Whole-Hearted Eating ™ with Dana Monsees & Cristina Hoyt

We’re back again for a part 2 to last week’s episode where we’re digging into your body image questions! In this episode we’re tackling your questions about how to reconcile wanting to change your bo...

Time for another listener questions episode on “extra weight” and accepting body changes with ‘all foods fit’ approach! In this episode we’re focusing specifically on body image questions we have fro...

If you’re in the non-diet, HAES instagram space – you may have seen a lot going on over the past few weeks regarding some very problematic interactions between Lindo Bacon, the author of the book Hea...

On today’s episode we’re doing a TikTok nutrition trends takedown with Claire Chewning –  Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and the owner and founder of Yours Chewly Nutritio...

Brooke Miller, RD, CLC and Cristina discuss how complicated parenthood can be; especially when it comes to navigating all of the confusing nutritional advice, expectations, and body image triggers th...

Dana & Cristina investigate the validity of the question – “Is weight a symptom?” from an integrative perspective, a functional medicine perspective, a traditional medicine perspective. They then...

 Amanda Montalvo from Hormone Healing RD and Dana dig deep into a clinical approach to stress, hormone health, and mineral imbalances! Amanda talks us through: what are the biggest contributors, or c...

Dana and Cristina dig into the question: how do we figure out if something that is inherently restrictive might be appropriate for this season of your life? Can you manage chronic health conditions w...

On this week’s episode with Nicola Salmon we’re discussing how to navigate pregnancy, fertility, and medical weight stigma with a fat positive approach.  Nicola, the author of Fat and Fertile, breaks...

On this week’s episode we’re discussing: What is restriction? It’s way broader than you think. We may not think that we’re being restrictive, but a lot of ‘normal’ or ‘healthy’ behaviors are very res...

Victoria Yates is a Registered Nurse Health turned health coach and intuitive eating counselor who helps women create healthy lifestyles without dieting. On today’s episode we’re digging into identit...

Elisabeth Kristof is a certified applied neurology practitioner and the founder of Brain-Based Wellness, a revolutionary online platform that trains the nervous system and body to resolve old pattern...

​​Welcome to the 200th episode of the podcast!!! *Confetti everywhere* First I (Dana) wanted to send a HUGE thank you to everyone who’s been listening over the years, I wouldn’t have been able to do ...

​​Sammy Previte is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Certified Personal Trainer, owner of Find Food Freedom, co-host of What The Actual Fork Podcast and host of the Find Fo...

Mark Breedon is an online strength coach for women who joins us to talk about weight-neutral strength training, and how we can approach exercise, and specifically strength training, in a non-aestheti...

Workweek Lunch founder Talia Koren joins us today to talk about how to un diet meal prep, and how to use meal prep in a way that works best for your lifestyle, budget, and preferences – without the bo...

Let’s talk about New year’s resolutions, goal setting, and how to approach this with a non-perfectionistic, non-diet goal setting mindset – when you have health goals in mind! We’re all taught to beli...

In this Part 2 episode to last week’s “Am I overeating?”, Dana and Cristina discuss practical solutions to work through overeating, binge eating, and scavenger eating. They also dive into how to stop ...

Dana and Cristina dig into the topics of overeating, scavenger eating, binge eating, and binge eating disorder today to answer the question: am I overeating? am I binge eating? They find there are a l...

 Bonnie Roney is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who helps women eat without guilt by giving diet culture the middle finger & improving body image. On today’s episo...

Nicole Jardim is a Certified Women’s Health Coach, writer, speaker, mentor, and the creator of Fix Your Period, a series of programs that empower women and menstruators to reclaim their hormone health...

We’re switching things up this week to bring you a fun, quick episode on our 2021 Whole-Hearted Eating Holiday Gift Guide! Click the links below to check out all the fun gift ideas we mention, and don...

On today’s episode Dana and Cristina dive into how to prepare for holiday food and body talk! The holidays are always stressful in some way, and it’s likely that they will be even more so this year wh...

Dr. Carolyn Ross is our guest on the show today, who specializes in working with patients from an integrative medicine approach, incorporating trauma history, eating disorders, body image work, and cl...

Dr. Gregory Dodell joins us on today’s episode for a discussion on HAES in endocrinology, weight stigma in the medical industry, and how he works on conditions like type 2 diabetes and PCOS in his pra...

Marci Evans, RD is our guest today and we’re digging deep into the intersection of gut symptoms, mental health, chronic stress on the body and our relationship with food. You don’t have to have a diag...

On today’s episode Dana and Cristina are discussing pandemic flux syndrome, burnout, and different types of self-care that we can use to combat burnout and anxiety. In particular, they’re digging into...

Dr. Alexis Conason, Psy.D., CEDS-S is a clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist-supervisor in private practice in New York City. On today’s episode with Dr. Conason we’re diggi...

Dr. Colleen Reichmann is our guest today and we’re diving into how our relationship with alcohol exists on a spectrum, just like our relationship with food and exercise. How does alcohol culture rela...

On today’s episode Cristina and Dana are chatting about boundary setting for self-care with their guest Jocelyn Hamsher, LPC, CSAT, who is a Licensed Professional Counselor and course creator who runs...

Hey friends! The podcast is back after a summer break and we couldn’t be more excited! On today’s episode we’re chatting about where we’ve been on our summer breaks and a new episode structure for the...

Kanoa Greene is an Opera Singer turned NYC Corporate Recruiter, turned internationally recognized yoga instructor and fitness trainer who hosts body positive fitness retreats around the world. On toda...

Ragen Chastain is a speaker, writer, and thought leader in the fields of Body Image, Health at Every Size, Fitness, Corporate Wellness, Weight Stigma and weight bias in healthcare. She is the author o...

Dr. Lindsay Kite is co-author of the new book “More Than a Body” and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined, alongside her identical twin sister Lexie Kite. While many well-intentioned people ...

On today’s episode with Brianna Campos, aka Body Image with Bri, we’re diving deep into sexiness, confidence and body image! We’re also talking about the grief and discomfort that can frequently come ...

Katie Barbaro is an intuitive guide and creativity doula with a background in occupational therapy, trauma-informed yoga, and improv & standup comedy. Through intuitive coaching sessions, Katie gu...

Amanda Martinez Beck  is a weight-inclusive body image expert and coach, in addition to being a fat body liberation activist, podcaster, neighbor, writer, and anti-racist. On todays’ episode with Aman...

On today’s episode we have Part II of II with Kristina Bruce, Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider (Click here for Part I). We’re talking about the navigating body changes & n...

Kristina Bruce, Certified Integrative Life Coach and Body Trust® Provider is our guest today for the first of a two-part episode! Today, we’re digging deep into how our identity can be tangled up in w...

On today’s episode we’re introducing our May focus: body image and body neutrality. Today’s episode is a solo one – just Dana and Cristina – and we’re digging into conditional food neutrality: how and...

On today’s episode with Becky Scott we’re chatting about microaggressions in the fitness industry, the problematic “worth it” aspect of exercise, how to create more inclusive fitness spaces, and the w...

Larkin Silverman is a self-proclaimed Vinyasa Vixen who teaches accessible, inclusive, empowering,  Body Neutral and Trauma Informed group and private fitness classes. For Larkin, these movement modal...

Barb Puzanovova is our guest today, who is also known as the the Non-Diet trainer! Barb is an ACE-certified personal group trainer, Behavior Change Specialist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor....

This month on the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast we’re diving deep with our guests on the topic of intuitive fitness, and how you can begin to change the way you view exercise away from an all-or-nothin...

Welcome to the evolution of the Real Talk with Dana podcast with Dana Monsees, to…the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast with Dana Monsees and Cristina Hoyt! Whole-hearted Eating is the philosophy we create...

This week on Real Talk with Dana is the last episode until we change to the Whole-Hearted Eating Podcast! Cristina Hoyt, aka my new co-host going forward, and I will be diving into the topics of welln...

Lopa Van Der Mersch is an Ayurvedic practitioner. Mother of two. Sustainability advocate. TEDx speaker and recovering cult member. Her adventures have taken her around the world in search of health, s...

Carrie Eckert is a holistic health coach, a friend of mine from grad school, and the author of the new book Going with my Gut. On today’s episode we’re chatting about neuroplasticity healing for mold ...

Israel Passwater is a co-owner of Clearly Filtered and today we’re talking about how not all water is created equal – and why clean water for gut health is so important. We talk all the time on this p...

This month we’re going to be digging into all things gut health and healing from the inside out – of course, from a non-diet, neutral nutrition approach. This week we’re starting out by talking about ...