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Are You Menstrual?The Postpartum Journey with Kim PerezAre You Menstrual? – In this episode, we are discussing the postpartum journey and how you can support your body during this time with Kim Perez. Kim is a Functional Nutritionist (FNTP, RWP) supporting women through the transition into motherhood and beyond. Her own health journey, especially the struggles she experienced postpartum, have catalyzed her mission to help other mamas regain vibrant health after having babies and feel happy and at home in their bodies.Through her signature method, Kim helps women uncover root causes of depletion and imbalance and learn to fully nourish and st...2021-11-0840 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 31: Season 1 Wrap Up & What To Expect In The Future with Kim & AmandaWe are recapping and wrapping up season 1 of the Balanced Babes Podcast and sharing what you can expect for future seasons!
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Questions? Email hello@bodyinbalancenutrition.com2020-02-1236 minThe Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 30: The Importance of Empowerment, Community, and Diversity in Health & Wellness with Alina Brown, NTPAlina Brown is the CEO of WellnessCon, an annual outdoor wellness conference dedicated to promoting diversity in the wellness space while fostering community for wellness lovers, wellness influencers, and conscious companies. She is also a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who spends most of her days creating video content for her Wellness YouTube channel called 'Alina Alive,' where she helps her 21,000+ subscribers take practical steps to deepen their wellness journeys. Alina truly believes that just as nature works synergistically to foster diverse rainforests and deep sea life, we as humans can best thrive and achieve optimal health synergistically through working...2020-02-051h 08The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 29: Cycle Syncing with Kim & AmandaIn this episode, we break down the 4 phases of the cycle and give 3 tips for nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle for each phase. Cycle syncing is the practice of “syncing” your life with the phases of your menstrual cycle. Your hormones fluctuate according to a predictable pattern throughout your cycle, affecting so much-- nutrient needs, hunger, energy, strength, recovery, mood, creativity, and more. Learning about these different phases of your cycle and how to optimize your hormone health can completely transform your life.
What We Cover:
What cycle syncing is
Why cycle syncing is benefi...2020-01-2951 minThe Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 28: Why Health, Nutrition, & Fitness Aren’t so Black & White w/ Kristin KaschakKristin's path to nutrition education, fitness and food blogging started back in 2009, when she started CrossFit. Soon after, she learned about Paleo and eventually took the steps to becoming a Certified Nutritional therapy Practitioner, CrossFit Level 2 Coach, BirthFIT Coach, and Check Holistic Lifestyle Coach. Kristin's focus was first and foremost, nutrition, primarily in the Paleo approach. Most of her coaching was done online, with distance clients or small groups, and almost exclusively with women who felt like they had tried everything but still weren't feeling the way they wanted to. It's evolved since then. At the end of the...2020-01-221h 28The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 27: Postpartum & The Shit They Don't Tell You!In this episode, we discuss Kim's postpartum journey along with the importance of the 4th trimester. We believe the 4th trimester is such a sacred and important time and hope that sharing Kim's experience along with some things that can help will support those going through it in the future.
We hope you enjoy!
What We Cover:
Why the 4th trimester is so important
Kim's postpartum journey
What to expect when you get home from the hospital
Physical changes postpartum
Mental changes postpartum
Breastfeeding tips and struggles
Friends, fam...2020-01-151h 17The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 26: Letting Go & Living Authentically with Jess GaertnerJess is a blogger, recipe creator, and podcast host with a passion for real food, real connection, and sharing herself--flaws and all. A recovering perfectionist, she now focuses on supporting women in finding their truth, nourishing their minds and bodies intuitively, and creating joy in their lives as they navigate the motherhood transition. She pours her heart and soul into the weekly podcast she co-hosts, The Modern Mamas Podcast--which is a safe space to share her authentic experience of motherhood, and where expert guests come on to educate and empower women to take charge of their health. You can...2020-01-081h 10
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 25: Setting Intentions for the New Year with Kim & AmandaIn this episode we do a quick catch up with updates since it's been over 2 months since the last one! Kim has had her baby, Henry, and is embracing motherhood while Amanda reconnects with her husband post deployment. Then we breakdown how we like to get ready for a new year with our 3 step process!
