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Sara Reardon is a doctor of physical therapy graduating from Washington University in St Louis and board-certified women's health physical therapist.  Sara specializes in the treatment of pelvic floor disorders, including pelvic pain, bowel and bladder dysfunction, painful sex, and pregnancy and postpartum recovery. She is the owner of NOLA Pelvic Health , a pelvic health physical therapy clinic i...

I'm excited to be bringing you a new series for the podcast! You asked for more content on gentle nutrition, so we will be beginning a gentle nutrition series, to help you explore what it looks like to care for your health through a non-diet lens.   You can submit topics you'd like to see in this new series by joining our Facebook group or sending me a DM on Instagram.   In this episode, I cover i...

What is your Knowing? And how can you better connect to it? Listen to today's podcast episode, with guest Casey Newman, to help you feel nurtured and supported in how to use journaling, yoga and other mindfulness practices to better connect to your intuition.   Casey is a certified holistic health coach and yoga teacher. She is here to help you step into the BEST version of yourself using more tha...

Welcome to the next round of our Ask Me Anything Q&A series! In this episode, my lovely assistant Kate asks me your listener questions about protein intake, probiotics and habitual eating habits.   Click here to download our free e-book, How to Eat for Hormones.   Resources for you: Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition . Read testimonials from our amazing clients here .  Joi...

Today on the podcast we have the honor of having Racheal Hartley, author of the new book Gentle Nutrition, on the show.   Rachael's book Gentle Nutrition explores what healthy eating looks like from a non-diet perspective. It teaches you how to improve your relationship with food and how take care of your body with real life tips and tools that have helped my clients. By taking food off it's pedes...

Listen to today's podcast episode to understand how eating enough and intuitive eating is the #1, most important thing you can do to boost your metabolism. When you've been undereating and following low calorie diets it feels like you need to continue to decrease calories to get 'results'. If this is how you feel, then listen to today's podcast episode!   As a reminder, today is the FINAL day to j...

Click here to join Permission Stage Playbook, you have 3 final days left to join until we re-open enrollment for fall 2021!   Welcome to such a special episode! I had the pleasure of being a guest on Sabreen Haziq's podcast, the Lavender Fix Project, where she asked me her honest questions about how exactly intuitive eating works. I asked her to come on the Nourishing Women Podcast, to ask me her...

I'm sure friend you turned on this episode with major curiosity because if you have food fears, it seems impossible to just let them go and move on...and doing it in 3 steps, how in the world does that happen? I am here to help.   I want to start by sharing this is actually an excerpt from one of the many lessons you'll find inside our online program on IE, Permission Stage Playbook . It's open fo...

Unapologetic eating means eating what you want, when you want, and how you want without feeling guilty or ashamed. Unapologetic Eating is also the name of Alissa's new book that we discuss in detail in today's podcast episode.   Alissa Rumsey, MS, RD, CDN, CSCS is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and the author of Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace Wi...

I recently shared this Instagram post: "I'm not anti weight loss. I'm anti the system of beliefs, corporations, businesses, health care providers and influencers telling you the pursuit of thinness should be your highest ambition in life."   I do not judge you for wanting to lose weight. And I'm not anti weight loss altogether. But if you think this is going to be an episode encouraging you to pur...

Erin is a leadership coach, specializing in Human Design. Erin uses Human Design to help thousands of individuals and companies step into their work and their lives as their truest selves and to their highest potential. Her work as a guide, coach, and speaker has attracted a growing community of over 60,000 people who turn to her teachings for practical tools, digestible tips, and deeper self-know...

Today on the podcast we brought back my lovely assistant Kate, to answer your listener questions for another round of Ask Me Anything Q&A!   Questions we answered in today's podcast episode: What's your favorite part of being an intuitive eater? What probiotics actually do what they're supposed to?   Thoughts on the IGG food sensitivity test? Do people really need to avoid all foods flagged? What...

Kendra Tolbert MS, RDN, CDN, LD, RYT, Cert AT is a registered dietitian nutritionist, registered yoga teacher, and certified aromatherapist specializing in PCOS, fertility, and PMS. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University and her Master of Science in Nutrition and Public Health from Teachers College, Columbia University. In 2017, She was awarded the Emer...

