Marissa Kai talks with Emily Marashian in today’s episode. Emily is a Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who practices a weight-inclusive nutrition approach following the Health at Every Size® principles. Her passion for both nutrition and running began during her years as an Army Intelligence Officer. This led her to pursue a second career in nutrition after leaving the service, but years of trying to conform to strict military, dietitian, and runner ide...
Sep 30, 2020•29 min•Ep. 170
Rebecca Henson is interviewing Jenn Braun in today’s episode. Jenn is a Registered Dietitian and Personal Trainer from Connecticut, who has helped hundreds of clients reach their wellness goals in the most realistic ways. She works with working moms that are looking to feel more confident in their bodies through weight loss by enjoying all foods while balancing their families and careers. Jenn believes that women can do it all, but it starts with taking care of themselves first through their nut...
Sep 29, 2020•34 min•Ep. 169
Yaa Boayke gets to chat with Erin Wickersham in today’s episode. Erin has been a registered dietitian for 13 years with over a decade of experience in the weight loss field. She has a robust background in helping people lose weight via traditional weight loss methods and weight loss surgery. After having 2 children, Erin had a hard time transitioning to being a full time working mom and struggled with weight gain and difficulty losing weight. This experience sparked an intense desire to help oth...
Sep 28, 2020•37 min•Ep. 168
Yaa interviews Dougmary and Kausar in today’s episode. Kausar Rasul and Dougmary Esquijarosa, are co-founders of Become Fit Forever ( aka BFF). They are certified Fitness and Nutrition coaches specialized in women. After becoming moms and going through their own transformations they realized that working moms have too much on their plate and needed support, expertise and accountability to lose post pregnancy weight and live a healthy lifestyle with their family. Their approach is to become their...
Sep 24, 2020•42 min•Ep. 167
Marissa talks with Katie Filippi on today’s episode. Katie is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer in Hawaii. She just finished her 1st year of being a dietitian. Katie is the founder of Nutrition Clearly where she hosts 100% virtual group boot camps to help clients find clarity and balance in their approach to fitness and nutrition through intuitive eating. “Food is more than just what nourishes our physical bodies. It's social, emotional, mental, cultural, it's what connects u...
Sep 23, 2020•26 min•Ep. 166
In today’s episode, Libby is talking with Dr. Heather Finley. Heather founded Nourished Functional Health to provide personalized nutrition and wellness solutions by using cutting edge science alongside evidence-based medical nutrition therapy. Heather niched down to gastrointestinal issues due to her own journey with GI issues and today Heather and Libby recount how far Heather has come in her business, doubled her income, and hired an associate! “I looked at my schedule. I was booked every min...
Sep 22, 2020•16 min•Ep. 165
Yaa gets to chat with Jill on today’s episode! Jill Mongene is a Registered Dietitian and former tax accountant, run coach, and metabolic specialist. Jill became a dietitian at age 48 after helping her husband, a 34-year widebody international commercial airline pilot, with his celiac disease, high blood pressure, and prediabetes. Jill went directly from her internship into private practice. As a former tax accountant, she spent over 10 years behind a desk with no vacations and filing thousands ...
Sep 21, 2020•29 min•Ep. 164
Marissa Kai gets to have a conversation with Mya Kwon in today’s episode. Mya is a non-diet Dietitian, who finds the title "Food and Body Therapist" to better describe what she does. Maya specializes in helping chronic yoyo-dieters break up with the diet culture, learn how to eat intuitively by listening to their bodies, and heal body image struggles through a health at every size approach. She is based in Seattle, where she runs a private practice on the side while working full-time at a Univer...
Sep 17, 2020•26 min•Ep. 163
Yaa gets to chat with Sam in today’s episode. Sam Armstrong is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Sports Dietitian, and Silver Level Swim Coach from Brisbane, Australia. She has over 10 years of experience working with adolescent athletes. Her goal is simple; she wants to ensure that no teenager is limited from reaching their goals by the food they eat. This drive comes from Sam's own past, where she was a very successful teenage athlete until sickness, eating disorders and a general lack of un...
Sep 15, 2020•47 min•Ep. 161
Rebecca Henson interviews Carol Aguirre in today’s episode. Carol is a Registered/Licensed Dietitian and owns Nutrition Connections, her private practice. She specializes in vegetarian and plant-based diets. She has been plant-based for years as a means for weight loss and fully transitioned to a vegan diet only recently. Carol is newly married to her husband Scott and they live in Fort Lauderdale, FL with their two dogs Sophia and Princess. “ It's new vegans who want to lose weight. ...It's wom...
