010 | Madison Luikens - Self-love, self-trust, finding peace with food & body, & spirituality

Woop woop! I’m so excited to have my girl & beautiful soul Madison Luikens on the podcast today. Madison is a photographer, fellow Nutritional Therapist (it’s how we met!), and #girlboss behind the lifestyle brand Nourish & Namaste. Madison strives to inspire women to love themselves and I couldn’t feel more connected to her mission.This episode is full of #realtalk. Especially surrounding the topics that so many of us struggle with: body image, dieting, trusting ourselves, & finding peace with food. Madison & I have eerily similar journeys and I know you’ll see yourself in this episode. She has so much to share with the world and I can’t wait to see where her work takes her. We cover:- Madison’s body image & food story- Authenticity & vulnerability- Learning to back off & listening to your body - Trusting & staying connected to your intuition - What our relationship with food can tell us- Quitting diet dogma- Letting go of perfectionism- Anxiety struggles- Playing the long game when it comes to health - Doing the emotional work to have a sustainable relationship with food & your body- Identity & finding our place- What spirituality & faith means to us- Finding a balance with social media- Her women’s retreat in February!Madison’s website:https://www.nourish-and-namaste.com/Follow her on Instagram @nourishandnamasteSign up for her retreat!https://www.nourish-and-namaste.com/texas-holistic-womens-retreat/Mentions:Gretchen Rubin’s moderator vs. abstainerhttps://gretchenrubin.com/2012/10/back-by-popular-demand-are-you-an-abstainer-or-a-moderator/Joseph Campbell’s workhttps://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Campbell/e/B000AQ33DKRob Bellhttps://www.amazon.com/Rob-Bell/e/B001JSEA3A/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1513644955&sr=1-2-entRob Bell’s Everything Is Spiritualhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT09JbaEh_IThe Alchemisthttps://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0061122416The Untethered Soulhttps://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513683228&sr=1-1&keywords=michael+singer