In today's episode I am joined by Deanna Balberman who is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and the Owner of Vitamin Dea Nutrition. 
 
Her main goal is to help women feel confident in their bodies through the use of intuitive eating, body image work and habit change. She jokes a lot that her work revolves around periods, poops and problems. When she’s not working she loves to travel and explore new places, binge TV episodes with her dog and sister and hangout with friends over coffee. 
 
Topics for our heavy-weighted conversation include:
 
•How her own personal experiences led her to a career in Holistic Nutrition
•How her unhealthy mindset ultimately led her to helping others develop a healthy mindset towards food and body image 
•What types of people she works with and why they choose to work with her 
•How she tied her worth to external validation and praise from others for years growing up
•Why she never wants to go back to a gym that has mirrors 
•The positive and negative effects of being a competitive dancer growing up
•What she has personally done to heal her relationship with food and exercise 
•Resources and people that were a positive influence for her on her healing journey 
•How to reject the diet mentality when you first begin intuitive eating
•Why you should focus on healing your relationship with your body first before trying to change it
•Her main pillars that she uses with her clients as a foundation of the work she does
•The inner battle of posting to social media when you own a very personal brand   
•How talking about more "taboo" topics and her own struggles has sparked conversations with people and led to potential clients 
•Where to start if you're wanting to heal your relationship with food and start eating intuitively 
•One misconception that most people have around intuitive eating 

To find out more information about the guests in today's episode visit:
 
Website:
https://www.vitamindea.ca/
https://thestrengthgirl.com/

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@vitamin.dea
@thestrengthgirl
 
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