Millennial Body Image Project

We have a part TWO episode coming at you this week with Kezia Hall, a holistic nutritionist based in Scotland who was on the show a few weeks ago. We talked Kezia’s personal health journey, how she turned from dieting and restriction to a more intuitive, mindful approach to eating by learning to listen to your body’s signals. She returns to the show to discuss the most common complaints and struggles she hears from women about their menstrual cycle. Everything from low energy, “flooding”, to sore breasts, Kezia breaks down the reasons as to why certain bodies behave differently before, during, and after your period. Kezia dispels any shame or misconceptions women have about their cycle and offers practical advice on nutrition, stress management, and hormonal balance. 

This time, we’re talking specifically about what we can all do during the different phases of our cycles to bring them back into balance, be less painful, and to troubleshoot many of the issues women typically experience around their cycles. We’re also chatting about disordered eating, anxiety and digestive issues, and estrogen dominance. Let’s jump right in!

Make sure you listen to part I HERE!

Discussed on Today’s Episode:

The impact of ingesting iron-rich and nutrient dense foods during your menstrual cycle 

Creative Mindset: Maturing an egg and setting your self up for the next cycle! 

Painful Ovulation? Look into seed cycling! Estrogen rich foods may help

Why am I feeling so bad on my period? 

How stress profoundly effects your hormones and your next period

Mindful and intuitive eating: Blood sugar management 

Why women should prioritize their health instead of suffering quietly during their periods

Optimizing on digestion: creating a parasympathetic state of being 

Tummy troubles during your period? You aren’t alone!

HANG OUT WITH KEZIA!

Website: https://supernaturallyhealthy.org/

Facebook

Instagram: @supernaturallyhealthy

Special episode coming at you guys today! I’m on vacation, and it’s also National Eating Disorders Awareness week, so I wanted to give you guys a deeper look into my own personal story and how my approach to nutrition has evolved over the years from my personal health journey, and working with clients with disordered eating and helping them break free of the diet cycle. This episode is one where Steph Gaudreau, from Harder to Kill Radio, interviewed me on her show last year – so instead of you guys listening to me interviewing someone this week, it’s the other way around!

We’re chatting about why we’re all so confused about what to eat, why we don’t trust our bodies, and how we can stop the binge-restrict cycle, heal our relationship with food, and learn that we don’t need to shrink ourselves and do whatever is necessary to lose weight in order to be more worthy in this world.

Resources mentioned:

* National Eating Disorders Association Website

* NEDA Hotline: (800) 931-2237

* Interested in recovery coaching or ED therapy? Check out the Eating Disorder Center for virtual coaching and in-person therapy. (@theeatingdisordercenter on Instagram)

* Interested in working together? Book a Discovery Session here for a free 15-minute call with me! –> https://p.bttr.to/36VNOay

* Steph Gaudreau’s Harder to Kill Radio

Today Tara Youngblood, fusion scientist and self-proclaimed “sleep geek” joins Dana on the podcast to talk about…you guessed it, sleep! Quality sleeping habits are becoming more and more of a struggle for many people around the world. Many of us constantly have blue light in our faces from our computers, our phones and binging Netflix before bed. In fact, the CDC (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention) has declared Sleep Disorders a public epidemic (eek!!). Studies have shown that poor sleeping habits can lead to autoimmune issues, heart disease, lowered sex drive, memory loss and more.

In today’s episode Tara breaks down how temperature and blue light can affect our ability to get deep sleep, the pro’s and con’s of using sleep trackers, how our hormones affect our sleep, and tips for creating a night time routine that will help you fall asleep faster and get more REM sleep.

Tara’s Recommended Book: Shantaram – By Gregory David Roberts

Hang Out With Tara

* Website: https://www.chilitechnology.com/

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChiliSleep/

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chilisleep/

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChiliSleep

This week’s interview is with Kezia Hall, a holistic nutritionist based in Scotland! Kezia is an expert on women’s health and hormones and today we’re chatting about her personal story from joining a dieting club at age 11 to intuitive eating and using food as medicine, not an emotional crutch. We’re also digging into the nitty gritty of women’s cycles, what happens when they get out of whack, WHY they feel so horrible sometimes, and how bring our cycles back in to balance naturally.

Discussed On Today’s Episode:

Trauma as a child that led to disordered eating

Joining a diet club at age 11, suffering from IBS for around a decade, then diving into holistic healing in Kezia’s early twenties 

How diet clubs and dieting in general create a disconnect between the food you eat and your body

Asking yourself Why? – Why are you binge eating and using food to deal with trauma and discomfort in your life?

