Whole-Hearted Eating ™ with Dana Monsees & Cristina Hoyt
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Feminine Warrior with Deanna Deacon
December 30, 2020 12:30 - 45 minutes - 37 MBDeanna Deacon is back on the show today! She’s previously been on the show for our episodes on the productivity comparison trap and quarantine guilt and Numbing, Disconnection, and Emotional Trigger Release – check the show notes to listen to those. Deanna is an Intuitive Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, Energy Healer, and the newly published...
Real Talk Uncensored with Dana & Cristina – 3-Year Podcast Anniversary Episode
December 22, 2020 19:31 - 1 hour - 54 MBThis past week marks the 3-year anniversary of Real Talk with Dana (crazy, right?!) so I wanted to do something different for this week’s show – a fun, uncensored, off-the-cuff episode to get to know your hosts (me and Cristina) a little better behind the scenes! We’re answering your questions unrelated to nutrition, fitness, or...
Seasonal Affective Disorder, Mental health & Nutrition for Immunity with Brianna Diorio
December 18, 2020 12:30 - 46 minutes - 37.4 MBOn today’s episode we have a return guest, who was last on the show almost exactly two years and 100 episodes ago! This time, Brianna Diorio and I are chatting about Seasonal Affective Disorder, Mental health & Nutrition for Immunity, and of course all from a non-diet, non-restrictive approach to nutrition. We’re also chatting about...
Shifting your food philosophy and Cultivating a more positive relationship with food for kids, with Michelle Smith
December 09, 2020 12:30 - 38 minutes - 33.3 MBMichelle Smith is the food + lifestyle blogger behind the Whole Smiths and today we’re diving into how her philosophy around food has shifted over the years, tools for taking away food rules and shoulds (especially for new moms), and getting to a place of a more peaceful relationship with food and our bodies, and...
Breathwork for stress, anxiety, and trauma healing with Jen Broyles
December 02, 2020 12:30 - 41 minutes - 34.1 MBJen Broyles is a Holistic health coach, breathwork therapist and founder of the Sacred Breath Community. In this episode you’ll learn more about the benefits of breathwork for stress, anxiety, and trauma healing, the different types of breathwork practices, and more of the physical, emotional, and mental benefits of doing this practice consistently. We’re also...
Non-Diet Holiday Mindset {Workshop}
November 24, 2020 15:41 - 31 minutes - 31.7 MBIt’s Thanksgiving week so I’ve got a fun solo workshop-style episode on how to create a Non-Diet Holiday Mindset! We’re digging into how to assess your current relationship with food, exercise, and your body from past holiday meals, how to prepare for the big holiday meal or event, and what you can do after the...
How thoughts about food can raise blood sugar {non-diet nutrition research study}
November 18, 2020 12:30 - 31 minutes - 28.2 MBNon-diet nutrition & nutrition science myth busting alert! There is a new study that has come out about how our perception of certain foods can have a greater physiological impact on the body than the actual content of that food – meaning what we believe or assume to be true about certain foods can have...
Book Club – The F*ck it Diet, Part I
November 13, 2020 12:30 - 27 minutes - 18.1 MBBonus episode coming your way today! In the Non-Diet Community Facebook group, Cristina Hoyt and I have been hosting a book club discussion for the past few months to put a Whole-Hearted Eating™, neutral nutrition spin on some popular nutrition + body image books out there. Right now, we’re reading + discussion the F*ck it...
Food sensitivities vs intolerances vs allergies 101
November 11, 2020 15:52 - 33 minutes - 32.5 MBWe’re getting back to the neutral nutrition + Whole-Hearted Eating™ basics this week with a solo episode talking about food sensitivities vs intolerances vs allergies and food sensitivity testing! This is always a highly requested topic so I wanted to dig into the details for you guys. We’re discussing: What are food sensitivities, food intolerances,...
Stressful season toolkit and the gut-brain + stress + hormones connection with Kaely McDevitt
November 04, 2020 12:30 - 38 minutes - 32.5 MBKaely McDevitt is a dietitian specializing in women’s health, specifically gut and hormone health and we’re digging deep into some neutral nutrition science today. But first, we’re starting off by chatting about why we have such a big disconnect with our bodies and our relationship with food. We also discuss: Seasons of stress How different...