Sep 14, 2020•20 min•Ep. 160
Rebecca Henson interviews Casey Young on the show today. Casey specializes in working with busy moms desiring weight loss and improvement in body composition. She helps her clients make changes to their diet and incorporate strength training so they can become more fit, lose weight, gain confidence, and have more energy for their families. Casey is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer with over 16 years of experience in the health and nutrition field. She was inspired to start h...
Sep 11, 2020•41 min•Ep. 159
In today’s episode, Marissa chats with Dione. Dione Milauskas is a Registered Dietitian, published researcher, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor based out of Louisville Kentucky. Dione helps women with prediabetes who have spent years dieting and eating very low carb learn how to lower their through blood sugar and A1c through intuitive eating. After being diagnosed with prediabetes herself, Dione recognized the need for an approach to managing prediabetes that didn’t focus on weight loss...
Sep 09, 2020•21 min•Ep. 157
In this special episode, Libby reconnects with Fatimah and gets to hear all about her journey over the past few months and how life has changed since their last talk in June! Fatimah is a registered dietitian providing virtual nutrition coaching services to people living with paralysis and spinal cord injury. By combining her professional expertise as a dietitian with her personal experience of being married to someone living with spinal cord injury, the coaching program has allowed people with ...
Sep 08, 2020•46 min•Ep. 156
Marissa Kai chat’s with Rachel Muzzy on today’s show. Rachel Muzzy is an integrative dietitian who runs her virtual private practice from Kansas City, Missouri. She helps young women overcome bloating and digestive issues by figuring out the root cause of their symptoms. Her clients are empowered to take control of their health by understanding the connection between the gut, diet, and lifestyle. Rachel started her practice in the Spring and plans to transition into full-time private practice ea...
Sep 07, 2020•27 min•Ep. 155
Today, Libby talks with Katie Newton. Katie Newton is a registered, licensed dietitian nutritionist and a group fitness instructor from a small southern town called Dothan (dough-then), Alabama. She has worked as a dietitian for 7 years and is extremely passionate about helping women get their bodies back with a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition to promote weight loss. She began in two clinical settings but broke free 3 years ago to pursue a combination of fitness and nutrition with Orangethe...
Sep 03, 2020•30 min•Ep. 154
In today’s episode, Marissa Kai gets to talk with Cortney Berling. Cortney Berling is a Registered Dietitian, avid runner, new mom, and military spouse! After having her daughter 9 months ago she opted not to return to her previous job at a diabetes center. Instead, she started her own virtual nutrition coaching practice! Cortney loves being able to mesh her love of running and nutrition to help female runners learn how to fuel their bodies’ right to avoid the harmful impacts of underfueling. Sh...
Sep 02, 2020•19 min•Ep. 153
In today’s episode, Marissa is talking with Kailey Donovan. Kailey Donovan is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer from Boston, Massachusetts. Kailey started her career as a clinical dietitian. After spending time in the clinical setting and fitness industry Kailey did not feel fulfilled in the work she was doing. Through her own struggles with disordered eating, addiction to exercise, and poor body image, Kailey discovered her passion for helping women heal their relationship w...
Sep 01, 2020•32 min•Ep. 152
In today’s episode, guest host Marissa talks with Laura Grazioli. Laura is a Registered Dietitian with a passion for helping soon-to-be-moms feel their best during pregnancy. She is a mom to a 21-month-old boy and has a baby girl on the way. Laura uses her background in prenatal nutrition, coupled with her own personal pregnancy experiences to help pregnant women learn how to nourish themselves and their growing babies, guide them through managing unpleasant pregnancy symptoms, and embrace the b...
Aug 31, 2020•20 min•Ep. 151
In today’s episode, Yaa is speaking with Jacqueline Gomes, RDN Registered Dietitian Nutritionist helps moms lose weight with a calorie-controlled approach. Her all foods fit mantra helps women establish a non-restrictive, sustainable, healthy relationship with food. She enjoys working with moms because as a mom herself, she understands first-hand the pressure that is put upon them to run a household and care for children. That pressure can be further compounded by a job outside of the home. Many...
Aug 27, 2020•44 min•Ep. 150
In today’s episode, Libby is interviewing Jen Laurence. Jen is a registered dietitian and functional nutritionist. She helps women over 40 who are struggling with unwanted weight gain, fatigue, and low energy to lose weight and keep it off while enjoying foods that they love. Inspired by the many women she’s seen in practice who are confused, overwhelmed, and fed up with fad diets that don’t work, she teaches women how to maintain a sustainable weight loss plan while embracing a flexible dieting...
