Nourishing Women Podcast

Today’s best of episode is an Ask Me Anything Q&A with Kate, asking me your listener questions. In this episode we cover in detail birth control for hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA), how long it takes to recover from HA, how to heal from HA as a college athlete and lab values that confirm or deny HA. A few important announcements: Private coaching offers you personalized support to reach your goals of food and body peace. Megan, our lead dietitian at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, is currently accepting new clients. Click here to learn more! The annual Summer Reset is officially ready for you! If you are ready to say NO to "get bikini body ready" messages and reset how you view food, exercise and your body this summer, download our free mini-course to help you learn how to reset your mindset. Help us grow the podcast! By leaving a written review and taking a screenshot of that review and emailing it to me at hello@nourishingmindsnutrition.com, I'll send you back your choice of the Meal Planning Guide, Gentle

This episode was recorded after I recently traveled to Greece and felt so inspired by this trip and how intuitive eating (and body image healing) made my vacation even better, that I recorded this episode when I got back home. Listen to today’s episode to learn the 5 ways intuitive eating makes vacation EVEN better! A few important announcements: Private coaching offers you personalized support to reach your goals of food and body peace. Megan, our lead dietitian at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, is currently accepting new clients. Click here to learn more! The annual Summer Reset is officially ready for you! If you are ready to say NO to "get bikini body ready" messages and reset how you view food, exercise and your body this summer, download our free mini-course to help you learn how to reset your mindset. Help us grow the podcast! By leaving a written review and taking a screenshot of that review and emailing it to me at hello@nourishingmindsnutrition.com, I'll send you back your choice of the Meal Planni

OUR ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT FLASH SALE IS THIS WEEK THURSDAY-SATURDAY. USE CODE HAPPYBIRTHDAY AT CHECKOUT FOR 50% ALL WELLNESS WITHOUT OBSESSION SHOP OFFERS! The vagus nerve is associated with many different functions and brain regions, and research shows the positive effects of vagal stimulation on a variety of conditions, including digestive issues. So in today's episode, we focus on the many ways to stimulate the vagus nerve to improve your digestion! A few important announcements: Private coaching offers you personalized support to reach your goals of food and body peace. Megan, our lead dietitian at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, is currently accepting new clients. Click here to learn more! The annual Summer Reset is officially ready for you! If you are ready to say NO to "get bikini body ready" messages and reset how you view food, exercise and your body this summer, download our free mini-course to help you learn how to reset your mindset. Help us grow the podcast! By leaving a written review and taki

Keep listening, this episode is NOT going where you think it is, I promise you. In today’s episode we talk about the appeal of clean eating, the focus on whole foods, as you begin to leave dieting and the numbers behind. We talk about why this happens, why it’s not complete freedom and examples of orthorexia in detail. Listen to learn more! A few important announcements: Private coaching offers you personalized support to reach your goals of food and body peace. Megan, our lead dietitian at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, is currently accepting new clients. Click here to learn more! The annual Summer Reset is officially ready for you! If you are ready to say NO to "get bikini body ready" messages and reset how you view food, exercise and your body this summer, download our free mini-course to help you learn how to reset your mindset. Help us grow the podcast! By leaving a written review and taking a screenshot of that review and emailing it to me at hello@nourishingmindsnutrition.com, I'll send you back your

We are big fans here at Nourishing Women Podcast of talk therapy and mindset work, but as I study and coach on body image work, the more fascinated and focused I become on integrating body work into my own practice. But if you are disconnected from your body, possibly controlling your food intake or experiencing negative body image, in can be SO challenging to come back in to your body. So in today’s episode, I asked my sister, Kat Beck, to come on the show to give us all energy hygiene practices we can all do (myself included!) to come back home to your body. Kat Beck of mystic medicine is an intuitive healing guide + embodiment artist.  She’s on a mission to make energy hygiene + embodied movement practices accessible for all. You can click here to learn more about her services, here for her membership and here for her Instagram account. Today’s important announcements: The annual Summer Reset is officially ready for you! If you are ready to say NO to "get bikini body ready" messages and reset how you vie

