Real Health Radio

Episode 141: Welcome to another installment of Real Health Radio. This week I’m sitting down with one of my past clients, Julie, to discuss what it’s been like working together. We cover why she came to see me, what we worked on, and where she is at now with health, body image, and her relationship […]

Episode 140: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. This week it’s a solo episode, and I’m covering a topic I’ve wanted to address for a long time: weight stigma.  I talk about what it is, what impacts it has on our lives, and I review two papers that try and understand the implications and potential […]

Episode 139: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Fiona Sutherland. Fiona is an Accredited Practising Dietitian & Nutritionist from Melbourne, Australia. She is Director of Body Positive Australia & The Mindful Dietitian, specialising in Mindful Eating, Eating Disorders, eating behaviour and body image from a Health At Every Size and […]

Episode 138: My annual show where, I go through my favourite books, documentaries and podcasts of the last year. It’s a wide-ranging mix, with some things that directly relate to health and nutrition but most that have no relation whatsoever. Books I read this year: The Body Keeps The Score Vessel Van De Kolk Principles by Ray Dalio Rehabilitate, […]

Episode 061: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. On this week’s show I interview Christy Harrison. Christy is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor based in Brooklyn, NY. She offers online intuitive eating courses and individual nutrition therapy to help people make peace with food and their bodies. Christy began her career as a journalist in 2003, and has written for and edited major publications including Gourmet, The Food Network, Slate, BuzzFeed, Modernist Cuisine, AllRecipes, and […]

Episode 087: Welcome back to another installment of Real Health Radio. This week we are looking at energy flux and understanding what that means in the context of your life. I explain what it is, why it’s important and what the major factors of your daily life are that have an influence over energy flux. Here’s what […]

Episode 137: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Sarah Rzemieniak. Sarah Rzemieniak previously worked as an eating disorder dietitian before recognizing that her true passion was in the coaching and counselling aspect of the work. She then became a certified eating disorder recovery coach through The Carolyn Costin Institute, where she […]

Episode 022: On today’s episode of Real Health Radio I interview Virgie Tovar. Virgie is an author and one of the USA’s leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. She is a plus size style writer for BuzzFeed, the founder of BABECAMP and the creator of #LoseHateNotWeight. Virgie also edited the anthology Hot & Heavy: Fierce […]

Episode 136: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Rupert Pugsley. Rupert studied marketing and business management after finishing school and then spent over a decade working in the soft drinks industry, working for Pepsi and then Red Bull. About three years ago he went back to school to pursue his […]

Episode 005: I recently saw a meme created by Dr Mark Hyman that said “sugar is 8 times more addictive than cocaine”. It made me remember a scene from the documentary Food Matters. One of the interviewees was talking about how addictive sugar is. She made a comment along the lines of “giving kids sugar is […]