Small Steps

Is getting to lunch time a struggle without a snack or cup of coffee? Do you feel shaky if you don’t eat or want to take a nap right after eating? Are you tired of craving sugar all the time? This week’s show talks about what common thing could be behind all of that and one way to start to curb those signs.

For most of us, the more we become aware, work with or sit with our feelings, the harder it can feel. We haven’t been given all the tools to deal with our emotions and feelings, so we can often feel bad, wrong, or like we’re failing, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. Lisa Olivera, LMFT is on the show today to talk about how we start to learn the tools, embrace the all the feels of life, and how to start building your emotional toolbox to feel more equipped to be fully present and fully alive.

There’s a lot of Health Shoulds out there that, as we move forward in our health, wellness and healing journeys can start to fall short to the people we’re becoming. This week’s podcast talks about 5 health things that are often fueled by diet culture that we can let go of and stop listening to.

Getting pregnant and having a child have been described as all sorts of different things: magical, hard, rewarding, surprising, easy, difficult. It can be hard to know what it’s like going in, and how to figure out how to stay you while you’re growing a human and your body is changing. My guest today, Liz Winters, is here to talk about all of things that don’t often get talked about, how you can step outside of the expectations, reclaim your power, and reconnect with you while pregnant.

You know you want to make some changes in your life and start improving your physical, mental or emotional health and healing. And it can often feel so overwhelming on where to start and what to do first. This episode helps you figure out what to choose first, questions to reflect on, and how to start your journey off in an aligned and meaningful way for you.

We’ve all seen the videos on the many issues of factory farming and how it affects the animals and the environment. While some people choose to stop eating meat as a way to reduce harm, there are many ways we can opt into another system that treats animals and the environment in a way that not only supports, but gives back to the land. In this episode I talk with farmer Paul Grieve of Primal Pastures and Pasturebird about what that looks like and how his farms lead with transparency first.

The weather is heating up for summer, and when that happens, the dial can crank up on diet culture bullshit and messaging. This week’s episode has some reminders about how the changing weather does not mean you need to change your body, go on a diet or fitness program, and that you can wear whatever clothes you want, regardless of your size and what’s “acceptable” from diet culture’s views and more.

An important part of your health and healing can be reconnecting with your voice, owning your story and fully taking up space. Also just as important is finding the spaces where you feel like you can do that and feel comfortable. In this episode, I talk with Lestraundra Alfred of the Balanced Black Girl all about how she started to use her voice, own her story and how she pivoted to create meaningful wellness content focused on amplifying women of color.

Do you feel like, no matter how often you eat, you’re hungry an hour later? Constantly looking for snacks or getting snacks to have on you at all times? That can be exhausting. Today I talk about 6 steps you can try to adjust what and how you’re eating to finally feel fuller, longer, and not NEED to have a stash of snacks at all times.

Food labels and claims have become more confusing and vague, especially when it comes to animal products. When we spend more money to make an ethical choice, we think we’re voting with our dollars, but potentially we’re not making the impact we really think we are due to confusing terms and a lack of government oversight. Organizations like A Greener World have taken things in their hands and have created labeling and labeling resources to help you get the food you intended to buy.