The High Functioning Hot Mess Podcast

Wedding season can be beautiful… and also wildly dysregulating. In this episode of High Functioning Hot Mess , Elizabeth sits down with Cassie Thomas , a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Colorado, to talk about the cultural pressure cooker of being a bride — from planning overwhelm and perfectionism to body image spirals, stress physiology, and the post-wedding crash no one warns you...

In this episode of High Functioning Hot Mess , Elizabeth sits down with registered dietitian, strength & conditioning specialist, and founder of Zoë Schroeder Nutrition, Zoë Schroeder , for an honest, grounding conversation about sustainable fat loss, mindset, and healing your relationship with food — without extremes, restriction, or quick fixes. Zoë shares her own journey through diet cultur...

A Recovery Year, A Return to Self: Healing, Slowing Down, & Trusting What’s Next As the year comes to a close, Elizabeth reflects on 2025 as a recovery year — one marked by nervous system healing, somatic therapy, slowing down, and learning to trust herself again. In this solo New Year’s Eve episode, she shares how stepping away from social media, reconnecting with her body, exploring intuitio...

CGMs, Rucking, and Finding More Fun with Kayla Girgen In this episode of High Functioning Hot Mess , Elizabeth chats with RD + CPT Kayla Girgen about stress (and how it shows up as more than just “work stress”), why tools like CGM + HTMA can make the invisible visible, and how healing often leads from food → nervous system → deeper emotional layers. They also dive into rucking as a burnout-friendl...

Healing Beyond Supplements with Carolyn Krueskamp In this episode of High Functioning Hot Mess , Elizabeth sits down with women’s health dietitian and personal trainer Carolyn Krueskamp for an honest, grounding conversation about healing that goes far deeper than food, supplements, or protocols. Carolyn shares her personal journey through chronic stress, mold exposure, migraines, relationship uphe...

Former Rockette, eating disorder recovery coach, future RD, and fellow highly sensitive gal? Yeah… this one is a GOOD one. ✨ Today I’m sitting down with Alli Bollinger – also known as @ your_spoonful on the Instagram and Tik Tok – to talk about what it really looks like to chase a dream (hello, Radio City Rockette!), walk through an eating disorder, and build a softer, more sustainable relationsh...

In today’s solo episode, Elizabeth invites you into the sweetest, coziest recap of her Year of ✨Hobbies✨ — the experiment that helped her heal, reconnect with joy, and stop living in constant self-improvement mode. What started as a chaotic post-wedding spiral turned into one of the most transformative years of her life… thanks to bread, dirt, yarn, music, glitter, books, and play. If you’ve bee...

🎙️ Episode 2: The Shoulds Will Get Ya: EMDR, TRE & What Nervous System Regulation Really Means with Kendra Dale Guest: Kendra Dale, LCSW We’ve all seen it plastered across the internet: “Regulate your nervous system.” But what does that actually mean—beyond cold plunges, green juice, or a 10-step morning routine? In this first episode of The High Functioning Hot Mess, I’m joined by licensed th...

In this heart-opening conversation, Elizabeth sits down with Colorado-based therapist, writer, and Reiki master Jesie Steffes to explore what it truly means to be a highly sensitive person (HSP) in a world that often feels sharp, fast, and overwhelming. Jesie breaks down the science and soul of sensitivity — how HSPs process more information, feel deeper resonance, and often need softer, more spac...

Episode 1: Welcome to The High Functioning Hot Mess ✨ In this first episode, I’m sharing the heart behind this podcast — why I created it, who it’s for, and how my own messy healing journey brought me here. If you’re craving gentleness, nuance, and honest conversations about healing, nourishment, sensitivity, and simply being human… you’re in the right place. This episode sets the tone for everyt...