Whole-Hearted Eating ™ with Dana Monsees & Cristina Hoyt
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250! I can’t do intuitive eating because…
March 08, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 50 MBWe’re continuing on in our “Help! I’m failing at intuitive eating” series with a popularly requested topic – “I can’t do intuitive eating because…”. We’ve heard this so many times from listeners and clients, that they feel they can’t do intuitive eating for many reasons. And we hear you! We’re breaking down a few different...
There’s some **** in this house… (catch up with us!)
March 01, 2023 12:30 - 29 minutes - 27 MBWe have an informal, catch-up-with-us type episode with Dana & Cristina today, so grab some coffee, tea, etc. and enjoy! We’re sharing what’s been going on with us, how our recent plans for the podcast got totally derailed (and why!), and our plans & upcoming exciting guests/topics for the upcoming spring and summer season for...
Non-diet approaches to IBD treatment with Brittany Rogers
February 22, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBBrittany Rogers joins us today to talk about non-diet approaches to IBD treatment, and how our diet-obsessed culture intersects with IBD. Brittany is a Dietitian who specializes in working with people with crohn’s and colitis get into symptom remission so they can focus on living their life instead of living under the constraints of their...
Discovering the root cause of migraines and headaches with Dr. Meg Mill
February 15, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 30 MBDr. Meg Mill is a Functional Medicine Practitioner who specializes in helping people end headaches and migraines, increase energy and restore mental clarity without drugs or overwhelming protocols. We’re talking about the most overlooked root cause of migraines and headaches, common co-occurrences, and how headaches and migraines are usually a very loud symptom of a...
The ADHD and eating disorders connection, with Stacie Fanelli
February 08, 2023 12:00 - 55 minutes - 39.9 MBStacie Fanelli, an eating disorder therapist who specializes in neurodivergence, joins Cristina to discuss the intersection of ADHD and eating disorders, and disordered eating patterns. Where does perfectionism play into both cases? Stacie discusses practical tips to stimulate dopamine response and increase your focus, what overstimulation vs. understimulation looks like, and how imposter syndrome can...
How do you know if you have good gut health? with Warren Brown
February 01, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 33.8 MBWarren Brown, the CEO of Sparkbites joins Dana today to discuss how we know if we have good gut health. They discuss how Warren went from practicing law, to running a bakery franchise called CakeLove, to hosting on the Food Network, to finally launching a gut health snack. How can we measure if we have...
Disrupting body shame by rewriting body stories with Nicola Haggett
January 25, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 38.1 MBOn today’s episode, Cristina interviews Nicola Haggett; a body liberationist, coach, & mentor whose work focuses on supporting folks to move beyond body positivity to unlearn body shame, reconnect to their body, and intentionally practice their way towards a world where each of us has more safety, compassion, and joy in our body. They discuss...
Pitfalls of the hunger-fullness scale
January 18, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutes - 31.5 MBDana and Cristina dig into how the hunger-fullness scale is commonly used vs. how it can be better used to bring insight to your eating patterns. They also discuss how the dieting and weight loss world has tried to co-opt the hunger-fullness scale as a tool for weight loss, when the intention of this tool...
Bonus | Best Books of 2022
January 15, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBThis one is just for fun! Dana and her friend Kara talk about their best books of 2022, least favorite books of the year, biggest surprises and disappointments, and their top book recommendations for anyone looking to get into (or more into) reading this year! DISCLAIMER: just because we didn’t like a book doesn’t mean...
What is a normal relationship with food?
January 11, 2023 12:30 - 48 minutes - 41.6 MBOn this week’s episode we dive into: what is a normal relationship with food? How is that different from an optimal relationship with food? Where does the nutrition jungle play a role in this? And while new years’ diets are co-opting anti-diet and intuitive eating language, which may make you feel like you can get...
So you broke up with dieting…now what?
January 04, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.5 MBOn today’s episode Dana and Cristina discuss how to navigate the chaos of January if you’re in the “I broke up with dieting…now what?!” camp! How do you navigate eating to fuel yourself in a sustainable way without it being a diet? We know January can be a really stressful month with all the diet...
Trauma-Informed Nutrition Care with Fiona Sutherland
December 28, 2022 12:00 - 54 minutes - 45.2 MBOn this week’s episode we have Fiona Sutherland, also known as the Mindful Dietitian in the social media space. Our conversation today is fantastic for both health practitioners and of course of all non-practitioner listeners who are looking for a safe space to work through their own physical and mental health concerns. They discuss –...
The OCD and eating disorders connection with Alegra Kastens
December 21, 2022 12:00 - 54 minutes - 42.3 MBOn today’s episode Cristina interviews Alegra about the OCD and eating disorders connection. They dive into the biggest myths and misunderstandings about OCD, and the relationships between OCD and orthorexia, binge eating, ARFID, and more. They also discuss the relationship between body dysmorphic disorder and OCD, body dysmorphia vs. body image issues, and how body...
Losing weight won’t fix your chronic pain, with Dr Alise Parrish
December 14, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBDr. Alise Parrish, a Doctor of physical therapy and founder of Ally Wellness, joins Dana for today’s episode. Alise’s mission is to help folks feel good in their bodies. They provide sliding-scale Physical Therapy, Personal Training, and Wellness services in a safe and affirming environment. On today’s episode Alise and Dana (me) are discussing the...
Burnout recovery and recharging your “body battery” with Dr Crystal Frazee
November 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBOn this week’s episode with Dr. Crystal Frazee, Cristina and Dana dive into burnout recovery, and why we’re all so burned out! We talk about how to assess your “body battery”, what’s draining it, and how to recharge your battery in a replenishing way. Spoiler alert: increasing your productivity doesn’t actually improve burnout. Crystal talks...
What is non-diet?
November 22, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 30.4 MBDana and Cristina discuss how they interpret “non-diet” in a Whole-Hearted Eating way, versus how the term is being co-opted by weight loss focused practitioners taking advantage of peoples’ vulnerabilities. What is non-diet, really? What’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing? And what’s the big deal about this anyway? Let’s get into it. **Check out our...
Is it your relationship with food or relationship with stress?
November 16, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes - 27.9 MBDana and Cristina chat about how sometimes, in order to repair your relationship with food or exercise, you need to repair your relationship with stress. We commonly think we have to control or remove our stress to ‘manage’ it, and when we feel like we can’t control it, a lot of people turn to food...
Self-compassion for eating disorders and autoimmune disease with Jessica Flanigan Brown
November 09, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes - 28.3 MBJessica Flanigan Brown joins Dana today to talk about self-compassion eating disorders and autoimmune disease! Jessica is a clinical nutritionist and author of The Loving Diet who specializes in gut restoration, and her coaching practice specializes in disordered eating, especially in mid-life. We dive into how restrictive protocols are not the key to healing autoimmune...
Binge eating and the holidays
November 02, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 38.4 MBThere’s a reason no one complains about binge eating arugula. In this episode, Cristina and Dana dive into binge eating and the holidays. We discuss how the beliefs we carry about certain foods and what we think those foods say about us lead to binging behaviors (and full blown binge episodes!). With the holidays fast...
How nutritional chaos leads to disordered eating and gut issues, with Dr Jillian Lampert
October 26, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes - 39.8 MBDr. Jillian Lampert joins Cristina and Dana to talk about the concept of nutritional chaos, and how this can fuel disordered eating patterns, gut issues, and a continual state of fight-or-flight in the body. We discuss how malnourishment due to gut issues, chronic dieting, disordered eating, and eating disorders can negatively impact our ability to...
Breaking boundaries in fitness with Kanoa Greene
October 19, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 38.6 MBToday we’re re-sharing one of our favorite body image focused episodes from Kanoa Greene! Kanoa joins Dana and Cristina on this episode to chat about breaking boundaries in fitness as a plus sized instructor. She shares her roots in constant comparison as a performing artist (opera singer!), turned NYC Corporate Recruiter, turned internationally recognized yoga...
Reclaiming Body Trust with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant
October 12, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 39.2 MBOn today’s body image-focused episode, Cristina and Dana are interviewing Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant, the therapist-dietitian team who founded the center for body trust, and who recently released their book, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation – which we absolutely LOVE. Hilary and Dana founded Center for Body Trust to offer...
Health over aesthetics and how to fuel your body for training with Kelsea Hellyar
October 05, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 43.2 MBKelsea Hellyar and Dana discuss why it’s so important to prioritize health over aesthetics, and to put equal weight on training both your mental and physical health. You can’t sacrifice your mental health in pursuit of your physical health! They also talk about burnout, overtraining, the most common signs of overtraining, and how to adjust...
Troubleshooting kids nutrition in a diet culture world with Diana Rice
September 28, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 33.2 MBCristina interviews Diana Rice from @anti.diet.kids on how to troubleshoot kids nutrition in a diet culture obsessed world. We dive into how to navigate your internal healthism voice that influences the way you feed your child, how positive encouragement can accidentally create a food hierarchy, and how having a narrow view of ‘healthy’ for our...
The Whole-Hearted Eating Guide to non-diet meal planning
September 21, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBDana and Cristina and bringing a super practical episode today, with a Whole-hearted Eating guide to non-diet meal planning! We also discuss how to approach health promoting-behaviors without a perfectionist mentality, which tends to lead to burnout, and how to keep anxiety at bay when approaching fall habit changes. Snag the free Whole-Hearted Eating Non-Diet...
