Love You More Podcast

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en-usMarch 05, 2024

Ep 37: The Weight of It

February 20, 2024
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Ep 37: The Weight of It

Episode summary:

In this candid, vulnerable episode, Jen opens up about her past struggles with disordered eating and control around food and exercise. This year has re-ignited some of these old thinking patterns and Jen shares openly about how she's still healing this part of her.

Favorite Quotes:

“Peeling back the artichoke leaves to get to the very juicy heart of peace, acceptance, love, and letting go of some control.”

Resources

en-usFebruary 20, 2024

mental health

disordered eating

self care

Ep 36: Zero Proof, Full Flavor: Unveiling the Non-Alcoholic Napa Cab Crafted by a Family of Visionaries

February 6, 2024

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Ep 36: Zero Proof, Full Flavor: Unveiling the Non-Alcoholic Napa Cab Crafted by a Family of Visionaries

Episode summary:

The Kamat family is the embodiment of the entrepreneurial spirit. In this episode, Jen talks to Drs. Vinay and Sona Kamat and their son Ehan. They stopped drinking alcohol 10 years ago, but maintained an appreciation for exploring the complexities of flavors.

Jennifer and the Kamats talk about the benefits of not drinking, how you can still enjoy beer and wine through mocktails and NA options, and how their new non-alcoholic Napa Cab, Domaine Kamat, was created. Plus, you get to learn how alcohol is removed from wine - cool, huh?

The Kamat Family

Ehan Kamat is a true entrepreneur and idea guy. He created his first product when he was only 12 and was on Shark Tank by 17! Since then, he's graduated from UC Berkeley business school and is now working with his dad on this next business endeavor.

When they're not creating wine, Vinay and Sona work as physicians in St. Louis, MO. When their son came to them with a dream to buy a vineyard in Napa and create a non-alcoholic Napa Cab, they were all in!

Favorite Quotes:

"It's kind of the ritual that we were more attracted to than the actual alcohol." - Dr. Vinay Kamat

Resources
Jennifer's Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Website
Past Podcast Episodes
Domaine Kamat Website

en-usFebruary 06, 2024

napa cab

non alcoholic wine

na wine

Ep 35: Troubleshooting Triggers

January 23, 2024

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Ep 35: Troubleshooting Triggers

Episode summary:

Everyone gets triggered. It's normal and a part of life. When you get triggered, do you find yourself asking, "Why can't I get past this?" "Why does this still bother me?" ?

In this solo episode, Jennifer processes where she is in her current place of growth when it comes to managing triggers. She explores changing her approach from thinking about the root cause of triggers to experiencing the feelings and emotions that come up and moving through them.

Favorite Quotes:

"We need to tell the brain, thank you for being there for me but right now these stories you're concocting aren't very important. What's important is getting out of my brain and feeling my body."

Resources
Jennifer's Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Website
Past Podcast Episodes

Dry January
Jennifer's Instagram

en-usJanuary 23, 2024

triggers

self care

emotional regulation

Ep 34: One Year Without Alcohol

January 9, 2024

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Ep 34: One Year Without Alcohol

Episode summary:

The decision to stop drinking was one of the top best choices Jen's made in her life. A Little over a year after her last drink in December of 2022, Jen talks about how her life has changed, the feedback she's received, and what's next for her.

In this episode Jen gets personal about why she shares her journey so publicly and how she responds to people's reactions to her decision to stop drinking. She also shares the changes that she's seen in her sober life. Things like presence, calm, and space.

If these episodes have sparked an interest in sober living or just drinking a bit less, message Jen. She is here to share stories and tips and to be a sounding board for the sober curious.

Favorite Quotes:

"Somehow not drinking allows me to get to know myself better."

"I've seen myself grow in confidence in my life. I've seen anxiety not place such a big role."

Resources

Past Podcast Episodes
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Snoop Dog Thank you

en-usJanuary 09, 2024

Ep 33: Grateful for Gratitude, but not Gratitude Gone Wrong

December 27, 2023

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Ep 33: Grateful for Gratitude, but not Gratitude Gone Wrong

Episode summary:

What is gratitude? What are the benefits to health? When does gratitude extend beyond the positive and go wrong?

In this episode Jennifer reflects on a couple of interactions with her sons over the past few weeks that got her thinking about staying grateful. They also got her thinking about how gratitude can go wrong and more intentional ways to approach gratitude in her own life.

