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The Food Junkies Podcast evolved from the book. Each week, Vera Tarman, Clarrissa Kennedy, and Molly Painschab connect with scientists, Food Addiction clinicians, authors, and recovering Food Addicts to share fresh insights and tackle emerging debates.
Food Junkies Podcast: Why Motivation Isn't the Problem, Clinician's Corner, 2026
Using the lens of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), they unpack the three psychological needs every person in recovery must have met: autonomy, relatedness, and competence — the often-overlooked key that separates short-term compliance from lasting change.
🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE:
Why "just get motivated" is the wrong advice — and what to focus on instead
The three pillars of Self-Determination Theory and how they apply to food addiction recovery
Why external pressure (shame, fear, "I should") can actually increase relapse risk
The difference between a stick-and-carrot and real motivation
What competence actually means
How the Foundations Program (81+ skills and tools!) was built around these principles
Why recovery is a learning process, not a decision
What the research now says about forced compliance
Small, practical ways to start building self-trust today
🛠️ WHAT'S IN THE FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM? The Sweet Sobriety Foundations Program includes 81+ skills and tools covering:
✔️ Nervous system regulation
✔️ CBT & DBT frameworks
✔️ Mindfulness & self-compassion practices
✔️ Recovery planning
✔️ Craving and urge management
✔️ Emotional awareness and distress tolerance
📬 CONNECT WITH US:
📧 Email: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
🌐 Website: foodjunkiespodcast.com
🍓 Learn more about Sweet Sobriety: http://www.sweetsobriety.ca
If you found this episode helpful, please leave us a review and share it with someone who needs to hear that the problem was never their motivation.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Why Motivation Isn't the Problem, Clinician's Corner, 2026
Are you exhausted from chasing motivation that never lasts? In this ...
Are you exhausted from chasing motivation that never lasts? In this Clinician's Corner episode, Molly Painschab and Clarissa Kennedy break down why motivation is actually an outcome, not a starting ...point — and what truly drives sustainable recovery from ultra-processed food use disorder.
Using the lens of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), they unpack the three psychological needs every person in recovery must have met: autonomy, relatedness, and competence — the often-overlooked key that separates short-term compliance from lasting change.
🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE:
Why "just get motivated" is the wrong advice — and what to focus on instead
The three pillars of Self-Determination Theory and how they apply to food addiction recovery
Why external pressure (shame, fear, "I should") can actually increase relapse risk
The difference between a stick-and-carrot and real motivation
What competence actually means
How the Foundations Program (81+ skills and tools!) was built around these principles
Why recovery is a learning process, not a decision
What the research now says about forced compliance
Small, practical ways to start building self-trust today
🛠️ WHAT'S IN THE FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM? The Sweet Sobriety Foundations Program includes 81+ skills and tools covering:
✔️ Nervous system regulation
✔️ CBT & DBT frameworks
✔️ Mindfulness & self-compassion practices
✔️ Recovery planning
✔️ Craving and urge management
✔️ Emotional awareness and distress tolerance
📬 CONNECT WITH US:
📧 Email: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
🌐 Website: foodjunkiespodcast.com
🍓 Learn more about Sweet Sobriety: http://www.sweetsobriety.ca
If you found this episode helpful, please leave us a review and share it with someone who needs to hear that the problem was never their motivation.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
Using the lens of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), they unpack the three psychological needs every person in recovery must have met: autonomy, relatedness, and competence — the often-overlooked key that separates short-term compliance from lasting change.
🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE:
Why "just get motivated" is the wrong advice — and what to focus on instead
The three pillars of Self-Determination Theory and how they apply to food addiction recovery
Why external pressure (shame, fear, "I should") can actually increase relapse risk
The difference between a stick-and-carrot and real motivation
What competence actually means
How the Foundations Program (81+ skills and tools!) was built around these principles
Why recovery is a learning process, not a decision
What the research now says about forced compliance
Small, practical ways to start building self-trust today
🛠️ WHAT'S IN THE FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM? The Sweet Sobriety Foundations Program includes 81+ skills and tools covering:
✔️ Nervous system regulation
✔️ CBT & DBT frameworks
✔️ Mindfulness & self-compassion practices
✔️ Recovery planning
✔️ Craving and urge management
✔️ Emotional awareness and distress tolerance
📬 CONNECT WITH US:
📧 Email: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
🌐 Website: foodjunkiespodcast.com
🍓 Learn more about Sweet Sobriety: http://www.sweetsobriety.ca
If you found this episode helpful, please leave us a review and share it with someone who needs to hear that the problem was never their motivation.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: What Recovery Looks Like, with John Kelly, 2026
What does recovery look like — and how do we measure it? In this ...
What does recovery look like — and how do we measure it? In this episode, we're joined by Dr. John Kelly, one of the world's leading addiction researchers and founder ...of the Recovery Research Institute at Harvard Medical School, for a deep dive into the science behind what makes recovery possible, sustainable, and real.
Dr. Kelly breaks down the difference between remission and recovery, shares what decades of research tells us about who gets better (spoiler: most people do) and unpacks the active ingredients that help people build lives they love. We also get into the language we use around addiction, why it matters more than you think, and what the latest science says about stigma, stages of change, and recovery capital.
Whether you are in recovery, supporting someone who is, or working in the field — this episode is packed with hope, science, and practical insight.
