Real Talk With Dana | Nutrition, Health & Fitness With A Healthy Side Of Sarcasm

Stacie Fanelli, an eating disorder therapist who specializes in neurodivergence, joins Cristina to discuss the intersection of ADHD and eating disorders, and disordered eating patterns. Where does perfectionism play into both cases? Stacie discusses practical tips to stimulate dopamine response and increase your focus, what overstimulation vs. understimulation looks like, and how imposter syndrome can...

Warren Brown, the CEO of Sparkbites joins Dana today to discuss how we know if we have good gut health. They discuss how Warren went from practicing law, to running a bakery franchise called CakeLove, to hosting on the Food Network, to finally launching a gut health snack. How can we measure if we have...

On today’s episode, Cristina interviews Nicola Haggett; a body liberationist, coach, & mentor whose work focuses on supporting folks to move beyond body positivity to unlearn body shame, reconnect to their body, and intentionally practice their way towards a world where each of us has more safety, compassion, and joy in our body. They discuss...

Dana and Cristina dig into how the hunger-fullness scale is commonly used vs. how it can be better used to bring insight to your eating patterns. They also discuss how the dieting and weight loss world has tried to co-opt the hunger-fullness scale as a tool for weight loss, when the intention of this tool...

This one is just for fun! Dana and her friend Kara talk about their best books of 2022, least favorite books of the year, biggest surprises and disappointments, and their top book recommendations for anyone looking to get into (or more into) reading this year! DISCLAIMER: just because we didn’t like a book doesn’t mean...

On this week’s episode we dive into: what is a normal relationship with food? How is that different from an optimal relationship with food? Where does the nutrition jungle play a role in this? And while new years’ diets are co-opting anti-diet and intuitive eating language, which may  make you feel like you can get...

On today’s episode Dana and Cristina discuss how to navigate the chaos of January if you’re in the “I broke up with dieting…now what?!” camp! How do you navigate eating to fuel yourself in a sustainable way without it being a diet? We know January can be a really stressful month with all the diet...

On this week’s episode we have Fiona Sutherland, also known as the Mindful Dietitian in the social media space. Our conversation today is fantastic for both health practitioners and of course of all non-practitioner listeners who are looking for a safe space to work through their own physical and mental health concerns. They discuss –...

On today’s episode Cristina interviews Alegra about the OCD and eating disorders connection. They dive into the biggest myths and misunderstandings about OCD, and the relationships between OCD and orthorexia, binge eating, ARFID, and more. They also discuss the relationship between body dysmorphic disorder and OCD, body dysmorphia vs. body image issues, and how body...

Dr. Alise Parrish, a Doctor of physical therapy and founder of Ally Wellness, joins Dana for today’s episode.  Alise’s mission is to help folks feel good in their bodies. They provide sliding-scale Physical Therapy, Personal Training, and Wellness services in a safe and affirming environment. On today’s episode Alise and Dana (me) are discussing the...

On this week’s episode with Dr. Crystal Frazee, Cristina and Dana dive into burnout recovery, and why we’re all so burned out! We talk about how to assess your “body battery”, what’s draining it, and how to recharge your battery in a replenishing way. Spoiler alert: increasing your productivity doesn’t actually improve burnout. Crystal talks...

Dana and Cristina discuss how they interpret “non-diet” in a Whole-Hearted Eating way, versus how the term is being co-opted by weight loss focused practitioners taking advantage of peoples’ vulnerabilities. What is non-diet, really? What’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing? And what’s the big deal about this anyway? Let’s get into it. **Check out our...

Dana and Cristina chat about how sometimes, in order to repair your relationship with food or exercise, you need to repair your relationship with stress. We commonly think we have to control or remove our stress to ‘manage’ it, and when we feel like we can’t control it, a lot of people turn to food...

Jessica Flanigan Brown joins Dana today to talk about self-compassion eating disorders and autoimmune disease! Jessica is a clinical nutritionist and author of The Loving Diet who specializes in gut restoration, and her coaching practice specializes in disordered eating, especially in mid-life. We dive into how restrictive protocols are not the key to healing autoimmune...

There’s a reason no one complains about binge eating arugula. In this episode, Cristina and Dana dive into binge eating and the holidays. We discuss how the beliefs we carry about certain foods and what we think those foods say about us lead to binging behaviors (and full blown binge episodes!).  With the holidays fast...

Dr. Jillian Lampert joins Cristina and Dana to talk about the concept of nutritional chaos, and how this can fuel disordered eating patterns, gut issues, and a continual state of fight-or-flight in the body. We discuss how malnourishment due to gut issues, chronic dieting, disordered eating, and eating disorders can negatively impact our ability to...

Today we’re re-sharing one of our favorite body image focused episodes from Kanoa Greene! Kanoa joins Dana and Cristina on this episode to chat about breaking boundaries in fitness as a plus sized instructor. She shares her roots in constant comparison as a performing artist (opera singer!), turned NYC Corporate Recruiter, turned internationally recognized yoga...

On today’s body image-focused episode, Cristina and Dana are interviewing Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant, the therapist-dietitian team who founded the center for body trust, and who recently released their book, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation – which we absolutely LOVE.  Hilary and Dana founded Center for Body Trust to offer...

Kelsea Hellyar and Dana discuss why it’s so important to prioritize health over aesthetics, and to put equal weight on training both your mental and physical health. You can’t sacrifice your mental health in pursuit of your physical health! They also talk about burnout, overtraining, the most common signs of overtraining, and how to adjust...

Cristina interviews Diana Rice from @anti.diet.kids on how to troubleshoot kids nutrition in a diet culture obsessed world. We dive into how to navigate your internal healthism voice that influences the way you feed your child, how positive encouragement can accidentally create a food hierarchy, and how having a narrow view of ‘healthy’ for our...