What We Cover
Quick catch up with Kim and Amanda
How to reflect on the year--4 questions to ask yourself
What a year in review looks like
How to set intentions for the New Year
Choosing a word/feeling/theme of...2020-01-0144 minThe Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 24: Anxiety & Your Hormones, Energy Healing, Tarot, & Feminine Energy with Nina BoyceNina Boyce, a certified holistic health coach and hormone specialist based in Columbus, OH. After years of struggling with chronic anxiety and hormone imbalance, she turned towards an all natural lifestyle to heal her body. Nina is passionate about women’s health and the philosophy that all bodies are self-healing and resilient. Her coaching programs focus on total hormonal wellness -- mind, body, and soul. Incorporating both nutritional and stress reduction techniques, with a blend of reiki and tarot, deeper healing can be achieved. She is also the host of the Healing Hormones Podcast, where she interviews leading women in...2019-12-2754 minThe Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 23: Energy Medicine, Manifestation, & The Power of Ritual with Mallory LeoneMallory Leone is a nutrition consultant, energy healer, and folk medicine practitioner practicing in Las Vegas, Nevada and beyond. She specializes in helping women who are looking to expand their own intuition and heal from trauma, anxiety, and depression.
In this episode we dig into manifestation, energy medicine and tools to help you get started!
What We Cover
What energy healing is and who can benefit
What shadow work is and why it's important for manifestation
Definition of manifestation and how magic and spell work fit in to this
Manifestation and our health
How...2019-12-181h 16The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 22: Getting to the Root of Your Gut Issues with Sara, The Organic DietitianSara is a registered dietitian, certified LEAP therapist, and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner. She suffered with hormone and digestive symptoms for years with little recommendations for relief. Being in the wellness field she knew there had to be more going on and was determined to find a solution. She started studying functional medical nutrition therapy and through functional lab work, nutrition, and lifestyle was finally able to find a long term answers to her symptoms. Now she helps busy women dig to the root cause of their health issues. Using proper testing, science based education, and lots of support...2019-12-1151 minThe Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 21: Healthy Coping Mechanisms & Preventative Self Care with Kristy Malone, MFT, NTPAs a practitioner trained in both mental health and functional nutrition, Kristy takes a truly holistic approach to wellness that addresses biological, psychological, and psychosocial factors. She is also trained in EMDR, and along with other treatment modalities, she helps her clients heal from trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, navigate life transitions, and cope effectively with stress. Kristy has spoken at conferences, written curriculum, and co-created a program for women struggling with their relationship with food and body image. She lives and practices in Encinitas, California.
What We Cover:
How to identify and deal with emotions in...2019-12-041h 12The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 20: The Adrenal Fatigue-Mindset Connection with Ali DamronAli Damron is a wife, mother to two little boys, a licensed acupuncturist and a personal trainer. Over the past eight years, I’ve run my own successful private practice as an acupuncturist. Over the last three years, I’ve taken my message to the online platform to be able to reach more people by the day. I specialize in women’s health including hormonal health, mindset, anxiety, and sleep. I offer 1:1 consults, online programs and acupuncture appointments in the Denver, CO area.
What We Cover:
Ali's nighttime routine and favorite self care practices
What adrenal fatigu...2019-11-2742 minThe Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 19: Blood Sugar Balance & The Importance of Awareness in Your Health Journey with Natalie WashabaughNatalie Washabaugh is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP) and a 21-Day Sugar Detox Coach focusing on fat loss, blood sugar regulation, body image issues and healing your relationship with food. She loves educating clients on nutritional myths, providing them the tools necessary to nourish themselves; mind, body and soul.
What We Cover:
Natalie's story
What is 21 Day Sugar Detox
What she has learned from type 1 Diabetes
What does blood sugar balance mean?
Why blood sugar is important for everyone
Signs your blood sugar may need support
What sugar cravings mean and how to g...2019-11-201h 21The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 18: Strength Training for Prenatal, Postpartum, & Menopause with Adina Rubin Part 2Adina is a Nutritional Therapy Consultant, a Medical Exercise Specialist and holds a master’s degree in art therapy. This unique path solidified her thoughts about how connected the mind and body are and now she helps women gain strength and energy using real food, properly designed strength training programs, targeted stress management techniques and lifestyle changes. Her messaging is focused on the importance of auditing our total stress load for optimal health and how to manage it through food, movement and lifestyle.
Adina began unlocking her own optimal physical and mental health when she trained competitively fo...2019-11-131h 15The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 17: Strength Training For Women with Adina Rubin Part 1!Adina is a Nutritional Therapy Consultant, a Medical Exercise Specialist and holds a master’s degree in art therapy. This unique path solidified her thoughts about how connected the mind and body are and now she helps women gain strength and energy using real food, properly designed strength training programs, targeted stress management techniques and lifestyle changes. Her messaging is focused on the importance of auditing our total stress load for optimal health and how to manage it through food, movement and lifestyle.