There are times when gratitude goes wrong. These can show up as showing one sided gratitude on social media, feeling like you should be grateful during hard times, and keeping yourself stuck in situations under the guise of gratitude.

This one's deep, so if you're looking for an exploration of gratitude and gratitude practices as you move into the new year, this is for you.

Favorite Quotes:

"[Gratitude] lingers... stays with you. You see it and it just changes your chemistry."

"We can be sponges for good moments and moments of gratitude."

Resources

en-usDecember 27, 2023

Ep 32: Shaking Yourself Out of Stuck-ness

December 12, 2023

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Ep 32: Shaking Yourself Out of Stuck-ness with Becky Vollmer

Episode summary:

In this episode Jennifer gets to interview one of her dream guests! She sits down with renown writer, teacher, speaker, and leading voice in the recovery and sobriety community, Becky Vollmer. When Jen first started Love You More, she had a vision of the content she would produce and the people she would dream of having on the show. Becky was one of those dream guests.

Becky's expertise is in helping people to get unstuck. Jennifer and Becky talk about how you can know if you're stuck and how you can start down a path of freeing yourself from your stuck-ness.

Stick around until the end to get an update on Jennifer's alcohol-free journey and hear about the gifts sobriety has given Becky.

More about Becky

Becky Vollmer spent a lot of her life feeling stuck. Since she found her freedom, she has dedicated herself to helping others get unstuck and find their freedom.

After quitting her job, getting sober, and working through a long and emotional divorce, Becky virtually had a degree in soul guided choices. She learned so much about living life in a different way and found a passion for helping other people live the lives they've dreamed of.

Favorite Quotes from Becky:

"We can experience that sense of stuckness in lots of scenarios...big and small. In our jobs, our relationships, and our habits."

"We don't feel authorized to change our own lives."

"We really only make big changes when we can't stand ourselves anymore."

"The opposite of fear is choice."

Resources

Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel

Unbottled Potential (Amanda Kuda)

en-usDecember 12, 2023

Ep 31: Exploring Thoughts and Feelings with Life Coach Helen McLaughlin

November 28, 2023

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Ep 31: Exploring Thoughts and Feelings with Life Coach Helen McLaughlin

Episode summary:

Today Jennifer sits down with her life coach, Helen McLaughlin, to talk about how you can reframe situations by recognizing your thoughts and feelings for what they are. They unwind the between peace and happiness, discuss the merits of assigning greater meaning to your positive thoughts, and delve into how the brain creates the thought patterns that can have so much control over us.

Helen and Jennifer tackle hard questions like: How can we use our thoughts and not focus on them too much? How do you get out of negative cycles of thinking? What advice do you have for people who are using food or alcohol to deal with uncomfortable feelings?

More about Helen

Helen McLaughlin has been helping thoughtful people access the insights that change their lives since 2015. She has worked with her clients on career advancement, career change, marriage difficulties, confidence, boundary setting, breaking habits, building a business, growing a business, fitness goals, and self-esteem.

Helen believes that deep, lasting change comes from insight and from seeing things differently than you did before. When you see things differently, you behave differently.

Favorite Quotes:

"If [a thought] hurts or doesn’t feel good, it’s not the train of thought you want to take." – Helen

“A feeling is just a fluctuation in energy with a label on top of it.” – Helen

“A lot of my work with a client might just be trying to extend the moment between what they’re feeling and what is happening.” - Jennifer

“Nothing in life is screw-up-able.” - Helen

Resources

Helen’s Website

Helen’s Instagram

en-usNovember 28, 2023

Ep 30: The Power of Hypnosis (in nutrition and everything else)

November 14, 2023

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Ep 30: The Power of Hypnosis (in nutrition and everything else)

Episode summary:

In this episode Jennifer talks with fellow dietitian Sarah Krieger about how she discovered hypnosis and how she integrates it into her nutrition practice. In her current practice, the majority of her clients are seeing her for hypnosis, but are being treated for some type of nutrition issue in the background. Most clients come to her looking for help with weight loss, but she has also used hypnosis to change people's behaviors around smoking, phobias, sleep, and sports performance.

If there is something that you want to change about yourself or your life, hypnosis can help you do that. From weight loss to worrying about politics to dealing with difficult family members around the holidays, hypnosis can help you to change your thoughts, habits, and reactions.

