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Making Space For MenopauseBack to Basics: You Need MORE Hydration in Midlife & Here is WHY!Staying hydrated in menopause means more than just drinking water. It means understanding how your body changes in midlife when medications, hormones and even body cue changes are involved. And yes, we will even talk about all that peeing that happens when we try to hydrate! Tuesday November 21, 7 pm EST, Sherry Jibb and I will be talking about our partnership in Mindful Eating, Living and Moving for January 2024! We think midlife women deserve something special for health. Come learn more at the link below! Join The Info Session: Mindful Eating, Living a...
2023-11-1714 minMaking Space For MenopauseBack to Basics: Calm Your Mind to Calm Your GutDo you move through the holidays feeling stressed out? Does January come round and you feel like you ate too much, drank too much and your digestion isn't the same? Sherry Jibb and I talk about the importance of having calming practices, in ten minute bites, through the day, much like movement snack! These short bursts of calm will support digestion, help with your relationship to food through the holidays, and leave you feeling more PRESENT in the life you have. Practice calm and support your digestion in our Gut Health Survival Workshop, November 13th...
2023-11-0532 minMaking Space For MenopauseBack to Basics: Routines for a Better Menopause!Do you have routines that nourish you? We all have routines, like brushing our teeth, or shopping Saturday morning. What about the routines that calm us, make us feel balanced? Routines set us up for a calmer nervous system, which means we may have less hot flashes, more energy, and our hormones will signal differently. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Don'e let health slip through the holidays! Join the Holiday Gut Health Survival Workshop! Have a topic that would support your midlife health? Leave me a voicenote! Overwhelmed in midlife? Need a reset? G...
2023-11-0214 minMaking Space For MenopauseWas I a Rebellious Eater? Where do I go from here? Warning: swearing ... Have you had a free for all with food? If so, you might be a rebellious eater! This phase of eating can happen on the way to food freedom. But it does not always equal freedom. It can kind of feel like it sometimes, can't it? Until it doesn't. This episode shares a bit of my own experience with rebellious eating, aka a boundary-less experience with food. If you think you are a rebellious eater and have had your cyclical "food free for all's" let's chat about: What this is Why we do...
2023-10-0430 minMaking Space For Menopause5 Tips For Healthy Eating On VacationAs I double down on my nutrition, with a mindful and intentional focus, I share 5 things that I focused on while away on a fall vacation. Some of these tips will carry you through the holiday season and beyond. Now, I am not a huge planner, not in my mind. However, prepping food, planning enjoyable food, and tuning in to body cues doesn't have to be perfect. And all this can happen ANY time of the year. _________________ Did you like this episode? Have a topic that would support your midlife health? L...
2023-09-1935 minMaking Space For MenopauseSeptember Reset: Nourishing Your Whole BodyWhat does the word NOURISH mean? Is it just nutrition? Join me in this episode as I explain my September Intention of nourishing my whole self, and what the word nourish can mean in a holistic way. As we slide into fall, with another year under our belt, how will we create fullness and satisfaction for ourselves? Month by month, slowly, and intentionally. Start with nourishing your whole self. Need an ummersive experiece to jump start your soul? Join Sheery Jibb of the Healing Place- Yoga and Pilates and myself as we Fall i...
2023-09-1022 minMaking Space For MenopauseSeptember Reset + Life Reset + Update!September is the new January, and many of you are thinking of a reset! This episode shares one thing I'm doing to "reset" myself after a really overwhelming and emotional summer. As I dive deeper into my own core beliefs about wellness and health, I want to share them with you, keeping the calorie counting out, and the personalization IN. Mindful Eating practices have taught me to trust my "wise mind" in finding what fits for me, and I am approaching this "reset season" by tuning in to my own needs, my own body, and setting intentions...
2023-09-0218 minMaking Space For MenopauseGinger For Menopause: Dental Health TipsDo YOU have any of these in menopause: Dry mouth Gum issues Candida (in your mouth) Cavities Ginger may be your next best friend! Tune in to hear how ginger can support your dental health in menopause. Ginger's benefits go beyond digestion, and even into libido! Watch this on YouTube! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Did you like this episode? Have a topic that would support your midlife health? Leave me a voicenote! Overwhelmed in midlife? Need a reset? Grab My Toolkit and Balance Your Life! https://bit.ly/unpackoverwhelm
2023-05-2909 minMaking Space For MenopauseIs Martha Stewart Erasing Our Story of Aging?Is Martha Stewart Erasing Our Story of Aging? There's so many ways to look at how the conversations have blown up with the newest, and oldest, Sports Illustrated cover model. I take a look at some of the opinions I've seen and heard after on the internet. There is so much to unpack here. Media blow ups like this can prompt us to look within, and become more aware of our triggers i our aging years, don't you think? Want to watch on YouTube? https://youtu.be/xDRkOeDFW74 BOOK A S...
2023-05-2222 minMaking Space For MenopauseMothers Day | A Daughter's Grief and Moving On**TW** Loss, grief, troubled mother relationship. Aging brings loss, and the loss of our mothers. This episode is an impromptu chat that I recorded after spending time in the garden "talking" to my mom. If she were here today, there are three things I would share with her, and I share them with you here. I also have three book recommendations for you. The mother daughter relationship forms who we are, as mothers, and as partners. *Not affiliate links, for information only* Book 1: Motherless Daughters Book 2: The Atlas of the H...
2023-05-1521 min
Making Space For MenopauseMedicinal Mushrooms for Aging and LongevityMedicinal mushrooms for Pro-Aging? YES! Medicinal Mushrooms are linked to longevity. The studies on mushrooms, and the benefits to us aging folks, is fascinating. In today's conversation we'll explore: The nutritional value of a mushroom, which I hated with a distinct passion as a kid. What medicinal mushrooms are. The health benefits of medicinal mushrooms Different types of medicinal mushrooms How you can use them to support aging. Potential side effects. What to look for when buying medicinal mushrooms. Finally, we'll focus on the black maitake mushroom, a potent medicinal mushroom with potential anti-aging benefits.