Celiac vs gluten-free 101 and allergy-free baking with Brittany Baker
October 28, 2020 11:30 - 30 minutes - 24.7 MBThis week we have a fun episode about allergen-friendly treats since it’s the week of Halloween! In my practice I have a lot of clients who are both trying to break out of the cycle of elimination diets, heal their relationship with food…AND they have a chronic illness, autoimmune disease, or other symptoms that are...
The Female Athlete Triad & Non-Diet Nutrition for Athletes with Meredith McKinney
October 21, 2020 11:30 - 37 minutes - 27.5 MBMeredith McKinney is a dietitian who works with women and athletes to bridge science with intuition and find an attuned way of living free of dieting, restriction, and food/body obsession. On the show today we’re discussing the female athlete triad, non-diet nutrition for athletes, and how to approach nutrition in a neutral, non-restrictive way for...
Whole-Hearted Eating ™ with Cristina Hoyt & Dana Monsees
October 14, 2020 11:30 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MBCristina Hoyt is back on the show today to talk about Whole-hearted Eating ™: the philosophy we created together that describes exactly how we approach nutrition (through an evidence-based, non-diet, weight-inclusive, HAES lens) on this podcast, working with individual clients, in our group coaching programs. It grew out of a need and void that we...
Losing weight won’t fix your hormones, and the impact of fasting on women’s health with Amanda Montalvo
October 07, 2020 11:30 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBAmanda Montalvo is a women’s health dietitian that helps women get to the root cause of hormone imbalances and have healthy menstrual cycles using a non-diet, functional medicine approach. In today’s episode we’re chatting about the most common hormonal imbalances women experience and the common mistakes they make while trying to fix them with food...
Coping with weight gain, and how mental restriction leads to binge eating, with Emily Vazquez
September 30, 2020 11:30 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBEmily Vazquez is a dietitian and food freedom coach who helps her clients end the binge-restrict cycle. On today’s episode we’re chatting about how different types of restriction can lead to binge eating – for example, you can still binge even if you think you’re eating enough, if you think you’re eating things in moderation,...
The problem with healthism and ‘what I eat in a day’ posts, with Maria Sylvester Terry
September 23, 2020 11:30 - 48 minutes - 41.3 MBToday’s podcast guest is Maria Sylvester Terry, a registered dietitian dedicated to sharing a message of food freedom through myth-busting and, of course, her wild case of the sillies. We have some fun conversations on the show today on what real nutrition science says about fad diets, diet culture vs. healthism, and some of the...
Energy Healing for Food Issues and Body Image Recovery with Sarah Speers
September 09, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 32.5 MBSarah Speers is an Energy Work Practitioner & Coach who specializes in food, eating and body issues, and managing stress and emotional overwhelm. Sarah takes a unique approach that fuses traditional modalities with alternative energy healing techniques, such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Emotion Code and Reiki to help individuals access the energetic component of...
How to navigate nutrition information overload with Vanessa Rissetto, RD
September 02, 2020 14:05 - 39 minutes - 34.2 MBFeel like you’ve tried intuitive eating and it just isn’t working for you? You threw away all the rules, you’re eating all the things, and sitting here thinking to yourself – when will this stop? This feels like a never-ending food fest of all the things not supposed to be eating. When will I start...
The perfectionist, people-pleaser, and all-or-nothing mentality with alcohol, with Georgia Foster
August 26, 2020 11:30 - 40 minutes - 34.1 MBGeorgia Foster is a self-proclaimed Alcohol, Self Esteem & Anxiety Reduction Expert & clinical hypnotherapist and today we’re chatting about alcohol. Specifically, we’re getting into the emotional issues that can come up when alcohol is used as a coping mechanism (um, hello 2020), the different personality traits that come up with drinking, including the perfectionist,...
Attachment styles, body image and dating with Maya Diamond
August 19, 2020 11:30 - 38 minutes - 33.8 MBMaya Diamond is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an expert Dating & Relationship Coach and host of the Rewire Your Attachment Style podcast. On today’s podcast we’re going in a little bit of a different direction from the last few weeks – when we’ve been talking about neutral nutrition approaches to healing...
