Have you ever wondered what the difference is between dieting and disordered eating? What happens when you don't eat enough? What determines how "fast" or "slow" your metabolism is? In this episode Savana sits down with Anika Roy - eating disorder survivor who's currently finishing her Master's in Nutrition, and they do a deep dive together on where diets fall short despite the rate of dieting being the highest it's ever been. This episode covers everything from signs that your dieting ...
Feb 5, 2025
43 min
Women are struggling with burn out and the feeling of living in survival mode more so now than ever. In this podcast episode, women's therapist Savana dives into the 6 trends she's seeing that are keeping women caught in the cycle of burn out. You won't want to miss this episode, because it's much deeper than just working too much and not getting enough sleep. Savana uncovers the subconscious and nervous system reasons why women are constantly running on E and unfortunately, most of the rea...
Jan 22, 2025
31 min
You've heard about weight loss surgeries and Ozempic, but is it really the magic cure for permanent weight loss? In this episode Savana sits down with a former weight loss surgery dietitian, Kirsten Ackerman, who tells us everything we need to know about weight loss surgeries and the ozempic era. R.D. Kirsten Ackerman brings forward an interesting perspective as a former weight loss surgery dietitian who did a complete 180, and is now anti diet and working as an Intuitive Eating Dietitian. ...
Sep 25, 2024
37 min
September is PCOS Awareness month, so what better time for Savana to share her PCOS journey in depth with listeners! In this solo podcast episode Savana takes you through her PCOS journey from the start to the present day. Savana's PCOS journey is a still a work in progress, but she takes you back to the beginning to discuss the first PCOS symptoms she had, how she discovered she had PCOS despite having never heard of it before, and the endocrinologist appointment that left her in tear...
Sep 18, 2024
41 min
Is society's obsession with eating healthy, checking food labels, avoiding processed foods and stressing over ingredients actually healthy? Or could it be making us sicker? Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor (and social worker!) Natasha Snapper joins Savana for a fascinating episode where they discuss when healthy eating becomes orthorexia and the impacts of the healthy eating craze on mental health, physical health and the nervous system. You won’t want to miss this episode, because...
Sep 4, 2024
45 min
Savana turns 30 this week! This is a special birthday episode where Savana talks about the 30 most important and insightful things she's learnt this far in life, and as a therapist (who also goes to therapy). Tune in to hear what Savana has learnt about our patterns as humans, the nervous system in action, the most important superpowers of life to master, some of the most inspirational insights that has helped her clients, and so much more! Want to show some love or have a topic ...
Aug 28, 2024
40 min
Why do I have thoughts about dieting on a bad body image day? Why am I so scared about gaining weight? Or so stressed when I miss a workout? In this episode, Savana reveals the reason why you do these things... and guaranteed, you haven't heard it before! This episode covers: what it actually means when you have the urge to diet and restrict on a bad body image day why you keep going back to dieting even though you know it doesn't work in the long runthe physiological reason...
Jul 17, 2024
25 min
Do you have ADHD and feel like your eating patterns and relationship with food feel chaotic? There’s a reason why! In this episode I sit down with an anti-diet Nutritionist, Ellen Biemiller, and we discuss all things ADHD and having a healthy relationship with food that doesn’t include diet culture. Here’s everything that we cover: which ADHD symptoms can contribute to a stressful and chaotic relationship with food the differences in the way an ADHD brain functions which can ...
Jul 10, 2024
43 min
Have you heard of the nervous system responses fight, flight or freeze, but don't really know exactly what that means for you and your nervous system? Every nervous system response has an origin story, and even things that have happened to us years and years ago impact how we respond to stress today. In this podcast episode, Savana uses her own nervous system as an example of how it keeps track of all our experiences. In other words, this is a real life, real time example of how the body ke...
Jul 3, 2024
25 min
Are you actually binge eating? Or are you just overeating? Listen to Savana sit down with a fellow therapist, Daniela Durazo, who specializes in Binge Eating. In this episode we talk about what exactly Binge Eating Disorder is and looks like, and what the differences are between binge eating, overeating, and emotional eating. This episode covers: why binge eating is more than just eating your favourite foods until you feel physically full what binge eating and dieting have i...
Jun 26, 2024
35 min
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