In today's episode, we interview Gabi Kahn, non-diet dietitian and owner of Methodd Nutrition. She works with moms who struggle with the vicious diet cycle and want to create a healthy relationship with food and their body in order to help themselves and protect their young daughters from a lifetime of dieting.    In this episode you’ll hear:

• Gabi shares why her niche is on food relationships between mom’s and their daughters (2:30)
• How a mother’s relationship with food affects her child's relationship with food (6:41)
• Diets sometimes stem from a place of love and nurture, but it still has detrimental impacts (9:46)
• The hurtful impact of subliminal messages (13:23)
• How do we combat this issue and what do moms need to do? (14:09)
• The effect of negative biases (17:30)
• Gabi shares recommendations on how to deal with children who start picking apart their own bodies (19:28)
• How to encourage parents to promote body diversity with their kids? (21:19)
• The lack of control in the outside environment can impact children’s relationship with food (24:34)
• Dealing with parents who have internalized fatphobia (27:03)
•  What Gabi recommends parents should say in the event someone else makes a comment about their child (31:42)
• How to be a good role model for your child (33:56)

IG: @gabikahn.rd

Link to work 1:1 together: https://www.methoddnutrition.com/services

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:

• Morality and how we label food has a profound impact on our psyche  (1:55)
• Brittany and Lauren share their experience with food guilt and restrictive eating (4:34)
• There are different forms of guilt associated with food and our own beliefs (7:32)
• Where do our food behaviors and guilt stem from? (9:12)
• Recognizing our thoughts are not necessarily facts and digging into the root of where our beliefs originate (11:41)
• Distinguishing between the subjective and objective when it comes to characteristics about food (14:49)
• Why it takes work to create new neural pathways after years of having the same thoughts around food (15:56)
• The purpose of affirmations to create thoughts that support new positive neural pathways (17:18)

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 Becca King, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist from Charlotte, North Carolina. As an adult with ADHD who struggled for years with disordered eating, Becca is passionate about helping other adults with ADHD who struggle with binge eating, chronic dieting, and body image issues find food freedom and improve their self-esteem. She uses the Principles of Intuitive Eating and a Health at Every Size approach to nutrition for ADHD in her virtual practice.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Why we still need more resources about ADHD and the guilt and shame surrounding it (2:45)
• How dopamine and ADHD relates to food and binge eating with intuitive eating being the perfect middle ground (5:44)
• The connection between intuitive eating and dopamine and why restricting sugar when you have ADHD is not always a good thing (11:10)
• Binge eating can be a way to self-medicate and Becca gives tips on how to eat intuitively instead (19:07)
• Becca shares ways to remind yourself to eat and how working from home has changed people’s eating habits (25:24)
• How Becca integrates the idea of food freedom and intuitive eating with her clients (33:05)
• Tips for meal prepping and cooking whether you have ADHD or not (43:53)

Connect with Becca:

instagram.com/adhd.nutritionist/

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:

• Many clients come to Brittany and Lauren with a fear of carbs because they are afraid they will make them gain weight (2:40)
• Teaching clients how food is broken down and utilized (6:26)
• Our brains can’t store glucose, we actually need carbs to help out (8:29)
• Workouts that aren’t properly fueled harm our body (9:31)
• What happens when we don’t eat carbs (13:06)
• What is a neuropeptide and how does it impact our eating habits? (17:10)
• Why does our body crave carbs? (21:25)
• Giving yourself permission to eat the full amount of carbs you want to eat (24:32)
• The connection between low carbs and hypothyroidism (27:36)
• Brittany and Lauren share where their feat of carbs came from (30:07)
• The hard truth is our bodies change and age (33:55)

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 Marissa Miluk, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Binge Eating Coach. Marissa works with individuals who struggle with their relationship with food and body image.

• When Marisa hit rock bottom she realized that her pursuits of becoming an actress were clouded by diet culture and the industry wasn't what she thought it was. (8:36)
• One of the biggest pieces in recovery is that you have to trust this journey and trust this process and you can’t put conditions around it. (13:24)
• Marisa share how her eating disorder was tied to her need for control when everything felt so out of control. (17:18)
• Quick tips for people who have a fear of food whether it’s associated as bad or struggling to reintroduce foods. (23:47)
• The faster you can shift yourself to unconditional permission to eat then the quicker binge eating can stop and one way to do that is by looking at food judgments. (27:01)
• Why being in a consistent caloric deficit is bad for your gut health, it's bad for your immune system and it's bad for your mental health. (32:36)
• An explanation of whether or not food addiction is real and how it compares to drugs and hugs with our body’s response. (35:25)

