Dr. Morgan Francis is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and a Licensed Mental Health Therapist. She is the owner of Scottsdale Premier Counseling and specializes in the treatment of body image, eating disorders, relationships, sexual health, and grief. Her mission is to break through the mental health shame game. Dr. Morgan is a mother to three children and resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband of eleven years. Dr. Morgan shares the story of her brother’s tragic death at just 20 years old and how grieving his loss impacts her life and the work she does today. We also talk about body grief, self-compassion, what we can do to break food and body cycles for our kids, how we unpack the feelings that are beneath our desire to be thin. 

“If we really want to help our children, we have to start with ourselves. We cannot expect our children to be body confident if we are insecure and dieting our bodies away. It won’t work.” - Dr. Morgan Francis

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Morgan’s Website

Dr. Morgan’s Instagram: @drmorganfrancis

Mindful Messages (text messages from Dr. Morgan)

10 Ways To Gain Body Confidence

Dr. Morgan’s Courses: Bye Bye Body Blame & Loving Yourself Through Loss

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating By Christy Harrison

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Maintenance Phase Podcast

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Ep 111 Jessi Jean

Jessi Jean turned her decade long struggle with food and body into her mission. She helps women all around the world end the fight with food and find confidence in their skin so they can live in complete freedom. Jessi studied to become a Mind Body Eating Coach, partnered with a Licensed Professional Counselor and created the Food Freedom Online Program. She is also the host of the Dear Body Podcast and has a social media following of over 170K. Today Jessi shares some of her story and how she overcame her struggles with food and body image. We talk about the levels of healing, the impact of our visual social media diet on our physical and mental health, and the idea of mental pivoting. Jessi also shares her take on willpower, attention-seeking adults, and protecting our peace.

“There are levels to this and layers to healing but I think getting to a point where you’re no longer triggered into binge and emotionally eating is entirely possible.” - Jessi Jean

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Jessi’s Website

Jessi’s Instagram: @jessijeannn

Jessi’s Food Freedom Online Program

Jessi’s Podcast

Jessi’s Episode on the Squats and Margarita’s Podcast

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Ep 4 Erin Washington

Ep 94 Tara Brunet

Dr. Quincee Gideon is a psychologist, educator, and expert in trauma recovery and post-traumatic growth. She is particularly interested in advocating for healthy boundaries, self-discovery and challenging our own inner shame. Over the years Dr. Quincee developed a specialization in codependency, how trauma impacts the brain and body, cults, and religious trauma. On the show we discuss religious trauma, cult trauma, what constitutes a cult, why a person would get involved with a cult, and so on. Dr. Quincee also shares her story of coming from a very religious upbringing to taking missionary trips to Africa and all the pieces of the puzzle that led to the work she does now.

“You should always be able to leave a group, no matter what.” - Dr. Quincee Gideon

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Quincee’s Website

Dr. Quincee’s Instagram: @drquincee

Religious Trauma Recovery Membership

Training for Therapists on Religious Trauma

Religious & Cult Trauma Coaching

Dr. Quincee’s Podcast

One Love Foundation

Sounds Like a Cult Podcast: The Cult of Instagram Therapists

Bryana Kappadakunnel is a LMFT, an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, and a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified. She is also the owner & voice behind Conscious Mommy. Since 2011, Bryana has worked exclusively with families with very young children to navigate challenges related to child development, behavioral & emotional issues, attachment problems, and trauma. Her approach is unique in that she works primarily with parents by helping them discover their child’s nervous system and developmental needs. Parents also learn how to regulate their own triggered reactions and discover more self-control and self-compassion. Bryana is also a mom of 2 young children, and lives with her spouse in Southern California. Bryana shares the story of her childhood trauma, specifically around her relationship with her mother. She shares how her childhood impacts her own motherhood journey and influences the work she does today. We also talk about conscious parenting - how it differs from gentle parenting - and the key elements that set Bryana’s philosophy apart from all other parenting strategies.

“I believe that acceptance of the child really begins with the self-acceptance that many of us are still navigating toward and really embracing.” - Bryana Kappadakunnel

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Christie’s YouTube Channel

Bryana’s Website

Bryana’s Instagram: @consciousmommy

Bryana’s YouTube Channel

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Ep 93 Shonda Moralis

Nellie Harden is a Family Life & Leadership Coach who focuses on helping families with teen daughters stop wasting time and energy in power struggles and raise confident, wise, and respectful young women that know their worth and are actually ready for the world! She is a wife and mom to 4 daughters, author, speaker, podcaster, retired homeschooling parent and adventure chaser. Today Nellie shares her story: how her childhood impacts her work today, how the traumas and challenges in her life have shaped her parenting perspective, unpacking the oldest daughter trope, and growing up in a blended family. We talk about the 5 C’s of communication with tweens and teens and the biological differences in development between teen boys and girls.