A neuroscience based approach to managing stress with Alyssa Chang
September 14, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBCristina and Dana are back after a podcast summer break! We know that the back to school & fall season can bring up the desire to want to get ‘back on track’ with a rigid routine, and a lot of perfectionism and stress can accompany that. This fall we’re focusing on bringing you episodes on...
Help! I’m failing at Intuitive Eating
July 27, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 72 MBHave you ever felt like…Help! I’m failing at Intuitive Eating? You’re not alone! On this week’s episode, we dive into many of the reasons why YOU have told us, “I feel like I’m failing at intuitive eating” – and what we can do about them from a Whole-Hearted Eating approach. We’re giving you a longer...
Food fear mongering & Damn Good Gluten free with Meg and Peggy Curry
July 20, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MBMeg and Peggy Curry, the mother-daughter duo behind Curry Girls Kitchen, join Dana today to talk about food fear mongering in the functional medicine community and Peggy’s new book, Damn Good Gluten Free. We talk about: “is gluten-free for everyone?” and how food can be a love language even if you have food allergies or...
Toxic Narratives that can sabotage your postpartum period with Brooke Miller
July 13, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 39.8 MBBrooke Miller (@nutrition.for.mamas) is back with Cristina to discuss how to care for yourself during the postpartum period, what challenges come up for parents that makes nourishing yourself so difficult, and the toxic narratives that can truly sabotage your postpartum period (thanks, diet culture, thanks parenting culture). Make sure to check out Brooke’s previous episode:...
Rebuilding your relationship with exercise
July 06, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 53.6 MBDana and Cristina discuss how to reframe movement and rebuilding your relationship with exercise. What happens when you want to use movement as a tool to support your mental and physical health, but it’s difficult because of your mentality towards exercise and perfectionism? Exercise is a really complicated health-promoting behavior to integrate and/or step away...
How fermented foods and kombucha impact gut health with Daina Trout
June 29, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 32.3 MBDaina Trout, the CEO of Health Ade kombucha, joins Dana today for a fun conversation about startups, career changes towards the health field, and how fermented foods and kombucha impact gut health! We’re digging deep into fermented foods, prebiotics, and post-biotics, and why fermented foods are so integral for gut health. What should we be...
Is this healthy? Or is it healthism?
June 22, 2022 11:15 - 42 minutes - 39.8 MBCristina and Dana do a deep dive on: “what is healthy, and what is healthism? This episode is an invitation to dig into what we think about health. How do we define healthy for ourselves, and where does that language come from? What are the assumptions behind our beliefs about health? We talk about how...
Red Flags on your health journey with Brenna O’Malley
June 15, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 33.2 MBBrenna O’Malley, a Registered Dietitian and the Founder of The Wellful, joins Dana and Cristina today to talk about how to know if your health journey is actually healthy, and red flags on your health journey. How do we navigate the balance between adding in health-promoting behaviors in a neutral way, and those behaviors coming...
Redefining beauty and building body image resilience with Dr Lindsay Kite
June 08, 2022 11:00 - 59 minutes - 50.8 MBDr. Lindsay Kite joins Dana and Cristina to dig deep into self-objectification and body image, how to build body image resilience in the face of body image disruptions, and when well-meaning body compliments do more harm than good. *We’re re-sharing this episode from summer 2021, because we found it to be so incredibly helpful with...
When exercise becomes unhealthy and how to improve your relationship with fitness, with Jenna Werner
June 01, 2022 11:15 - 52 minutes - 46.2 MBJenna Werner is a registered dietitian and owner of Happy Strong Healthy, a private practice that uses intuitive eating to help clients heal their relationship with food, fitness, body and self. Today Dana and Jenna dig into how to evaluate our relationship with fitness, how we know if our exercise habits are becoming unhealthy –...
How set point theory is rooted in fatphobia
May 25, 2022 11:15 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBThis week, we discuss how the way set point theory is used in healthcare and the ED recovery community is rooted in fatphobia, and can be a contributing factor in preventing people from fully recovering. Many recovery modalities are based on assumptions on how ‘sick’ someone could really be based on their body size, which...
How parenting culture pressure influences our children’s relationship with food, with Nicole Cruz
May 18, 2022 11:15 - 48 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week on the podcast, Cristina interviews Nicole Cruz, RD about how challenging it can be to balance exposing your child to eating a nutrient dense diet and allowing all foods fit approach. We also dive into how pressuring our children at the dinner table to try a certain food can backfire, and what you...
Non-Diet Nutrition for ADHD and binge eating with Becca King
May 11, 2022 11:15 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MBBecca King is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who is passionate about helping adults who struggle with ADHD and binge eating, chronic dieting, and body image issues to find food freedom and improve their self-esteem. We talk to Becca about how she uses the principles of Intuitive Eating and a weight-inclusive approach to nutrition for ADHD,...
