The Engine Mom Podcast : Fuel For The Driven Mama | Lifestyle | Motherhood | Wellness | Fitness | Passions | Mindset

My guest today is Melissa Hemphill, a wife and mama of 3 (with another on the way!), a US Air Force officer, the BirthFit Coach Seminar Director, and a Mind-Body Eating Coach through the Institute of the Psychology of Eating. She has an insatiable curiosity about the world and is committed to being a life-long learner. Her mission is to support women in motherhood as well as through the birth of their children. Listen in today to hear Melissa: share her unique experience of first becoming a mother (a little spoiler, she and her husband at separate times both had to give up their parental rights and then adopt their biological son!) break down the psychology of eating, our behaviors around food and who we are as eaters explain how we can change our digestion and metabolism through our relationship with food and how stress affects the nutritional value of what we eat and her tips for pregnant and postpartum women (that are actually applicable to everyone) when it comes to connecting to their bodies in order to