Nourishing Women Podcast

Curious what it means to build generational wealth? I was too! Which is why I asked Alissa Todd to come on the show. Alissa Todd is a Personal CFO and Financial Advisor who helps ambitious women build generational wealth so they can experience time freedom, financial freedom and a work-optional lifestyle. Through their Personal CFO Planning Process, her team creates a financial roadmap so their clients know exactly what to do with their money and take the guesswork out of their finances.    Like many people, Alissa struggled at the beginning of her financial journey. She had zero knowledge on personal finance or investing. Now, she specializes in helping ambitious women outsource their financial strategy so they can access more time freedom to feel more confident and clear about their financial future. Alissa grew up in The Netherlands and Ireland before moving to sunny Southern California. Outside of business, you can catch her at the beach, doing yoga or sipping spicy margs with her friends.   Learn more ab

Do you struggle with eating around others or eating out at restaurants? You all shared with me your biggest struggles with social eating and today’s episode is going to give you all the advice you need to navigate this!   If eating out at restaurants causing you comparison, judgement, shame, if it makes you worry about what others are thinking, or makes it hard for you to listen to your body cues, then today’s episode is for you. Learn how to eat intuitively when eating out at restaurants and around others in this can’t miss episode.   This episode is brought to you by one of my favorite skincare companies, Primally Pure. My favorite products right now are the facial dry brush, the plumping mask and the citrus and mint body butter. You can use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first order.   Resources for you: Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.  Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for

Have you ever wondered if you can practice intuitive eating with certain medical conditions, like Type 1 Diabetes? If so, today’s episode is for you! Guest and dietitian, Danielle Bublitz, shares how to bring together the worlds of managing your diabetes while honoring and practicing intuitive eating.   Danielle Bublitz, MS, RDN, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist specializing in Intuitive Eating, binge eating, and Health At Every Size(R)-aligned nutrition therapy.  Danielle earned her bachelor’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from California State University at Chico and received her Master’s degree from California State University at Northridge while completing the dietetic internship program.  Since becoming a Registered Dietitian, Danielle has worked in various areas in nutrition, such as in hospitals, acute rehab, and skilled nursing facilities.  Danielle is passionate about guiding her patients through difficult medical diagnoses, like diabetes or gastrointestinal issues, while learning how to ma

Today’s podcast episode was created from this incredible blog post written by Kelsey Pukala, all about body grief.   In this post she shares, “I’ve been spending a lot of time lately exploring this idea of body grief.  Maybe I’m just late to the party… but over the past year, this has honestly been a newer topic for me to research and discuss with clients.  I wanted to share a few things I have learned with hopes that it is helpful for anyone currently experiencing body grief!” Listen to today’s episode and read this blog post to learn more.   This episode is brought to you by one of my favorite skincare companies, Primally Pure. My favorite products right now are the facial dry brush, the plumping mask and the citrus and mint body butter. You can use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first order.   Resources for you: Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.  Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Comm

Today on the podcast we have new dietitian at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, Emilie Hebert, back on the show to discuss why wellness culture is diet culture. You’ll learn the problems that exist with the mindset that a lot of wellness culture takes when it comes to health, and how to differentiate wellness culture vs wellness without obsession.   In this episode we discuss: Emilie’s journey from disordered eating to intuitive eating. Ways that Emilie has been influenced by wellness culture. Defining wellness culture and specific examples of how wellness culture gets it wrong when it comes to wellness. How to eat and live according to your values without falling into the trap of wellness culture. How Emilie practices wellness without obsession.   To celebrate Emilie joining the practice, Emilie is offering 10% off her packages for the first 5 clients that sign up, don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! You can learn more about Emilie joining the team and her packages here.    Resources for you: Learn mor

Today’s guest is Emilie Hebert, an anti-diet dietitian empowering people to love food and respect their bodies. Her goal is to help you heal from disordered eating so you can share your best self with the world.    In college, Emilie struggled with disordered eating and hypothalamic amenorrhea. She understands how it feels to believe that you will never live a life of food freedom because your food fears and negative body beliefs are so overwhelming. As your dietitian, her job is to remind you that a life of food freedom and body respect is possible for you—and, most importantly, that you deserve it. Emilie practices using the principles of Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size, and specializes in working with vegan/vegetarian clients and clients in the LGBTQ+ community.   You can follow Emilie on Instagram to learn more about her approach to nutrition, or at her food blog Emilie Eats for plant-based recipes.   You can learn more about Emilie joining the team and her packages here. Emilie is offering 10%

Ashton Barrett is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, who helps you reclaim your life from chronic dieting and provides intuitive eating and body image support. Ashton is passionate about banning body bullying and in this episode, we discuss her journey from macro counting coach to intuitive eating counselor.   In this episode we discuss: Ashton now described herself as an ex-macro coach, and shares with us the type of approach she used to take with clients. What led Ashton to decide to stop teaching macro counting. Ashton’s own journey to healing her relationship to food and then becoming a certified Intuitive Eating counselor. Why macro counting isn’t true food freedom and flexibility. The concept of reverse dieting in the macro world and whether or not Ashton still uses this approach. How Ashton practices wellness without obsession.   Learn more about Ashton: Ashton’s Instagram account   So much of what will help in the intuitive eating journey is provided in our program, Food and Body Peace Playboo

