Own It with Samantha Warren

This week’s episode is SO exciting. Not only is it the first episode back after a 3-month hiatus, but I am reintroducing the podcast’s new name: “Be More Real with Sam Altieri.” This is a mini episode where I share why I needed to take a 3 month break, what happened with my eating disorder in 2020 once COVID hit and I moved in with my now fiancé, and what caused me to gain 15lbs. I also give...

In our final episode of Balance with Sam for 2020, I talk to my amazing coaching clients about manifesting money, how visualizing our desires can help find clarity on our path and the internal shift we can make to embody a queen mindset. Often we can go through life and we're on autopilot. We're doing our thing and we can feel undisciplined and inconsistent. We don't show up for ourselves and we’r...

Today’s episode is a training I held with my community on CONSISTENCY 101! During our discussion, I talk about our body’s rhythms and the amazing power of routine and consistency in helping us tune into our needs and honor our body’s natural cues. Your body has so many cycles and rhythms. Your period, sleep, metabolism, digestion and body temperature are all governed naturally by the processes wit...

In this episode, I talk with Le’nise Brothers, a registered nutritionist, yoga instructor and founder of Eat, Love, Move. She’s an expert in women's health and well-being determined to help women fix their period pain. Growing up in Toronto, Le’nise saw her mom continually have very heavy, very painful periods and experienced the same thing when she started menstruating. Having grown up thinking i...

Today’s episode of Balance With Sam is another snippet from a recent call with my amazing clients! We discuss eating over the holidays, the value of high quality foods and whether it’s better to just eat the food you’re craving (hello pizza!) or trying to make a healthier alternative. Top Takeaways If you're struggling with satisfaction around your meals, think about what foods you really loved gr...

Today’s episode of Balance WIth Sam is a recording of a recent group coaching call with my girls! We talk about one of the most important parts of finding freedom from food, how to become more intune with your body and the parallels between your bank account and your body! Top Takeaways The only purpose of food is to satiate hunger and for our health. That’s it. If we’re not eating for these reaso...

Today’s mini-episode of Balance With Sam is a snippet from a recent group coaching call I had with my girl gang! We talked about the upcoming holiday season and discuss steps and practices they can incorporate throughout the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays to stay in control of their binging and enjoy themselves at the same time. Ensuring you have an intentional relationship with food opens yo...

On today’s episode of Balance With Sam, I’m joined by the amazing Brid McNulty. Brid is a food and body coach, and she also helps high achieving women heal their relationship with food and their body. Brid grew up moving around a lot as a child but it was a move to Moscow in her teen years, taking her away from her friends and everything she’d known, when she started to feel alone. Turning to food...

On today’s episode of Balance with Sam, I talk to one of the most beautiful souls, Stephanie Rae. Stephanie is a Somatic Experiencing and Embodiment Practitioner and an absolute ray of light in my life! We talk about how we can find healing for our trauma through tuning ourselves into our body’s sensations and how we can give ourselves permission to feel pleasure and enjoy our bodies. Stephanie ha...

Today’s mini-episode of Balance with Sam is another snippet from Breakthru The Binge where I discuss the power of acceptance, even when you don’t like your body. It can be hard accepting your current reality, especially if you are on a journey to food freedom and body acceptance. I remember constantly thinking to myself, “Why is it taking so long to get there?” or “Why can’t I just lose those last...

Today’s episode of Balance with Sam is a recent recording of a group coaching call with my amazing girl gang. We talk about recent wins and individual struggles that have come up within the group through the month and discuss everything from internal/external motivations to what foods are “worth it” for us (spoiler- for me, it’s pizza!) Top Takeaways You are your purpose. You may feel like you nee...

This week’s podcast is another snippet from my signature course, Breakthru The Binge. I talk about the difference between getting healthier, feeling better on our bodies and just wanting to lose weight. Using the law of attraction, changing how you think of your journey will transform your success. What you focus on EXPANDS. Focus on getting healthier, stronger and making decisions and thinking th...