Using your menstrual cycle as your super power – Using the different phases to relax, create, work etc…

Hang out with Kezia!

Website: https://supernaturallyhealthy.org/

Facebook

Instagram: @supernaturallyhealthy

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This week on the podcast we have Katherine Herbison, the health coach behind Choosing Balance and one of the amazing ladies behind the Embracing Balance Podcast. We’re chatting about Katherine’s personal health journey with an eating disorder at a young age, going through recovery, and coming to the intuitive eating and Health at Every Size approach. We’re discussing how a lot of people assume that in order to have a healthier relationship with food, they just need to learn to control themselves around food more. BUT how controlling your food does not lead to food freedom and peace. Instead it leads to feeling more out of control. We chat about trust, and why so many people have trust issues around our own self-worth, food and exercise – and finally, how making peace with your body size requires letting your body get to its natural size, and giving your body permission for where it wants to be.

If you’re ready to break free from dieting and finally make peace with food and your body, apply for Dana and Christina’s Break the Diet Cycle online course HERE – at www.wholeheartedeating.com!

Mentioned on today’s episode: 

Health at Every Size, by Linda Bacon

Intuitive Eating, by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

Hang out with Katherine!

* Instagram: @katherine.herbison

* Website: www.choosing-balance.com

* Podcast: Embracing Balance Podcast

THANKS TO OUR SHOW SPONSORS!

BETTER HELP: 10% off first month of online therapy at betterhelp.com/dana 

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Cristina Hoyt is back and today we’re digging into a REALLY touchy subject for this time of year that hits home for a lot of people – weight loss. Specifically, we’re talking about WHY we all feel like we need and want to lose weight (or it’s basically a death sentence), and how Cristina and I approach the topic of weight loss as non-diet, weight-inclusive nutritionists.

PS – want to know my big update? Check out the reveal HERE.

Discussed on today’s episode:

The misconception that the Health at Every Size movement is weight loss shaming

Weight neutrality

WHY we all feel like we need to lose weight

The dominant narrative surrounding health is that we need to be a certain weight in order to be “healthy” or to improve our health

How weight stigma is built into the medical system

Cultural and social stigma around larger bodies and “health”

Action step: so you want to lose weight. What can you do to understand this desire, and what it’s really rooted in?

Thanks to our show sponsors!

BETTER HELP: 10% off first month of online therapy at betterhelp.com/dana 

NED: 15% of small batch CBD products at helloned.com with the code “DANA”

Hang out with Cristina!

Instagram @cristinahoytnutrition

If you’re looking for a resource to improve your relationship with food and your body in the new year, Cristina and I created a 12-week program to help you break free from dieting and finally make peace with food and your body, and help you troubleshoot the areas where we commonly see people getting stuck. We’ll show you how to recognize the diet mentality in all aspects of life, how to spot real nutrition information vs. dieting advice, and how to start substituting behaviors that will promote your long-term mental, emotional, and physical health. We’ll teach you how to start making food, exercise, and lifestyle choices from a place of self-care, rather than fear or self-control. You’ll learn about emotional eating, cravings, demystifying nutrition myths and fads, and how to break free of the constant cycle of restriction and “falling off the wagon” (heavy air quotes), and so much more. But this isn’t just about education.

The course is action-oriented, so you can start DOING something about this right now. It includes weekly video and audio lessons (so if you like podcasts, this will be right up your alley!), weekly worksheets and action steps, the support of a private facebook group, and a 1-on-1 coaching session with Dana or Cristina is even included too! 

If you’re ready to join these other successful participants and break free from dieting and finally make peace with food and your body, apply for Dana and Christina’s Break the Diet Cycle online course HERE – at www.wholeheartedeating.com!

Questions? email us at [email protected]! 

Today on the podcast Dana welcomes Katie DePaola, the CEO of Inner Glow Circle, a brand that trains female entrepreneurs and leaders on how to become life coaches to transform the lives of others. Katie founded the company to help women find deeper meaning in their lives and help them escape the rat race by building programs that teach them how to create their own business focused on helping others. In today’s episode you’ll hear about Katie’s battle with Lyme disease, invisible illness, and how perfectionism holds us back in life, healing, and business. 