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• What recovery actually means — and how it's different from remission
• Why 75% of people with substance use disorder do recover (and what that means for you)
• The CHIME model: the 5 active ingredients of lasting recovery
→ Community | Hope | Identity | Meaning & Purpose | Empowerment
• Stages of Change (Prochaska & DiClemente) — and why just thinking about change counts
• Recovery Capital: what's in your "recovery bank account"?
• The power of language — why words like "abuser" cause measurable harm
• Stigma, genetics, and why addiction is nobody's fault
• What excites Dr. Kelly most about the future of addiction research
• Psychedelics and addiction treatment: cautious optimism from a Harvard researcher
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John Kelly is the Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School and founder and director of the Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is one of the world's leading researchers on addiction recovery, mutual help organizations, and reducing stigma in the addiction field.
🔗 Recovery Research Institute: http://www.recoveryanswers.org
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The Food Junkies Podcast explores food addiction and ultra-processed food use disorder through honest conversations with clinicians, researchers, and people in recovery. Hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Clarissa Kennedy, and Molly Painschab.
📲 Subscribe so you never miss an episode
▶️ Find us on YouTube
👍 Like this video if it gives you hope
💬 Drop a comment — what resonated most with you?Show More
Dr. Kelly breaks down the difference between remission and recovery, shares what decades of research tells us about who gets better (spoiler: most people do) and unpacks the active ingredients that help people build lives they love. We also get into the language we use around addiction, why it matters more than you think, and what the latest science says about stigma, stages of change, and recovery capital.
Whether you are in recovery, supporting someone who is, or working in the field — this episode is packed with hope, science, and practical insight.
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• What recovery actually means — and how it's different from remission
• Why 75% of people with substance use disorder do recover (and what that means for you)
• The CHIME model: the 5 active ingredients of lasting recovery
→ Community | Hope | Identity | Meaning & Purpose | Empowerment
• Stages of Change (Prochaska & DiClemente) — and why just thinking about change counts
• Recovery Capital: what's in your "recovery bank account"?
• The power of language — why words like "abuser" cause measurable harm
• Stigma, genetics, and why addiction is nobody's fault
• What excites Dr. Kelly most about the future of addiction research
• Psychedelics and addiction treatment: cautious optimism from a Harvard researcher
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John Kelly is the Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School and founder and director of the Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is one of the world's leading researchers on addiction recovery, mutual help organizations, and reducing stigma in the addiction field.
🔗 Recovery Research Institute: http://www.recoveryanswers.org
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The Food Junkies Podcast explores food addiction and ultra-processed food use disorder through honest conversations with clinicians, researchers, and people in recovery. Hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Clarissa Kennedy, and Molly Painschab.
📲 Subscribe so you never miss an episode
▶️ Find us on YouTube
👍 Like this video if it gives you hope
💬 Drop a comment — what resonated most with you?Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Food Disgust and Food Addiction with Rachel Herz, 2026
Can. food disgust be leveraged in the treatment of ultraprocessed food ...
Can. food disgust be leveraged in the treatment of ultraprocessed food addiction?
In this fascinating episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Dr. Rachel Herz, neuroscientist, leading expert on the ...psychology of smell, and author of Why You Eat What You Eat and That's Disgusting. From the evolutionary roots of disgust to why ultra-processed foods bypass our natural aversion responses, this conversation will genuinely change how you think about what ends up on your plate — and in your mouth.
What You'll Learn in This Episode
Why disgust is almost entirely learned — and what the one innate exception is
The neuroanatomy of smell and why scent is so deeply tied to emotion and memory
How one bad experience with a food can create a lifelong aversion (one-trial learning)
The difference between disgust and fear — and why that distinction matters for disordered eating
Why non-tasters may be more prone to overeating than super tasters
How ultra-processed food is engineered to bypass our natural "this isn't real food" signals
Whether disgust could be a therapeutic tool in changing our relationship with UPFs
Why Dr. Herz believes disordered eating is psychological and behavioral — and where she and the Food Junkies team respectfully differ on the addiction model
Practical, science-backed strategies for becoming more intentional around eating
About Dr. Rachel Herz
Dr. Rachel Herz is a neuroscientist and faculty member at Brown University, widely regarded as the world's leading expert on the psychology of smell. She is a TED 2019 and TEDx 2024 speaker, has published 108 peer-reviewed research articles, and serves as an expert witness in legal cases involving smell. She is the incoming president of the International Society of Neural Gastronomy.
Her books include:
Sensation and Perception (widely used neuroscience textbook)
That's Disgusting: Unveiling the Mysteries of Repulsion — a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food — named among the best food books of 2018 by Smithsonian and The New Yorker
Connect with Dr. Rachel Herz
🌐 rachelherz.com
Connect with Food Junkies
🎙️Food Junkies Podcast — available on all major platforms
🌐 foodjunkiespodcast.com
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FoodJunkiesPodcast
📘 Sugar-Free For Life: I’m Sweet Enough FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SugarFreeForLife
✨ Back-to-Basics Workshop: https://sweetsobriety.newzenler.com/courses/back-to-basics
The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. We are dedicated to honest, evidence-informed conversations about food addiction, ultra-processed food use disorder, and recovery.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
In this fascinating episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Dr. Rachel Herz, neuroscientist, leading expert on the ...psychology of smell, and author of Why You Eat What You Eat and That's Disgusting. From the evolutionary roots of disgust to why ultra-processed foods bypass our natural aversion responses, this conversation will genuinely change how you think about what ends up on your plate — and in your mouth.
