Nourishing Women Podcast

Dr. Kim Daniels is on a mission to build an army of women who never deny themselves the food they love, who have left behind the days of anxiety about what they weigh, and who love themselves and their bodies.  And who never diet again. In this lesson we detail through the why and how your weight is not your worth.    It’s rare to find a psychologist who specializes in anti-diet culture messaging and is a Certified IE Counselor, so trust me when I say this episode is a must listen!   In this episode we discuss: As a psychologist, how did Kim come to specialize in helping people develop a healthy relationship with food and body. How Kim helps women “curb” (not “cure”) emotional eating. Tangible examples of mindset shifts one can make to go from diet mindset to Intuitive Eating mindset, and questions to ask yourself to begin this process. Kim shares why focusing on weight loss does not work, and what “not working” means exactly. Context into the misogyny of diet culture and how this impacts us as women. How Ki

Today on the podcast, I’m sharing with you 10 easy ways to cope with a bad body image day. This will be a short and sweet episode, which is perfect, anytime you are having one of these days, a bonus step could be coming to listen to this episode to remind you how to navigate it. The truth is, bad body image days happen.   I find for a lot of my clients, they can happen when they are challenging food fears (and the discomfort of eating them makes their brain perceive they have suddenly gained loads of weight), when they are having a stressful day or week and just generally can occur when things in our life feel out of control. As sad as it is, most of us feel that our bodies and food are sometimes the only thing in our lives that we can control. We want to be compassionate with ourselves when we feel this way, but I also encourage you to not let these negative thoughts dictate your actions and how you treat yourself or feed yourself. Listen to today's episode to learn more!   Thank you to Primally Pure for bri

Today I’m excited to have guest, Meredith Renshaw on the show! Meredith is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at Free Method Nutrition, a virtual group nutrition practice that exists to equip women with the skills to overcome and the wisdom to move beyond the influences of diet culture. Meredith knows it can be overwhelming to establish a healthy relationship with food, in a world that suggests we should constantly be trying to make ourselves smaller. So often, women are fed lies that happiness is found in the size of their jeans, the number on the scale, or the calories burned in a day. She is committed to setting women free from this narrative.    Meredith champions women to find the food freedom they never imagined was possible, by helping them redefine health, ditch the restrict-binge cycle and embrace intuitive eating. She specifically enjoys working with college women to find peace with their body size and feel confident in their food choices in an environment where diet culture thrives. She works to e

In today’s podcast episode, we are going to be focused on YOU and your story. I share quite a bit about my own personal journey, and bits and pieces of my clients with you, but I think it can be even more powerful to see that SO so many of us have had similar experiences when it comes to hypothalamic or post pill amenorrhea. Enjoy today’s episode where I share YOUR confessions of HA recovery!   Thank you to Primally Pure for bringing today’s episode. I am enjoying the rose tinted lip balm, plumping face mask and charcoal deodorant, all perfect for entering into the spring season. You can use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first order.   Click here to download our free e-book, How to Eat for Hormones.   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 more community & support. Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obs

Casey Zavaleta is a strength coach, fitness educator, and nutritional therapy practitioner based in Toronto, ON. She began her career with Toronto FC in the High Performance Department where she created programs to improve athletes' high performance habits. As a personal trainer, she has found a passion for leading and coaching women to engage with fitness for better reasons than changing their body size. She is currently an educator with DTS Fitness Education, where she is the lead developer for DTS Habits Coach, a course that teaches trainers to help their clients improve their habits and change their beliefs about themselves.   As a former dancer, Casey struggled for many years with my body image and disordered eating, and learned to define my worth based on how my body looked. After educating herself and doing countless hours of internal work, Casey came to a deep understanding that wellness is about much more than external markers such as the size of our bodies or the amount of weight we can lift in the

Today’s episode is helping you to understand and explore what happens in your body when you have hypothalamic amenorrhea. Unlike other hormone conditions, HA is directly caused from stress to the body, namely inadequate intake and excessive exercise. This episode helps explain how this occurs, and why we lose our period when our diet and exercise behaviors have gone too extreme.   In this episode we discuss the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis or HPG axis refers to the hypothalamus, pituitary gland and gonadal glands almost as if they are a single entity. This axis plays a critical role in the development and regulation of several different body systems like reproduction and immunity. The HPG axis produces hormones that cause women to menstruate. Each gland produces hormones in a precisely timed manner allowing them to work in harmony creating an ideal environment for your body.   The HPG axis is extremely sensitive to the environment. Changes in the environment can then affect the HPG axis and hormone pro

Sara Reardon is a doctor of physical therapy graduating from Washington University in St Louis and board-certified women's health physical therapist.  Sara specializes in the treatment of pelvic floor disorders, including pelvic pain, bowel and bladder dysfunction, painful sex, and pregnancy and postpartum recovery. She is the owner of NOLA Pelvic Health, a pelvic health physical therapy clinic in New Orleans, La. and founder of  The Vagina Whisperer, an online resource for pelvic health education to support, empower and educate women worldwide. She is a mom to two boys, wife, Saints fan and wanna-be yogi. You can find her on Instagram at @the.vagina.whisperer where she has over 185k followers.   In this episode we discuss:   Sara’s journey to becoming a pelvic floor PT and then starting her IG account and business, the Vagina Whisperer and NOLA Pelvic Health. Why we need to rethink postpartum care, and why postpartum care for the vagina is so important. How exactly pelvic floor physical therapy works and w

