Love You More Podcast

Send us Fan Mail January 9, 2024 Love You More Ep 34: One Year Without Alcohol Episode summary: The decision to stop drinking was one of the top best choices Jen's made in her life. A Little over a year after her last drink in December of 2022, Jen talks about how her life has changed, the feedback she's received, and what's next for her. In this episode Jen gets personal about why...

Send us Fan Mail December 27, 2023 Love You More Ep 33: Grateful for Gratitude, but not Gratitude Gone Wrong Episode summary: What is gratitude? What are the benefits to health? When does gratitude extend beyond the positive and go wrong? In this episode Jennifer reflects on a couple of interactions with her sons over the past few weeks that got her thinking about staying grateful. They also got h...

Send us Fan Mail December 12, 2023 Love You More Ep 32: Shaking Yourself Out of Stuck-ness with Becky Vollmer Episode summary: In this episode Jennifer gets to interview one of her dream guests! She sits down with renown writer, teacher, speaker, and leading voice in the recovery and sobriety community, Becky Vollmer. When Jen first started Love You More, she had a vision of the content she would...

Send us Fan Mail November 28, 2023 Love You More Ep 31: Exploring Thoughts and Feelings with Life Coach Helen McLaughlin Episode summary: Today Jennifer sits down with her life coach, Helen McLaughlin, to talk about how you can reframe situations by recognizing your thoughts and feelings for what they are. They unwind the between peace and happiness, discuss the merits of assigning greater meaning...

Send us Fan Mail November 14, 2023 Love You More Ep 30: The Power of Hypnosis (in nutrition and everything else) Episode summary: In this episode Jennifer talks with fellow dietitian Sarah Krieger about how she discovered hypnosis and how she integrates it into her nutrition practice. In her current practice, the majority of her clients are seeing her for hypnosis, but are being treated for some t...

Send us Fan Mail October 31, 2023 Love You More Ep 29: The Power of Play - for adults!   Episode summary: A couple of weeks ago, Jennifer spent a weekend in Nashville at a 3 day music fest - with the goal of letting loose and just having fun.  This past alcohol-free year, has been an exercising in re-discovering what fun means and she is here for it!  Research shows that play is good for physical...

Send us Fan Mail October 17, 2023 Love You More Ep 28: Season 3 Update   Episode summary: Welcome to season 3 of the Love You More podcast!  Nine months into her sober living journey, Jennifer reflects on alcohol-free firsts and some awkward moments. Surviving summer, concerts, and canoeing with 3 rowdy boys, she feels like she's hit her stride and is feeling more and more confident in her ab...

Send us Fan Mail May 16, 2023 Love You More Ep 27: What Are You Doing with Your 4000 Weeks?   Episode summary: When Jennifer's mastermind group asked her to choose her favorite productivity book to share on their most recent retreat, choosing Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman was a no-brainer. With ideas like doing nothing, finding novelty in the mundane, and...

Send us Fan Mail May 9, 2023 Love You More Ep 26: Season 2 Wrap Up - Life Updates and Thoughts on Rumination   Episode summary: In this series wrap-up, Jennifer provides a raw and emotional life update. As she continues to work through her foot injury, Jennifer talks through her thoughts on the Boston Marathon, her recovery, and what's up next.   Accepting this change in her relationship to r...

Send us Fan Mail April 25, 2023 Love You More Ep 25: Self Care for Athletes (and other active people)   Guest Bios: Kelly Pritchett PhD, RDN, CSSD Nutrition & Exercise Professor Director of Sports Nutrition for CWU Athletics Consultant and Co-Owner of Inside Sports Nutrition Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RD Owner and CEO of the blog and wellness brand, Bucket List Tummy Co-host of Nail Your Nutrition...

Send us Fan Mail April 10, 2023 Love You More Ep 24: Nutrition & Self Care: Unlocking Omega-3s with GOED Omega-3   Guest Bios: Elana Natker, MS, RD Director of Consumer and Healthcare Practitioner Communications at GOED Self Care Routine: sit and have coffee first thing in the morning and then do a workout  Kaitlin Roke, PhD Director of Scientific Communication and Outreach at GOED Self Care R...

Send us Fan Mail March 28, 2023 Love You More Ep 23: The Walk Out of Shame, the Walk Out of the Wellness Culture with JC Lippold   Episode summary: Wellness culture can make us question if we’re using the right cosmetics, eating the right foods, exercising the right amount...the list goes on and on.  In this episode, Jen and guest, JC Lippold, unpack the root causes of shame in the wellness indust...

