The Food Freedom Life Podcast

Jackie Silver is an NYC-based Registered Dietitian and founder of Jackie Silver Nutrition, a virtual private practice specializing in supporting neurodivergent kids, teens, and adults with ADHD, ASD and IDD. Her practice is neurodiversity-affirming, nonjudgmental, and weight-inclusive. Jackie earned her Master of Health Science in Nutrition Communication from Toronto Metropolitan University and ha...

This summer was full of weddings, cottage weekends, family time, and plenty of delicious food. But here’s the thing: food was never the issue. In this episode, Registered Dietitian Brittany Cory is sharing how food freedom and body neutrality made it possible for her to enjoy every moment (without guilt, stress, or overthinking). From crepes to bachelorettes to cozy family dinners- it’s all part o...

In this episode, Registered Dietitian Brittany Cory explores the fear, the hesitation, and the practicalities around the question of, "should I stop weighing myself?" In your food freedom journey, Britt helps you explore reasons why you might want to ditch the scale, including the emotional ties, mood control, and its impact on your eating decisions. She discusses the fear of letting go and highli...

Hey! I'm back! After a bit of a holiday-start-of-the-new-year-craziness break, The Food Freedom Life Podcast is back with a topic I talk about with my clients ALL the time- the fear of judgement. When it comes to your body image, weight gain, or other insecurities you have, it can be easy to get stuck in your head about what other people are going to think about you. Will they notice I've gained w...

The holidays can be a challenging time when it comes to food, body image, and weight. In this episode of The Food Freedom Life Podcast , Registered Dietitian Brittany Cory shares practical tips and expert advice on navigating the season with confidence and ease. Learn how to: ✨ Manage food guilt and avoid overeating traps ✨ Build more compassion with your body and shift focus away from weight ✨...

This week on The Food Freedom Life Podcast, Registered Dietitian Brittany Cory hosts Maggie Nick: a recovering burned out, overachieving, people pleasing, perfectionist, pushover + former "good" kid turned trauma therapist. She’s an expert on healing your inner critic and how to stop beating yourself up, and she teaches a revolutionary approach to healing low self-worth + ALL the ways it can show...

You’re not addicted to food, and you’re not addicted to sugar…even if you feel like food has power over you and you struggle with intense cravings, this episode will help you understand what is going on in your mind and body when you’re feeling those cravings that pull you towards food. In this episode, Registered Dietitian Brittany Allison welcomes Sabrina Magnan, an intuitive eating and food fre...

Does the goal of loving your body keep you feeling obsessed with how it looks? How does body love differ from body positivity and body neutrality? What should you be working towards in order to feel better about your body? In this episode of The Food Freedom Life Podcast, Registered Dietitian Brittany Allison dives into helping you discover your path to overcome your body image issues and find tru...

In this episode, Registered Dietitian Brittany Allison dives into a major hurdle she sees come up with her clients and in conversations on social media - fear of weight gain. No matter where you are on your food freedom journey, whether you've just started, maybe you haven't taken the plunge yet, or perhaps you've been on your food freedom journey for a while now, if you still have a fear of weigh...

In this week's episode, Becki, a past Food Freedom University group coaching client joins Brittany Allison on the Food Freedom Life Podcast. Becki shares her journey of how she not only changed her diet, but how she's changed her life. By unpacking her internalized fatphobia and challenging her fears of weight gain, she took steps towards a sustainable existence and found a path for her LIFE, not...

In this episode, Registered Dietitian Brittany Allison dives into overeating and why you do it even when you know you feel awful afterwards. She explores the physical and psychological reasons behind overeating and how to begin to break the overeating habit using nervous system regulation strategies so you can find food freedom, feel normal with eating and support your mind and body. Follow Britt...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Life podcast, host Brittany Allison answers an important question: should you avoid certain foods because they're unhealthy? She explores the concept of food neutrality and viewing all foods without labeling them as good or bad. She emphasizes the multifaceted role of food in providing joy, connection, and cultural experiences, beyond mere physical nourishment....

