Flourish

If your pool days or beach trips are filled with bikini anxiety more than any other feeling, this episode is for you.

From childhood all the way through college, Claire hated the summer. Summer camp? Pool parties? Swim team? Tubing down the river? They all involved getting into a bathing suit, which brought on a very specific version of dread. These days, if Claire's in a bikini, she's likely enjoying the feeling of sun and wind her my body, not getting wrapped up in swirling negative body image thoughts.

In this episode, Claire shares some tips and mantras so you can enjoy this season, no matter what you’re wearing.

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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Chances are, you’re letting your past define your future in some way if you’ve ever said or thought something like, “I’ve always been like that,” or “I’ve never been able to do that.”

Most of us do this. We define our future based on our past. It’s a form of expressing a limiting belief that we say is “being honest” or “just being realistic.”

And this works, as long as you want to continue to think, feel, and do everything you’ve always thought, felt, and done. But if you want to change these things and change your results, well… You’re going to have to learn to separate your vision of your future from what you’ve experienced in the past.

In this episode, Claire will teach you how to begin to let go of self-limiting beliefs and create more freedom in your future.

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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Your comfort zone isn’t inherently a bad place. In its truest sense, your comfort zone serves a purpose. It’s a physical space or, often, a set of tendencies or patterns that cause you to feel at peace and free from stress. But we've heard all too many women refer to a “comfort zone” in which they feel anything but comfortable.

This episode is all about the myth of the comfort zone and how that simple misuse of language may be keeping you stuck. Instead of letting the fear of leaving your “comfort zone” get in the way of progress, you can learn to grow forward even while holding fear in your body.

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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You probably want to be kinder to yourself and have better body image and more compassionate self-talk. But maybe there's this voice in your head that's telling you that you won't "get" to do that until you're healthy. Or, perhaps, to put it more honestly, thin.

It'd be one thing if that approach worked, but it just doesn't. At least in the long-term.

In this episode, Claire shares her journey of trying to hate herself to a point of thinness and "health" and how it totally backfired. The hope is that Claire can save you some wasted time and energy while encouraging you to practice self-love and self-respect exactly as you are today.

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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This episode is a must-listen if you've ever said or thought, "I know what to do, but I'm just not doing it," regarding food, nutrition, or health. That's because knowing what to do doesn't always translate to actually doing it.

In this episode, Claire explores the GI Joe fallacy and how it relates to reaching your nutrition and health goals.

Links:

• What scientific idea is ready for retirement?

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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This episode is all about the labels that we have for ourselves around food like "sugar addict," "food addict," or "emotional eater." Claire explores the validity of these labels in the research and how they may or may not be serving you in your journey to a better relationship with food.

Links:

• American Journal of Medicine
• European Journal of Nutrition

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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Claire here. I recorded this episode on Sunday, June 7, 2020 as we are reeling from the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and many other Black men and women who have died as a direct result of racism and racist policies in our country.

This podcast is intended to provide clarity, commitment, and accountability for the actions that Flourish (previously Nutritional Freedom) as a business and I (Claire) as a person will take to be in the practice of anti-racism. Our intention is to create a safe space for all women to get healthy for good, and we are committed to doing the work to follow through on that promise.

If you have feedback, suggestions, concerns, or just want to discuss, feel free to send me a message on Instagram.

Links:

• Follow Jessica Wilson, MS, RD on Instagram
• Follow Alishia McCullough, LPC, MS, LCMHCA, NCC
• Tending to Racial Trauma During Crisis with Melody Li, LMFT & Sam Lee, LPC
• Spiritual Activism 101 with Rachel Ricketts
• Follow Rachel Ricketts on Instagram
• How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Listen to Ibram on Unlocking Us
• Show Up & Serve, a workshop for White coaches with Trudi Lebron
• Follow Trudi Lebron on Instagram
• For additional resources and references, visit: http://antiracismforbeginners.com/

In this episode, Claire hones in on two super common thoughts that seem innocent enough but could very well be holding you back in a major way.

Tune in and ask yourself:

1. "What thoughts am I having?"
2. "Are these thoughts serving me?"
3. "If they're not, what thoughts could I be having instead?"

P.S. If you haven't explored our episode on "managing your mind" yet, it's a great supplement to this episode.

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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Does your mouth ever start to water when you start thinking about one of your favorite foods? Ever felt your heart race when you think back to an embarrassing moment? This is the importance of managing your mindset through practicing thought awareness. Your thoughts have a direct impact on your actions, which have an impact on your results.

Managing your mindset is more than just giving yourself a pep talk, keeping a positive mindset, or always being happy. In this episode, you'll learn what mindset management is really all about and how to put it into your daily practice.

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

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In this episode, we're applying simple strategies to help you create sustainable, healthy habits while doing just about everything from home. If you haven't yet, explore your work from home personality type in our previous episode for additional context.

Remember, this episode provides the education and inspiration you need to then act on what you've learned. Without action, nothing changes.

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Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've undergone a makeover to improve the membership experience. For more, listen to our "And we're back! All the updates!" episode.

Keep up with all things Flourish. ✨

• Download Flourish and book your free session
• Follow Claire (@claire_siegel) on TikTok