As a content creator, blogger, and podcast host, Emily Gass uses her voice and affintiy for photography to connect with thousands working to leave behind diet culture. After sharing her recovery journey in a very real and raw way, Emily now hopes to empower others as they work to rewire their thoughts and build new habits around food, body image, and overall recovery. Her content reaches thousands as she shares intimate and open moments of her recovery process through stunning photography and heart centered messages. For anyone struggling to live in a world so consumed with diet culture, Emily’s content is meant for you.

In this episode we discuss:

• the holiday mentality of restrict and shame spiral 
• sifting through the mental chatter of disordered eating
• the impact of diet culture on our mental + physical health
• why “new year” diets aren’t the answer
• is intuitive eating for the holidays possible?
• building a safe bubble and being aware of triggers

To connect with Emily G: @eatwithcare and her website https://letseatwithcare.com

To connect with me: @emilyfeikls @letsthrivepodcast

Working through an eating disorder takes time and dedication, two things that today’s guest, Liv van Aarsen, has learned over the years. As an ED warrior and now openly autistic creator, Liv’s mission is to connect with others facing similar struggles. Her work is here to empower and educate so that others may live a fulfilled life free of diet culture. After a recent diagnosis of autism, Liv’s focus has now shifted to understanding the connection between mind and body. This means learning about how our mental health manifests in physical ways and discovering the root cause of our thoughts and behaviors. 

In this episode we discuss:

• being openly autistic + the connection to her ED
• looking at the root cause of disorderd eating tendencies
• the connection between our thoughts and actions
• why we’re naturally drawn to food as a crutch
• emotional eating and experiencing binges
• “recovery” versus “recovered”

To connect with Liv: @livlabelfree

To connect with me: @emilyfeikls @letsthrivepodcast

Join me as I take a stroll down memory lane and reminisce on the treasures and turmoil of 2020. Starting with my Hep C test results, sponraneous travel, the shutdown, starting school again, struggling with health, and all the details that I never shared. Even as this year presented many challenges and character tests, it also gifted us all with a new perspective. I share the mindset and lfiestyle shifts I encountered this year as well as the lessons learned from them. In this I discuss:

• my struggle prioritizing physial health over mental health
• wins and losses in personal and business life
• manifesting physical symptoms
• the danger of setting high expectations
• how to be more fluid with plans
• the closure we all need
• trusting intuition overtime

To connect with me: @emilyfeikls

After struggling with undiagnsed health concerns for years, Kailey Donewald grew tired of professionals telling her “everything seems fine”. Taking her health into her own hands, Kailey embarked on a journey of healing, self discovery, and growth. Through trying new healing modalities and following her intutuion, she was able to heal herself and move forward with her life. Inspired by the culture and food of her travels, Sacred Serve was born. A plant based gelato made with real food ingredients inspired by Kailey’s own health journey.

 In this episode we discuss:

• How to approach relationships when dealing with health issues
• Taking up space and believing in what we deserve
• Kailey’s health journey + discovering healing modalities
• The power of food and lifstyle in healing
• Why health looks different for everyone
• Small steps versus big steps in healing
• Creating Sacred Serve, a plant based gelato

To connect with Kailey: go to @sacredserve or shop the gelato at Sacred Serve. Use code LETSTHRIVE25 for 25% off your order!

To connect with me: go to @emilyfeikls

As expert soulpreneurs in the self and business development field, Kara Ladd and Alyssa Brieloff are here to guide others in intentional living. Using their combined experience and wisdom, this tag team duo are here to be sustainable leaders and spiritual strategists. Their work is brining modern mindfulness to the masses so that everyone has the opportunity to thrive. In this episode we discuss: 

• why fear can be a good thing
• their own spiritual journies and what that can look like
• how to bring more intention into your life
• stimulus overload, how to be grounded in the world we live in
• intentions over goals
• asking for signs and guidance
• how to separate your intuition from outside influence, fears, and thoughts

Connect with Kara @boundlessbykara

Connect with Alyssa @alyssabrieloff

Learn more about Boundless Creatives at www.boundlesscreatives.com

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Sharing my real and raw thoughts on change and how I’m handling it. I discuss how my past and present are colliding in unexpected ways that have led me to experience past emotions and anxiety again. In this I share the struggles of coping mechansims that oftentimes creep in when we’re overwhelmed and distracted. This includes:
 

• How to work through change rather than against it
• Identifying emotions and triggers
• Popping the safety bubble we create
• Letting go of control when change needs to happen
• Coping mechanisms that creep in when we’re overwhelmed

Connect with me on instagram @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast

Gerogia shares  about the ups and downs of this recent year for her and how it ultimately led to burnout. We chat about what it looks like to slow down before this happens and how to start again *slowly* after you’ve caught your breath. As Georgia and I say, “life doesn’t slow down for you, it’s up to you to hit the brakes”. Grief is another topic that comes up after Georgia’s own recent experience with it and how distractions can become an unhealthy coping mechansim in times like that. She also shares a behind the scenes look at being self employed and applying these tactics of mindful living. These are the ways she makes the most of both her personal and work life while not going over the top.

In this episode we discuss:

• Life updates with G
• Working through grief and change
• The dangers of hustle culture on physical, mental, and emotional health
• How to live mindfully and work against burnout
• Lifestyle practices to support yourself
• The choice to slow down
• Work transitions into entrepreneurship

Connect with Georgia @goodness_with _g 

Connect with me @emilyfeikls @letsthrivepodcast

How do we slow down in life before reaching the breakdown? In today’s solo episode I discuss my relationship with work and the ‘hustle’ mentality that has drove me to my limits. Whether it’s pure exhaustion, adrenal fatigue, an injury, or more, pushing past our limits with work and life never ends well. This is the breakthrough from my breakdown after falling into the hustle 24/7 lifestyle.

In this episode I discuss: 

• my relationship with work
• the breakdown that changed my perspective
• adrenal fatigue, depression, and anxiety
• using work to cope
• the dangers of distractions and ‘hustle’ mentality
• how to slow down and get quiet

To connect, find me @emilyfeikls

Shame is something we all feel at some point. Whether it relates to your personal life, work, a diagnosis, an emotional tie, or more, shame is a heavy weight to carry. Today's guest, Shoshanna Raven, is a shame-slayer and shares her experience overcoming it. After receiving a diagnosis of Herpes, Shoshanna's entire outlook on life changed as she carried this shame inside. It was only after working to release the story and in turn her shame that Shoshanna was able to create the life of her dreams.

Today we discuss 

• What shame is and why it’s different from guilt,
• Soshanna’s own history with Herpes and shame
• Empowerment and unleashing your own power
• How to accept support in life and business
• Self care for your future

To connect with Shoshanna find her @shoshanna_raven and her site, https://shoshannaraven.com

Connect with me @emilyfeikls 

Recovery is a journey with twists and turns, highs and lows along the way. Today's repeat guest, Dani Breiner, is here to share her honest path with recovery and how to keep going even through the setbacks. Dani shares how with the start of quarantine and other life stressors she found herself falling into old habits and thoughts from her disordered eating days. As a content creator through Instagram Dani also explains how her relationship with social media has adapted throughout this journey. Dani is a reminder to all that recovery is possible but it takes work and grace for yourself.

In this episode we discuss: 

• recovery setbacks and how to work through them
• the influence of instagram on our decisions 
• how twisted disorder eating habits can be
• the toxic nature of diet culture 
• breaking old habits

Connect with Dani at @danishealthyeats 

Connect with me at @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast