What She Gained

Friends! Man life has been LIFE-ING really hard over here. I've been meaning to record and publish this episode for over a month now. AND we are here now and I'm closing off Season 1 of the What She Gained podcast by letting you in on 1. the biggest thread I've noticed with nearly EVERY SINGLE client I have ever had and 2. What bittersweet things are going on in my life. Season 1 is closing but Season 2 will be back towards the end of 2022! I already have a TON of amazing interviews ready to go for Season 2 so stay tuned!

What you'll learn in this episode:

• There is a common thread that I've seen with almost 100% of the women that I work with and I can widdle it down to two words
• How you can follow this thread for yourself
• As humans, we thrive in community and connection
• Some really important questions to ask yourself to understand your core desires underneath your body image struggles
• What bittersweet things are happening in my life

Connect with Molly Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

This week we dive in with Caitlin Mudd, RD! Caitlin specializes in helping women who are struggling with binge eating & PCOS gain clarity and confidence around food, body, and movement so they balance their hormones and alleviate symptoms without a restrictive diet.  Nearly 1 in 10 women have PCOS - yet treatment approaches are still limited and often do not address the root cause of your PCOS. Caitlin inspires us to see and understand that you CAN feel good in your body with a PCOS diagnosis! Listen in to learn more about Caitlin and how you can be an intuitive eater and feel at home in your skin with a PCOS diagnosis!

What you’ll learn:

• What PCOS is and how common it is
• The unhelpful advice women get when diagnosed with PCOS
• The two-fold approach Caitlin takes to help her clients with PCOS
• How you can utilize gentle nutrition & intuitive eating to help put PCOS symptoms into remission without dieting or obsessing about food or body
• The connection between binge eating and PCOS

Connect with Caitlin:

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@caitlin.mudd.nutrition

Website - https://caitlinmuddnutrition.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/caitlinmuddnutrition/

"3 Step Guide for Navigating Binge Eating" - https://caitlinmuddnutrition.com/opt-in

Connect with Molly 

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

Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

Have you noticed that you are really harsh to yourself, but it feels easy to be kind and compassionate to others? Maybe you’ve heard other people say “treat yourself like you would your best friend!” but that just feels impossible to you? If this all sounds familiar - this episode is for you! In this episode, I dive deep into judgment, shame, and your inner critic and give you some tangible steps to start practicing self-compassion so you aren’t such a jerk to yourself!

What you’ll be learning:

• What fuels judgment
• One way to practice use judgment to your advantage (looking eye to eye)
• Why we try to fit into the societal mold
• The 3 things that are underneath our desire to “fit in”
• Uncovering what your inner critic is trying to keep you safe from
• Why you judge yourself but don’t judge others
• Uncovering your core narratives and practicing nuance
• 3 steps to start practicing more self-compassion

Resources

Brené Brown (shame researcher): https://brenebrown.com/

Madison Morrigan: https://www.instagram.com/madisonmorrigan/

Madison Morrigan podcast interview

Laziness does not Exist by Devon Price

Connect with Molly 

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Have you struggled to feel like you have autonomy within your body? Especially when it comes to fitness? In today’s episode, I had the honor of chatting with Kelsey Ellis all about reclaiming body autonomy in fitness. When I came across Kelsey on social media, I was instantly drawn to her fun and authentic approach to health and fitness!

Kelsey Ellis (she/her) is an award-winning, body-positive Health and Fitness Expert based in Vancouver, Canada. She is both a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Certified Personal Trainer on a mission to empower individuals to take the shame out of their wellness game through letting go of self-judgment, practicing intuitive eating, and honouring joyful movement. Kelsey teaches group coaching programs on intuitive eating, helping clients learn how to trust themselves around food again, let go of destructive dieting behaviour and make peace with food and their bodies once and for all. She also teaches body-positive fitness classes both live through her Patreon platform and via her YouTube channel ‘Healthy With Kelsey’. Her classes center physical movement from a wellness-centered approach and she encourages her audience to move their bodies in a way that feels best for them! 

I know you are going to walk away from this episode feeling empowered and inspired to reconnect with yourself and reclaim your body autonomy after listening to Kelsey!

Listen in to hear:

• Kelsey’s Journey to being a body-positive fitness trainer
• Molly’s experience doing one of Kelsey’s (awesome) workouts!
• How Kelsey felt when she realized how toxic diet culture was
• What body autonomy is
• How diet culture blinds us to our own autonomy
• Breaking the generational trauma around food & body
• How to begin reclaiming body autonomy
• Common barriers to rebuilding a trusting relationship to your body
• Ways to repair that trusting relationship
• What Kelsey gained from letting go of food and body obsession

Connect with Kelsey

Hop on the Waitlist for her group coaching program

Check out her YouTube channel

Follow her on Instagram

Connect with Molly 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/ Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

It’s SUMMER! If you have a positive body image, Summer can be a fun season of play and enjoyment outside with loved ones! If you’re struggling with body image, it can be ridden with worry, fear, and discomfort of needing to wear less clothing to be comfortable (or you’re not wearing less clothing and you’re HOT and uncomfortable!). Either way - I hear you! You are not alone. If you are someone who fears the heat and Summer coming because of body image struggles - this episode is for you!

Listen in to hear:

• A few things you need to hear for Summer
• The two big body image struggles I see in the Summer
• The body image suggestion that Molly *HATES*
• What judgment really means
• How your body image fears may be an indicator of unmet needs
• What to do if you are worried about what other people will think of your body
• Why we thrive with belonging (belong to ourselves, others & the world)
• How to quiet the social comparison of your body to others
• Using comparison to uncover some of your current desires

Connect with Molly 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/ Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

Hello, hello! Oh my goodness... You are absolutely going to love this conversation! Today on the pod I have Jasmine, a previous client of mine, whose life has been such a pleasure and a joy to watch unfold and bloom as she steps back into her power. Listen in as we talk about how all of this self-hate and self-shame has been learned and not authentic to her (or any of us really). Jasmine shares how she has been able to peel back some of those old stories and get back to the core version of herself that feels compassionate, joyful, loving, and kind. I simply can’t wait for you to hear her story on this episode! 

Jasmine is an NYC-based content creator also working in sustainable and inclusive fashion. As a content creator, Jasmine is passionate about promoting body neutrality and self-acceptance through recovery from diet culture and healing our relationships with food and our bodies. 

Listen in as we discuss:

• Jasmine’s favorite (and also most surprising) part to rediscover about herself in this process. [14:01]
• The contrast between what food and body obsession was holding Jasmine back from in her life + how healing her relationship to food and body has opened up and expanded her life. [19:53]
• How diet culture often makes us walk away from ourselves and instead align towards the values of diet culture. [25:54]
• Jasmine’s experiences with her career in the beauty industry. [31:05]

Connect with Jasmine

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

TikTok: @therealjasmini

Connect with Molly 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/ Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

Hey friends! If I had a dollar for every time a client told me that every time they get bloated their body image goes down the drain, I’d be a millionaire! So this episode is dedicated to body image and bloating. In this episode, we will talk about both the physical sensations as well as the thoughts & emotions that come along with bloating. You’ll be walking away with some clear tools to help you on those days

• Go to a healthcare professional if you are concerned with your bloating
• Your body is sending you physical input about your bloating - and it’s neutral!
• The stories you tell yourself when you feel bloated
• Recognize and unpack your own implicit anti-fat bias & questions to ask yourself
• Following the thread of your automatic thoughts
• Getting to the core of these uncomfortable thoughts & rewriting them
• Building a toolbox for bloated days with suggestions

Resources

Episode with Maggie Landes

Episode with Samina Qureshi

Connect with Molly 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/ Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

Oh my gosh, y’all!! I promise you I am still on a high from recording this conversation with Marie-Pier.

If you are someone who feels like diet culture is hanging with you in sneaky ways, then this is an episode for you! Be sure to listen to us discuss the three different ways diet culture impacts us and how they probably affect us much more than we realize. Marie-Pier also gives us some incredible suggestions on stepping away from diet culture and stepping toward your more authentic self.

I hope you love listening to this episode as much as I loved having this conversation!

Marie-Pier is an anti-diet Registered Dietitian with a B.Sc. in Psychology and the founder of The Balanced Practice. After completing her first degree in psychology, Marie-Pier struggled with an eating disorder. After recovery, she went back to school to become an RD with the dream of supporting folks in their food journeys. Marie-Pier started her private practice and has been supporting folks to heal their relationship with food and their bodies. She strives to provide evidence-based nutrition interventions to all her clients and support them in their recovery journeys. Marie-Pier is passionate about helping folks discover how to ditch diet culture and nourish their bodies without guilt, shame or restrictions. You can spot Marie-Pier on local news and radio stations and give presentations to different organizations on nutrition!

