Andrea Santa Maria PhD LPC-MHSP and Sophia Deahl MS RD IFMCP

Full Course

Health EN ↓ 5 episodes

You have the books, the apps, the clean-eating grocery lists — and yet the gap between knowing and doing still feels enormous. Full Course is for the woman who's done reading about it and ready to act. A therapist and a registered dietitian join the conversation your brain and body have been having without you — honest, rooted in science, and actually human. Each episode pairs a deep-dive main conversation with a short companion exercise — so every listen ends with something you can do today, not just something you learned.

Author

Andrea Santa Maria PhD LPC-MHSP and Sophia Deahl MS RD IFMCP

Episodes

Where Your Food Story Began — Family of Origin & Your Relationship with Food (Part 2) 03.07.2026 8:16

In this companion episode, Andrea walks listeners through a practical exercise — the ABCDE Model of Change — to help identify where a food belief came from and how to reframe it into something empowering. Grab paper and a pen for this one. → Listen to Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/59ISkCGbLSNxeUjoYXu5yM?si=-iyf23mBRu2KXQBwO_0VKQ Try It Yourself: Grab a pen and paper and walk through you...

Where Your Food Story Began — Family of Origin & Your Relationship with Food (Part 1) 03.07.2026 33:49

In this episode of Full Course, Andrea and Sophia dig into where our relationship with food actually starts — childhood. Andrea unpacks how early attachment, caregiver cues, and family dynamics quietly shape the beliefs we carry into adulthood about what's "good," "bad," rewarding, or shameful when it comes to eating. What We Cover: Why food beliefs form as early as our fir...

How to Support Gut Health (Part 2) 19.06.2026 6:00

You heard 'the why' in our last episode— now here's 'the what.' In this companion episode, Sophia walks you through the actionable steps to support gut health. She covers what to do instead of cutting more foods out, prioritizing small, realistic steps that fit into your real life — no overhaul required! → Click here to listen to our last episode on Gut Health: https://open.spo...

For the Girls with Gut Issues (Part 1) 19.06.2026 27:58

Gut health is everywhere — on your feed, on your friends' lips, and honestly, maybe in your own body too. In this episode, Sophia and Andrea unpack why women are disproportionately affected by digestive issues, what's actually going on in the gut, and why cutting out dairy or gluten is often just a Band-Aid. They also get into the gut-brain connection — because your stress is absolutely showing up...

TEASER 09.06.2026 6:50

Welcome to the Full Course Podcast, hosted by dietitian Sophia Deahl and therapist Dr. Andrea Santa Maria. In creating this podcast, we sought to address the common feeling of being bombarded with information yet left wondering "now what?" Many of our clients echoed this sentiment, leading us to develop a solution. "Full Course" is designed to be more than just a source of info...