Are you ready to finally enjoy the holidays without feeling like food consumes you?! If you’re heading into the holidays worried about food, weight, overeating, or that familiar “f*ck it, I’ll start in January” mentality, this episode is EXACTLY what you need. What you're about to learn is that having a completely different experience with food this year is not as hard as you think. Inside today’s episode, I’m walking you through 3 surprisingly simple steps that will help you enjoy holiday me...
The holidays can be extremely triggering, especially when you're working on your relationship with food and your body. You might feel stressed going to family get-togethers because you expect certain people to make comments about your weight, food choices or have non-stop conversations about dieting. Your stomach drops. Your face gets hot. You suddenly feel watched, judged, or like you have to defend yourself. Maybe it’s a “Should you be eating that?” Or “Did you gain weight...
Perfectionism isn’t just about color-coding your pantry or needing straight-A’s. It’s the quiet, relentless voice that tells you you’re never doing enough, being enough, or eating “good” enough. In this episode, I sit down with Jennifer Delliquadri, a Midlife Fitness Coach who helps women rewrite the stories they’ve been telling themselves about their body, their habits, and what’s truly possible after 40. Her work blends mindset, movement, and mindful habit change to help women build s...
Let's be hones...December is challenging. You might find yourself more anxious around food, thinking about your body more, overeating more often or slipping back into old patterns you thought you were done with. Let's talk about why. It's not because you're failing. You’re not going backwards. You’re not suddenly terrible at intuitive eating. There's just so many unique challenges that come with the month of December that most people don't talk about. In this episode, ...
If you’ve ever felt yourself clenching your way through life - micromanaging every detail, obsessing over getting it “right,” trying to predict every possible outcome so nothing feels scary or uncertain - you already know how exhausting the grip of control can be. It feels like you’re holding everything together… while quietly falling apart inside. You don't trust yourself, others or the world around you. And yet, letting go? That somehow feels even scarier. In this episode, we’re unpac...
What if your struggles with food and body image weren’t really about food or your body at all? In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by author, TEDx speaker, reiki Master and body-love coach Marla Mervis-Hartmann to explore the deeper layers of healing - where spirituality, self-compassion, and divine connection meet our relationship with food. Together, we talk about: ✨ Why dieting and shame are never meant to work—and what actually does ✨ How spirituality can bring waves of ...
Being triggered... sucks. A LOT. It feels like your whole body gets hijacked in an instant, as if an old wound you didn’t know was still there suddenly grabs the wheel and convinces you you’re not safe. And if you've been in situations lately that have sent you down an anxiety spiral, you're not alone friend. In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of a very real, very human moment that pushed me right up against the edge of my comfort zone. The kind of moments where you...
If you’ve ever felt anxious skipping a workout, guilty resting, or found yourself “earning” food through exercise, this episode is for you. Today, we’re unpacking exercise addiction: what it really looks like, how to recognize when your relationship with movement has crossed the line, and most importantly, how to begin healing it so that you can move your body in a way that feels good, is flexible and is rooted in self-love not fear. Because yes, exercise can be incredible for your phys...
If you can’t stop doing mental math every time you eat - adding up calories in your head, planning your next meal based on what you’ve already had, or feeling anxious when you don’t know the numbers - this episode is for you. Today, I’m walking you through my 5-step process to stop mentally counting calories so you can finally eat from a place of trust instead of control. You’ll learn how to calm the anxiety that shows up when you’re not tracking, how to retrain your brain to focus on what yo...
Grief changes everything - from how you feel in your body, to how you relate to food, to how you move through the world. In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Krista St-Germain, grief expert, master coach, and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. After losing her husband suddenly in a tragic accident, Krista found herself navigating a kind of grief that no one had prepared her for - and realized the traditional “stages of grief” weren’t cutting it. Now, she helps others move through loss w...
