Christina is a holistic health coach, future NTP, fellow ED warrior, and a total badass – she has not one but TWO superstar podcasts, Wellness Realness (formerly known as Actually Adultish), and Straight Up Paleo. Basically, she’s like me, she does all the things and she’s constantly churning out amazing content, both on social media, on her podcasts, and with her clients. And she’s totally kicking butt at it.
PSA: I love this human. She is absolutely the best and you guys will soon see why. In this podcast we’re talking about her health journey, from having an eating disorder, struggling with anxiety, depression, multiple candida overgrowth, SIBO and other bacterial infections, to becoming a holistic health coach and being so passionate about helping others through nutrition and lifestyle changes.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Christina’s story of overcoming eating disorders, anxiety and depression with real food
- What it’s like to have body dysmorphia and how to get out of the cycle
- How to accept that gaining weight might be the best thing for your health
- How to stop the negative self talk and body shaming
- Dealing with people that make comments about your body
- The truth behind instagram, and why big accounts might not be telling the truth behind their posts
- Christina’s favorite indulgence right now
Go check out Christina over at ChristinaRiceWellness.com, on instagram @christinaricewellness, and both her podcasts: Wellness Realness and Straight Up Paleo!
Links we talked about in this episode:
Body Dysmorphia: Reflections on Society’s Ridiculous Standards for Weight
Coping with Gaining Weight For Your Health
Christina’s Paleo Women Lifestyle Program
Social Media Lies about being healthy
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Hi Dana, I really enjoy your podcast so thank you for the content. I enjoyed episode 19 but was a little disappointed when I went onto Christina’s social media and saw her pictures. I came away from the podcast thinking that she really was qualified to give advice on nutrition and the struggle to achieve a healthy body weight. I appreciated her comments how she also struggled with family members now calling her chubby when in actuality she was just trying to get healthy. But looking at her photos, she still appears to be underweight to me and the complaining about her belly fat seems a little hollow to me now. Thanks for listening.
Hi Karen, thank you! It’s important to remember that we shouldn’t immediately judge someone’s bodyweight as a qualification to give advice on nutrition and struggling to achieve a healthy body weight. She may still have a small frame, but Christina did explain in the podcast that she gained 50 lbs since her struggle with ED. For her family members, that may have seemed chubby for her, even if it looks smaller frame or underweight compared to someone else struggling with disordered eating. I don’t think she was complaining that she had a lot of belly fat, but it may be considerably more than she used to have – again, it’s all relative differences. I really appreciate your input and thank you for sharing your thoughts!