Nourished & Free: The Podcast

Ever felt like it just isn't in the cards for you to overcome the toxic cycles you're stuck in? So did Christen. She was sure that there was no way she'd be able to stop self-sabotaging. But she joined Nourished & Free anyway because she knew that if she prioritize this now, she never would. Because she took an empowering step for herself (not without some fear!), she is now BIN...

What is an autoimmune paleo (also known as the autoimmune protocol) diet, and what does a dietitian think about it? Find out more in this AIP diet review! Read the article associated with this episode here . Topics Covered 👇  Autoimmune Disease quick review [1:03] What the AIP diet aims to do [3:08] Defining an elimination diet [4:18] Defining inflammation [7:30] The AIP diet explained  [8:47] Th...

Pour a glass of whiskey and grab a cigar - this is an episode you don't want to miss. S/o to Melissa Mulligan - you know what you did, here. Send an anonymous love note, or suggest a future episode! Support the show LEARN MORE 🔥 My Signature 4-Month Program, Nourished & Free ® 📲 Follow me on Instagram (you'll get to know me pretty quickly!) 📖 Check out my blog for tons of helpful...

Battling binge eating? You're definitely going to want to listen to this - the last one will surprise you! Read the article associated with this episode here . Reason #1 [0:52] Reason #2 [4:14] Reason #3 [6:25] Reason #4 [7:30] Send an anonymous love note, or suggest a future episode! Support the show LEARN MORE 🔥 My Signature 4-Month Program, Nourished & Free ® 📲 Follow me on Instagram...

Is intuitive eating suitable for toddlers? What is it like having a mom who works from home, and hosts her own show? Is it fair to expect that a 7 month old baby brother should be fed before the 2 year old if both are hungry at the same time? All of these burning questions answered (and more) in today's special episode, hosted by Penelope Yates: 2 years old, daughter of Michelle, and legacy o...

For women who want to lose weight, the first reaction is to go on a diet. But do diets work for weight loss long term? Spoiler: NO! Why do these diets NEVER WORK? It feels like every time we lose weight as the result of a diet, we end up gaining it all back (sometimes with interest). I'm talking about the science of what that is and what we can do instead to save us all the heartache that die...

Feeling guilt about eating fun foods (such as donuts)? In this episode I want to walk through my journey through healing my relationship with things like donuts, and what it's like to have them guilt-free now. Trust me, it's worth it. Send an anonymous love note, or suggest a future episode! Support the show LEARN MORE 🔥 My Signature 4-Month Program, Nourished & Free ® 📲 Follow me...

Women struggling with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) are often told to diet, lose weight, get on birth control, and then come back later when you want to get pregnant. This is a problem. As a woman with PCOS myself, I've found that this is the worst advice you can possibly receive. In this episode, I dive deep into PCOS and disordered eating with specialist, Megan Miller. Megan completed...

I sat down with a friend of mine and gifted author, Gayle Goldstein, to talk about her journey through eating disorder recovery and the road that led her to pursuing a vocation in therapy. Order “illuminate: a memoir” today! Read the article associated with this episode here . TOPICS COVERED 👇  The dance culture’s impact on Gayle’s relationship with food and her body image [6:04] How Gayle’s trau...

Updated 1/24/23. Take a deep dive into the follow up thoughts, clarifications, and corrections that I have about my article " Health At Every Size (HAES) Criticisms - from a HAES Dietitian" . TOPICS COVERED 👇  The context of these criticisms [1:00] What no HAES provider seems to be saying [3:22] The generalized mistake I made in my original post [5:17] Social justice and HAES [6:35] My...

The purpose of intuitive eating is not to lose weight, but what if we know our weight is not at a healthy place? Rather than focusing on quick-fix dieting behaviors that only lead to more weight gain, I propose different ways to focus on weight maintenance and health in this episode while healing our relationship with food through intuitive eating. Read the article associated with this episode her...

If you've ever found yourself obsessing over healthy food, you may unknowingly have orthorexia. I'm excited to dive into a few key questions with you in this episode: What are the characteristics of orthorexia, is orthorexia an eating disorder, how is orthorexia different from anorexia, and what can we do to prevent orthorexia? To learn more about eating disorders, visit yatesnutrition.c...

