The Daily Ascent

In this episode, I have a conversation with Melissa Bernstein, who you probably know from her amaaazing, super-well known toy company, Melissa & Doug, but what you may not know about her - and what you MUST know about her is that she is among the most passionate and real mental health advocates I've ever encountered. We have such an authentic and vulnerable discussion about the weights of perfecti...

I'm so excited to share with you the second installment episode, where I respond to the question "Molly, how do I know if I'm doing enough!?" There were so many follow up thoughts and questions after the first episode (side note: keep 'em coming!) that I had to come back for more! This episode, I get into how to know if you're doing the best you can, and the most effective way to go about changing...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Shira, who is a member of my Breaking Up with Sugar community and an absolutely incredible human. One year ago today, Shira made the life-changing decision to ditch sugar for good. What started for Shira as a quest for weight loss turned into a complete mind, spirit, and body transformation that she could have never expected. Shira dives into the nitty g...

I'm so excited to share with you today's guest on What You're Craving- Hannah Howard. She is an amazing author who is able to encapsulate the trials, tribulations, heartbreak and glory of having and recovering from an eating disorder. Hannah and I dish about her new book, "Plenty" and her first book, "Feast" - both of which I devoured, pun intended. Hannah talks all about recovering from an eating...

Today's podcast is so so so important and answers the questions that people have been asking me for YEARS - What do I do about my kids? Today, Dr. Michael Goran and Dr. Emily Ventura, authors of Sugarproof: The Hidden Dangers of Sugar that Are Putting Your Child's Health at Risk and What You Can Do, answer these questions with ease, humor and DOABILITY. We all know that sugar is everywhere - and e...

On today's Solo Pod, I'm talking about the HUGE lie we tell ourselves - and that diet culture has told us for ages - that we always need to be doing better. Diet culture is a thief and terrorist when it comes to us achieving peace and happiness - it tells us we're never enough and always need to be doing more. I'm talking today all about why I truly truly believe we are all doing the best we can,...

In this episode, I get to have an incredibly insightful and authentic conversation (my favorite kind) with Mia Kang. Mia is a Hong Kong–born international model and author of the amazing book, KNOCKOUT . She discusses her story of struggling with her own eating disorder and addiction while working in the modeling industry, and how she unexpectedly found her solution in Indonesia at a Muay Thai gym...

In this episode, I'm talking with Lisa, a member of the Breaking Up with Sugar community who opens her heart to share the complete and total transformation of her physical, emotional, and spiritual self. At age 57, having been struggling with her relationship with food, weight, body and dieting since her late teens, and on her very last shred of hope, Lisa decided to try one last intervention. She...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Victoria Garrick, former Division I volleyball player, TED Talk speaker, and mental health advocate. Victoria talks through her story of battling her own mental health struggles in silence before opening up to receiving help and coming to speak about the problem of mental health in college athletics on the TED Talk stage. She also discusses her own experience wit...

I'm so excited to be talking with Stephanie Simbari and Elizabeth Kott, hosts of That's So Retrograde, a podcast that helps listeners to build their own wellness toolkit through their interviews of thought leaders in health and beyond. Stephanie and Elizabeth bring their experience on the wellness journey - as podcast hosts and amazing humans - to talk about their journey in finding their own intu...

Perfectionism is a killer - in my experience as a therapist, I've seen perfectionism and unrealistic expectations of ourselves derail, deflate and even destroy people's spirits and relationships with food. I can honestly say it's one of - and maybe even the biggest obstacles I see to creating a loving, stable relationship with food. Diet culture has told us for far too long that there's only one w...