Send us Fan Mail March 14, 2023 Love You More Ep 22: Rethinking the Drink (part 2)   Episode summary: Disclaimer: My choice not to drink does not come with judgment of your choice to drink. This is completely judgement free. I'm exploring my relationship with alcohol and hoping that my journey resonates with my listeners.  Over the past couple of months, Jennifer has been exploring her relati...

Send us Fan Mail February 28, 2023 Love You More Ep 21: Go with Your Gut: Self Care with Gastroenterologist Dr. Kreikemeier Episode summary: Jennifer and Dr. Kreikemeier having been collaborating on the Got Good Gut Health? program and on this episode they talk about everything from Dr. K's hot yoga to the pros and cons of at-home microbiome testing. Dr. Kreikemeier shares his own self care j...

Send us Fan Mail February 14, 2023 Love You More Ep 20: Dear Me: The Power of Journaling   Episode summary: Research has shown that journaling has positive effects on sleep, stress, and overall happiness. You don’t need to journal every day to see the benefits – you only have to journal when you feel like it. Isn’t that an easy form of self care? Jennifer talks about different forms of journaling...

Send us Fan Mail January 31, 2023 Love You More Ep 19: Listening Like Mr. Rogers Episode summary: This episode was inspired by Mr. Rogers and his uncanny ability to give his undivided attention and listening ear to everyone he met. It makes you want to be a better person - a better listener.  When you get down to it self care is about meeting your needs and when we serve others well, we also help...

Send us Fan Mail January 17, 2023 Love You More Ep 18: Being a Curious Comparative Episode summary: After a running injury sidelined her from her favorite sport and method of self care, Jennifer found myself in a comparison trap. At the same time, one of her clients was struggling not to compare himself to other runners while he was struggling to find time for training with a 5 week old baby at ho...

Send us Fan Mail January 3, 2023 Love You More Ep 17: Feldenkrais Method for Self Care with Sandy Weiss, PT, GCFP Episode summary: When you’re a baby you know how to take care of yourself and your body, and the Feldenkrais Method teaches self-referencing as a way of bringing you back to your internal guide. In this episode, Jennifer talks to Sandy Weiss, a physical therapist and Guild Certified Fe...

Send us Fan Mail December 20, 2022 Love You More Ep 16: Shifts in Self Care  Episode summary: Sometimes you have to change up your self-care routine. It could be because you got a new job, moved to a new house, or got an injury or illness that stops you from doing an activity that you once enjoyed and included as part of your self-care routine. Jennifer has always identified as a runner, but after...

Send us Fan Mail December 6, 2022 Love You More Ep 15: Receiving Feedback with Therapist, Pattie Cashman   Episode summary: I think we can all agree that getting feedback can be really uncomfortable. We all have a basic need to be loved and accepted for who we are, and feedback often bumps up against that need.  Luckily, receiving feedback is a skill that you can work on and improve – and your rel...

Send us Fan Mail November 22, 2022 Love You More Ep 14: Creating a Mindful Eating Practice   Episode summary: Welcome to the new season of the Love You More Podcast! I’m so happy to be back.  Since we’re kicking this off during Thanksgiving week, we’re going to talk about Mindful Eating and how you can make eating a time for self-care. At a time of year when things can be stressful and there is de...

Send us Fan Mail August 1, 2022 Love You More Ep 13: How to Get Your Healthy Self Care Habits to Stick Episode summary : All season long, we've talked about self care practices that can help you to feel healthier, happier, and more fulfilled. We've talked about eating well, exercise, getting enough sleep, feeling our feelings, but we haven't talked about how to stick with these prac...

Send us Fan Mail July 18, 2022 Love You More Ep 12: Is Meal Planning Really Self Care? A Conversation with Sara Haas Episode summary : Planning meals, grocery shopping, and cooking nourishing meals for you and your family are deep level self care behaviors that can be especially challenging to fit into a busy schedule. The key is to figure out what works for you and allowing the process to change...

Send us Fan Mail July 4, 2022 Love You More Ep 11: Self-Care in the Cray of Summertime Episode summary : For most parents, summertime is a big transition. The schedule is looser, kids are headed off in all directions, and there is an added pressure to enjoy everything and have fun. Plus, there's worrying about the kids at sleepaway camp and the guilt that comes with not parenting perfectly. ...

Send us Fan Mail June 20, 2022 Love You More Ep 10: The Answers Are Within: Somatic Self Care with Shannon Hayes Buescher Episode summary : Shannon is an intuitive eating expert and somatic experiencing practitioner who works with her clients to help optimize the self-discovery and healing in the process of creating a new relationship with food and body. She's also one of my best friends!  In...