In this episode, Claire touches on a topic that brings many women to Flourish—emotional eating. Typically this takes the form of trying to eat your way out of negative emotions like stress, anxiety, and overwhelm. Emotional eating is a touchy subject for some, but nothing we can't begin to understand. Claire covers what to do if you eat your feelings, gives an example of a past member's journey with emotional eating, and shares what foods are emotional for her. We hope this episode empowers you ...
Sep 17, 2020•18 min
Are you looking for more structure in your life, your health, and your daily routines? In this episode, Claire introduces "supportive structure" and how to incorporate it at the intersection of self-care, self-discipline, and self-compassion. Claire also discusses "unsupportive structure" and what that looks like in everyday life. Chances are you've been given a meal plan from a trainer, push up challenge from Pinterest, or a calorie goal from an app, which often leads to you sacrificing your me...
Sep 10, 2020•20 min
You know by now that here at Flourish we're not the biggest fans of diets, but we've learned so much about ourselves through them. Claire breaks down why dieting isn’t just about what you’re eating or how much, why you don’t need to be on a specific diet to be engaging in either diet mentality or diet behaviors, and how she learned that the most sustainable way to eat is guided by her own intuition and internal compass, not external rules. Freeing yourself from diets opens up so much space for y...
Sep 03, 2020•26 min
Have you ever thought: "If I could only be more consistent?" Girl, you're not alone. In this episode, Claire discusses the ways in which we unintentionally sabotage ourselves when it comes to creating consistency in the healthy habits we desire. Maybe you're attempting to be consistent in something that is inherently unsustainable, maybe you’ve got a perfectionistic idea of consistency, or maybe you don’t believe you actually can be consistent. Whatever it may be, we're encouraging you to set yo...
Aug 27, 2020•22 min
Take a moment to think back on your diet history. What was the first diet you went on? How old were you? Why did you go on it in the first place? What results did you get? Did they last? How has your diet history progressed from there? You’ll commonly hear weight management boiled down to a simple balancing act: calories in versus calories out. In this episode, Claire explains why it’s so much more nuanced than that. While it’s not total BS—within reason and without underlying issues or imbalanc...
Aug 20, 2020•24 min
If we were to wave a magic wand and solve all of your body image woes, how much time and energy would be freed up for you? And what would you do with all of it? In this episode, Claire discusses the positive side effects that can come from creating a more sustainable, less time-intensive approach to nutrition. Whether that’s starting to date for the first time in years, starting a family, paying off debt, getting involved in social justice issues, or growing in their careers (the area in which w...
Aug 13, 2020•18 min
In a world where women are taught and conditioned to hate their bodies, deciding to love yourself is a really radical idea. In this episode, Claire discusses the body positivity movement and the problems that arise for the people based on their interpretation of the movement or even the simple idea of being “body positive.” Body positivity may, at face value, feel inaccessible if you aren’t in a place where you currently accept, like, love, or feel neutral about your body. We explore the concept...
Aug 06, 2020•17 min
Body image is one of our favorite subjects to talk about in Flourish. After all, you probably wouldn’t care as much about food and nutrition if it weren’t for how it affected your body, weight, or body image, right? But if you think about it… body image isn’t just about the way you look. Even when you look your thinnest and “fittest,” your body image can still be negative because of the way you think and feel about how you look. Maybe your body image has fluctuated based on a number of factors t...
Jul 30, 2020•24 min
You may follow the podcast because you’re interested in creating a more consistent, sustainable approach to your nutrition and health. We love helping you do that at Flourish becasue we know how much better, more energized, and more confident you feel from that place of vibrant health. And one of the best ways to create more consistency is to understand what gets in the way. We hear it all the time: “My partner doesn’t like to eat healthy!" or “My partner just doesn’t care about health!” If that...
Jul 23, 2020•19 min
If your pool days or beach trips are filled with bikini anxiety more than any other feeling, this episode is for you. From childhood all the way through college, Claire hated the summer. Summer camp? Pool parties? Swim team? Tubing down the river? They all involved getting into a bathing suit, which brought on a very specific version of dread. These days, if Claire's in a bikini, she's likely enjoying the feeling of sun and wind her my body, not getting wrapped up in swirling negative body image...
Jul 16, 2020•22 min
Chances are, you’re letting your past define your future in some way if you’ve ever said or thought something like, “I’ve always been like that,” or “I’ve never been able to do that.” Most of us do this. We define our future based on our past. It’s a form of expressing a limiting belief that we say is “being honest” or “just being realistic.” And this works, as long as you want to continue to think, feel, and do everything you’ve always thought, felt, and done. But if you want to change these th...
Jul 09, 2020•19 min
Your comfort zone isn’t inherently a bad place. In its truest sense, your comfort zone serves a purpose. It’s a physical space or, often, a set of tendencies or patterns that cause you to feel at peace and free from stress. But we've heard all too many women refer to a “comfort zone” in which they feel anything but comfortable. This episode is all about the myth of the comfort zone and how that simple misuse of language may be keeping you stuck. Instead of letting the fear of leaving your “comfo...
