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

On today’s episode we’re introducing our May focus: body image and body neutrality. Today’s episode is a solo one – just Dana and Cristina – and we’re digging into conditional food neutrality: how and why we set conditions on when we feel like we can, or are allowed to have food neutrality or food freedom...

On today’s episode with Becky Scott we’re chatting about microaggressions in the fitness industry, the problematic “worth it” aspect of exercise, how to create more inclusive fitness spaces, and the work she’s doing with FitPros Against Weight Stigma. Becky is the creator of MissFits Workout. Becky found body positivity and fat liberation in her early...

Larkin Silverman is a self-proclaimed Vinyasa Vixen who teaches accessible, inclusive, empowering,  Body Neutral and Trauma Informed group and private fitness classes. For Larkin, these movement modalities are an act of reckoning and reclamation. In today’s episode she is going to be sharing these deeply liberative practices and mindset shifts with you in podcast form,...

Barb Puzanovova is our guest today, who is also known as the the Non-Diet trainer! Barb is an ACE-certified personal group trainer, Behavior Change Specialist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She’s dedicated to teaching her clients how to move joyfully and train with intention for all bodies.  On today’s episode with Barb we’re digging into...

This month on the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast we’re diving deep with our guests on the topic of intuitive fitness, and how you can begin to change the way you view exercise away from an all-or-nothing mentality that is always tied to changing the size of your body. Our guests are all non-diet fitness professionals who...

Welcome to the evolution of the Real Talk with Dana podcast with Dana Monsees, to…the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast with Dana Monsees and Cristina Hoyt! Whole-hearted Eating is the philosophy we created that marries the principles of integrative health, weight-inclusive care, and non-diet, neutral nutrition. It is a way of empowered eating and living that creates...

This week on Real Talk with Dana is the last episode until we change to the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast! Cristina Hoyt, aka my new co-host going forward, and I will be diving into the topics of wellness chasing, conditional food freedom, and The Nutrition Jungle – also known as, we get so confused and overwhelmed...

Lopa Van Der Mersch is an Ayurvedic practitioner. Mother of two. Sustainability advocate. TEDx speaker and recovering cult member. Her adventures have taken her around the world in search of health, spiritual fulfillment, and deep energy. Two years ago, she added a new chapter to her life story: Founder and CEO of Rasa, the adaptogenic...

Carrie Eckert is a holistic health coach, a friend of mine from grad school, and the author of the new book Going with my Gut. On today’s episode we’re chatting about neuroplasticity healing for mold and chronic inflammatory response syndrome, the effect of mold on the brain and the immune system, and how to tune...

Israel Passwater is a co-owner of Clearly Filtered and today we’re talking about how not all water is created equal – and why clean water for gut health is so important. We talk all the time on this podcast about how food, mindset, stress, exercise affect our health – but we don’t talk as much...

This month we’re going to be digging into all things gut health and healing from the inside out – of course, from a non-diet, neutral nutrition approach. This week we’re starting out by talking about some questions around the most popular gut-supportive nutrients and supplements you’ll hear about, including probiotics, prebiotics, mucosal support and immune...

Ashley Wray is the founder and CEO of Mala Collective.  The company works with artisans in Asia (from Bali to India to Nepal) to create products supporting a mindfulness and meditation practice. Ashley has taught meditation across North America, taken meditation trainings from LA to NY to India and Bali, and has worked to make...

Britt Reuter is a Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Specialist. She uses a whole-body, nutritional and functional medicine approach to help women experiencing hair loss. It’s Britt’s personal experience with chronic inflammation coupled with her formal training in functional medicine that empowers her to help women overcome the symptoms they feel stuck with. On...

Dr. Jannine Krause is a naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist and today we’re diving into neuroinflammation, the nervous system, and the stress-disease process. Dr. Krause is also a podcast host of The Health Fix, where she is dedicated to empowering people to take charge of their own health. Huge thanks to Better Help for sponsoring today’s...

Nathan Chilton is a Chiropractic and Wellness Coach specializing in regulation of the nervous system and the body’s stress response. Today we’re talking about the body’s stress response, and what happens when it becomes overtaxed by physical, mental, and emotional stressors. Nathan believes that people are stuck in nervous system survival mode and is passionate...

Mindy Gorman-Plutzer is Certified Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner and Eating Psychology Coach.  Mindy has created a framework that combines functional nutrition, positive psychology, and mind/body science; introducing a compassionate resolution to physical and emotional challenges resulting from chronic and complex health issues as they relate to Eating Disorders. Today we’re digging into disordered eating...

Lauren Geertsen is a body connection coach and nutrition consultant, and the author of the new book the Invisible Corset:  Break Free from Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self. In today’s episode you’ll learn about Lauren’s journey from being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease at age 14, to becoming a nutrition consultant focusing on...

On today’s episode we’re digging deeper into our mindset, and how it can either provide a roadblock or unlock the key to our healing, especially when it comes to healing our body image and relationship with food, and healing from the root cause. Lana Shlafer is a mindset coach, podcast host of the Manifest That...

Welcome to the new year! The theme for this month’s podcast episodes and guests is pursuing TRUE health and feeling good without diets or protocols – to go against the grain and provide a welcoming alternative to the traditional shame-based January new years resolutions culture. One of my main goals is to show you how...

Deanna Deacon is back on the show today! She’s previously been on the show for our episodes on the productivity comparison trap and quarantine guilt and Numbing, Disconnection, and Emotional Trigger Release – check the show notes to listen to those. Deanna is an Intuitive Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, Energy Healer, and the newly published...