Certified Eating Psychology Coach, Jessi Jean, joins us to talk about what’s actually happening during a binge eating event, and how we can begin to manage it more effectively.

Episode Notes Jessi Jean is a Certified Eating Psychology Coach who turned her decade long struggle with food + body into her mission. Now she helps women all around the world end the fight with food using unique brain based techniques so they can have any effortless relationship with food + unshakeable confidence in their skin.She joins us for this episode to share what’s happening during a binge eating event from the perspective of neuroscience, to better understand how patterns and habits are engrained, and how we can unlearn them,

In this episode we discuss:

• Jessi’s personal battle with binge eating and how she recovered
• The role of self-worth and binge eating 
• Training new pathways in the brain 
• Food addiction: is it real?
• Finding *your* balance
• Common causes of binge eating
• Why binge eating requires more than therapy
• Perfectionism and food
• Importance of a daily morning habit

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RESOURCES

• Jessi Jean’s Binge Eating Model 
• Website: risewithmeco.com
• Facebook Group: Rise With Me 
• Pinterest: @conquerbingeeating
• Instagram @jessijeannn
• The Dear Body Podcast by Jessi Jean
• Trust and Surrender Necklace Waitlist
• The NEW rachelmmolenda.com
• FREE Guide: Quickstart to Intuitive Eating Guide & Audio Recording 
• Learn more: Intuitive Way For Eating (one-on-one coaching with Rachel)
• Get on the waitlist: Intuitive Way For Eating January 2021

Adrienne Rommel, Certified Nutritional Practitioner and Yoni Nutritionist & Health Coach joins us this week to talk about caring for your vaginal health naturally, and the role diet, lifestyle and self-care can play into healing vaginal-related issues such as Candida, Bacterial Vaginosis, HPV and herpes.Rachel also sheds light on her recent break up and the serendipitous events surrounding it. If you wish to get right to the episode subject matter, skip to 26:45.Episode Notes Adrienne Rommel is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner, Yoga Teacher and Health Coach, and has a passion for women’s sexual health and wellness.

Adrienne has struggled with her own vaginal & sexual health issues for most of her life – from chronic yeast infections to HPV, from a HSV2 diagnosis at 21 to severe Candida overgrowth in her mid-30’; all of which, she has been able to holistically manage and heal through diet, nutrition, and wellness practices.In this episode we discuss:

• The Candida Diet
• It’s not what you eat, but how you eat 
• Importance of food combining for healing vaginal health issues 
• Healing your yoni through nutrition without triggering your disordered eating
• Blood sugar balancing for vaginal health
• The 3 things to eat at each meal 
• The link between stress and vaginal health 
• What your root chakras have to do with vaginal health 
• Self care, self love and sleep for vaginal health 
• Why mainstream medicine like canesten isn't helping 
• Communicating your vaginal issues with intimate partners 
• Immunity and vaginal viruses (HPV)
• IUDs: the good, the bad, the ugly 
• Simple strategies everyone can do to manage vaginal health

GRAB YOUR FREEBIEDownload Rachel's NEW Quickstart to Intuitive Eating Guide & Audio Recording over here. In this free source, you will learn simple strategies you can implement immediately to improve your relationship with food and get one step closer to a happy, healthy, truly satisfied you. Download your copy now.RESOURCES:

• Adrienne Rommel 
• • Instagram @yoninutritionist
  • Facebook @yoninutritionist
  • Twitter @healthyyoni
  • Website yoninutritionist.com
  • Work with Adrienne 
• Podcast 101
• Hair Holistic Studio (Toronto)

Sacha Welsh, Founder of Welsh Wellness, joins us this week to share her personal journey navigating postpartum depression, as well as how to support yourself through preconception, pregnancy and postpartum the best that you can.

Episode Notes

Sacha Welsh is a Certified Health Coach, Founder of Welsh Wellness and new mom of three. After experiencing a recovery scare following the delivery of her second child, Sacha became passionate about helping new and expecting moms create and maintain a healthy lifestyle, so they can feel their best while accomplishing one of life's greatest challenges: motherhood.  In this episode we discuss:

• Sacha’s journey navigating postpartum depression (PPD)
• Common signs/symptoms to watch out for with PPD
• Communicating with your partner about your PPD 
• The “postpartum hormone drop”
• Nutrition strategies for pre-conception, during pregnancy and postpartum 
• Organic food during conception
• How you can make health & nutrition a less stressful experience throughout pregnancy 

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Resources:

• Sacha Welsh Instagram @welsh_wellness
• Sacha Welsh Facebook 
• Sacha Welsh YouTube
• Work with Sacha (The Pregnancy Power System)

Marlee Liss joins us this week to share her personal experience of sexual assault and the events that occurred to concluding her case with restorative justice; a form of reconciliation that focuses on repair, rather than punishment. Episode Notes

Marlee Liss is a women’s embodied love coach and Founder of Re-Humanize, an organization focused on uplifting cultural standards of empathy. Marlee has shared her story of restorative justice for sexual violence, the first of what will hopefully soon be many, in Canada, across major platforms such as Forbes, Huff Post, Buzzfeed, Mel Robbins Show and more.

