What if the food in your pantry could tell you more than what is on the nutrition label?

So many of us walk through the grocery store looking for foods that seem healthy, easy, and nourishing, but we are rarely taught to ask where those foods came from, how they were grown, or what was lost along the way. We see beautiful produce that may have no flavor, pantry staples that all look the same, and labels that make big claims without always helping us understand what is actually in the food we are feeding ourselves and our families.

In this episode, we’re talking with Sarela Herrada, co-founder of SIMPLi, a regenerative organic pantry brand known for beans, grains, and oils.

And instead of stopping at the usual conversation about protein, fiber, or what to buy at the store, Sarela helps us look at the bigger picture: how soil health, farming practices, indigenous agriculture, crop rotation, and food sourcing all shape the flavor, nutrition, and impact of what ends up on our plates.

We get into what regenerative organic actually means, why sustainable agriculture is about more than a farming trend, and how food systems affect everything from nutrient density to farmer fairness, plus:

• Why nutrient dense food starts with the soil before it ever reaches your kitchen
• How organic beans, grains, and oils can carry more flavor and nourishment
• Why cooking beans from dried can be worth the extra step
• What makes Simpli beans different from conventional pantry staples
• Why food as medicine is not just a buzzword when we understand how food is grown
• How indigenous agriculture has shaped regenerative practices for generations
• Why asking where your food comes from can change the way you shop
• What to look for when choosing better food for your everyday meals

If you’ve ever wondered whether your pantry staples are actually supporting your health, your values, and the kind of food system you want to participate in, this episode is your invitation to start asking important questions before your food ever hits the plate.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

This episode is sponsored by SIMPLi. We’re grateful for their support in bringing this conversation to you.

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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

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

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Stress does not always announce itself loudly. Sometimes it shows up quietly, in the way you lose patience faster, feel drained before the day begins, or keep pushing through because everything still feels “manageable enough.”

Many women spend years carrying responsibilities, meeting expectations, and moving through exhaustion without realizing how much stress has built up beneath the surface. What starts as feeling overwhelmed can slowly affect your energy, relationships, focus, and overall sense of well-being.

In this episode, we are joined by Chetna Sethi, owner of Luminous Connections LLC. Chetna is an author, occupational therapist, burnout prevention specialist, and lifestyle balance coach who helps people recognize the early signs of burnout and create healthier, more sustainable ways of living and working.

We talk about burnout in a way that goes beyond the usual conversation. Sometimes what we call burnout is actually pre-burnout, the stage where chronic stress begins to take a toll long before complete exhaustion sets in.

This conversation explores why burnout can be difficult to recognize, how everyday expectations can keep people stuck in unhealthy patterns, and why exhaustion is not always solved by simply trying harder. We also discuss the competing demands that pull at our time and energy, especially for women who are balancing work, family, relationships, and personal well-being.

In this episode you’ll learn i:

• Early burnout symptoms and how chronic stress can build over time • Why burnout is not simply a resilience problem • How chronic stress can affect multiple areas of life • Why awareness is an important part of burnout prevention • The role workplace culture, organizational culture, and expectations can play in workplace burnout • Why meaningful work can still lead to exhaustion • Why burnout may be connected to a larger systems problem rather than individual failure

Before you push through another week on autopilot, listen in for a more compassionate way to understand burnout, balance, and the stress you may have been carrying for too long.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Maria & Tara

Download Dr. Chetna Sethi's free Pre-Burnout Guide: https://luminousconnections.net/preburnout/

Learn more about her book, Cultures That Bloom: https://www.amazon.com/Cultures-that-BLOOM-Organization-Burnout/dp/B0GNL4639Y

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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 Join The Nourished Table: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/recipe-club

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

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

What if beauty was never supposed to be something you had to earn?

So many women reach midlife carrying the same message they were handed for years: Lose the weight, do your hair, wear the makeup, change your body, and then maybe you’ll feel beautiful. Maybe you’ll feel confident. Maybe you’ll finally feel like you are enough.