This week’s podcast is a snippet from my signature course, Breakthru The Binge. In our journey to food freedom, we often focus so much on the food and the weight loss. Often we forget about the simple things like learning to love ourselves and to give ourselves a break. When I think back to times I restricted or didn’t give myself permission, I didn’t allow myself to have fun. To enjoy myself. To...

On today’s episode of Balance with Sam, I talk to a former client and now an amazing friend of mine, Alex Chang. Alex made such incredible progress working with me over the past year or two, and is now transitioning into another phase in her life. We have an open and honest conversation about what it's like to make the leap from a 9 to 5 and to take total control, feel good in your body, build up...

In today’s episode of Balance with Sam, I share a coaching call with one of my clients (for the sake of the podcast, we’ll call her “Amanda”). Amanda shares with me the struggles she has with persevering with her food journey when she doesn’t see or feel an immediate difference. We discuss using breathwork as a tool, being in tune with your body and how breaking the journey down into priorities ca...

Today’s episode is a recording of my recent masterclass, Hello Food Freedom! I discuss my own history with disordered eating and give you practical tools you can use to kick-start your own journey out of emotional eating. I always used to feel like my external world and physical body didn’t match who I was on the inside- a strong bad-ass. I felt misaligned. Growing up, I was really short (I'm stil...

On today's episode, I’m joined by my amazing friend and client, Laura! Laura is a marriage and family mental health clinician and one of the most badass, epic human beings I’ve ever met. Laura came to me about six months ago wanting to improve her relationship with food, feel more confident in her body and just feel better about herself. She was caught in a spiral of binging and wanted to find a w...

In today's episode, I'm joined by my incredible friend, Ronni Robinson. Ronni is an Author and a former Iron Man Competitor, Triathlete, Spin Instructor and someone who has been a huge part in my eating disorder journey. Her recently released book, "Out of the Pantry" details her disordered journey that started in childhood and controlled her life the majority of her early adult life until she hea...

Today, I wanted to share yet another solo episode discussing something that hits close to home for me. It’s about the topic of toxic body image. I’ll be giving you strategies for you to heal your relationship with your body and ultimately with yourself so you can start treating yourself with acceptance, respect, and love. If you’ve ever struggled with body shaming, hating your body, or wanting to...

Today, I have another solo episode for you to enjoy! One of the most common questions I get from my clients involves never knowing what to eat. So I wanted to give you a strategy to help make this decision infinitely easy every time. We are often overwhelmed by the mere number of decisions in the different areas in our life. This is called “decision fatigue,” and is defined by having too many opti...

In today’s episode, Karoline Stevens joins me again for a deep dive into MONEY and ABUNDANCE!  As an empowerment coach with years of incredible experience under belt, Karoline has been a crucial figure in the personal journeys of many of her clients, and has likewise been pivotal in my own. During our conversation, Karoline discusses how our mindset shapes our experience and relationship with the...

In today’s episode, my incredible friend, bestie and light worker, Gabby Ortega. A trauma specialist with a background in neuropsychology, Gabby now coaches female entrepreneurs in healing and wellness. With so much practical knowledge and education, I wanted to bring her insight to light and reveal the true secrets of her and her clients’ success. In our interview, Gabby discusses her experience...

78. How to Easily Track Your Calories In this episode of Balance with Sam Podcast, I present a quick solo episode to outline how to stay on track with your calorie counting and help you make a plan that you can feel confident following. Here, I present a method called the “upper limit of calories.” Remember, the only way to lose weight is to be in a calorie deficit, and I’m here to give you some p...

In this episode of Balance with Sam Podcast, I share another coaching call with my client, “Julie.” She had been struggling with eating in moderation, which often would lead her to binging or overeating, especially when she was exposed to ultra-tempting foods such as cake. Julie discusses her progress since the last time we spoke together. She talks at length about how her consistently achieving s...

In this episode of Balance with Sam Podcast, I have a conversation with Oklahoma-native, Dr. Pinkey Patel. A badass mother of two, Pinkey is a trainer turned clinical pharmacist and CEO of Snapback, a personal training app that focuses on pre- and post-natal fitness and overall health. I invited her on the show to share her journey and explain the ways in which she works with her clients. Dr. Pate...