Bits of Balance Jaclyn Bendt
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- Health & Fitness
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Find your balance with me—a seasoned dietitian, a dedicated personal trainer, and a certified intuitive eating counselor—as we discuss health through more than just a physical lens. My mission is clear: to guide you in discovering sustainable, holistic approaches to wellness that aligns with your unique journey. Tune in for expert insights, practical tips, and inspiring stories that will help you find your own path to balance and well-being.
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REPOST: Jaclyn Bendt: Level Up Through Intuitive Eating, Breaking Free from Diet Culture, and Nutrition Myth-Busting
This week's guest is Jaclyn Bendt. Jaclyn is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Personal Trainer, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor based in New York City. Her expertise lies in empowering women to find their sense of balance and freedom through personalized guidance in nutrition and fitness. With an extensive background in coaching and nutritional counseling, she has had the honor of supporting countless women in their quests to heal their gut health, harmonize hormones, and adopt intuitive eating practices.
In this episode, Jaclyn shares how she embarked on her career in dietetics and discovered intuitive eating, the philosophy that healed her and now guides her practice. She also busts popular diet myths, explains why you shouldn't compare yourself to what you see others eating online, and shares how she balances owning her own business while working full-time.
To connect with Jaclyn, you can find her on Instagram and through her coaching page.
IG: @jaclynliveswell
Website: Fueling Freedom
Studies and research discussed in this episode:
How Intermittent Fasting Affects Women's Hormones
The Impact of Time-Restricted Eating on Cardiac Health
Intuitive Eating Book
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Follow along for more behind-the-scenes content:
Instagram: @LevelUpLily
TikTok: @LevelUp.Lily
Recording, editing, and production by Lily Vining. Cover artwork by Liz Wardwell and Michael Fink. -
REPOST: Combating Modern Diet Culture with STT Assistant Coach Jaclyn Bendt, RDN, LD, CPT
If you've been looking to break out of food restriction and the modern dieting culture we're surrounded with once and for all, I've got just the episode for you girl. My first interview on this podcast is with none other than STT assistant coach and Registered Dietitian Jaclyn Bendt. We discuss her story with dieting, how she was able to break away from it, tips we use with our clients, and so much more!
Time Stamps:
(0:24) Our Guest Jaclyn
(3:05) Diving Into Diet Culture
(7:05) Diet Culture’s Impact on Jaclyn
(11:52)Breaking Out of Unhealthy Eating Patterns
(15:20) Full Day of Eating Example
(18:49) Helping Clients Achieve Food Freedom
(25:31) Jaclyn’s Day to Day with Food
(28:18) Tracking and Understanding Macros
(30:10) Words of Advice to Women Wanting to Achieve Food Freedom
(36:00) Setting Up Clients for Long Term Success
(38:00) Belief and Patience
The STTea Podcast with Caitlin Horvath: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1648055506?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=podcast_box_promote_link -
Optimal Hormone Health – Amenorrhea, Metabolism, ED Recovery
Join me in today’s episode as I chat with Chloe Catherine, a Dynamic Eating Psychology Coach, Therapeutic Nutrition Counselor, and Eating Disorder Recovery Mentor.
Highlighted topics:
- Chloe’s eating disorder recovery story and how she regained her period after not having it for 11 years.
- Why do women experience hypothalamic amenorrhea?
- What occurs internally when our hormones are not balanced and how is our metabolism affected?
- What physical signs and symptoms can manifest without a regular, monthly menstrual cycle?
- What steps need to be taken in order to heal our relationship with food, our body, and hormone health?
- What if gaining weight means gaining life? Reframing your thoughts around weight. -
All Intuitive Eating Questions - ANSWERED by THE Creator, Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S
Join me in today's episode as I interview the creator and co-author of Intuitive Eating, Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, FAND.
Highlighted topics:
• What’s the true definition of Intuitive Eating?
• How are the weight loss and diet industry rebranding and what do we need to look out for as consumers? How is intuitive eating being misrepresented?
• What are the 10 principles?
• How does one approach re-learning Intuitive Eating (as we’re mostly all born with this internal wisdom about eating)?
• How Intuitive Eating is part of a social justice movement to eradicate weight stigma and educate the world that each person deserves dignity and respect, regardless of size?
Connect with Elyse:
https://www.instagram.com/elyseresch/
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Overcoming Orthorexia + Faith + All Things Alcohol with Sara Carlucci
Join me in today's episode as I chat with Sara Carlucci, NASM CPT, CNC
Highlighted topics:
- Recovering from Orthorexia
- Wanting to become the smallest version of yourself to the best and strongest version of yourself
- The role that faith, spirituality, and her relationship with God has shaped her into who she is today
- How alcohol actually CAN be a part of a healthy and balanced lifestyle
- The role of being your true, authentic self
Connect with Sara:
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Your Metabolism and Healing Your Relationship With Food with Erica Drewry, RD
Join me in today's episode as I chat with Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Certified Eating Disorder Dietitian Supervisor, Erica Drewry.
Highlighted Topics:
- Where to START when healing your relationship with food
- The timeline to healing your relationship to food... how long can you expect it to take?
- The importance of taking ACTION and consistent eating intervals
- The effects of restriction on your metabolism and how to heal your metabolism (it IS possible!)
- How to begin actively trusting your body again
- Realizing that ALL foods have good qualities
Connect with Erica:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alignednutrition/
The Aligned Nutrition Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aligned-nutrition-podcast/id1527463206
Customer Reviews
Grateful for jaclyn!!
I am so grateful for Jaclyn for helping me on my journey to food freedom! the informative content she provides is clear, well spoken and has been so impactful for me in my own journey. Thank you for continuing light the way helping me become happy, whole and free from food fear. Podcasts like these change lives!! also if you don’t follow @jaclynliveswell on Instagram I highly recommend for great recipes, truths, and a compassionate loving approach towards finding what health means to you.🤍
5/5 recommend
Love this podcast so much!!!! Great and easy listen!! Jaclyn is so well educated and does such a great job talking about so many topics that are often not spoken about but so many experience!!!
Authentic and informative
Jaclyn has a way of discussing information that is realistic and pertinent to peoples health and wellness. She makes topics interesting and relatable. Highly recommend listening to this podcast!