Jul 02, 2020•17 min
You probably want to be kinder to yourself and have better body image and more compassionate self-talk. But maybe there's this voice in your head that's telling you that you won't "get" to do that until you're healthy. Or, perhaps, to put it more honestly, thin. It'd be one thing if that approach worked, but it just doesn't. At least in the long-term. In this episode, Claire shares her journey of trying to hate herself to a point of thinness and "health" and how it totally backfired. The hope is...
Jun 25, 2020•14 min
This episode is a must-listen if you've ever said or thought, "I know what to do, but I'm just not doing it," regarding food, nutrition, or health. That's because knowing what to do doesn't always translate to actually doing it. In this episode, Claire explores the GI Joe fallacy and how it relates to reaching your nutrition and health goals. Links: What scientific idea is ready for retirement? — Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking ...
Jun 18, 2020•19 min
This episode is all about the labels that we have for ourselves around food like "sugar addict," "food addict," or "emotional eater." Claire explores the validity of these labels in the research and how they may or may not be serving you in your journey to a better relationship with food. Links: American Journal of Medicine European Journal of Nutrition — Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations....
Jun 11, 2020•18 min
Claire here. I recorded this episode on Sunday, June 7, 2020 as we are reeling from the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and many other Black men and women who have died as a direct result of racism and racist policies in our country. This podcast is intended to provide clarity, commitment, and accountability for the actions that Flourish (previously Nutritional Freedom) as a business and I (Claire) as a person will take to be in the practice of anti-racism. Our...
Jun 08, 2020•13 min
In this episode, Claire hones in on two super common thoughts that seem innocent enough but could very well be holding you back in a major way. Tune in and ask yourself: "What thoughts am I having?" "Are these thoughts serving me?" "If they're not, what thoughts could I be having instead?" P.S. If you haven't explored our episode on "managing your mind" yet, it's a great supplement to this episode. — Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talk...
May 28, 2020•23 min
Does your mouth ever start to water when you start thinking about one of your favorite foods? Ever felt your heart race when you think back to an embarrassing moment? This is the importance of managing your mindset through practicing thought awareness. Your thoughts have a direct impact on your actions, which have an impact on your results. Managing your mindset is more than just giving yourself a pep talk, keeping a positive mindset, or always being happy. In this episode, you'll learn what min...
May 21, 2020•19 min
In this episode, we're applying simple strategies to help you create sustainable, healthy habits while doing just about everything from home. If you haven't yet, explore your work from home personality type in our previous episode for additional context. Remember, this episode provides the education and inspiration you need to then act on what you've learned. Without action, nothing changes. — Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking abo...
May 14, 2020•25 min
Are you a Focused Femme or more of a Multitasking Maven? In this episode, Claire walks you through the four work from home personality styles that we've discovered through our corporate wellness work and within the membership community. Claire reviews each style's strengths and opportunities for improvement. — Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking about Nutritional Freedom and Foundations. Since we launched the podcast in 2020, we've ...
May 07, 2020•27 min
We’ve been covering some pretty high level concepts so far on the podcast, but today’s episode is much more tactical. Before we get into it, go ahead and download the values discovery and goal setting worksheet that goes along with it. If you’re here, you probably want more out of life. More health. More confidence. A bigger and better life overall. If that’s you, then you’re an active participant in your own life, and we love that about you. But you also probably recognize that the way that you...
Apr 30, 2020•19 min
Isabel Garza, RDN, LD, joins Claire again on the podcast to continue their conversation about the Flourish approach to health. In this episode, they tackle the topic that brings most people to diets in the first place—weight loss. In this episode they discuss the neutrality of weight, what body autonomy really means, weight loss as an outcome, and powerful questions you can ask yourself to continue moving forward on your journey to flourishing. — Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podca...
Apr 30, 2020•23 min
In this episode, Claire is joined by one of her favorite people—Isabel Garza, RDN, LD. They cover the signs and symptoms of sneakier forms of dieting, how to use not-dieting as a health-promoting tool, common pitfalls and misconceptions along the path to becoming a health-forward non-dieter, and powerful questions for you to explore to move forward on your own value-driven path towards health. — Program note: Hey, glad you’re enjoying the podcast! In this episode, you might hear Claire talking a...
Apr 30, 2020•30 min
One of the regular group calls we do in the Flourish membership is a “share your story” call. It’s powerful stuff. If you’re living with food or body image struggles, you may feel like you’re on your own. Like you’re the only one who’s ever felt crazy around food, or that you must have the most negative self-talk when it comes to your body. And that feeling of alone-ness can bring up so much shame. What Claire has learned from Brené Brown (a PhD researcher of all things courage, vulnerability, e...
Apr 30, 2020•24 min
Join Claire Siegel, CEO of Flourish and registered dietitian, as she shares practical perspectives on health and wellness that you can use today to change your life. The Flourish podcast will be a mix of solo episodes, interviews, and community conversations that encourage you to think about your approach to your health in more nuanced and gentle ways. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Keep up with all things Flourish. ✨ Download Flourish and book your free session Follow Claire (@claire...
Apr 04, 2020•2 min
