How does my recent trail race relate to the work I do with my nutrition therapy clients? Tune in to find out.

If you are interested in the Nutrition Insight Project, reach out to Hannah - nutritioninsightproject@gmailcom.

Be well my friends, Hannah

This is hard. Doing things differently is hard.

In this episode, I talk about the excitement of the "aha" moments of insight and clarity. In a recent talk I gave to nutrition students, a brave student shared how hearing the talk was bringing up a lot for her and that she may be ready to get support for her own relationship with food.

There was beauty and pain in that moment - beauty in her vulnerability in sharing and also pain, in how hard it is sometimes for us to realize we need support and then to go through to steps to find it. That moment also solidified the importance of continuing to have this conversation, give these talks, and keep planting these seeds in the dietetics community.

I also talk about how insight is not always enough. Education and "knowing" can start the process, but it is showing up, day after day, for ourselves where the change and growth can happen. Healing also often happens in connection; connection with support people perhaps, but also in connection with our loved ones, our community, and most importantly in connection with ourselves.

If you are interested in the Nutrition Insight Project, reach out to Hannah - nutritioninsightproject@gmailcom.

Be well my friends, Hannah

On this week’s episode as part of my summer short series, I explore the concept of success.

Often we use metrics as a way to define success, but what are other important ways to redefine success? How does that change how we feel about our progress? Who gets to define our success? In putting ourselves out there, could success be us being courageous enough to just show up? Maybe success is the process of moving into more alignment in our lives when we feel dissonance. Maybe success means being able to meet my family’s needs, my financial needs, and still have room for my hobbies and friends?

I also touch on the idea of feeling like an imposter and how it could be linked to being a beginner but also could be linked to not being qualified. My last musing is on the power of role modeling. As usual, I speak from my current experiences and feelings and hope you can resonate and find value in what I share. If we are alive, we’re on the right track.

If you are interested in the Nutrition Insight Project, reach out to Hannah - nutritioninsightproject@gmailcom.

Be well my friends, Hannah

Old school NIP podcast, just me and you and the trails (and some guy riding by on his mountain bike a few times). This is a stream-of-consciousness, barely edited episode where I share how I'm feeling about the state of my nutrition work including how I work to cultivate and hold hope for my clients and myself.

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How you talk to yourself matters! There is power behind working with our thoughts and inner dialogue.

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In honor of Independence Day here in the U.S. (4th of July), the first episode in my Summer Shorts Series on the concept of Food Freedom?

We'll ask some important questions?

What are we freeing ourselves from?

What isn't food freedom?

How would I define food freedom?

How could we move towards more food freedom in our lives?

+ MORE

If you love my personal and professional updates, please stay-tuned till the end, where I share what's happening in my world lately.

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Please join me in this conversation I had with Elena Kunicki, RD, who is a binge eating and amenorrhea recovery dietitian.

I talk with Elena about:

• What connects me to my clients and work.

• The inspiration behind the Nutrition Insight Project.

• Elena discusses her experience with disordered eating as a nutrition student.

• The prevalence of nutrition/dietetics students and Registered Dietitians struggling with eating disorders.

• The normalization of disordered behaviors. 

• Where the nutrition and dietetics curriculum falls short. 

• Looking beyond food and exercise in terms of health. 

• The importance of meeting a client where they’re at.

• The risks of working with clients if you’re struggling with disordered eating behaviors as a clinician.  

• + MORE

If you love my personal and professional updates, please stay-tuned till the end, where I share what's happening in my world lately.

Here are links if you'd like to listen to Elena's podcast, the Binge Eating Dietitian Podcast or give her a follow on Instagram.

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Two dietitians, two podcasters - Michelle Yates, RD and I discuss some of the many nuances around intuitive eating and practicing nutrition from a weight-inclusive perspective.

We discuss the work that we do with clients and that our goal is to put ourselves out of business. Who is intuitive eating for? Not for? Is it ever helpful to "diet"?

We both believe in weight-inclusive care AND we dive into some of what we're seeing in the weight-inclusive space online. Sometimes that space can not feel very inclusive when it's landing in the same rigid system as diet-culture or if people are interacting from a place of anger and their own pain and hurt. The in-fighting in the weight-inclusive community can be a big turn-off for people in exploring new ways of thinking and practicing dietetics.

We believe that being able to ask questions and be welcomed in with respect is really important for the weight-inclusive movement if we want to welcome and invite more people in. We believe having grace for people who are curious and learning about weight-inclusive care is very important.

If you love my personal and professional updates, please stay-tuned till the end.

If you found this episode helpful for you, I'd love to hear about it! Email me! Leave me a DM! I love it all!

Special Guest: Jesse Saffold, LCSW! My partner in life has agreed to come on the podcast! We discuss therapy and nutrition therapy and how they intersect and overlap around the idea of self-acceptance and unconditional positive regard as foundational to allowing us to make behavior changes in our lives that will benefit our physical and mental health. It is really hard (perhaps impossible) to make lasting changes in our lives when we are coming from a place of self-judgment, shame, guilt, and have a fierce inner-critic. Radical acceptance can help us move forward when we are feeling stuck in unhealthy patterns or habits that aren't serving us any longer. We discuss some practical habits and exercises that can create moments of pause and self-reflection in our busy lives. I end this episode with a brief life and work update. Changes are under-foot this spring!