In this episode we discuss:

• Restorative justice as a means of preventing the retraumatization of victims
• Marlee’s personal experience with sexual assault
• Why most assault victims don’t report it
• What Marlee did immediately after her assault 
• How the traditional justice system falls short
• Getting your assailant to agree to go to therapy 
• Working in sacred sensuality after sexual assault 

Vote for The Fill Your Cup Podcast as Podcast of the Year

The Fill Your Cup Podcast has been nominated as Podcast of the Year in the Paragon Awards! You can vote daily from October 3rd - October 9th. Click here to vote. 

Sponsor:

• BetterHelp | Go to trybetterhelp.com/fillyourcup to save 10% off of your first month of therapy 

Resources:

• @marleeliss Instagram 
• @_rehumanize InstagramMarlee Liss Facebook
• Rehumanizemovement.com
• Marlmeeliss.com 
• Free Masterclass: The Pleasure Revolution

Kyla Fox joins us to talk about her eating disorder, the role eating disorders can play, The Kyla Fox Centre and how we can support ourselves or loved ones with eating disorders.

Episode Notes

Kyla Fox is a Master level Clinical Therapist and a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders and the National Eating Disorders Association. Because of the years of silence in her suffering, Kyla has made it her mission to get loud about changing the way we understand eating disorders in our culture. Her mission has become even more profound and intentional since bringing her two daughters, Augusta and Ryan, into the world. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Kyla’s personal journey with an eating disorder
• The role eating disorders can play
• What’s wrong with how eating disorders are treated today 
• Eating disorder vs disordered eating 
• Supporting others with eating disorders
• Teaching young women to cultivate a healthy relationship with food and their bodies

Find more at rachelmmolenda.com/podcast

Sponsor:

• BetterHelp | Go to trybetterhelp.com/fillyourcup to save 10% off of your first month of therapy 

Resources:

• The Kyla Fox Centre
• @kylafoxrecovery on Instagram
• National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)

This past January 2020, I committed to having the best sex of my life, both with myself and romantic partners. Up until then, sex was *good*, but I always felt like it could be better; that maybe there was more. Much not to my surprise, there really was so much more I had to discover – and will forever continue to discover.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why I set out with this mission in 2020
• Shedding shame and pleasure anxiety
• Questioning my sexuality (and exploring it)
• Consent is hot
• Learning to communicate my needs, wants, desires
• The key ingredient that helped me to have my first orgasm with a romantic partner
• The Womanizer vibrator and why every woman needs one
• Bodysex: my personal experience
• Bodysex reflections: genital show & tell, erotic recess, group massage and more  
• My biggest fear going into Bodysex and what happened with that fear 

NOTE: In this episode, I share my experiencing partaking in the in-person Bodysex workshop. While this occurred during the pandemic, please know, safety precautions were taken throughout the workshop to protect the health and safety of participants.

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GET ON THE WAITLIST

The Intuitive Way For Eating Fall 2020 program is well under way, but enrolment for January 2021 will be opening before you know it! Get on the waitlist by clicking here to be the first to receive details when it opens. 

Resources:

• FYC Podcast Episode ft. Kathryn Ducey
• FYC Podcast Episode ft. Katrina Marie (@myorgasmiclife)
• Bodysex with Katrina Marie
• Bodysex on Goop ft. Dr. Betty Dodson
• Magic Wand (this is the vibrator we used in Bodysex)
• Barbell by Betty Dodson (also used in Bodysex for penetration)

Jocellyn Harvey was only 24 when she made the decision to pursue recovery for alcoholism and choose a life of sobriety. But it was a decision that would change her life for the better, forever. This episode and the reflections throughout will give you an opportunity to reflect on your own relationship with alcohol, and give you a glimpse into a life of sobriety looks like, as well as how choosing not to consume alcohol at various times (as is the case for Rachel) can simply be a part of an intuitive eating lifestyle. In this episode we discuss:

• The moment Jocellyn realized she had to get sober
• Jocellyn’s upbringing and how it relates to her former addiction 
• How to know when you have a drinking problem 
• Celebrating big life events without alcohol 
• Jocellyn’s favourite non-alcoholic alternatives
• The steps Jocellyn took to heal 
• What you can do to heal if you’re struggling with alcohol

The advice shared in this episode is derived from an individual’s personal experience and does not suffice as professional or medical-related advice. If you suspect that you, or someone you know, has a durg & alcohol problem and is in need of help, please click here. 

