Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD Podcast

In today's episode I speak with Virginia Sole-Smith, author of the new book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture. We explore anti-fat bias and fat phobia, and how weight, health and beauty have gotten tangled up with notions of morality. Virginia explains how (and why) our culture has become so afraid of fat, and how this fat phobia has resulted in real systems of oppression where humans are valued according to their weight. Virginia explores what it means to be healthy, and the fallacy of

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/Hello and welcome to episode 7! This is a really special episode for me, because I speak with my own Spiritual teacher, Natalie Deeb. Natalie is a trained shaman and certified CranioSacral practitioner, and she’s accredited in a number of different modalities to help individuals heal the trinity of body, mind and spirit. In today’s episode we talk about the sacredness of our physical bodies and the foods we

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/This episode features such an inspiring human. Calvin Eaton is a scholar, cookbook author, content creator and activist. He’s the publisher of TheGlutenFreeChef blog as well as the founder of the non-profit 540WMain which is rooted in social justice and antiracism.Calvin shares his personal journey with his body, and how he’s learned to honor his body in “radical grace and kindness,” as he says. He talks

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/This week I talk with Chyrssa Tsakiris, founder of Well Collab Acupuncture and Proof of Life. I had so many chills during this conversation. We go deep, examining how the umbrella of patriarchy, which includes misogyny, racism, agism and capitalism, influences how we nourish ourselves.We talk about this structure of conditioning, and how we can begin to get out of it to reclaim our sovereignty and freedom

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/Today’s show expanded me in so many ways, and I think you’re going to love it. I speak with Emily Morrison, licensed acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner, and we explore food and our bodies through the lens of Chinese medicine. Emily offers easy, applicable tips for how to nourish ourselves right now in the middle of winter, as well as during that tricky time between seasons when we head into

Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD newsletter: https://mindbodyspiritfood.substack.com/I have a really fun episode for you today all about music and food featuring one my very favorite humans—my husband! James Sizemore is a composer and music editor with notable credits in film and television (recent projects include The Pale Blue Eye, Confess Fletch, and Crimes of the Future). He’s also an Artist in Residence at Bard Music Conservatory, where he teaches film music.While you might have

Welcome to episode 2 of the Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD podcast! Today I interview physical therapist, yoga instructor, breathwork facilitator and all around amazing being Samantha Fulton. A few weeks ago Sam and I taught a class together called Intuitive Eating & Yoga, where I shared my practices around gaining presence and freedom around food, and Sam shared yogic principles around the body as well as how the nervous system influences digestion. Today we’re diving deeper into the nervous system -

Today I’m launching my podcast (!!), and I must admit I’ve never been more terrified about a new venture as I am about this first episode. Not only am I experimenting with a new medium, but today I’m also sharing my own story with food. And it’s complicated. Food is my creative outlet; it’s my favorite pleasure; and it’s the focus of my career. And while I currently experience freedom and ease around food, for several years of my life it was my biggest source of anxiety and stress. In this episode I