PCOS & How under-eating and over-exercising can lead to hormonal imbalances, with Dr. Heather Rhodes
August 12, 2020 15:40 - 50 minutes - 43.7 MBDr. Heather Rhodes is a holistic pharmacist who specializes in healing hormonal imbalances, like PCOS, without the meds. On today’s episode we’re doing a deep dive into PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), its signs and symptoms, and the different sub-types of PCOS. the pitfalls of traditional/conventional treatment, and how under-eating and over-exercising can lead to hormonal...
Hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue + leaky gut trifecta with Dr. Becky Campbell
August 05, 2020 11:30 - 48 minutes - 42.2 MBDr. Becky Campbell is a functional medicine practitioner who is sharing her personal health journey through sickness with conventional medicine to health with functional medicine on the podcast today. I originally aired this episode 2 years ago (what?!) but it’s so rich in detail and helpful for those with thyroid conditions, adrenal issues, and leaky...
Burnout and learning to train with your cycle with Jenni Hulburt
July 29, 2020 11:30 - 49 minutes - 44.5 MBToday’s guest is Jenni Hulburt and we’re chatting about balancing hormones, energy levels and the menstrual cycle, and how to avoid overtraining and burnout for women. We’re talking about the phases of the cycle with corresponding considerations for movement and training, including the best time of the month to maximize your workout, when to give...
Body acceptance vs. liberation, and why complimenting weight loss is damaging with Kirsten Ackerman, RD
July 22, 2020 11:30 - 44 minutes - 39.3 MBWe’re back with a return guest to talk all things body positivity and liberation, myths about intuitive eating, and how different types of restriction are holding you back from achieving true food freedom and peace! We’re also chatting about why complimenting weight loss is damaging. I’m thrilled to welcome back Kirsten Ackerman to the show,...
Healing eczema and skin conditions from a non-diet approach, with Christa Biegler
July 01, 2020 11:30 - 57 minutes - 48.9 MBChrista Biegler is an award-winning dietitian nutritionist, online educator, and host of The Less Stressed Life podcast. She specializes in helping health-conscious high performance women overcome bloating, fatigue and food reactions. She is also the owner of Eczemanutritionist.com and author of The Eczema Relief Diet & Cookbook. Today we’re chatting about healing eczema, psoriasis, acne,...
Listener Questions | No more ‘real food’, quarantine food guilt, probiotics & bloating
June 24, 2020 11:30 - 34 minutes - 30.2 MBSurprise – new music intro to the show, new branding, a new name, new album artwork, in case you missed it, some totally new branding on instagram, facebook, all the places! Would love to know what you guys think of the new music, the new branding, etc. – find me over on instagram @danamonsees_cns !...
Good girl myths and how we internalize the patriarchy with Majo Molfino
June 12, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes - 48.8 MBToday’s interview guest is Majo Molfino, the host of the HEROINE podcast, a woman’s leadership guide, and the author of Break The Good Girl Myth: How to Dismantle Outdated Rules, Unleash Your Power, and Design a More Purposeful Life. On today’s episode we’re chatting about the main good girl myths, what the patriarchy actually is,...
Food Labels in a Non Diet Lifestyle, and from Orthorexia to Freedom with Taylor Kiser
May 27, 2020 11:30 - 34 minutes - 30 MBTaylor Kiser is our guest on today’s episode! We’re chatting about her history of chronic dieting and eating disorders, and how that played a part in starting her food blog – and how that has evolved over the years to a more non-restrictive approach to food. We’re talking about orthorexia, what happens when people take...
Listener Questions: Adrenal fatigue, body image and the fear of gaining weight
May 20, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 46 MBThis is part TWO of an interview I did on the Well-Fed Women Podcast with Noelle Tarr. Make sure you listen to Part 1 for an overview of what adrenal fatigue really is (spoiler alert: it’s not your adrenals getting ‘tired’ and stopping their production of cortisol, your primary stress hormone). I’ve had a lot...
The myth of balance, moderation, and how to ditch the all-or-nothing mentality around food with Kris Dovbniak (Part 2)
May 13, 2020 11:30 - 32 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week we’re back for a part 2 episode with Kris Dovbniak! On last week’s episode we talked about Kris’ journey from restriction, overexercising, and even competing in fitness competitions to making a full recovery with her relationship with food and her body. On this episode Kris talks about what it’s like to go through...
From Fitness Competitions to Food Freedom with Kris Dovbniak (Part 1)
May 06, 2020 11:30 - 53 minutes - 46.6 MBKristin Dovbniak is a certified holistic health coach, certified intuitive eating counselor and trained chef. Her passion is to help women uncomplicate eating and stress less about food to bring joy back into eating again. Today we’re talking about Kristin’s own health journey, the ebs and flows of her relationship with food and her body...
Why losing weight is unfulfilling – we need to change our brains instead with Kara Lowentheil
April 22, 2020 11:30 - 49 minutes - 43 MBKara Lowentheil is a Master Certified Life Coach and had a previous career as a women’s rights lawyer – so you could say she’s a certified badass specializing in women’s empowerment. She’s the host of the podcast Unf*ck your brain, and today we’re going DEEP in to the big issues that hold women back from... Read More »
Why losing weight is unfulfilling – we need to change our brains instead with Kara Loewentheil
April 22, 2020 11:30 - 49 minutes - 43 MBKara Loewentheil is a Master Certified Life Coach and had a previous career as a women’s rights lawyer – so you could say she’s a certified badass specializing in women’s empowerment. She’s the host of the podcast Unf*ck your brain, and today we’re going DEEP in to the big issues that hold women back from...
Boundary setting for self-care during COVID-19
April 17, 2020 15:14 - 34 minutes - 22.6 MBBONUS episode coming at you today! Victoria Albina (last week’s podcast guest!) and I decided we wanted to do an extra dose of chatting about stress management and Boundary setting for self-care during COVID-19. We’re planning on making this a series, so let us know what other kinds of conversations would best serve you during...
How to Manage Adrenal Fatigue and Chronic Stress (part 1) with Noelle Tarr
April 15, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBToday’s episode is an interview with me (yay!) and Noelle Tarr from an original airing on the Well Fed Women Podcast. We’re talking about being on the brink of adrenal fatigue and dealing with chronic stress without pushing yourself over the edge – everyone in this pandemic. We’re all on the edge of our stress...
Codependency and the Nervous System, and Managing Stress in a Pandemic with Victoria Albina
April 08, 2020 11:30 - 56 minutes - 37.7 MBVictoria 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. She also helps people fix their adrenals, GI...
Work from Home Tips and Managing Food Stress while staying at home
April 01, 2020 11:30 - 24 minutes - 24.7 MBWhat a time to be alive *facepalm emoji*. Things are crazy right now, so I’ve been creating a bunch of resources for you guys to help you through this difficult time. Today: work from home tips for those who don’t work from home and/or for those who don’t want to lose their minds and lose...
Cutting out foods won’t fix your skin issues, and the gut-skin connection with Jennifer Fugo
March 18, 2020 11:30 - 51 minutes - 36 MBJennifer Fugo is the guest on today’s episode and we’re talking all things skin and skin issues! Jennifer is an integrative clinical nutritionist with a master’s in Human Nutrition, who focuses her practice on a functional approach to chronic skin rash conditions. We’re getting a little nerdy talking about the gut-skin connection, leaky skin, the...
How disordered eating behaviors impact your health, digestion, and hormones with Victoria Myers
March 11, 2020 11:30 - 50 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode, we’re chatting about where evidence-based nutrition guidelines and breaking free of dieting, improving your relationship with food and your body intersect. Which, as you guys know, is exactly my philosophy and what I try to do every episode on this podcast, so I’m really excited to have Victoria Myers on the podcast...
How to tune in to your menstrual cycle to make your period your superpower with Kezia Hall (part II)
March 04, 2020 12:30 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBWe have a part TWO episode coming at you this week with Kezia Hall, a holistic nutritionist based in Scotland who was on the show a few weeks ago. We talked Kezia’s personal health journey, how she turned from dieting and restriction to a more intuitive, mindful approach to eating by learning to listen to...
Stop the binge-restrict cycle and embrace taking up space
February 26, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBSpecial episode coming at you guys today! I’m on vacation, and it’s also National Eating Disorders Awareness week, so I wanted to give you guys a deeper look into my own personal story and how my approach to nutrition has evolved over the years from my personal health journey, and working with clients with disordered...
Fix Your Sleep and Optimize Your Health with Tara Youngblood
February 19, 2020 12:30 - 39 minutes - 33.5 MBToday Tara Youngblood, fusion scientist and self-proclaimed “sleep geek” joins Dana on the podcast to talk about…you guessed it, sleep! Quality sleeping habits are becoming more and more of a struggle for many people around the world. Many of us constantly have blue light in our faces from our computers, our phones and binging Netflix...
Finding Balance with Food and Our Hormones with Kezia Hall
February 12, 2020 12:30 - 51 minutes - 44.5 MBThis week’s interview is with Kezia Hall, a holistic nutritionist based in Scotland! Kezia is an expert on women’s health and hormones and today we’re chatting about her personal story from joining a dieting club at age 11 to intuitive eating and using food as medicine, not an emotional crutch. We’re also digging into the...
Trust and control vs a healthier relationship with food, with Katherine Herbison
January 29, 2020 12:30 - 57 minutes - 43.4 MBThis week on the podcast we have Katherine Herbison, the health coach behind Choosing Balance and one of the amazing ladies behind the Embracing Balance Podcast. We’re chatting about Katherine’s personal health journey with an eating disorder at a young age, going through recovery, and coming to the intuitive eating and Health at Every Size...
So you want to lose weight, with Cristina Hoyt
January 22, 2020 12:30 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBCristina Hoyt is back and today we’re digging into a REALLY touchy subject for this time of year that hits home for a lot of people – weight loss. Specifically, we’re talking about WHY we all feel like we need and want to lose weight (or it’s basically a death sentence), and how Cristina and...
Chronic Lyme, Invisible Illness, and Perfectionism vs Intuition with Katie DePaola
January 15, 2020 12:30 - 57 minutes - 50.7 MBToday on the podcast Dana welcomes Katie DePaola, the CEO of Inner Glow Circle, a brand that trains female entrepreneurs and leaders on how to become life coaches to transform the lives of others. Katie founded the company to help women find deeper meaning in their lives and help them escape the rat race by...
Numbing, Disconnection, and Emotional Trigger Release with Deanna Deacon
January 08, 2020 12:30 - 56 minutes - 50.7 MBWe’re getting deep and sweaty and vulnerable in today’s episode with Deanna Deacon! We’re talking about our relationships with ourselves, food and body image, how we mask our pain with busyness, stimulants, pain-killers & distractions, masculine and feminine energy centers, and a technique Deanna Developed called Emotional Trigger Resilience Technique. Deanna talks about how she...
103 | Numbing, Disconnection, and Emotional Trigger Release with Deanna Deacon
January 08, 2020 12:30 - 56 minutes - 49.8 MBWe’re getting deep and sweaty and vulnerable in today’s episode with Deanna Deacon! We’re talking about our relationships with ourselves, food and body image, how we mask our pain with busyness, stimulants, pain-killers & distractions, masculine and feminine energy centers, and a technique Deanna Developed called Emotional Trigger Resilience Technique. Deanna talks about how she... Read More »
102 | Diet Culture Resilience and ED Recovery with Jayne Mattingly
January 01, 2020 13:30 - 42 minutes - 36.9 MBToday’s special January 1st episode is going to help you build some resilience towards the overwhelming amount of diet culture BS that’s floating around this new year. Our guest today is Jayne Mattingly, the founder of Recovery Love and Care. Recovery Love and Care offers virtual supports for individuals on the path to eating disorder...
101 | Inflammation and Intuitive Eating, and finding Food Peace with Dr Will Cole
December 18, 2019 12:30 - 51 minutes - 40.9 MBThis is one of those episodes that I was teasing last week – a clinician who is immersed in the functional medicine world but not necessarily the non-diet culture world, but who takes a non-diet approach to therapeutic elimination protocols. This is one of those people for whom if you were only in the non-diet-culture...