Do you ever feel like you're doing everything “right” with food, but still feel stuck in your body and unsure about your choices? Maybe you’ve tried to eat clean, count points, or follow the plan, only to feel even more confused or frustrated.

In this episode, we open up about the deep impact of diet culture. From childhood restrictions to careers shaped by body expectations, we share how messages around body image, weight, and control shape our choices long before we realize it.

This honest conversation explores the roots of disordered eating, the guilt of emotional eating, and the struggle to feel at home in a changing body. You’ll hear how cultural pressures and family patterns can shape your choices around eating, increase food obsession, affect your sense of body autonomy, and lower your confidence in making decisions about food and movement.

You’ll learn how phrases like “clean eating” and “getting your body back” after pregnancy feed into the binge restrict cycle, reinforce weight stigma, and disrupt the ability to connect with your body’s needs. If you’ve ever blamed yourself for a craving or tied your worth to your reflection, this is a safe space to pause and ask why.

We share what helped us move toward intuitive eating and how shifting to an anti-diet approach allowed us to find real food freedom. Whether you're navigating life in a post-pregnancy body or just tired of chasing food rules, this episode will remind you that you can support your health without judgment or control.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How childhood messages around food can lead to lasting patterns
• What makes a relationship with food feel obsessive or disconnected
• Why body image pressure shows up differently across life stages
• How generational beliefs and culture shape your approach to eating
• What it looks like to shift toward body trust, compassion, and calm

If your brain is always spinning about meals or your value feels linked to a number, you're not alone. There’s a gentler path grounded in intuitive nutrition, body acceptance, and health at every size. It starts with curiosity, not criticism.

Let’s rebrand wellness together!

Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

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Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz

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Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

For too long, we’ve been told that our self-worth is tied to our waistline, turning body image into a constant battleground rather than a source of strength.

The pressure to conform to certain beauty standards is all around us, often making us feel like our value is determined by how we look. Society pushes us to meet specific expectations, making it hard to focus on what really matters: our health, our personal growth, and who we truly are. It’s time to shift our focus to true women’s wellness, where we focus on nurturing ourselves instead of trying to meet external expectations..

In this episode of Wellness Rebranded, we talk with AliceAnne Loftus, founder of Leading Lady Coaching. AliceAnne has dedicated her work to supporting women in leadership, while also building communities where women support, empower, and amplify other women. In 2023, she took a bold leap to make her community a diet culture free safe zone.

We discuss the power of women supporting women and how creating spaces for empowering women in business can have a lasting impact. Alice Anne shares her personal story of struggling with body image and how she learned to embrace body positivity and intuitive eating. She talks about how shifting her focus from external expectations to her own well-being changed her approach to leadership and life.

This episode is for anyone who has felt trapped by societal beauty standards or stuck in the cycle of diet culture. Here’s what you’ll get to learn:

• Body image pressure can pull focus from your goals, relationships, and daily life
• Self-worth is not earned through discipline, size, or approval
• Intuitive eating can help you rebuild trust with food and your body
• Women’s wellness includes mental health, stress, and support, not just appearance
• Body positivity grows faster in rooms built on women supporting women

Join us as we rethink what it means to take care of ourselves and each other, in both our personal lives and our businesses.

Let’s rebrand wellness together!

Elizabeth, Maria, & Tara

• Join the free 5‑day Discover Intuitive Eating Challenge here: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/challenge26

• Ditch the stress, keep the sparkle! Let Klean’s expert team handle the mess! Book your cleaning now and feel the difference! ✨

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Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Take the ‘What Type Of Eater Are You?’ Quiz : https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: www.taradeleonfitness.com/connect

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

Feeling like food is taking up way too much brain space?

You're not alone and it's more common than you think.

The constant overthinking, the mental load you carry around eating, and the pressure built from years of unspoken rules is exhausting and easy to miss because it’s been normalized. But that doesn’t mean it’s healthy, and it definitely doesn’t have to stay that way.

In this episode, we unpack what it really means when your thoughts are constantly circling around food, eating, and your body. We will explore how diet culture, food tracking apps, and overwhelming food rules can lead to food obsession, chronic overthinking, and a disconnect from your body’s natural cues.

This conversation normalizes the mental load so many women carry about food and introduces key mindset shifts rooted in intuitive eating, mindful eating, and health at every size. You’ll hear how cultural messaging, past dieting patterns, and body mistrust can quietly erode self-trust and lead to patterns like emotional eating, food anxiety, and even disordered eating.

You’ll also learn the difference between a healthy level of food awareness and the kind that drains your energy and joy. If you've been craving more peace, less guilt, and a better relationship with food, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a new way forward.

You’ll learn:

• What it looks like when food takes up too much brain space
• The connection between body image, control, and food-related stress
• How body trust and food freedom start with unlearning cultural messages
• Why overthinking food is often a symptom of larger emotional or identity struggles
• What a healthy relationship with food can actually feel like in daily life

Let’s rebrand wellness together!

Elizabeth, Marira & Tara

If you want to start a podcast or grow your existing one, visit julianabarbati.com and let them know I sent you!

Ditch the stress, keep the sparkle! Let Klean’s expert team handle the mess! Book your cleaning now and feel the difference! ✨

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klean_cleaningservices/ Website: https://krissklean.com/

Discover Intuitive Eating Reconnect with your body, build trust with food, and create sustainable habits that last. Start your journey today! https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/challenge26

Connect with us! The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e

Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Free download to break up with diet culture: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/invisible-diet

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: www.taradeleonfitness.com/connect

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

Healing isn’t a solo project—community is a real wellness intervention.

