Nicki Sizemore

Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD Podcast

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In Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD, cookbook author and teacher Nicki Sizemore explores how food connects us—to our minds, bodies, spirits, the earth, and one another. Through heartfelt conversations with chefs, food writers, scientists, spiritual teachers, and other thinkers, Nicki unpacks how culture, identity, and conditioning shape our relationship to what we eat and how we care for ourselves. These are conversations about nourishment in every sense of the word—not just how we feed our bodies, but how we tend to our emotional and spiritual well-being. You’ll find recipe ideas and kitchen inspirat...

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Nicki Sizemore

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Fat Phobia, Body Autonomy and Feeding Kids with Virginia Sole Smith 18.04.2023 43:39

In today's episode I speak with Virginia Sole-Smith, author of the new book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture . W e explore anti-fat bias and fat phobia, and how weight, health and beauty have gotten tangled up with notions of morality. Virginia explains how (and why) our culture has become so afraid of fat, and how this fat phobia has resulted in real systems of oppression where huma...

Living and Eating in a Sacred Way with Natalie Deeb 04.04.2023 42:10

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/ Hello and welcome to episode 7! This is a really special episode for me, because I speak with my own Spiritual teacher, Natalie Deeb . Natalie is a trained shaman and certified CranioSacral practitioner, and she’s accredited in a number of different modalities to help individuals heal the trinity of body...

Honoring Our Bodies and and Intuitive Cooking with Calvin Eaton 21.03.2023 39:45

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/ This episode features such an inspiring human. Calvin Eaton is a scholar, cookbook author, content creator and activist. He’s the publisher of TheGlutenFreeChef blog as well as the founder of the non-profit 540WMain which is rooted in social justice and antiracism. Calvin shares his personal journey with...

Embodiment as Resistance to Patriarchy with Chryssa Tsakiris 07.03.2023 43:36

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/ This week I talk with Chyrssa Tsakiris , founder of Well Collab Acupuncture and Proof of Life . I had so many chills during this conversation. We go deep, examining how the umbrella of patriarchy, which includes misogyny, racism, agism and capitalism, influences how we nourish ourselves. We talk about th...

Food & Our Bodies Through the Lens of Chinese Medicine 21.02.2023 39:39

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/ Today’s show expanded me in so many ways, and I think you’re going to love it. I speak with Emily Morrison , licensed acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner, and we explore food and our bodies through the lens of Chinese medicine . Emily offers easy, applicable tips for how to nourish ourselves...

Music and Food 07.02.2023 24:13

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/ I have a really fun episode for you today all about music and food featuring one my very favorite humans—my husband! James Sizemore is a composer and music editor with notable credits in film and television (recent projects include The Pale Blue Eye , Confess Fletch , and Crimes of the Future ). He’s a...

Our Nervous Systems and Food 24.01.2023 41:46

Welcome to episode 2 of the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD podcast ! Today I interview physical therapist, yoga instructor, breathwork facilitator and all around amazing being Samantha Fulton . A few weeks ago Sam and I taught a class together called Intuitive Eating & Yoga , where I shared my practices around gaining presence and freedom around food, and Sam shared yogic principles around the body as w...

My history with Food (it’s complicated) 10.01.2023 15:22

Today I’m launching my podcast (!!), and I must admit I’ve never been more terrified about a new venture as I am about this first episode. Not only am I experimenting with a new medium, but today I’m also sharing my own story with food. And it’s complicated. Food is my creative outlet; it’s my favorite pleasure; and it’s the focus of my career. And while I currently experience freedom and ease ar...