Set point theory is a VERY popular discussed conversation in the anti-diet space, and one of the most common topics discussed with clients in our virtual practice. When working with clients, we can get into the nuance behind why we get focused on “finding” our set point, but that can be harder to do for you, my wonderful podcast community! So I asked body image expert, Bri Campos, to come on the show today to discuss some of that nuance to set point theory and why we often fixate on it in hopes it may mean we will lose weight as an intuitive eater. We also talk to fellow coaches and providers in this episode, giving you lots to think about if you work in the body image space. Listen to today’s episode to learn more! Brianna (or Bri) Campos is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of NJ. She works as a body image coach & is passionate about teaching women about Health at Every Size (HAES) and taking an all foods fit approach to finding freedom with food and learning to make peace with your current

Did you push play on this episode thinking that THIS episode was going to address how you feel in your body. Like you want to do this thing called intuitive eating, but  you strongly feel that you need or WANT to lose weight first? If you feel this way, I want you to know you are not alone. I’m not sure there’s a single human out there that doesn’t feel that way initially. And yet, it’s important to know: This episode is NOT going to be what you think it is. Because here’s the truth, if you see anyone telling you that you can intentionally lose weight and practice intuitive eating, run far, far away. Today’s episode is to briefly share what can happen to your weight as you enter into intuitive eating, but the main purpose of this episode is to walk you through the many emotions involved with the desire to change our bodies and lose weight. I’m so excited to share with you that we are celebrating May (and my upcoming maternity leave!) with a month-long special to book a 60 minute breakthrough session with our

Are you someone who regularly experiences IBS symptoms, heartburn, nausea, or indigestion? If so, do you also find yourself feeling overly bloated and struggling with regular constipation or loose stools? Many of our clients at Nourishing Minds Nutrition are suffering from some type of digestive distress in addition to disordered eating when they begin working with us.  Whether it’s chronic bloating or chronic fatigue, I find that it is almost always linked to the gut-brain connection. In today’s episode we explore with this is, and 5 easy steps to take if you struggle with daily digestive issues. I’m so excited to share with you that we are celebrating May (and my upcoming maternity leave!) with a month-long special to book a 60 minute breakthrough session with our lead dietitian, Megan Perez, for only $150! Breakthrough sessions give you the opportunity to meet with an intuitive eating and body image expert to help you identify 1-2 key areas where you are currently stuck, so that you can breakthrough to dis

I’m so excited to share with you that we are celebrating May (and my upcoming maternity leave!) with a month-long special to book a 60 minute breakthrough session with our lead dietitian, Megan Perez. Breakthrough sessions give you the opportunity to meet with an intuitive eating and body image expert to help you identify 1-2 key areas where you are currently stuck, so that you can breakthrough to discover peace with food and your body. By clicking here you can fill out the application form and will then move forward with setting up your May breakthrough session with Megan. Please note: In order to get your breakthrough session for only $150 (normally $377!) you need to purchase and book your breakthrough session in the month of May.  In this Q&A episode with Megan, we answer your questions from Instagram about anovulatory bleeds, pre-menopause, not getting a period and more! A few important announcements: Private coaching offers you personalized support to reach your goals of food and body peace. Megan

Self compassion may sound loving and helpful as you connect back into your body and learn how to respect it, but what exactly does it mean to be compassionate with yourself? We’ll explore the concept of self compassion in this specific episode, and also address a common misconception with self compassion, that being compassionate with ourselves doesn’t allow us to accomplish things or be successful in life. There’s a pervasive concept in our culture that in order to have what you desire- whether that’s health, or success, or happiness, that we need to be harsh and critical in order to be successful. And this is simply not true. Listen to today's podcast episode to learn more! A few important announcements: We are so excited to announce that we are offering a May special to celebrate my maternity leave! For the month of May, you can grab a month-long special to book a 60 minute breakthrough session with Megan, our lead dietitian, for only  $150! You can click here to book yours! The annual Summer Reset is of

