Real Talk With Dana | Nutrition, Health & Fitness With A Healthy Side Of Sarcasm

Nicole Jardim is a Certified Women’s Health Coach, writer, speaker, mentor, and the creator of Fix Your Period, a series of programs that empower women and menstruators to reclaim their hormone health using a method that combines evidence-based information with simplicity and sass. On today’s episode we’re chatting with Nicole about healthy periods and “ideal...

We’re switching things up this week to bring you a fun, quick episode on our 2021 Whole-Hearted Eating Holiday Gift Guide! Click the links below to check out all the fun gift ideas we mention, and don’t forget to grab our free guide for tough conversations around the holidays, below!  Grab all the holiday gift...

Victoria Albina is a Nurse Practitioner, Life Coach, has a Masters Degree in Public Health and is Certified Breathwork Practitioner. She coaches women raised by codependents and alcoholics to stop being anxious, exhausted and overwhelmed, so they can have better relationships with their partners, parents and themselves. On today’s episode we’re digging into the effect...

On today’s episode Dana and Cristina dive into how to prepare for holiday food and body talk! The holidays are always stressful in some way, and it’s likely that they will be even more so this year when we’re seeing friends and family members for the first time in around two years for some people....

Dr. Carolyn Ross is our guest on the show today, who specializes in working with patients from an integrative medicine approach, incorporating trauma history, eating disorders, body image work, and clinical symptoms. On today’s episode we’ll be discussing the impact intergenerational trauma and childhood adversity have on inflammation, disease, and the development of disordered eating,...

Dr. Gregory Dodell joins us on today’s episode for a discussion on HAES in endocrinology, weight stigma in the medical industry, and how he works on conditions like type 2 diabetes and PCOS in his practice from a NON-weight centered approach. Dr. Dodell is a New York-based endocrinologist who emphasizes that weight is not actually...

Marci Evans, RD is our guest today and we’re digging deep into the intersection of gut symptoms, mental health, chronic stress on the body and our relationship with food. You don’t have to have a diagnosable eating disorder, or severe disordered eating to experience gut issues that stem from a complicated relationship with food.   Marci...

On today’s episode Dana and Cristina are discussing pandemic flux syndrome, burnout, and different types of self-care that we can use to combat burnout and anxiety. In particular, they’re digging into: foundational self care, restorative, or replenishing self-care, and self-preservation.  Links mentioned: Article: Pandemic Flux Syndrome from The Washington Post Verilux Happy Light – a light...

Dr. Alexis Conason, Psy.D., CEDS-S is a clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist-supervisor in private practice in New York City. On today’s episode with Dr. Conason we’re digging into HAES myths, emotional eating, and mindful eating with chronic health conditions. We’re also discussing evidence-based guidelines and weight inclusive care. Our Recommendations this week! Evive...

Dr. Colleen Reichmann is our guest today and we’re diving into how our relationship with alcohol exists on a spectrum, just like our relationship with food and exercise. How does alcohol culture relate to our relationship with food? If you tend towards an all-or-nothing mentality with food or exercise, those same types of patterns might...

On today’s episode Cristina and Dana are chatting about boundary setting for self-care with their guest Jocelyn Hamsher, LPC, CSAT, who is a Licensed Professional Counselor and course creator who runs a private practice in Arizona. Jocelyn is passionate about helping people heal from trauma and learn to lead healthy relationships. She has extensive training...

Hey friends! The podcast is back after a summer break and we couldn’t be more excited! On today’s episode we’re chatting about where we’ve been on our summer breaks and a new episode structure for the podcast moving forward with *new segments*. Our main topic of discussion for today: How to get back on track...

Kanoa Greene is an Opera Singer turned NYC Corporate Recruiter, turned internationally recognized yoga instructor and fitness trainer who hosts body positive fitness retreats around the world. On today’s episode we’re chatting about the struggles of being plus sized in fitness culture, living without limits, how Kanoa uses movement to help women break down barriers...

Ragen Chastain is a speaker, writer, and thought leader in the fields of Body Image, Health at Every Size, Fitness, Corporate Wellness, Weight Stigma and weight bias in healthcare. She is the author of the blog DanceswithFat.org, the book Fat: The Owner’s Manual, editor of the Praeger Anthology “The Politics of Size,” and co-founder of...

Dr. Lindsay Kite is co-author of the new book “More Than a Body” and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined, alongside her identical twin sister Lexie Kite. While many well-intentioned people promote positive body image from the basis of helping women realize and embrace their beauty, Lindsay and Lexie’s new book, More Than a Body...

On today’s episode with Brianna Campos, aka Body Image with Bri, we’re diving deep into sexiness, confidence and body image! We’re also talking about the grief and discomfort that can frequently come up around residing in a larger body, and the fear of not being loved. We know you all are going to love this...

Katie Barbaro is an intuitive guide and creativity doula with a background in occupational therapy, trauma-informed yoga, and improv & standup comedy. Through intuitive coaching sessions, Katie guides clients through a process of discovering a deeper connection to themselves by playfully exploring areas of life that feel out of alignment. She has recently published Fed...

Amanda Martinez Beck  is a weight-inclusive body image expert and coach, in addition to being a fat body liberation activist, podcaster, neighbor, writer, and anti-racist. On todays’ episode with Amanda we’re diving deep into fat joy, fat liberation vs. body positivity, fat liberation and faith, diet devotionals, and the damaging nature and undertones behind saying...

On today’s episode we have Part II of II with Kristina Bruce, Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider (Click here for Part I). We’re talking about the navigating body changes & negative body comments, and the challenges of physical and psychological restriction when you’re working on neutral nutrition and unconditional permission to eat....

Kristina Bruce, Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider is our guest today for the first of a two-part episode! Today, we’re digging deep into how our identity can be tangled up in weight suppression, the fear that happens when we don’t maintain weight loss, and grieving the “thin” body we want or had....