Radio H-E-A-L: Healing Radio with Raina Dawn

7 Ways to Remove stress and shame about food. If you've ever said "I've already really messed it all up today" or "I think I'll just exercise more tomorrow to make up for this" then this podcast is for you. Values like balance, evolution and confidence are not nutrition problems. They are human problems. They are the true antidote to the stress and shame many of my...

You can't bypass a rite of passage, and souls can rise up even when subject to the most severe tests. This episode is raw, unedited. Through hormonal changes, anxiety and circumstantial depression while navigating a big loss 2 winters ago, there was always a power in my deep introspection that I get to share with you today: a story of loss and love. If you've ever navigated a loss alone, k...

It has been many years since I was told I "wasn't just a nutritionist" and that began my deeper dive into spiritual & psychological requirements to making change in wellness and our spiritual journey.. so here's a little more about the honing of my skills and how holding peoples' realities is one of the most powerful ways I help my amazing clients make change. No tire kic...

The insanity of nutrition as a science or industry shows itself in the popularity of two exactly opposing diets. This insanity pinpoints a deeper cultural issue where we are SO distanced from what a healthy relationship with food is. I am not pro or against either, but I'm deliberating the madness of the fact that they were both 'on top' competing diet choices in 2020. This is by desig...

Permission slip to binge, relapse & figuring our sh*t out. Believe in yourself, you can overcome this. This is the only way to get out of overeating - mindfulness. These podcasts are bite-size tools & wisdom adapted from my decade+ of nutritional consulting, food & healing. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop my store. ⁠⁠⁠ Private Memb...

How I totally let go of labels in dieting, found balance and learned why 'falling off the wagon' eventually helped me heal my emotional eating. This podcast allows you feel heard and understood if you are dealing with binge eating. These podcasts are bite-size tools & wisdom adapted from my decade+ of nutritional consulting, food & healing. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality S...

When you lose friends it can really hurt. Finding a sense of closure when falling outs or hardships happen: Clearing the air from 2020 until now. This healing work is closing karma loops, healing imprints in your nervous system and doing death work in our young adulthood. These podcasts are bite-size tools & wisdom. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door, ...

I asked Gloria Zhang, of the wildly popular "Inner Child Podcast" to come hang on Ray's Radio and she said YES! Gloria Zhang is a renowned psychotherapist based in Vancouver BC and teaches a program to those struggling to find healthy relationships and I'm so honoured to have someone of her caliber on my show. Gloria's site is here. These podcasts are bite-size tools & wi...

A gem of a story from finding & reading my diary from age 14 ; finding one of the stories & root causes of my own trauma and emotional issues around fitness & food, the "need" to get skinny, and my responsibility around learning this about myself. If you share the wound of fear, shame or embarrassment from PE in high school, listen to this. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Qua...

Mini Client Story. The interesting place that one of my clients landed with me in a call - where her relationship with food wasn't actually a problem like she thought it was - but the wooden bits around it was. As she heals from narcissistic abuse, she heals her relationship with food. The metaphors' in the stories with my clients' life experiences and their trauma healing are often po...

There are some WILD ideas out there. These aren't always based in nourishment or tradition. They prey to seek on your desperation. Some are based in New Age. There are some 'holistic' techniques out there that are insane, nonsense, so out there and some even downright dangerous. I don't fall for everything in the holistic realm and this underlines something we all need more of: dis...

My fascinating interview with Tristan of quit-weed.com, an ex-weed dealer who's successful programs have helped thousands overcome this dependency. Tristan's site promises to "help humans quit dumb shit" which I endorse. (Link below) We dig into the psychology of addictions, the myth of weed addiction, why to try 30 days of sobriety, the mindset of it all, Tristan's biggest r...

How I went from pro-cannabis to anti-corporate. Is recreational use 'all day' a fun lifestyle, or coping? I'm digging into... +How the marketing is massively problematic +The product is unhealthy + concentrated +No longer 'counter culture' +The toxicity of the CBD market +Medicine vs. poison, the Peoples medicine +Cannabis culture + trauma +Our body makes weed from fats +Founda...

How do we find well-being? How do we honour creation? What are the natural laws and their goals? What words can help us form + craft what well-being looks like for ourselves and our community... this show is a think piece on wellness from learnings I have received in the past year. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop my store. ⁠⁠⁠ Private Membersh...

Meal plans set us up for failure because we can't 'draw outside the lines' otherwise we fail. It's not true! Do FOOD planning instead, fun and pressure-free so we know what we are buying (with freedom to change our recipe!) and won't waste money by throwing out food that's been rotting in the back, because we didn't have a plan. Save money with some food planning! Here&...

Lunch doesn't just have to be sandwiches. Keep it simple but also expand away from the typical way! Sharing tips from CHEF SCOTT here in the lunch podcast to help you transform lunch from 'ugh' to 'YAY!' www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop my store. ⁠⁠⁠ Private Membership | My community is a place of wellness for the dreamers,...

The reasons I would NOT recommend keto to ANY woman. Diet culture doesn't work. No quick fixes here, we know they aren't real and its the true wellness foundations that we really need. These podcasts are bite-size tools & wisdom adapted from my decade+ of nutritional consulting, food & healing. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop m...

Food doesn't have power over you, you're in control. These interesting, truthful, quirky affirmations to listen to while meditating or relaxing will help you heal your relationship with food. Breathe in self acceptance, respect, compassion, love, breathe out diet culture. Be a diet culture drop-out. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop my s...

Just a simple 5 minute meditation if you need a few minutes to calm + ground yourself. Mostly breathing and body work, a little visioning work. Then a smile and on with your day! www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop my store. ⁠⁠⁠ Private Membership | My community is a place of wellness for the dreamers, creators, writers, healers, artists & gar...

Leaving woke culture was part of my story to sovereignty. A massive initiation in the spiritual journey that many share with me, as we grow together and unlearn all that is keeping us looping our trauma, whether its people pleasing or fear. Trauma healing is a part of the spiritual journey, and cults cause harm and trauma. Free yourself. *** There's a part 2 to this podcast with even more - yo...

More food to add, self care eye-rolling, essential oils (?!) and meditation. How I went from panic attacks weekly to NONE. No quick fixes, just doing the work and being patient. These podcasts are bite-size tools & wisdom adapted from my decade+ of nutritional consulting, food & healing. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop my store. ⁠⁠⁠ Pr...

When you want to get to the ROOT cause of your issues, what you put in your body (food) is one of the very clear pieces of the pie. No quick fixes around here, we know they aren't real and its the true wellness foundations that we really need, here are the foods to bring into your diet if you are experiencing anxiety. I ended my 'battle' with anxiety holistically many years ago, I do n...

Easy ways to get your calcium if you can't eat dairy anymore. These podcasts are bite-size tools & wisdom adapted from my decade+ of nutritional consulting, food & healing. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your door,  ⁠⁠⁠shop my store. ⁠⁠⁠ Private Membership | My community is a place of wellness for the dreamers, creators, writers, healers, artists &am...

I chose to share this story because more transparency, honesty & communication is one thing this world really needs right now. And in my hard times, there have been beautiful lessons + outcomes. Dedication to creating change in our lives requires us to step up + do the work, and not blaming others for our own shortcomings. www.lutznutrition.ca ---- Order Quality Supplements | delivered to your...

Sharing my thoughts on AI from a post I put on Facebook, as in February of 2024 I felt the shift of the 'old internet' dying and the 'new internet' (AI takeover) dripping in. In this podcast I'm exploring some of my formulated thoughts so far on how socials are changing, what the agenda of AI is based on my own understanding of the plans for humans in the future, and also share...