Have you ever felt that intense urge to know, what is your weight? I remember when I was trying to stop the habit I had formed of weighing myself multiple times a day, that the urge at times felt unbearable.   So if you can relate, in today’s podcast episode we will discuss why you feel like you need to or should weigh yourself, what to do when you want to weigh yourself and how to navigate getting weighed in healthcare situations. Listen to learn more!   Grab our free guide, the Hunger Fullness Scale, for the final week before it’s archived by clicking here.    Other episodes on weight and body image: 5 Ways to Feel More Confident in Your Body on a Daily Basis, Your Weight is Not Your Worth and 5 Stages of Body Grief.   Right now, we are currently booking May and June spots for private coaching! Private coaching is the highest level of care we offer at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, and will help you leave behind food, body and wellness obsession.    What this means is that you can feel comfortable in your b

Did you know that the simple goal of eating 30 plants a week can improve your digestion dramatically? In today’s episode, Dr. Heather Finley who is a gut health expert and author of the new cookbook, the Healthy, Happy Gut Cookbook gives us tangible and easy to follow food solutions for better digestion starting today.   Dr. Heather Finley is a registered dietitian and gut health specialist. She helps people struggling with bloating, constipation, and IBS find relief from their symptoms and feel excited about food again.   Heather struggled with her own digestive issues for nearly 20 years and understands first hand the impact that nutrition, lifestyle, and mindset have on digestive health. Gut health shouldn’t be restrictive, stressful, and all-consuming. She developed the gutTogether® method to help individuals reduce digestive symptoms and add foods back into their diet.   Dr. Heather has a doctorate in clinical nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health. Her work has been featured in Mind Bo

Do you relate to the idea of grieving your body? Have you ever heard this term before, body grief? We know that for SO many of our clients, the term body grief finally offers a description of how they feel IN their bodies. It offers language to the challenging emotions you feel about your body.   Grief is a challenging and intricate emotion. Our emotions affect our ability to care for ourselves, and experiencing grief is no different.     Grief will absolutely affect how we care for our bodies.  This is why it’s important to allow ourselves to grieve and mourn what is lost, even if that means grieving the idea of a body that we never actually had.  We grieve the loss of our “ideal” body.  We grieve the loss of the fantasy of what a perfect body will give us in our lives.   This is where I often tell clients that the only way out is through.  Through the grief, through the pain, through the disappointment and frustration. Listen to today’s episode to learn more about body grief including the 5 stages of body g

Intuitive eating is a dynamic integration of instinct, emotion and rational thought. We eat (and stop eating) in large part due to hunger and fullness cues. But body cues are not the ONLY reason we eat!   One of the biggest misconceptions I see about intuitive eating is that you only eat what you are craving 100% of the time and that it's just simply “listening to your body”. While that would be fun and ideal, it is simply not realistic for most of us in our daily lives! And that doesn’t mean you are not an intuitive eater if you have to factor rational thoughts or make real life decisions to help you decide how, what and when to eat.   Grab our free guide, the Hunger Fullness Scale, for a limited time only by clicking here.    Other episodes on body cues: Experiencing Intense  Hunger Now That You are No Longer Dieting, How to Not Turn Intuitive Eating Into the Hunger Fullness Diet, and Why I Love Practical Eating.   Right now, we are currently booking April and May spots for private coaching! Private coachi

Founded four years ago by Susan and Tara in a bathroom, Here We Flo is on a mission to challenge shame and disrupt the period, bladder, and sexual wellness markets with its organic and vegan products, including tampons, pads, reusable period underwear, and condoms.   Here We Flo ensures every product is good for the planet, free of dyes or chemicals, and is 100% cotton. Their Flo pads have saved the equivalent of 61 million plastic carrier bags. At the heart of Here We Flo’s leadership is a social good. From the beginning, Here We Flo has given back 5% of profits to people and the planet. The business has supported incredible charity partners like Bloody Good Period, a period poverty organization, and The Brigid Alliance, which promotes safe abortion access for Americans. Last month alone saw the business donate 10,000-period pads to charity.   Susan Allen grew up in the city of champions — Boston, Massachusetts, and received her B.A. in communications and legal studies from the University of Massachusetts Am

