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217: Daina Trout on Why Kombucha is Taking Over the Grocery Stores Nov 13, 2020

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Today we are so excited to have the CEO of Health-Ade Kombucha, our favorite kombucha company, on the show! Daina Trout co-founded Health-Ade Kombucha in 2012 alongside her husband, Justin Trout, and best friend, Vanessa Dew. Since the beginning, the trio has been committed to brewing the best tasting and highest quality kombucha on the market. Trout first learned how to brew kombucha during her tenure at Tufts University, where she earned Masters' degrees both in Nutrition and Public Health after receiving her BS from Georgetown University.

During that time, she also developed her personal philosophy that health is less about science, and more abou what makes you feel good and happy. After graduation, Trout moved to Los Angeles to accept a position working in pharmaceuticals but continued to cultivate an interest in holistic and "real" food that fuels a hard-working lifestyle. Trout funneled this energy into an entrepreneurship club she formed with Justin and Vanessa to explore ways they could combine their diverse backgrounds into a successful business venture; the result, Health-Ade Kombucha.

Over the course of the last seven years, Trout has nurtured what started as a small production and niche product into what has become a national brand that is sold at 30,000 grocery stores and health food markets nationwide, including major retailers like Target, Whole Foods and Costco. Today, Health-Ade is currently the fastest growing brand in its category for three years in a row and is projected to significantly expand its business nationwide each year under her leadership as CEO.

In this episode we discuss:

How Daina, her husband and best friend started Heath-Ade Kombucha
What exactly kombucha is and how it is made
What are the benefits of fermented foods like kombucha
What makes Health-Ade kombucha different from others on the market and why it's taking over the grocery stores
What Dana believes is the #1 skill or characteristic that has supported her to be a successful entrepreneur
How Dana practice wellness without obsession

This episode is brought to you by my holiday survival guide. This free e-book will help you enjoy and celebrate the holiday season, food included. Click here to grab yours!

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If you want to check out Ned and try them out for yourself, Ned is offering 15% off AND free shipping to my listeners by using the link included here in the shownotes or you can use the code NOURISHINGWOMEN to receive the discount.

This episode is also brought to you by my love for all things Primally Pure. I'm currently obsessed with the plumping face mask, beauty cream, and body butter. I've also been using the gua sha stone and body brush daily for circulation and lymphatic drainage support (hello, fall allergies). Don't forget to use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first order.

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.
Join the waitlist for next enrollment for our online course, Permission Stage Playbook.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

216: What is Thin Privilege? Nov 10, 2020

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Today's episode is an important conversation that NEEDS to be in podcast form. I've touched on thin privilege on Instagram posts and with guests on the show, but I wanted an entire episode dedicated to the subject.

Here's what I want you to understand about thin privilege: Your body image struggles are real no matter your size. Your experience and struggles are real and valid. But we have to be willing to look at our privileges in all situations, body image and how this impacts our relationship with food, included.

There are three types of fat phobia, that I've learned from Virgie Tovar (click here to listen to her episode on the podcast). A person in a thin body can experience INTRApersonal struggles as we all fear becoming fat in our society that tells us it's the worst thing in the world to happen to our bodies. But a thin body won't experience interpersonal and institutionalized fat phobia. This helps explain thin privilege in a meaningful way- that yes, your experiences are real, but these are two major areas you likely will never experience or understand if you live in a thin body.

I used to promote myself as the "body positive dietitian" and I now realize how much of a mistake on wording that was. That was taking a movement that wasn't created for me. And honestly ignorance on my part thinking me as a size 10 was not accepted. I hope this episode helps you see that your experiences are real and true and you are not alone in not accepting your body. Yet, as with any privilege we hold, it's not your fault or something you should feel guilty about. It's about recognizing that there's some experiences we may never be able to understand.

This episode is brought to you by my holiday survival guide. This free e-book will help you enjoy and celebrate the holiday season, food included. Click here to grab yours!

