If you’ve feared how your body will react to food, this episode is for you. Derived from a presentation given to Ashley Hurst and the Crohn’s and Colitis dietitians, I provide you a roadmap to move you from fear to flow with food. At the end of the episode you’ll learn exciting news about what’s to come for The Kitchen Table Podcast, so stay tuned for that! ✨ HERE is the link to the Crohn’s and Colitis Blueprint Group with Ashley Hurst! ✨ Your love and support for the show means *so much.*...

Energy is one of the best indicators of health, but so many of us are living exhausted. It affects our life physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually and otherwise. In the episode, I help you reframe this conversation about energy and get you to think differently about energy spent and gained, not just with food and movement, but in your life. What would you do if you had more energy? 🎧 Listen On Other Platforms: https://pod.link/1530414375 ▶️ Watch It On Youtube:...

Knowing how much to eat can be hard when trying to just “listen to the body,” especially if we don’t really know how to trust in it’s hunger/fullness cues. ✨ In this episode I breakdown a 3-part phrase, AIM, to help you connect with food and your body at meal times to discover (for yourself) how much to eat instead of relying on rigid rules for amounts so that you can rely on yourself to know how much to eat - for life. 🎧 Listen On Other Platforms: https://pod.link/1530414375 ▶️ Watch It...

In the past, I would have FREAKED out, but this time, I was able to *stay calm* and sane (without going zero to 100) upon seeing my blood sugar be high on a recent blood test. In the episode I describe my situation, I explain how blood sugar works a bit, and lastly, I share how intuitive eating is so possible (and almost more important!) when suffering chronic illnesses. 🎧 Listen On Other Platforms: https://pod.link/1530414375 ▶️ Watch It On Youtube:...

Have you ever experienced a sudden jerk out of a really good moment upon realizing that it was going to end - and you didn’t want it to? In this in-depth and super insightful conversation with Stefanie, @iamstefaniemichele on IG, we discuss: ✨ Micro-moments of experiencing acute, small grief and how it shows up and impacts our lives. ✨ How to talk through, normalize, and address the grief, rather than letting it build. ✨How this grief could impact our relationships with food and our bodies...

Do you feel your identity is in some way tied to being “the healthy one” or living a “healthy lifestyle?”. In a world of health, fitness and nutrition influencers, it can be hard to embody wellness rather than simply pretend to always do the “healthy” thing instead. In this episode, I share with you how to embrace the raw realities of living a life where wellness isn’t just practiced and/or played pretend,, but it’s instead, embodied. 🎧 Listen On Other Platforms:...

Victor is an Ayurvedic doctor who isn’t concerned with surface-level, quick-fix treatment modalities. Rather, he leverages a highly individualized approach to health as he works with clients and teaches students how to identify underlying causes of health imbalances. In the episode we discuss: ✨ How often our health issues aren’t about the food or the exercise, but rather a result of our past, ego, truma, stress or type of suffering. ✨ How self-discovery and healing often happens within...

Ever feel residual food guilt in the morning that prompts you to wake up making vows to yourself to eat “better” and less? In this episode I unpack: ✨ How to overcome morning food/body anxiety by grounding yourself and clearing your mind in the morning. ✨ What three things I recommend adding to your morning routine to yield more energy and aligned action throughout the day. ✨ Why consistent wake-times could lead to better sleep and improved health. Here is the link to the Very Well Heath...

Homecooking can feel like a chore, but it doesn’t have to be. In fact, it can bring joy, energy and satisfaction (in many ways) into your life. Personal chef and food educator, Sarah Subrize joins us at the kitchen table today to discuss: ✨ Common blocks to homecooking, what’s making it so hard, and how we can find more ease ✨ Tips to make meals much more satisfying, with minimal effort. ✨ The costs of being creative in the kitchen (like money, time, effort) and why that’s ok when trying...

It’s common and easy to “normalize” our frustrations, fears and anxieties about food and our bodies, but at the same time, it’s important to really know you CAN live a life without them (or at least not weighed down by them). I the episode we discuss: ✨ A walkthrough of a typical day showing where some food and body stressors/triggers might be. ✨ What response our bodies have to the stress, and how that’s counterproductive to our health efforts. ✨ How to begin to overcome the chaos with...

Cherie @foodfreedomtherapist and I have a robust conversion about weight, weight loss, intuitive eating, and our truest deepest desires in life. We talk about our perceptions about weight, the reality of weight, relevant research on the topic, and how we must confront our weight belief/mindset before beginning our intuitive eating journey. In the episode we more specifically discuss: ✨ How to trust ourselves, our bodies, and food to nourish us, and how diet culture fosters distrust around...

If stress about food and discomfort in how you feel about your body cause you any unhappiness in life this is an episode to listen to. I provide many of the details about a six-month program I just launched yesterday called, THE WORKSHOP, and in doing that I also provide stories and scenarios that you might resonate with if you’re feeling troubled by “food and body stuff” in any way. In the episode I discuss... ✨ What it’s like to experience chaos in your food and body relationships and how...