Christina tried getting therapy through Better Help for her binge eating, then did Noom 3 different times... she still couldn’t kick her bingeing habit that had been going on for the last 2 1/2 years. She was so ready to eat pizza without guilt, and get over the hatred she felt towards her bod. She worked with me for 1 month and was no longer bingeing. If you want to hear all about how she was abl...

I'm back from maternity leave to answer the question: Is Noom a diet? I had a blast researching for this episode; you'll be shocked at what I uncovered. As always, here is my honest and unfiltered, dietitian review. Read the article associated with this episode here . TOPICS COVERED 👇  What is Noom [3:00] Noom's psychological approach [7:09] Is Noom personalized to each client? [10...

If you’ve ever been to the doctor, you’ve likely been told by a health professional what your BMI is. If your BMI was “too high”, my guess is you were told you need to lose weight. Doesn’t matter if all other health markers were perfect—if that one number was off, you were told to fix it. The terms of healthy, overweight, and obese are unfortunately based on the BMI scale, which is not an accurate...

"WW had convinced me that I was uncontrollable with food, i.e. I could not be left alone with any food. They had scared me to the point where I thought 'only if you follow this will you ever have a normal life again.  If at any point (in the 15 years of doing WW) I had convinced myself that my body was beautiful, they would have lost a customer.  In the end, they financially benefited fr...

If you look up Optavia on the internet, you’ll be shown a program that seems to have a lot of positive results and is rooted in science. However, as you remove the layers of clever marketing and coaches raving about the products (as they seek greater commission), we can see through the matrix to what this diet really is… a dangerous and expensive starvation program. As always, here is my honest an...

I'm so thrilled to have Elizabeth Sterling (@ TheWholePointe ) join me today as she shares her story. Listen as we walk through her experience as a professional ballerina and the damaging comments that led her to disordered eating. She now coaches her students to embrace their body rather than work against them. Elizabeth is an advocate for intuitive eating, intuitive movement, and utilizing...

Ever wondered, "did Michelle have an eating disorder?" Pretty much. Never diagnosed, but my relationship with food was severely disordered. I'm breaking it all down for you in this episode. Let's get personal and dive into my journey through battling disordered eating as a dancer, high schooler, and dietetics student. If you suspect that you may have an eating disorder, visit h...

Kidney stones, weight cycling, poor exercise performance... the list of side effects is LONG for those who follow the keto diet! Learn all about what makes this diet so popular, how it works, and how it doesn't work. PS - it might surprise you to know that I've actually followed this diet before... take a listen to learn why & how it went. As always, here is my honest and uncensored,...

When having a conversation with someone who says “I binge eat”, it’s important to learn what that means to them . Are they really binge eating, or do they just think they are? The experience of binge eating varies with each person; what some consider a binge is really not a true binge at all. However, if they chose to use that word to describe what happened, it is an indication that there is an un...

One of the latest circulating 'challenges' or ''programs' is the 75 Hard program: aka, 'the ironman for your brain'. Why talk about it on a nutrition podcast? Because the #1 rule of the program is to follow a diet plan... so we need to talk about it. This program is so intense that somebody actually started a 75 Soft program so it wasn't as torturous. Listen...

Are you a 'disordered eater'? You will hear me say that term a lot. In this episode, I'll break down exactly what that means as well as the different kinds of eating disorders (ED). Content warning: if you find yourself easily triggered by talk of ED behaviors, I would not advise listening to this episode. I will be detailing the different ED diagnoses as well as how they manifest....

Get to the philosophy behind my work and why I don't promote myself as a weight loss dietitian (even though sometimes the women I work with DO lose weight). TOPICS COVERED👇  [0:47] Who I help [2:04] The common denominator behind a broken relationship with food [4:29] What my focus is [9:37] Summary of why I don't focus on weight loss with my clients [12:29] The influences of my philosop...

One of the questions I get asked the most is: "What do you think of intermittent fasting?" In the first of many dietitian reviews to come, I will walk you through all of my thoughts on this crazy fad. From concerns of binge eating, eating disorders, and even being flat out unnecessary, tune in to hear a dietitian's unapologetic opinion on how diets like intermittent fasting create m...