Intuitive Bites Podcast

For episode 19, I'm breaking down the different ways deprivation can show up in your relationship to food. I also dive into how this can be a factor in holiday eating.

For this week's episode, I'm chatting with Simi Botic, a certified holistic health coach, about topic of black and white thinking in eating. Here's some information about Simi and where you can find her: Simi Botic is a certified holistic health coach, speaker, and the author of Letting Go Of Leo: How I Broke Up With Perfection a memoir about overcoming her decades long struggle with feeling like she wasn't enough. Through her work, she helps women all over the world ditch perfection and heal their relationships with food and body image so they can begin to embrace their beautifully imperfect lives. She made you a free guide, The First Step To Breaking Up With Perfection which you can grab here. To learn more, visit her at www.simibotic.com and @simibotic. And the links we chatted about in the episode: FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/beautifullyimperfect/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/simibotic/ Website: http://www.simibotic.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Letting-Go-Leo-Broke-Perfection/dp/1504392701/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541786722&sr=8-1&keywords=letting+go+of+leo+simi+botic

For Episode 17, I decided to address a question that was submitted to me on the topic of emotional eating. I'll be back soon with more conversations with different amazing professionals, but for this week it's just you and me!

For Episode 16, I'm chatting with Mary Jelkovsksy from @maryscupofteaa about how weight loss doesn't actually results in long term happiness. We also dig into some of the ways weight loss can appear to make people happier. Find Mary on Instagram or YouTube as @maryscupofteaa or on her website maryscupoftea.com. Here's some information about Mary from Mary: Hi, I’m Mary! I’m a former bikini fitness model and competitor turned self-love and confidence coach. I used to spend endless time, energy, and money on diet and exercise programs thinking that I'd like myself more if I was thinner/fitter/slimmer. The more weight I lost, the more my mental health suffered, but I thought it was worth it because I was one of 96% of women in the world who was desperately unhappy with my appearance. I realized that no matter what I looked like, the feeling of “I’m not good enough” would remain so long as I was chasing society’s unrealistic beauty ideals. After overcoming my eating disorder, soul searchin’ and healing, I started my online platform Mary’s Cup of Tea, to inspire you to find unconditional self-love and lead your life with confidence. Now, I travel to beautiful places and eat yummy foods while sharing my heart with you through my writings, videos, and coaching programs.

For Episode 15, I got to talk with Kathleen Meehan, a non-diet Registered Dietitian about how an attempt at "healthy eating" can very quickly morph into a diet. We talk rigidity vs flexibility and also dive into what intuitive eating can really look like for different people. Our guest for this week's episode, Kathleen Meehan, is a registered dietitian, currently living in Houston, TX. She is originally from New England, where she earned both her undergraduate nutrition degree and a master’s from Boston University. Kathleen has experience as a clinical dietitian and in nutrition counseling on a college campus. Now, Kathleen sees clients virtually using a non-diet, weight inclusive framework. As a true lover of food, Kathleen is eager to help people explore their relationship with food while reexamining what being healthy really means. Find Kathleen on Instagram @therdnutritionist or at www.kathleenmeehanrd.com.

For Episode 14, I got to chat with Marci Evans (@marcird on Instagram) who is a Registered Dietitian specializing in food and body image healing. This episode is all about food addiction which is a topic that Marci is well versed in discussing. Her knowledge on this topic is impressive, but her compassion for those who have struggled with feeling addicted to food is really what makes this episode amazing. Find more information about Marci and her amazing services on her website marcird.com.

For this week's episode, I got to chat with Beth Summers of @be.truebalance on Instagram about the role of nutrition in Intuitive Eating. We talk about the misconception that intuitive eating is devoid of nutrition and also touch on a lot of foundational intuitive eating concepts.

For this weeks episode, I'm chatting with Fiona Willer, a practicing Dietitian and PhD candidate in Australia. We are discussing the topic of BMI as a metric in weight science research. For more information and resources from Fiona, find her on Instagram @fionawiller or on her website healthnotdiets.com.

For Episode 11, Laura Thomas (@laurathomasphd) and I chat about the concept of "clean eating". We start to unpack some of the fear around certain types of food and food additives and dig into some of the unintended consequences of categorizing foods as being "clean" and therefore "good".

For Episode 10, we are talking all about finding intuitive eating after weight loss surgery. I got to talk with Gem from @intu_eative (instagram.com/intu_eative) on Instagram about her personal experience with this journey.