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The Daily Ascent — 271 episodes
Ep. 140 | Why We Are More the Same Than We Are Different
Ep. 139 | Why You Don't Need a Reason to Say No
Ep. 138 | Why Half-Surrendering Is Keeping You Stuck
Ep. 137 | How to Stop Letting Your Past Trip You Up
Ep. 136 | Why Not Telling People What You Need Is Actually Keeping You From Being Loved
Ep. 135 | How to Stop Rushing the Things Worth Building
Ep. 134 | Why Diet Culture Stole Your Patience - And How to Get It Back
Ep. 133 | Why We Use External Things to Feel Like Enough (And What to Do About It)
Ep. 132 | Why Feeling Worse After Deep Work Probably Means It's Working
Ep. 131 | Why Taking Action Is the Fastest Way to Change How You Feel About Yourself
Ep. 130 | How to Do a Shame Fast - And Why Your Thoughts Might Need One
Ep. 129 | How to Stop Worrying About Problems That Haven't Happened Yet
Ep. 128 | Why Loving Yourself Means Showing Up Even When You Don't Feel Like It
Ep. 127 | Why Not Asking for What You Need Is Costing You More Than You Think
Ep. 126 | How to Stop Self-Sabotage When the Voice Sounds Like You
Ep. 125 | If You Want a Village You Have to Be a Villager
Ep. 124 | How to Find Gratitude in the Ordinary Moments (Before the World Wakes Up)
Ep. 123 | Are You Treating Yourself Like You're Fragile? (You're Not)
Ep. 122 | Why Sometimes You Need Something to Hold You Still
Ep. 121 | Why the Opposite of Addiction Is Connection (And What It Takes to Choose It)
Ep. 120 | Why It's Okay to Let Yourself Be Happy Right Now
Ep. 119 | Why the Danger Zone Isn't the Hard Part (It's the Exhale After)
Ep. 118 | You Don't Need a Reason to Feel What You Feel
Ep. 117 | How to Read the Signs the Universe Is Sending You (What Driftwood Taught Me)
Ep. 116 | Why Lucky People Aren't Just Born That Way (The Science of Believing You're Lucky)
Ep. 115 | How to Find Wonder in Everyday Life (What My Dog Taught Me)
Ep. 114 | Why You Can't Rush Your Way Back After a Hard Season
Ep. 113 | Why You Can't Make Brave Decisions Based on What Might Happen
Ep. 112 | How to Love Someone as They Are (Not as You Wish They Were)
Ep. 111 | What If Your Hardest Healing Work Is Actually a Privilege?
Ep. 110 | How to Rewrite the Story Your Body Has Been Carrying
Ep. 109 | What the Flu Taught Me About Letting Go of My Plans
Ep. 108 | How to Change Your Perspective When Everything Feels Wrong
Ep. 107 | What Are You Fixing So You Don't Have to Feel?
Ep. 106 | Why You Should Never Stop Trying New Things in Your Healing
Ep. 105 | Why the Messy Middle Isn't the End of Your Story
Ep. 104 | Why You're So Exhausted After Doing Hard Things
Ep. 103 | How to Make a Decision When You Don't Know What's Right
Ep. 102 | What If the Next Loving Choice Is Enough?
Ep. 101 | How to Let Go of Resentment When You're Not Ready to Forgive
Ep. 100 | Why Your Hardest Patterns Are the Last to Change
Ep. 99 | Why the Things You Can't Control Might Actually Be Protecting You
Ep. 98 | The Prayer That Stopped Me From Chasing What I Don't Have
Ep. 97 | How to Start When Everything Feels Too Big
Ep. 96 | What If Being Too Much Is the Whole Point?
Ep. 95 | You're Not Broken, So Stop Trying to Fix Yourself
Ep. 94 | Stop Waiting for Permission to Take Back Your Space
Ep. 93 | Your Best Is Already Better Than You Think
Ep. 92 | What My Podcast Producer Keeps Teaching Me About Grace
Ep. 91 | How to Stop Fawning and Start Asking for What You Want
Ep. 90 | The Danger of Making Anyone Your Authority
Ep. 89 | Why Blind Faith in Spiritual Leaders Can Cost You Everything
Ep. 88 | The Power of the Pause Before You React
Ep. 87 | What If Promoting Yourself Is Actually an Act of Service?
