In this episode of the Nutrition Edit Podcast, we delve into the unavoidable reality of stress and its impact on our lives.

Stress comes in many forms, some of which we can control and others we can't, like political unrest or environmental toxins. But regardless of the source, stress affects us all differently, influenced by our circumstances and resilience levels.

While we can't always eliminate stressors from our lives, we can manage our response to stress through healthy lifestyle choices. Today, we're focusing on how to use food and exercise to increase resilience and reduce stress, even when external stressors remain unchanged.

Joining me today is Jennifer Chesak, author of The Psilocybin Handbook for Women. Today we talk about psilocybin and its potential benefits for women, including regulating stress and trauma response, helping with depression, anxiety, healing, behavior change, and hormone health. Chesak also dispels some common myths and fears and educates us on how psilocybin can be used safely and effectively.

Today I’m welcoming back Dr. Michelle Leary. Dr. Leary is a Functional Medicine Physician and the Director of Functional Medicine at Vida Integrated Health.

At the core of her approach to medicine is supporting her patients’ mental, emotional, and spiritual health. So today I’m talking with Dr. Leary about attachment theory and how we can use it to improve our relationships with ourselves, with others and even with food.

There’s a lot of buzz on social media about attachment theory, so I wanted to learn more about it and how we can apply it to our lives in practical ways. I learned a ton in this episode, and I hope you’ll enjoy my interview with Dr. Michelle Leary as much as I did!

In this episode I’m sharing about my recent ADHD diagnosis and how I manage my symptoms without medication. If you’ve ever thought “Hmmm, that sounds like me!”, and wondered if your lack of focus (or hyper focus), forgetfulness, anxiety and/or hyper vigilance were normal, or if you know you have ADD/ADHD but either don’t tolerate or don’t want to take medication, give this episode a listen.

In this final episode of season 2, I’m talking about a belief that many people struggle with, women especially. I've had so many clients tell me over the years that they struggle to make lasting changes in their health and fitness because deep down they don't really believe they deserve to feel their best. As women, we are under immense pressure to excel in every area of life, including career, motherhood, relationships, and appearance. However, prioritizing self-care is often stigmatized as being selfish or high maintenance. You deserve love, nurturing, and nourishment as much as anyone on this planet, and I’m here to remind you of that and give you some tools to start believing it for yourself.

Learn how to feel better in your own skin, empowered to take control of your health without the pitfalls, and how to have a healthy relationship with food.

It all begins with an idea.