We are bringing you such a special and fun episode today! I had the pleasure of having my amazing assistant, Kate, on the show to ask me the questions you submitted for this Ask Me Anything Q&A series. If you enjoy this format please let me know on Instagram, and we can keep creating them for you!   Today through February 10th we are doing something so INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. We are sharing a sneak pe...

Today's conversation is one of the most important episodes we have had on the show to date! I had the honor of having James Rose on the podcast to discuss the intersection of gender identity and eating disorders. Body dysmorphia and eating disorders are an extremely prevalent issue within the trans and non-binary community, yet it is so rarely discussed and further perpetuates the stereotype that...

I think we are ALL in agreement that we are so glad 2020 is over. Wow, what a year. In this episode I'll give you my honest and raw reflections on 2020, and how I want to show up for myself, my family and my business in 2021.   2020 was a weird year for me. In so many ways I felt stuck inside (literally and figuratively), in my head. Questioning my choices. Numbing more than I am used to, particul...

Today we have on the show, author of the Invisible Corset (now available for purchase!) and body connection coach. In this episode, Lauren shares the invisible corset is a set of culturally-inherited beliefs that make women as restricted and uncomfortable in their bodies as traditional corsets did. Wearing the invisible corset, women fear, dominate, disconnect, mechanize and coerce our bodies. Whe...

Hello my fellow recovering perfectionists! You are going to love today's conversation, with guest Kara Loewentheil, about how to truly create self confidence by rewiring your brain and thoughts, and letting go of perfectionist fantasies around New Year's resolutions.   Kara Loewentheil, J.D., is a Master Certified Coach, Host of the top-rated podcast UnF*ck Your Brain, and creator of The Clutch: A...

Click here to receive our newest freebie , the New Year, Non-Diet Intention Setting Worksheet! Today I am so excited to have guest, Mimi Cole, on the show today. Mimi is in school to become a therapist, and is particularly passionate about OCD through her own lived experience and research. Mimi shares in this episode what exactly is OCD, how this differentiates from someone who is organized or jus...

Please help us make the podcast even better in 2021 by taking two minutes to fill out this brief survey. Click here to receive our newest freebie , the New Year, Non-Diet Intention Setting Worksheet! I am SO thrilled to have guest Simi Botic back on the show. Simi was last on the show in episode 78 sharing about overcoming perfectionism and the power of reinterpreting events. And today she is back...

Please help us make 2021 the best podcast year yet, by taking this brief survey ! Today on the podcast we have guest Kate Eskuri. When I found Kate it was like finding a long lost like minded sister in this world of holistic health and well being! Kate is a registered nurse, going back to school to get her doctorate in integrative health. She believes in traditional practices backed by modern rese...

Please help us make 2021 the best podcast year yet, by taking this brief survey !   Today on the show we have an amazing dietitian who specializes in PCOS, Melissa Groves Azzaro (aka the Hormone Dietitian on Instagram).   Melissa's mission is to help women live healthy and symptom-free lives using whole-foods nutrition and lifestyle changes to overcome hormone imbalances during the reproductive ye...

Madalyn Vasquez is a Registered Dietitian passionate about educating on how diabetes is a complex condition and should not have a one size fits all approach for management. She helps spread the truth on how to properly manage diabetes without becoming scared to eat carbohydrates. She loves helping individuals understand how food impacts blood sugars and how to pair foods appropriately to delay blo...

Wellness without obsession is our philosophy here at the Nourishing Women Podcast, and we have yet to have an episode dedicated to the concept!    I thought today was the perfect day to share what the philosophy means because we just launched our wellness without obsession shop, which I'll share about later in this episode.   In this episode we will discuss why being food & wellness obsessed is ho...

My personal work is with orthorexia, and as a result we see a ton of HA clients and use No Period Now What as a recommendation for our clients to read while we work together. I find people with orthorexia can use this scientific understanding of what's going on in their bodies to focus on recovery. A lot of my work is focused on how exactly to eat more and exercise less, which sounds simple but is...