In this episode, I sit down with non-diet dietitian Katy Harvey to talk about why diets don’t work, how to rebuild trust with your body, and ways to raise kids with a healthy relationship to food. We also explore perfectionism, body image, and the subtle ways diet culture shows up in motherhood. This is a must-listen if you’re tired of feeling like your body is a project to fix.

Connect with Katy Harvey:

🔗 Website: katyharvey.net

📸 Instagram: @katyharvey.rd

👥 Facebook Group: Intuitive Eating Made Easy

🎧 Podcast: Rebuilding Trust With Your Body

📄 Free Guide: 5 Simple Steps to Reconnecting With Your Hunger and Fullness — Download here

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

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Show Notes:

In this episode of Paging Dr. Mom, Dr. Krystal Sodaitis joins us for an honest and empowering conversation about neurodivergence in professional women. We talk about why so many women are diagnosed later in life, how executive dysfunction and masking show up in motherhood and medicine, and why “different is not deficient.” If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly juggling, but never finishing, this episode will help you feel seen and supported. Krystal shares compassionate insights, practical strategies, and powerful reframes that every high-achieving woman needs to hear.

Resources:

Website: www.NeurodiverseDocs.com

Freebie: Five Steps You Can Take Right Now If You Think You Are Neurodiverse — available on her website.

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

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🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

In this episode, Dr. Kerry Reller joins me for a candid conversation about what realistic wellness looks like for busy, high-achieving women. Drawing on her experience as a physician, entrepreneur, and mom of three, Kerry shares how she helps women move beyond guilt, perfectionism, and the all-or-nothing mindset when it comes to health. We explore the deeper truths about obesity medicine, the power of prevention, and why strength training and sleep are key pillars of longevity. Kerry’s approach is both evidence-based and deeply practical—reminding us that self-care isn’t indulgent, it’s essential, and that sustainable health begins with small, consistent choices that honor your real life, not an ideal one.

Kerry’s links

🌐 Website: www.kerryrellermd.com

🎧 Podcast: Get Healthy Tampa Bay

📸 Instagram: @clearwaterfamilymedicine

📘 Facebook: Clearwater Family Medicine & Allergy

💡 Fat loss & health coaching

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

Email: [email protected]
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🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Wendy Schofer, a pediatrician, lifestyle physician, and founder of Family in Focus® , for a bold and refreshing conversation about burnout, emotional eating, and redefining success in motherhood. We talk about what it means to parent and live audaciously, how food, body image, and family dynamics are all connected, and why slowing down can actually make life feel more meaningful. Wendy shares her own story of burnout and how she learned to stop shrinking in both parenting and her career. She also offers a free resource, How to End Emotional Eating: A Parent’s Guide

We also mention Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey — a must-read if you’re craving real rest. Buy it on Amazon (affiliate link: I may earn a small commission if you choose to purchase, at no extra cost to you).

Connect with Dr. Wendy Schofer:

🌐 Website

📱 Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

Email: [email protected]
Social Media links: Here
🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

What if your child isn’t the problem—and neither are you?

In this episode, parenting coach Kristin Schmoke shares how she shifted from traditional discipline tactics to a more connected, collaborative approach that transformed her relationship with her son. We talk about ego-centric parenting, mom guilt, why behavior charts can backfire, and how real change begins when we stop trying to fix our kids and start getting curious instead. If parenting feels like a power struggle, this episode will give you hope, perspective, and practical tools to reconnect.

Resources + Links:

✨ Kristin’s website

✨ Instagram: @kristin.schmoke.parenting

✨ Listen Up! – Kristin’s online parenting course: Listen Up! Course

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

Email: [email protected]
Social Media links: Here
🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

Jenn Fredericks, Personal Resilience Practitioner and founder of The Carewell Circle, joins us to talk about Prosilience, a proactive approach to resilience, and why managing your energy (not just your time) is the key to staying afloat. Jenn shares powerful stories from her own journey as both a two-time kidney transplant recipient and a caregiver for her daughter with a brain tumor, and offers practical strategies to help you pause, refill, and reconnect with yourself.

Connect with Jenn on Instagram, Facebook or her website. She also invites you to join the Carewell Circle for 2 weeks. 

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

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🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

Parenting isn’t always picture-perfect and sometimes it feels downright overwhelming. In this episode of Paging Dr. Mom, I sit down with parenting coach and child life specialist Michelle McVittie to talk about what it really takes to raise strong-willed kids, support children with ADHD or anxiety, and stay grounded as a mom in the middle of it all. Michelle shares practical strategies for handling emotional dysregulation, building cooperation at home, and finding confidence in your parenting without burning out. She’s all about realistic, doable steps that bring more calm and connection into family life.

Connect with Michelle at momthemanager.ca and on Instagram @momthemanager. Don’t forget to grab her free resource What the Baby Books Didn’t Tell You.

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

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Social Media links: Here
🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

In this heartfelt and empowering conversation, Dr. Krista Cassel joins me to talk about the messy, meaningful reality of modern motherhood. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, lactation consultant, small business owner, and mom of three, Krista brings a rare blend of professional insight and personal honesty. We dive into the invisible work of mothering, the myth of balance, the guilt that so many working moms carry, and how grace, not perfection, is what truly sustains us. Whether you’re juggling clinic notes and soccer practices, pumping between shifts, or just trying to stay present in the chaos, this episode is for you. Krista reminds us that we’re not failing, we’re faithfully showing up in a thousand unseen ways.

Connect with Krista here:

Instagram, Facebook, Website

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

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🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

If you’ve ever felt like you had to push through pain, guilt, or exhaustion just to prove you’re a “good doctor” or a “good mom,” this episode is for you. Dr. Karen Leitner joins me for a raw, relatable conversation about perfectionism, burnout, and the emotional toll of always holding it together. We talk about why women physicians often carry double the guilt, how self-compassion actually leads to better care, and what it looks like to stop pretending everything’s fine. Karen shares her own journey with burnout and undiagnosed ADHD, and I open up about the time I kept working through a serious illness because I felt like I couldn’t let anyone down. If you’re running on empty, this is your reminder: you deserve rest, and you’re not alone.

💻 Links from Karen:

✨ Follow on Instagram

🎁 Free mini-course for women physicians: Life Support for women doctors — use code FREEMINI at checkout

📆 New 8 week CME Course starts Oct 15: How to Feel Better — For Women Physicians Done Pretending Everything Is Fine 

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

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🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald

In this inspiring conversation, Stacey Johnson opens up about her journey through grief, motherhood, and the invisible weight so many women carry. We talk about decision fatigue, overthinking, and the power of nervous system regulation to bring calm even in the busiest seasons of life. Stacey shares how she went from reacting in chaos to reclaiming herself with intention—and how you can, too. If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying it all alone, this episode is a reminder that calm, clarity, and self-love are possible.

Connect with Stacey:

Facebook: facebook.com/stacey.v.johnson

YouTube: Stacey Johnson Coaching

Website: www.staceyjohnsoncoaching.com

Free Resource: Calm and Focus Breakthrough Kit

This episode includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp. Click the link, betterhelp.com/drdowney, to get 10% off your first month.

Click below to purchase the 365 day journal I created called Enough As I Grow. I am a proud affiliate partner with Amazon and will receive a commission from purchases at no extra cost to you.

🖋️ Enough as I Grow 365 day Guided Journal on Amazon

Email: [email protected]
Social Media links: Here
🎵 Music: Upbeat Strings by Evan MacDonald