-to-date information – we’re constantly gathering high-quality anti-diet experts to guide you. You’ll learn deeply.
Help you put ‘theory’ into practice – our anti-diet skills training squad includes highly trained health professionals and people with lived experience. With their practical guidance, you’ll learn exactly how to apply anti-diet ideas and tailor them to fit your life.
Give you support– our support group is run by a very experienced anti-diet clinical psychologist. In this space, you’ll share your experiences and connect with an amazing community of fellow anti-dieters.
Change your life! Learn to appreciate all of the joy, abundance and empowerment anti-diet life has to offer.
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Your Platinum Membership to the UNTRAPPED Academy includes:

Monthly live 30-minute talk with various experts.

You’ll gain a deep understanding of cutting-edge anti-diet ideas. Each talk is followed by a 15-minute Q&A, so you can have your burning questions answered.

Monthly 30-minute live group support meeting.

Join experienced anti-diet clinical psychologist Louise Adams to debrief, ask questions, and experience a deep sense of community with like-minded people. Each session includes a 15-minute Q&A.

Monthly live 30-minute skills training session with our anti-diet skills squad.

Learn practical strategies and skills to meaningfully change your relationship with food, your body, exercise, and more. Each session includes a 15-minute Q&A.

Access to the Resource Library

All live membership events are recorded and added to our ever-growing library of recorded talks, skills training sessions and support meetings which you can watch and re-watch at your convenience.

The UNTRAPPED Academy is on hiatus, but you can still get access to our Body Talks & UNTRAPPED Academy Bundles

Membership is currently closed for new members. 

But if you’d like to watch the fabulous content from our Body Talks Feastival and special guest talks and skills training from our UNTRAPPED Academy, you can purchase the on-demand recordings from both events – for just $AUD10 each!

It’s a one-off purchase to have ongoing access to hours of anti-diet and body liberation talks.

Body Talks Bundle
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Inside the Body Talks Bundle

In 2023, I hosted Body Talks, a FEASTIVAL of anti-diet ideas, featuring 12 incredible speakers from around the world, including Dianne Bondy, Christy Harrison, Sabrina Strings, Ragen Chastain, Fiona Sutherland, Chrissy King, E K Daufin, Lacey Jade Christie, Ashlea Gillon, Dr Fiona Willer, Megan Crabbe, and comedian & fat activist Sofie Hagen.

It was a mind-blowing celebration. These inspiring speakers shared life-changing stories and ideas that left us utterly empowered, inspired, and loved up.

These talks are now available to purchase- for just $10 AUD, you can access 9 hours of transformative talks on weight science, wellness myths, body liberation, surviving weight stigma, and how to take up space in a world that tries to shrink you.

Get your access now and unlock a world of radical self-love, body liberation, and advocacy!

  • Only $10 AUD for life-changing content
  • 9+ hours of transformative talks from 12 world-renowned speakers
  • Yours to watch forever—at your own pace, on hand anytime you need uplifting

Get your Body Talks Bundle today!

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Inside the UNTRAPPED Academy Bundle

The UNTRAPPED Academy is currently on pause, but you can access 13 incredible workshops and skills training sessions in our library!

If you’re hungry to learn practical anti-diet skills and strategies, this is the perfect bundle for you. Inside, you’ll find expert-led sessions from leading health professionals, including:

  • Ellen Masson, exercise physiologist: if you’re hesitant to explore exercise, this is a must-watch

  • Dr. Portia Predny: breaking down the principles of weight-inclusive health care (and guides you on how to access it)

  • Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant, authors of Reclaiming Body Trust: Discovering your body story

  • Shane Jeffries, dietitian: use the RAVES model to transform your relationship with food: this is a game-changer!

  • Evelyn Tribole: The guru of intuitive eating on how to bring intuitive eating principles into your life

  • Bronwyn Wood, psychologist: practical strategies to heal binge eating

  • … and much more!

These workshops are filled with life-changing insights, skills, and empowerment to help you build a healthier, more compassionate relationship with your body, food, and movement.

Get your access now and learn the ‘how-to’ of anti-dieting!

  • Only $10 AUD for transformative, practical content which you can apply in your own life

  • 13 powerful workshops from leading experts

  • Yours to watch forever—at your own pace, anytime you need inspiration

Get your UNTRAPPED Academy Bundle today and get ready to lift off!

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Welcome to the UNTRAPPED Academy! I’m Your Host, Louise Adams.

