Somatic Digest is the place you come to find love, joy, and acceptance in your body. Join us weekly for episodes with our host, Kim, Registered Dietitian, to get tangible tips to empower your relationship with food. Episodes will share ways to honor your emotions and regulate your nervous system. Each week you will leave with a heightened awareness of what your body is telling you.
It's the New Year and if you have a weight loss goal, achieving healthy weight loss that ensures you will not regain is crucial. Listen in to this episode where I share what healthy weight loss is and how to achieve it so you don't gain it back. FEW 1-1 SPOTS OPEN: If you are ready to use your nervous system to beat binge eating and cravings for GOOD Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & get your consult form in. Get the Course BUNDLE: Jumpstart Your Weight Loss + Craving Clarity Course here SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you eat something, feel guilty about and then nitpick your body? Imagine eating something and feeling like, "that didn't make me feel my best" and moving on with your day. In this episode I breakdown how your nervous system likes what is familiar and how you can change the narrative to beat binge eating. Get the Course BUNDLE: Jumpstart Your Weight Loss + Craving Clarity Course here Submit your consult form for your 2025 coaching spot: Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
It's the Holiday Season and that means more delicious food and more opportunities to overeat! Listen in on this episode for mindful eating tips to keep your nervous system regulated and your cravings in check! Get Black Friday BUNDLE: Jumpstart Your Weight Loss + Craving Clarity Course here Submit your consult form for your 2025 coaching spot: Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you want to make a lifestyle change but you continue to find yourself eating junk food with your partner? This is the episode for you. I share how you can start to make real change without cosigning on your partners bad behavior. Get the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Course here Submit your consult form for your 2025 coaching spot: Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you feel like you lack confidence and look back at when you were a smaller size and feel like, "If I weigh that again, I'll be confident again." This is the episode for you! I break down the journey of rebuilding yourself confidence while you are on your mindful eating journey. Get the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Course here Submit your consult form for your 2025 coaching spot: Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you binge on all the Halloween candy this time of year? Well grab a peice and listen to this episode. I am taking you through a mindful eating experience that you don't want to miss. Message 'JUMP' to Kim here to be notified of when the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Course is live! Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you continue to find yourself self-sabotaging your health and weight loss goals? This episode is for you. Join me as we talk about how you subcouncious thoughts sabatoage your weight loss goals. Message 'JUMP' to Kim here to be notified of when the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Course is live! Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you try to hit a certain amount of grams of protein each day? Are you curious how to do mindful eating? What does mindful eating look like if you want to know how many grams of protein you're having. Join me on this episode as we chat real life examples of how I do it and what I watch with my clients. Message 'JUMPSTART' to Kim here to be notified of the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Course Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website to be notified of the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Course
Do you feel guilty when you eat food or continue to find yourself in a binge-restrict cycle after falling off a healthy eating commitment? This episode is for you. I break down how to start healing your relationship with food so you can finally hit your health goals. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
How many things do you mindlessly do just to get it done and cross it off your list? To be honest, me too. I took this issue to my therapist at my recent session. I know this happens with clients when they are emotionally eating so I wanted to bring my real life advice to help you. Listen in! Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Emotional eating is a common struggle that I work with my clients on. There is so much that goes into nutrition, health and weight loss. It would be much simiplier if it could be as easy as knowing what and how to eat. If you struggle with emotional eating... this episode is you. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you hear how bad carbohydrates are and how you should limit if not totally avoid them? I debunk that on this episode. Listen in to hear how to balance and plate carbohydrates for lifelong health. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Are you looking for a healthy lifestyle reset? Now is the perfect time. Join me on this episode to hear how you can use the harvest season to jumpstart healthy eating. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Do you find yourself having a bad day and then sitting on the couch emotionally eating to deal with the stress of the day? This episode is a must listen for you! On this episode, I share how to regulate yourself system so you can stop emotional eating. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide ***I'll be on summer vacation for the next three weeks. Chat with you again August 7 SOCIAL Instagram | Website
