Expert Dédé Wilson discusses the drawbacks of labeling foods as 'safe' or 'unsafe'. She emphasizes changing language to create food freedom and trust. The podcast explores mindset shifts, emotional impacts of diagnoses, and complexities of food sensitivities. It also highlights reframing relationships with food and upcoming content on language's influence.

Food and health struggles can drain your body's energy - leaving you feeling weak, helpless and frustrated. Lisa Marie Rankin will share self-care rituals and practices to re-energize and strengthen your ojas. Start 2023 on the right track with Lisa's inspiring tips! Lisa Marie Rankin is an author, teacher, and Ayurvedic wellness coach. She helps women heal their bodies and ignite their feminine power so they can live with health, radiance, and inspiration. Visit her website at LisaMarieRankin.com.  Lisa is offering listeners free registration to her Ayurveda Essentials mini-course. You'll learn how to use Ayurveda principles and practices in your everyday life to increase your energy, beat belly bloat, and stress less. You'll also learn your Aryuvedic mind and body type, and get a dinacharya (daily routine) checklist. 

Wendy, with 30 years of experience working with food-sensitive clients, shares top tips for successful elimination diets. Topics include methodical diet restrictions, tailored dietary/lifestyle guidance, systematic planning, and navigating food sensitivities with caution and professional support.

Simone Albert, founder of Food Allergy Counselling, discusses retraining your brain to feel safe around food. Topics include anxiety's impact on food reactions, physical manifestations of anxiety, self-compassion, stress response, and the mind-body connection in food sensitivities.

Psychology student and international model Makena Osborne discusses navigating traumatic food-associated events, emphasizing self-awareness and managing stress. The podcast explores maintaining objectivity in stressful situations, being prepared and proactive against food allergies, and overcoming fear through self-reflection.

Shame - an inevitable part of chronic illness - can be a roadblock to recovery. Johannah shares the impact of shame on her health and how she found the courage to move past it. In addition to softening her symptoms, this journey has positively influenced every aspect of her life.   Johannah has a master’s degree in education and a career in non-profit management. She is also the executive director of the Rome Foundation and secretary-treasurer for the center for education and practice of biopsychosocial care. In addition to her professional experience, she is a digestive health patient and patient advocate. She is a co-author of the book, Gut Feelings: Disorders of the Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI) and the Patient-Doctor Relationship. Contact her through Twitter @johannahruddy.

I discuss five key points to help you reflect on this crucial question. I challenge black-and-white misperceptions about sensitivities and offer listeners a different perspective on how to approach food and their health.

When you have sensitivities, food can dominate your life. Batch cooking may be the answer to help you spend less time thinking about food or working in the kitchen. Kathlena (aka The Allergy Chef) tells us how batch cooking can bring time, financial, emotional and mental freedom. You can reach Kathlena through her website TheAllergyChef.com.

Audrey has been a FAST Freedom coach for six months and has done a fantastic job helping her clients move past their restricted diet struggles. She shares inspiring stories and examples of what changes have made the most significant difference in her clients' lives. Audrey is an IBS specialist dietitian, co-author of The 28-Day Plan for IBS Relief: 100 Low FODMAP Recipes to Soothe Your Symptoms of IBS, and FAST Freedom practitioner. Many people with IBS or unexplained symptoms have unnecessarily stopped eating many of the foods that they love. Audrey coaches her clients to help relieve their symptoms and rebuild confidence in food again. You can find her at www.ibsnutrition.com.

Depression is common for those suffering from food sensitivities or mysterious symptoms. I will discuss the reasons for this connection and strategies to get out of the rut and live a full life.