If you've ever had those days, where you feel like you're 10 pounds bigger than usual, and everything about your body is wrong - and then that voice pops in saying... "I don't deserve to eat today" or "I can't enjoy food like everyone else" ... this episode is for you. I'm walking you through a powerful 4-step process to help you shift out of that negative thought spiral, intentionally choose how you want to think, and come back to self-trust and nourishment. ✨ Watch my FREE...
Food guilt is exhausting. That constant replay in your head after you eat - telling yourself you did something bad, regretting your choices, promising to “be better” tomorrow, feeling like you have to make up for it - it keeps you stuck in shame and disconnection from your body. In this episode, we’re unpacking the truth about food guilt - what it really is, where it comes from, and why it’s not actually helping you feel “in control.” Because you can’t heal what you don’t understand. Yo...
If you’ve ever found yourself mid-binge thinking, “I know this isn’t going to make me feel better… so why can’t I stop?” , this episode will hit home. And it's not your fault. You’re not broken or lacking willpower. There’s a deeper reason your brain keeps pulling you back to food, even when you “know better.” In this episode, you’ll learn: The real reason you can’t “just stop” binge eating, and why logic alone won’t fix itWhat’s happening in your nervous system and subconscious mind wh...
Have you ever felt like you’ve tried everything - therapy, different coaches, every diet under the sun, all the research and “new ideas” - and yet food still feels like it has this grip on your life? That’s exactly where Amanda was. She had made progress, but the lingering struggles were still there: Using food for comfort, boredom, or numbingAvoiding social situations because food was involvedFeeling distracted from being fully present with her sonLonging to “finally clear it all up” o...
Do you feel totally in control with food at home… but then everything goes out the window at social events? If so, this episode is for you my friend. In this Coaching over Coffee session, we explore what really drives that feeling of losing control with sweets at parties, birthdays, and social outings. Together, we uncover why she still feels the urge to overeat “treat” foods, even though she knows how to eat intuitively. You’ll hear me break down the mindset that keeps certain foods fe...
Every day that you don’t move towards your goal of a healthier relationship with food, you are wasting time, energy and your peace of mind. This week, I was reminded about HOW much is on the line when you don’t take your own healing seriously. This past week, I made some mistakes (yep, even coaches do) that left me in a LOT of pain today. But instead of just beating myself up, I pulled the lessons from it, because pain is only wasted if we don’t use it to grow. In this episode, I’m brea...
I got this amazing question in my instagram DMs this week: "Is it bad to have a preference for how your body looks? To want a leaner body that's still healthy and still have freedom with food?" You've probably asked yourself that same question, or a variation like... “Does wanting weight loss mean I’m not truly committed to food freedom?”“Am I even able to pursue intuitive eating if I want to lose weight?”“Am I sabotaging my healing because of the desire to lose weight?”So in this episo...
We are finally talking about GLP-1s! GLP-1 meds like Ozempic and Wegovy are everywhere right now… and if you're curious, confused or concerned about them - I don't blame you. And today, we're demystifying it. I'm sitting down with licensed psychotherapist, best-selling author, mind-body practitioner, and trauma-informed weight-management specialist, Eliza Kingsford. We're unpacking the truth about GLP-1s - how they actually work in the body, what the research is showing, an...
You ever have those weeks (or months) where you just feel like CRAP? You feel like you're not moving forward, you're stuck in the same patterns, and you're frustrated because you can't coming back to "square 1". My dear, I GET it. Healing isn’t a straight line, and that’s a good thing. In this episode, I share the real, non-linear nature of healing and why setbacks don’t mean you’re failing or back at square one. You’ll hear my own story of how I’ve shortened my recovery dips from...
If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, pause here and go back to that first - you’ll get the foundation that makes today’s episode even more powerful. In this follow-up, I’m diving into the remaining lessons I brought home from my business + personal development retreat in California. These aren’t just “nice ideas” - they’re perspective-shifting truths that will help you create a life of peace, freedom, and success on your own terms. Here’s what you'll learn today: Why your words carry more p...