What You'll Learn in This Episode
Why disgust is almost entirely learned — and what the one innate exception is
The neuroanatomy of smell and why scent is so deeply tied to emotion and memory
How one bad experience with a food can create a lifelong aversion (one-trial learning)
The difference between disgust and fear — and why that distinction matters for disordered eating
Why non-tasters may be more prone to overeating than super tasters
How ultra-processed food is engineered to bypass our natural "this isn't real food" signals
Whether disgust could be a therapeutic tool in changing our relationship with UPFs
Why Dr. Herz believes disordered eating is psychological and behavioral — and where she and the Food Junkies team respectfully differ on the addiction model
Practical, science-backed strategies for becoming more intentional around eating
About Dr. Rachel Herz
Dr. Rachel Herz is a neuroscientist and faculty member at Brown University, widely regarded as the world's leading expert on the psychology of smell. She is a TED 2019 and TEDx 2024 speaker, has published 108 peer-reviewed research articles, and serves as an expert witness in legal cases involving smell. She is the incoming president of the International Society of Neural Gastronomy.
Her books include:
Sensation and Perception (widely used neuroscience textbook)
That's Disgusting: Unveiling the Mysteries of Repulsion — a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food — named among the best food books of 2018 by Smithsonian and The New Yorker
Connect with Dr. Rachel Herz
🌐 rachelherz.com
Connect with Food Junkies
🎙️Food Junkies Podcast — available on all major platforms
🌐 foodjunkiespodcast.com
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FoodJunkiesPodcast
📘 Sugar-Free For Life: I’m Sweet Enough FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SugarFreeForLife
✨ Back-to-Basics Workshop: https://sweetsobriety.newzenler.com/courses/back-to-basics
The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. We are dedicated to honest, evidence-informed conversations about food addiction, ultra-processed food use disorder, and recovery.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Highly Sensitive People and Food Addiction, with Esther Kane, 2026
Are you highly sensitive — and secretly using food to manage a world ...
Are you highly sensitive — and secretly using food to manage a world that feels like too much?
In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Esther Kane, MSW, a ...British Columbia-based psychotherapist with nearly 30 years of experience helping highly sensitive people (HSPs) break free from emotional eating and food addiction. Esther isn't just a clinician — she's an HSP herself who nearly died from an eating disorder and has spent decades figuring out what works.
If you've ever been told you're "too sensitive," struggled to explain why food feels like your only relief, or burned out trying to take care of everyone but yourself — this one's for you.
🕐 In This Episode
What is a Highly Sensitive Person? Based on 40+ years of research by Dr. Elaine Aron, HSPs make up 15–20% of the population. Their nervous systems process everything more deeply — emotions, sensory input, other people's pain. It's not a disorder. It's a biological trait. And it comes with superpowers most people never develop.
Why HSPs are so vulnerable to food addiction The world is chronically overstimulating for HSPs. Food numbs the overwhelm. It turns the volume down. Add in chronic people-pleasing, self-abandonment, absorbing everyone else's emotions, and being told your whole life that you're "too much” and food addiction makes complete sense as a survival strategy.
What recovery looks like for HSPs Esther doesn't start with the food. She starts with the nervous system. You can't take away someone's coping mechanism until they have something else to hold onto. She walks through the somatic tools, boundary work, and root-cause healing that move the needle for highly sensitive people.
🎙️ Connect with Esther Kane
🌐 estherkane.com
📺 YouTube: Compassionate Conversations
👇 Are YOU a highly sensitive person?
Drop a 🙋 in the comments if this episode described you — or share it with someone who has always been told they feel too much. They need to hear this.
Subscribe so you never miss an episode of Food Junkies — real conversations about food addiction, recovery, and what it takes to heal.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Esther Kane, MSW, a ...British Columbia-based psychotherapist with nearly 30 years of experience helping highly sensitive people (HSPs) break free from emotional eating and food addiction. Esther isn't just a clinician — she's an HSP herself who nearly died from an eating disorder and has spent decades figuring out what works.
If you've ever been told you're "too sensitive," struggled to explain why food feels like your only relief, or burned out trying to take care of everyone but yourself — this one's for you.
🕐 In This Episode
What is a Highly Sensitive Person? Based on 40+ years of research by Dr. Elaine Aron, HSPs make up 15–20% of the population. Their nervous systems process everything more deeply — emotions, sensory input, other people's pain. It's not a disorder. It's a biological trait. And it comes with superpowers most people never develop.
Why HSPs are so vulnerable to food addiction The world is chronically overstimulating for HSPs. Food numbs the overwhelm. It turns the volume down. Add in chronic people-pleasing, self-abandonment, absorbing everyone else's emotions, and being told your whole life that you're "too much” and food addiction makes complete sense as a survival strategy.
What recovery looks like for HSPs Esther doesn't start with the food. She starts with the nervous system. You can't take away someone's coping mechanism until they have something else to hold onto. She walks through the somatic tools, boundary work, and root-cause healing that move the needle for highly sensitive people.
🎙️ Connect with Esther Kane
🌐 estherkane.com
📺 YouTube: Compassionate Conversations
👇 Are YOU a highly sensitive person?
Drop a 🙋 in the comments if this episode described you — or share it with someone who has always been told they feel too much. They need to hear this.
