Invisibly Unwell

This week's guest is Cristina Hoyt, MS,CNS, Integrative Clinical Nutritionist, and Body Image Coach. She helps her clients cultivate a positive relationship with food and their body by integrating the principles of functional, neutral nutrition, Health At Every Size™, and weight inclusive, non-diet medical nutrition counseling.   Cristina posed a question early in this interview which is still bou...

Alexa Prass is a Registered Dietitian who combines her personal experience with celiac disease with her education to support people with celiac disease and other medically necessary gluten-free diets. Alexa believes that living a gluten-free life does not have to hold you back and with the right knowledge and support you too can live your best gluten-free life.  She sheds light on what celiac dise...

Dana Monsees is a Dietitian-Nutritionist and Body Image Coach specializing in nutrition therapy for gut health, hormonal imbalances, and burnout from a non-restrictive approach. She is also the first returning guest of the Invisibly Unwell podcast!  In this episode Dana debunks many health and fitness trends circulating around the social media jungle and turns several of my questions on their head...

Lea Manilla found acupuncture at 15 years old after suffering from rotator cuff tendinitis in her shoulder, threatening her competitive swimming career. She experienced its healing benefits first-hand and developed a deep love for the practice. Since then she's worked diligently to hone her skills and welcome others to the world of acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Lea explains that in simple term...

Kaely McDevitt is a licensed dietician and fellow perfectionist, type-A high achiever. Upon experiencing her own health issues after years of education in diet & nutrition, she realized there a significant gender gap in healthcare research. We discuss the alarmingly small amount of nutrition and medical research that has been done to date on women's health specifically, the long term risks of birt...

Dr. Saimun Singla was inspired to shift from practicing traditional medicine to a more integrative model that blends, as she says, "the best of the east and the west". She was inspired to explore a more patient centered approach after becoming a rheumatology patient herself and experiencing firsthand the impact that lifestyle practices and evidence based complementary methods have on overall healt...

Brand Walker is an eating disorder survivor and Certified Independent Recovery Coach. She suffered from her own eating disorder, disordered thoughts and behaviors, and body dysmorphic disorder for well over 30 years. Having gone through an extensive recovery process, Brandy is now fully recovered today. She opened Recover You, LLC in 2019 as a part-time practice while still maintaining my 25+ year...

Shannon Dolan was voted Best Nutritionist in Austin, TX 2021 & 2022. She specializes in helping high achievers regain connection to their body. Whether she's talking women's health or having inclusive conversations in corporate wellness, Shannon is passionate about helping her clients gain more energy and be deeply nourished so they can feel more like themselves.  She has a multitude of impressive...

Anessa Powell is the Founder and CEO of AllAbility Recruiting, a disability recruitment firm specializing in connecting the disability community with meaningful employers that also offers organization-wide disability training and consulting. In addition, Anessa is a patient advocate and speaker who believes in fostering community over competition and showing compassion to those living with a disab...

Danika Brysha is a 3X wellness entrepreneur, plus size fashion model, and mother. She has worked with thousands of people to spread wellness and cultivate self-care routines and systems that stick, and is passionate about empowering others to come back home to themselves. Through her journey of recovery from disordered eating, food addiction, body issues, excessive alcohol and drug use, deep debt,...

Dana Monsees is a Dietitian-Nutritionist and Body Image Coach specializing in neutral nutrition for chronic health conditions, gut and adrenal issues.  In this episode she shares her extensive experience with wellness culture, restrictive dieting trends, and the role mental and emotional issues play in our overall physical health.   We discuss factors that played into both of us developing an eati...

Lilly Stairs is an entrepreneur and autoimmune "triple threat" who turned her experience with chronic illness into a successful career. She is the founder of Patient Authentic and Chronic Boss Collective. We discuss the challenges of obtaining a diagnosis, how it feels to experience medical gaslighting, and the lengths we have gone to feel seen and heard. We share our personal experiences with res...