Nourishing Women Podcast

In the past dieting was, for the most part, about villainizing just a particular macronutrient, like carbs or fat, or villainizing calories in general. These days, you can find a reason on the internet to villainize literally any food out there.   The truth is, you can find research to support just about any claim out there. And while I think evidenced based protocols are highly important, we have to remember that doesn’t replace your unique, individual needs. Instead of taking the opinions of others and the rules and protocols and the diets around food, intuitive eating asks that you put all foods on an even playing field.   Cookies and burgers and kale and blueberries are all emotionally equivalent. By making them have no moral value higher than the other, you can tune in to how your body feels when you eat foods. Releasing the emotions around the food, allows you to tune in to your mind body knowledge on your hunger and fullness levels, your food preferences and cravings and discover what is both satisfyin

In our current world, the diet culture infused health and wellness one- we are told the only ways to obtain health are to: have a very specific body size, eat this not that and exercise as much as possible.   And when you hear about intuitive eating...   You fear that vegetables and all the foods you force yourself to eat to maintain your "healthy identity" will become foods you never eat again. In fact all your behaviors  you’re scared you’ll never do again.   And if that's a fear of yours, that may mean you've made the mistake of thinking intuitive eating is just eating "whatever you want". Or only ever eating ice cream. Or never exercising again. It’s another version of all or nothing thinking.   Intuitive eating is about promoting health and eating ALL foods (that feel medically or ethically best for you).   You need to learn to live life in the gray area, and discover what health really means to you. Health shouldn't be about black and white thinking, nor is it the small little actions but instead the su

As we have been hosting our free workshops, Food Obsession to Food Flexibility, one of the #1 questions you’ve had for me is...well, what will happen to my weight?   And that fear is ultimately because you’re worried not only about your own fears, but also what people will think about your body changing...Statements like these and the *potential* thoughts and opinions of others really worry you.   But, here's the thing...This is your life. Your body. Your food liberation journey.   Your job in your life is not to spend it worrying about what others think or believe. Nor is to meant to be spent pleasing others, your job is to live your life how you desire.   Instead of viewing it as letting yourself go...could you consider letting yourself be?   Part of letting yourself be is going to be to stop micromanaging your body. To treat it with dignity, respect compassion and kindness. Can you imagine what that would feel like?   I know the anxiety about POTENTIALLY even gaining weight is crippling. Listen to today’s

In today’s podcast episode, with guest Emilie Hebert, we discuss whether or not eating vegan and intuitive eating can coexist. This episode may be one of my favorites to date! If you’ve been wondering if you can eat intuitively as a vegan or vegetarian or with food restrictions such as an allergy or health condition that requires elimination of food, this episode was made for you!   In this episode we discuss: Emilie’s inspiring journey to running her blog, Emilie Eats, and her current journey working towards becoming a registered dietitian/nutritionist. Emilie shares her disordered eating recovery journey, how she knew something was wrong with her relationship with food, and the steps she took to ensure recovery. How Emilie ensured she was NOT eating vegan as a way to control her body, and how she made sure she was still able to practice intuitive eating while respecting her morals and values. Exploratory questions you can ask yourself to ensure you are pursuing veganism for the right reasons, ones that are

You know in order to embrace intuitive eating, you’re gonna have to end the fight between you and your body, make peace with and give yourself unconditional permission to eat.   But that’s also what makes this work incredibly challenging, overwhelming and frustrating! Plus, figuring out what it means to “listen to your body” and what it truly means to “eat whatever you want” is so confusing, what exactly does that even mean?!   That’s why my team and I have created our first ever online course, Permission Stage Playbook.   Permission Stage Playbook is a proven step-by-step guide for how to move past the confusion and overwhelm to become an intuitive eater.   Permission Stage Playbook is the ONLY program of its kind that:   Teach you, step by step, how to give yourself permission to eat and not only make peace with food, but also make peace with your body in order to let it be. Re-align you with your own values and beliefs about health and also who you want to be and how you want to live your life. Help yo

