Real Health Radio

Today I'm interviewing Harriet Brown about strained family relationships and how estrangement estrangement can sometimes be the ultimate form of self care. We also discuss attachment and conditional versus unconditional parenting, and how experiences in early life have a huge impact on someone’s sense of self and self-esteem for the rest of their life.

Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Dana Sturtevant. Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a nutrition therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, writer, and activist specializing in chronic dieting, disordered eating, and body acceptance. A Certified Kripalu yoga teacher, Dana draws from her yoga teaching experience to incorporate mindfulness and self-acceptance practices into...

I chat with Virgie Tovar about plus size fashion, changes in book publishing, and how fat acceptance is making its way into the media

Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Vania Phitidis. Vania is a certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, a certified MB-EAT teacher (Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training) and a qualified Self Esteem mentor with the More to Life Programme. She has been coaching and mentoring people to become more of their authentic selves for over 25 years. She works with a Health...

I sit down with Connie Sobczak to discuss her history with an eating disorder, the death of her sister, the birth of her daughter, and how all of those things influenced her to co-found The Body Positive, an organization that works with adults and youth in a variety of settings to support positive body attitudes and self-care behaviours.

Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Kayla Rose Kotecki. Kayla is a Non-Diet Holistic Nutritionist, Author, and influencer who helps people to stop feeling crazy and uncontrollable around food. She teaches how to overcome the diet-binge-purge cycle by showing people the tools needed to heal their relationship with food and their body, in order to gain their life, heal...

Today on Real Health Radio, I'm speaking with Elisa Oras. Elisa recovered from bulimia, orthorexia, and extreme dieting and we talk about her experience as well as the clients she now works with.

This episode is the 2nd edition of a podcast I did a while back on the menstrual cycle. I review the stages of the cycle, what causes menstruation, what happens if conception occurs, and update you with some new information we've learned since the last episode came out.

Chris talks with Josie Geller, PhD, about her research in the eating disorder field. They cover topics like predictors for success in recovery and predictors for relapse, the difference between collaborative and directive change, and the importance of self-compassion in recovery.

Today on Real Health Radio, I'm speaking with Dr. Sasha Gorrell. We talk about the question of is anorexia nervosa an anxiety disorder. We spend a lot of time speaking about the brain and other topics like anxiety, compulsive exercise, the microbiome, and reward and fear circuitry.

Today's interview is with registered dietitian nutritionist, Aaron Flores. We chat about his transition from traditional dietetics to Health At Every Size, his experience with the Body Trust Certification, and his work with body image and men.

Today on Real Health Radio, I'm speaking with Alissa Rumsey. We talk about her book Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace With Food and Transform Your Life. We go through the four sections the book contains - fixing, allowing, feeling and growing – and cover some of the ideas and practical suggestions that are offered.

On this week's episode of Real Health Radio, I'm speaking with Emily Troscianko. We talk about her recovery from anorexia and then many of the topics that she has written about, like eating meat in recovery, anorexia and sex, and then research she is doing looking at reading habits and their connection with eating disorders.

Welcome back to Real Health Radio. This week is another solo episode and we’re revisiting something I’ve covered in the past – how thinking can affect health. We discuss cognitive dietary restraint (aka dieting) and and see if it can impact our physical health and brain power. We review several studies that have been done in this area and chat about what we can take from these scientific papers an...

On this week's episode of Real Health Radio, I'm sharing a life update with everything that has been happening over the last 6 months or so.

Welcome back to Real Health Radio. On this week's episode, I sit down with my former client Lauri to talk about what it was like working with me. We discussed what prompted her to get in touch, the details of her relationship with food and body image, and what improvements she's noticed since working together.

On this week's episode of Real Health Radio, I'm speaking with Denise Bossarte. We talk about her book, Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage To The Past And Live A Life You Love. As part of the conversation, we cover many of the activities and practices Denise has done as part of her healing journey.

This week on Real Health Radio, I'm speaking with Ragen Chastain. We cover many topics from her book Fat: The Owner's Manual including Health At Every Size, weight stigma, weight bias in eating disorder recovery, and much more.