Plant-based gut health nutrition & Intersectional food policy with Ayten Salahi
May 04, 2022 11:15 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBAyten Salahi is a GI-specialized Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), culinary nutritionist, and intersectional food policy advocate. In today’s episode we’re chatting about intersectional food policy and how we can tackle plant-based gut health nutrition from a neutral nutrition approach! Find Ayten: Instagram: @asa.nutrition and @planetaryhealthcollective Website: www.aysanutrition.com Ayten Salahi, MS, RDN is a GI-specialized Registered...
Why we’re not Intuitive Eating Coaches
April 27, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 41.3 MBWe get asked a lot if we’re going to become certified IE coaches or why we’re not Intuitive Eating coaches. In this episode we’re discussing our issues with the way intuitive eating is mostly represented on social media (spoiler alert: it can seem very toxic and non-inclusive to many), and the biggest differences between our...
Raising Confident Eaters with Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport
April 20, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBCristina chats with Elizabeth Davenport and Anna Lutz of Sunny Side Up Nutrition about the cornerstones of raising confident eaters in our children. How can we leave diet culture out of mealtimes when we are feeding our kids? How can we model a positive body image and relationship with food so we can do everything we...
How to reconcile wanting to lose weight and intuitive eating
April 13, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 46.5 MBWe’re back again for a part 2 to last week’s episode where we’re digging into your body image questions! In this episode we’re tackling your questions about how to reconcile wanting to change your body or lose weight and intuitive eating. If you’re someone who is on (or considering) an intuitive eating or non-diet journey...
What is extra weight? Accepting body changes with an ‘all foods fit’ approach
April 06, 2022 16:19 - 37 minutes - 36.6 MBTime for another listener questions episode on “extra weight” and accepting body changes with ‘all foods fit’ approach! In this episode we’re focusing specifically on body image questions we have from you all. We’re continuing our discussion with some follow-up comments from our “Is Weight a Symptom?” episode (listen here). Then, we dig into a...
Addressing the recent HAES controversy & Lindo Bacon’s actions
April 03, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 10.6 MBIf you’re in the non-diet, HAES instagram space – you may have seen a lot going on over the past few weeks regarding some very problematic interactions between Lindo Bacon, the author of the book Health At Every Size, and several other individuals. We wanted to address this directly so we can be very clear...
De-bunking TikTok nutrition trends & gentle nutrition with Claire Chewning
March 30, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 43.9 MBOn today’s episode we’re doing a TikTok nutrition trends takedown with Claire Chewning – Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and the owner and founder of Yours Chewly Nutrition. We’re chatting about the top TikTok nutrition trends that need to die, nutrition ‘advice’ that is actually disordered eating behaviors which is encouraged or labeled as...
the Biggest Pregnancy & Postpartum Nutrition Misconceptions with Brooke Miller
March 23, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 31.4 MBBrooke Miller, RD, CLC and Cristina discuss how complicated parenthood can be; especially when it comes to navigating all of the confusing nutritional advice, expectations, and body image triggers that come up for mothers throughout pregnancy and their postpartum period. How do you navigate the biggest pregnancy & postpartum nutrition misconceptions? They dive into how the...
Is weight a symptom?
March 16, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 41.6 MBDana & Cristina investigate the validity of the question – “Is weight a symptom?” from an integrative perspective, a functional medicine perspective, a traditional medicine perspective. They then dig into how to approach this conversation from a Whole-Hearted Eating perspective, using their clinical experience and their signature non-diet, HAES approach. For our entire lives, we...
How mineral imbalances contribute to hormone issues and chronic stress with Amanda Montalvo
March 09, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes - 46 MBAmanda Montalvo from Hormone Healing RD and Dana dig deep into a clinical approach to stress, hormone health, and mineral imbalances! Amanda talks us through: what are the biggest contributors, or causes, to developing mineral imbalances? How can these imbalances contribute to our symptoms and ability to cope with stress? How does this tie in...
Can you manage chronic health conditions without food restriction?
March 02, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MBDana and Cristina dig into the question: how do we figure out if something that is inherently restrictive might be appropriate for this season of your life? Can you manage chronic health conditions without food restriction? What are other ways we can go about managing our symptoms? If we do have a medical reason for...
Nicola Salmon on fertility and pregnancy in larger bodies
February 23, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 27 MBOn this week’s episode with Nicola Salmon we’re discussing how to navigate pregnancy, fertility, and medical weight stigma with a fat positive approach. Nicola, the author of Fat and Fertile, breaks down the traditional medical research that is often used as a barrier for individuals in a larger body to access fertility treatment and shares...