Nourishing Women Podcast

* Why are boundaries so important? * Why are people so scare and resistant towards setting boundaries? * The consequences of not having boundaries. * What are empaths and highly sensitive people? * Examples of setting boundaries. 

Topics: * The female hormonal cycle. * Vaginal discharge 101. * What is normal and not normal with our cycles and periods? * Diet and lifestyle for hormonal regulation. * The vaginal microbiome & how to support it. * UTIs, bacterial vaginosis & yeast infection.

Topics: * What is orthorexia? * Warning signs & symptoms. * Why orthorexia is damaging to ourselves. * The “wellness diet”. * Social media and orthorexia. * Implications for health care professions. * Our personal experiences with orthorexia. * Orthorexia and pseudo recovery. * Why recovery from orthorexia is empowering and important. * Ways to practice wellness without obsession.

Topics: * The story and mission behind Primally Pure. * The importance of quality ingredients and sustainable sourcing with skin care. * Traditional practices with a modern perspective for skin care. * Cleansing, exfoliating, and moisturizing basics: how, when, what. * The “double cleansing method” * Easy and manageable steps for making the transition to more conscious skin care. * Food for radiant skin. * The number one ingredient to avoid when choosing a product.

Topics: Mental health and the unfortunate stigma behind it. Having “food issues” and being in the wellness field. Mental health and social media. AEDP therapy and it’s transformational power. Mindful eating - what it means to Lisa and how she practices and teaches it.

Topics: *Social anxiety and how to combat it * Seed cycling - can it help regulate hormones? * Tips for developing an online presence: blog, business etc. * How to interrupt general cholesterol advice from doctors

Topics: * The purpose of this podcast episode  * Defining diet culture * Defining the body positive and health at every size movement * The evolution of diet culture and the thin ideal * Why diet culture is suppressive and why it cannot be body positive * The purpose of the body positive movement and who it was made by and for * The difference between internalized and external fat phobia * Actions to take to fight diet culture and support the body positive moment

Topics: * What are “traditional foods” at NMN * The privilege involved with organic and free range * Sourcing and fostering your own food culture * Ancel Keys and the birth of the lipid hypothesis * Dr. Spiteller, vegetables oils, and man made trans fats * The difference between Poly, Mono, and Saturated Fats * Lipoproteins and the lipid cycle

Topics: * Life update * The purpose of this episode (8:15) * How traditional foods go with intuitive eating  * The traditional mindset behind food & the importance of food culture  * Food culture vs diet culture * The power of nutrition to empower women * The biochemical and diet culture view of food vs the traditional view of food * How intuition leads us to a traditional foods diet * The importance of culinary tradition * The privilege involved with organic and free range

This episode is INCREDIBLE- we covered a lot of topics as Kait walks us through her healing journey. She has recovered from digestive woes, hormonal dis-regulation and a disordered relationship with food. She discusses how she ended up with orthorexic tendencies and fear around food due to health issues but found that in order to fully heal, she had to re-evaluate her mentality around food.

This is part 2 of last week’s episode! If you didn’t catch episode 47, go there first. Topics: 1. Sound therapy and massage to activate self healing. 2. Distance energy healing. 3. The power and necessity of intention behind healing. 4. The purpose behind energy enhancements. 5. Healing crisis and emotional release. 6. Tools for energy healing and how they help create intention: crystals, palo santo, sage, plants, essential oils, tapping. 7. The power of the breath.

Topics: * Kathryn’s story and why she is so passionate about facilitating healing for others. * The importance of healing from past trauma. * The power of emotions and their physical presence in our bodies. * The importance and power of reinterpretation. * The science behind vibrations and the very real meaning of “high vibes” and “low vibes”. * The power of intention as the basis behind healing modalities.

x What wellness related things Victoria and Meg have been into recently x What is the thyroid glad and what are the thyroid hormone? x What are the symptoms of being in a hypothyroid state x The thyroid hormones and it’s role in the body x Various ways one can get to the diagnosis of hypothyroidism x Thyroid replacement options x How under eating and over exercising can be related to hypothyroidism

Topics: Meg & Victoria had fun this episode talking about their favorite ways to spend the book ends of the day. We hope it is entertaining, enlightening, and inspiring!

Topics: Intro and Info on the upcoming Nourishing Women Community (00:00) Am I orthorexic or just “healthy”? Struggling with orthorexic tendencies and combatting shame with “healthy” foods (9:15) What are the hallmark symptoms of SIBO? But also why it is important to also recognize individuality with IBS. (27:10) What are some helpful tips on understanding and discerning hunger and fullness cues? (33:20)