I am a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field for almost 25 years. My pronouns are she/her, and my body size is currently in the category of small fat. I am a fierce anti-diet advocate, author and host of the All Fired Up podcast from Sydney, Australia. In my private practice, I work with people struggling with disordered eating, eating disorders, and size-based discrimination and I’m constantly advocating against weight stigma and prejudice. I run training workshops for health professionals on the non-diet approach, have been published twice in academic journals pushing back against biased weight-centric research, and have presented at numerous professional conferences. I launched the original version of UNTRAPPED as an online anti-diet program in 2017. Since then I have hosted regular online support groups and the UNTRAPPED online anti-diet community has become incredibly strong. The UNTRAPPED Academy is a natural progression for UNTRAPPED, and I am excited to continue bringing this anti-diet community together.

How To Know That We’re A Good Fit

The UNTRAPPED Academy is for you if:

  • You’re a relatively new anti-dieter, hungry to explore the world of anti-dieting beyond social media posts.
  • You’re a seasoned anti-dieter, keen to keep on top of new anti-diet developments and sharpen your skills.
  • You’re craving an anti-diet community but you don’t have anyone around you.
  • You don’t have the resources to spend on courses or one-on-one help.
  • You’re overwhelmed by the volume of anti-diet information out there.
  • You’re wanting to learn from many teachers.

The UNTRAPPED Academy is not for you if:

  • You’re a health professional looking for professional education points. Of course, if you’re a health professional and still wanting to learn and get support, we won’t say no!
  • You have an active eating disorder and in the early stages of treatment (we recommend that you have a good level of recovery before joining us, and that you’re in therapy). The UNTRAPPED Academy is not a therapeutic program, we are an education, skills and support hub.

  • You’re actively pursuing weight loss. The UNTRAPPED Academy is not a diet!
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Frequently Asked Questions

How much time will I need to set aside to benefit from this membership?

We’ve struck a balance between giving our members the deep level of learning, skills training and community support they deserve to enjoy all the benefits of lasting change with ensuring that overwhelm doesn’t kick in. We provide regular content to members in 3 convenient sessions of 30-45 minutes per month, so just a little over 2 hours a month is your time commitment for maximum benefit.

If I can’t make it live to a session but I really want to ask a specific question, can I submit my question beforehand and get it answered?

Absolutely! Just send an email to louise@untrapped.com.au naming the specific talk/skills session/support group meeting, alongside your question, and we’ll make sure it gets answered (time permitting, as all Q&A’s are 15 minutes).

Where are your UNTRAPPED Academy testimonials?

As an AHPRA registered health professional, our founder Louise Adams is not legally permitted to use testimonials to advertise. But our track record speaks for itself – we’ve been an online community since 2017!

There’s a specific topic I’m interested to learn more about/increase my skills in, but I can’t see anything in the library or upcoming calendar.

We’re always interested in hearing what topics people are interested in – let us know what you’d like to hear more about/a particular speaker or skills trainer, and we’ll get on it! Send an email to louise@untrapped.com.au.

How easy is it to cancel my membership?

It’s super easy to cancel your membership and you can do this at any time – just hop into your billing area and select the option to cancel.

How do I know what’s happening, how much notice will I get for each session?

We have our upcoming events calendar here. We also send weekly emails with nudges so you won’t miss anything!

I have an eating disorder, is this membership suitable for me?

We have many members who have suffered with disordered eating and eating disorders. However, the UNTRAPPED Academy is not a therapeutic treatment program. We provide information, skills training and support. We are happy to be here for members in a general support capacity but if you are in the grips of an eating disorder, in the early parts of recovery, or suffering with severe mental health issues we recommend that you focus on that first. We’ll be here once your recovery is stronger. Please get in touch with Louise directly if you’re not sure, on louise@untrapped.com.au.

I’m interested in becoming a speaker/skills trainer, how can I find out more?

We’d love to hear from you! Send an email to louise@untrapped.com.au, and tell us more about yourself and what you’d like to do.

The UNTRAPPED Academy is on hiatus, but you can still get access to our Body Talks & UNTRAPPED Academy Bundles

Membership is currently closed for new members. 

But if you’d like to watch the fabulous content from our Body Talks Feastival and special guest talks and skills training from our UNTRAPPED Academy, you can purchase the on-demand recordings from both events – for just $AUD10 each!

It’s a one-off purchase to have ongoing access to hours of anti-diet and body liberation talks.

Body Talks Bundle
UNTRAPPED Academy Bundle