Food Energetics, Gut Intelligence + Eating Enough Food ft. Natalie Medina
In this episode, Natalie Medina and I explore the wild world of the gut, food energetics, indulgence mindset, emotional eating and moooree!
ABOUT NATALIE MEDINA ~
Natalie is a reformed dieter and allopathic enthusiast turned Holistic Health Coach. After having her own struggles with her body & health, she now helps others experience the body they want by connecting the energetics of weight loss to the tangible daily actions. She’s the creator behind her forthcoming Healthy, Happy + Hot online community launching in January 2023 and she won’t tell you this, but I [Caroline] get to bc I write the show notes… she’s a brilliant practitioner and this membership community is going to be fantastic. I want to hop in myself, so hopefully I see you in there! 💜
CONNECT WITH NATALIE ~
On the gram: @_nataliejoy
On the TikToks: https://www.tiktok.com/@nataliejoyhealth
Checkout her free video series on weight loss energetics + all kinds of other great things she shares with her community at https://stan.store/NatalieJoy
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FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THIS EPISODE ~
some of my personal favorite lines of conversation that came up throughout this episode:
opening up to the bigger picture of how we consume food in this world
blessing food growing up vs. finding our own way to bless our food
intuitive grocery shopping!
the gnarly cycle of undereating, low blood sugar, and panicky overeating
forgetting to eat during a work tunnel + learning to eat enough food 💜
undereating, fight or flight, and the ways our bodies try to cope 💜
DETAILED EPISODE BREAKDOWN ~
0:00 - 10:00 ish:
episode overview + bts of the new muscle building program getting created 👀
our mutual love for people watching
paying for groceries in Japan lol
10 - 20:00 ish:
what are the energetics of food + weight loss?
opening up to the bigger picture of how we consume food in this world
relating to your gut flora 🌈
considering all the many things that go into the food on our plates 🛸
20 - 30:00 ish:
thanking, blessing + energetically detoxing our food 🥹
indulgence mindset and how it relates to thanking our food
blessing food growing up vs. finding our own way to bless our food
Caroline’s sweat lodge experience and what she learned about food energetics from that experience
what is orthorexia?
acknowledging and witnessing any suffering created by funky farming practices
30 - 40:00 ish:
the reality that organic, non-GMO foods aren’t accessible for all
loving the heck out of yourself as a natural path to deeper self care
Natalie’s amaazzinnngg magical weight loss journey
noticing the cravings of our gut flora!
intuitive grocery shopping!
finding your balance between the intuitive eating and structured eating
40 - 50:00 ish:
reflections on calorie counting
discerning between low blood sugar and deep gut cravings
the gnarly cycle of undereating, low blood sugar, and panicky overeating
emotional cravings + the experience of emotional eating
forgetting to eat during a work tunnel + loving ourselves into eating enough 💜
undereating and mood instability!
50 - 60:00 ish:
undereating, fight or flight, and the ways our bodies try to cope 💜
some of the keys that opened the door for Natalie to a whole new way of relating to food + body 🌈
listening to yourself and your own body above all else
musings about the connection between the nervous system and digestion
how to find Natalie on the interwebs + link up with her shiny new membership launching Jan of 2023!!
Natalie surprises Caroline with the nicest words ever and almost makes her eyes all watery 🥹💜
