HealED Podcast

Do you feel like you have to pick between food freedom and your health? Like choosing food freedom means letting yourself go? In this week's solo episode, we explore the idea of "letting ourselves go" and how we can actually show up for ourselves in a kinder way [AUDIO WARNING: You may hear a lot of background noise in this episode- I apologize in advance for the inconvenience]   Have any question...

Is your relationship with movement intuitive? What does that even mean? In this week's podcast episode,  Katie Hake,  a Registered Dietitian and Fitness Professional, connected with me to talk about intuitive and movement and how we can start having a better relationship with movement! I hope you enjoy this episode! If so, don't forget to leave us a rating on apple podcast :)   Learn more at www.k...

Do you count your calories or track your macros? In this solo episode we will talk about the benefits and cons of tracking.   If you are interested in joining my 3 day free LIVE event on my signature 4 steps to fully have food freedom and body confidence > Join Here!   Any questions? Connect with me on IG @the.balanced.dietitian

In this week's episode, we are talking about body shame and fatphobia  with Katie Gilbertson!    In this episode we discuss the origin of body shame, how it impacts us day-to-day and how we can learn to work through it.   Katie is also the host of her own podcast ShameRebel    >>I hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did please don't forget to leave us a review :)    Ready to fully recover from d...

In this solo podcast episode, we are talking about being an empowered eater. Do you consider yourself to be an empowered eater?  In this episode, I talk about what is an empowered eater and how to become one!   *NEW COURSE ALERT* If you have been wanting to work with me & wanting food freedom +empowerment >> Empowered Eating Course  may be for you! I just launch a new lower cost course to help you...

It's no secret that we all grew up in diet culture. But is diet messages interfering with your parenting?   Today I had the pleasure to talk with Oona Hanson a parent educator who helps parents and guardians raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body.   This conversation was full of gems! If you are a parent or want to become a parent one day- this episode is a must! Oona'...

Are you tired of setting weight loss goals year after year? Hoping that this time the diet will work and you will be able to sustain it. I hear your, the thought of it is exhausting!   What if I told you we can focus on a different type of goal that not only is sustainable but will also increase your life quality! YUP!   In this podcast episode, we talk about different types of goal setting and wa...

On this week's podcast episode we talk about emotional regulation. As a super feeler- I used to feel really ashamed of feeling deeply. I didn't always know how to respond to all of my big emotions. This is why I am really excited to have Dr. Meagan Gallagher, a Clinical Psychologist, talk to us about emotions!   Meagan works with adolescents, adults, couples, and families who are experiencing a ra...

Do you trust yourself? Do you believe that you are able to have food freedom and body peace? In this short episode, we talk about trusting ourselves. Why we may not be able to truly trust ourselves and how you can start building that trust again.   If you are ready to *trust yourself* and do the healing work >>check out The Balanced Program to see if it's a good fit for you!   Connect with me on I...

When we think of healing our relationship with food and your body there are 2 levels: 1- Your personal work 2- Changing the system! In this episode, I had the pleasure to talk with Claire, a wonderful RD at The Balanced Practice on the role of public health RDs in slowing dismantling diet culture! Diet culture is a SYSTEMIC issue so addressing the system we live in is CRUCIAL in this work :) I hop...

First week and half of January done ✔ And what a start to the year.. With the rise in COVID cases and the lockdowns, I know many of my clients have been having a harder time. I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and taking care of yourselves. Let's talk about getting back on track! It's no surprise January is diet cultures FAVOURITE month. Many diets will advertise challenges, detoxes a...

Happy 2022! This week on the podcast, we star with a BANG! Celestina Brunetti, the founder of Wellness Cucina, came on the podcast to teach us about simple cooking tips outside of diet culture!    Celestina is a chef and RD who is passionate about teaching people how to cook delicious and nourishing food without the side of guilt. Cooking can often feel like a chore, especially after YEARS of usin...

Happy Holidays! In this week's solo episode I will share my top 7 tips to enjoy your holidays GUILT-FREE! I hope you enjoy this episode and your holidays!!   Ready to live a guilt free life? Join my free class > www.thebalancedpractice.com/signup     PS: if you have been enjoying my podcast- I would love to hear from you! I'd SO appreciate a review from you. If you can take 60 seconds to go to you...