Favorite Quotes:
"It's never too late to change who you are." - Sarah

"All hypnosis is self hypnosis. I'm just the guide." - Sarah

"It's an hour of a dreamy state where you get to take care of yourself and learn about yourself." - Jennifer

Resources

Sarah's Website
Sarah's Instagram
Sarah's Book: Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook
Sarah's Book: Coffee Grounds, Banana Peels, and Diapers

Stewart Brown's National Institute for Play

en-usNovember 14, 2023

Ep 29: The Power of Play - for adults!

October 31, 2023

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Ep 29: The Power of Play - for adults!

Episode summary:

A couple of weeks ago, Jennifer spent a weekend in Nashville at a 3 day music fest - with the goal of letting loose and just having fun. This past alcohol-free year, has been an exercising in re-discovering what fun means and she is here for it!

Research shows that play is good for physical and mental health and helps adults to develop better coping mechanisms and manage stress better.

In this episode, Jennifer talks about her own journey of building playful habits and gives you tons of resources that you can use to delve deeper into this topic and start adding more play into your day.

Head over to Instagram and let us know how you've been playful today!

Favorite Quotes:

“Do you do anything in your day that is not related to any sort of productivity?”

Other Episodes You Might Like:

Shiny Hood Self Care
What are you doing with your 4000 weeks?
Season 3 Kickoff

Resources

Jeff Harry - Positive Play Coach

The Dumb Dads

Kelly Pritchett, RD

Finish Line Virtual Assistants (Christie & Catie)

en-usOctober 31, 2023

Ep 28: Kicking Off Season 3 with an Alcohol Free Living Update

October 17, 2023

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Ep 28: Season 3 Update

Episode summary:

Welcome to season 3 of the Love You More podcast!

Nine months into her sober living journey, Jennifer reflects on alcohol-free firsts and some awkward moments. Surviving summer, concerts, and canoeing with 3 rowdy boys, she feels like she's hit her stride and is feeling more and more confident in her ability to navigate without the help of alcohol.

Jennifer also share her favorite non-alcoholic beers and some tips for handling social situations that typically revolve around drinking.

If you're interested in exploring alcohol-free living, hit Jennifer up on Instagram!

Favorite Quotes:

"It has certainly improved my life. I feel more myself. I feel like I can be more myself. I don't feel like I have...this underlying current of anxiety that I had when I was drinking."

Other Episodes You Might Like:

Season 2 Wrap-up & Thoughts on Rumination
Our Complicated Relationship with Alcohol
Rethinking the Drink

Resources

What is NA Beer?

Athletic Brewing Co.

Jennifer's Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Website
Past Podcast Episodes
Smartphone Podcast Episode

en-usOctober 17, 2023

Ep 27: What Are You Doing with Your 4000 Weeks?

May 16, 2023
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Ep 27: What Are You Doing with Your 4000 Weeks?

Episode summary:

When Jennifer's mastermind group asked her to choose her favorite productivity book to share on their most recent retreat, choosing Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman was a no-brainer.

With ideas like doing nothing, finding novelty in the mundane, and choosing your failures in advance, this isn't your average productivity resource. Burkeman reminds us that we only have, give or take, 4000 weeks to spend so we better find the time to enjoy it.

Favorite Quotes:

“As a person with perfectionist tendencies, I have certainly learned that I just can’t give my best at everything.”

“Attention is a finite resource.”

“Every moment could potentially offer something beautiful.”

“When’s the last time you did nothing?”

“I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.” - Blaise Pascal

Resources

Jennifer's Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Website
Past Podcast Episodes
Rick Hanson Website

en-usMay 16, 2023

Ep 26: Season 2 Wrap Up - Life Updates and Thoughts on Rumination

May 9, 2023
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Ep 26: Season 2 Wrap Up - Life Updates and Thoughts on Rumination

Episode summary:

In this series wrap-up, Jennifer provides a raw and emotional life update. As she continues to work through her foot injury, Jennifer talks through her thoughts on the Boston Marathon, her recovery, and what's up next.

Accepting this change in her relationship to running while focusing more on wholistic self care has brought up thoughts and feelings that have been hard to move on from. In the second part of this episode, Jennifer talks about rumination and how to get unstuck from thoughts that may be getting in the way of enjoying the experience of your life.

