Episode #73: Expanding the Intuitive Eating Community with More Access and Healing with Jenna Hollenstein

Jenna Hollenstein, nutrition therapist and meditation teacher, knows how life-transforming the practices of intuitive eating are. She shares her unique approach from a meditation and Buddhist lens in her book “Eat to Love: A Mindful Guide to Transforming Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Life.” 

On the podcast, Jenna and I talked about how important it is to expand the intuitive eating community by expanding communication, access and additional ways of healing. Jenna talked about how important it is to get folks in the same room to share openly so they can hear they are not alone. Jenna also shared the opportunity men have with intuitive eating, which is a practice of being with emotions. 

Check out Jenna’s latest book Mommysattva. 

Connect with Jenna here: 

jennahollenstein.com

https://www.facebook.com/jhollenstein 

https://www.instagram.com/jennahollenstein/

Episode #72: Surviving and Thriving Despite Weight Stigma with Krista Handfield

Krista Handfield, LICSW is a health equity and justice-oriented social worker rooted in Health At Every Size.

On the podcast, Krista shares why everyone is impacted by weight stigma, and how important it is to understand the poor health outcomes that folks in larger bodies experience because of this form of oppression.

She shares the importance of living with the body we have, instead of putting our life on hold for the body we’re told we should have.

We also talked about why breaking up with exercise may be a necessary step in healing because for some it’s been a form of punishment for living in a larger body.

Krista shares where we typically experience weight stigma, among our family, in health systems and in schools. 

Learn more about Krista and the work she’s doing at SHAPE. https://www.shapecenterri.com/

Episode #71: More Than Your Weight with Brianna Wilkerson

Brianna Wilkerson, Holistic Health Coach shares her story around how she’s moved away from emotional eating and eating disordered behavior by understanding that her worth is more than her weight. 

Brianna shares how she now understands how she was designing her life around receiving external validation around her weight, success and bank account. Brianna know that when she tries to pursue weight loss, it only leaves her exhausted and unfulfilled. 

On the podcast, we also talked about how important it is to offer ourselves nourishment in other areas of our lives and how what we may really need is connection. 

I had a great conversation with Brianna on her podcast More Than Your Weight - Episode 102: How to Trust Your Body and Free Your Mind around Food. You can listen to it here. 

** On this episode, Brianna and I talked about a diet called Whole 30. On the Whole 30 diet, certain foods are considered “good” foods and better than other foods. In Intuitive Eating, we unlearn the diet mentality and practice eating for satisfaction and our health. For most people, following Whole 30 is not an intuitive eating practice. 

Learn more about Brianna here. 

Brianna is also hosting Your Healthiest Years Yet Summit, a 5-day free summit for women over 40 starting October 18th. I’m presenting How Over-Giving is Impacting Your Relationship with Food and Your Health!  Learn more and sign up here. 

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