Nourishing Women Podcast

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

If you love deep conversations while smiling, laughing and having fun throughout the deep and tough conversations, then this episode is for you! Today I chat with Georgie and Engrid, podcast co-hosts of the Gal Pals Podcast, all about female friendships, having the tough conversations and how to work through limiting beliefs. In this episode we discuss:   Who Georgie and Engrid are and how they decided to start Gal Pals Podcast The hope and mission of the message on the show and why they felt the need to create a community of female friendships that were willing to show up and have the tough conversations The easiest and hardest tough, raw conversations to have (like conversations on jealousy, body image and regrets) What are limiting beliefs and how to work through them How Georgie and Engrid practice wellness without obsession   Listen to Gal Pals Podcast here. Learn more about Georgie at her Instagram and website. Learn more about Engrid here.   Thank you to Primally Pure for sponsoring today’s episode.

Do you have persistent, intense digestive symptoms that dramatically affect your quality of life? Have you just been given the diagnosis of IBS and sent on your way with no resolution? If so, I would highly encourage listening to today’s episode all about Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). In this episode I share:   What is SIBO and symptoms associated Hydrogen vs methane dominant SIBO Treatment for SIBO Antibiotics vs herbal antibiotics Why diet is not enough to treat SIBO Diet ideas to help manage symptoms Supplements that support symptoms and complete eradication Avoiding relapse Importance of healing relationship with food for those with SIBO and eating disorders   Please note: This episode is not intended to replace medical advice or treatment. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for your specific case and needs.   References and Resources*:   https://ndnr.com/pain-medicine/small-intestine-bacterial-overgrowth/   https://blog.katescarlata.com/2016/12/06/just-diagnosed-sibo-n

Have you ever wondered if, as an intuitive eater, you can still apply nutrition science and information to how you live, including how you workout? If so, then this episode is for you!   In this episode with Cara Harbstreet, the non-dietitian behind Street Smart Nutrition, we discuss how to apply intuitive eating aligned nutrition to support exercise, how to know if you have a healthy relationship with exercise and the question everyone really wants to know...do I need to count my macros to support my exercise?!   More about Cara:  Cara is based in Kansas City and is a nationally-recognized food & nutrition expert, author, and consultant. She founded her private practice in 2016 to offer counseling for sports nutrition, intuitive eating, and HAES-informed nutrition services before transitioning to her current work in media & communications. When she’s not tackling diet culture or working on a new recipe in the kitchen, you can find her digging in to a good book or working on a creative project of some

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

So you’ve learned about the menstrual cycle and how you can live ‘according to your cycle’, but what exactly does that look like? In today’s conversation, with guest Jenni Hulburt, we discuss how to sync your exercise and menstrual cycle. Plus we have a conversation on what burnout feels like and how to practice workouts without obsession. Jenni Hulburt, founder of WILD Wellness, is a holistic fitness specialist who helps women live and sweat in sync with nature.  She has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Exercise Science and Sport Psychology, and is a top-ranked essential oil wellness advocate with doTERRA – the world’s leading essential oil company.  The WILD Wellness podcast, programs, and products are for women mindfully exploring holistic health and seeking to embody what nature has always modeled — it’s not a sprint, but a cycle.  www.JenniHulburt.com.   In this episode we discuss in detail: Jenni’s personal experience with burnout and what it felt like Her tips for avoiding burnout How to live a lif

One of the most common complaints I hear from you is feeling annoyed with your hunger and your body’s cues to eat.   I first encourage you to begin my questioning why you feel that way.   Why is it that we find a body’s signal to us annoying? Desire to question it? Or straight up don’t listen to it?   Diet culture is the culprit. So let’s choose otherwise.   Honoring hunger isn’t “giving in”, it’s body respect! It’s self care! It’s listening to your body and one of the first steps to that mind body connection.   Learn more in this episode about primal hunger, hunger and fullness interoceptive cues, the hunger fullness scale, not turning these principles into a diet and the benefits of honoring your hunger and fullness.   Referenced in this episode:  Episodes on  Intuitive Eating Principles Part 1  and Part 2. Episode on what exactly is diet culture. Not turning the hunger and fullness princples into a diet   Mantra for the week via On Adulting.   Thank you to Primally Pure for sponsoring today’s podcast e

But really, wtf is diet culture? It’s a term that’s being used and thrown around a lot, but how do we define it and know if the information we are consuming is diet culture or not?   Today’s podcast episode explores this in detail, sharing the definition of diet culture and giving concrete specific versions of diet culture in detail. Plus, I give you three tips to be able to point out if something is diet culture or not, and end the episode sharing questions you can ask yourself to determine if you’re being influenced by diet culture.    Episodes referenced in this episode: Intuitive Eating Principles Part 1  and Part 2   Click here to get your free how to eat for hormones e-book!   Thank you to today’s podcast sponsor Simple Mills. Simple Mills makes delicious products with simple ingredients, including tons of baking mixes like pancake mix, brownie mix, bread and pizza mixes and muffin mixes too! - which are my favorite esp the banana bread and pumpkin muffin mixes.   While I am personally not gluten free

Really, this episode should be called a day in the life of an intuitive eater, wellness lover, business owner and new momma. I thought this would be a fun episode to record and share a bit more behind the scenes of an intuitive eater, how I incorporate #wellnesswithoutobsession in my life, yet also a bit more about my personal life running my online nutrition business and private practice, and being a new mom. Listen to today’s podcast episode to learn more!     Thank you to Primally Pure for sponsoring today’s podcast episode. Don’t forget to use the code NOURISH for 10% off your order. Favorite products discussed in today’s episode: Double cleansing kit Gua sha stone 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. Live Q&As are hosted every Tuesday evening.   Let’s hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN: Victoria’s Ins