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.
Join the waitlist for next enrollment for our online course, Permission Stage Playbook.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

215: Davida Lederle on Comparison Traps, Instagram Breaks & Green Beauty Nov 06, 2020

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I'm so honored to have Davida Lederle, a friend of mine and someone I admire DEEPLY for her integrity and authenticity on the online space on the podcast today. Davida is the owner and creator of the blog, the Healthy Maven.

The Healthy Maven is a multi-channel health and wellness platform helping women to live healthFULLY rather than living for their health. Over the past 6 years Davidas has shifted her belief that healthy living is about extending the years of your life, to instead extending the quality of your life. Life should be about prioritizing your health, but not at the sake of living your life. That's why she believes in living healthFULLY. Wellness can exist without obsession, and we love that she shares this belief that is the foundation of everything we do here at Nourishing Women Podcast!

In this episode we discuss:

Davida gives us a life update to what she has been up to since she was last on the show May 2018
Davida's 8 month Instagram break and what she learned from this experience
Different revenue sources an online business can have
Why Davida left the sponsorship model for her blog and business
Tips for avoiding the comparison trap on social media
Davida's tips on swapping to green makeup products, why you may consider doing this
What technically counts a product as considered "safe" or "green" makeup
Davida's favorite green beauty products
How Davida practices wellness without obsession

Learn more about Davida:

Important information for you!

Download your free holiday survival guide e-book!

Join the waitlist for next enrollment for our online course, Permission Stage Playbook.

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

214: How to Say No Without Being a Dick with Amy Smith Oct 23, 2020

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214: How to Say No Without Being a Dick with Amy Smith

You are going to LOVE today's podcast episode with guest Amy Smith. In this episode, we focus on giving you all the tips and tricks you'll need to establish boundaries and say no, all without being a dick and instead with kindness and compassion. Amy E. Smith [a bit of a sass-pants] life coach, fellow podcaster and founder of www.TheJoyJunkie.com.

More about Amy: She is a certified confidence coach, masterful speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Founder of TheJoyJunkie.com, Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-love. With acute focus on helping people "find their voice", she is highly sought after for her uncommon style of irreverence, wisdom, and humor and has been a featured expert on Fox 5 San Diego and YourTango.com.

In this episode we discuss:

Amy shares her personal journey to becoming a life coach, podcaster and author of the book Stand Up for Yourself Without Being a Dick.
Amy's personal stories establishing boundaries and saying no to help you learn to implement these strategies in your life
How people pleasing and caring so deeply about what others think of us impact our ability to live a meaningful and joy filled life
Examples for you to say "no" and establish boundaries, all without being a dick
The issues with perfectionism and how it keeps us playing small in our lives
How to be soft and strong in our approaches to establishing boundaries
How Amy personally practices wellness without obsession

Links to reach Amy:

Grab Amy's FREE eWorkbook, Stand up for Yourself without Being a Dick

http://thejoyjunkie.com/free

Join Amy's FREE Facebook Community with Bonus Trainings, Camaraderie, and Freebies

http://thejoyjunkie.com/club

Connect with Amy on Insta where she mini-blogs every day!

http://instagram.com/thejoyjunkie

In today's episode I also share FAQ about my program, Permission Stage Playbook. If you're ready to confidently become an intuitive eater and embrace wellness without obsession, I would love to invite you to become a student of Permission Stage Playbook. (P.S. Use the code NOURISH for $20 off your order!)

My online program, Permission Stage Playbook, is currently open for enrollment! Are you as excited as I am?! Here's what you need to know:

Enrollment is open for the next week only. Doors close on Monday, October 26th.
Spots are limited and fill up fast. We keep the group small to ensure the best experience possible.
This is the last enrollment period for 2020, enrollment will not open again until later in 2021.
You have two options, pay in full or pay in two installments. Most RDs charge this price for just an online course OR group coaching, we are committed to making this program accessible and affordable, so you get both for the price of one!

Click here to learn more and sign up so you can confidently become an intuitive eater! (And Use the code NOURISH for $20 off your order!)

