Be About Being Better: Recent Episodes
Abbie Stasior MS, RD, CIEC
Welcome to the Be About Being Better podcast, where we empower you to make evidence-based, sustainable, and transformative changes for your health, leading to a more vibrant and fulfilling life. Join your host, Abbie Stasior MS, RD, CIEC, a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Master’s graduate from Columbia University as she guides you on a journey towards a diet-free, sustainable healthy lifestyle.
At Be About Being Better, we believe in the power of small changes that compound into significant shifts. Through insightful discussions and expert interviews, we provide practical tips and strategies to help you unlock your true potential for lasting well-being. Our mission is to support you in breaking free from diet culture and embracing a holistic approach to health with our Intuitive Eating and Health At Every Size (HAES) principles.
Discover how to leverage the power of self-compassion and intuitive decision-making to create positive changes in your life. From nourishing your body to nurturing your mind, each episode is designed to empower you with the tools and knowledge you need to thrive.
Tune in and explore a world of possibilities, as we share stories of transformation, science-backed insights, and real-life experiences that inspire and motivate. Together, let's uncover the secrets to living a better, healthier, and more vibrant life.
Subscribe now to the Be About Being Better podcast and embark on your journey to a happier, healthier, and empowered you!
Sharona Schnall (@yourjewishnutritionist) joins the podcast today to talk about approaching Jewish holidays in a balanced, non-diet way! We also cover how to navigate respecting your fullness with Jewish moms who show their love through food, what it means to keep Kosher as well as giving you some anchor scriptures that can help you navigate your healthy lifestyle!
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Sharona's Instagram @yourjewishnutritionist
Sharona Schnall, a Graduate Student in Human Nutrition at CSUN and a Dietetic Intern with a concentration in Medical Nutrition Therapy, is on her way to becoming a Registered Dietitian! Sharona started an Instagram page called @yourjewishnutritionist to share insights into not only the nutrient component of health, but also emphasizing the importance of mindset, mental health, and incorporating faith and culture into one’s daily life. She shares knowledge to combat harmful misinformation. Sharona cares about improving people's lives with meaningful content in a fun way!
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My friend & fellow Registered Dietitian, Amanda Wahstedt joins the podcast today to talk about all things cycle syncing! In this episode we discuss how to optimize your menstrual cycle and align your self-care routine, your work schedule, and your exercise practice to your period. We also talk a bit about how to cycle sync on birth control and where to start if you have an irregular period! Tune in to learn how to make your cycle your superpower!
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Episode Resources:
Grab my "Health Tips For Your Cycle Freebie" Here!
Listen to my Nutrition Tips for your Cycle Episode Here!
Listen to my Tips for a Regular Cycle Episode Here!
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All About Amanda:
Amanda Wahlstedt MS, RDN, CDN is a holistic women's health dietitian, yoga instructor, and founder of Roots to Leaves. With a Masters in Nutrition and Public Health from Columbia University and a Bachelors in Communications from Cornell University, Amanda combines her expertise to support women from post-birth control to postpartum. Her practice integrates nutrition, yoga, and holistic wellness to empower women on their health journeys.
Instagram (@roots_to_leaves)
Amanda's Links
Website
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About Abbie:
Check out our new BABB Website & ways to Work with Us!
Not sure where to start but need support? Take Our Quiz!
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Last week I presented to a group of SalesForce employees on my top tips for staying healthy with a busy, corporate schedule! And y'all wanted a recap of what I talked about, so here it is! It is possible to prioritize yourself even when you're busy, and I'd argue that it's necessary to in order to be more productive, have better quality work, and serve others better. Enjoy the episode!
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Main Character Morning Routines Episode
How to Stop Snoozing Episode
Meal Plan & Prep Guide Download
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Check out our new BABB Website & ways to Work with Us!
Not sure where to start but need support? Take Our Quiz!
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Sylvia Ganier, the Chief Farm Officer of Green Door Gourmet, an organic farm in Nashville joins the podcast today! She talks about the importance of buying local, how to get started with composting, how to keep your produce lasting longer, how to clean your vegetables, if we can trust the EWG's "dirty dozen" and "clean fifteen" list, and SO MUCH MORE!
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Green Door Gourmet Website
Compost Nashville Website
EWG's "Dirty Dozen" & "Clean 15" List for 2022
OMRI List
Deciphering Organic Food Labels
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YES... these are different -- Not interchangeable terms! Tune in this week to learn the difference between consistency and perfection and how to develop a consistent healthy lifestyle and break away from the trap of perfectionism.
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Instagram (@lifecoachbaker)
Website
Podcast
Abbie's interview on Nicole's podcast, "Making Healthy Simple"!
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I'm officially a Registered Dietitian WOOOOO!!!! Thank you all for the support on this journey -- y'all know it's been a wild ride! In light of me graduating and passing my RD exam, I've brought on a friend & colleague in the field, Cassandra Lepore from All Access Dietetics, which is a company that resources future Registered Dietitians (RD2BEs) on their journey!
We talk about the difference between a Registered Dietitian vs. a Nutritionist as well as the benefits of seeing an RD. We also dive into how to best study for the RD exam and the benefits of using Pass The Exam Prep from All Access Dietetics!
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RSVP for the 3rd annual RD2BE Summit happening on Monday, August 7th and Tuesday, August 8th: https://www.allaccessdietetics.com/rd2be-summit-2023/
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Instagram: @allaccessdietetics
TikTok: @allaccessdietetics
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If you need personalized health support, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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Paige Vandy, an Online Business Coach for Health & Fitness Coaches joins the BABB Podcast today! She opens up about her traumatic story and upbringing and how she got herself out of an extremely hard, abusive situation through optimizing her health and mindset. She is thriving now y'all and advocating against troubled teen camps just like celebrities such as Paris Hilton do!
She has a powerful story on how to build resilience. Thank you for sharing this episode and helping to spread the word! (TW: Trauma)
Paige Vandy's Instagram: @paige_vandy
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If you need personalized health support, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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If negative self-talk is consuming you... you need this episode! If you say things like, "I hate my body" or "I never do anything right" or "People must look at me and think I don't take care of myself" or "No one could love me at this size, I have to lose weight"... you need this episode!! Tune in to learn my 6-step framework (the 6 R') to help you reframe your thoughts!
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If you need personalized health support, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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If you want to start meal prepping but are crunched for time, this is for you! If you cook but get bored by the same old recipes, this is for you! If you believe that cooking time-efficient meals means compromising flavor, you need to hear from my girl Sydney Navid, MS in this episode!
She gives us allllll the tips on how to get started with cooking (what equipment you need, what skills you need to hone, and what spices you need) as well as providing her strategy for meal prepping when you're super busy!
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How to stop snoozing episode
Main Character morning routine episode
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How to connect with Sydney Navid, MS!
Instagram @sydneynavid
TikTok @sydney.navid
Website
Cooking with Ease Subscription
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If you need personalized health support, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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If it's impossible for you to get up in the morning and you keep hitting snooze... this episode will give you all the tips you need to jumpstart your morning!
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Main Character Morning Routines Episode
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If you need personalized health support, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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TW: ED, Undereating. Begin Better Program client, Marliese Shaw joins the podcast today to talk about her experience recovering from "ARFID," a lesser-known and unique eating disorder (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder) as well as her experience going through our Begin Better Program!
Marliese shows us that even when life hits us with circumstances we cannot control, there is always something we can do for our health, and it is possible to get out of our "all or nothing" mindset and pattern!
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Take our quiz to see which health coaching program is for you!
Break the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Five Minute Journal (use code ABBIE10 for 10% off!!)
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Are you considering buying a supplement? Listen to this episode before making the purchase so you can learn about what supplement companies don't want you to know and the risks of purchasing supplements!!!
I had the opportunity to learn from Tod Cooperman, the President of Consumer Labs, a 3rd party testing company, while I was enrolled at Teachers College of Columbia University for my Masters and he opened my eyes to a LOT of sketchy stuff about supplements... tune in to get all the tea! And thank you for sharing this episode to help me spread the word!
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Whether you're 3 to 5 years out from wanting to get pregnant, starting to seriously try or are currently pregnant, this episode is for you!
I'm joined with my friend & colleague in the field of Dietetics, Mel Spinella MS, RDN (@wellbymel_) who specializes in fertility, prenatal, and postpartum nutrition!
Thank you for sharing this episode to anyone who needs nutrition support in these seasons!
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Mel's Instagram @wellbymel_
Mel's Website
Prenatal Vitamins Freebie
Prenatal Vitamins Blog Post
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Energy is not something we have or don't have... it's something we can generate! Tune into this week's episode to hear allllll of my tips for how to generate more energy!
Download my Free Meal Plan & Prep Guide Here!
Listen to my Meal Prep & Planning Episode Here!
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If you feel the urge to "get back on the wagon"... this episode will give you the tips for easing back into a healthy lifestyle in a non-diet way!
These tips will help you get out of an "all-or-nothing" mentality and ditch diet culture tendencies!
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Want 2 free months of health coaching?! start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you! If you commit to the BABB Academy's January 2023 class now, you'll get free coaching during the holidays!
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Worried about keeping up with your health goals this holiday season? Want to avoid walking into the new year bloated, gross & guilty? This episode will give you several tips on how to tackle the holidays!
You'll learn how to loop in some healthy habits and let go of food guilt! If you struggle to keep up with routines while at time, if you're part of the "clean plate club," if you feel out of control around food... this episode will help you have the healthiest holiday season yet!
If you need personalized health support throughout the holiday season, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
^^ If you commit to the BABB Academy's January 2023 class you'll get 2 free months of FREE COACHING throughout the holidays!!
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If you're busy, you need to meal prep + plan in some way! There's no way around it. It's an investment in time that will SAVE you time in the long run.
Tune into this week's episode to hear all about my Be About Being Better Meal Plan & Prep Method so you can make nutrient-dense options more convenient for yourself and set yourself up to think LESS about food! (wouldn't that be so nice?!)
Download my FREE Meal Plan & Prep Guide Here!
If you need personalized health support, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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What you crave says a lot about what your body is asking for! Our bodies are sooooo smart and our cravings are a clue as to what our body needs! Some cravings are out of habit, but these habits can be broken if you better understand them.
Tune into this episode to learn about where food cravings come from, how those habits are formed, how to change those habits, what your different food cravings mean, and what you can do to satisfy your cravings (both general food cravings + period-related food cravings)!
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If you're looking to build more confidence, this episode gives you the step-by-step actions to take + the mindset shifts to make in order to feel your BEST more often!
In this episode, I talk about how to build general confidence as well as how to cultivate more body confidence.
After this episode, you'll be SO much more motivated to put yourself out there and reach your goals, and I'm confident that you'll already start to feel better about yourself in just these few minutes! <3
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If you’re super busy and need help making nutrient-dense options more convenient for yourself, give this episode a listen!
I go through the foods + tools that I always keep stocked in my kitchen that allow me to hit my nutrition goals on a consistent basis, amidst a busy schedule.
These ideas are not a prescription of what to eat and what not to eat, but rather serve as some general guide-post ideas of what you could *do amidst a busy schedule to get more nutrient-dense items in! Nutrition is so individualized, you ultimately have to choose what to eat based on your own preferences, allergies/tolerances, culture, and food access. I hope this episode helps with that!*
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If you don’t currently have a morning routine that lights you up and gets you leaping out of bed in the morning… you need this episode!
I walk you through my tested framework for customizing routines (that will not only get you feeling like the Main Character every single day, but it will set you up to follow through on your routines CONSISTENTLY)!
If you need personalized health support to heal your relationship with food, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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This has been our most highly requested topic so far! Listen now to get the low-down about Intuitive Eating, what it’s all about, and how you can get started!
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Are you in a rut right now and not feeling motivated to reach your goals or do anything for your health? This episode will help! I reassure you that dips in motivation are SO normal and provide you with tips to reignite that fire within you to take action as well as some tips on how to navigate still taking action even when you don’t feel “amped up” about your goals!
If you need personalized health support or accountability with staying motivated, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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Keto is a no for me dawg…. And in this episode I outline exactly why! You’ll not only hear about the evidence to back up why I don’t recommend the ketogenic diet, but you’ll also get a chance to hear about the adverse experiences from my TikTok followers who have tried it.
Here at BABB we have a non-diet approach and help you break up with diet culture! If you need personalized health support, start by taking my quiz to see which program is best for you!
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Our menstrual cycle is our 5th vital sign!!! Which means that our period health is JUST as important of a marker for our health as our blood pressure is! Listen to this episode to learn how to eat FOR your cycle to start to align your life with your hormones!
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This episode is for my high-achievers that are busy AF! Here are my top 7 health tips that are EASY to implement, no matter how busy you are!
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Link to the 5 Minute Journal I recommend!
Link to my pink water bottle I use EVERY day!
What does it mean to “be about being better”? To me, it’s more than just a company name with nice alliteration… it’s a way of being. To be about being better means that you’re constantly striving for a higher level of success, but making sure to do so out of a place of care, love, and respect for yourself!
In this first episode you learn about how BABB, the company & this podcast, all came to be and my philosophies for healthy living that will help shape what to expect out of this podcast, as well as my personal coaching philosophy!
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Welcome to the Be About Being Better podcast y’all! On this show, I help people make evidence-based, sustainable, small changes for their health that compound into huge shifts towards a better, more vibrant life. I’m your host, Abbie Stasior, a Health + Life Coach, future Registered Dietitian, Master’s graduate from Columbia University, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Keep listening and I’ll show you that a diet-free, sustainable healthy lifestyle is possible, and you can leverage that to live a better life! Thank you so subscribing to the show :)
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