In this episode you’ll hear:

• Brittany and Lauren talk about all things Halloween- the candy, the guilt, and the narrative around Halloween sweets. They share their favorite sweets, what it was like growing up to consuming Halloween treats and why there is so much fear around Halloween candy? (1:47)
• Why do we feel more in “control” when we restrict and/or binge on certain foods? Brittany shares her story of orthorexia and why Halloween was always the time to “cut” out sugar and candy (4:45)
• How anxiety ties in with food restriction and certain holidays. Brittany and Lauren discuss the narrative around diet culture and holidays and its message of “controlling” yourself. (10:42)
• What we are exposed to when we are children impacts our thoughts as we grow up. Brittany shares how even the smallest message, like eat your vegetables, can develop into anxiety where a kid no longer trusts themselves to eat or control themselves around food. (16:55)
• Brittany and Lauren discuss some things that you can do leading up to Halloween that can make you feel more neutral around food. (20:06)
• Remember that certain foods like candy, cupcakes, and chocolate are not there to enhance your nutrition, rather they're there to enhance satisfaction, and enjoyment in life. (25:03)

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In today's episode, we interview Susan Warner Susan is an educator, wife and mother. Her journey is a perfect example of  life’s contradictions.  A storybook marriage of 38 years and two magnificent children, she existed in the comfort of an extraordinary cocoon of family and friends. Enter the devasting suicide of her 34 year-old son and then the subsequent death of her husband 6 months later of a virulent cancer in a eight week diagnosis to death, Susan is a story of acceptance, pushing on and not being defined by social emotional norms.  She is living her best life, making choices that define her “right turn” after her catastrophic loss, and characterizing a journey to self -actualization and a commitment to help others who have experienced loss. 

In this episode you’ll hear:

• In honor of World Mental Health Day, Brittany and Lauren interview Susan Warner who shares her experience with mental health and coping with the devastating loss of her 34-year-old son to suicide. Suicide is such a brutal and complex phenomenon, and Susan explains how despite what people may portray on the outside, we do not know what they struggled with on the inside (2:52)
• The stigma around mental health and suicide still remains prevalent in many communities. Susan explains how despite such a tragedy she does not feel any shame about her son’s death. She shares how her own perception of mental health and suicide has changed from this experience (8:54)
• We live in a world of constant connection where boundaries with social media can be blurred especially in today’s day and age. Susan shares her thoughts about boundaries with social media, isolation, and dealing with some of the challenges the young generation faces (13:14)
• As a counselor, Susan discusses cyberbullying and changes in parenting and how this relates to mental health. According to Susan, life is full of bumps and curves and it makes you more interesting. She explains how her marriage changed after the suicide and what recovery looked like for her. Can you be happy after such a tragic loss? (16:31)
• Where do you start healing after this type of loss? Susan shares how it was less about professional help and more to do with introspection and soul searching, and why profound loss makes you a deeper person (22:18)
• Despite a lot of awareness, why there is still stigma and shame around suicide? Susan discusses how stigma can only end when people really understand that suicide wasn't an appealing choice for the person, but an act of trying to make other people’s lives easier. (25:07)
• Even if you suffer deep loss, you can seek joy in this world. Susan explains what she wants to get out of this world when it is her time to go (31:35)

Connect with Susan:

[email protected]

Links:

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

 Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In today's episode, we interview Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, a Columbia, SC-based nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert who is passionate about helping others rediscover the joy of eating and foster a healthier relationship with food. She is the founder of Rachael Hartley Nutrition, a weight-inclusive practice where she specializes in disordered eating and healing from chronic dieting, IBS and other digestive disorders, and women's health. She also runs the popular blog The Joy of Eating, where she shares practical intuitive eating advice and non-diet recipes, and is featured regularly in national media outlets. In 2021, Rachael released her first book, Gentle Nutrition: A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating, which explores the role of nutrition in intuitive eating. Rachael presents regularly about intuitive eating and non-diet nutrition to professional audiences and the general public.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• How Rachael got into her line of work and her process behind how she found the information and ideas to put in her book and why (1:03)
• What does Gentle Nutrition mean and what role does it play in intuitive eating? What does gentle nutrition look like in motion? (4:20)
• Rachael shares how gentle nutrition works with people who need to follow specific diets to address chronic health conditions (9:01)
• Another element of gentle nutrition is to have self compassion, nonjudgment and curiosity especially in the face of health conditions. Rachael talks about how there is a lot of information out there that sometimes disillusions and confuses clients. (13:43)
• What can you do to make sure that gentle nutrition doesn't become another diet? Rachael shares how gentle nutrition is something you come to at the end of your food journey rather than the beginning and how you can integrate principles of gentle nutrition in an intentional manner. Lauren shares some questions you can ask yourself to practice self awareness (17:30)
• Rachael shares how gentle nutrition falls into meal preparedness and meal planning and how you can practice it during your food journey. She explains how food preparedness can actually help you examine and address your eating patterns (25:11)
• Rachael shares some tips her top tip you can implement if you’re starting your gentle nutrition journey (28:42)

Connect with Rachel:

https://www.rachaelhartleynutrition.com/

https://www.rachaelhartleynutrition.com/my-book-gentle-nutrition

https://www.instagram.com/rachaelhartleyrd/?hl=en

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

 Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Why it’s okay to want to lose weight and how you can still adopt intuitive eating patterns without focusing on the end goal of weight loss as the only goal to self-acceptance. (0:55)
• Destigmatizing weight loss as a normal human desire without needing to feel bad about it. Brittany and Lauren share their experience with intuitive eating and how they reached a point of acceptance and peace with it (5:56)
• Brittany shares how creating a cost-benefit analysis when it comes to continuing to diet for intentional weight loss versus stopping your diet can help give you a sense of perspective and control around food. (10:07)
• It can be really hard to not seek out weight loss when it feels like the entire world is on a diet. Following like-minded social media accounts and seeking help from professionals can help avoid triggers. (13:16)

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In today's episode, we interview Brynta Ponn, a body confidence influencer and social media powerhouse from Toronto represented by Shine Talent Group, the leading influencer talent management agency. Brynta is encouraging people to live unapologetically and embrace their bodies through honest conversation and comedic content. She was a speaker at The BodCon 2021, the first-ever virtual body confidence conference. TheBodCon, created by Shine Talent Group, is hosting monthly events to create positive change on how we view our bodies. Learn more at TheBodCon.com.

In this episode you’ll hear: In this episode you’ll hear:

• Brynta's goal is to stop the war we have going on with our bodies and to prove it is possible to show herself kindness no matter our size (1:28)
• How wedding dress shopping helped her to become this body confidence influencer (2:28)
• What do body respect, positivity, and neutrality look like in day-to-day life? (6:43)
• The impact of the lack of inclusive styles and sizes in the fashion industry and how it changed her approach to body neutrality (8:44)
• Brynta shares what she would say to somebody who is currently struggling with body image issues (16:44)
• Addressing personal stigmas and preconceived notions about weight, body types, and co-opting terms (19:20)
• Brynta explains how she got involved with Bodcon and finding a community and space where she could connect with likeminded people about body acceptance (21:18)
• How Brynta’s childhood and upbringing impact how she saw her body, how she felt in it, and what the expectations of her body were. (23:28)
• Why media and social media is becoming a major issue for the younger generation and the issue with celebrities promoting unrealistic body goals and lifestyle (25:59)
• What advice does Brenda have for people who are constantly on social media and seeing the world of celebrities and comparing their bodies to theirs (34:23)

Connect with Brynta:

 IG: @bryntstagram

TikTok: @brynta27

 

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

 Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In this episode you’ll hear:

• What is meal preparedness and does it have the ability to help you with intuitive eating?   (1:01)
• A big piece of satisfaction and sustainability that comes from intuitive eating is making sure you're switching your meals up (5:52)
• Feeling frustrated about thinking about food? Brittany and Lauren share some advice on dealing with the hunger, food stress and food scarcity mentality (8:22)
• Strategies when it comes to meal preparedness, where to start and how to maintain this eating lifestyle (14:34)
• How meal delivery services can help with inspiration or deal with food prep stress  (19:24)
• Leftovers help save time, and mental energy when it comes to thinking about what to eat or cook the next day (22:02)
• Where do snacks fit in when it comes to intuitive eating? (25:53)

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In today's episode, we interview Julie Duffy Dillon, a Fat Positive Registered Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert partnering with people with PCOS on their Food Peace Journey™️. You can hear on her weekly podcast, Love Food. Learn more about her work including courses for PCOS at JulieDillonRD.com.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• What PCOS is and how it is diagnosed (3:58)
• Common symptoms that people usually come to Julie with like mood disorders, menstruation patterns, and other things like weight change (6:46)
• How intuitive eating and giving yourself permission to eat can help counter a more restrictive binge pattern (10:31)
• Why alternative ways for people with PCOS to lose weight may not always be the greatest approach and can often exacerbate the problem (17:20)
• Julie shares her experience dealing with clients in restrictive binge eating diets and how studies have shown that it is so common amongst the PCOS community (23:15)
• Julie talks about fertility and PCOS, the message of weight loss and fertility, insulin resistance, and what it all means in the grand scheme of things (26:01)
• What does PCOS management look like from a nondiet perspective? (29:50)
• Suggestions on how to deal with approaching a conversation with your physician advocating for yourself, your boundaries, and your nutrition (32:26)
• A common symptom of PCOS is mood disorders and it isn't really talked about. Julie expands on which mood disorders are commonly seen with people who have PCOS and what's usually done (37:34)

Connect with Julie:

The PCOS Body Liberation Community: https://www.pcosbodyliberation.com/the-community 

PCOS & Food Peace Course: pcosandfoodpeace.com

The Love Food Podcast

IG: https://www.instagram.com/pcosbodyliberation/ 

 

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

 Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Brittany and Lauren debunk what really goes in your brain when you deal with an addiction. What’s the science behind being addicted to food? (1:46)
• How is food associated with reward neurons in our brain, in addition to hormones like dopamine? (4:07)
• Brittany and Lauren discuss how a Yale study that dealt with addiction in rats is flawed and not based in proper clinical evaluations (6:02)
• Are FFQ’s (Food Frequency Questionnaires) actually accurate in dealing with food research and addiction?  (8:12) 
• One way to combat food addiction is to introduce food to yourself in a way that feels good for you. Give yourself permission to eat. (13:01)
• The concept of food addiction is that we want to place blame on something, or on ourselves. In reality, the blame is on diet culture and it's not your fault (14:21)
• Another approach to addiction is to neutralize food instead of labeling them as inherently good or inherently bad. (17:09)

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

 Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

In today's episode, we interview Brianna (Bri) Campos is a licensed mental health counselor based in New Jersey. As a body image educator and the founder of Body Image With Bri, she’s passionate about all things body image and practices through the lens of Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating. Utilizing a weight-inclusive approach, she combines her clinical skills and lived experience to teach others how to maneuver through their own unique body image journeys.   In this episode you’ll hear:

• Bri defines what body image is and explains how she got into her line of work. (0:41) 
• What is body grief? Bri shares her definition and experience with body grief, especially through the lens of the various stages of grief (5:51)
• Bri speaks to how body image can be tied with our relationship with food, diet culture and the negative voice in our heads. How do you get to a point where you no longer listen to that narrative? (10:58)
• We look at weight loss through rose colored glasses. If we reach a certain weight milestone our lives can officially start. Bri shares how this attachment to body size is only a temporary fix (15:27)
• What does a body image educator and mental health counselor recommend to people that say their issue is not about health but that they’re uncomfortable in their body? (18:59)
• Bri shares her experience dealing with physical therapy (PT) and how it impacted her relationship with body image (23:16)
• How do you handle and respond to friends or family that are making comments disguised as “concern” for health (25:42)
• Bri also shares how pregnant women can handle this issue and deal with people making comments about their bodies (26:31)
• How do you stop with the body comparisons? Bri shares how you can either have a body image thought trail or a body image spiral (32:23)
• What is the connection between making peace with your body, body image, and food? Bri shares how we should focus on the mobility of our body rather than weight loss, and also giving our body rest. (40:31)

  Connect with Bri:

IG: @bodyimagewithbri

Website: www.bodyimagewithbri.com

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

 Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/ 

 

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Brittany and Lauren explore a range of issues under the idea of “mindful movement.” What is mindful movement, why do people get turned off by exercise after years of chronic dieting? What are some of the mental and physical benefits of movement? (2:13)
• Brittany and Lauren shares what their relationship with exercise looked like in the past, as as child and as they grew older (3:12) 
• There is a spectrum to movement and exercise. But how does chronic dieting impact your relationship with exercise? Diet culture has turned exercise into losing weight and presenting a physical appearance. When you focus more on the aesthetic you lose the real benefits of working out as you tend to stop half way through  (11:12)
• Rather than focus on the physical appearance element of working out, we should shift how we view exercise as a movement that benefits our life more holistically (15:18)
• Many people praise HIIT training, but is there a downside? Some studies show that HIIT training can increase our cortisol and impact our sleep (19:10)
• Mindful movement is movement that is attuned to how your body is feeling. What are you experiencing at the moment and what movement can you choose that benefits your body? Taking care of yourself doesn’t always involve breaking an immense sweat and pushing yourself (20:56)
• Being in touch with your body also means recognizing that your body needs rest. This can look like not forcing your body to do something it doesn’t want to do, and connecting your body signals. Lauren and Brittany share what this looks like and what things you can do to help you move (25:36)
• Pairing movement with a hangout or with a partner has immense benefits and is a great way to motivate yourself to move and also help addressing compulsive exercising habits (28:08)
• How does compulsive exercising impact our lives and our relationship with our body and quality of life? (29:49)
• It's important to recognize that the amount we move from day to day will fluctuate. Having the flexibility to realize that some days will be more active than others is totally okay! (34:16)

Connect with Brittany & Lauren:

Brittany’s IG: @nofoodfears

Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanymodellrd.com/ 

 Lauren’s IG: @loandlemons

Lauren’s Website: https://laurenrd.com/