Aug 26, 2020•18 min•Ep. 149
In today’s episode, Yaa Boyake is talking with Temple Stewart. Temple is a Registered Dietitian from Clearwater, Florida who uses the ketogenic diet to help manage weight and reverse chronic disease in women. Her passion is to partner with her clients for lasting weight-loss and medication reduction. She challenges the dietetic status quo by offering a whole-food ketogenic diet option for people who have struggled to find results using traditional dieting methods. She is passionate about her fai...
Aug 25, 2020•28 min•Ep. 148
In today’s episode, Antonella Dewell has worked in the field of nutrition research for most of her career. Although she has always loved her job, she didn't feel fulfilled as she wanted to make more direct and immediate impact on people's lives and help them improve their health. A few years ago, she started counseling people one-on-one for a variety of nutrition-related issues. While doing this, it became clear to her how many people were suffering from painful gut symptoms. Antonella saw an op...
Aug 24, 2020•24 min•Ep. 147
In today’s episode, Yaa Boyake is talking with Ayten Salahi. Ayten is a researcher, food policy advocate, and nutrition coach on a mission to heal people and the planet through food. After nearly a decade in medical research, Ayten left her job and moved across the country to follow her true passions to develop and advocate for food and nutrition programs that sustain human, ecological, and communal well-being. Since completing her Master of Science in Food and Nutrition Policy and Programs and ...
Aug 20, 2020•31 min•Ep. 146
In today’s episode, Libby is talking with Katie Gill. Katie is a registered dietitian nutritionist. She helps busy professionals lose weight and ditch emotional eating, without following rigid meal plans. Katie cares deeply about teaching clients how to feel confident with their food choices, regardless if they are eating at home, on a plane, or happy hour. It’s an area in her own life that she struggled with for many years. In her teens, Katie went on her first diet. What started out as a simpl...
Aug 19, 2020•28 min•Ep. 145
In today’s episode, Rebecca is talking with Erin Burch. Erin is an experienced registered dietitian and entrepreneur who lives in the snowbelt outside of Buffalo, New York with her husband and two school-age children. She specializes in weight loss and maintenance, utilizing a flexible dieting approach. She currently offers one-on-one counseling for busy mamas, while just this month, she is also launching her small group coaching program to support and motivate her clients to lose weight for goo...
Aug 18, 2020•24 min•Ep. 144
In today’s episode, Rebecca is talking with Liz Blom. Liz is a dietitian of over 20 years, a wife, a mom of two teen daughters, and the founder of Liz Blom, LLC. Liz loves helping women lose weight, gain self-confidence, and keep the peace at home. Liz knows first hand that habits of dieting, food and body struggles, and putting others first is commonplace among women, regardless of age, upbringing, or education. Today Liz enjoys working with women in their 40’s, running small group programs, to...
Aug 17, 2020•37 min•Ep. 143
In today’s episode, Marissa is talking with Vanika Jethwa. Vanika is a Registered Dietitian and Personal Trainer. She grew up in England but is now living in Boston and works full time in school nutrition while building her own business. She helps women ditch restrictive diets and lose weight sustainably by tracking macros and following an all foods fit approach. Her clients are known as Weight Loss Bosses as they are able to feel confident and empowered taking charge of their own nutrition. Van...
Aug 13, 2020•32 min•Ep. 142
Hear about Rakhi’s success as a dietitian Boss, and why a “Business BFF” has helped her find continued success. In today’s episode, Guest Host Yaa is speaking with Rakhi Roy. Rakhi is an actress turned dietician whose own battle with skin flareups on-screen, prevented her from continuing to book more work. This led her to pursue a master's degree in dietetics and nutrition so she could provide a more functional approach to helping suffers from eczema and psoriasis heal their skin from within. Ra...
Aug 12, 2020•35 min•Ep. 141
In today’s episode, Guest Host Marissa is speaking with Rebecca (Becca) King. Becca King is a registered dietician nutritionist from Charlotte, North Carolina. Becca King started her career working at an outpatient weight loss clinic, where she saw firsthand how dieting did not work and left her patients with a poor relationship with food. After getting laid off due to the pandemic, Becca took it as a sign to start her virtual private practice. Now Becca helps young women like herself who have A...
Aug 11, 2020•18 min•Ep. 140
In today’s episode, Guest Host Marissa Kai is speaking with Lemma Brown. Lemma is a registered dietitian nutritionist, specializing in diabetes nutrition and education. She graduated from West Virginia University with a bachelor's degree in human nutrition and foods and completed her dietetic internship and master's degree in nutrition from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She now lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia with her family. Lemma has lived with type one diabetes for over 15 year...
Aug 10, 2020•24 min•Ep. 139