Let me guess...You’ve been listening to this podcast for a long time, or maybe you’re a new listener. I’ve caught your ear on the fact that diets don’t work and YES your clean eating programs, switching from whole 30 to keto to vegan for weight loss to eliminating gluten without medical need to a juice cleanse...is just another form of dieting.   Diets don’t work for 95% of the population...and when I say “don’t work” I mean they don’t give you what they promise….Mind blown. You thought you were just eliminating bloat...trying to feel more energized...trying to lose those “last 10 lb”.   The worst part about dieting? It causes your body to go into survival mode in order to adapt to the inadequate intake it’s getting…meaning it’s no longer in thriving mode. Which is the reason you got into health and wellness in the first place!   Now, I know you’ve heard me talk about my absolute love for intuitive eating and maybe you’re intrigued. Maybe you’ve even gone so far to read the book, or listen to more podcasts li

Have you ever wondered how the language used on the food products we purchase affect how we think and view the food? Today’s episode, with guest and fellow non-diet dietitian, Brenna O’Malley (@thewellful) explores how food marketing and social media influences our personal views of food, our eating habits and how this all ultimately impacts our own relationship with food. Don’t forget to sign up for my FREE workshop I am hosting. The Food Obsession to Food Flexibility workshop is coming to you NEXT WEEK.   This free workshop is for you if: You’ve tried to embrace food flexibility before and you felt overwhelmed about “eating whatever you want”. You feel confused about what it means to “eat intuitively”. You want to learn how how to apply intuitive eating in your life, you’re just not sure how. You want clarity and confidence about the intuitive eating journey. You’re ready to dive in to the permission stage, and want to learn more about what exactly this means! You know you may a little *too* obsessed with

When you saw the title of this podcast episode were you intrigued? I’ve been inspired, in countless ways, from my clients at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Recently, I’ve been exploring this conversation of self worth and identity crises with my clients, and it inspired me to record this episode for you.   One of the reasons I believe it's hard to let go of the food obsession and more towards intuitive eating, making peace with your body and food flexibility is...that in our world we often get labeled as the “healthy one”.   In today’s episode I’m exploring why this is so hard, my own personal experience with redefining my identity and how to know if it’s time for you to do the same.   PLUS..I’m sharing in today’s episode our newest offer from Nourishing Minds Nutrition...A FREE WORKSHOP!   Food Obsession to Food Flexibility workshop is coming to you NEXT WEEK.   This free workshop is for you if: You’ve tried to embrace food flexibility before and you felt overwhelmed about “eating whatever you want”. You feel

Oh, the ways intuitive eating benefits your life! It is about the eating, but it also about SO much more. Today on the podcast we have Heather Caplan, fellow non-diet dietitian, to share her journey to intuitive eating and how what she learned from becoming an intuitive eater benefited so many areas of her life. From how she moves her body, to how she runs her business and even how she feeds and parents her child- intuitive eating has positively impacted each of these areas. In this episode we discuss: Heather’s journey to becoming a non-dietitian, podcast host of the RD Real Talk and founder of WIND. What inspired Heather to found WIND, Weight Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics. Heather’s journey healing from orthorexia and moving towards intuitive eating and living How this process of becoming an intuitive eater influenced her parenting, how she feeds her child and her advice for helping our children form healthy relationships with food and their bodies. How intuitive eating positively impacts her business

My favorite principle and what I would argue is the MOST important principle of intuitive eating is (drumroll please!)...Discover the satisfaction factor. Discovering the satisfaction factor is the hub of all Intuitive Eating principles. In this episode I share why that is, and the reasons it is so important including attunement into your body, a true all foods fit mentality, pleasure as a health value and mental satiety. I also share why satisfaction is more than just being full, and ideas through mindful eating practices to tune in to discover what foods bring you pleasure to consume.  Thank you to our Tuesday  podcast sponsors, Better Help. Better Help is a professional counseling service platform done through a secure online platform. Better Help is affordable, available worldwide, and you can get started within 24 hours. Better Help wants you to start living a better, happier life starting today. If you’ve been thinking about starting counseling but didn’t know where to go, I hope you use this as your c

One of my favorite authors, Rebecca Scritchfield, author of Body Kindness is on the podcast today. Body Kindness is such a great representation of pursuing intuitive eating and health and wellness for authentic intentions and a positive, self loving mindset. Body Kindness encompasses so many beliefs we have at Nourishing Women Podcast  and is a critical part of wellness without obsession. You don’t have to love your body to respect it, but let’s not forget that body respect and body kindness are key components of wellness we are often lacking in our culture that obsesses over the thin ideal.   Rebecca Scritchfield is an award winning HAES dietitian, certified exercise physiologist and author of the book, Body Kindness®.   In this episode we discuss: Rebecca’s origin story to becoming a non-diet dietitian and discovering her philosophy of Body Kindness. What her book, Body Kindness is about and the mission behind her work. The three pillars of body kindness: love, connect and care. The science and psychology

What a special episode I have for you today! Today, Meg Dixon, original co-host of this very podcast is back on the show! In this episode, Meg gives us a life update to what she has been up to since she was last on the show in July 2019, her experience shifting to a creative and maker business and shares some education with you on the importance of reducing plastic use and how to make reducing plastic in your life easy and approachable.   Hang out with Meg over on Instagram, and learn more about her pottery business here and her photography business here.   Resources discussed in today's episode: Book resource: https://www.amazon.com/101-Ways-Go-Zero-Waste/dp/1682683311 Blog resource: https://www.goingzerowaste.com/ zero waste online store: https://lifewithoutplastic.com/   Thank you to our Tuesday  podcast sponsors, Better Help. Better Help is a professional counseling service platform done through a secure online platform. Better Help is affordable, available worldwide, and you can get started within 24 h

Today’s episode is incredible! Our guest in today's show, Dana Monsees, is open, honest and raw about her personal experience as a Whole 30 coach, and making the decision to transition to an intuitive eating philosophy and health at every size aligned approach for her clinical nutrition practice and education she provides on her blog and podcast. Dana Monsees CNS, LD/N, MS is a fun-sized entrepreneur, podcaster, and food lover who loves to make people laugh. She is a a Board-Certified Nutritionist, Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist, and Body Image Coach  teaching women how to fix their sh*tty relationship with food and their bodies, ditch the diet cycle for good, and heal and thrive with real food, one delicious meal at a time.   In this episode we discuss: Dana’s current work as a non-diet nutritionist and her speciality in the middle ground approach, making nutrition easy to understand and intuitive eating aligned. Dana’s journey from being a Whole 30 coach to practicing instead from an intuitive eating phil

Stay tuned to the end of today’s episode for a conversation on how to apply the 10 principles of intuitive eating during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Period pain, also known as dysmennorhea, may be common but its not normal to experience. In this episode we explore how prostaglandins cause period pain, how prostaglandins are involved in the inflammation response and gentle nutrition, supplement and lifestyle factors you can implement to support reducing your period pain.   Other episodes and blog posts on periods: PMS: What is Normal The 4 Different Root Causes and Types of PCOS NWP Episode 110: How the Menstrual Cycle Works and How to Track It NWP Episode 111: Q&A on Pregnancy, Elimination Protocols for PCOS and How to Get Your Period Back NWP Episode 113: What Happens to Your Body When You Lose Your Period with Kelsey Pukala RD/N NWP Episode 128: Debunking 5 Myths About Your Period   Thank you to our new Tuesday  podcast sponsors, Better Help. Better Help is a professional counseling service platform don

Prebiotics, probiotics and even synbiotics?! Do you find it gets confusing to understand what is what in the digestive world? Today’s podcast episode with guest Kelsey Kinney, founder of Gut Power Drinks, helps you understand the difference between prebiotics and probiotics and why you may want to include both in  your diet or supplement protocol.   Kelsey Kinney MS, RD is a registered dietitian in private practice specializing in digestive and hormonal health and is the founder and creator of Gut Power Drinks. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Nutrition at New York University and holds a Master's degree from the University of Western States in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine.    In this episode we discuss:  An update to what Kelsey has been up to since her last episode on the show, which you can find here. What prebiotics are, sources in our diets and in supplements. What probiotics are and how they differ from prebiotics. How prebiotics help your gut microbiome to thrive and improve symptoms

I’ve been asked to share my honest thoughts on my personal postpartum experience, and since my daughter is about to turn 10 months old, I felt it was perfect time to do this episode! I’m thinking I’ll also record another episode like this somewhere around 15-18 months, too.   Today I’ll share my honest thoughts on: Recovery and how my body feels physically Body image update Mental and emotional recovery Working and scheduling a baby in your life  And then quick segment on how my daughter, Maddy is doing.   Thank you to our new Tuesday  podcast sponsors, Better Help. Better Help is a professional counseling service platform done through a secure online platform. Better Help is affordable, available worldwide, and you can get started within 24 hours. Better Help wants you to start living a better, happier life starting today. If you’ve been thinking about starting counseling but didn’t know where to go, I hope you use this as your call to action.  Use this link to get 10% your first month.   Resources for

Today’s episode is all about how sleep and stress impact skin conditions, like eczema, and how before you do food elimination protocols, make sure these two areas of your health are taken care of first.   Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a series on what’s sparking joy in my life!   Today’s guest, Christa Biegler, is the host of the Less Stressed Life Podcast, author of The Eczema Relief Diet & Cookbook (available as of April 20th, 2020), and the founder of the Eczema Nutritionist, specializing in difficult skin and digestive issues. She lives with her unicycling husband & kids in the Midwest.   In this episode we discuss:  Christa’s journey to becoming a dietitian that specializes in skin conditions How eczema is traditionally treated How sleep and stress impact our immune systems and therefore our skin conditions The danger to long term food restriction in relationship to developing and having skin conditions Why food elimination protocols are not the only way to treat eczema (and not alway

I am pausing another week on the content I had planned out to more specifically address what is going on right now with the COVID-10 Pandemic. Many of you have told me that this quick change in routine, the lack of unknown, these out of control times are bringing on a lot of food, exercise and anxiety challenges. I am going to answer questions I received from Instagram to help you with this. These answers are catered towards the anxious mind and disordered patterns popping up as a way to cope. I do want to acknowledge some listening with actually be experiencing food insecurity because of loss of job, etc and that would of course add to the scarcity mindset around food. If you have been affected by a job loss and are food insecure, please let us know so we can spread the word to support our community.   Questions answered in today’s podcast episode:   Question: I am finding that i”m struggling with taking a “rest day” from working out and getting close to my normal amount of steps. I usually workout 5-6 days

Sending so much love to all of you affected by the Coronavirus Crisis. To help with keeping things normal in your daily routines, to give you things to do during this extra time we have and most importantly- tools to help with the anxiety of these uncertain times, I wanted to share today’s episode with you. One of probably the most important conversations we have had on the show, in today’s episode we explore how trauma shows up in our lives and in our bodies, and how to use healing modalities such as breathwork and meditation to help heal. Today’s guest on the show, Victoria Albina, will blow you away with her likeability yet nerdy, research driven vibes.   Victoria Albina, NP, MPH is a Certified Life Coach, Certified Breathwork Journey Meditation Facilitator and Holistic Nurse Practitioner who is on a mission to help women raised by alcoholics and codependents to heal their relationship with themselves: mind, body and spirit so they can live confident, healthy lives free from anxiety, stress and overwhelm.

I had planned a different episode for today, but when I tried to record it just didn’t feel right. I instead wanted to speak to what’s going on with the Coronavirus epidemic. Over the past week so much has shifted and changed in the US. I am sure I am not the only person out there who went from informed yet not worried to informed and started to feel like there is a brick on my chest at all times.    The purpose of  today’s episode is to not educate or tell you anything you don’t already know (distance yourself, wash your hands and let’s listen to the scientists, not quack advice okay?). The purpose of today’s episode is to check in on you and send a compassionate reminder to all of this that it serves each and every one of us to stay calm in the midst of chaos.   Your feelings and emotions are 100% valid and I know many of us, myself included, are starting to feel the anxiety pick up. But the best thing we can do in hard times like this, is take care of mental health and take care of our collective whole as