Nourished Fertility

Y'all! I have followed Alexis for YEARS so I could not be more excited to share that today she is on the show! In this episode we discuss Alexis journey as a food blogger, how food blogging contributed to orthorexia, her journey to intuitive eating and her life now as a momma.

Alexis Joseph is the nationally recognized Registered Dietitian behind Hummusapien™, a food, wellness, and lifestyle brand that inspires others to foster a more nourishing relationship with food. Alexis co-owns Alchemy Brands, a collection of wellness-inspired food concepts including cafés, prepared meals, and nutrition services. She's also a new mom to baby Max!

In this episode we discuss:

• Alexis' journey as a food blogger and how her philosophy around nutrition has shifted.
• How Alexis realized her relationship with food needed repair, and how she worked to practice intuitive eating.
• The pushback Alexis received when she shared her journey to intuitive eating.
• Gentle nutrition practices of balancing intuitive eating with your own personal values and convictions, Alexis shares her passion for slow foods.
• How being a momma impacts her eating and intuitive eating journey.
• How Alexis practices wellness without obsession.

Leran more about Alexis on her website and Instagram account.

Today's episode is brought to you by Food & Body Peace Playbook. Food & Body Peace Playbook (FBPP) is our signature program here at NMN, and part of what makes this program so incredibly transformational and unique is that we walk you through how to improve your body image as you're learning how to practice the principles of intuitive eating.

FBPP is currently open for our April cohort which means you can spend these next 8 weeks over the spring preparing for a summer that will be ENJOYABLE this year.

No more crazy diets or detox plans leading up to the summer and no more feeling uncomfortable in a swimsuit. Click here to learn more and DM if you have questions about FBPP!

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for enrollment for our April cohort! By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

To say thank you to the guests that come on the show, we donate money to the Loveland Foundation. The Loveland Foundation is a foundation that provides therapy and healing to Black women and girls. We are honored to donate monthly to the Loveland Foundation, and you can learn more and donate yourself here.

Have you ever wondered, how do I know if my relationship with my body needs repair? What does it actually look like to have a stressful body relationship or negative body image? In today's episode we go through specific examples, including that you may have learned these behaviors from your parents, especially your mother.

Because 99% of our clients come to us sharing that their relationship with their mother, and specifically their mothers relationship with their body, impacted how they ended up treating their own body.

If you can relate I want you to know #1 you're not alone and #2 there is a better way!

There is a way to not live your life body checking all day everyday, letting the scale number dictate your mood for the day and changing how you eat based off how you feel in your body that day.

Food & Body Peace Playbook (FBPP) is our signature program here at NMN, and part of what makes this program so incredibly transformational and unique is that we walk you through how to improve your body image as you're learning how to practice the principles of intuitive eating.

FBPP is currently open for our April cohort which means you can spend these next 8 weeks over the spring preparing for a summer that will be ENJOYABLE this year.

No more crazy diets or detox plans leading up to the summer and no more feeling uncomfortable in a swimsuit. Click here to learn more and DM if you have questions about FBPP!

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for enrollment for our April cohort! By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

Megan Perez, lead dietitian at NMN, is back on the how today to discuss why we use an intuitive eating approach with our clients that have PCOS, and why disordered eating and binge eating is more prevalent in those that experience PCOS.

In this episode we discuss:

• Megan's own diagnosis of PCOS during her infertility journey
• How common it is for women with PCOS to have eating disorders and why this is
• Why binge eating can be a common experience for PCOSers
• What to do if you are experiencing binge eating and beginning steps to improve binge eating, starting today

You can learn more about Megan here and her services here.

Today's episode is brought to you by Food & Body Peace Playbook is our signature 8 week online group coaching program that will help you stop dieting forever and make peace with food and your body.

What that means to you is you create a friendship between you and your body that can last a lifetime. This will help you feel better in your skin, and as a result, actually enjoy taking care of yourself (without the crazy diets and detox plans).

Learn how to truly move from food obsession to food and body peace with our proven playbook provided in our signature 8 week online group coaching program, Food & Body Peace Playbook.

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for enrollment for our April cohort! By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

In today's podcast episode we have lead dietitian at NMN back on the show, Megan Perez, to share all about what's she has been up to since she was last on the show including her maternity leave and what life is like now that she is in the postpartum. You can learn more about Megan here and her services here.

Today's episode is brought to you by Food & Body Peace Playbook is our signature 8 week online group coaching program that will help you stop dieting forever and make peace with food and your body.

