Finding Our Hunger

“I always thought that people told you that you’re beautiful–that this was a title that was bestowed upon you…I think that it’s time to take this power into our own hands and to say, “You know what? I’m beautiful. I just am. And that’s my light. I’m just a beautiful woman.” — Margaret Cho “Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night.” ― Charles A. Fisher Today’s guest is Molly Galbraith, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and co-founder of Girls Gone Strong, a movement dedicated to getting the best training, nutrition, health, wellness, and lifestyle information to women. In this episode we discuss: * Why fitness should enhance our lives and not BECOME our lives * Why we bully others about their bodies (when it’s really about ourselves) * Why a “brown grass” mentality might help you put things in perspective And how both gratitude AND pain can make your life better. Connect with Molly: WEBSITE: www.GirlsGoneStrong.com WEBSITE: www.MollyGalbraith.com Read more about Molly and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.  Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: READ: It’s Hard Out Here for a Fit Chick READ: 28 Day Love Your Body Challenge READ: Life, Death, and What Happens in Between    Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. – Albert Einstein Today’s guest is the director of brand strategy and food editor at Greatist, Tara Fuller. Tara wrote a fantastic article about the consequences of her exercise addiction, and she shares her story of recovery and hope. In this episode we discuss: * “What’s Your Excuse” for continuing to push through pain? * Journaling, therapy, and traveling the world with a yoga mat * Why you have to put your foot down and ask for what you need Connect with Tara: TWITTER: @tarasoph Read more about Tara and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.  Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: READ: I Got Six-Pack Abs in Six Weeks. Here’s How I Feel One Year Later READ: Disgust, Body Shame, and Fitspiration: Why We Care About Maria Kang Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes  

“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s saying.” ―Sarah Dessen “You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” —Yogi Bhajan Today’s guest is the ridiculously amazing health coach, body positivity warrior, and no-nonsense truth-teller Isabel Foxen Duke. In this episode we discuss: * How shrinking has become the measure of our growth * Why Isabel won’t sell women weight loss * The true meaning of “confidence” (hint: it starts with trust) * The life or death reason we have to relinquish control over our food Plus, Isabel explains why every time you tell yourself not to think of a cookie, you start thinking about cookies (and what to do instead). Connect with Isabel: WEBSITE: isabelfoxenduke.com TWITTER: @isabelfoxenduke Read more about Isabel and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.  Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: WATCH: Special K “Fat Talk” Commercial VISIT: Institute for Integrative Nutrition Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”— Leonard Cohen “You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”― Brené Brown Today’s guest is Karly Randolph Pitman, author of Overcoming Sugar Addiction and creator of Growing Human(kind)ness. In this episode we discuss: * Where the line between isolation and over-sharing lies * Why vulnerability can be our greatest asset or our greatest hindrance * The difference between a map and directions * What it’s like to make peace with being a messy human Connect with Karly: WEBSITE: Growing Human(kind)ness NEWSLETTER: Sign up here! Read more about Karly and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes.   Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger.  Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes  

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.— Stephen Covey A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” ― Coco Chanel Today’s guest is certified nutritional practitioner and the self-love sharing love child of Sarah Silverman and Slash, Summer Innanen. In today’s episode, we discuss: * Why it’s easier to add kelp to your diet than to look at what the real (emotional) health problems are * What to do when your own body is a trigger * Why we have to start making our bodies tangible by acknowledging that they are “there” * How self-esteem and positive body image aren’t always the same thing (and why you HAVE to start with self-esteem first!) And why you should consider carrying a sledgehammer in your bags! Connect with Summer: REMINDER: Friday (MAY 16) is the LAST DAY to register for the 8-week Rock Your Body program! [Click for more info!] WEBSITE: summerinnanen.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/SummerInnanenNutrition TWITTER: twitter.com/summerinnanen NEWSLETTER: Sign up here! Read more about Summer and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: READ: 100%: The Magic Pill for Chronic Pain and Eating Disorder Recovery LEARN: 10 Day Body Confidence Makeover LEARN: 8-Week Rock Your Body Course Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes  

Sometimes the best moment to sing a victory song is in the middle of your battle. – Jeremy Riddle What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – Pericles Today’s guest is shift disturber, designer of solutions, author, podcaster, and blogger Dean Dwyer. In this episode, we discuss: * Why the journey to changing how you look is really a journey to changing how you live * Why mastery does not equal stagnation * How to stop turning your problems over to other people and become the expert on you And why you really, really, should start that journal you’ve been putting off. (No seriously. HOW many Finding Our Hunger guests have suggested we journal? Yeah…that’s what I thought. :D) Connect with Dean: WEBSITE: DeanDwyer.com TWITTER: @DeanFromCanada Read more about Dean and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: READ: Mastery by Robert Greene Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes [image source]

“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” —Roger Babson Today’s guest is Darryl Edwards, aka “The Fitness Explorer,” a movement therapist, paleo nutritionist, blogger and published author of “Paleo Fitness” based in London, England. In today’s episode we discuss: * How to stop doing the “fast food” of fitness and start nourishing yourself with movement * How to remove the anxiety of exercise with play and fun * What functional movement has to do with…function * Why movement shouldn’t become either a hobby or an obsession Plus we discuss a life-changing moment in Darryl’s past that partially led to his transformation into the Fitness Explorer. Connect with Darryl: BOOK: Paleo Fitness WEBSITE: The Fitness Explorer FACEBOOK: facebook.com/fitnessexplorer TWITTER: twitter.com/fitnessexplorer YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/fitnessexplorer Read more about Darryl and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: READ: Paleo Fitness VISIT: Paleo F(X) Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes [image source]

“To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.” –Anne Lammott  Today’s guest is Luke Robinson, former WWE wrestler, professional human being, and leader of Wolf Pack Fitness in Maine. In today’s episode, we discuss: * The story most women believe about how to be fit and healthy (and why we keep telling it to ourselves even though it’s wrong) * What it’s like to celebrate strength and not physicality as beauty * How happiness is like an impressionist painting And we discuss why it’s time to start respecting your body (and the people you love) by putting on your big girl panties and eating the sardines! Connect with Luke: FACEBOOK: WolfPackWorldwide Read more about Luke and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: VISIT: Paleo F(X) Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes  

“As Aristotle said, ‘Excellence is a habit.’ I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring.” ― Criss Jami “If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance.”  —Andrea Boydston In today’s episode, Ito and I *FINALLY* had a chance to catch our breath and catch up. We discuss: * Why more is not more * How our generation has lost the ability feel contentment * What it’s like to live in the in-between And we talk about healthy expectations for work and dating, as well as how you can maintain momentum, even by slowing down. Read more about today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes [image source]

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. – C. S. Lewis Today’s guest is Shey Harms, the blogger behind Helping Others Achieve and the Slender Safari podcast. In today’s episode we discuss: * How infobesity can be harmful to your health * Why you can’t always equate your body image with your quality of life * Why you need to pack self-love on a weight loss journey And the reasons why you need a journal—and a “bigger why!” Connect with Shey: WEBSITE: Helping Others Achieve WEBSITE: Slender Safari PODCAST:  Slender Safari TWITTER: @sheyharms Read more about Shey and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: VISIT: Fizzle WATCH: The Thyroid Sessions PLAY: Gratitude Mad Libs READ: REM Rehab Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes [image source]

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller Today’s guest is Kelsey Osgood, the writer of How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia. In this episode, we discuss: * Why sharing the story of your eating disorder can be both healing and triggering * How anorexia is like a socio-cultural virus * Why living a stable, healthy life can make you more extraordinary than someone seeking greatness This one gets a little deep and a lot vulnerable. Please be kind to yourself as you listen—and if you are or think you may be suffering from an eating disorder, please seek help. Connect with Kelsey: WEBSITE: kelseyosgood.com BOOK: How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia Read more about Kelsey and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: READ: Pinterest Removes Eating Disorder-Related Content, Pro-Anorexia Community Continues To Thrive READ: Instagram Bans ‘Thinspo’: Photo-Sharing App Updates Community Guidelines   Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes  

Never let a desire for perfection keep you from enjoying what’s good.—Dan Eghe Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.—Maya Angelou Today’s guest is Jana Shuberth, an International Results Coach and the creator of Alive in Berlin, a global gathering of world changers in Europe’s most exciting city. In this episode we discuss: * Why we identify ourselves by external things like where we work (and what we should do about it!) * What happens when we consume advice instead of tapping into our own wisdom * How everybody has body issues And we get Jana’s expert take on what it feels like to be radically authentic & take ownership of your life. Connect with Jana:  WEBSITE: janaschuberth.com CONFERENCE: aliveinberlin.com TWITTER: @JanaSchuberth Read more about Jana and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: LISTEN: UN-Podcast 027: UNaired (Anne-Sophie Reinhardt)  READ: Martha Beck  VISIT: Alive in Berlin! Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes

“Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.” – Jim Rohn Today’s guest is Amy Kubal, a Registered and Licensed Dietitian who blogs at robbwolf.com and is the RD behind the “Ask The RD” column in Paleo magazine. Amy has recently been very open about her eating disorder recovery, and in today’s episode we discuss: * How even Paleo can be used to cover restrictive behaviors * Why food is a gift and why we have to treat it as such * How to learn how to eat food with no rules * Why we must start giving ourselves permission to enjoy—and not just eat—the food This episode is open, honest, and raw—and may be triggering for some. But I really wanted to share this with you, because I think it is so, so important for all of us to understand that even the experts are on their own journey—and that recovery is entirely possible if you’re willing to reach out for support and do the work to make peace with food and your body. Connect with Amy: BLOG: robbwolf.com EMAIL: amyk.rd@gmail.com TWITTER: @amykrd Read more about Amy and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: LISTEN: UN-Podcast 046: UNsexy READ: What My Body Has Done by Annie Browne  And don’t forget: there’s still time to get your ticket for Paleo F(X)! Amy and I will be speaking on a panel about eating disorders in the Paleosphere, and we’d love to see you there! Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes [image source]

“It’s time for all of us women to accept ourselves for who we are. This doesn’t meant that we need to stagnate–absolutely not. We still must set goals and strive toward them. We still must aspire toward better health and love in our lives. But we have to own who we are. –Stefani Ruper, Sexy by Nature Today’s podcast is a milestone in the history of Finding Our Hunger: Stefani Ruper, the mind, body, and voice of Paleo for Women returns to the podcast to discuss her new book, Sexy by Nature! In this episode, we get elbow-deep in the tangled discussion around feminism, femininity, sexuality, and the female body, including such gems as: * Why we (fortunately/unfortunately) need a book that’s just about women’s issues * Why sexy shouldn’t end up in your spam filter * Why trying and failing and trying and failing is how we view “success” when it comes to health * Why thin is privileged * Why you MUST break the rules if only to find out that you can And so, so, so much more. As always, Stefani is just an incredible guest, and I really can’t wait for you to check out her book. Connect with Stefani: Book: Sexy by Nature: The Whole Foods Solution to Radiant Health, Life-Long Sex Appeal, and Soaring Confidence Blog: paleoforwomen.com Twitter: @Paleoforwomen Facebook: Paleo for Women Read more about Stefani and today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: PLAY: #GratitudeMadLibs LISTEN: The LLVLC Show (Episode 784): Guest Hosts Kaila Prins & Ito Aghayere Talk Self-Love With Stacy Toth LISTEN: UN-Podcast 010: UNstuck (Stefani Ruper)  LISTEN: Fat Burning Man Podcast: Stefani Ruper: Sexy By Nature, How to Instantly Become More Attractive and Go-Go Dancing  READ: “You Look Great” vs. “You Look Healthy” VISIT: Paleo F(X)! (And come sit in on our panels on addiction, eating disorders, and women’s health!) Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes  

Travel is compost for the mind. –Martha Gellhorn There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. –Linda Grayson This week, Ito and I recorded from the SAME room for the first time…EVER! In this soul-baring, metaphor-packed episode, we discuss why: * You should hang out with the Finding Our Hunger guests in New York City * Presence can help you conquer anxiety * It’s okay to unpack your winter clothes in the spring * Scars can be beautiful if you let them heal And we discuss why you can always find more room on the fence for another lock. (Right to left) Jessi Kneeland, Katie Schreiber, Ito Aghayere, Kate F, and Kaila Prins Read more about today’s conversation at In My Skinny Genes. Join the conversation at facebook.com/findingourhunger. Subscribe to the podcast on  iTunes or Stitcher Radio, and make sure to leave a review. Mentioned in the podcast: LISTEN: UN-Podcast 022: UNsettled (Jessi Kneeland) LISTEN: UN-Podcast 040: UNexercised (Katherine Schreiber)  VISIT: Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project VISIT: The Institute for Integrative Nutrition And if you’re in the New York City area, make sure to check out Ito in the Classic Stage Company’s production of The Tempest! AND if you’re going to Paleo F(X) this year in Austin, Texas, you can come sit in on my panels on eating disorders and addiction! Make sure you get your ticket! Stay hungry, @MissSkinnyGenes [image source]