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If you’re in that “New Year, New You” energy and want to focus on your health journey in 2024, this is a great place to start. Erin and Dusty Stanczyk are content creators, conscious parents, and a plant-based power couple on a mission to help you eat, move, and rest in ways that support you to thrive. 

In this episode, they share their personal story of going from a myriad of health struggles in their mid-twenties, to feeling healthy in all realms of life today – and now with two children in tow (and another on the way!). We discuss how once you build the foundations for physical health, it often opens the door for you to explore and optimize your mental and spiritual health as well. I can definitely attest to this! Erin and Dusty share what they’ve learned along the way as they have dialed in their own routines, added kids to the mix, and now coach others to do the same.

This is a conversation full of wisdom that comes from years of experience and overcoming their own challenges along the way. Erin and Dusty are so down-to-earth and relatable in all that they share, and I’m sure you’ll finish this episode with lots of insights to ponder and action steps to take. 

Erin & Dusty’s main website with all their offerings: https://www.eatmoverest.com/

Erin & Dustry’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPU-z_1fyruAf4OIeKM8FZA

Erin & Dustry’s TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJcAdHTn/

Erin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ErinStanczyk 

Tara’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarakemp_ 

Reconnect Academy: https://www.reconnectcollective.com/reconnect-academy

Facebook community for plant-based women: https://urlgeni.us/facebook/reconnectcollectiveplantbasedwomen

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Nina is an Accredited Nutritionist and Sports Nutritionist, and CrossFit coach and athlete, specialising in sports and performance nutrition, disordered eating and plant based diets. 

She developed a big passion for all things nutrition (including how it affects ALL aspects of our lives) after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and struggling with an eating disorder throughout high school, and navigating the long journey of recovery and having to totally redefine what it means to be ‘healthy’. She has been working in private practice for over 5 years, seeing clients one-on-one worldwide both online and face-to-face.

In this episode, Nina shares the story of her recovery and how she came to land in the thriving life she has today. She reflects on her experience in treatment and the ways that it was, or was not, helpful for her – and how she views that in the grand scheme of her recovery journey. We also discuss how veganism and CrossFit were integral in that process, and continue to be healthy and purposeful parts of her relationship with food today. Plus, lots of other things related to food, recovery, & fueling oneself for optimal performance – not just in sport, but life in general.

I loved this conversation and it’s been a looong time coming so I’m extra excited to be finally sharing the marvelous Nina Gelbke with all of you! Xo

Follow Nina on Instagram @naturally_nina_ 

Nina’s website: https://www.naturally-nina.com/ 

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Let me start by saying: I’m not the type of anti-diet coach who tells you that you’re not allowed to have weight loss goals. But I’m also not the type of food & body coach that supports your weight loss goals with no questions asked. I support you - I just have questions :)

Because… Weight loss is a nuanced topic. It has all sorts of layers that are important to explore and understand within yourself if you want to achieve your goals (and make them last).

Fact: Most weight loss goals fail. Most people end up not only gaining back what they lost, but often end up heavier than they started…And with lower self-confidence and self-esteem too. But it doesn’t have to be this way!!

So this week I want to dive in on this topic and go through the layers with you, to help you understand:

#1) How to make sure your weight loss goals are actually healthy for you, and #2) How to make those goals successful and sustainable.

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SECRET: YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE YOUR BODY.  And trying to like your body might actually be the thing holding you back from feeling the confidence and peace you desire. (Yep, I said it. Because it’s true!). So, I officially give you permission to not like what your body looks like. AND, that doesn’t let you off the hook from taking good care of your body.

Enter: BODY NEUTRALITY!! This just might be the missing piece to help you finally take action in ways that you want to for your body. It’s the most accessible approach out there - any human in any body can relate to this perspective and use it to support your goals. I have seen this be the gamechanger for so many of my students, which is why I am so passionate about it, and why I’m so excited to teach you all about it

This episode is a brief introduction to the concept of body neutrality and it has a guided meditation to begin practicing the philosophy and shifting your relationship with your body.

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Attention athletes (especially plant-based women athletes): this one’s for you!!

Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado, a master’s degree in Applied Nutrition, with a post-graduate diploma in Applied Sport and Exercise Nutrition, and is a trained and accredited sports nutritionist through the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr) of the British Dietetic Association. He has over 13 years of training and racing experience in cycling, skiing, and trail running, and followed a plant-based diet for 9 of those years.

In this episode, we cover both Jackson’s big picture perspectives on fueling for movement in general (which I love and concur with entirely!), as well as some of the nitty gritty nutrition questions that came in for this interview. Part of what I appreciate about Jackson’s approach to nutrition is his ability to balance these zoomed out and zoomed in views! Some of the conversation topics include the issue of underfueling (which is the most common nutritional issue he sees in both his sports coaching & private nutrition practice), relative energy deficiency in sport (REDS), yay or nay on fasted workouts, iron & ferritin concerns for plant-based athletes, and how your menstrual cycle might influence your training and fueling.

It’s a conversation that I feel does a great job of always coming back to the foundations that help you keep things in perspective and see the issues in the context of your whole self. Enjoy!!! 