Discussed on today’s episode:

Getting diagnosed with Lyme disease and losing a loved one

Debate in the medical field as to whether or not Lyme exists

Post Lyme disease symptoms reeking havoc on your body

Night sweats, brain fog, memory loss and feeling hung-over for more then a decade 

Celebrities with Lyme – Avril Lavigne, Kelly Osborne and Justin Beiber

Starting a business while being sick and often times working from bed or the bathtub

Having gratitude vs. being a victim

Overcoming mental roadblocks in your business

Staying the course even when others don’t believe in you

Always improving your skills

Stopping the comparison game and negative self talk

Creating something that can live on without you

Thanks to our show sponsors!

BETTER HELP: 10% off first month of online therapy at betterhelp.com/dana 

NED: 15% of small batch CBD products at helloned.com with the code “DANA”

Hang out with Dana!

* Website: https://www.realfoodwithdana.com/

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realfoodwithdana/

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodwithdana/?hl=en

Hang out with Katie!

* Website: https://innerglowcircle.com/

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/innerglowcircle/

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innerglowcircle/

* Pinterest: https://in.pinterest.com/innerglowcircle/

Books Mentioned

* You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay

* Love Warrior, by Glennon Doyle

We’re getting deep and sweaty and vulnerable in today’s episode with Deanna Deacon! We’re talking about our relationships with ourselves, food and body image, how we mask our pain with busyness, stimulants, pain-killers & distractions, masculine and feminine energy centers, and a technique Deanna Developed called Emotional Trigger Resilience Technique. Deanna talks about how she uses this technique with clients in her practice who struggle with their relationship with food and their bodies, and she takes me through an example of the technique for the podcast with you guys! So yeah, I’m getting vulnerable on this one too.

PS – I had a little bit of a snafu in podcast editing this week! You’ll notice it in the intro, if you hear the original version of the podcast I uploaded. It’s fixed now, and I’m obviously NOT affiliated with the program I mentioned in the intro, nor will I ever be with that or any other diet program. sh*t happens, guys!

Deanna Deacon is an Intuitive Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, Energy Healer, Retreat Host and Founder of The Empowered Woman Conference. In her practice she empowers strong, successful women to lean into their feminine energy to experience emotional resiliency, mental clarity and spiritual awakenings while maintaining high levels of sustainable growth, prosperity and joy.

We’ll mention this later in the episode – but screenshot this episode, wherever you’re listening and tag us on social in the post/story and Deanna will send you a special gift!

On today’s episode, we’re chatting about:

Deanna’s personal health journey, involving chronic digestive problems, headaches, exhaustion, restrictive eating and not trusting her body

A lot of people are walking around every day feeling like something is wrong, without realizing that a root of it may be the lack of a sense of fulfillment and purpose due to being disconnected from their feminine selves. 

Masculine and feminine energy centers

How we mask our pain with busyness, stimulants, pain-killers & distractions

What happens when we mask this pain? 

Emotional Trigger Resilience Technique

Deanna’s history of disordered eating, and how she uses Emotional Trigger Resilience Technique in her practice now to help clients who struggle with their relationship with food and their bodies 

What is the message you want to share with the world?

Steps of the Emotional Trigger Release Technique:

Trigger

Emotion

Fear/Belief

Sweet Nothings

New Belief

Evidence/Proof 

Mentioned in this episode:

You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay 

Rise, Sister Rise, by Rebecca Campbell

A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson

Thanks to our show sponsor!

BETTER HELP: 10% off first month of online therapy at betterhelp.com/dana 

Hang out with Deanna!

Instagram @deannadeaconcoaching

Discover Deanna’s 5-step Formula to Unshakeable Confidence with your FREE GUIDE at www.deannadeacon.com 

Facebook in her inclusive community; The Empowered Woman Collective. 

Deanna Deacon; affectionately named a Spiritual Personal Trainer with a modern-goddess twist, empowers strong, successful women to lean into their feminine energy to experience emotional resiliency, mental clarity and spiritual awakenings while maintaining high levels of sustainable growth, prosperity and joy.

As an Intuitive Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, Energy Healer, Retreat Host and Founder of The Empowered Woman Conference, Deanna guides her clients into unshakeable self confidence and soulful busin...

Today’s special January 1st episode is going to help you build some resilience towards the overwhelming amount of diet culture BS that’s floating around this new year. Our guest today is Jayne Mattingly, the founder of Recovery Love and Care. Recovery Love and Care offers virtual supports for individuals on the path to eating disorder recovery. RLC’s mission is to help individuals find self-compassion, self-love and body appreciation through the practice of self-care and eating disorder awareness.