Ep. 86 | What a Moped Driver in Marrakesh Taught Me About Overthinking
Ep. 85 | Why the Shedding Never Stops (And Why That's the Point)
Ep. 84 | Why the Second Time Through Is Never As Scary
Ep. 83 | How to Get Through a Hard Season (When It Feels Like It Will Never End)
Ep. 82 | When the Universe Has a Better Plan Than You Do
Ep. 81 | Why Stepping Outside Your Box Is Medicine for the Soul
Ep. 80 | How to Stop Giving Away Credit for Your Own Wins
Ep. 79 | Grace Gives the Shovel, But You Have to Dig
Ep. 78 | How to Ask for What You Need Without Feeling Selfish
Ep. 77 | How to Stop Gripping What Isn't Working
Ep. 76 | Why Valentine's Day Is My Favorite Holiday (Even Though I'm Single)
Ep. 75 | Why I'm Starting Trauma Therapy Again
Ep. 74 | Sometimes Rest Looks Like Adventure
Ep. 73 | The Words You Use Are a Contract With the Universe
Ep. 72 | What If This Just Works?
Ep. 71 | The Intentional Thing I Did When I Felt Depleted and Empty
Ep. 70 | The Same Sound Can Be Annoying or Beautiful Depending on Where You Are
Ep. 69 | Why Comparing Your Pain to Someone Else's Doesn't Help Anyone
Ep. 68 | When Someone Gives You Permission to Have Fun
Ep. 67 | When Compassion Becomes Too Costly
Ep. 66 | There's No Such Thing as an Unanswered Prayer
Ep. 65 | The Courage It Takes to Reconcile
Ep. 64 | Why Your Work Matters More Than You Think
Ep. 63 | Why I Almost Didn't Go to the Shiva (And Why I'm So Glad I Did)
Ep. 62 | What If We Stopped Obsessing Over the Worst-Case Scenario?
Ep. 61 | When It's Time to Leave a Room That's Hurting You
Ep. 60 | Catching Sadness Before It Becomes Despair
Ep. 59 | Why the First Time Through Is Always the Hardest
Ep. 58 | How Telling the Truth Made My Shame Disappear
Ep. 57 | The Night I Sobbed in a Parking Lot After a Book Launch
Ep. 56 | The Moment I Stopped Asking Someone to Become Who I Wanted
Ep. 55 | When Fear Quietly Sabotages the Life You're Building
Ep. 54 | Meeting People's Mess With Grace Instead of Judgment
Ep. 53 | What Needs to Go Out in 2025: Compartmentalization, What Needs to Come In: Compassion
Ep. 52 | How I Taught Myself to Love Something I Hated (The Hot Yoga Experiment)
Ep. 51 | The 3-Year-Old Who Wanted to Smell Everything (And What He Taught Me About Being Alive)
Ep. 50 | I Broke My New Year's Resolution on January 3rd (And Why That's Actually Perfect)
Ep. 49 | What Happens When You Stop Deciding You Can't Do Things
Ep. 48 | When Diet Culture Gets Loud: Stop Comparing Your Insides to Their Outsides
Ep. 47 | When Letting Go Early Is the Most Loving Choice