Healing from the diet-binge cycle wasn't easy, and I made a lot of mistakes a long the way. Now as an Intuitive Eating Dietitian, I am here to share the 5 key steps I would tell my past self to focus on if I wanted to get out of the diet binge cycle all over again (but much smoother and quicker this time). In this episode, I talk about: Understanding weight set point and its impact on the body Pri...

In this replay episode of The Food Freedom Life Podcast, Britt talks about how to work on letting go of the obsessive food and weight thoughts that come up when you're experiencing binge eating and emotional eating. She gets into how your brain is wired to work, which will give you a new perspective and move you toward freedom from these thoughts. Find freedom from obsessive food & body though...

On this episode of the Food Freedom Life podcast, host and Registered Dietitian Brittany Allison is diving into all the stress and pressure we feel about getting that "summer body." She's getting real about her own story, how she's learned to love her body's changes, and why she's all about comfort over what everyone else thinks when it comes to summer outfits. Brittany's calling out how diet cult...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Life podcast, host Brittany Allison talks with Sam Abbott, a Dietitian specializing in PCOS. Sam discusses the importance of sustainable lifestyle changes over temporary fixes for managing PCOS and emphasizes empowerment over restriction in dietary choices. She highlights the connection between PCOS and binge eating, and the role of chronic inflammation in the c...

In this episode of The Food Freedom Life Podcast, Britt gets into why you eat healthy during the day then lose control at night. No matter how long you've been stuck in this cycle, you're not broken. There are 5 main reasons why you keep doing this again and again (hint: it's not your willpower or your discipline). In this episode, we dive into each reason so you can start to heal and find food fr...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Life podcast, host and dietitian Brittany Allison explores practical food part of intuitive eating through the hunger and fullness scale. It’s a tool found within the intuitive eating framework to help you get more in tune with your body, the times of day when you feel hungry, how often you feel hungry, and it can be help you learn how different types of foods s...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Life podcast, host Brittany Allison and guest Jess Fry delve into the intricacies of body image healing. Jess, a Licensed Professional Counsellor and body image coach, shares her personal journey and the realization of her own body image struggles, which led her to specialize in intuitive eating and body image therapy. They discuss the societal pressures and wei...

Are you coming into intuitive eating with the hopes that you will lose weight? If so, you're not alone, but we need to talk about it. In this episode, host and Registered Dietitian Brittany Allison dives into why it's so common to hold out hopes of weight loss when starting an Intuitive Eating practice, and why it's important to unpack and let go of those weight loss desires at some point in your...

Food guilt has the potential to ruin your day, send you spiralling into a horrible mood, and even make you feel like you have to compensate for what you've eaten. In this podcast episode, Registered Dietitian Brittany Allison, tackles the issue of food guilt. She explains how guilt can negatively affect our relationship with food, leading to disordered eating and a lack of enjoyment. Brittany disc...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Life Podcast, Brittany catches up with her former client Erin, discussing her past struggles with dieting, body image, and the transition to intuitive eating. They dive into Erin's history of feeling pressured by societal norms and the impact of comments about her body from a young age. Erin recounts her dieting cycle, which intensified after having children, le...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Life podcast, host Brittany Allison discusses body image, body confidence, and beauty ideals. She shares her personal struggles with dieting and self-acceptance, addressing the harmful effects of comparison and societal beauty standards. Brittany explores the historical roots of these ideals, including their ties to racism and colonization. She advocates for a b...

In this episode we're going to get into 8 tips that will help you feel how you WANT to feel this holiday season. What do the holidays look like when you have freedom with food, and trust with your body, and what if it were easy and truly enjoyable? If you struggle to eat intuitively over the holidays and you find yourself constantly going overboard or eating way too many Christmas cookies, let's d...

This week Britt interviews Talia Koren, former owner of the intuitive eating online meal plan subscription Workweek Lunch, and current host of the podcast, Dating Intentionally. Talia is an expert dedicated to helping you date with confidence and have more fun in the process! On her show, she talks all about tips on using dating apps with success, how to navigate relationship milestones and shares...