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

213: 4 Reasons You Fear Making Peace with Food (+PSP is Open for Enrollment!) Oct 20, 2020

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I know you, my friend. I know you love all things health, wellness and nutrition. But the real truth? You obsess over it. Fear it. And deprive yourself of true enjoyment. You're here, listening to the show because you are ready for change. In today's episode, I invite you to reflect and identify your personal reasons you fear making peace with food.

My hope and goal is by identifying your personal barriers or what scares you, you can determine if that's value based or not for you to continue having an unhealthy relationship with food.

So many of these barriers come from this belief you have to be hypervigilant with your health in order to have health. But is this true, or is this diet culture influenced? In this episode, I share examples of black and white thinking around health versus a gray area perspective that we so deeply believe in here on my show and in my business.

If you're ready to confidently become an intuitive eater and embrace wellness without obsession, I would love to invite you to become a student of Permission Stage Playbook. (P.S. Use the code NOURISH for $20 off your order!)

My online program, Permission Stage Playbook, is currently open for enrollment until Monday, October 26th. I would love to have you as a student if:

You are ready to go from food obsession to food flexibility
You want to remove the confusion, overwhelm and messiness of trying to figure out intuitive eating on your own
You are so over switching from one diet and clean eating plan to the next
You desire clarity & confidence about the step by step process to walk through the permission stage of intuitive eating
You're ready to embrace intuitive eating in your life, so you can practice wellness without obsession
You want to make peace with your food choices and your body

Permission Stage Playbook is an online course + VIP coaching experience that will give you the step by step education, guidance and support to confidently become an intuitive eater.

(Without the pain of trying to figure out intuitive eating on your own or spending thousands of dollars to work one-on-one with a dietitian.)

Are you as excited as I am?! Here's what you need to know:

Enrollment is open for the next week only. Doors close on Monday, October 26th.
Spots are limited and fill up fast. We keep the group small to ensure the best experience possible.
This is the last enrollment period for 2020, enrollment will not open again until later in 2021.
You have two options, pay in full or pay in two installments. Most RDs charge this price for just an online course OR group coaching, we are committed to making this program accessible and affordable, so you get both for the price of one!

Click here to learn more and sign up so you can confidently become an intuitive eater! (And Use the code NOURISH for $20 off your order!)

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

212: Dietitian Deanna on Food Freedom & Building a Career You Love Oct 16, 2020

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Don't forget to sign up for The Food Obsession to Food Flexibility Workshop with one final date left to sign up, tomorrow Saturday, October 17th at 10am EST.

Today's podcast episode is with guest Deanna Wolf RD/N, LD/N who is the creator and owner of @dietitiandeanna, the Food Freedom Breakthrough Program and Dietitian Entrepreneur Academy. We have a wonderful conversation about Deanna's journey towards food freedom, what food freedom means to her, and how to build a badass nutrition business you love and that allows for income and impact.

In this episode we discuss:

Deanna's journey to dropping dieting and transforming her relationship with food.
Deanna's experience with bodybuilding competitions & how this contributed to disordered eating
What does food freedom means
Deanna explains how intuitive eating supports your metabolism and feeling your best
Deanna shares about the Dietitian Entrepreneur Academy, and the inspiration behind creating it.
The top 3 characteristics that led Deanna to the success she has had as a dietitian and building a badass online business
How Deanna practices wellness without obsession

Learn more about Deanna at her website and on Instagram.

My online course on intuitive eating, Permission Stage Playbook, is currently closed for enrollment but you can join the waitlist by clicking here. Enrollment re-opens later in fall!

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

211: Perfectionism and Healthy Eating Oct 13, 2020

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I recently shared a post on perfectionism and the unhealthy obsession with eating healthy and it resonated with SO many of you, so I wanted to share more in depth in today's episode.

In the post I shared, that I'm not sure I've ever worked with a client that's had orthorexia and didn't also seriously struggle with perfectionism, people pleasing and fear of lack of control.

I also know this too deeply from my own personal experience. My desire to be the "perfect" dietitian made me *attempt* to perfect my eating habits more and more until I got to a point where everything I ate made me anxious. When you dive into the clean eating world you can almost always find something "wrong" with what you're eating.