Ep. 46 | The Power of Saying No and Letting Yourself Rest
Ep. 45 | The Wisdom of Winter
Ep. 44 | Why Casual Indifference Is Costing You the Life You Want
Ep. 43 | Letting Go Gracefully: How to Know When Something's Complete
Ep. 42 | When Life Falls Apart: Finding Strength in the Hardest Moments
Ep. 41 | Devotion: The Power of Showing Up Even When It's Hard
Ep. 40 | How to Soften Your Heart When Anger Takes Over
Ep. 39 | Loving Your Family Without Losing Yourself: Unicorns and Horses
Ep. 38 | How to Stop Saying Yes to Everything Without Feeling Guilty
Ep. 37 | When Relationships Change Shape: Staying Open to What Comes Next
Ep. 36 | How to Find Stability When the Holidays Knock You Off Your Beam
Ep. 35 | Stop Trying So Hard: Finding Your Way Back to Flow
Ep. 34 | When Your Body Says Stop: Learning to Surrender to What Is
Ep. 33 | When Self Trust Means Leaving Early
Ep. 32 | How to Recognize the Universe's Subtle Signs
Ep. 31 | Replenish Yourself: The Healing Power of Receiving
Ep. 30 | Why It's Okay to Need Help (Even When You're the Strong One)
Ep. 29 | Helping Without Burning Out: The Art of Discernment
Ep. 28 | When Overwhelm Rises: The Gentle Power of a Reframe
Ep. 27 | Choosing Boldness: Saying Yes to Joy When Old Wounds Whisper No
Ep. 26 | When Old Grief Returns: How To Honor Feelings You Thought Were Done
Ep. 25 | How to Stop Sending Worry - and Start Sending Love
Ep. 24 | How Serving Others Heals Your Heart
Ep. 23 | The Permission to Rest
Ep. 22 | The Surprise of Grief
Ep. 21 | The Art of Receiving
Ep. 20 | Lead with Your Heart
Ep. 19 | The Power of Vulnerability (When You Finally Tell the Truth)
Ep. 18 | The Gift of Just Being There
Ep. 17 | When Life Humbles You (But You Keep Going Anyway)
Ep. 16 | When Love Gets Tangled with Ego
Ep. 15 | When Darkness Is Actually Your Ascent
Ep. 14 | The Healing Power of Being Forgiven
Ep. 13 | When Expansion Feels Terrifying (But You Know It's Right)
Ep. 12 | The Answer Might Already Be Here
Ep. 11 | Honor the Body
Ep. 10 | It's All Happening for a Reason (and Other Things That Need a Second Look)
Ep. 9 | Finding the Glimmers
Ep. 8 | Balance Isn't Selfish
Ep. 7 | The Lightness of Letting Go
Ep. 6 | When It Just Feels Right
Ep. 5 | Stepping Back Into Focus
Ep. 4 | The Warrior's Way of Commitment
Ep. 3 | Don't Be Afraid of Making Mistakes
Ep. 2 | The Surprising Freedom of Taking Responsibility
Ep. 1 | The 15-Year-Old Who Taught Me the Hardest Spiritual Lesson
The Daily Ascent with Molly Carmel (Trailer)