Subscribe so you never miss an episode of Food Junkies — real conversations about food addiction, recovery, and what it takes to heal.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Recovery in Unsettled Times, Clinician's Corner, 2026
Life doesn't pause for recovery — and right now, life is a lot. In ...
Life doesn't pause for recovery — and right now, life is a lot. In this Clinician's Corner episode, co-hosts Molly Painschab and Clarissa Kennedy sit down for an honest, grounded ...conversation about what it looks like to stay connected to your recovery when the world feels like it's on fire and your personal life is a lot at the same time.
This isn't a pep talk. These are two clinicians talking real about the neuroscience of stress and cravings, the shame spiral that follows a slip, and what "minimum viable recovery" can look like when you're just trying to make it to tomorrow.
If you've been asking yourself why this is suddenly so hard? This episode is for you.
In This Episode, We Cover:
🧠 Why your brain is working against you right now The neuroscience behind chronic stress and cravings — and why a recovering brain is already running harder than average before you add the weight of the world on top.
🌍 The macro AND the micro From political instability and financial stress to grief, caregiving, and personal loss — we name what's happening and why pretending otherwise is doing you a disservice.
📱 Setting boundaries with the news cycle How to stop the doom scroll from hijacking your nervous system — without swinging to total avoidance. Finding the middle path that keeps you informed without dysregulated.
😔 The shame spiral that turns slips into recurrences It's not always the slip itself that does the damage. Molly breaks down why the judgment after the slip often has far longer-lasting consequences — and how to interrupt that cycle.
🛟 Minimum viable recovery What's the smallest version of recovery you can do today to make it to tomorrow? Clarissa introduces this framework and it will change how you think about hard seasons.
⚓ Recovery anchors and non-negotiables The value of identifying a few tethering behaviors before you're in crisis — and why protecting those anchors can keep you from unraveling.
💙 Co-regulation and connection We are not wired to regulate alone. From turning on your camera in group to body doubling with an emotional support human — why connection isn't optional when things get hard.
🌿 Meaning-making, spiritual practice, and nature Reconnecting with your why — the deep one, not the diet-culture one — and how spiritual practice and time in nature can restore a felt sense of control when everything else feels uncertain.
Resources & Links Mentioned
▶YouTube: Food Junkies Podcast - YouTube
🌐 Sweet Sobriety membership & groups: https://sweetsobriety.newzenler.com/courses/group-coaching-2025
📧 Email us with topic requests or questions: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
If this episode resonated with you: → Share it with someone who needs to hear it right now → Come to group — even if you've been avoiding it, just go → If you're a professional, bring this conversation to your next supervision session
The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. New episodes drop weekly.
🎙️ Subscribe, leave a review, and share with someone in recovery who could use a reminder that they're not broken — they're just carrying a lot right now.
BACK-to-BASICS WORKSHOP with Megan Sloan
✨ What you’ll walk away with:
• Simple strategies to improve balance, posture & core stability
• A deeper understanding of your body and how it communicates with you
• Practical tools you can use immediately
• A stronger sense of trust and connection with your bodyShow More
This isn't a pep talk. These are two clinicians talking real about the neuroscience of stress and cravings, the shame spiral that follows a slip, and what "minimum viable recovery" can look like when you're just trying to make it to tomorrow.
If you've been asking yourself why this is suddenly so hard? This episode is for you.
In This Episode, We Cover:
🧠 Why your brain is working against you right now The neuroscience behind chronic stress and cravings — and why a recovering brain is already running harder than average before you add the weight of the world on top.
🌍 The macro AND the micro From political instability and financial stress to grief, caregiving, and personal loss — we name what's happening and why pretending otherwise is doing you a disservice.
📱 Setting boundaries with the news cycle How to stop the doom scroll from hijacking your nervous system — without swinging to total avoidance. Finding the middle path that keeps you informed without dysregulated.
😔 The shame spiral that turns slips into recurrences It's not always the slip itself that does the damage. Molly breaks down why the judgment after the slip often has far longer-lasting consequences — and how to interrupt that cycle.
🛟 Minimum viable recovery What's the smallest version of recovery you can do today to make it to tomorrow? Clarissa introduces this framework and it will change how you think about hard seasons.
⚓ Recovery anchors and non-negotiables The value of identifying a few tethering behaviors before you're in crisis — and why protecting those anchors can keep you from unraveling.
💙 Co-regulation and connection We are not wired to regulate alone. From turning on your camera in group to body doubling with an emotional support human — why connection isn't optional when things get hard.
🌿 Meaning-making, spiritual practice, and nature Reconnecting with your why — the deep one, not the diet-culture one — and how spiritual practice and time in nature can restore a felt sense of control when everything else feels uncertain.
Resources & Links Mentioned
▶YouTube: Food Junkies Podcast - YouTube
🌐 Sweet Sobriety membership & groups: https://sweetsobriety.newzenler.com/courses/group-coaching-2025
📧 Email us with topic requests or questions: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
If this episode resonated with you: → Share it with someone who needs to hear it right now → Come to group — even if you've been avoiding it, just go → If you're a professional, bring this conversation to your next supervision session
The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. New episodes drop weekly.
🎙️ Subscribe, leave a review, and share with someone in recovery who could use a reminder that they're not broken — they're just carrying a lot right now.
BACK-to-BASICS WORKSHOP with Megan Sloan
✨ What you’ll walk away with:
• Simple strategies to improve balance, posture & core stability
• A deeper understanding of your body and how it communicates with you
• Practical tools you can use immediately
• A stronger sense of trust and connection with your bodyShow More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Grass Roots Mobilization for Food Addiction - with Cherie St. Arnauld, 2026
What does it take to turn personal pain into policy change? In this ...
What does it take to turn personal pain into policy change? In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Chérie St. Arnauld, Executive Director of Metabolic Revolution and a ...passionate advocate for metabolic health, to explore the power of grassroots mobilization in the fight against ultra-processed foods.
Chérie grew up in a household shaped by economic constraints and ultra-processed food. It was her sister's cancer diagnosis, and the radical dietary intervention that gave her 10 more years of life, that forever changed how Chérie understood the relationship between food and healing. Today, she's channeling that lived experience into one of the most dynamic grassroots organizations in the metabolic health space.
In this conversation, Vera and Chérie explore what the food addiction and metabolic health communities can learn from each other, and what it actually looks like to build a movement from the ground up.
🎙️ What We Cover:
• Chérie's story: growing up on ultra-processed foods, her sister's illness, and the whole-food dietary shift that changed everything
• How a ketogenic diet transformed Chérie's mental health and clarity
• The founding of Metabolic Revolution and its mission to empower individuals to demand change from their institutions
• The October 2024 Rally for Metabolic Health at the Washington Monument — how it happened, who spoke, and what it sparked
• The petition to ban ultra-processed foods from school meals — and the volunteer-led school lunch committee it inspired
• A halted ketogenic therapy research study at the University of Maryland — and how Metabolic Revolution took action
• The parallel between Big Food and Big Tobacco — and what a master settlement agreement could look like
• Grassroots strategies: rallies, community walks, petitions, state attorney general investigations, and more
• Why individual stories + research + cost data may be the most powerful combination in advocacy
• The intersection of food addiction and metabolic health — and why these movements are stronger together
• What the food addiction world can learn from Metabolic Revolution's bottom-up approach
🔗 Resource(s) Mentioned:
• Metabolic Revolution: metabolicrevolution.org
🙌 If you or someone you love is struggling with ultra-processed food use disorder, please visit us at sweetsobriety.ca and foodjunkiespodcast.com
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The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. We explore the science, stories, and solutions behind food addiction and ultra-processed food use disorder.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
Chérie grew up in a household shaped by economic constraints and ultra-processed food. It was her sister's cancer diagnosis, and the radical dietary intervention that gave her 10 more years of life, that forever changed how Chérie understood the relationship between food and healing. Today, she's channeling that lived experience into one of the most dynamic grassroots organizations in the metabolic health space.
In this conversation, Vera and Chérie explore what the food addiction and metabolic health communities can learn from each other, and what it actually looks like to build a movement from the ground up.
🎙️ What We Cover:
• Chérie's story: growing up on ultra-processed foods, her sister's illness, and the whole-food dietary shift that changed everything
• How a ketogenic diet transformed Chérie's mental health and clarity
• The founding of Metabolic Revolution and its mission to empower individuals to demand change from their institutions
• The October 2024 Rally for Metabolic Health at the Washington Monument — how it happened, who spoke, and what it sparked
• The petition to ban ultra-processed foods from school meals — and the volunteer-led school lunch committee it inspired
• A halted ketogenic therapy research study at the University of Maryland — and how Metabolic Revolution took action
• The parallel between Big Food and Big Tobacco — and what a master settlement agreement could look like
• Grassroots strategies: rallies, community walks, petitions, state attorney general investigations, and more
• Why individual stories + research + cost data may be the most powerful combination in advocacy
• The intersection of food addiction and metabolic health — and why these movements are stronger together
• What the food addiction world can learn from Metabolic Revolution's bottom-up approach
🔗 Resource(s) Mentioned:
• Metabolic Revolution: metabolicrevolution.org
🙌 If you or someone you love is struggling with ultra-processed food use disorder, please visit us at sweetsobriety.ca and foodjunkiespodcast.com
Connect with Food Junkies:
🎙️ Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts
💻 Website: foodjunkiespodcast.com
▶️ YouTube: Food Junkies Podcast - YouTube
💌 Email: fodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
👍 Like, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more people find us.
The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. We explore the science, stories, and solutions behind food addiction and ultra-processed food use disorder.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: How Ultra Processed Foodos Destroy Your Kid's Metabolism, w Dr Jacob May, 2026
What's really happening inside your child's body when they eat ...
What's really happening inside your child's body when they eat ultra-processed food?
In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Dr. Jacob May — mitochondrial researcher, registered dietitian, and ...Associate Professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center — to explore the cellular and metabolic consequences of a diet dominated by ultra-processed foods, particularly in children.
Dr. May leads the Mitochondrial Energetics and Nutrient Utilization Laboratory, where his team investigates how dietary patterns shape metabolism at the cellular level. He's a keynote speaker, precision nutrition researcher, and practicing clinician — and his insights here are both science-forward and refreshingly practical.
In This Episode, You'll Learn:
Why mitochondria can't tell the difference between a McDonald's burger and organic beef — and why that still matters
What phytonutrients and zoonutrients are, and why ultra-processing strips them out
How ultra-processed foods drive insulin resistance through a damaging feedback loop
Whether children are more resilient or more vulnerable to the effects of UPFs — and why the answer is complicated
What the research actually says about saturated fat, ketogenic diets, and insulin sensitivity
How the gut microbiome is affected by ultra-processed food intake
Why breath biomarkers may be the future of non-invasive metabolic screening
What GLP-1 medications mean for the future of nutrition science — and why dietitians aren't obsolete
Practical, real-world advice for feeding children in an ultra-processed food environment
About Dr. Jacob May:
Dr. Jacob May is an Associate Professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and head of the Mitochondrial Energetics and Nutrient Utilization Laboratory. His research focuses on how dietary patterns — including ketogenic and ultra-processed food diets — affect cellular metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and metabolic disease. He holds a PhD in nutrition science and is a Registered Dietitian with an active clinical practice. He was a keynote speaker at Pennington's 2025 Childhood Obesity Conference.
Email Dr. May: Jacob.Mey@pbrc.edu
Connect with Food Junkies: 🎙️ Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts 💻 Website: foodjunkiespodcast.com ▶️ YouTube: Food Junkies Podcast - YouTube 💌 Email: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. We explore the science, stories, and solutions behind food addiction and ultra-processed food use disorder.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
In this episode, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with Dr. Jacob May — mitochondrial researcher, registered dietitian, and ...Associate Professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center — to explore the cellular and metabolic consequences of a diet dominated by ultra-processed foods, particularly in children.
Dr. May leads the Mitochondrial Energetics and Nutrient Utilization Laboratory, where his team investigates how dietary patterns shape metabolism at the cellular level. He's a keynote speaker, precision nutrition researcher, and practicing clinician — and his insights here are both science-forward and refreshingly practical.
In This Episode, You'll Learn:
Why mitochondria can't tell the difference between a McDonald's burger and organic beef — and why that still matters
What phytonutrients and zoonutrients are, and why ultra-processing strips them out
How ultra-processed foods drive insulin resistance through a damaging feedback loop
Whether children are more resilient or more vulnerable to the effects of UPFs — and why the answer is complicated
What the research actually says about saturated fat, ketogenic diets, and insulin sensitivity
How the gut microbiome is affected by ultra-processed food intake
Why breath biomarkers may be the future of non-invasive metabolic screening
What GLP-1 medications mean for the future of nutrition science — and why dietitians aren't obsolete
Practical, real-world advice for feeding children in an ultra-processed food environment
About Dr. Jacob May:
Dr. Jacob May is an Associate Professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and head of the Mitochondrial Energetics and Nutrient Utilization Laboratory. His research focuses on how dietary patterns — including ketogenic and ultra-processed food diets — affect cellular metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and metabolic disease. He holds a PhD in nutrition science and is a Registered Dietitian with an active clinical practice. He was a keynote speaker at Pennington's 2025 Childhood Obesity Conference.
Email Dr. May: Jacob.Mey@pbrc.edu
Connect with Food Junkies: 🎙️ Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts 💻 Website: foodjunkiespodcast.com ▶️ YouTube: Food Junkies Podcast - YouTube 💌 Email: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
The Food Junkies Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vera Tarman, Molly Painschab, and Clarissa Kennedy. We explore the science, stories, and solutions behind food addiction and ultra-processed food use disorder.
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Are You Good Enough? Clinician's Corner with Dr Ellen Hendriksen,2026.
Are you working hard, caring deeply, and still feeling like it's not ...
Are you working hard, caring deeply, and still feeling like it's not enough? You're not alone, and this episode is for you.
This week, Molly and Clarissa sit down with Dr. ...Ellen Hendriksen, clinical psychologist, core faculty at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, and author of How to Be Enough and How to Be Yourself. Ellen brings warmth, science, and radical compassion to one of the most common, and most quietly painful, struggles in recovery: perfectionism.
In this conversation, we explore:
🔹 Where perfectionism actually comes from — genetics, family of origin, AND the culture we're swimming in 🔹 Why shame fuels the binge-restrict cycle and how to begin replacing self-punishment with self-kindness 🔹 The crucial difference between rules and values — and how that distinction can transform your recovery 🔹 Why procrastination is never really about time (and what it's actually telling you) 🔹 How to build a stable, grounded sense of self-worth that isn't constantly up for evaluation 🔹 Why comparison is hardwired — and what to do with it instead of fighting it 🔹 The "already enough" practice that rewires how we see ourselves
Whether you're navigating food addiction recovery, disordered eating, or just the exhausting weight of never feeling like you measure up — this episode offers real tools, real grace, and real hope.
ABOUT DR. ELLEN HENDRIKSEN Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist specializing in anxiety and perfectionism. She is core faculty at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at Boston University and author of two books: How to Be Enough (perfectionism) and How to Be Yourself (social anxiety). Find her newsletter How to Be Good to Yourself When You're Hard on Yourself on Substack.
🔗 Find Ellen's books wherever books are sold 📬 Ellen's Substack: Search "How to Be Good to Yourself When You're Hard on Yourself"
CONNECT WITH US:
Food Junkies Podcast on YouTube: (2) Food Junkies Podcast - YouTube
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If this episode resonated with you, please leave us a review and share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💛
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
This week, Molly and Clarissa sit down with Dr. ...Ellen Hendriksen, clinical psychologist, core faculty at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, and author of How to Be Enough and How to Be Yourself. Ellen brings warmth, science, and radical compassion to one of the most common, and most quietly painful, struggles in recovery: perfectionism.
In this conversation, we explore:
🔹 Where perfectionism actually comes from — genetics, family of origin, AND the culture we're swimming in 🔹 Why shame fuels the binge-restrict cycle and how to begin replacing self-punishment with self-kindness 🔹 The crucial difference between rules and values — and how that distinction can transform your recovery 🔹 Why procrastination is never really about time (and what it's actually telling you) 🔹 How to build a stable, grounded sense of self-worth that isn't constantly up for evaluation 🔹 Why comparison is hardwired — and what to do with it instead of fighting it 🔹 The "already enough" practice that rewires how we see ourselves
Whether you're navigating food addiction recovery, disordered eating, or just the exhausting weight of never feeling like you measure up — this episode offers real tools, real grace, and real hope.
ABOUT DR. ELLEN HENDRIKSEN Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist specializing in anxiety and perfectionism. She is core faculty at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at Boston University and author of two books: How to Be Enough (perfectionism) and How to Be Yourself (social anxiety). Find her newsletter How to Be Good to Yourself When You're Hard on Yourself on Substack.
🔗 Find Ellen's books wherever books are sold 📬 Ellen's Substack: Search "How to Be Good to Yourself When You're Hard on Yourself"
CONNECT WITH US:
Food Junkies Podcast on YouTube: (2) Food Junkies Podcast - YouTube
📧 Email us at: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
If this episode resonated with you, please leave us a review and share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💛
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Clinician's Corner-When Clinicians stop Listening, Why it Harms Recovery, 2026
Have you ever left a session feeling smaller than when you walked in? ...
Have you ever left a session feeling smaller than when you walked in? In this episode of Food Junkies: Clinician’s Corner, Clarissa and Molly explore one of the most important ...— and least talked about — dynamics in eating disorder, food addiction, and substance use treatment: what happens when the clinician's model gets in the way of the client's healing.
🔑 What We Cover in This Episode:
⬡ The Rosenhan Experiment — how psychiatric patients were misdiagnosed and then had their normal behavior interpreted as worsening symptoms, and what it reveals about clinical bias today
⬡ Epistemic dismissal — the active or passive rejection of a person's own knowledge and lived experience by the very professionals meant to help them
⬡ How diagnosis can be a flashlight or a floodlight — illuminating patterns vs. erasing the person
⬡ What happens when clients start performing recovery instead of living it
⬡ The role of ego in clinical practice — and why it doesn't always look like arrogance (sometimes it looks like certainty)
⬡ Why ambivalence is not pathology — and why allowing clients to explore moderation can be clinically sound
⬡ The difference between recovery and discovery, and why one may feel more alive than the other
⬡ How behaviors that look like symptoms are often solutions — and why treating the smoke instead of the fire keeps people stuck
⬡ Why autonomy predicts engagement and long-term change — and what that means for how we design treatment
⬡ Whose anxiety is actually driving the treatment plan?
🔗 Connect With Us:
📧 Topic suggestions & questions: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
▶️ Watch on YouTube — subscribe to help us grow and reach more people who need this content!
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
🔑 What We Cover in This Episode:
⬡ The Rosenhan Experiment — how psychiatric patients were misdiagnosed and then had their normal behavior interpreted as worsening symptoms, and what it reveals about clinical bias today
⬡ Epistemic dismissal — the active or passive rejection of a person's own knowledge and lived experience by the very professionals meant to help them
⬡ How diagnosis can be a flashlight or a floodlight — illuminating patterns vs. erasing the person
⬡ What happens when clients start performing recovery instead of living it
⬡ The role of ego in clinical practice — and why it doesn't always look like arrogance (sometimes it looks like certainty)
⬡ Why ambivalence is not pathology — and why allowing clients to explore moderation can be clinically sound
⬡ The difference between recovery and discovery, and why one may feel more alive than the other
⬡ How behaviors that look like symptoms are often solutions — and why treating the smoke instead of the fire keeps people stuck
⬡ Why autonomy predicts engagement and long-term change — and what that means for how we design treatment
⬡ Whose anxiety is actually driving the treatment plan?
🔗 Connect With Us:
📧 Topic suggestions & questions: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
▶️ Watch on YouTube — subscribe to help us grow and reach more people who need this content!
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
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Food Junkies Podcast: Plant Based food and Food Addiction Recovery with Adina Mullen, 2026
Can you eat plant-based and still avoid sugar, carbs, and ...
Can you eat plant-based and still avoid sugar, carbs, and ultra-processed foods?
In this episode of Food Junkies, Dr. Vera Tarman is joined by Adina Mullen, plant-based chef, author of Vegan ...Flavors of the World, and founder of Adina’s Delicacies, to explore whether vegetarian or vegan eating can truly support food addiction recovery, low-sugar living, and even plant-based keto—without deprivation or rebound eating.
Adina brings a deeply grounded, real-world approach to plant-based cooking rooted in whole foods, cultural traditions, flavor, and satisfaction. This conversation goes beyond diet rules to focus on nourishment, satiety, and sustainability, especially for people healing their relationship with food.
🌱 What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✔️ Is plant-based keto actually possible?
✔️ Why many people fail on plant-based diets (and how to avoid rebound eating)
✔️ The difference between vegetarian, vegan, and whole-food plant-based
✔️ How to feel satisfied without sugar or ultra-processed foods
✔️ Best plant-based protein sources, including options for people on GLP-1s
✔️ Why preparation and texture matter more than restriction
✔️ How culture, memory, and comfort foods support long-term recovery
✔️ Common mistakes that leave people hungry, depleted, or triggered
🧠 Key Topics Covered
🥑 Plant-Based Keto & Low-Sugar Eating
Adina explains how low-carb, low-sugar plant-based eating can work using whole foods like vegetables, avocados, olive oil, coconut oil, tofu, and seeds—while also naming why keto isn’t sustainable for everyone.
🥦 Why “Vegan” Doesn’t Always Mean Healthy
Removing animal products and replacing them with ultra-processed vegan foods often leads to hunger, instability, and relapse. Whole foods, structure, and adequate fat and protein matter—especially in food addiction recovery.
🍲 Flavor, Texture & Satisfaction
Roasting vs boiling, crispy textures, homemade dressings, sauces, and slow cooking are key to making vegetables feel grounding and satisfying—not like deprivation food.
🌍 Culture, Memory & Healing
Food isn’t just fuel. Adina shares how honoring cultural and traditional meals—without animal products—helps people feel emotionally nourished and connected.
💪 Protein for Plant-Based & GLP-1 Users
Includes discussion of:
TVP (textured vegetable protein)
Tofu & tempeh
Nuts and seeds (chia, flax, hemp, pumpkin)
Smart prep for digestion and satiety
📘 About the Guest: Adina Mullen
Adina Mullen is a plant-based private chef and founder of Adina’s Delicacies, specializing in gourmet vegan cuisine inspired by global flavors, heritage, and memory. She is the author of Vegan Flavors of the World, featuring plant-based adaptations of traditional dishes from 12 countries, with a second volume coming soon.
✨ Key Takeaways
Healing doesn’t come from fighting food—it comes from letting food support you
Steadiness matters more than perfection
Satisfaction, fat, protein, and flavor are not optional in recovery
You don’t need more rules—you need nourishment, warmth, and trust
🔔 Subscribe for More Conversations Like This
If you’re navigating food addiction recovery, low-sugar living, plant-based nutrition, or metabolic health, subscribe to Food Junkies for evidence-based, compassionate conversations that go deeper than diet culture.
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FoodJunkiesPodcast
💌 Email us at: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More
In this episode of Food Junkies, Dr. Vera Tarman is joined by Adina Mullen, plant-based chef, author of Vegan ...Flavors of the World, and founder of Adina’s Delicacies, to explore whether vegetarian or vegan eating can truly support food addiction recovery, low-sugar living, and even plant-based keto—without deprivation or rebound eating.
Adina brings a deeply grounded, real-world approach to plant-based cooking rooted in whole foods, cultural traditions, flavor, and satisfaction. This conversation goes beyond diet rules to focus on nourishment, satiety, and sustainability, especially for people healing their relationship with food.
🌱 What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✔️ Is plant-based keto actually possible?
✔️ Why many people fail on plant-based diets (and how to avoid rebound eating)
✔️ The difference between vegetarian, vegan, and whole-food plant-based
✔️ How to feel satisfied without sugar or ultra-processed foods
✔️ Best plant-based protein sources, including options for people on GLP-1s
✔️ Why preparation and texture matter more than restriction
✔️ How culture, memory, and comfort foods support long-term recovery
✔️ Common mistakes that leave people hungry, depleted, or triggered
🧠 Key Topics Covered
🥑 Plant-Based Keto & Low-Sugar Eating
Adina explains how low-carb, low-sugar plant-based eating can work using whole foods like vegetables, avocados, olive oil, coconut oil, tofu, and seeds—while also naming why keto isn’t sustainable for everyone.
🥦 Why “Vegan” Doesn’t Always Mean Healthy
Removing animal products and replacing them with ultra-processed vegan foods often leads to hunger, instability, and relapse. Whole foods, structure, and adequate fat and protein matter—especially in food addiction recovery.
🍲 Flavor, Texture & Satisfaction
Roasting vs boiling, crispy textures, homemade dressings, sauces, and slow cooking are key to making vegetables feel grounding and satisfying—not like deprivation food.
🌍 Culture, Memory & Healing
Food isn’t just fuel. Adina shares how honoring cultural and traditional meals—without animal products—helps people feel emotionally nourished and connected.
💪 Protein for Plant-Based & GLP-1 Users
Includes discussion of:
TVP (textured vegetable protein)
Tofu & tempeh
Nuts and seeds (chia, flax, hemp, pumpkin)
Smart prep for digestion and satiety
📘 About the Guest: Adina Mullen
Adina Mullen is a plant-based private chef and founder of Adina’s Delicacies, specializing in gourmet vegan cuisine inspired by global flavors, heritage, and memory. She is the author of Vegan Flavors of the World, featuring plant-based adaptations of traditional dishes from 12 countries, with a second volume coming soon.
✨ Key Takeaways
Healing doesn’t come from fighting food—it comes from letting food support you
Steadiness matters more than perfection
Satisfaction, fat, protein, and flavor are not optional in recovery
You don’t need more rules—you need nourishment, warmth, and trust
🔔 Subscribe for More Conversations Like This
If you’re navigating food addiction recovery, low-sugar living, plant-based nutrition, or metabolic health, subscribe to Food Junkies for evidence-based, compassionate conversations that go deeper than diet culture.
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FoodJunkiesPodcast
💌 Email us at: foodjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.Show More