Are you tired of trying to decode portion sizes in hopes of shredding off those stubborn pounds? What if I told you there was better way to achieve your weight loss goals without obsessing over calories or portions? On this podcast episode, I am bringing a real life example of how my portion sizes have become smaller (meaning, no more overeating) without using a measuring cup, scale or color-coordinated Tupperware. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Do you find guilty pleasure with eating "bad" food? On this episode, I break down how to find balance with all foods fit. And even give a key step in finding your natural calorie deficit. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:07) How can you find balance with all foods fit? (3:01) The key thing in finding your natural calorie deficit (5:30) How food makes you feel (8:00) It is time to break these cycles. SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "This is really a diet culture mentality." "There are so many components that lead to satisfaction." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Do you know what and how to eat but you find yourself doing things that sabotage your health? This episode is for you. Join me to hear about behaviors that sabotage your health. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:53) Behaviors learned in childhood (4:39) How to break behaviors (4:50) "I want to stop emotionally eating." (6:05) Judging your actions SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Behaviors are learned in childhood and are unconscious." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
If you have a toxic relationship with calorie counting apps this episode is for you. I talk about what is happening when you keep relying on your app and how to break up with them. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:22) My fitness pal, weight watchers, Noom (1:42) Why is this toxic? (2:51) What are they doing to your body? (5:36) How to walk away from calorie counting apps? (10:15) All foods fit mentality SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "There are way more intuitive pathways to our body." "There is so much possibility when you start active listening to your body." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Diet Culture is a term thrown around a lot but what exactly does it mean and how do you know if you a victim to it? Join me on this episode to hear all about it. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (3:02) A pervasive belief of controlling what and how much you eat (5:42) The idea that food is earned or a privilege (6:36) Sustainable weight loss SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "My mission is to educate people on how to let your body do the work for you." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On todays podcast I share with some some changes that will be coming to the podcast and my program. Watch Simple Nutrition, Healthy Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:53) Connect with me on Instagram (2:43) Intuitive Eating is a trademarked approached that uses 10 principles (3:28) The elephant in the room of weight loss (8:51) What to expect (9:18) All or nothing thinking SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "There is not a one-size fits all approach with nutrition." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Life brings seasons of change. I share a big life change happening and relate it back to nutrition. Watch Simple Nutrition, Wholesome Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:51) Life update (5:45) Find the specialist (6:50) Lily Nichols, Prenatal Dietitian (8:00) All foods fit (11:19) Hormones made hunger cues feel wonky (13:16) Variety and recipe rituals SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "I am going to focus on what I can control." "Do the best you can with what you have at this time." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
This episode is a little different. Join me on this episode to hear about how to meet your emotional needs to stop emotional eating. Watch Simple Nutrition, Wholesome Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (0:53) Inspiration for the episode (5:39) Emotional hunger SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "I told you I would call you back and I am going to call you back." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Have you watch Hack Your Health? Listen in to this episode to hear about the 20 fruits and vegetable trend. Watch Simple Nutrition, Wholesome Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:15) Hack your health (5:39) Simple mundane tasks (9:49) Why 20 fruits and vegetables? SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "We are looking for hacks, tricks to skip steps when it comes to our health." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this episode of the podcast we have a girlfriend chat about ways to sabotaging your health. Listen in to this episode and if you're ready to quit sabotaging you health and make nutrition easy, your next step is to Watch Simple Nutrition, Wholesome Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:54) An introduction into yin yoga (7:10) How are you sabotaging your health? (8:25) Follow nature for the ebbs and flows (11:52) Reframing your mindset of exercise (14:29) Complicating simple things SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Do not let me cancel this. Remind me my body needs to go to yoga." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this episode of the podcast I break down the difference between a diet mindset and a nondiet mindset. Listen in to this episode and if you're ready for simple steps to find your natural way of eating, your next step is to Watch Simple Nutrition, Wholesome Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple program. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:01) Born an intuitive eater (2:36) Food as comfort (3:45) Diet mindset (5:39) Nondiet mindset SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Spoiler alert! Intuitive Eating is nondiet mentality." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this episode, Kim breaks down a common food belief that leads to binge eating. Watch Simple Nutrition, Wholesome Life Masterclass & BTS of Nutrition Made Simple Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (3:03) This fuels binge eating (4:04) Situational circumstances (6:33) How do you stop doing this? (7:40) Seasonal Food SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Was it the food in the experience?" SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this episode, Kim breaks down three ways to use gentle awareness to change your internal environment. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:10) Astrology forecast (7:20) What parts of yourself do you not like? (11:17) Put the work into practice (15:31) Working with your biology (18:10) Somatic practice to anchor in goodness (21:59) Tell Kim what was your vacation SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Mercury in retrograde is an invitation to slow down." "True wellness is owning your own well-being." "Anchoring into your body is where your true north lies." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