There’s a 9 out of 10 chance you’ve heard of the book, Atomic Habits. It’s a NYT bestseller. And there's a good reason for that! I really love this idea of breaking down habits into small, incremental steps so they actually become habitual.   Yet as is true for most things, the weight centric approach is all over the book. Why is it that all self help books use weight loss as their example for how to change with EVERYTHING?   It’s so frustrating! I wish the world could see that we can work on forming habits and improving our health without fixating on weight or appearance. Unfortunately we’re just not there yet as a society. But that’s what we’re working towards in the anti-diet world!   Since I think there’s actually good insight from the book to glean, but I know it could be so triggering for many of you, I’m recording this episode to help you get all the juicy details out of the book, and applying it to your anti-diet health journey.   Listen to today’s episode to learn how to make the book Atomic Habits a

Today’s podcast guest and body confidence creator, Tiffany Ima, shares with us her story to healing her relationship with food, and the 3 principles of body confidence.   In this episode we discuss: Tiffany’s story to healing her relationship to food. Why specifically body confidence important to Tiffany. The 3 principles of body confidence and how to embrace body confidence in your own life. How to build an exercise routine you can actually stick to. How Tiffany lives wellness without obsession.   Learn more about Tiffany: Tiffany’s Instagram Tiffany’s TikTok Tiffany’s website   Grab our free guide, the Hunger Fullness Scale, for a limited time only by clicking here.   Right now, we are currently booking March and April spots for private coaching! Private coaching is the highest level of care we offer at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, and is certainly the fastest way to reach your goals of food and body peace, leaving food (and wellness) obsession behind in 2023.   Resources for you: Join our FREE

And how it can transform yours, too! I have hosted this very podcast since 2017 and always have SO much gratitude for the way podcasting has impacted my life and my business.   Listen to learn the 5 ways I intentionally use my podcast to support my business, and also learn about the 3 ways I’m offering business mentorship, including podcast audits!   You can learn more about business mentorship here, I currently have two spots for business mentorship open for March!   In need of a podcast editor? I love my podcast editor so much and you can schedule a discovery call here with Cait to learn more. P.S. Tell her I sent you!   Right now, we are currently booking March and April spots for private coaching! Private coaching is the highest level of care we offer at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, and is certainly the fastest way to reach your goals of food and body peace, leaving food (and wellness) obsession behind in 2023.   Grab our newest free guide, the Hunger Fullness Scale!   Resources for you: Join our FREE su

Similar to my own journey, Eden has had her own journey in disordered eating recovery and transitioning from selling weight loss to intuitive eating coaching. If you want to hear more about the important revelations that led to Eden’s decision, plus how sports nutrition fits into intuitive eating, you cannot miss this week’s episode!   Eden is a registered dietitian, former collegiate athlete turned mountain athlete, recovered disordered eater, and Intuitive Eating counselor (in training - she's in the process of becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor). Eden majored in Psychology at Texas A&M, and after she was diagnosed with Female Athlete Triad in 2012, she decided to combine her undergraduate degree with a Master's Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Georgia State University.    For Eden, the overlap between our psychological health and our nutrition choices is way more important than "eating healthy." Now, Eden helps active individuals realize that a fueled body performs better than a star

If you want the most real, honest, behind the scenes look at my business, today’s episode for you! In today’s episode I share 7 reasons I’ve owned a successful online business since 2017 and I hope these 7 reasons inspire you to take messy action, to never give up and keep chasing your dreams, always.   And with that shared, I’m so excited to share that I have officially started business mentorship! Mentorship will have many different aspects to it, including a food and body peace training for providers in the fall of this year, but at this time of 3 different ways I can support you: intuitive eating & body image mentorship, online business coaching and podcast auditing.   You can learn more about business mentorship here, I currently have three spots for business mentorship open for March!   Right now, we are currently booking March spots for private coaching! Private coaching is the highest level of care we offer at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, and is certainly the fastest way to reach your goals of food