2023-03-3027 minMaking Space For MenopauseThis is a Snack I LOVE: Movement Snacks!This snack I can get behind for menopause health! When I was perimenopause, I should have incorporated this advice back then. Movement snacks, are for busy people, but if we are to incorporate movement throughout the day, this approach is brilliant. This snack is supposed to be a trend of 2023. When I searched in YouTube, to see how "trendy" it really was, it had been talked about two years ago, one year ago, and even five days ago. Trendy, not so trendy, it can fit almost anyone! Watch on YouTube
2023-03-2509 minMaking Space For MenopauseMake Health Goals EASY in Menopause | Try THIS!If you want to improve your quality of life in menopause, STOP making goals so hard. Instead of an elaborate SMART goal., I'm sharing this one teeny tiny thing I'm doing to make every day better! It's so simple! I owe it all to Kaye Putnam, my inspiration for business and a better life. I've been working on this for the last 10 days, and I don't see myself stopping. Best thing? This one thing will make any part of life better. Watch On YouTube Inspired by Kaye Putnam +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2023-03-1509 minMaking Space For MenopauseLet's make it easy: What IS Mindful Eating?Mindful Eating seems so hard to grasp for some people. It seems kind of ... intangible? Out there? I think it seems "out there" because people think it lacks ACTION. A diet seems like action. But, where is this action leading you? Making Mindful Eating Easy and Simple This blog post and episode will give you: A simple definition of Mindful Eating. A simple word to understand it. ANY WAY THAT YOU EAT. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Did you like this episode? Have a topic that would support...
2023-03-0716 min
Results Without RestrictionMidlife, menopause, and mindfulness with Tanya Stricek
In this episode I chat with Tanya Stricek, the Mindful Nutritionist, a midlife health expert, and the host of The Fullness Podcast.
We talk about the challenges women face being in that midlife phase while living in a size-obsessed world and the benefits of incorporating a mindful eating and weight inclusive approach to aging and health.
Let’s talk about how we can shift the focus away from size and weight and onto habits and behavior and all the ways we can bring joy into our daily lives.
Connect with Ta...
2023-03-0500 minResults Without RestrictionMidlife, menopause, and mindfulness with Tanya Stricek
In this episode I chat with Tanya Stricek, the Mindful Nutritionist, a midlife health expert, and the host of The Fullness Podcast.
We talk about the challenges women face being in that midlife phase while living in a size-obsessed world and the benefits of incorporating a mindful eating and weight inclusive approach to aging and health. Let’s talk about how we can shift the focus from size and weight to habits and behavior and all the ways we can bring joy into our daily lives.
Connect with Tany...
2023-03-0528 minMaking Space For MenopauseFitness During Menopause: Reclaim Your Body and MindLooking to reclaim and empower your physical self, and enhance your mental outlook? Look no further than embracing movement, with a different mindset from your 20's, and 30's. This episode is for you if you: Are stuck in the rut of doing the same thing over and over, fitness wise Don't have a clear vision of what fit means in menopause Feel like you lost your 25 year old self Are still doing endless cardio sessions Sherry Jibb of The Healing Place Yoga and Pilates joins me on this episode to discuss the necessary mindset changes t...
2023-02-2235 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Heaviness of Heart Hunger and Craving Food to Cope WIth GriefToday's epispode contains a trigger warning for anyone who struggles with talking about death and grief. Although I don't go into great detail about the sudden loss of my fiance and his mental health, I do speak about loss, and grief, in the context of heart hunger and mindful eating. It's an off the cuff episode, that shares a part of my life that involved food memory, happy times and my own heart hunger on the 20th anniversary of his death. We all long for someone or something. Let's not demonize the connection that ALL...
2023-02-0312 minMaking Space For MenopauseReasons You're Sleepless in Perimenopause and How to Tackle Lack of SleepWhy do we lay awake at night in menopause or perimenopause? Medical sleep expert Dr. Val Cacho joins me in talking about the reasons we lay awake at night in perimenopause including: the risks of NOT sleeping anxiety gut health hormone changes lifestyle choices sleep apnea Dr. Cacho also discusses supports for sleeplessness in a holistic way, beyond medication. If you want support for sleep that pulls in ALL the options available to you for better sleep please download Dr. Cacho's sleep guide for perimenopause! Grab Dr. Cacho's FREE Checklist: 4 Questions to Ask Yor Doctor...
2023-01-1028 minMaking Space For MenopauseHow to Create Meaning in Midlife Using Core ValuesHave you thought about what you value in midlife? What is most important to you? What you want this chapter of life to be?? Have you ever done a core values exercise? Discovering your core values will help you lead a more aligned midlife. This Walk and Talk will share: What core values are. Why they matter. How they help you reach those goals that may be eluding you. If you kow what's most important to you, how do you hold that close through the year? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Did you like t...
2023-01-0209 min
Making Space For MenopauseWhat is Inner Wisdom and How Will it Support Your Life?If you are always looking for outside advice, for more information, this episode is for YOU. Have you heard of inner wisdom? The term is used in Mindful Eating. It's the stuff deep inside of you, what you already know, that inner voice, insisting it's heard. When you embrace your own wisdom, you rely on outer things, like diets, less and less. This episode shares 4 simple steps to tapping into YOUR inner wisdom. Let's do a session! Contact me here. Read the blog post. The FIRST step to...
2023-01-0100 minMaking Space For MenopauseDid You Pick Your Word of the Year Yet?New Year's resolutions can be acts of doing, rather than being. Are you choosing goals based on doing for 2023? Or are you choosing based on how you want to FEEL in 2023? Picking a word of the year helps you have an emotional anchor to the goals you are setting at ANY time of the year. This episode shares the origin of the ONE WORD concept (book linked below, not an affiliate link) and how I chose this years word. Internal or intrinsic motivation is needed to get to your goals. How will you keep...
2022-12-3117 minMaking Space For MenopauseLetting Go to Move Forward: My Experience With Breast Implant Removal and Body Image at 56Subscribe, walk and talk with me, to end 2023! Drown out the weight loss noise! This episode invites you to examine what you need to LET GO of to make room for the new in 2023. Besides my career as a dental hygienist, I recently let go of breast implants that were causing me health issues. It feels awkward to share this when women are losing their lives to breast cancer. Women choose to give up their breasts to save their lives. Yet many women my age are hanging on to implants for fear of los...
2022-12-3010 minMaking Space For MenopauseAre you Procrastinating and Staying STUCK Where You Are?Subscribe, walk and talk with me, to end 2023, drown out the weight loss noise. Let's talk about things that hold us back, propel us forward and make us feel good as humans! I'm sharing a real short snippet on how freezing, and procrastination, has held me back from growing in my career. There's other places procratination has held me back, but for today, I'm asking YOU: Do you stay stuck? Do you procrastinate on decisions? Where do you freeze and not make a decision? How do you feel when you make a decision to let something...
2022-12-2907 minMaking Space For MenopauseSearching for Clarity in the New Year? REFLECTION IS YOUR FRIEND!Subscribe, walk and talk with me, to end 2023, drown out the weight loss noise. Let's talk about things that hold us back, propel us forward and make us feel good as humans! Do you take time to reflect on the year that's passing? What went WELL? What could be even better YET? As the year winds down, I thought I'd take you on a walk, and talk. These last few episodes of the year are here for reflection, shifting and creating a new, FRESH start. Past helpful New Year episodes: New Year, SAME You...