In this week's episode,  I had the pleasure to talk with Kellie Sybersma, a psychotherapist qualifying, about the role of therapy in eating disorder care.   Kellie offers a weight neutral, trauma informed and client centered approach to sessions. Kellie's focus when working with clients is first and foremost to develop a strong therapeutic alliance, which becomes the foundation for working togethe...

On this week's podcast episode, we talk about the intersection os substance use and eating disorder with Katrina Hutchingame. Katrina is a WONDERFUL psychotherapist with experience work with eating disorder, addiction and substance use.    In this episode, she unpacks the correlation between ED and substance use, discuss the recovery process and treatment option.   This episode is full of gem. I h...

In this week's podcast episode, I share exciting news about our practice! And we are unpacking body comments! We talk about WHY it can be harmful and how to start setting boundaries about it!   NEW SERVICES! ED outpatient program >> www.thebalancedpractice.com/services. If you want more information you can contact us info@thebalancedpractice.com or on IG @the.balanced.practice The Balanced Program...

Happy Diabetes Month! In this week's podcast episode, Mary Ellen Phipps, the registered dietitian behind Milk and Honey Nutrition , joins us to talk about type 1 diabetes and food relationship! In this episode, we talk about : - What is Type 1 Diabetes - How can folks avoid feeling restricted when having to manage their nutrition - Myths about Diabetes - How to have a great relationship with food...

November is here! The days are getting shorter and SO much colder! Many of us will start feeling a toll emotionally.. #NovemberBlues This can lead us to put ourselves, our healing journey and our self care on the back burner. Can you relate?! 🙋‍♀️ In this week's solo podcast episode, I talk about how you can keep working towards your healing journey while working through this seasonal slump. Alth...

Are you able to connect to your hunger? How about trsut it? In this week's podcast episode, I had a great conversation with psychologist Dr Melissa McCreery on hunger!   Melissa focuses on the three Os that ambush successful, high-performing women—overwhelm, overload and overeating. She is the author of  The Emotional Eating Rescue Plan for Smart, Busy Women and the creator of TooMuchOnHerPlate.co...

In this solo podcast episode, we are unpacking the desire to lose weight before/during healing your relationship with food and your body. If you have been wanting to lose wait BEFORE starting your healing journey this is for you.   Register for the FREE LIVE CLASS on November 10th @ 6pm EST!  >>Register here  In this class you will learn HOW you can have food freddom + body confidence without foll...

This week, I am excited to have Joelle Ciccarelli on the podcast! Joelle is an anti-diet, weight inclusive dietitian at  The Balanced Practice. In this episode, we talked about her story becoming a dietitian and we dive deeper on dancers, disordered eating and body image.  Joelle is a BIG part of The Balanced Practice and I feel honoured to get to work with her! Her clients love her empathy, kindn...

In this solo podcast episode, we talk through the post-holiday guilt! This applies to any post meal guilt.   We will talk through the nutrition piece i.e what to do post holiday and the emotional hangover.   Remember that you never need to make up for foods eaten.   Join the FREE class on guilt free eating! >>Register here ( www.thebalancedpractice.com/signup )   Connect with me : @the.balanced.di...

This week, we are starting a new series introducing every team member behind The Balanced Practice.   In this week's episode, I had the pleasure to talk with Jasna Robinson-Wright an AMAZING dietitian. Jasna is a certified Diabetes Educator and a Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. Jasna is a mom of 2 little kiddos. She supports folks through eating disorder recovery, intuitive eating and diabe...

Do you believe there's a weight limit to food freedom? In this solo episode, I respond to a DM I received on instagram.  Most of the time, I delete and block any fatphobic comments, however, this DM was different. This person wanted to understand a concept that is SO foreign when living in diet culture.  So I wanted to openly talk about the idea that food freedom has weight limit.  I think the mor...

Is yoga part of your healing practice?   In this episode, I had the pleasure to connect with Gillian McCollum, an anti-diet food, body freedom coach and body positive yoga teacher whose mission is to help women find lasting peace and freedom with food and their body.   This episode was FIRE. We talked about the impact of diet culture in mainstream yoga, the power of body affirming yoga in healing...