Today Dana and Jayne are discussing Jayne’s personal journey through her eating disorder and her recovery. They’re digging into what recovery is really like, and provide some insight and tips on the best way to build resiliency around food and body image when society is pushing diet culture 24/7 (especially in the month of New Years’ resolutions!). If you have dealt with disordered eating or any kind of yo-yo dieting, this episode will help you start 2020 with a more positive outlook on food!

Highlights from today’s episode:

Jayne’s personal story with disordered eating, beginning at age 9

The trauma of going through puberty at a young age

Doctors ignoring eating disorder signs and symptoms

Being self-conscious in sports uniforms, and the pressure to fit the mold of “what an athlete is supposed to look like”

The shame and anxiety that comes with an eating disorder

Denying that you have a problem with food

Jayne’s road to recovery and starting therapy in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Getting the right kind of support from a specialist

Being aware of negative self-talk

Letting go of people, places and things that no longer serve you

Hang out with Dana:

Website: https://www.realfoodwithdana.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realfoodwithdana/

Instagram: @realfoodwithdana

Hang out with Jayne @ Recovery Love and Care:

Website: https://recoveryloveandcare.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RecoveryLoveandCare/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recoveryloveandcare/?hl=en

Jayne Mattingly is a Masters level Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and the owner and CEO of the Global Virtual Coaching Group Practice, Recovery Love and Care, LLC. Jayne identifies as fully recovered from a lifelong Eating Disorder and also lives with a chronic illness which has inspired her to help others within their own healing journeys.  Jayne’s coaching style is a collaborative approach where she perseveres with and advocates for each and every one of her client’s. She has a passion for helping those within their recovery, especially when it comes to body image conception, chronic illness, living with body betrayal and helping others find self-compassion and body kindness. Jayne’s overall mission is to help those within their Eating Disorder recovery find success within the hostile recovery environment in which we live!

This is one of those episodes that I was teasing last week – a clinician who is immersed in the functional medicine world but not necessarily the non-diet culture world, but who takes a non-diet approach to therapeutic elimination protocols. This is one of those people for whom if you were only in the non-diet-culture world, you probably would never seek him out or hear his expertise. But our conversation with Dr. Will Cole today, we’re focusing on nutrition science from an intuitive eating middle ground, while talking about bioindividuality and how body image and stress play into health, and finding freedom from food …which you might never expect to hear from someone who previously has done a lot of work in the keto world. We’re digging into inflammation and intuitive eating, and finding food peace within a functional medicine approach with Dr. Cole today!

Disclaimer here. We’re talking about on this episode on how it’s so important to do the mindset work before you can really get to the anti-inflammatory work (which involves removing non-food triggers, but sometimes involves making some food changes) – if you feel like even hearing someone talk about making these kinds of food changes may be triggering for you or put you right back into yo-yo diet mode, the end of this episode might not be for you. But I’d encourage you to listen up to at least 40 minutes because there is some fantastic information in here about managing inflammation in a totally non-food-related way, talking about stress around food and body image and finding food peace that I know you will love.

Discussed on today’s episode:

What food freedom means to Dr. Cole in the scope of functional medicine.

How to find balance between a complicated history with food, and finding real healing and food peace

Finding the middle ground between “eat whatever you want because it doesn’t matter” and the orthorexic tendencies of dieting dogma

The key piece of intuitive eating that most people are missing out on, and lowering inflammation in order to be able to hear your intuition

Inflammation 101: how it isn’t evil – it’s when inflammation gets out of control that it can cause ill health effects, and the different sources of inflammation

How inflammation manifests in the body in different ways – and why this means that there isn’t just one “anti-inflammatory diet” that will work for everyone

Why you might have inflammation going on even when you’re only eating healthy food. 1) how does this happen 2) what can you do about it? 

How does stress impact inflammation?

How, for some people, even the prospect of going on an elimination protocol can be extremely stressful, especially if they have any history of chronic yo-yo dieting or disordered eating – and different ways you can work on inflammation without even touching food. 

Where does body image and body stress play into inflammation?

Hang out with Dr. Cole!

Dr. Cole’s new book!! The Inflammation Spectrum

Website: Dr. Will Cole

Instagram @drwillcole

Book Recommendation: That’s What She Said, by Joanne Lipman

the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

More episodes on inflammation and intuitive eating:

50 | Why you Binge around the holidays and Inflammation 101 with Brianna Diorio

96 | Compassionate Nutrition, Intuitive Eating and Elimination Protocols with Cristina Curp