Jackson’s website and services: https://intheflownutrition.com/ 

The Mountain Athlete Journal: https://mountainathlete.substack.com 

Jackson’s podcast episode with @theperiodoftheperiod: 

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Laura is a Doctor of Naturopathy who specializes in mental health. Prior to starting her private practice, she was the attending physician for the mental and behavioral health clinic at her university, was the medical director for Wolfpack Consulting and Therapeutic Services, and was (and still is currently) on the board of directors for the Psychiatric Association for Naturopathic Physicians. Laura’s mission is to provide people who are desiring to heal with the courage and foundational tools needed to move through hard times. She supports her clients in returning to a sense of connection, harmony, and freedom within themselves.

Lately, she has been seeing an increasing interest and need for information regarding ADHD. For multiple reasons, ADHD diagnoses have skyrocketed since 2020 (we go into this briefly in the episode) and there is more conversation than ever about this condition. 

Women with ADHD are more likely to struggle with binge eating, general overeating, nighttime eating, emotional eating, meal planning, and PMDD (severe PMS). So, it felt like an important topic to bring to the podcast!! I turned to Dr. Laura Gouge for that task because she’s the best expert I know, especially when it comes to understanding this issue with a whole-person perspective. In this episode, we not only discuss all of the above, but Laura also shares some of her own journey with ADHD & binge eating.

This episode is the perfect introduction to this topic and you will leave with a better understanding of ADHD in general, why you might struggle more with food if you also have ADHD, and how you can start taking better care of yourself if that’s the case.

I always appreciate Laura’s perspectives and value her wisdom so much. I know you will too!

You can find Laura on Instagram @drlauragouge 

Or TikTok @drlauragouge

For more information about working with Laura 1:1 or in her group program: https://www.drlauragouge.com/

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Do you ever get invited to a dinner party and not know what to do? AKA you sit there with your thumbs hovering over the phone with indecision about how to respond to the text invite… trying to decide whether you just say yes and trust the universe to make it all work out, or let the host know your dietary preferences, or offer to bring something you know you’ll eat… or just say no and skip all the social stress altogether.

If you can relate, let me tell you, I FEEL YOU. I’ve been there. It can be mega awkward and uncomfortable. Especially if conversations about what you are (or aren’t) eating come up at the dinner table.

Thankfully, today it’s all easy breezy for me. I’ve learned how to navigate all sorts of scenarios that have to do with eating in public places. Whether it’s a spontaneous restaurant gathering with friends, or my boyfriend’s family reunion banquet dinner, I've learned how to hold true to my values while sharing in the experience with everyone. AND, how to get through any conversations or questions that people have about how, what, and why I eat what I do.

So in this episode, I share what I’ve learned and how I coach other women to their own place of peace and confidence when it comes to eating in social settings.

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Women are EMOTIONAL BEINGS. All humans are emotional beings, but women are especially emotional beings. We feel deeply. And this is a beautiful, wonderful, necessary thing. But the world didn’t teach you how to regulate within your emotions… so you probably found other ways to do that. For many women, this means FOOD.

Sad? …solution: food.

Anxious? …solution: food.

Stressed? …solution: food.

Depressed? …solution: food.

HAPPY?? CELEBRATING? … food!!

I’d been getting lots of questions about emotional eating so I decided to host one of my Wednesday live trainings on the topic, and we had so much interest and so many questions that we ended up doing a part 2. In this episode, you get to hear both combined into one big lesson, coaching, and Q&A on emotional eating.

We cover a lot of ground, including questions like: What specific tools can I use *IN THE MOMENT* to stop the behavior and choose differently? How can I handle my emotions in a better way? And, what creates LASTING change so that it doesn’t take soo much self-awareness and effort all the time??

I hope this gives you some deeper self-understanding and a guiding light for your healing path forward.

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We all have what I call “pain stories”: stories that you have about who you are, that feel painful. The crux of the story might sound like: “I never follow through on the goals I set for myself.” Or “nobody will ever want to be with me.” Or perhaps, “I can’t trust myself with food, and it will always be this way.” (Those all sound pretty terrible… so if you resonate with any of them, it makes sense that you’re in pain!)

When you are living in the “pain story”, you are perpetuating it. No growth or progress happens there. In order to make any changes, you need to shift OUT of the pain story, and into your POWER. And in this week’s episode, I’m teaching you how to do exactly that. There’s a specific process and tools you can use to make that shift – and once you understand this process and know what tools to use, you become UNSTOPPABLE because the pain story becomes truly that… just a story. And any story can be rewritten ;) 

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This episode is with the amazing Sarah Shoumer, covering her journey from being stuck in her head to embracing & loving her authentic self.

Sarah is an alumni of Reconnect Academy, and I’m soo proud of all the ways she has grown over the past two years since she went through the program.

If you’ve ever wondered, “Does Reconnect Academy really work long term? Do the results last?” then listen in to this one! Sarah is a beautiful example of how much transformation can continue to happen after the program if you stay devoted to the path of growth and keep using the tools.

Today, Sarah is thriving in college and pursuing her dreams of being a music artist, FREE of the old food fears and body image struggles that used to hold her back.

Nothing makes me happier than to see the success of my students, embodying their truth and SHINING in their unique essence.

Sarah is wise beyond her years and I know you will love this episode. We’ve already had lots of positive feedback from the live recording in our Facebook group! Enjoy ❤️

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Reconnect Academy: https://www.reconnectcollective.com/reconnect-academy

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