2022-12-2810 minMaking Space For MenopauseWhy Herbs are a Powerful Holistic Approach for Better Hormones in MenopauseMany women struggle with hormone balance, and this can continue on through menopause. Have you considered herbs as a support? Correne Omland and I have a discussion about hormones from a whole body perspective, connecting our systems, like the nervous system, to our hormone health. This episode touches on the interconnected nature of our bodies, and the role hormones play in our functions. We talk about the liver and it's role in breaking down hormones like estrogen, and Correne shares her approach to herbal support as a clinical herbalist. Ready to Reset and Refresh your GOALS? You...
2022-12-2243 minMaking Space For MenopauseHow Herbal Remedies Calm the Mind and Support the Stress Response in MenopauseMenopause, and perimenopause, can be stressful. Many women have increased feelings of anxiety, when entering the transition to menopause. This can be from pressure in life, with aging parents, career transition, or the shifts in estrogen, progesterone and cortisol. NO ONE is immune to stress, and stressful situations. Correne Omland, from Spirea Herbs, is back on the podcast to talk about herbal remedies to calm the mind and the nervous system. We talk about stress, and women, and how this may be amplified for us, because of the environment we live in. Besides low calorie diets and...
2022-12-1745 minMaking Space For MenopauseUnlock the five Stages of Change to create forgiving habit changes!Have you heard of the Stages of Change? We all desire habut change at some point in our lives. Change does help us continue to GROW, when it is personal and aligned with our unique selves. It also requires knowing where you are in the stages of change. This episode is for you if: You are wondering why you can't change a habit. You bounce back and forth between changing what you eat or how you exercise, only to go back to your old way of doing things. You t...
2022-12-1228 minMaking Space For MenopauseDigestive problems in menopause: are herbal remedies good for the gut?Gas, bloating, and stomach issues in perimenopause or menopause? Are digestive enzymes better than digestive bitters? In this episode, clinical herbalist Correne Omland and I discuss: Indirect symptoms of digestive issues Two categories of herbs that will support your digestion in Menopause: bitters and carminatives. The difference between digestive bitters and carminatives. The difference between digestive bitters and digestive enzymes. How herbs support you in shifting pillars of health. Antimicrobial herbal support: do herbs help with parasites, and where so you start? By building the...
2022-12-0443 minMaking Space For MenopauseHow to Boost your Digestive System in Menopause with Digestive Knowledge!Many podcasts are out there talking about digestion. Why did I add one? Why did I do an episode on digestive knowledge? Many women who are experiencing digestive issues in menopause, do not know about the tie between the gut, and the rest of the body. They don't know how digestion WORKS. Many women also take certain food groups out of their diet, to try to alleviate digestive symptoms, only to have those symptoms linger. Is it all about the food when it comes to gut health? No. So … is food important? Yes. It's so con...
2022-11-2837 minMaking Space For MenopauseWhat is Herbal Medicine? Get Started With Herbs for Health with Correne Omland from Spirea HerbsAre you embracing herbs for midlife? Herbs and herbal remedies can be utilized at any age! They are specifically wonderful in menopause, when stress, digestion, and hormone changes might wreak havoc on our well being. This episode will: Describe Herbalism, from Correne's perspective. Share Correne's story of depression, conventional medicine (which we agree we NEED!) and how herbs were the catalyst that helped her feel alive again. Give a brief introduction to herbs, from a physical and energetic perspective. Discuss the foundation of the gut. Teas, capsules or tinctures? What's best? The simplest way to start.
2022-11-2028 minMaking Space For MenopauseCreate a Balanced Life in Menopause. Drop the "this NOT that" Mindset and Make Space.The wellness world is fun. And polarizing. Health and wellness can be so informative and also confusing. Go beyond the advice to do this, NOT that and get curious. What aligns with you? What is accessible? What makes sense? Much of the nutrition advice out there tells us to eat this, NOT that. Or DO this, NOT that. Eat honey, NOT refined sugar. Drink dandelion beverages and mushroom coffee, NOT regular coffee or tea. Fast, NOT breakfast. This episode was inspired by one client who shared her experience w...
2022-11-1424 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Addition Diet: Add in, Don't Restrict!Even if you HAVE heard all the things about adding in, or the Addition "Diet", my take on it will help you have a much BROADER concept that can be applied to your life, not just food. (Everything gets turned into a diet!) By the end of this podcast episode, you will understand: What the Addition Diet ACTUALLY is. How adding in helps you feel less deprived. How adding in helps you increase nourishment. How adding in helps you decrease GUILT. How NOT to turn...
2022-11-0733 minMaking Space For MenopauseHoliday Season: Tips for Navigating Food Through Eating Season!If you struggle with food & diet culture in menopause, and this AMPLIFIES through the holidays, this podcast episode will: Uncover any challenges this season may pose if you struggle with food or are thinking of ditching diets. Offer some tips on moving through this season with a non diet approach. Here's the video format on YouTube! ____________________________________________________________________ Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Your Hunger. Take my class for $7.99 Cravings, Busted Stuck with Goals? You need THIS first step. Discover your CORE VALUES! Gr...
2022-11-0122 minMaking Space For MenopauseCreating Body-Peace with Nina Manolson & Your Body StoryHow do you find peace in your body in menopause? Nina Manolson shares her journey from massage to therapy, and her philosophy of Body Peace. Nina helps people end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body—as it is. She is known for her deeply feminist, anti-diet, body-peace approach. Join us as we share our thoughts on your Food Story, and creating safety in your body. Learn more about Nina: https://ninamanolson.com/ FREE Practicing Body-Peace Journal: https://ninamanolson.com/body-peace/...
2022-09-2242 minMaking Space For MenopauseEnd Hot Flash Embarrassment, Get Better sleep with Size Inclusive PJ creator Laura Musall, of Cool Revolution PJ'sHot flashes and night sweats are ONE frustration in menopause. Finding size inclusive PJs that are COOLING? Take that frustration off your lost! LACK OF SLEEP due to night sweats affects EVERYTHING, including that BRAIN FOG. Laura Mussal, co-creator of Cool Revolution PJ's joins me for MORE than a talk about her size inclusive PJ line. We talks about embarassment of our life stage, how we are marketed to (wrongly), and the mindset of aging set against subliminal messages of the media. Laura and her partner Mindy banded together to create a pyjama t...