“You’ve gained weight, are you pregnant?” I will never forget the moment when a co-worker said this to me so casually as she passed me in the parking lot.   I wasn’t pregnant. I had been gaining weight because I was healing my relationship with food. And at that time in my life, I was *deeply* uncomfortable with it. I can’t remember what I said back to her but I do remember going to my car and crying about it.   I can’t help but wonder if I had understood how to stand up for myself and had clear boundaries about what was allowed to be said to me, how that conversation might have changed.   So in today’s episode I am going to give you some examples of setting boundaries in hopes it helps you continue in your intuitive eating journey.   So much of what will help in the intuitive eating journey is provided in our program, Food and Body Peace Playbook, a step by step guide for how to make peace with food, respect your body and live wellness without obsession.   This program was formerly called Permission Stage P

Today's episode, with guest Morgan Skatz, is for the parent who wants to raise children to have a healthy relationship with food & body. Morgan’s goal as a dietitian is to end disordered eating and see everyone enjoy food again. She specializes in eating disorders, intuitive eating, and pediatrics. She wants everyone to know that they deserve a life that is not consumed by food, and food rules. She believes everyone has the ability to feel good in their body!   She loves to see disordered eating/eating disorders prevented by putting in positive work as early on as possible, so she works with families with children of all ages. She empowers parents to raise their children as intuitive eaters and to respect their bodies. She enjoys helping families work through concerns associated with limited food acceptance, baby-led weaning, family mealtimes, and more! When Morgan is not seeing clients, she is most likely spending time with her husband, hiking the trails of Lancaster County, baking sourdough bread, or mi

In today’s podcast episode, as part of the lead up to our Momma Body Love Workshop on Thursday, August 5th, I want to talk to you today about postpartum body image.   Because I’ve heard from SO many of you that this is by FAR one of the most challenging times for body image you’ve ever had in your life. Listen to learn more about how to navigate postpartum body image.   Improving your body image and how you care for your own body will positively impact how your children view their own bodies. And what this means to you is attending the Momma Body Love Workshop will teach the skill of going from hating your body, to respecting it.   This will help you model better body image for your children, and feel confident opening up to your children about your own struggles, in order to help them develop positive beliefs about their own body.   Tickets are currently available for sale and the workshop is happening THIS WEEK, Thursday August 5th at 7pm EST. A replay will be available if you cannot attend live. This is

Diet culture is a scam. And using food to punish yourself does nothing to create change in the world. In this episode you’ll learn why and how we can view nutrition through a social justice lens with guest, Christyna Johnson RD/N.   Christyna Johnson RD/N is a Christian girl who loves chai tea lattes and reading research. Her nutrition philosophy is rooted in the social justice framework of Health at Every Size (R) and seen through the lens of Intuitive Eating. Christyna helps people find a peaceful and sustainable relationship with food and their body.   In this episode we discuss: Christyna shares her work at the Encouraging Dietitian, on her podcast Intuitive Eating for the Culture and as an eating disorder dietitian at a treatment center in Dallas, TX. Christyna shares her utrition philosophy and how it is rooted in the social justice framework of Health at Every Size (R) and seen through the lens of Intuitive Eating.  Self compassion research, and how we can use compassion to create change in the world?

Did you know? The more a child hears their own mother talk negatively about their body, the more they are to dislike their own bodies and try weight loss techniques, even as young as ages 4-6.   What if you could help your child learn that their body never needs to be fixed, that it is enough exactly as it is? In today’s episode you learn 7 ways you can help your children to have better body image.   Improving your body image will help you model better body image to your children. And what that means to you is attending the workshop will give you clarity of the process to better body image. This will help you extend the ladder to your children so they can grow up with a different relationship to their bodies than you had.   Just the other day I was talking with one of my clients, who shared with me on a particularly bad body image day, she was able to use what she’s learned in our sessions to get through the day and was able to reframe the negative body thoughts into gratitude for her body. Her children are y

Megan’s mission as a Style Coach is to empower, educate and inspire women to dress for the life they desire. She has worked with hundreds of women through VIP 1:1 Style Coaching, and her online Style Yourself Chic programs to help them dress to showcase their best self, and feel confident wherever the day takes them.   Megan grew up in Birmingham and has always loved fashion as a form of self-expression. She attended Birmingham-Southern College and studied Art History and French. She then trained in NYC as a Trend Forecaster analyzing the budding trends happening in the fashion industry. She took classes at the esteemed Parsons School of Design to continue her knowledge of fashion, color theory, fabrics and fit.   Upon returning to Birmingham she found her true passion, coaching women to look and feel their best through their overall appearance and wardrobe. She loves nothing more than working with her clients, as well as sharing her style tips and tricks on StyleBlueprint, Southern Living, and her own blog S