I’m excited to be bringing you a new series for the podcast! You asked for more content on gentle nutrition, so we will be beginning a gentle nutrition series, to help you explore what it looks like to care for your health through a non-diet lens.   You can submit topics you’d like to see in this new series by joining our Facebook group or sending me a DM on Instagram.   In this episode, I cover in detail the concept of body food congruence.  The Intuitive Eating workbook shares this about body food congruence, "It represents how foods feel in your body- that is, how eating a particular food or meal makes you feel...It is about making food choices based on health and body functioning as well as pleasure."   Listen to this episode to learn more about body food congruence, definitions of authentic health and specific examples to help you understand with ease how to apply this in your own life.   I have decided to add Primally Pure back as a podcast sponsor after a two month pause due to incongruent brand value

What is your Knowing? And how can you better connect to it? Listen to today’s podcast episode, with guest Casey Newman, to help you feel nurtured and supported in how to use journaling, yoga and other mindfulness practices to better connect to your intuition.   Casey is a certified holistic health coach and yoga teacher. She is here to help you step into the BEST version of yourself using more than just the foods you eat. She is committed to helping you release toxic patterns and live the life you deserve, unapologetically. Casey loves getting real with her instagram captions with messages of empowerment, confidence and self-worth. Her signature Reset to Rise program is designed to help you find the courage to release toxic cycles and create daily rituals infused with intention.   In this episode we discuss: Casey’s journey like to pursue her work  and what inspired her love for mindfulness, yoga and wellness. How the struggle with perfectionism and disordered eating create a very challenging time understand

Welcome to the next round of our Ask Me Anything Q&A series! In this episode, my lovely assistant Kate asks me your listener questions about protein intake, probiotics and habitual eating habits.   Click here to download our free e-book, How to Eat for Hormones.   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 more community & support. Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop. Join the waitlist for our new program coming in May, Get Your Period Back Playbook.   Let’s hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN: Victoria’s Instagram Victoria’s Website Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

Today on the podcast we have the honor of having Racheal Hartley, author of the new book Gentle Nutrition, on the show.   Rachael’s book Gentle Nutrition explores what healthy eating looks like from a non-diet perspective. It teaches you how to improve your relationship with food and how take care of your body with real life tips and tools that have helped my clients. By taking food off it’s pedestal as the end all, be all of health, Gentle Nutrition creates space for engaging with nutrition in a more relaxed, and sustainable manner. When we leave diet culture and the assumption that weight equals health behind, we can focus on truly honoring our health and well-being.   Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, is a Columbia, SC-based nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert. In 2014, Rachael  opened her private practice, where she specializes in intuitive eating, disordered eating and eating disorders, women's health, and digestive disorders. She also runs

Listen to today’s podcast episode to understand how eating enough and intuitive eating is the #1, most important thing you can do to boost your metabolism. When you’ve been undereating and following low calorie diets it feels like you need to continue to decrease calories to get ‘results’. If this is how you feel, then listen to today’s podcast episode!   As a reminder, today is the FINAL day to join Permission Stage Playbook, our online program on intuitive eating. Enrollment will not open again for 6+ months, so now is the time to join! If you join today, you’ll be sent a final bonus offer on how to boost your metabolism with intuitive eating.   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 more community & support. Take a look at our new online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop.   Let’s hang out! Connect with Victoria an

Click here to join Permission Stage Playbook, you have 3 final days left to join until we re-open enrollment for fall 2021!   Welcome to such a special episode! I had the pleasure of being a guest on Sabreen Haziq’s podcast, the Lavender Fix Project, where she asked me her honest questions about how exactly intuitive eating works. I asked her to come on the Nourishing Women Podcast, to ask me her honest and raw questions and allow me to coach her through the process! Enjoy listening to this episode to hear how I would coach you through the very real questions you have about how intuitive eating works.    Sabreen Haziq is the host of The Lavender Fix (a humble project born Amid COVID19), a self-help podcast dedicated to sharing stories of perseverance & resilience from real people with real life experiences. Lavender represents the part of the psyche that, untouched by the weary and troubles of years, retains the vigor and vitality of youth.  ​ Learn  more about Sabreen: My episode on the Lavender Fix. Sab

I’m sure friend you turned on this episode with major curiosity because if you have food fears, it seems impossible to just let them go and move on...and doing it in 3 steps, how in the world does that happen? I am here to help.   I want to start by sharing this is actually an excerpt from one of the many lessons you’ll find inside our online program on IE, Permission Stage Playbook. It’s open for enrollment currently and if this was helpful, you’ll love the education, step by step guidance, and community you’ll find inside the program. Enrollment is only open for 6 more days so now is the time to join!   When working to go from food fears to food freedom, the three step method is try, evaluate and free. Listen to this episode to learn more!   Click here to join Permission Stage Playbook and click here to watch the replay of the 5 Steps to Confidently  Become an Intuitive Eater webinar!   Resources for you: Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clien