2022-09-0842 minMaking Space For Menopause3 Simple and Free Things I'm Doing to Deal With This Midlife CrisisI've got 3 SIMPLE and FREE tips to help you move through a midlife crisis, if you think you're having one. Most of us experience a crisis in midlfe, and it can feel like we're alone. I'm going through a midlife crisis, and I wanted to share three things I'm doing to help me feel more balanced in my midlife years, right now. Sources & Resources Mentioned: Self Compassion/Self Love Episode Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Your Hunger. Take my class for $7.99 Cravings, Busted
2022-09-0121 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Midlife Crisis! What is it and How to Move Through YOUR Midlife Crisis!Has the midlife crisis hit you yet? When the topic of a midlife crisis comes up, we think of aging men, young women and sports cars. Is the Midlife Crisis is a point in their life where they want to feel young again? Women also reach a point in their life where they question the road behind, AND the road ahead, in the form of THE MIDLIFE CRISIS. This podcast episode and blog post will explain: What a midlife crisis is. Why a midlife crisis is different in women. Common triggers of a midlife cri...
2022-08-2430 minMaking Space For MenopauseCoping with Grief, Loss of a Loved One, and Other Losses in MenopauseExoeriencing grief can happen at any life stage. Grief in Menopause can feel especially defeating. Guest Lisa Michelle Zega, a life coach for midlife women of faith, is also a grief specialist. Go beyond the Seven Stages of Grief and learn how to: How to understand your grief. How to understand another's grief. The many ways grief shows up in our lives. The difference between venting and grieving. How grief happens within relationships with others. Releasing what was lost within ourselves to move on. How to witness and be with your own grief. How one loss awakens old...
2022-05-3051 minMaking Space For MenopauseAre there long term health concerns of bariatric surgery? In short: YESBariatric Surgery for Weight Loss has long term consequences for physical and emotional health. Join author of the book: The Heaviest Surgery, Mariana den Hollander, as she shares her continuing journey with bariatric surgery. In this episode, we discuss: The fear that drove Mariana to undergo bariatric surgery. Her changing perception of thinness. Gastric sleeve vs gastric bypass. Top side effects of bariatric surgery, including digestion, food restriction, thyroid and blood sugar issues. Accessibility of after care and needed supplements. Accessibility of support when side...
2022-05-011h 04Making Space For MenopauseAre Weight Loss Progress Pictures Harmful or Helpful for Health?Are weight loss pictures part of diet culture, or toxic fitness culture? Do they motivate you? Taking before and after photos, or weight loss progress pics, is a common practice among women and men, looking to motivate themselves for weight loss. For those selling weight loss support, weight loss progress photos are used as a motivational tool for those embarking on a weight loss journey. How motivational are they? I guess it depends on how you look at it. This episode is based on before and after pictures of body types that are normalized by...
2022-04-1826 minMaking Space For MenopauseStress Resilience: The Number One Focus to Relieve Stress in MenopauseStress resilience is the most important skill to focus on for menopause health! Yes, it is one of the hardest, Stress comes from so many places. You can improve your stress resilience, by developing a more positive Mindset. How you think about something will impact your stress level. It may also impact how you age. What if changing your thoughts, your mindset, improved your stress level AND your menopause symptoms? What would your quality of life look like? Access the show notes here. _______________________________________________________________________________ Let's Meet: 15 M...
2022-04-0330 minMaking Space For Menopause5 Types of Stress and How Stress Affects Your Menopause Symptoms Many women wonder if stress makes menopause symtoms worse. This short episode will define stress, share 5 types of stress and discuss eating behaviuor around stress. Stress affects your menopause symptoms. That's because your nervous system is intimately tied to your hormones. We think of stress as anger, or events that happen to us. There are many different stressors. Just being in menopause, or perimenopause can feel stressful enough. This stage can raise feelings of stress and anxiety. Self coaching questions are included in the episode. Rather read this one? 5 Types of...
2022-03-2124 minMaking Space For MenopauseWill Detoxes Relieve Menopause Symptoms and Create Happy Hormones?Will a Detox in Menopause help balance your hormones? In this episode, we'll talk about what detoxes are, and what they aren't. If you're thinking about doing one, or have just finished one, there are a ton of self coaching questions you can use to decide what is right for you. No suggestions are given for detoxing here. This is a chat exploring my thoughts on pros, cons, and realities of detox. Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Your Hunger. Take my class for $7.99
2022-03-1434 minMaking Space For MenopauseImprove Your Relationship with Food by Looking at Your Food Thoughts!Have you dug into your food relationship? Your food relationship can be improved by looking at your thoughts! Now that the "juice detox season" is over, start to look at the thoughts you have around food. Are you labelling foods good and bad? Every action comes from a feeling, and a thought. Actions around food and dieting come from thoughts about ourselves and our bodies. These thoughts can create feelings of positivity and also feelings of negativity. The end of the episode has 3 self coaching questions to guide you through this process of a...
2022-02-2830 minMaking Space For MenopauseHow Perfectionism Holds You Back From HappinessDoes perfectionism hold you back from reaching your goals? Are you waiting for the "right time" to start something? Perfectionism may be holding you back from your goals and from happiness! Join myself and psychologist Sadday Zivec, of The Unperfect Coach, to see if you are a perfectionist, or if perfectionistic thoughts are holding you back from reaching those goals you set in January! Grab Sadday's FREE support to Removing Perfectionism From Your Life __________________________________________________________________________ Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Your Hunger. Take my cl...
2022-02-1434 minMaking Space For MenopauseDo You Have a Toxic Friend?Relationships are important to health at every stage in life. Menopause is no exception. Our friendships sustain us. Sometimes we are in toxic friendships and we don't know it. Sometimes WE are the toxic friend! Janeen Ellsworth is today's guest, and we chat all about friendships. Janeen is the host of The Meant to BE Podcast and Human Design expert. The kinds we love and the kinds that suck our energy. If you think you have a toxic friend, or are a toxic friend, you may want to put your friendships...
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Making Space For MenopauseDoes Social Media Negatively Affect Your Body Image in Menopause?Have you ever thought about how social media influences how you think of yourself in menopause? The concept of FOMO isn't limited to pinterest-y kitchens and fashion trends. The diet industry can have us feeling like we're missing out if we don't make our bodies fit into societal standards. These "standards" do not work for aging, changing women, who try to eat the "right" things and stay active. This episode asks you to examine: WHY do you follow the accounts you do? Would you like to follow more diverse women on social media? Why or why n...
2022-01-3015 minMaking Space For MenopauseIs Doing to Much Preventing You From Reaching Your Goals?Are you an over achiever? An over caring Person? Do you also overeat and then worry about your health? Have you ever considered trying to detox from DOING too many things? That's what I did this January, instead of creating New Year's Resolutions, I stopped doing too much. I sat back and gave some thought to what I VALUE. Have you ever created a list of what you VALUE? It is the foundation to reaching your health goals! Some extras on the show notes Let's Meet: 15 Minute Ch...