Connect with Marissa:

instagram.com/binge.nutritionist

https://anchor.fm/behindthebinge

MaKaiNutrition.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:

• How our relationship with food impacts our romantic, familial, and friend relationships (4:42)
• How often you think about food is related to your relationship with food itself (5.33)
• Lauren and Brittany share their stories about their previous relationship with food and how it impacted them when going out with friends (8:49)
• When people make comments about eating habits, its a projection of their own food insecurities (12.52)
• Genetics plays a huge role in our eating habits and body size (15:15)
• Relationships, in general, are affected by your relationship with food, but how does it impact the dating aspect of things? (17:28)
• Lauren and Brittany share how micromanaging food affected their relationship with friends and family (21:29)
• Being healthy is also having a healthy relationship with food and being flexible (26:49)

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 Gabby Valdes, a dating coach who helps singles looking for love find their special someone to enjoy life with. Gabby has helped dozens of singles finally find a healthy and committed relationship.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Our attachment styles are based on we how we first learned to love as children and impact how we love as adults. (3:54)
• Healthy relationships and healthy love according to a dating coach. (12:09)
• Advice for people using dating apps - what information should you put in your profile? (28:27)
• Gabby shares six easy signs to help filter out people that aren’t serious about relationships on dating apps. (34:31)
• Everyone has been ghosted at one point in their dating life or ghosted someone else. It’s a good opportunity to do some self-reflection. (42:41)
• Gabby provides some advice for listeners who are lacking confidence in dating. (48:27)
• The four stages that can help you separate expectations from reality when dating and help build emotional intelligence. (52:46)

Connect with Gabby:

Instagram: @gabriellevaldes

Link: 6 Easy Checklists That Filter Out People Who Aren't Serious About a Relationship

 

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:

• How diet culture pushes the image and messaging around summer body which hurts our mental health and our relationship with food. (1:24)
• While it’s normal for humans to compare themselves to other humans, you’ll hear questions to ask yourself to help sort through why it’s happening. (4:11)
• Two social media tips for diversifying the images you see and how to clear out those that trigger you or make you feel bad when consuming their content. (6:35)
• Mindset insights for accepting your body today and taking steps to enjoy your summer even if the pandemic has brought on weight gain. (14:22)
• Why it’s just as important to buy clothes in a bigger size as it is when we need a smaller size. (20:37)
• When trying on clothes, there is a story and narrative we have in our head and how to reframe the negative thoughts. (24:44)
• Tips for how to engage in summer social events without comparing our clothes, bodies, and plates of food. (31:12)

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 Molly Seifert, is a Body Image Coach and Mentor who helps women feel comfortable in their body as it changes with Intuitive Eating. Molly is on a mission to empower more women to radically love themselves and their bodies! It lights her up to watch women be their full selves, unapologetically!

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Molly's journey with body image, how her relationship with food started after an IBS diagnosis, and how her health coaching practice shifted after learning about intuitive eating. (1:27)
• How to handle body comparison coming out of the pandemic and questions to ask yourself if you do find yourself in that place. (10:51)
• What thin privilege is and how having a body size that is marginalized can impact health outcomes. (18:39)
• What to do when you feel like your partner has internalized fat phobia and it's impacting your relationship. (23:22)
• Grieving body changes and letting go of society's ideals around thinness to embrace your own definition of what feels good to you. (30:29)
• Dating post covid when you may be in a body you aren't totally comfortable with. (33:08)

Connect with Molly:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/

Free 21 Day Journal: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/21dayjournal

 

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:

• A conversation about intuitive eating and alcohol, and the impact of alcohol on our overall sleep, stress, well being, and anxiety. (01:02)
• Experience with alcohol during college, an increase in drinking during the world wide pandemic, and learning how alcohol impacts the body. (4:45)
• The relationship of alcohol with disordered eating and how it can present itself as "drunkorexia" or lead to binging. (9:55)
• Why it’s important to eat a well balanced meal the day after drinking, alcohol has an impact on your blood sugar. (14:17)
• Similar to food cravings, be deliberate in your drink choices and pick something that you actually enjoy or else you’ll keep seeking it. (17:40)
• Different questions to ask to help evaluate your relationship with alcohol and identify adjustments that can be made. (21:31)
• The social pressures felt to drink and how to deal with them in order to make the right decision for yourself. (25:01)

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/