What that means to you is you create a friendship between you and your body that can last a lifetime. This will help you feel better in your skin, and as a result, actually enjoy taking care of yourself (without the crazy diets and detox plans).

Learn how to truly move from food obsession to food and body peace with our proven playbook provided in our signature 8 week online group coaching program, Food & Body Peace Playbook.

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for enrollment for our April cohort! By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

It can be hard to come to terms with the fact you may have a broken relationship with food and your body. Especially since it's completely normalized, and oftentimes praised in our diet obsessed world.

In today's episode I help you understand what are specific signs that your relationship with food (and your body) needs some repair. And if you listen to today's episode and you resonate, I want you to know: there is a way to have total trust in your body, confidence in yourself, and take care of your health without controlling every bite you eat.

And I'd love to teach you that better way. Food & Body Peace Playbook is our signature 8 week online group coaching program that will help you stop dieting forever and make peace with food and your body.

What that means to you is you create a friendship between you and your body that can last a lifetime. This will help you feel better in your skin, and as a result, actually enjoy taking care of yourself (without the crazy diets and detox plans).

Learn how to truly move from food obsession to food and body peace with our proven playbook provided in our signature 8 week online group coaching program, Food & Body Peace Playbook.

Remember if you joined the masterclass, you have until Saturday night to use your promo code for your discount, and whether or not you joined the masterclass I encourage you to sign up now to guarantee your spot for Spring enrollment, ensuring that your summer is not riddled with bikini body exercises or summer detoxes and crash diet plans.

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for pre-sale for our April enrollment, join today to make the changes necessary to stop dieting forever and make peace with food and your body. By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

I know for so many of you podcast listeners, your relationship with nutrition is controlling. And it's absolute in thinking, like "I HAVE to eat (fill in the blank) amount of vegetables per day" or "I can only eat carbs at one meal a day" or "I can only eat sweets on the weekend."

Or maybe for you it's that nutrition reminds you SO much of your days of dieting that you have completely avoided nutrition because it reminds you too much of restrictions and rules.

And in order to make gentle in mindset, flexible in action part of how you approach nutrition, I'm hosting the Gentle Nutrition Masterclass on Wednesday, March 23rd at 7pm EST (recording available if you cannot attend live)!

You can click here to learn more and grab your seat!

In this masterclass you'll learn how to shift your mindset around nutrition, what flexible in action actually looks like, and specific gentle nutrition practices you can apply in your everyday life.

My goal is to remove the confusion around the final principle of intuitive eating, gentle nutrition, and help you gain clarity on what gentle nutrition is all about. Hope to see you there!

Primally Pure products shared in this episode: soothing cream, soothing mist and gua sha stone. Use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first order!

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for pre-sale for our April enrollment, join today to make the changes necessary to stop dieting forever and make peace with food and your body. By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

Today is a random conversation podcast kind-of-episode for you! In this episode we talk about using body autonomy as a scapegoat for promoting weight loss as an intuitive eating provider, and my disappointment in seeing providers marketing weight loss when they also say they help people heal from disordered eating.

In this episode I also wanted to share that I stand in solidarity with Mickey, Lindley and ASDAH in the harm caused by Lindo Bacon. We are working to make changes in how we approach Health At Every Size as a result, and will continue to actively work to reduce our harm caused. You can learn more about what has transpired in this article, this article and this article.

If you're looking for a nutrition approach that is gentle in mindset and flexible in action, I would love to encourage you to join the Gentle Nutrition Masterclass I'm hosting on Wednesday, March 23rd at 7pm EST with recording available if you cannot attend live. Click this link to learn more and grab your seat to the Gentle Nutrition Masterclass!

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for pre-sale for our April enrollment, join today to make the changes necessary to stop dieting forever and make peace with food and your body. By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

To say thank you to the guests that come on the show, we donate money to the Loveland Foundation. The Loveland Foundation is a foundation that provides therapy and healing to Black women and girls. We are honored to donate monthly to the Loveland Foundation, and you can learn more and donate yourself here.

We have had a podcast episode on the mindset shift of wellness without obsession before. But at the time I record this, my thoughts, experiences and expertise have continued to change and grow. So I thought it was time for an updated episode on this concept!

As a podcast listener, I have asked you to consider engaging in health habits without restriction, obsession, and rules. THIS is what wellness without obsession is all about.

A term created in our very first e-book in 2017, wellness without obsession became the company's philosophy, the podcast motto and a trademarked term owned by my company.

It's hard for me to define wellness without obsession because it means so many things to me! But in today's episode I define and share my current thoughts on what is wellness without obsession. At the end of the day, improving your relationship with food and your body IS about health. It is about wellness.

But because we are choosing a healthy relationship, you will notice that engaging in health habits is far more easy and fun, and removes the stress, concern and obsession. This is how we create sustainable health habits that last a lifetime.

If this mindset shift is something you're looking for, if you're looking for a nutrition approach that is gentle in mindset and flexible in action, I would love to encourage you to join the Gentle Nutrition Masterclass I'm hosting on Wednesday, March 23rd at 7pm EST with recording available if you cannot attend live. Click this link to learn more and grab your seat to the Gentle Nutrition Masterclass!

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is also open for pre-sale for our April enrollment, join today to make the changes necessary to stop dieting forever and make peace with food and your body. By joining our Spring enrollment you can ensure you will walk into the Summer with more confidence in yourself and more clarity about how to eat.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

The Gentle Nutrition Masterclass is coming this month! Join this 60 minute masterclass on Wednesday, March 23rd at 7pm EST (replay available if you cannot attend live) to learn how to navigate your nutrition from an intuitive eating approach.

Have you ever considered pelvic floor physical therapy to support your IBS or PCOS? We've talked about pelvic floor PT to support postpartum management on the show before, but today we are focusing on how it can help manage conditions. Today on the show we are welcoming my very own pelvic floor PT, Jenna Sires, to help us learn why we all need to consider our pelvic floor as part of a whole body, holistic approach to wellness. Plus, we talk about common misconceptions about the pelvic floor, including the burning questions, should we be doing kegels or not?!

Jenna Sires received her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. She began her course work to become a pelvic floor physical therapist in 2011 and has not looked back. She has chosen to specialize in the care of men, women and children experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction.

Jenna is passionate about spreading education to the community on all things related to pelvic health. Jenna is certified in Trigger Point Dry Needling, has presented at SCAPTA on numerous occasions, and has had the opportunity to teach at the university level to further educate physical therapy students on a comprehensive approach to evaluating and treating lumbosacral, pelvic, and hip dysfunctions. In her free time you can find her with husband, two beautiful children, and adorable dog.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Jenna decided to specialize in pelvic floor therapy.
• The truth about kegels! Including why they can be potentially harmful.
• The link between IBS and the pelvic floor, and how pelvic floor dysfunction can impact management of IBS.
• The link between PCOS and the pelvic floor, and how pelvic floor PT can support management of this hormone condition.
• How Jenna practices wellness without obsession.

Learn more about Jenna and her team on their website and her Instagram account.

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is open for pre-sale for our April enrollment, if you join TODAY you will get a FREE 60 minute session with me, that way you can have a personalized coaching session to help you better implement the strategies you'll learn inside FBPP. Today is the final session to get the free coaching session!
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

To say thank you to the guests that come on the show, we donate money to the Loveland Foundation. The Loveland Foundation is a foundation that provides therapy and healing to Black women and girls. We are honored to donate monthly to the Loveland Foundation, and you can learn more and donate yourself here.

Last week we talked about why we lose our periods from excessive exercise. This week I want to talk about exercise from an intuitive eating lens, specifically how to be flexible with your fitness.

One of the reasons I believe it's so important to be flexible with your fitness is that there are going to be times in your life where exercise should and will need to be modified, or potentially even completely eliminated for a period of time.

Inevitably, our lives change. Maybe you move, get a new job, have children, lose a family member, or have an injury. Maybe your recovery requires a pause in exercise. When life happens, whatever it may be, we want you to know that movement is always there for you when you need it. It's true that movement helps us process through emotions, can help comfort us and connect back inward, and can be a healthy coping mechanism for the stress in our lives.

But if it's the only form of coping we have, we are not setting ourselves up for success. Listen to today's episode to learn more!

Announcements:

• Food & Body Peace Playbook is also open for pre-sale for our April enrollment, if you join before March 11th you will get a FREE 60 minute session with me, that way you can have a personalized coaching session to help you better implement the strategies you'll learn inside FBPP.
• We are currently booking for March for individual counseling at our virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. If you're looking for intuitive eating and body image support and/or you're in need of anti-diet advice for HA, PCOS and IBS we would love to support you.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• If you struggle with HA and you're ready to regain your health and fertility, join Get Your Period Back Playbook.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop, which now includes a self paced online course to begin your intuitive eating journey, the Beginner's Guide to Food & Body Peace.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

• Victoria's Instagram
• Victoria's Website
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website