2022-01-2326 minMaking Space For MenopauseCreating Space Before Creating Goals in 2022Resolutions, diets, weight loss and self improvement information abound in January. It's enticing, and exciting, to think of change. Instead of creating resolutions immediately in January, why not create space? Space to pin down desires, dreams and your intention behind any action you're thinking of, for the coming year. We rush headlong into goals in January, and then feel defeated if we don't reach them. Let's sit back a bit, reflect on 2021, and create shifts based on our inner wisdom. Show Notes Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? E...
2022-01-0310 minMaking Space For MenopauseMindful Eating Can Increase Your Gratitude For Food and for LifeBeing grateful in menopause can be a hard go. Or it can be easy for some. We are all differnt and we all have experienced loss, setbacks, and struggles. Mindful Eating can spill over into other areas of life, and truly increase your life satisfaction. How? With gratefulness. How are they connected? Gratefulness is part of a Mindful Eating practice. It can create new feelings and pave new pathways in the brain, that increase joy and contentedness beyond food. Gratefulness is a practice that can change your relationship to food, and your relationship to yourself, i...
2021-12-1308 minMaking Space For MenopauseNew Year, Same You. Bring Your Strengths to 2022The push to make New Year's Resolutions is coming! While there is nothing wrong with change, sometimes we come at change from the wrong space. We want to change too much, or we see ourselves in a negative way. Change is not created from negativity. Bring your strengths into 2022. Reflect on the things you want to stay the same, and bring those things FORWARD and use them to your advantage. Build your strength foundation, don't tear it down! Show notes: www.tanyastricek.com Beginner Guide to the Non Diet Approach
2021-12-0617 minMaking Space For MenopauseRelationship to Food: 9 Drivers to Eating, With Mindfulness Dietician Sallyanne PiskWhat makes us eat? Or overeat? Discover your relationship to food and learn the 9 Drivers of Eating, according to Sallyanne Pisk. Accredited Practising Dietitian, mindfulness practitioner and author of the book, Eating for You Sallyanne discusses health, ethics, body image, and emotions. These all can influence your relationship to food. Meet Sallyanne here Find her on Instagram Show notes: www.tanyastricek.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Your Hunger. Take my class for $7.99 Cravings, Busted Stuck with...
2021-11-2133 minMaking Space For MenopauseBody Image Battles: When friends make comments on your body"Well, it's your hips." Have you ever had a friend comment on your body? A recent shopping trip left me feeling a little ho-hum about my body, post pandemic weight gain. This showed me how easy it is to fall back into body shame, when we pay attention to others. Most of us have had friends make comments on our bodies, haven't we? Reframing society's expectations of us is one thing. When your midlife friends comment, its a whole new feeling. _______________________________________________________________________ Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Y...
2021-11-0721 minMaking Space For MenopauseTrusting Yourself Around FoodDo you trust yourself around food? This question brings many different answers AND confusion. Some of us don't struggle with food, so we don't even think about our relationship to food. If you do struggle with food cravings, and feel like you just can't keep certain foods in the house this episode may be just for you! Full Show Notes here: https://www.tanyastricek.com/the-fullness-podcast/trusting-yourself-around-food _______________________________________________________________________________ Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Your Hunger. Take my class for $7.99 Cravings...
2021-11-0133 minMaking Space For MenopauseListener Q and A: Finding Balance in Midweek ChaosAnswering a listener question: How can I find balance in a busy week? We all have times in our lives where we feel like we are on a treadmill. For many women, health priorities, like walking, going to the gym, eating more veggies, meditation, all go by the wayside. Menopause can be full of responsibility at work and with family. This episode answers a listener question about maintaining balance midweek AND puts her food struggle with hot fudge into perspective. What does balance mean to you? Got a question? Find me on Instagram...
2021-09-2719 minMaking Space For MenopauseEFT: Emotional Freedom Technique for Shifting Food Feelings and StressEFT, or tapping is also called Emotional Freedom Technique. Amanda Panacea, LMHC, MS in Functional Medicine and Nutrition, explains the diversity of EFT and how it can be used to balance emotions. Amanda is certified in EFT/Tapping, explains what it is, and how it can be used for lessening intense emotions. We discuss how EFT can be used with emotions and the food relationship. Amanda also walks us through a tapping session at the end of the podcast. Amanda is the host of the Podcast: The Healer Revolution The tapping...
2021-09-1341 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Pros and Cons of Fresh Starts: September and New Year's Day!Want a Fresh Start? Who does NOT like New Beginnings? September and New Year's Day are popular times to start new routines. That's because of the Fresh Start Effect. Crazy detoxes, diets and juice cleanses, SEEM like they help with a Fresh Start, but do they? It's feels good when we have structure and routine. Diets and cleanses all SEEM like they offer structure. Do they REALLY? This episode shares something called Temporal Landmarks, the times in the year, or day, that lend themselves to the Fresh Start...
2021-08-3024 minMaking Space For MenopauseNutrition and The Non Diet Approach: How does this WORK?Menopause is an important time to make sure that we have our nutritional needs met. It's also the time when body image issues and disordered eating resurface due to the pressure on aging women's bodies. So, how do you fit nutrition into your life when you are finding yourself tired of dieting? Nutrition in a Non Diet Approach, using Mindful Eating is based on creating Choice. This episode gives you the basics, and asks you a few questions to assist you in evaluating your nutrition habits and beliefs Let's Meet: 15 Minute...
2021-08-2215 minMaking Space For MenopauseSelf Compassion: Can You Learn Self Love in Midlife?Listener Q & A: Can You Learn Self Love in Midlife? Can self compassion help you learn to love yourself in your 50's, in Menopause? Self compassion is an element of Mindful Eating, and a Non Diet Approach to menopause health. Why is Self Love important when talking about Menopause and Health? When you start any health practice, whether it is eating more vegetables or Mindful Eating, doing these things from a place of self loathing, is not sustainable. Nor is it healthy for you! Creating self love in menopause as a...
2021-08-0828 minMaking Space For MenopauseUnderstanding Diet Culture in MenopauseWhat does diet culture have to do with health in menopause? Menopause is full of body changes, and no end of diets to target these changes. If you have been dieting for years, then you have been around diet culture for most of your life. You don't need to be dieting to be part of diet culture. This episode defined diet culture. and how it affects your health in menopause.
