96 | Compassionate Nutrition, Intuitive Eating, and Elimination Protocols with Cristina Curp

Cristina Curp from the Castaway Kitchen is back this week and we’re doing things a little differently (when do we not when it’s us together, honestly?) She was previously on episode 25 of the podcast (my god, has it really been that long?) and this time Cristina is interviewing ME. Well, she started off by introducing me and then we had a conversation about compassionate nutrition, intuitive eating, diet culture, and therapeutic elimination protocols (and where they can go wrong, but where they might be necessary for some people). We’re talking about that all-elusive middle ground that is so hard to find when you’re trying to find this freedom and neutrality around food and your body, yet you have a complicating condition like an autoimmune disease or different physical symptoms (or even flares!) that result when you eat certain foods.

Today we’re chatting about…

Healing protocols as a way to keep controlling your food
Why I quit the Whole30 and how I changed my nutrition coaching business from there
Why it’s so important to work with a practitioner if you’re doing any kind of elimination protocol
How therapeutic diets can create fear foods
The stress around certain foods can cause you have a reaction to them
Redefining success and what health means to you – for most people, it’s not related to weight at all.
How your “ideal weight” is most likely different than your body’s true ideal weight
What is “compassionate nutrition”?