In this episode, we’re talking about what happened when Maria was invited to speak at a women’s beauty and self-love event, only to realize that another speaker was planning to frame weight loss as a path to self-love.

And instead of staying quiet, saying yes, and ignoring the discomfort, Maria asked the question that changed the whole conversation: what message do you actually want women to leave with?

We get into what it means to speak up when a message does not align with your values, why beauty and body value get tied together so easily, and how powerful it can be to name the contradiction when self-love is being sold through appearance pressure, plus:

• Why Maria almost turned down the event and what made her speak up instead
• How beauty culture and diet culture can work together to make women question their value
• Why losing weight should never be framed as the reason someone becomes worthy, lovable, or confident
• Why you do not have to educate everyone, but you can choose to plant a seed when someone seems reachable
• Why speaking up can create a ripple effect, especially when the person listening has influence in her own community
• What it looks like to redefine beauty beyond the mirror and build self-love that is not based on appearance

If you’ve ever struggled with body comments, beauty standards, or the pressure to change yourself before you’re allowed to feel good, this episode is your reminder that you are allowed to question the message and choose something more aligned.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

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 Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: 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

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

Have you ever eaten past the point of fullness and immediately thought, “What is wrong with me?”

Maybe you told yourself you had no self-control. Maybe you promised you would start over on Monday. Maybe you felt guilty, frustrated, or ashamed, then tried to fix it with another plan, another set of rules, or another attempt to “be good.”

In this episode, we’re talking about the restrict binge cycle, and why the story you’ve been told about it may be completely wrong.

Because what if your eating patterns are not a sign that you need more willpower or self-control? What if your body is responding exactly the way it was designed to respond? And what if the very thing you keep turning to for control is the thing keeping you stuck?

We’re breaking down why food restriction can lead to intense cravings, overeating, and shame, and why willpower is not the answer most people think it is. We also talk about the sneaky ways restriction can show up, even when you are not technically “on a diet.”

You'll learn:

• What the restrict binge cycle is and why so many people get stuck in it
• Why overeating is not always a lack of self-control
• How physical restriction and mental restriction can both affect your relationship with food
• How hunger hormones shift when your body feels deprived, and why willpower was never going to win that fight
• Why certain foods can feel more tempting when you label them as “bad” or off-limits
• Why the guilt and shame after a binge keep the binge cycle alive long after the eating stops
• How diet culture profits from making you believe you are the problem
• Why self-compassion is such an important part of healing your relationship with food

This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt like they cannot trust themselves around food. We hope it helps you see that your body is not the enemy, and that there may be a much kinder, more freeing way forward.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

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 Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: 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

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

Have you ever said yes and felt your stomach drop the second the word left your mouth? Have you ever gone along with something, not because you wanted to, but because saying no felt too risky, too selfish, or just too hard?

That discomfort has a name, and it runs a lot deeper than conflict avoidance or wanting to keep the peace. People pleasing is a fear based pattern, and in this episode, we get into what's really driving it, why saying no can feel almost impossible, and what it actually costs you when your self worth gets tied to how much you give.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• What people pleasing in relationships really looks like: overgiving, over-helping, and automatically going along with what everyone else wants
• Where genuine kindness ends and self abandonment begins, and how to recognize which one's driving you
• How self worth, approval seeking, and conditional love shape the way you try to stay accepted and loved
• Why body image can become another arena where people pleasers learn to seek approval and shrink themselves to fit in
• How simple boundary language can help you pause before the automatic yes takes over
• Why learning to sit with discomfort is the real path to choosing yourself

If you've ever felt responsible for everyone else's comfort, this one's for you. Your self worth was never supposed to depend on how much you help, how agreeable you are, or how well you keep the peace.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

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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 Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz Join The Nourished Table: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/recipe-club

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

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

What if the reason you hate working out isn’t because you’re lazy, but because the space was never built with you in mind?

Most of us have been there. You walk into a gym, the mirrors are everywhere, someone yells something about burning off the weekend, and you spend the whole class watching yourself and wondering why you don't look like everyone else.