2021-07-2636 minMaking Space For MenopauseDieting for your dream body. Will a dream body make your life better?Do you visualize yourself in a smaller body?Do you dream of a smaller body as a way to happiness, or making your life better? Diet culture keeps us dreaming and striving for this "dream body", in a world that values the thin ideal. Diet culture influences our expectatins of aging, where we still have an ideal picture in our minds of what healthy aging looks like. This episode builds upon the last, continuing off of a visualization exercise. Listen to the previous episode Grab the Beginner's Guide to Non Diet Health
2021-07-1218 min
Making Space For MenopauseWhat IS Health in Menopause?What does a healthy menopause look like? We think menopause is hot flashes, wrinkles and weight gain. It can be, but there is so much more to menopause than that! Why tune in today? To create trust in yourself, instead of trusting another diet for health. Our health changes, and our life changes. Why keep doing what "worked" when you were 21. Grab a pen and paper to reset your desires, emotions and health goals, in menopause, the non diet way.
2021-07-0533 minMaking Space For MenopauseDiscovering the Roots of Toxic Food Shame: A Personal StoryFood shame can begin in childhood. Using food to cope with stress creates patterns around eating, that can feel shameful. Feeling shameful about what we eat can amplify in perimenopause, when our bodies are changing. Tanya shares one experience of tuning in to the roots of food shame, using EFT, moving through the feelings. TW: Emotions around strict parenting and mental illness Find the full show notes at www.tanyastricek.com
2021-06-2128 minMaking Space For MenopauseDitching Dieting in Menopause: Why I Chose the Non Diet Approach to HealthMenopause can be a difficult transition. Our bodies are changing, and they feel like they misbehave. Body shape and body image issues re-emerge, just like our teens. Most women look to dieting to solve their menopausal weight issues, and symptoms, only to find rebound weight gain and frustration. Many do not find better "health". Hear why Non Diet approaches, such as Mindful Eating or Intuitive Eating make sense in Menopause. Access the full show notes here: www.tanyastricek.com
2021-06-0637 minMaking Space For MenopauseHow to Cope With Cravings, and Feel Good About ChocolateTrying to cope with frustrating cravings? Craving chocolate? Tired of feel negative about yourself for craving food? This episode shares how I learned from my cravings, and I review how I saw the underlying triggers to my mindless eating, using Mindful Eating. Mindful Eating can help you "cope" with cravings, and even body image thoughts, that are negative. We can have intense cravings for a food, even when we know we aren't hungry, and we are progranmed to feel bad about it. Sometimes a craving is so undeniable, and we are driven to s...
2021-04-0830 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Heaviest Weight, with Author Mariana Den HollanderThe Heaviest Weight, by author Mariana den Hollander describes her journey to self love through Intuitive Eating, and Body Positivity. She is a writer, advocating body diversity and personal growth. Mariana has experienced life in a visibly fat body as well as in thin privilege, and uses her life experiences to create awareness. Mariana is also a Bariatric patient and advocates for Bariatric surgery information and awareness.
2021-03-2441 min
Making Space For MenopauseEp 2: Finally Stopping Scale ObsessionWhy should you stop looking at the scale? Most of us in menopause grew up with diet culture and scale obsession. We are so attached to this false metric of health, that letting go is really tough! Tanya shares what letting go of the scale taught her, whence stepped back on after 2 and a half years. If you are curious about health with an undiet approach, grab Tanya's Food and Body Freedom Guide
2021-03-1729 minMaking Space For Menopause5 Questions to Ask About Your Relationship to FoodWhat do we mean when we talk about our Food Relationship? Do you wonder if you have a bad relationship to food? What is a food relationship? I give my own explanation about that term "Food Relationsihp". I also have 5 questions you can ask yourself, about your own food relationship, Women in menopause rarely question their relationship to food because they may not know what that even is! I didn't until I turned 50 and entered Mindful Eating Training. You, like me, may have been dieting most of your lif...
2021-03-1028 minMaking Space For MenopauseAre We Over The Hill? Transitioning Purpose in Midlife.Over the hill typically refers to someone who turns 40 or 50. It also implies that there is only one direction: down. Aging well means a shift in this attitude! Even though we are moving to an end point as humans, we can also look at this peak on the hill as a time to find ourselves and uncover or reignite passions. How can you become more YOU in midlife? Purpose can be whatever gives you joy. This episode, with Loretta Langille, Intuitive Coach, will help you find the first step to get there.
2021-02-2632 minMaking Space For MenopauseEp 29: Mindful Eating and Weight LossWill Mindful Eating help me lose weight? Some health programs equate mindful eating with weight loss promises. It's important to realize that size depends on so many factors, one of which is your relationship to food and your body. Mindful Eating can help you with your food RELATIONSHIP, your food habits and desires, behaviour and patterns around food. This episode has some real talk about the practice of Mindful Eating. Namely, what it is, what it isn't and why it's MORE important than focusing your energy on size and dieting. Dieting neglects YOU. Access the full show...
2021-02-2123 minMaking Space For MenopauseHealing Energy and Feeling You Are ENOUGHWhat does it mean to be ENOUGH? Do you feel like you're enough? As women, at ANY age, we seem to be trained into being enough for EVERYONE ELSE. But what about being enough for ourselves? Join this conversation with Ashley Rainsbarger, a Quantum Healer and Subconscious Growth Coach for Women and Service Driven Entrepreneurs, as we dig into this feeling of NOT being enough. We talk about "needing that thing" in order to be whole. Many times the "thing" women believe they need is thinness. This desire to be thin can hold us back from doing the things...
2021-02-1230 minMaking Space For MenopauseGut Health Series: Bone Broth. Wisdom, Trend or Both +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Did you like this episode? Have a topic that would support your midlife health? Leave me a voicenote! Overwhelmed in midlife? Need a reset? Grab My Toolkit and Balance Your Life! https://bit.ly/unpackoverwhelm Need more Energy in Midlife? Take my Free 5 Day Mini Course! https://bit.ly/revvedupandready Cravings Got You Down? Preview my Mindful Eating Course and get started on cravings! BOOK A SESSION + let's support you! https://calendly.com/mindful-eating/fullness-session ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Support my work, your...
2021-02-0624 minMaking Space For MenopauseGut Health Series: Stress Mindfulness and the MicrobiomeStress, Mindfulness and the Gut Microbiome. How do these connect? Gut health is something we can talk about for ages isn't it? We can talk about how what we eat, household mold, candida and even exercise affect the gut! When we stress about food and body, we impact the bacteria in our gut, and this affects our moods, joint health, and may increase risk of chronic disease. At the end of this episode, Tanya shares a simple exercise to support you, and answers a community question about pre and probiotics.
2021-01-3134 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Pros and CONS of Drinking Lemon Water!Are you drinking lemon water in menopause, and hoping it will boost your digestion? Are there pros and cons to drinking lemon water every day? Yes, there are. Many a holistic nutritionist has loved recommending these things to clients. But, is this good for everybody in midlife? Not always. I have seen SO many clients as a Dental Hygienist drink lemon water regularly, only to dissolve a LOT of their tooth enamel. Lemon Water Talk on YouTube Let's Meet: 15 Minute Chat! Cravings? Emotional Eating? Know Your Hunger. Take m...