Favorite Quotes:

“If we want to be able to handle these hard thoughts better, we have to be more conscious of our thoughts, in general.” – Jennifer

Resources

en-usMay 09, 2023

Ep 25: Self Care for Athletes (and other active people)

April 25, 2023
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Ep 25: Self Care for Athletes (and other active people)

Guest Bios:

Kelly Pritchett PhD, RDN, CSSD
Nutrition & Exercise Professor
Director of Sports Nutrition for CWU Athletics
Consultant and Co-Owner of Inside Sports Nutrition

Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RD
Owner and CEO of the blog and wellness brand, Bucket List Tummy
Co-host of Nail Your Nutrition Podcast

Episode summary:

Jennifer and her good friends and fellow sports dietitians get together to talk about how athletes (and other active people) can practice self care to optimize performance and to promote overall health.

Jennifer, Sarah, and Kelly talk about how athletes can maintain healthy bodies and minds when it comes to their training and fueling. They talk about the biggest problems they see in their own practices, their best advice for optimizing training (pssst...all of them said rest), and this group of active moms commiserate about meal planning for their families.

Favorite Quotes:

“When an athlete really pays attention to before, during, and after fueling that’s actually one of the best ways to improve body composition because you’re improving performance long term.” – Jennifer

“Trust the training and your body will do what it needs to do.” – Kelly

Resources

Kelly's Instagram

Sarah's Instagram

Bucket List Tummy

Inside Sports Nutrition

en-usApril 25, 2023

Ep 24: Nutrition & Self Care: Unlocking Omega-3s with GOED Omega-3

April 10, 2023

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Ep 24: Nutrition & Self Care: Unlocking Omega-3s with GOED Omega-3

Guest Bios:

Elana Natker, MS, RD
Director of Consumer and Healthcare Practitioner Communications at GOED

Self Care Routine: sit and have coffee first thing in the morning and then do a workout

Kaitlin Roke, PhD
Director of Scientific Communication and Outreach at GOED

Self Care Routine: relies on a morning routine of walking or hiking and getting in the hot tub afterwards

Episode summary:

In this episode, Jennifer calls in the Omega-3 experts to answer your questions, clear up confusion, and give you their favorite sources of this essential fatty acid. This one digs deep into nutrition, but taking care of your health and meeting your body’s needs is one of the deepest, truest forms of self care.

Omega-3 experts from GOED Omega-3 join Jennifer in this conversation and force her to put her dietitian hat on as they delve into the best Omega-3 sources (think SMASH! Salmon, Mackerel, Anchovies, Sardines, Herring) and walk you through how much and what you should eat for optimal health.

If you have ever wondered what Omega-3s are, how much to eat if you’re pregnant, if the mercury in fish is bad for you, if you should take supplements, or what DHA and EPA even mean, download this episode right now. You’re about to get some knowledge.

Favorite Quotes:

“You can cook fish very quickly, so if you're someone who's trying to get dinner on the table in a more efficient manner, fish is really your best friend.”

"[When it comes to Omega-3s], some is good, but more is better."

Resources

GOED Omega-3 website

GOED Quiz

Omega-3 Content of Fish

en-usApril 11, 2023

Ep 23: The Walk Out of Shame, the Walk Out of the Wellness Culture with JC Lippold

March 28, 2023

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Ep 23: The Walk Out of Shame, the Walk Out of the Wellness Culture with JC Lippold

Episode summary:

Wellness culture can make us question if we’re using the right cosmetics, eating the right foods, exercising the right amount...the list goes on and on. In this episode, Jen and guest, JC Lippold, unpack the root causes of shame in the wellness industry.

JC is a teacher of movement and mindset, a community engager and social movement trailblazer, a theatre director, and a full-time leadership and change coach and consultant. He believes that everyone is enough, is doing enough, and is trying enough and is passionate about spreading that message.

From walking through the shame cycle to exploring what being enough really means, this conversation will shift your perspective on the messaging coming from wellness professionals, the media, and even your friends and family.

