Nourishing Women Podcast

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

I am thrilled to have Candace Molatore on the podcast today. I have followed Candace on Instagram for quite awhile now, and I have to say I’m obsessed! She is beautiful, with impeccable style, but more importantly- her words and writing speak to me so much. She’s like that calm, nurturing and honest friend that you cling on to every word she says to learn and do better as a person yourself.     Candace Molatore is a Self-Love Advocate, Branding Consultant and Photographer based in Portland, OR. With a passion for building community, Candace uses her photography and writing skills to broadcast the message of self confidence, body positivity and inclusivity online. She shares her interests, inspiration, tips and everyday life with her audience regularly through social media. With a modest but strong following behind her, Candace continues to spread the message of inclusivity and self-love with high-quality visuals, a strong work ethic and a mission to make everyone feel empowered in their own skin.     Today’

It’s been a long time since we last had a podcast episode on intermittent fasting and I thought it was due time to an update, review of the research and to have an honest conversation with you about your need for rules.   It’s common and totally okay to have questions about what is intuitive eating aligned and what is not when it comes to health trends, and even nutrition research. Because intuitive eating isn’t anti-health or even anti-nutrition, and...ALSO...Ultimately, this is your body,and your choice, so if you decide intermittent fasting is for you then it’s your choice to make, but I’m hoping I can give you another perspective on this super popular trend.   Let’s first describe what is intermittent fasting. Intermittent Fasting (IF) is a diet regimen that cycles between brief periods of fasting, with either no food or significant calorie reduction, and periods of unrestricted eating.”   In the episode we discuss: What is intermittent fasting and the different types of IF The reported benefits of in

One of the amazing dietitians at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, Megan Perez, is back on the show! Today she’s getting personal with you sharing why she is so passionate about PCOS awareness and proper education on this endocrine disorder. Megan is our resident PCOS specialist so I knew she would be the perfect person to come on the show to share with you gentle nutrition practices to support PCOS.   In this episode we discuss:   Megan gives a life update to what she’s been up to since last on the show Megan shares with us a bit about why she is so passionate about PCOS, including her personal diagnosis with PCOS this year What exactly is PCOS and how to get diagnosed Why there is so much stigma surrounding PCOS diagnosis and treatment Gentle nutrition practices to support PCOS Why reducing inflammation is such a big piece of supporting your PCOS How Megan currently practices wellness without obsession   Megan’s blog post on PCOS: Gentle Nutrition for PCOS 4 Different Types of PCOS   Past episode

The purpose of today’s episode is to share the digestive response our bodies have to an eating disorder and how this impacts our gut microbiome.   For the context of this episode, I’m going to refer to eating disorders to include the entire spectrum: chronic dieting, disordered eating, orthorexia, anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Since I specialize in orthorexia, I’ll really be touching on this quite a bit in this episode, yet all eating disorders (ED) have an effect so this really is an episode to say all forms of ED impact digestion.   According to Marci Evans, 98% of those affected by ED have digestive issues. Specifically functional gut disorders (meaning no structural damage), although structural disorders can absolutely impact those with ED, too. In today’s episode we share why this may be that so many with ED struggle with digestive issues, as well as why those with digestive issues are more prone to develop ED.   There are so many mechanisms at play for how the digestive process is affected when w

Today on the podcast, we have one of our amazing dietitians at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, Kelsey Pukala, back on the show to explain how disordered eating can be a root cause to digestive issues.   In today’s episode we detail through: An explanation to what is disordered eating What kind of digestive issues you can experience with disordered eating Why and how disordered eating can lead to digestive issues Why we don’t use elimination diets and food sensitivity testing in our practice General tips to get started with improving your digestion   Information discussed in today's episode: Victoria Myers Blog Meg’s Etsy Shop Episode 83: Digestion Basics, IBS/SIBO and merging Intuitive Eating with Digestive Healing Episode 66: SIBO, IBS and Digestive Healing with dietitian Kelsey Kinney Episode 64: Probiotics: the what, how and why Marci Evans website Is Clean Eating Causing Your Digestive Issues? Improve Your Digestion Naturally (and Start Today!) Resources for you: Learn more about our services at N

  I’m going to start this episode off with a rant of how bad diet culture is right now. I live in my non-diet bubble so much that sometimes I forget HOW BAD it is out there. I’m continuing to realize how prevalent diet culture is and how much we need to keep spreading our message. And I get that intuitive eating sounds like a different world. And that’s because it is. It’s about behavior change and self care actions instead of specific actions of weight loss. It’s a world that doesn’t exist in extremes and rules and that is HARD for us because that’s what we expect these days of diets.     But it wasn’t always this way. We once had a world where we didn’t view foods as something to feel guilty about or induce shame. Once upon a time, mind body knowledge around food WAS the norm because we didn’t have an internalized diet mentality impacting it.     And today I want to dig into the mind body knowledge part of intuitive eating as I know this can be one of the harder parts to figure out. But the Mind body knowl

There is no perfect or “right way” to nourish our bodies and I hope this episode with guest and eating disorder specialist, Erica Drewry RD/N, helps you discover your own version of health and learn the differences between positive and pathological nutrition.   Erica Drewry is a dietitian dedicated to teaching you how to worry less about food and be more present with things that matter in your life. With over 10 years of experience, she believes your relationship with food is a foundation for discovering your own version of wellbeing and health. Additionally, Erica is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Eating Disorder Dietitian Supervisor. Beyond working with clients, she loves to connect and interact with her community - on Instagram at Aligned Nutrition and her podcast the Aligned Nutrition Podcast. She lives in Columbus, Ohio in her mid-century modern dream home with her fiance and dog Ellie.    Learn more about Erica: IG: @alignednutrition  Podcast: The Aligned Nutrition Podcast  Website: www.ali

Mindfulness has been a buzzword for the past few years and the number of people practicing in the US has tripled in the past decade, but so many don’t know the real principles behind it. It’s more than simply calming the mind, it involves self-love, forgiveness, compassion, authenticity, and perspective.   After climbing the corporate ladder for nearly a decade, Nina left her flourishing career to take a year sabbatical. She moved to California to unplug and continue her pursuit for happiness while living in an ashram. It was at a peak point of stress sparked by the corporate grind that she took this drastic step to change her life.  The outward move allowed Nina to look deeper inward.  She wanted to see if there was a way to take ancient wisdom and apply it to modern day stressors and this lead her to an international bestselling book and the founding of Pure Minds.   She runs mindfulness and meditation workshops for the public and corporate sector and in this episode, Nina gives us realistic and approachabl