The Midlife Feast

Apr 29 2024 75
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Welcome to The Midlife Feast, the podcast for women who are hungry for more in this season of life. I’m your host, Jenn Salib Huber, dietitian, naturopathic doctor and intuitive eating counsellor. Each episode “brings to the table” a different perspective, conversation, or experience about life after 40, designed to help you find the "missing ingredient" you need to thrive, not just survive.

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#110 - Parenting Without Diet Culture with Oona Hanson

Apr 29 2024 41 mins  
Join me and parent coach Oona Hanson for a compassionate conversation about the tangled relationship between diet culture, body image, and family dynamics. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal journey through eating disorder recovery, Oona offers helpful insights into the subtle ways language shapes our beliefs about food and self-worth, and how these patterns impa

#109 - The Body Acceptance Mistake That’s Keeping You Stuck in the Suck

Apr 22 2024 10 mins  
If you're ready to hop off the dieting rollercoaster, you might be starting to wonder what body acceptance really means for you. But here's the thing: a lot of folks mix up body acceptance with giving up, and it’s just not the case!So, in this quick solo episode, I'm going to offer you a crystal clear definition of what body acceptance is, and what it isn't. T

#108 - Breaking Down Barriers to Fitness in Midlife & Beyond with Michael Ulloa

Apr 15 2024 26 mins  
Building and maintaining new movement habits can feel daunting, especially if you don’t enjoy moving as much as you did in the past, or are learning to navigate changes to your physical abilities in midlife. But as my guest and I both agree, fitness culture has way overcomplicated what counts as success when it comes to fitness goals.In this episode, personal trainer and nutritio

#107 - Why Diets Don't Work with Dr. Amy Porto, PhD, RD

Apr 08 2024 41 mins  
If dieting has left you flat-out exhausted mentally, physically, and emotionally, I want to assure you that you are not the problem. The problem is that diets and food rules have called the shots for decades of our lives. New diets mean new rules. More rules mean more confusion. And in midlife, we’re starting to realize that our brains and bodies are tired of trying to do more wi

#106 The Reason Why Body Image Work Feels So Hard with Steph Dodier

Apr 01 2024 36 mins  
The body acceptance and un-dieting journey is not for the faint of heart. It’s why so many people tell me they will be ready to work with me after they try this “last diet” one more time. Body image work tends to bring up more questions than answers and it takes a lot of courage to sit in all of the emotions that come with the questions. To help us unpack the many layers of t

#105 -Dear Diet Culture Diary: What the 80s Taught Us About Food

Mar 25 2024 21 mins  
In my work supporting women in midlife and menopause, there are some regular and recurring themes to the questions I get. Whether it’s a client, someone in the community, or DMs, they typically go like this:“I don’t understand what’s wrong with me.” or “There must be something I’m missing.” I always reassure them by saying, “I can’t tell you how common that is.�

#104 - Cultivating Body Positivity & Food Neutrality at Home with Tracey Harper

Mar 18 2024 38 mins  
When we begin to heal from all the damage diet culture has had on our growth and development, it can feel very urgent to get it “right” for our kids and learn how to keep diet culture out of our homes. While this deserves to be a top priority, it requires a lot of grace.In this episode, nutritionist and fitness coach, Tracey Harper helps us understand why rewriting the narrativ

#103 - Story Session: From Flaws to Features: Embracing Body Acceptance with Christina Testut

Mar 11 2024 24 mins  
In this special story session, Christina Testut—a kindergarten teacher and champion of body acceptance—joins us this week on The Midlife Feast to share her inspiring un-dieting journey and the lessons that quarantine taught her about embracing body diversity. She shares why her weight-loss “success story” became unsustainable, physically, mentally, and emotionally. As a mot

#102 - Gut Health & Hormones in Midlife: What You Need to Know with Dr. Kim Bretz ND

Mar 04 2024 43 mins  
Tight pants. Bloating. IBS. Food sensitivities. If you’re one of the many people who have experienced gastrointestinal discomfort in midlife, you know how complex this issue is. Dr. Kim Bretz ND is joining me to answer some of the most frequently asked gut health questions. She will help us understand that there’s a fair amount of confusion about our gut because we’re navigat

#101 - How to Build Habits Without Diets & Food Rules with Heather Sayers Lehman

Feb 26 2024 40 mins  
Diet and wellness culture do a fantastic job “shoulding” all over us, especially when it comes to the habits we put into place. This pressure does not mix well with our already strained capacity in midlife, making it necessary to ask ourselves if the habits we keep are serving us anymore. That’s why I’ve invited health coach and behavior change expert Heather Sayers Lehman