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How is your relationship with anger? Do you repress it? Do you avoid it because you think it makes you less positive or spiritual? Maybe you're just realizing how much anger you're carrying.

In the course Befriending Anger by Jocellyn Harvey of Soul and Mindset, you'll learn how it's necessary for women to feel, understand, and process this emotion both physically and mentally!

Sales start on September 15 for this 4-week-long course. Save your spot over here. 

Resources:

Website: www.soulandmindset.comInstagram: @soul_and_mindset Podcast: https://www.soulandmindset.com/the-soul-and-mindset-podcast Instagram Live with Rachel Molenda x Gruvi

WELCOME TO SEASON 4 of The Fill Your Cup Podcast!

Are you constantly bending yourself over backwards to please people? Not really saying what you want to say? Putting your own needs and desires on the back burner for the mere hope that people will like you if you show up how you think they want you to?

Woof! Just thinking about all of that effort is exhausting, but it’s reality for so many – especially those who struggle with disordered eating and body image-related issues.

In this episode, we speak to Amy E. Smith, Certified Confidence Coach, Masterful Speaker and Personal Empowerment Expert. Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-love.

In this episode we discuss:

• Amy’s story of breaking from the “shoulds” including her Christian upbringing 

• What your intuition has to do with people pleasing 

• Listening to your inner critic (what to look for)

• Following what feels right for you 

• What can happen in your life when you ditch the people pleasing 

• Taming your inner critic 

• Kind ways you can say no to people 

• The beauty of boundaries 

Thanks to our sponsor, BetterHelp

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• Website: thejoyjunkie.com

• Amy’s Free Guide: Stand Up For Yourself Without Being a Dick: 9 Proven Challenges to Radically Improve Your Self-Confidence and Self-Love 

• Amy’s Free Facebook Community: Bonus Trainings, Camaraderie, and Freebies

• Amy on Instagram: Follow along!

On August 20th, 2019, I left my healthy 6 year relationship out of an inner knowing that there was more for me in this life. Since then, my life has changed drastically and I am closer to living my "dream life" every single day.

In this episode I share:

• My FREE TRAINING this week (Aug 19th, 2020)
• A recap of EVERYTHING that happened in the past year (and it's a lot)
• Where I'm at today and what I've learned
• How worth has showed up throughout my year of healing
• Speaking my truth about my sexuality
• My commitment to have the best sex of my life 
• My improved relationship with food and my body 
• Life with my current partner, Joel (aka Foodie)
• What my relationship with my previous partner, Randy, looks like now 
• How I'm living more intuitively than ever 
• What to expect in Season 4 of The Fill Your Cup Podcast 

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As mentioned in this episode:

• BetterHelp Online Therapy – save 10% off your first month by clicking here
• CBC Radio Interview with Joel Solish & Rachel Molenda: Love In The Time of COVID
• Episode 31: My Break Up Story
• Episode 33: Twin Sister Tell All with Samantha Molenda
• Episode 67: Meet my Dad, Myron Molenda
• Episode 38: My Eat, Rach, Love Trip (+ Blog Post)
• Episode 65: How I Left My Full-Time Job To Work For Myself
• Episode 64: Shedding The "Shoulds" + Living More Intuitively 
• My Podcast 101 Guide (only $28!)

When Ren Navarro entered the craft beer industry, she quickly realized the lack of representation as a queer, black woman in beer. Ren shares with us her experiences paving her own path of carving out her space at the beer table, along with how the work she does as the Founder of Beer. Diversity. Informs and educates to initiate change both in and out of the industry. In this episode we discuss:

• From a career in a call centre to a top consultant of craft beer 
• Life as a Queer, Black Woman in Beer
• What it’s like to not see representations of yourself 
• Jargon, and how it can be isolating and uninviting
• Ren’s role as the Founder of The Society Of Beer Drinking Ladies 
• Women as the initial inventors of beer (and how it quickly became dominated by men)
• What made Ren’s “coming out” experience not stressful 
• Filling your cup as a minority 

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Resources:

• Learn More + Hire Ren:
• • Instagram: @beer_diversity
  • Facebook: /beerdiversity
  • Twitter: @beer_diversity
  • Website: beer-diversity.com
• Ep. 46 How To Be Happier with Dr. Gillian Mandich
• Ep. 49 Living Your Most Orgasmic Life with Katrina Marie 
• Ep. 56 How To Respond To Unsolicited Comments About Your Body with Summer Innanen
• Ep. 59 How To Make a Good Ass Cup Of Lemonade Out Of Rotten Lemons with Rachel Kelly
• Ep. 61 You Have The Right To Remain Fat with Virgie Tovar 
• Resource: Where you can donate to support Black Lives Matter
• INSTRUCTIONS TO LEAVE A REVIEW ON THE FILL YOUR CUP PODCAST