I share this because perfectionism is at the root of why your desires to live a healthy lifestyle have become obsessive and dogmatic, reaching the point of disordered behaviors. I also share because the same issue that gets us in to this mess, it also what tends to prevent us from seeking healing and/or asking for help to recover.

If you too struggle with the desire to be perfect and perfect your eating habits (the breeding ground of orthorexia) I want you to know that part of this process, the healing part, is going to BE MESSY.

It's A OKAY if for a period of time your eating habits look far from what you think is "healthy" to give yourself the time and space to heal and loosen the grips of your unhealthy obsession with eating healthy.

Your body is resilient. I promise it can handle if you don't eat what you think is enough veggies (or sub in whatever food you're fearful of NOT consuming) for a period of time.

As I shared in my post, The messy parts are where are the magic happens. So if you end of eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches instead of kale salads with every trendy superfood possible, I promise you'll be okay. I promise you can trust your body. I promise the messy parts lead to your goals of food freedom and flexibility.

In today's podcast episode I share why it's critical to work through perfectionism, how it shows up not only in our healing journeys but also in the health and wellness world, and how to work towards imperfect actions. Remember, self love can also come with self awareness, and these imperfect actions are how you'll move towards that gray area of health and wellness.

Are you ready to move on from food and wellness obsession and instead towards food flexibility, food freedom and intuitive eating? Then my free workshop, the Food Obsession to Food Flexibility Workshop, was created just for you!

The Food Obsession to Food Flexibility Workshop will be held THIS week with three dates available to sign up: Thursday, October 15th at 12:30pm and 6:30pm and Saturday, October 17th at 10am EST.

Use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first Primally Pure order, get your dry skin products ready for the winter! I'm personally obsessed right now with the body brush, body butter and beauty cream.

My online course on intuitive eating, Permission Stage Playbook, is currently closed for enrollment but you can join the waitlist by clicking here. Enrollment re-opens later in fall!

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

210: All Foods Fit Mentality and HAES on the Internet with Shana Spence RD/N Oct 09, 2020

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210: All Foods Fit Mentality and HAES on the Internet with Shana Spence RD/N

Today on the podcast I have guest and fellow anti-diet dietitian, Shana Spence, on the show. Shana labels herself as an "eat anything" dietitian. Shana believes since life is already complicated, why restrict yourself? She created a wonderful platform on Instagram to allow for an open discussion on all things health and nutrition, and also provides virtual counseling worldwide.

In this episode we discuss:

Shana's journey going back to school to become a dietitian and how she became an anti-diet dietitian
What does an eat everything and all foods fit mentality mean
How allowing all foods into your eating world (sans medical or ethical needs) allows for foods to become emotionally equivalent
Shana's tips to removing the internal dialogue that tells you that you are "good" or "bad" for how you eat
How to deal with negative feedback on Instagram and how to build a community on Instagram
How Shana practices wellness without obsession

Learn more about Shana on her website and Instagram.

The purpose of this workshop is to help you:

Understand signs and symptoms you may be too obsessed with clean eating and having the perfect healthy lifestyle
Walk you through how this impacts your life and how you're showing up in the world
Help you move from food obsession to food flexibility (so you can have freedom in food and in all areas of life!)
Receive clarity of what a healthy relationship with food, exercise, health and wellness looks like
How to move towards this less extreme version of health, where health enhances your quality of life, not IS your life
Learn why intuitive eating is the foundation of our wellness without obsession philosophy
Remove all the confusion and overwhelm about intuitive eating, that way you can confidently become an intuitive eater

The Food Obsession to Food Flexibility Workshop will be held NEXT week with three dates available to sign up: Thursday, October 15th at 12:30pm and 6:30pm and Saturday, October 17th at 10am EST.

Use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first Primally Pure order, get your dry skin products ready for the winter! I'm personally obsessed right now with the body brush, body butter and beauty cream.

My online course on intuitive eating, Permission Stage Playbook, is currently closed for enrollment but you can join the waitlist by clicking here. Enrollment re-opens later in fall!