In this episode, Maria breaks down why emotional and mental wellbeing improves when we’re supported, witnessed, and validated by other people, not just “checked on,” but truly seen. She shares what it means to feel emotionally seen, how that kind of connection can calm the nervous system, and why so many of us default to fixing, minimizing, or rushing past emotions instead of holding space.

Maria shares what she learned from 12 years working in an emergency room, including how quickly someone can shift when they feel safe, understood, and not judged. That lived experience sparked her creation of the Emotional Fitness Studio, an “emotional gym” where people build emotional awareness and practical tools through shared experiences, not just information.

Whether you’re local or not, the episode ends with actionable ways to create emotional-fitness moments in everyday life, at home, in the car, in relationships, through curiosity, attention, and making space for all emotions.

In this episode:

• Healing often happens faster when you’re supported in community instead of trying to carry everything alone.
• Feeling emotionally seen—acknowledged, validated, accepted—can settle the nervous system in real time.
• Shared experience reduces shame and helps people feel less isolated in what they’re carrying.
• You can create “emotional fitness” anywhere by noticing, asking curious questions, and resisting the urge to fix.
• Safe spaces are built through intention, care, and welcoming all emotions without judgment.

Lean more about The Emotional Fitness Studio in Annapolis by following the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/p/Emotional-Fitness-Studio-61567539237379/

Connect with us! The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Free download to break up with diet culture: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/invisible-diet

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/5290e3f13e08/email-signup

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

Feeling like movement would help, but still choosing the couch is more common than we admit.

In this episode, the Wellness: Rebranded hosts unpack why so many women want to move their bodies but feel too exhausted, overwhelmed, or mentally drained to do it. The conversation begins by normalizing this experience and naming the difference between physical exhaustion and mental load, especially in seasons of burnout.

This episode also introduces practical reframes like exercise snacks, the five-minute rule, redefining what movement looks like in daily life, and the importance of support and scheduling. The core message is clear: wellness is personal, movement isn’t one-size-fits-all, and exhaustion is a signal—not a failure.

In this episode:

• Mental and emotional exhaustion can block movement more than physical fatigue
• Shame and “shoulds” make movement harder, not easier
• Short bursts of movement still count and can improve energy
• Enjoyment matters more than intensity or location
• Rest and movement both belong in a sustainable wellness routine

Register for Exhale: A Retreat for Women Who are Tired of Doing it All:: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1970003420261?aff=oddtdtcreator

Connect with us! The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Free download to break up with diet culture: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/invisible-diet

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: www.taradeleonfitness.com/connect

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

Have you noticed that fiber seems like the new wellness darling?

Almost overnight, influencers, headlines, and health gurus have shifted their focus to a trend called fibermaxxing — complete with daily targets, checklists, and potentially, a whole lot of pressure to “get it right.”

Join us as we take a closer look at what fibermaxxing actually is, why it’s gaining so much popularity, and what to consider if you’ve been thinking about giving it a try. We also explore what this wellness moment reveals about diet culture as a whole—and how quickly “helpful” advice can turn into another source of pressure.

Along the way, we dig into an important conversation on fiber, including the difference between getting it from whole foods versus supplements and “fiber-added” products, and why more isn’t always better, especially for digestion and gut health, an.

In this episode:

• Why fiber has become wellness culture’s latest fixation
• When “more” fiber helps—and when it might backfire
• The unintended consequences of common nutrition messaging
• How simple, balanced nourishment supports long-term health

Register for Exhale: A Retreat for Women Who are Tired of Doing it All:: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1970003420261?aff=oddtdtcreator

Connect with us! The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Free download to break up with diet culture: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/invisible-diet

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: www.taradeleonfitness.com/connect

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

Rest is not the same as restoration, and your nervous system can feel the difference. If you’re exhausted from “getting through the day,” this conversation is for you.

In this episode, Tara, Maria, and Elizabeth unpack the difference between rest, relaxation, and true restoration and why your nervous system desperately needs all three. They explore what burnout really feels like in mid-life, especially for women juggling motherhood, marriage, careers, emotional labor, and the invisible mental load.

They also introduce Exhale, their in-person one-day retreat in Annapolis designed to help you feel safe, seen, supported, and truly restored alongside other women.

In this episode:

• Understand the crucial difference between rest, relaxation, and restoration—and why only one truly rebuilds your capacity for “vigor and health.”
• Recognize the signs of a depleted nervous system and how distraction and over-responsibility keep you stuck in survival mode.
• Learn how time and energy function as boundaries, and why saying “no” (even to your kids) can be a powerful act of self-respect.
• Get practical ideas for creating restorative rituals that fit into real life, from simple shower routines to mindset shifts and reframes.
• Hear how the Exhale retreat in Annapolis is designed to remove your mental load, offer co-regulation, and give you a full day of being safe, seen, and supported.

Register for Exhale: A Retreat for Women Who are Tired of Doing it All. Use code WR50 for $50 off until 12/15: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1970003420261?aff=oddtdtcreator

Connect with us! The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e

Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Free download to break up with diet culture: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/invisible-diet

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/5290e3f13e08/email-signup

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com