In this episode, we get into why boutique fitness has become as much about belonging as exercise, the emotional exhaustion of fitness culture, and why Tara thinks most people don’t actually hate working out nearly as much as they hate the experience surrounding it, plus:

• Why she removed the mirrors from her fitness studio entirely and what that one decision says about everything else she's built
• How she's created a fitness community where the energy people walk in with is protected and the judgment doesn't get through the door
• What strength training for women looks like when the goal is chasing strong instead of chasing skinny
• How she runs a genuinely body positive gym without making it a whole thing every single session
• Why belonging, safety, and joy turn out to be the health behaviors that actually keep people consistent and what HAES fitness has to do with it

If you've always had a heavy feeling before, during and after going to your fitness studio, you'll need to hear what Tara shared in this episode about inclusive fitness as it's such a breath of fresh air.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

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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 Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz

Join The Nourished Table: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/recipe-club

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

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

For so many women, the word "metabolism" has become tied to frustration, body shame, and the feeling that something must be wrong with them. You try to eat less, move more, push harder, and still feel like your body is not responding the way you hoped it would. Metabolism gets talked about constantly, but almost never explained correctly.

But what if your body is not fighting against you at all, and has actually been trying to protect you this entire time?

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Alyssa Olenick. She holds a PhD in Exercise Physiology, is a certified sports nutritionist, and a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer whose entire research background is rooted in metabolism and metabolic health. She is also a competitive strength athlete and ultramarathon runner who trains the way she teaches. What she brings to this conversation is the kind of clarity around women's health, strength training, and cardiovascular fitness that most women never get access to from a single source.

In this episode, you will discover:

• The part of metabolic health that has nothing to do with calories or weight
• What most women are never told about how resistance training actually works in the body
• What your fitness level actually signals about your long term women's health
• Why endurance training and strength training are not interchangeable, and why that distinction matters
• How hybrid training fits into a real schedule without overhauling everything you are already doing
• What cardio workout routines are actually building in your body over time
• Where athletic performance fits in even if you have never thought of yourself as an athlete

This conversation is grounded in science but written for real life, and it meets you exactly where you are with your body and your health.

The science of how your body works is not as complicated as it has been made out to be, and this episode shows exactly why.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

Connect with Dr. Alyssa Olenick:

Website: www.doclyssfitness.com

Programs: www.thelyssmethod.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/doclyssfitness

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW4CCAMyceAtaGVKhpUqcfQ

Podcast: https://doclyssfitness.com/podcast/

Scientific publications: https://doclyssfitness.com/press/

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 Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com

Website: www.taradeleonfitness.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

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

Have you ever felt like your mood, focus, and energy are all over the place, and you cannot quite figure out why? It can be frustrating when you are doing your best with healthy eating, but something still feels off mentally and physically.

A lot of the advice out there focuses on cutting things out, following strict plans, or chasing the latest supplement trend. But what if supporting your brain health started with adding more of what your body actually needs instead of taking things away?

In this episode, Amanda Ashcraft and Ann Kent, co-authors of The Brain Plate, dive into how nutritional science influences food, mood, and behavior. They discuss the gut-brain connection, the importance of balancing blood sugar for sustained energy, and how fueling your body properly supports both mental and physical well-being.

We also touch on supplement safety, dive into what supplement facts really mean, and share a grounded approach to nourishing your body without the confusion of trends.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• How fueling your body properly supports cognitive function, especially with carbohydrates
• Why intuitive eating is essential to rebuilding trust with your body and hunger cues
• How to think about ADHD support in ways that make mealtime easier
• Simple, sustainable approaches to midlife nutrition without restrictive diets
• What to prioritize before adding supplements, and how to figure out what your body really needs

If you're trying to better understand your energy, mood, or focus, this episode gives you practical advice on how to nourish your body and mind for lasting health.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

Get The Brain Plate Cookbook here!

Connect with Amanda Ashcraft and Ann Kent: Website Instagram

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 Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: 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

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