It seems impossible to feel confident in our clothes when we don’t feel confident in our bodies. But what if it could work in reverse? What if we could use style to improve our confidence in our bodies here and now? ✨ How to style yourself when you’re not feeling good about yourself and your body. ✨ How to break free of wearing the same things over and over that you really don’t like and feel don’t work. ✨ How to rewrite your style story by finding some more body acceptance along the way...

Cooking enhances our experience with food and our ability to uniquely achieve satisfaction, but it overwhelms us. What to cook, how to cook better, how to prep meals that aren’t boring, and how to make the time to do any of that prevent us from getting in the kitchen. In this episode I discuss: ✨ Barriers to home cooking, why they’re valid, and how to overcome them. ✨ The importance of solidifying a mealtime/cooking rhythm ✨ How satisfaction brings nutrition, not the other way around. ✨...

The mind-body connection is (IMO) the biggest component of total wellness no one’s talking about, other than Casey Berglund. Casey believes you can strengthen your mind-body connection by recognizing the disconnected states (feeling anxious, frustrated and overanalyzing) and by coming back into our bodies to feel more grounded and whole. Casey will absolutely blow your mind in this episode, discussing... ✨ How diet culture keeps us disembodied in “all in our heads” when it comes to food and...

Getting dressed, going shopping, and finding clothes that fit, are comfortable, and that feel good can be a real struggle. Good thing is, you don’t have to tolerate the stress and frustrations of the clothing experience anymore. In the episode we discuss… ✨Three things to focus on when getting dressed and while thinking about what to keep in your closet ✨ Why we hold on to clothes that don’t fit ✨How to find our authentic style and why that matters DM me on IG @aliciabrown_ab to learn...

The mindset “move to lose weight” is ingrained in our minds so much so that it’s made fitness feel like punishment for the bodies we’re in. Jamie thinks differently, believing that we build a healthy, sustainable and life-long relationship with movement when it works *with* our bodies, not against them. In the episode we discuss... ✨ Reasons to move/exercise other than weight loss and why removing weight loss from our motivations to exercise is important. ✨ How body comments, messaging, and...

You’ve heard talk of a mind-body connection, but why is this important? Why do we talk about it? In this episode we dive into pillar 2 of “The Workshop” - a 6 month program I’m launching June 20 - and we discuss… ✨ The differences between embodied and disembodied experiences and feelings and their importance. ✨ How and why the nervous system engages (sometimes in ways we wish it didn’t) to protect us during triggering or stressful situations. ✨ How we can befriend our nervous systems so we...

Could dietitians potentially be perpetuating problems of weight stigma and disordered eating? There are all sorts of dietitians from those focused on weight loss to those specializing in clinical care. Chella, a nutrition student with an interest in and passion for intuitive eating talk a with us about… ✨ Her experience feeling at war with food ✨ How she came to find intuitive eating ✨ What is missing from nutrition studies regarding disordered eating, body image, and weight issues. You....

You’ll leave this episode feeling empowered to tackle your “food and body stuff”. I define what I mean by this “stuff” in the episode and… We’re operating in a flawed, weight-loss centered paradigm set by diet culture how to release ourselves of that paradigm by that by letting the body lead and building body trust. I share some personal experiences of when I had a poor relationship with food and how I turned it around I also share more about the workshop I’m launching in June...

Holistic Nutritionist Lee Capatina, author of Eat Good Fat and CEO of Lee’s Provisions (an organic ghee and wellness tea company), shares how the pressures to losing weight in the modeling industry prompted her to reject body size “ideals” and dive deeper into exploring food, nourishment, and cooking. In the episode we discuss: ✨ How and why Lee pivoted from the modeling industry to ayurved and the food industry. ✨ Why women fear fat, various misconceptions about fat, how fat can make us...

Instead of shedding our food and body anxieties once we get into the “right” relationship, what often happens is that they change and amplify. Of course allowing another person into our life, in any capacity, brings up vulnerabilities within us! And so, in the episode we discuss... ✨ Why it’s important to clearly communicate your needs often (for food, movement, together/alone time, and beyond). ✨ How not to compare your needs/behaviours with your spouses actions. ✨ How to love your...

Dietitian Nicole Cruz talks about how our relationship with food impacts our family dynamic and influences how other family members perceive food and their bodies too. Diet culture, and the dieting mentality are generational and in this episode we unpack how to preserve our intuitive eating nature from childhood. In the episode we discuss… ✨ How powerful role modeling a healthy (or unhealthy) relationships with food/body are and how it impacts kids long-term. ✨ How well-meaning parents...

The gateway to happiness is sifting through the unhappiness - the suffering, fear, anxieties, etc. In this episode, we talk about how unhappiness builds when it’s not addressed. How our negative thoughts and feelings (like those about food and body stuff) grow and grow if they’re constantly being shoved down and not let out. Talk about your pain, articulate it thoughtfully, be honest about it, and aim to be a better human being by doing this work of sifting. 🎧 Listen On Other Platforms:...