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

209: The Food Obsession to Food Flexibility Workshop is Here! Oct 08, 2020

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I've been thinking about how I can support you with the final months left in 2020. I know SO many people feel as if 2020 has been a wash, and that nothing good has come out of it. But the eternal optimist in me wants to challenge that. Or maybe instead invite you to consider a different ending to 2020.

The vast majority of you that are here, tuning in every week to listen to the show, are here because you're trying to understand how your clean eating program and lifestyles have manifested into strict rules, obsession and stress and anxiety.

You're trying to learn how you got so food obsessed, and how to move instead towards food freedom and food flexibility. But what does that even mean? And how do you achieve that?

You've realized either recently that you may have a disordered relationship with food, or maybe you've known for a while, but you've been going at this healing journey alone and as a result- confused, conflicted, overwhelmed and unsure of what intuitive eating actually looks like.

Is it really just listening to your body? How do you do that without rules, timing your eating, controlling what's allowed and not allowed? If you give yourself unconditional permission to eat, will you just forever gain weight? Will you only eat pizza and ice cream for the rest of your life?

I LOVE that you have these type of questions and concerns and I want you to have a safe space to learn the answers to these questions and really get clarity about what it means to practice food flexibility, what intuitive eating will allow for in your life and how to find that gray area of health and wellness, letting go of the extremes so you can practice our philosophy of wellness, without obsession.

So I'm hosting a totally FREE workshop, called the Food Obsession to Food Flexibility Workshop in order to do just that.

The purpose of this workshop is to help you:

Understand signs and symptoms you may be too obsessed with clean eating and having the perfect healthy lifestyle
Walk you through how this impacts your life and how you're showing up in the world
Help you move from food obsession to food flexibility (so you can have freedom in food and in all areas of life!)
Receive clarity of what a healthy relationship with food, exercise, health and wellness looks like
How to move towards this less extreme version of health, where health enhances your quality of life, not IS your life
Learn why intuitive eating is the foundation of our wellness without obsession philosophy
Remove all the confusion and overwhelm about intuitive eating, that way you can confidently become an intuitive eater

The Food Obsession to Food Flexibility Workshop will be held NEXT week with three dates available to sign up: Thursday, October 15th at 12:30pm and 6:30pm and Saturday, October 17th at 10am EST. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!

Use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first Primally Pure order, get your dry skin products ready for the winter! I'm personally obsessed right now with the body brush, body butter and beauty cream.

My online course on intuitive eating, Permission Stage Playbook, is currently closed for enrollment but you can join the waitlist by clicking here. Enrollment re-opens later in fall!

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

208: Gentle Nutrition Practices for PCOS with Megan Perez RD/N Oct 02, 2020

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One of the amazing dietitians at Nourishing Minds Nutrition, Megan Perez, is back on the show! Today she's getting personal with you sharing why she is so passionate about PCOS awareness and proper education on this endocrine disorder. Megan is our resident PCOS specialist so I knew she would be the perfect person to come on the show to share with you gentle nutrition practices to support PCOS.

In this episode we discuss:

Megan gives a life update to what she's been up to since last on the show
Megan shares with us a bit about why she is so passionate about PCOS, including her personal diagnosis with PCOS this year
What exactly is PCOS and how to get diagnosed
Why there is so much stigma surrounding PCOS diagnosis and treatment
Gentle nutrition practices to support PCOS
Why reducing inflammation is such a big piece of supporting your PCOS
How Megan currently practices wellness without obsession

Megan's blog post on PCOS:

Gentle Nutrition for PCOS

4 Different Types of PCOS

Past episodes with Megan:

The Pro's and Con's to the Whole 30 Diet

Why Sleep is Important to Your Health

Use the code NOURISH for 10% off your first Primally Pure order, my current recommendation is starting your day off with the gua sha stone and the new, Autumn Home Collection.

Click here to download my free e-book, How to Eat for Hormones.

My online course on intuitive eating, Permission Stage Playbook, is currently closed for enrollment but you can join the waitlist by clicking here. Enrollment re-opens later in fall!

Resources for you:

Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.
Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community. Live Q&As are hosted every week.

Let's hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN:

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