Ep. 151 - Go With Your Gut for The Healthiest You with Robyn Youkilis

Sep 25, 2018

Robyn Youkilis, an expert in gut health and emotional well-being, shares her insights on nurturing our bodies and connecting with our intuition. She discusses her book, "Thin from Within", emphasizing the link between emotional and physical wellness. Robyn highlights practical tips for breaking sugar addiction, understanding digestive health, and the transformative power of intuitive eating. Through personal stories, she reflects on her journey from a party girl to a purposeful life, all while advocating for listening to our internal signals for a healthier existence.

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Shift to Wellness

Robyn Youkilis's shift from partying to prioritizing health and wellness began when she realized her lifestyle wasn't fulfilling.
She stopped going out, focused on what she truly desired, found IIN, met her husband, and moved back to NYC, marking a turning point in her life.

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Digestion Tips

Drink plenty of water, especially 32 ounces in the morning, to aid digestion.
Incorporate fermented foods like sauerkraut or kefir for beneficial gut bacteria.

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Ideal Poop

Healthy poop should resemble a smooth, log-like shape, indicating complete and easy passage.
Strive for a medium brown color, which suggests optimal digestive health.

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Robyn Youkilis is here and ready to talk gut health, emotional weight, and how we can take care of our bodies to better connect with our intuition. This is a girl who knows her genius – healing your gut + your emotional well-being – and we really admire the honesty and consistency in the way she communicates. We also fell in love with Robyn’s most recent book, Thin from Within: The Go with Your Gut Way to Lose Weight, a coaching guide and cookbook mashup that is designed to help you optimize your digestion and shed emotional and physical weight from the inside out.

And here’s a fun fact: Robyn is also intuitive, and she weaves that into her nutrition practice in some beautiful, effective ways. We also chat about…

Crying + Running = Crunning
Who was Robyn in her early 20s?
Getting certified at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN)
Emotional weight
How gut + intuition became Robyn’s focus
What should our poop look like?
How Robyn’s diet and eating have changed over the past decade
The rule of 5 plate
How to break a sugar addiction
What’s the best boozy beverage?
A shoutout to Cardi B
The ferocity of love
Breastfeeding
How do you train your mind + body to curb emotional and binge eating behaviors?

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Resources:

Learn more | robynyoukilis.com
Get Robyn’s book | Thin from Within: The Go with Your Gut Way to Lose Weight
Instagram | @robynyoukilis
Facebook | facebook.com/yourhealthiestyou
Twitter | @robynyoukilis
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