In this episode, I sit down with Sydel Curry Lee, who is an entrepreneur, athlete, mental health advocate and host of the podcast, Because Life . Sydel shares with honesty and vulnerability about her own struggles and how that inspired her to create a platform to help others, describing the lessons she's learned along the way. We get into debunking some of the stigmas around therapy, and we discus...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Amy, who has been a part of my Breaking Up with Sugar community for over a year and a half, and as a result has found a forever solution to her struggles with food, weight, and sugar addiction. Amy was absolutely out of options when my book, Breaking Up with Sugar was recommended to her by a friend, and it led her to completely rethink how she approached...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. Will Cole, one of the top functional medicine experts in the country and fellow fighter to find the middle path in this world that is polarized between diet culture and anti-diet culture. He sets the record straight on his book Intuitive Fasting and discusses why it's so important we be wary of toxic tribalism and extremes. We get deep on all that's...

In this episode, I wanted to share with everyone my thoughts on a question I get all the time: How do you live a big, fun life - travel, parties, events AND stay true to your relationship with food?? Such a great question - and SUCH a solvable problem. You're definitely not alone in your struggle, and I'm here to share the good news that it's not nearly as difficult as you think! I'm talking all a...

In this episode, I talk to Faith Broussard Cade, whose Instagram account @fleurdelisspeaks is one of my absolute faves. Me, and over 214,000 others who have benefitted from a promise she made to herself in 2018 to write and post a daily note of self-affirmation, that has turned into a movement of self-love. We get into the real deal of sacrificing ourselves to please others, the addiction of busyn...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Kirsten, a fellow member of my Breaking up with Sugar community who breaks down how she found a peace and freedom she once thought impossible. In that journey, she has nurtured a whole new relationship with food, without sugar and diets calling the shots. She gets real and raw about how she came to understand the depths of her addiction to sugar, how her...

In this episode, I have a conversation with my friend and colleague Dr. Kim Dennis, who specializes in the treatment of both addictions and eating disorders. Dr. Kim and I talk all about why there's no one solution for everyone and why self-judgment simply isn't helpful. She explains the complex issues that go into healing an eating disorder and the importance of finding the truth that lies inside...

In this episode, I dive into a discussion with author Thad Ziolkowski about the interesting and unexpected parallels between surfing and addiction, and his discoveries from his new book The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery . Thad explains why it makes sense that he turned back to his first love - surfing - to get away from an unsustainable life of al...

In this episode, I'm getting real about what it's like to be in my world, in my relationship with food. The great paradox that I get asked about all the time is how in the world I'm anti-diet AND don't eat sugar and flour. It's such a great question given all of the diet drama and trauma we've struggled with and how easily we can turn anything into something unhealthy. And for those of you who hav...

In this episode, I have a conversation with my friend, breath teacher, and clinical psychologist Dr. Belisa Vranich. We discuss her path to discovering the power of the breath, some of the cues you might be breathing wrong, and how you can effectively re-train your breath to work for you, not against you. We get into how breath can help us let go, stay present, and feel our emotions in a cathartic...

Today's episode is a real TREAT (pun intended) - I'm chatting with Carrie C, who works as a substance use disorder counselor and also happens to be an incredible part of our BUWS Warrior community.  She's one of many who has found freedom and peace after breaking free from food addiction and some maaaaajor diet drama and trauma. We get into the real talk about the value in the "gift of desperation...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Michael Moss, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, to discuss his newly released book Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions . We talk about how food is designed to unknowingly keep us hooked and addicted and how free will (and maybe even intuitive eating!) isn't as useful as we think. We also get into exactly h...

I'm not shy about my thoughts and feelings on Intuitive Eating, so when I had the opportunity to sit down with Elyse Resch, author of the book, Intuitive Eating, and founder of the movement, I jumped at the chance. Well, I got really nervous and overwhelmed and then I jumped at the chance…   Intuitive Eating is an approach that rejects the diet mentality, embraces listening to our own internal wis...

In this episode, I'm taking about how I broke free from diet culture - the drama and the trauma to  create a new, loving, peaceful *relationship* with food. So many people are unwittingly trapped in this diet drama - feeling it's impossible to ever ever ever have anything else but the cycle. Like they don't even know there is something else - and there IS. I'm talking all about the how and the why...