2021-01-2233 minMaking Space For MenopauseDoes Menopause Affect Digestion and Gut Health?As we age, does our digestion change? If you are in Menopause, are you saying yes? Explore poor digestion and how it shows up in peri-menopause, and menopause. Learn some of the causes of poor digestion and let's talk about soe of the common solutions that come from friends or professionals! Sources and show notes at: www.tanyastricek.com/podcast/
2021-01-1538 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Only New Years Resolution for 2021: Explore PossibilityNot sure if you want a New Year's Resolution for 2021? Are you: Feeling less hopeful in 2021? Afraid to dream, AND PLAN LIFE, with all the uncertainty in the world? Seeing the inequities in life with new eyes? If the same old New Year's resolutions are leaving you feeling a little lacklustre, tune in to today's episode, where Sara MacLachlan and I talk about activism, charity and possibility. Happy New Year!
2021-01-0753 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: The Storyline of Dieting and AgingDr. Jillian Murphy joins Tanya in a conversation about coming to terms with our aging bodies, in a culture that would have us work AGAINST these bodies. Stop blaming yourself for your body and tying to "fix" something you can't avoid. Aging. Understand that our bodies do some things that relate to aging, not because our body is "wrong". Use other "tools" besides a diet, to mitigate symptoms like bloating and indigestion. See what we really are losing when we our bodies change: privilege and the close proximity to cultural norms....
2021-01-0257 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Ending the Food and Body Blame GameStruggling with guilt and shame, around food, eating and your body? Maybe you are blaming yourself for gaining weight and gearing up to start another diet. If so, that's ok, that's what you feel you need to do. Allow the process, while allowing in different ways of looking at health, like this podcast. Maybe you are blaming yourself for a health issue that truly is out of your control, and maybe you are blaming yourself for losing your job, which is something that can be completely out of your control this year Do you feel a...
2020-12-3125 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Spaace For: The Fullness and Satisfaction with FoodHow do we decide we are full? How do we stop eating before we hit the bottom of an empty chip bag, and wonder where the chips went? How does the body decide when it is full? You can be full, but NOT satisfied with your meal. Feel your fullness, and feel fulfilled. _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe to my YouTube channel! & leave a comment! Freebies: A Different Type of Monthly Reset - Free worksheet, no email required! https://bit.ly/monthly-small-goal Need more Energy in Midlife? Take my Free 5 Day Mini Cou...
2020-12-2331 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: The Taste Of FoodBuilding on the last episodes of the Mindful Mini's: Mindful Eating sessions, I explore explore taste. Mindful Eating will help you focus on the taste of your food. When you focus on the taste, you can decide if you are SATISFIED. Satisfaction is one component in deciding when to put the fork down, OR pick it back up! _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe to my YouTube channel! & leave a comment! Freebies: A Different Type of Monthly Reset - Free worksheet, no email required! https://bit.ly/monthly-small-goal Need more Energy in Midlife? Tak...
2020-12-1618 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: The Pause & Choosing to Eat MindfullyWhat happens between the decision to eat, and feeling full? So much! We are in a season of holidays, yes, but also amplified stress this year. The New Year is approaching, and many women will be fighting their bodies, and wanting to get back on the diet bandwagon. Will a diet connect you to your body signals? Will it help you understand your small steps to fullness? Mindful Eating includes practicing a Pause. This is where the magic happens in your relationship to food. The eating experience is so full of emotion, as we talked about in th...
2020-12-1024 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Emotional Eating & 3 Types of HungerDid you know there are different types of hunger? There are. They can fall in categories of emotional hunger. This episode reframes the meaning of nourishment, touches on 3 different types of emotional hunger, and uses awareness as a springboard to understanding your food relationship and your body. Heart hunger is one of the types of hunger I talk about in this episode. You can watch more about heart hunger in this video on YouTube Mindful Eating can address different types of Emotional Eating, by helping you recognize the TYPE of hunger you have. ...
2020-12-0226 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Understanding Hunger With The Hunger ScaleWe get hungrier in menopause with hormone changes. There are many degrees of hunger. Using the Hunger Scale as part of a Mindful Eating practice can help you with cravings and hunger, without a diet! Diets ignore body signals. Mindful Eating connects you to your unique AND emotional needs. No calorie counting necessary. Check out the Hunger Scale. _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe to my YouTube channel! & leave a comment! Freebies: A Different Type of Monthly Reset - Free worksheet, no email required! https://bit.ly/monthly-small-goal Need more Energy in...
2020-11-2522 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Noticing Your Eating Habits With Mindful EatingDo you struggle with food? Do you have trouble noticing your food habits and patterns? Mindful Eating can help you understand how noticing, or becoming aware, of food patterns, will all the difference in changing your relationship to food. All you have to do is start to notice at first, how you approach food. _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe to my YouTube channel! & leave a comment! Freebies: A Different Type of Monthly Reset - Free worksheet, no email required! https://bit.ly/monthly-small-goal Need more Energy in Midlife? Take...
2020-11-1818 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Mindful Eating & Body Image in MenopauseMenopause, and perimenopause, is a time when the body changes, isn't it? Weight gain is a common change, and so many of us find ourselves hating the way we look. Have you had body image issues start, or return, with perimenopause or menopause? Body Image thoughts can be helped with Mindful Eating practices. Body changes are normal at this stage of life. Not liking them is normal too, don;t you think? Does this mean everyone should diet in this stage of life? Heck NO! Nutrition is important, yes, but it isn't the only thing...
2020-11-1028 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Your Human Design ChartMidlife brings so many changes. Whether Perimenopause, or Menopause, we see changes in our careers, our bodies, and our relationships. We see changes in our relationship with our midlife self! Sarah Machlachlan AKA The Kindness Warrior is definitely THE woman to bring into your midlife decision making process. She has unique Superpowers that give her vast energy to hold sacred space and deeply SEE people, namely women, who just can't find their purpose. _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe to my YouTube channel! & leave a comment! Freebies: A Different Type of Monthly Reset - Free worksheet, no...
2020-10-2847 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Holiday Transitions & Passing the TorchCanadian Thanksgiving Weekend has just passed, and this episode talks about the shifts that happen as we age, in duties, family hierarchy, and in basic things like preparing a holiday meal. This shift ushered in feelings of loss, jealousy and the deep realization in this season of life. It also renewed commitment to presence with family, and cemented a passion to keep the Fall of lLfe going as long as possible, focusing on longevity. _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe to my YouTube channel! & leave a comment! Freebies: A Different Type of Monthly Reset - Free wo...