Favorite Quotes:

“We have a complex world that has complex pathways to happiness and fulfillment and complex realities that make life really hard.” - JC Lippold

“Our culture consistently tries to override our intuition to listen to other things. If your body is telling you something, you should listen to it.” - JC Lippold

“It’s not 'How do we get rid of shame?', but 'How do we move forward with it?'” - JC Lippold

Resources

JC's Website

JC's Instagram

JC's Facebook

en-usMarch 28, 2023

Ep 22: Rethinking the Drink (part 2)

March 14, 2023

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Ep 22: Rethinking the Drink (part 2)

Episode summary:

Disclaimer: My choice not to drink does not come with judgment of your choice to drink. This is completely judgement free. I'm exploring my relationship with alcohol and hoping that my journey resonates with my listeners.

Over the past couple of months, Jennifer has been exploring her relationship with alcohol and drinking. Now, after 2 months without a drink, she fills us in on her history with alcohol from high school to college to having her kids, and talks about the challenges of not drinking in a culture built around alcohol.

So many of the books and podcasts out there talk about really extreme situations, but there are a lot of people that want to change their relationship with alcohol but don’t have what society would define as a "drinking problem."

Favorite Quotes:

“That’s what I’ve been doing – I’ve been playing around with being a nondrinker.”

“The industry markets alcohol as a way to make life better. We deserve it. They’re targeting us hard.”

Resources

Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol (Johnston)

en-usMarch 14, 2023

Ep 21: Go with Your Gut: Self Care with Gastroenterologist Dr. Kreikemeier

February 28, 2023

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Ep 21: Go with Your Gut: Self Care with Gastroenterologist Dr. Kreikemeier

Episode summary:

Jennifer and Dr. Kreikemeier having been collaborating on the Got Good Gut Health? program and on this episode they talk about everything from Dr. K's hot yoga to the pros and cons of at-home microbiome testing.

Dr. Kreikemeier shares his own self care journey navigating his medical career through the pandemic, how he found a better and healthier work life balance, and how he became a disruptor in the medical community.

And on top of that, we got him to give away his top tips for maintaining good integrity of the gut, so you should probably listen just for that!

Got Good Gut Health?:
Starting March 16 you can meet with McDaniel Nutrition Therapy dietitian, Melissa Brown and Dr. K once a week for an 8 week program focused on improving YOUR gut health. They cover hot topics in gut health, lead group discussions, and answer your questions. This is a great opportunity for people struggling with gut health issues and people who just want to have a healthier gut overall.

Favorite Quotes:
“[Mental health] is an important part of the discussion. The number of patients that get digestive issues related to stress and anxiety is sky high.”

"There are so many people walking around with gut health issues and they aren’t seeking treatment that could help them because they think their experience is normal."

Resources

The Myth of Normal – Gabor Mate

Dr. K’s website

Gut Health Program

en-usFebruary 28, 2023

Ep 20: Dear Me: The Power of Journaling

February 14, 2023

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Ep 20: Dear Me: The Power of Journaling

Episode summary:

Research has shown that journaling has positive effects on sleep, stress, and overall happiness. You don’t need to journal every day to see the benefits – you only have to journal when you feel like it. Isn’t that an easy form of self care?

Jennifer talks about different forms of journaling and how even writing out a task list can be a form of journaling. As long as what you’re writing is helping you to organize or work through the thoughts in your head, it’s journaling.

Do you write things down? Do you keep a journal? I’d love to hear about your journaling practices.

Favorite Quotes:

“Journaling is an opportunity for me when I feel anxious, itchy, or antsy.”

“The way that I purge that bad feeling out of my body is to journal.”

Resources

The Artists Way

Liz Gilbert

Jennifer's Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Website
Past Podcast Episodes
Mark Nepo Website
Eckhart Tolle Website
Glennon Doyle Website

en-usFebruary 14, 2023

Ep 19: Listen Like Mr. Rogers

January 31, 2023

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Ep 19: Listening Like Mr. Rogers

Episode summary:

This episode was inspired by Mr. Rogers and his uncanny ability to give his undivided attention and listening ear to everyone he met. It makes you want to be a better person - a better listener.

When you get down to it self care is about meeting your needs and when we serve others well, we also help meet our own needs. In this episode Jennifer explores what it means to be a good listener by an examination of bad listeners and shares some tips for parents trying to be good listeners for their kiddos.

Favorite Quote:

“I just feel like my day goes by so much more beautifully because I really slow down and I really take the time to hear the words that someone is saying, to feel their feelings, and to receive them.”

Resources