She is the host of The Balanced Dietitian Podcast, where she provides listeners with a different approach to nutrition. Marie-Pier offers counseling at The Balanced Practice and an online group program to help folks heal their relationship with food and body.

Listen in as we discuss:

• What it looks like to be knee-deep in diet culture. [9:29]
• How we often mistakenly rely on external cues to validate our self-worth. [16:21]
• The different levels of diet culture impact us = Food + Body + Mind. [20:02]
• Our need to address these three layers to be truly free from diet culture.. [26:03]
• A few journal prompts to help us go deeper in shifting our mindset. [28:35]
• Ways we can fight diet culture through our own lives. [34:16]

Connect with Marie Podcast:

https://thebalancedpractice.com/podcast

Instagram:

• https://www.instagram.com/the.balanced.practice/
• https://www.instagram.com/the.balanced.dietitian/

Website: https://thebalancedpractice.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBalancedPractice

Connect with Molly

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

Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

Hello, hello, hello, everyone! I am really excited for you to listen to this conversation with Sam Christy as she and I talk about how pervasive diet culture is in the fitness industry. We also discuss ways to cultivate an approach to movement and exercise in your life that feels more intuitive and good to you. It is refreshing to listen to some incredible knowledge from a fitness professional who has a body neutral approach… this is such a good episode! I hope you love it too!

Samantha Christy is a Registered Dietitian and Exercise Physiologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Founder of Triple-A Wellness, a company focused on empowering people to live their best life through positive relationships with food and their body. Triple A Wellness is all about providing inclusive, body neutral, and non-diet counseling to Anyone with Any Body, Any Where.

Sam has a Master's Degree from Colorado State University and a BS in Kinesiology from Penn State and has worked in the fitness industry for almost 10 years.

Sam currently works one-on-one with clients to provide lifestyle and behavior changes to help them live their best life through proper nutrition and a healthy relationship with their bodies. Sam specializes in disordered eating and eating disorder recovery in addition to intuitive eating and aligns with Health At Every Size paradigms.

Sam follows an all-foods fit approach that helps people find food freedom. She specializes in working with those that have been chronic dieters and want to break free of the diet mentality.

Sam’s experience in the fitness industry has allowed her to be an expert in many areas, including kettlebells, TRX, ViPR, Schwinn Cycling, and as an Orangetheory Fitness Coach. Sam has a body neutral approach to fitness and focuses on helping clients feel strong and empowered.

Listen in as we discuss:

• What it is like for Sam to have a body neutral approach in the fitness world. [13:11]
• The “black and white” mentality of diet culture vs. intuitive movement & intuitive strength. [15:11]
• Some really practical ways for people to find what they enjoy related to body movement.[17:41] “If I am not sweating, then it is not worth it.” Is that true? [21:12]
• What is HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)? [21:58]
• Suggestions for those who have taken a break from body movement and now want to step back into movement in a more intuitive way. [33:22]

Connect with Sam

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @tripleawellnessbysam

Website: www.tripleawellness.com

Facebook: facebook.com/tripleawellnessbysam

Connect with Molly

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/  Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

Hey everyone! I simply can’t wait to share today’s episode with you! Listen in to a conversation about body image concepts and topics I had with some other amazing people at the Woman Up conference. Such an important conversation for us to have with one another… and of course with ourselves!

Woman Up is a woman-led collective. A community-focused of growth based in the human experience. A community where like-minded women are coming together to grow, try, play, connect and thrive. A community where strangers become lifelong friends, where businesses get supported, and where people grow and learn from one another. This is your one-stop-shop…for coaching, personal development, connection, inspiration, disruption…and impact.

Listen in as we discuss:

• My own quarter-life crisis and how that eventually led me to discover my passion for doing what I do today. [1:51]
• Body acceptance and the false belief others (or even you) may have that accepting yourself is a form of giving up, being lazy, or letting yourself go.. [10:00]
• The generational impact of those before us on our body image and how we can break that cycle. [11:59]
• The ONE thing that I hope everyone walks away from this conversation knowing and believing about themselves. [16:01]
• How to start hard conversations with others in this space, lead with curiosity + a valuable question to ask. [20:42]
• 4 different types of body image and how they all play into each other. [27:53]

Connect with WomanUp + Jillie & Rose

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

Website: https://www.jilliejohnston.com/woman-up

Meet Jillie: https://www.jilliejohnston.com/

Meet Rose: https://roseupwards.com/

Connect with Molly 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/ Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining