Today’s episode is a follow up from an IG story thread from last week-because what I was sharing  needs a more permanent place than an IG story that is long gone as a resource.

And what I’m talking about today is how you choose, in any given moment, what and how you want to eat. 

Not based on what we’ve been taught is “good” and “bad,” but based on what you have learned works for you. 

This is about choosing to eat with intention so that your actions line up with how you want to feel. And sometimes that means you’re going to be uncomfortable and inconvenienced. 

That is normal. That is part of change. 

I talk through the key skills that change the way you feel around food:

Pausing. Noticing your thoughts around certain foods and situations. Being willing to inconvenience yourself and take an action that requires more effort. Paying attention not just to what you want in that moment, but what is good for your future self. 

Telling yourself you can only have dessert on the weekend and that salad is “good” and pizza is “bad” is not a long term solution to what you’re dealing with.

What I’m sharing in today’s episode is.

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Today I’m talking with Toronto based Registered Dietician and coach for working moms Ahuva Hershkop.

Ahuva helps women make the transition from living a life by default to a life be design. I love this articulation and everything Ahuva shares in her approach to living a fulfilled life as woman, a mom, a friend, a daughter; all of the roles we manage everyday. 

We have such a great conversation around the expectations moms deal with, why being selfish is always a good thing, how to identify the values that matter to you (not someone else) and how we can give our kids more autonomy with their bodies through food. 

Ahuva shares some stories from her own life that I think will resonate deeply with the day to day challenges we all face making choices around food, how to navigate our kids needs and emotions around food and the way diet culture influences everything around us. 

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First, I’m talking about how important it is to take action for causes you believe in. Specifically, for gun reform. In the wake of last week’s horrifying tragedy in Uvalde, TX I encourage you to call your political representatives-US Senators and Congress person and let them know how important it is for them to support stricter gun laws. 

But today’s episode is really about joy. What we rely on for joy, our ability to choose joy and why joy can coexist with so many other feelings. 

We recently put on the 75th edition of the Washington School show, which is the largest fundraiser for Ben’s elementary school. This show is one of the purest sources and experiences of joy for me-and it feels very different from joy that comes from my work or from Ben. The dancing, the community, the friendships-they are about me. And that matters. 

We spend so much time relying on our bodies to bring us joy never realizing that its a pretty futile pursuit. Because joy is not contingent. Some external thing outside of our control-like the size of our body, someone else’s response to us or someone else’s choices/actions are NOT what decides or controls our joy-unless we allow it to.

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Just because we have a thought doesn’t mean we have to do something about it.

This isn’t about ignoring the thoughts, wishing them away or pretending they aren’t there.

Quite the opposite. Its about noticing. Acknowledging. And then making a conscious, intentional choice about how we want to respond. 

We make a lot of choices and decisions on autopilot, especially around food and our bodies. Whether its reacting to a craving or the urge to go on a diet because we over ate last weekend. 

Taking thoughtful, intentional action as a result of our thoughts is the ONLY way real change actually happens. It's not another diet. It's not a new workout program. 

In this episode I talk through specific techniques you can use to notice your thoughts and then choose how to respond so that you can make progress towards your goals and values. 

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Why do we know what we need to do or want to do and yet can’t seem to do it? Classic self sabotage.

I’m talking through the answer to this on today’s episode. 

Spoiler alert-its not because you didn’t have enough will power or motivation. 

Its because doing new or different things, even when we know they are better choices for us, creates a lot of discomfort for our brains. Its actually a normal response from our nervous system.

This is about how we get comfortable being uncomfortable-that is the key to change. 

I’m breaking down some specific tactics you can use to overcome self sabotage:

✅Taking away the urgency behind your goals

✅Doing the smallest change possible to prove to yourself what you’re capable of

✅Practice, practice, practice

✅Building confidence by taking action even when it feels scary

This episode will totally change the way you think about why you can’t seem to make the changes you want to make.

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I randomly put on an episode of The Home Edit last weekend and it ended up inspiring today’s episode. 

Here’s the crux of it.

We are misusing and misunderstanding the word health. 

Being healthy is not about eating nutritious foods.

You can eat tons of “healthy” food and be an unhealthy person.

You can eat “unhealthy” food and be a healthy person. 

Health is about SO MUCH MORE than what you eat. It is about HOW you eat. How you take care of not just your physical health, but your mental and emotional health as well. This is a highly nuanced, complex topic and diet culture has taken a very reductionist view that I am here to debate. 

Let’s stop confusing nutritious and healthy because its doing a lot of damage to how we approach food and our wellness in general. 

In this episode I talk through the difference between short term fixes and long term solutions and how to know what to pay attention to when you’re being bombarded all day everyday with a new diet or “fix” to your unhappiness.

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Today I’m talking about the language we use around food and why it matters. 

Words like clean, treats and junk.

Because language like this implies good and bad. On and off track. And without us even realizing it, these words perpetuate the all or nothing mindset so many of us struggle with. 

We set ourselves up to feel crappy when we use words like this around food because of the guilt and shame attached to it. 

Words matter because they are how we make sense of what we’re feeling. And because they have meaning and that meaning can then have an impact on how we feel and on our actions. 

My goal for this episode is to get you noticing and thinking about how you talk about food. What is the implication of those words? How do they make you feel? What’s below the surface of the words that we so causally use everyday?


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Today is a fun one! I’m talking with business, nutrition and life coach Ashley Pardo. Ashley was my coach for 6 months and now I am grateful to have her as a mentor and a friend.

At its core today’s conversation today is about body image and how to make peace with how you feel in your own skin.

We both share lots of personal experiences and candid thoughts on:

• What body acceptance actually means
• Why seemingly harmless things like instagram filters create a disconnect between you and your body
• How to find more comfort in your own skin
• Why knowing your values is the foundation of this work
• Why you don’t need to love your body 
• How important time is in this work
• Why body confidence and happiness is never about what you look like

I’m so proud to be creating space for conversations like these where you can get support to live as your truest self. 

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I had a nose job when I was 16 and thought it would make me feel pretty, happy and self confident.

It didn’t.

And I’m today talking about why.

As someone who went to extreme lengths to change something about my body in order to be happier, I want to shout from the rooftops that you don’t improve your body image by changing how you look on the outside. You do it by changing how you feel about yourself on the inside.

In the words of famed meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein, happiness is an inside job. 

In today’s episode I share the specific work I did to finally overcome my body image issues and where you can start from if you’re ready to go through this process.

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My guest today is physiotherapist and post partum expert Surabhi Veitch.

I’m so grateful to have Surabhi here to share so much knowledge and support for woman in all stages of postpartum life. As someone who really struggled after having a baby, the conversation we have today is invaluable.

We break down some of the huge misconceptions around how someone’s body looks vs. how they feel, why strength training is way more important than Kegels and why we need to create more long term post partum support for moms.

There’s so much pressure for moms to “bounce” back and lose weight after a baby and we discuss how harmful this is to the recovery process and why it needs to be about moving forward not “bouncing back.”

Our conversation is about much more than post partum-my son is 10 years old and I really resonated with what Surabhi shared in terms of approachable, sustainable fitness, thinking long term instead of short term and cultivating a more positive body image as a mom.


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