2020-10-2129 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Energy Work and Self CareAddressing midlife emotions when dealing with Empty Nest Syndrome, is part of the transition into midlife. Here I talk to friend and copywriting colleague Kyla Schmidt, about Reiki, spirit, mindfulness and essential oils to shift your mindset. I share my experience in doing distance Reiki with Kyla, and what she felt during her session. _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe to my YouTube channel! & leave a comment! Freebies: A Different Type of Monthly Reset - Free worksheet, no email required! https://bit.ly/monthly-small-goal Need more Energy in Midlife? Take my Free 5 Day Min...
2020-10-1453 minMaking Space For MenopauseMaking Space For: Your Aging Body Image in MenopauseBody Image Perception changes in menopause. What do you tell yourself about your aging body, in menopause? I speak candidly about being naked in our 50's, about dating, and about our experience with younger women, who may get "chosen" over younger women. Have you seen the movie It's Complicated with Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep? This inspired my episode today, and had me thinking about how we feel about our bodies. The conflict with our changing bodies, the messages we have absorbed about our aging changing bodies. This episode touches on: Sexism in m...
2020-10-0635 minMaking Space For MenopauseBioenergetic Testing and Emotional Wellness with Samantha Stupak of Balanced HealthSamantha Stupak, from CBH Energetics joins me on the podcast as we talk about the fascinating topic of bioenergetic testing! Bioenergetics is not new. It's the assessment of your Human Biofield. I share my results of her New Product, the Awareness Scan. It's a tool to assess your emotions using ENERGY. Ever had a Reiki Session? Bioenergetics looks for stuck energy, and the Awareness Scan looks for emotions that are holding you back! From there you can address these emotions through self coaching, or with a person like myself! See a sample scan....
2020-09-2948 minMaking Space For MenopauseThe Emotions of Empty Nesting in MenopauseEmpty Nesting, a midlife term that brings up deep feelings of change, both sweet and bitter. Empty Nest Syndrome is not a medical term, but the feelings that come with it may need some support. For some, this shift in motherhood is one of deep reflection, regret, joy, sadness, loss and rebirth. Trigger Warning: I share an experience in my life of losing a family friend as a murder victim. It is shared in the greater context of motherhood and grief, and may be traumatic for some to listen to. In this episode, I share...
2020-09-2030 minMaking Space For MenopauseHow Confident Are You?Has midlife brought back self doubt, and lack of confidence? Meet Melanie Maxwell, the host of The Making Meaning Podcast Emily is a mom, and an ageless soul, who has brought her life experience into a vision, where women's lives become more powerful all because the looked within and pulled the confidence out that has always been hiding. We talk about: How to let negative thoughts go. How to stop being last. How to love our bodies as we age, and maybe DATE again. You CAN lead a fuller life. This post of...
2020-09-1046 minMaking Space For MenopauseUnpack My Childhood Eating | My Personal Case Study with Dr. David WissDr. David Wiss, PhD, MS, RDN came on this podcast to look at my Life Course, my food timeline, and discuss how coming from a history of addiction could relate to my struggle with food. Dr. Wiss shares the BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model in health, meaning the Biology, The Psychology, and the Social-Cultural aspects of health. Life events become embedded into our biology and are a critical component of feeling addicted to food. Dr. Wiss helps us see where food and sugar aligns (does it?) with Substance Use Disorder. I love all that Dr. Wiss h...
2020-09-0137 minMaking Space For MenopauseAddicted to eating? Childhood events and my story of food addictionIs food addiction real? Yes or no? What do you think? I recently asked my Facebook Friends if they believed in Food Addiction. The answer was an overwhelming yes. Updated note 2023: since reading more about food addiction, it seems that there is still conflict about this topic. Some people do struggle with addiction issues that overlap with food addiction and at the end of the day, I am not a therapist, doctor or psychologist. IF you struggle with an eating disorder, please visit these resources. This episode may not be for you.
2020-08-2022 minMaking Space For MenopauseA Service Built on Hormones with Emily Barclay of the Perimenopause HubShifting gears a little bit here! What is a podcast about menopause, without a guest that builds her life around helping women in Perimenopasue? My first guest is Emily Barclay, founder of the Perimenopause Hub. Emily shares how her experience in perimenopause was the springboard to create a global community serving over 5000 women, who really needed her during our worldwide lockdown. Emily is a body positive personal trainer focused on helping women enjoy moving, and embracing what their body can do. She also has the coolest tights! Meet Emily on Instagram
2020-08-1127 min
Making Space For MenopauseMy Emotional Eating Origin: My Kitchen Cupboard StoryEmotional eating can have many roots, can't it? We are human, and we eat with emotion, when happy, in celebration, in faith, and in ceremony. We eat with emotion when with friends, and in grief. **TW: family dysfunction, alcohol use. Not intended as medical advice. This is for education and information purposes only** I share how I developed eating as a coping mechanism as a young girl. It's common for food and feelings to become intertwined, and it's common to see this highlighted negatively on social media. When I turned 50, I...
2020-08-0615 minMaking Space For MenopauseLosing My Mother and Grief Through MenopauseLosing our mothers, and transitioning into our 50’s, may bring feelings of loss around your own youthful self. I share how my mother is the main inspiration for starting The Fullness Podcast. My mother passed away when I turned 50. This was the year I questioned my beliefs, including the idea of dieting. Living with a mother who struggled with mental health left a lasting legacy of self esteem issues, and body struggles, along with strength, resilience and the desire to look at health in a holistic way. More on Coping wi...
2020-08-0619 min
Making Space For MenopausePilot Episode: Menopause, A Time to Find PURPOSEMenopause is, and can be, the time to find your calling, find yourself and SHIFT in midlife. How do you feel at this time? What do YOU long to do? Reaching menopause, or perimenopause, this FALL season or stage of life, comes with SO many mixed symptoms, AND MIXED FEELINGS. The FULLNESS PODCAST is here to look at Menopause and Health, a little bit differently, without counting calories. While the title is inspired by the body cue of FULLNESS when practicing Mindful Eating, or Intuitive Eating, I want to bring FULLNESS into all aspects of you...
2020-08-0611 min
Becoming Vibrant014: Empowered Ageing with Tanya StricekIn this episode, I had a conversation with Tanya Stricek on ageing and how we can shift our perspective from fighting ageing to embracing the journey and becoming more empowered as we get older. How amazing would it be if we could stop being so preoccupied with our changing bodies, and focus on what really matters? This episode was recorded from a facebook live session. Want to join in the conversation live next time? Join the facebook group: facebook.com/groups/vibranttogether Show notes: vibrantlywell.com/podcast
2020-02-1700 min