Shannon Dolan is a nutritionist and personal trainer who specializes in helping high achievers reconnect to their bodies. Her approach to fitness and nutrition is inclusive, refreshing, and inspiring.

Anessa Powell became an advocate for the disabled after being diagnosed with Addison's disease over a decade ago. She shares her lengthy diagnosis process, the challenges of having a rare and invisible condition, and how she turned her pain into purpose.

Danika Brysha is a highly successful wellness entrepreneur, plus size model, and self-care advocate. This episode explores the journey of rebuilding self trust when you've struggled with poor body image, disordered eating, a preoccupation with being liked, and a belief that we must always be hustling to achieve success.

Dana Monsees is a Dietitian-Nutritionist and Body Image Coach specializing in neutral nutrition for chronic health conditions, gut and adrenal issues. In this episode she shares her extensive experience with wellness culture, restrictive dieting trends, and the role mental and emotional issues play in our overall physical health. We discuss factors that played into both of us developing an eating disorder including but not limited to perfectionism, people pleasing, chronic illness, and being raised in a home where taboo topics were not discussed. We also reflect upon the evolution of ideal body types from our youth in the 90s and early 2000s to today, the variance of which shows just how unattainable a "perfect" body is. She stresses that not everyone (in fact most people) with an eating disorder are not underweight. Disordered eating is a coping skill to satisfy a need to feel in control. It can be rooted in a desire to control weight, but it's often more deeply rooted in the need to cope with unaddressed trauma. I hope Dana's personal stories and nutritional expertise resonate with listeners who feel stuck between a rock (ever evolving wellness trends) and a hard place (chronic illness, perfectionist tendencies, and a desire to find the magic bullet to fix our issues).

Today's guest is Lilly Stairs. We discuss the challenge of obtaining an autoimmune diagnosis, how it feels to experience medical gaslighting, and the lengths we have gone to feel seen and heard.