I share a study that gives you an insight into how intuitive your body is. I use this study to breakdown your cravings so that you can learn to trust what your body is desiring as way to optimize your health. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:01) A study completed in the 1920s (4:50) Honoring your cravings SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "This study is evidence that your body will self-regulate." "The trick to learn your cravings is to understand your body." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
I bring in experience as a long-term care dietitian to reframe the focus on weight loss to the focus on your quality of life. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:50) Introduction to Quality of Life (3:27) Weight as a dietary issue (3:50) What is happening underneath? (6:04) A lesson in getting curious (8:19) The desire for weight loss (10:02) Nutrition and Quality of Life (11:27) A quick lesson in diabetes (12:47) Why is quality of life something we worry about when we are older? (15:10) Nutrition Made Simple SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "The most effective thing is to get the root of the problem and find a true solution." "We are way more multifaceted than calories in versus calories out." "I am not willing to sacrifice my self trust for weight loss." "We make our choices based on our experience." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this weeks episode, I break down other things that you can focus on without using the scale. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:43) Pairing your meals (3:32) Substituting your cravings (4:22) Mindful Movement SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "We are thinking it is the cookie and not the situation." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this episode, I get personal with a body image comment and the truth that was going on behind the comment. I share tips on how to handle body image comments and ways that you can ask better questions instead of commenting on body size. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:46) The DM that inspired that podcast (4:06) Intrusive Body Image thoughts (4:52) Watch program video (6:58) How comments affirm the behavior? (14:19) How to ask better questions? SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "It's almost like the pasta was talking to me." "Finding out what was coming up for me was really foreign." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this weeks episode, Kim takes you through tips and ways to strengthen your intuitive eater on vacation. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:44) Kim shares Intuitive Eating tips for vacation (2:37) What are you doing on vacation? (4:01) Think of the temperature (5:26) Cooking on vacation (6:11) Common questions to ask with Intuitive Eating (9:00) Tangent about snacks on the plane. **Sun butter is sunflower butter that you can bring on the plane if you want to be mindful about peanuts on the plane. SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "The most important thing is picking food that you really want to enjoy and make you feel your best." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
If you feel like you are eating intuitively, you eat whatever you want, whenever but you are feeling like it kinda sucks... this is the episode for you. Kim breaks down this common myth and how Intuitive Eating really looks. Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (3:28) The myth of eating whatever you want (7:16) Hunger is a physical sensation (7:30) Do not substitute (8:26) You have to figure out what feels better in your body (10:23) What do I want? How do I want to feel? SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Hunger is a physical need and if you're using food to cope with an emotional need, you just need another tool." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
You know those moments when you have something and you feel, "man that really hit the spot." The meal was delicious. You enjoyed the experience. On this episode, Kim breaks down an Intuitive Eating principle Satisfaction Factor. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:24) A glimpse into satisfaction factor (3:50) Episode inspiration (5:24) A meal in the dark (8:50) The experience makes the satisfaction SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Intuitive eating is the most natural way of eating." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
There are areas of inner conflict that you may be using food to cope with. You might find yourself overeating or restricting. On this episode Kim brings you into a Gene Key study and shares with you how she traced an subconscious pattern about body image. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (4:38) Watch program video (5:44) The conflict of desire (7:28) A vulnerable story about body image (11:57) Fearing feeling emotions SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "I desired to have the dress because I wanted to have the confidence." "There is a conflict going on and its been running through my life for over a decade." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Embracing the invitation to eat when your hungry is a way to start honoring your body. Kim shares her experience and why she feels eating is a hack to regulating your nervous system. Listen in to hear where to start. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:33) Eating is a way to regulate (3:48) Drop a review (4:21) The mental health screen (6:12) Assessing our needs (8:12) Eating is inviting the conversation with our body (8:43) The mental gremlins SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "We are not good at our assessing our needs and our bodies don't trust us." "I am fighting myself to get my own attention." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Grocery shopping is difficult, and can be really tempting when you're stuck in diet culture. On this episode, Kim breaks down simple Intuitive Eating grocery shopping tips to make trips to the store easier. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:32) Kim and her mini mic (3:55) What kind of food do you want to have? (8:29) Shop the pantry (9:17) List out your grocery path (10:51) Stick to the parameter of the store SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Even its like ice cream is on your list." "Allow yourself to have some food with food." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Fear is a good motivator and is a common emotion used in diet and wellness marketing. The negative thing of being exposed to this fear over a long time is that is may make you feel discouraged and then do nothing. This is the episode for you. Listen in to hear invitations to approach nutrition with a more gentle approach. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:59) Fear is a good motivator (4:16) What does fear do to your nervous system? (5:43) The fear of food (7:48) What is processed food? (8:33) Drop a rating and review to the podcast (10:59) Broaden your views on healthy and wellness (13:31) We know the simple nutrition recommendations (17:07) The fear makes us so discouraged that we do nothing SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "We try to control things because we are fearful of another outcome." "Everything, eventually, gets processed." "When it comes to food, we have tried so many different approaches that we have lost our own." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Kim would often find herself bingeing on cold pasta in moments she where she was not hungry. After she learned concrete feelings of hunger she started exploring other feelings in her body and learned how she lived in fight or flight. Listen in to hear how to beat emotional eating by activating your nervous system. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:01) Nervous System Regulation as a buzzword (3:14) How does an activated nervous system feel? (5:27) Intuitive Eating as your natural way of eating (8:29) How I land my plane (11:31) Don't do anything drastic (14:08) Checking in with yourself often (17:05) Meet your needs SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "I got myself to a place where I my mind wasn't second guessing my hunger." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Does the desire for weight loss ever go away? Listen in to this episode to hear how to surrender to the desire to not get swept up with the diet culture current. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (3:03) The nitty gritty details of your diet history (4:12) Your body is a fire (5:28) A quick apology (5:55) Simple things that make you tick (8:37) The desire is in your mind (11:30) Collect data and counteract your mind (12:24) The trust piece (13:52) Watch program video SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "We all this desire for weight loss because we feel like we are lacking." "When you know its normal, it's easy to shift out of the embarrassment that its there." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Ever go a long time without eating and it's almost like you can't feel your hunger until your starving? This is the episode to listen to. Kim breaks down why it may be hard to hear your hunger sensations. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:49) Developing inner awareness (5:26) Our minds shut down communication (7:03) Substitutions with food (7:57) Out of control with cravings SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Intuitive eating is all about understand how your body feels at 1/2, 1/4 tank of gas." "I am literally choosing not to listen to myself right now." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
How can you stay consistent to your priorities for 2024? Listen in to this episode to hear different ways that you can track different actions that support your health and wellness goals. Watch program video Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:04) Lessons in consistency (4:20) Disclaimer about tracking weight (6:07) Tracking exercise (7:26) Reflect on your journey overtime (9:51) Consistency (12:05) Let technology work for you SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Everything can be helpful when you create boundaries around." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
The New Year is right around the corner. On this weeks episode, Kim breaks down how to leave perfectionistic goal setting behind. Listen in for questions to ask yourself as you round into 2024. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:42) A very warm welcome (2:40) Come into the Facebook Community (3:53) Setting New Year Priorities (4:15) New Years Resolution Mindset is procrastination (6:31) Kim's single question (9:46) Break it down (10:38) What does that look like to you? SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Your goal is your priority." "You have to prioritize something so much so that it becomes a habit." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
On this weeks episode, Kim welcomes a client to the podcast to share her journey through Intuitive Eating. Listen in to hear where she was before working with Kim, how people pleasing showed up in her food choices and how she has healed throughout the program. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:43) Meet Emilie (2:21) Unpacking Emilie's relationship to food (3:33) Gaining the courage to ask for help (5:07) Normalizing things that may not be normal (6:46) People pleasing and food choices (9:52) Hunger checks and body awareness (11:55) Reframing mindset around food (17:09) How Emilie's journey evolved (20:35) An all encompassing journey to self-love SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "It was really a journey of self-love." - Emilie "What does my body actually want?" - Emilie "It was crazy how unaware I was." - Emilie "Its not just about food. Its just hunger." - Emilie SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Are you seeing that you have all or nothing thinking or even perfectionistic thinking when it comes to food, diet and even, your body? This is the episode for you. Kim chats all about how this way of thinking may be causing more stress and shares tips to help relax your body. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (5:04) What does all or nothing/perfectionistic thinking do with food? (7:07) Questions to ask yourself to see if your fight or flight response (12:20) What if your anxiety or all or nothing thinking is just a side effect of an activated nervous system? (13:46) Do the uncomfortable (16:06) Follow your breathing (16:50) The importance of eating (19:33) Limit caffeine and not from a place of restriction SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "What if the all or nothing thinking is a side-effect of an activated nervous system?" "You have to get it all done or you did nothing today." "Are you stepping away from your todo list to care for yourself?" SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Ever feel like life is crazy and you're running around with disorganized thoughts from your stressful work and home life? This episode is for you. Kim focuses on food and exercise however, these tips can be applied to any area of your life. Listen to this episode to hear how to build a stable foundation within yourself to maintain stability through the chaos. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:11) If you haven't listed to last weeks episode, we are piggybacking off of this episode (2:09) The motivating emotions (2:56) A heavy weighted blanket (5:10) How do you maintain core stability? (5:44) How do you find calmness around food? (8:05) How do you cultivate motivation to move your body out of a place of love? (10:37) How much do you sit throughout the day? SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Our bodies crave movement." "I am not doing this because I feel like I am less than." "You have to be honest to call yourself out." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
If you find yourself feeling shameful after hopping on the scale, this is the episode for you. Kim shares her honest perspective from this past weekend where she hopped on the scale. She brings you into her contemplative journey to share the real tips that she used to not feel an ounce of shame. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:13) Kim stepped on the scale and gives you an insight into the contemplative journey (4:45) Lets set the scene (5:38) Holiday food is not a habit (6:53) Kims new diagnosis (9:40) The human curiosity (12:41) The last time I got on the scale; Listen to this episode (14:19) What am I making true from this number? (15:01) Tracking your cycle (15:22) Come into the free community (17:44) The one emotion that did not show up (19:11) What do I want to be doing that I am not that I feel guilty about? (23:44) Zooming way out (27:17) What are you willing to do? SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Holiday food is not a habit and that is the hardest thing about it." "I have nothing to be ashamed of." "I am capable to handle whatever comes up." "I don't recommend getting on the scale." "I am doing this for the functionality of body in the longterm." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Let's kick off the Holiday Season on the podcast. This weeks episode is sharing tips to overcome overeating, stopping eating when you are full and navigating shaming comments from family. This is an episode that will help you get through the crazy next two months. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:02) A moment of gratitude (4:08) Treat every holiday the same (5:47) How do you treat every holiday the same? (7:14) What if the meal is at a different time? (9:49) Remixing into tip number 3 - respect your fullness (12:46) Binge-Free Holiday Guide bonus (13:28) Removing the fat shame (17:57) Regulate your nervous system SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "It doesn't happen overnight." "We don't have the different bandwidth to deal with the different darts coming at us." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
If you are struggling with self-sabotage this is the episode to listen to. Kim discusses the Gene Keys and how to illuminate unconscious fears to help you become more self-aware of thoughts, emotions, actions, and behaviors. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:01) Kim recent Gene Key contemplation (2:49) Brief introduction to the Gene Keys (5:05) Get your free profile (6:37) Codon Ring of Matter (9:02) If its not true in your mind, you don't attach to the judgement (10:19) Looking at your EQ plus the Codon Ring of Matter (12:55) A real life of Kim owning her shadows (15:43) A good place to start... SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "To get out of self-sabotaging patterns, you have so stop being a victim to them." "Your external world evolves through the lens of your inner world." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
If you are feeling pulled to a sober curious journey, listen in to this episode. Kim shares her sober curious journey. She released alcohol almost a year ago. On this episodes Kim shares a lesson in all or nothing thinking and how her Intuitive Eating approach helped her heal her relationship with alcohol. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (2:26) Alcoholism runs in the family (5:06) Rest in the gap of not having it (5:28) This journey started a year ago (7:33) How did all of nothing thinking surface? (9:59) We have not found the grey and that is why nothing sticks. (11:21) A mindful experience (16:23) Being out of your comfort zone while sober (19:44) Pay attention to when you want a drink (23:22) Reframe to Risk versus Benefits SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Without expectation or knowing what the end will look like, I am releasing this." "You never left a glass of beer regardless of how you feel." "All or nothing has turned into risk vs. benefits." "How do you create more lingering moments without alcohol?" SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
Why is the Vagus Nerve important on an Intuitive Eating journey? The Parasympathic Nervous System also known as, Rest and Digest has a wide range of functions throughout the body. It travels around the stomach and into both the small and large intestines and is involved in digestion, decreasing heart rate, and breathing. Activating your Vagus nerve really helps you chill out. Listen to this episode to hear what the Vagus nerve is, how you can regulate it, and why it's helpful. Work with me: apply here Grab your ULTIMATE Snack List & Guide EPISODE BITES (1:25) Piggybacking off of Episode 36 (3:10) The Vagus Nerve is... (5:59) Why is this important when it comes to Intuitive Eating? (10:42) Bonus tip: Will this increase or decrease my heart rate? (13:09) Addicted to the activation (14:03) Vagus Nerve anatomy (16:04) How do you activate the Vagus Nerve? (18:02) Breathing Exercise SOMETHING TO CHEW ON "Digesting is processing. Processing food, thoughts, emotions." "How is my heart rate? What system am I in?" "Fear is the biggest motivator of diet culture." SOCIAL Instagram | Facebook | Website
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