Nourish & Empower
Have you ever felt like you could use a little extra support when working on your relationship with food and your body? Join Jessica, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and Maggie, a Registered Dietitian, along with special guests, as we chat about mental health, nutrition, eating disorders, diet culture, body image, and so much more. Together, we have over 15 years of experience working in eating disorders and mental health treatment. Let’s redefine, reclaim, & restore the true meaning of health on The Nourish & Empower Podcast.
Podcasting since 2023 • 75 episodes
Nourish & Empower
Latest Episodes
The Real Baggage: The Food Rules We Bring On Vacation
Spring break is supposed to feel like a break, yet for so many of us it turns into a countdown of food rules, body checking, and “vacation ready” pressure. We’re talking about travel nutrition and body image in a way that’s realistic, compassio...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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36:26
Rally for Recovery with the National Alliance for Eating Disorders
A bathroom scale can become a judge, a ritual, and a cage and most people suffering from disordered eating learn to hide it well. We sit down with McCall Dempsey, founder of Southern Smash and a National Alliance for Eating Disorders advocate, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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39:54
Yoga For Every Body: Making Yoga Virtually Accessible
What if yoga stopped asking you to earn your place and started meeting you where you already are? We sit down with Emily Anderson, a Pittsburgh-based yoga therapist and founder of All Bodies Welcome Yoga, to rethink movement through nervous sys...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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49:36
ANTM: How A “Reality Check” Missed The Reality Of Harm
A glossy show sold us aspiration; the documentary showed us the bill. We revisit America’s Next Top Model with clear eyes and full context, unpacking how a franchise turned vulnerability into spectacle and then tried to hide behind “it was the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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35:34
For Those on the Long Journey: A Recovery Story for ED Awareness Week
What if recovery didn’t have to be perfect to be real? We’re joined by author Johanna Scoglio, whose new memoir, When the Water Still Holds Me: Letters Through the Tides of a Long-Term Eating Disorder, opens a candid window into life w...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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49:45