Adina began unlocking her own optimal physical and mental health when she trained competitively for pow...2019-11-0653 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 16: Celebrating Our Cycles, Tuning into Our Needs, & Moon Cycle BakeryDevon Loftus is a writer and the CEO and founder of Moon Cycle Bakery — a hormone-supportive sweet treat delivery service assisting people during their cycle, encouraging holistic wellness and empowering others to re-define their time of the month — seen in publications such as Elite Daily, Well & Good and Cosmopolitan. Moon Cycle Bakery has gained worldwide coverage including several publications in France and the UK, over 7-billion impressions total and has created an engaging community in the businesses first year.
Devon found herself in a job feeling extremely disempowered and noticed that so many women around her felt simil...2019-10-301h 07The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 15: Everyday Mindfulness & Lunar Syncing with Rebekah WallRebekah is a Women’s Mindfulness Coach & Lunar Yoga Teacher. Rebekah studied Social Work & Sociology at University where she discovered her passion for coaching and working with clients privately. She continued her studies in coaching & advanced yoga training post grad. She combines her passion for yoga, mindfulness, and coaching to create a unique mind, body integration process. Rebekah helps women re-discover who they were always meant to be before life & societal conditioning, creating a truly mindful and awake life. Her other focuses include sex & intimacy, and intuitive business building. Rebekah is based out of the Reno-Tahoe region where she lov...2019-10-2256 minThe Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 14: National Period Day, Period Poverty, & the Tampon TaxSaranna Zhang is going into her sophomore year at the Kinder High School for the Performing Arts in Houston, TX as a member of the instrumental department. She is one of the co-founders and current president of PERIOD Houston, a chapter of PERIOD Inc, a youth-run organization that aims to end period poverty and provide menstrual products to menstruators in need! Saranna began her involvement in gender equality and advocacy with the beginning of her Girl UP club at HSPVA and is very excited to be organizing the first National Period Day rally in Houston.
What We...2019-10-1645 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 13: Catch-up + Q&A: Antibiotics, Non Toxic Living, Fluoride, and Plan B!Amanda and Kim do a quick catch up on life--Kim's still super pregnant and Amanda's husband is finally home from deployment. It's a big day! Then they dive into listener questions on a variety of topics.
Here are the questions we answer:
1. Antibiotics/other medications- what to do if you HAVE to take them but want to reduce toxic load to make sure your gut/liver/etc. are good?
2. How can you switch to less toxic products without breaking the bank?
3. Does fluoride in tap water impact the thyroid?
4. H...2019-10-0943 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 12: Pregnancy and the Shit They Don't Tell You with Kim Perez, NTPKim Perez is a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and owner of Root and Branch Nutrition, her integrative nutrition and wellness practice where she specializes in women’s health. After a long-winded history of working through her own health and hormone challenges as well as her complicated relationship with her weight and body image, Kim decided she needed to help other women do the same. the She opened her practice in 2015 with a passion to empower women to take control of their health, get rid of unnecessary stress and restriction, and learn how to truly nourish not only their bodies, bu...2019-10-021h 25
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 11: Lifestyle Habits for Healthy HormonesKim and Amanda share 5 lifestyle habits for supporting healthy hormones.
Topics Covered:
Tracking your cycle
Managing stress
Getting enough sleep
Choosing less toxic products
Moving your body (and exercising smartly)
Show notes:
Nutrition for Hormones podcast episode
We also mention a ton of products in this episode, so if there are any you need clarity on or links to, just shoot us an email!
Blue Tansy Deodorant (use the code BBP to get 10% off your first order)!
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Join the...2019-09-251h 12
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 10: Happy Weight, Being Comfortable in Your Skin, & Sexuality with Daniele Della Valle, NTPDaniele Della Valle is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, the author of Happy Weight, host of the Vulva Magic Podcast, and the Creator of Your Wellness Academy. In this episode, we dive into the following topics:
Happy Weight and why it's personal to you (and not about a number on the scale)
Why doing difficult, inner work is important for your Happy Weight journey
Taking care of your body from a place of love
Tuning into your symptoms as an opportunity
How to get started on a path to your Happy Weight and feeling good in your body
The...2019-09-181h 13
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 9: Catch-up + Q&A: Balancing Hormones & Detoxing from the Copper IUDKim and Amanda answer the questions below in this episode:
1. How do you balance hormones and if you are, what are some signs it’s working/you’re doing it right?
2. My period keeps skipping random months for over a year. The doctor says nothing is wrong. Any suggestions?
3. What causes period cramps?
4. How can you detox after having your copper IUD removed?
Show notes:
Nutrition for Hormones podcast episode
Ovulation podcast episode
Period pain podcast episode
Get your oil cleansing blend from Primally Pure! Use...2019-09-1145 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 8: Meal Plans, Macros, & Keeping Food SimpleLaura Ligos is a real food Registered Dietitian aka “The Sassy Dietitian” as well as a CrossFit trainer with a passion for making food fun and helping everyone realize their full health potential. Laura has had a passion for health, fitness and nutrition ever since her competitive swimming days throughout high school and during her Division 1 college swimming career at Cornell University. With her background in nutrition, business, social media and blogging, Laura brings a holistic & easy-to-understand approach to the ever-changing face of the health and fitness industry.
What We Cover:
Most common struggles with meal plan...2019-09-0456 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 7: Nourishing Your Body with Intentional NutritionKim and Amanda discuss, Intentional Nutrition, a philosophy they created after years of frustration with dieting, learning how to heal their bodies, and helping hundreds of women do the same.
In this episode you will learn:
What Intentional Nutrition is
How Intentional Nutrition is different from dieting
Similarities and differences to intuitive eating
5 steps you can begin taking to start eating intentionally
All about the Intentional Nutrition Program launching September 9th!
You can sign up for the Intentional Nutrition Program here.
Other Resources:
Make sure you...2019-08-2841 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 6: The Power of Intuition, Going with the Flow, & Van Adventures with Laura BrunerLaura Bruner is a Certified Nutrition Consultant, Certified CrossFit Trainer, Safer Skincare Advocate, cohost of the Modern Mamas Podcast, and mama to Evie Wilder. She is a firm believer in the mind, body, soul connection. Through her work with individual clients, her online training programs, and her seminars and workshops, Laura’s goal is to educate and inspire towards intuitive shifts in daily habits and headspace, leading to healthier minds and bodies, increased strength and physical potential, longevity, and most importantly, the empowerment that comes with taking health into our own hands. She is so excited to have recently la...2019-08-211h 00
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 5: Catch-up + Q&A: Low Progesterone, Period Pain, and CravingsIn these monthly episodes, we'll briefly catch up and chat about what's going on in our lives and then tackle your questions!
In this episode, we answer the following questions from listeners:
What you can do about low progesterone (confirmed by labs)?
Castor oil for period cramps? Any other natural remedies?
I get menstrual migraines. Any answers or tips to help alleviate them?
As much as I’ve been focusing on health and nutrition to help balance my blood sugar I still have a major sweet tooth, especially after meals. Any ways to combat this or any...2019-08-1443 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 4: The Real MVP of Your Cycle: Ovulation! with Jenna LongoriaJenna Longoria aka The Period Guru, is a certified women's health and functional nutrition coach specializing in hormonal health. She was listed by The Huffington Post as one of the top 20 new health writers to follow in 2017. Her work has been featured in Mind Body Green, NBC and The Elephant Journal, and she is the author of 7 Steps to a Healthier You: An Attainable Guide to Health.
In this episode, we dive into the following topics:
Why ovulation is so important
When women ovulate and how to tell when you are ovulating
What a woman's fertile window...2019-08-0752 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 3: Nutrition for Healthy HormonesKim and Amanda share their 5 nutrition tips for supporting healthy hormones.
Topics Covered:
Impact of dieting on hormones
Inflammatory foods
Digestion and gut health
How to minimize stress around food
Foods for happy hormones
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Questions? Email us: hello@bodyinbalancenutrition.com2019-08-0757 min
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 2: Expanding the Conversation around Women’s Health with Steph GaudreauSteph Gaudreau believes women have the right to be strong and take up space because the world needs our voices. She's a nutritional therapist, strength coach, podcaster, author, cold brew lover, and author of the upcoming book, The Core 4.
In this episode we dive into:
Steph's journey with body image, exercise, dieting, and endometriosis
The 4 pillars of women's health and well being
How to find freedom and loosen your grip on food
How obsession can negatively impact a woman's health
Benefits of strength training
How to get started with strength training
Show...2019-08-061h 17
The Balanced Babes PodcastEpisode 1: Welcome to the Balanced Babes Podcast!Get to know us, Kim and Amanda, as we share who we are, our healing journeys, and how and why we became holistic nutritionists. We also discuss what you can expect from future episodes of this podcast!
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Questions for us? Email hello@bodyinbalancenutrition.com
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