“Never accept ‘fine.’ I call ‘fine’ the F-word because ‘fine’ could mean terrible or ‘fine’ could mean I’m great.” - Nellie Harden

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Nellie’s Website

Nellie’s Instagram: @nellieharden

Nellie’s Podcast

5 Things Your Daughter Needs

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Ep 105 Ashley Rodrigues

Amanda Petrik-Gardner is a LPC who specializes in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, including OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Hoarding, and Body Focused Repetitive Behavior Disorder. Amanda is the creator of the OCD Exposure Coloring Books and is on the board for OCD Kansas, an affiliate of the IOCDF (International OCD Foundation). She also shares her expertise on social media to her combined 65K+ followers. Today Amanda breaks down all of the above mentioned disorders: the signs and symptoms, how to get help, and how each of these disorders can manifest. Amanda also talks about social media: her perspective and experience as well as our collective experience with normalizing conversation around mental health and the areas we can still improve upon.

“We don’t do this in the physical health field. We don’t say, ‘I’m so cancer, I’m so diabetes, I’m so coronary heart disease…’ but with mental health you hear this all the time: ‘I’m so OCD, I’m so ADHD’ and it’s so harmful.”  - Amanda Petrik-Gardner

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Amanda’s Website

Amanda’s Instagram: @anxietyocdtreatment

Amanda’s Tiktok: @anxietyocdtreatment

Amanda’s OCD Coloring Books

Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:

Ep 17 Jenna Overbaugh

Ep 97 Madina Alam

This solo show is all about my experience meeting Dr. Becky Kennedy! I’ve followed Dr. Becky on social media since the beginning of the pandemic and she is an inspiration to me as a mom, businesswoman, mental health advocate, and empire builder! Today I share my mental state leading up to the event and the events that have transpired and impacted my mindset since. I also share the details of a recent depressive episode and what I believe is my most “toxic trait.”

“I need to step into my Dr. Becky era and be convicted in this feeling that I want more.” - Christie Rocha

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Dr. Becky’s Website

Dr. Becky’s Book

Dr. Becky’s Instagram: @drbeckyatgoodinside

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Ep 102 Adriana Keefe

Ep 105 Ashley Rodrigues

Ashley Rodrigues is a Perinatal Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate in Denver, Colorado. Ashley is an educator, speaker, and licensed therapist who believes growth is achieved through empowerment and education. She currently practices in the beautiful city of Denver and provides face to face and virtual support for therapy in the state of Colorado. For those residing outside the state of Colorado, Ashley offers virtual workshops and coaching groups. Ashley shares her pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood story. She shares how her pregnancies differed and her experience around pregnancy loss. We talk about navigating the healthcare system during and after pregnancy and identity changes in motherhood. 

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Ashley’s Website

Ashley’s Instagram: @ashleyrodrigueswellness

Joanna Townsend is a licensed psychotherapist based in Bozeman, Montana and the owner of Root & Rise, a modern and inclusive mental wellness practice for millennials. Joanna brings her true self and inner nerd to the therapy space. She specializes in the areas of anxiety, perfectionism, self-worth, life transitions, burn out, eating disorder recovery, and is a big advocate of feeling all the feels, authenticity, self-compassion, and letting go of shame. We discuss self-compassion and self-acceptance - what they mean, what they don’t mean, and how to start and elevate our self-compassion practices. We talk about perfectionism and people-pleasing and how both can relate to a lack of self-compassion. Joanna talks about enoughness for women, for millennials, for content creators, and so much more.

“Comparison is natural and normal, it’s in our wiring, but our relationship to it can either create wounds to our self-worth or be a source of inspiration and connection.” - Joanna Townsend

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Joanna’s Website

Joanna’s Instagram: @joannatalksfeelings

Joanna’s Feeling Feelings Course

Joanna’s Newsletter

Stacy & Markus Naugle are back! This husband and wife team are high-performance health consultants who help excellence-driven people generate the vitality necessary to fuel sustained success in their professional and personal lives without burning out. Their Six Pillars of Health methodology focuses on quick to implement action steps that are easily integrated into busy schedules. Much of our conversation centers around their big and recent move to Ecuador! We talk about what the adjustment has been like, how they are managing, and what they’ve learned about health so far. We also talk about parenting tips, tricks, and advice for getting kids to eat a wide variety of foods, expand their palates and minds, and what it means to instill a legacy of health.

“When it comes to kids, think about the long game…think about the day and the week, as opposed to each of the individual meals.” - Markus Naugle

Links:

Christie’s Website

Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays

Stacy & Markus’ Website

Stacy & Markus’ Instagram: @your_vegan_family

High Performance Health Audit - Use Code “SASS” for $50 off!

Previous Sass Says Episode Mentioned:

Ep 81 Stacy & Markus Naugle