Body image is brain work, not body work. And what this means to you is if you have really negative and self deprecating thoughts about your body, trying to change your body won’t make them go away.   Instead, doing the brain work will help you learn how to make peace with your here and now body, respect your body and have compassion for it, too.   In this episode you’ll learn how to deal with negative thoughts and the 5 step process to changing body image beliefs. Plus, you’ll learn how body image thoughts aren’t always objective fact and what to expect when it comes to that mean girl inside your head that tells you your body is never enough.   Are you a momma, momma to be or someone who’s passionate about changing the next generation’s body image for the better? I’m hosting the Momma Body Love Workshop on Thursday, August 5th to teach you how to navigate postpartum body image, how to better your own body image to model it to your children and how to set your children up for success when it comes to their rel

Today on the podcast we have guest Caroline Dooner. Caroline is the humorist and author of The F*ck It Diet. She spent years as a performer, and dieted like it was her job (because it kind of was). After healing her relationship to food, she's been sharing what she learned ever since. She writes a lot about *why* we have such a dysfunctional relationship with food and weight.   You can find more at thefuckitdiet.com and can follow her on instagram @thefuckitdiet.   The Summer Reset is a free mini-course created for you to help you realize this fact: you’re already summer body ready. And what this means to you is, instead of constantly trying to change your body every year summer rolls around, you can choose to reset how you view your body. So you can feel comfortable and gain confidence in the body you have right here, right now. The Summer Reset will help you reset your mindset towards food, fitness and body this summer so you can stop waiting and start LIVING NOW.    In this episode we discuss: Caroline sh

Did you know that…food is not always the cause of your GI symptoms? In fact, sometimes it has nothing to do with food and everything to do with your thoughts around the food. Today we are going to explore why this may be through a conversation on the gut brain axis.   I want to thank Marci Evans for her recent workshop that inspired this episode and is the reference for most of what I’ll share in this episode.   The brain is involved in so much aspects of your health. From how the digestive response is impacted by the gut brain axis, to how body image work is brain work, to even how the hypothalamus, the control center of your brain, is the reason your period can shut down if you are undereating and overexercising...it is TRULY fascinating to think about how our brain is involved in so much of what we think and feel and believe on a daily basis and how this may impact our health.   In this episode we dig in to the link of disordered eating and the digestive system and GI symptoms you may be experiencing throu

A big misconception is that healing your relationship with food and managing a medical condition or nutrition therapy are incompatible. Learn how hormonal health and digestive healing aren’t limited to restrictive and rigid nutrition plans. This episode is full of nutrition knowledge and important insights, not one you’ll want to miss!   Today’s episode is such a special one because I am re-airing an episode where I was a guest on Erica Drewry’s podcast, the Aligned Nutrition Podcast. Listen to this episode to learn more about my personal story and how you can have a healthy relationship with food, even while managing medical medical conditions.   Today's episode is brought to you by our free mini-course, the Summer Reset. Click here to download this free course that will help you feel confident in your body this summer, without having to change it.   Resources for you: Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.  Join our FREE support grou

Have it all, be hot and healthy Tone up that hot girl body Get summer body ready It’s time to get a bikini body   These are just SOME of the common statements made once summer rolls around on social media.   Have you ever thought about what statements like this do to you?  In today’s episode I help you understand how the brain works and why ‘summer body ready’ statements can quickly become detrimental and cause feelings of inadequacy.   Instead here is another way to think about this summer, because there is a way you can:   Feel comfortable in your body this summer Gain confidence about how you feel in your body Without having to sacrifice your mental health and emotional well-being.   The Summer Reset is a free mini-course created for you to help you realize this fact: you’re already summer body ready.   And what that means to you is instead of constantly trying to change your body every year summer rolls around, we are instead going to reset how you view your body.   That way you feel comfortable and gai

In today’s episode we explore the topic of fat discrimination and oppression by diet culture with author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat and expert on body justice and fat activist, Virgie Tovar.   In this episode we discuss: Virgie’s story of how she became an expert in fat discrimination and sexuality studies What is fat phobia and how to recognize it How diet culture is a form of oppression Ways that diet culture is bigotry How we can be better allies for fat acceptance What is internalized inferiority and ways to recognize how you may feel inferior in your everyday life   Virgie Tovar is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat and one of the nation's leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body justice. In 2018 she was named one of the top 50 most influential feminists by Bitch Magazine. She is the founder of Babecamp, a 4-week online course designed to help women who are ready to break up with diet culture. She started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight and i

Today’s episode is an important conversation that NEEDS to be in podcast form. I’ve touched on thin privilege on Instagram posts and with guests on the show, but I wanted an entire episode dedicated to the subject.   Here’s what I want you to understand about thin privilege: Your body image struggles are real no matter your size. Your experience and struggles are real and valid. But we have to be willing to look at our privileges in all situations, body image and how this impacts our relationship with food, included.   I used to promote myself as the “body positive dietitian” and I now realize how much of a mistake on wording that was. That was taking a movement that wasn’t created for me. And honestly ignorance on my part thinking me as a size 10 was not accepted. I hope this episode helps you see that your experiences are real and true and you are not alone in not accepting your body. Yet, as with any privilege we hold, it’s not your fault or something you should feel guilty about. It’s about recognizing