Unapologetic eating means eating what you want, when you want, and how you want without feeling guilty or ashamed. Unapologetic Eating is also the name of Alissa’s new book that we discuss in detail in today’s podcast episode.   Alissa Rumsey, MS, RD, CDN, CSCS is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and the author of Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace With Food and Transform Your Life. Alissa is passionate about advocating for women to reclaim the space to eat and live unapologetically. She is the founder of Alissa Rumsey Nutrition and Wellness, a weight-inclusive nutrition practice that offers virtual counseling and online programs to help people liberate themselves from dieting, cultivate a peaceful relationship to food and their bodies, and live a more authentic, connected life. Her expertise has been featured in hundreds of media outlets and she speaks regularly at events, online trainings, and conferences around the country. She calls New York City home and spe

I recently shared this Instagram post: “I’m not anti weight loss. I’m anti the system of beliefs, corporations, businesses, health care providers and influencers telling you the pursuit of thinness should be your highest ambition in life.”   I do not judge you for wanting to lose weight. And I'm not anti weight loss altogether. But if you think this is going to be an episode encouraging you to pursue intentional weight loss and intuitive eating, keep listening...   As hard as it will absolutely be, you have to put aside intentional weight loss to fully be free to rediscover intuitive eating.   One of my favorite quotes from the Intuitive Eating book shares, “If you allow even one small hope to linger that a new and better diet might be lurking around the corner, it will prevent you from being free to rediscover Intuitive Eating.”   When someone tells you that you can practice mindful eating or IE or food freedom and lose weight, and even diet and lose weight (in the long term) they’re promising you something

Erin is a leadership coach, specializing in Human Design. Erin uses Human Design to help thousands of individuals and companies step into their work and their lives as their truest selves and to their highest potential. Her work as a guide, coach, and speaker has attracted a growing community of over 60,000 people who turn to her teachings for practical tools, digestible tips, and deeper self-knowledge they can access to live with greater ease and authenticity every single day. Erin’s insights are highly sought-after because she makes Human Design pragmatic, tangible, accessible — and immediately applicable to everyday life (which was my favorite part of today’s conversation). Human Design is a synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern science that sheds light on a person’s energetic makeup, as well as specific tools you can use to live at your happiest, healthiest, highest potential. It doesn’t change who you are; it teaches you who you are. It offers insight into what’s possible, and highlights the significanc

Today on the podcast we brought back my lovely assistant Kate, to answer your listener questions for another round of Ask Me Anything Q&A!   Questions we answered in today’s podcast episode: What’s your favorite part of being an intuitive eater? What probiotics actually do what they’re supposed to?  Thoughts on the IGG food sensitivity test? Do people really need to avoid all foods flagged? What can I do to better my digestion without being restrictive?    Past episodes on probiotics and digestion: Episode 100: Disordered Eating as a Root Cause to Digestive Issues Episode 101: Probiotics 101: What, Why & How Episode 134: Get Digestive Relief from IBS Starting Today Episode 162: The Difference Between Prebiotics and Probiotics with Kelsey Kinney RD/N   Today through February 10th we are doing something so INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. We are sharing a sneak peak inside our online program, Permission Stage Playbook, so you can get a feel for the juicy details and step by step guidance shared inside our course t

Kendra Tolbert MS, RDN, CDN, LD, RYT, Cert AT is a registered dietitian nutritionist, registered yoga teacher, and certified aromatherapist specializing in PCOS, fertility, and PMS. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University and her Master of Science in Nutrition and Public Health from Teachers College, Columbia University. In 2017, She was awarded the Emerging Professional Award from the Women's Health Dietetic Practice Group. Kendra has experience helping individuals, families, and communities make improvements to their wellbeing and quality of life by adopting healthier habits. Her areas of expertise include women's health, PCOS, fertility, mind-body practices, and community nutrition.  Kendra is passionate about helping women live fertile. To LIVE FERTILE is to live the most joyful, productive, and fruitful life you can by caring for your body, mind, and soul. Whether your goal is to have more energy, make peace with your body, or get pregnant, living F.E.R.T.I.L.

We are bringing you such a special and fun episode today! I had the pleasure of having my amazing assistant, Kate, on the show to ask me the questions you submitted for this Ask Me Anything Q&A series. If you enjoy this format please let me know on Instagram, and we can keep creating them for you!   Today through February 10th we are doing something so INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. We are sharing a sneak peak inside our online program, Permission Stage Playbook, so you can get a feel for the juicy details and step by step guidance shared inside our course to help you confidently become an intuitive eater. For totally free, you can get the first three lessons of module 1, so you can start your journey through the permission stage of intuitive eating starting today.   Questions we answered in today’s podcast episode: How important is breakfast? If I’m not hungry in the morning do I need something like a piece of fruit to break the fast? Is it ok to wait several hours to eat a meal? How do you go from disordered eati