130. I'll See You Soon!
129. How to Navigate Perfectionism and Imposter Syndrome
128. Are Injectables the Answer?
127. Consistent Progress is Better than Perfection
126. Self-Care to Regulate the Nervous System with Dr. Alisa Kriegel
125. Healing Your Relationship with Food Is a Journey, Not a Race
124. How the Nervous System Impacts Your Relationship with Food with Michelle Shapiro
123. The Courage to Heal: A Conversation on Recovery and Wellness
122. There's No Healing Without Feeling Safe
121. Shift the Script and Realize You're Doing an Amazing Job
120. Overcoming Hard Times through Mindfulness and Meditation with Lindsey Pearson
119. Regulating the Nervous System and Healing Childhood Wounds with Dr. Alisa Kriegel
118. Is the Diet Industry Preventing You from Forgiving Yourself?
117. How to Safely Stop Psychiatric Medication with Dr. Mark Horowitz
116. What If Shame and Fear Take Over?
115. Finding Inner Rest with Caleb Campbell
114. From Food Addiction to Forgiveness and Freedom
113. From Chronic Illness to Wellness with Krista Joy Palmer
112. A Breakthrough Moment in Healing
111. A Financial Planner's Guide to Becoming Truly WELLthy with Dawn Dahlby
110. You Always Have A Choice
109. Undoing Diet Culture Thinking with Jennifer Steinman Sternin
108. The Importance of Compassion in Achieving Wellness
107. Navigating Menopause: A Comprehensive Approach to Nutrition and Wellness with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
106. Discovering Joy on Demand with IntenSati - with Lucy Osborne
105. Understanding the Food-Mood Connection with Dr. Amy Shah
104. Owning Your Worth with Loren Lahav
103. How to Break the Cycle of Food Addiction with Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab
102. What We Hold On To Keeps us Held Up
101. Making Your Self-Relationship a Priority with Mike Millner
100. Challenging Our Toxic Thoughts
99. Find Calm in the Chaos Through Mindfulness and Meditation with Manoj Dias
98. Taking Control of Your Health
97. How to Handle the Diet Culture Vultures
96. The Missing Piece of the Intuitive Eating Movement with Michelle Shapiro
95. The Gut-Body Connection with Dr. Heather Finley
94. Building a Loving Relationship with Food and our Bodies with Sophie Chiche
93. Overcoming Negative Self-Talk and Tuning Into Your Highest Self with Randi Zinn
92. How to Sugarproof Your Kids with Dr. Michael Goran
91. Guiding Principles for Thriving Through the Holidays
90. Energy Healing and Raising Your Vibration with Taylor Stone
89. Heal the Body, Heal the Mind
88. Connection is the Opposite of Addiction with Alison Leipzig
87. Beyond Day 66 with Marshall Malone
86. Acupuncture and Emotions as Energy With Wendy Swanson
85. Menopause and Integrative Health with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz
84. Becoming Who You Were Meant to Be with Joseph Sheehey
83. Perfectionism: Enough is Enough
82. Coaching at Its Core with Julie Reisler
81. Power Circles: You Are Not Alone in Your Eating Disorder with Michelle Garside
80. How Faith Played a Role in My Healing Journey with Ashley Austin Morris
79. How to Find Your Balance by Embracing Your Recovery Mind
78. Breaking Up With Sugar by My 40TH Birthday With Marshall Malone
77. Overcoming Food Addiction by Embracing Honesty and Humility with Nancy Kaley
76. Why Seeing Disease as a Gift is the First Step to True Healing with Rob Wergin
75. A Better Relationship with Food Starts with a Better Relationship with Yourself
74. How to Reignite Your Sexual Pleasure with Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus
73. My Experience With Long COVID and How It Impacted My Eating Disorder
72. Recognizing Your Wise Mind
71. Has America Always Been Obsessed with Going to the Gym?
70. What You Can Achieve When You Go All In
69. Going on the Upward Spiral with Dr. Alex Korb (Part 2 of 2)
68. Going on the Upward Spiral with Dr. Alex Korb (Part 1 of 2)
67. Living a Big and Beautiful Life
66. Gut Health 101 with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (Part 2 of 2)
65. Gut Health 101 with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (Part 1 of 2)
64. Powering Through Food Addiction By Going All In
63. The Key Elements Necessary for Healing Your Relationship with Food, From the OG of the Food Addiction Movement with Dr. Marty Lerner
62. The Bravest Thing We Can Say is "Help"
61. Showing Up Authentically, Codependency Wounds, and Gaslighting Behaviors with Dr. Brad Reedy
60. Self-Love is a Series of Small Victories
59. Talking Therapy, Experiencing Therapy, and Healing Self-Hate with Adrienne Glasser
58. Skillful Ways to Say No to Food Pushers
57. How to Manage Glucose to Stop Cravings, Maximize Health, and Live Longer with Jessie Inchauspé (Glucose Goddess)
56. On Leaving Your Old Identity Behind
55. Genetics vs. Environment: Which One Has More Power over Your Life and Behavior? with Dr. Danielle Dick, PhD
54. How to Stay True to Your Journey Around Food Pushers
53. On Vulnerability and Getting Rid of the Shame
52. How to Find Wellness Practices that Complement Your Life and Make Sense for You with Colleen Wachob
51. Why Self-Love Is a Process: Navigating Your Journey from Self-Hate to Self-Like and Self-Appreciation
50. How to Live From A Place of Choice, Not Desperation: A Breaking Up with Sugar Success Story
49. Why Small Changes Lead to Big Outcomes with Dr. Alex Korb
48. How to Access and Connect with Your True, Authentic Self with Kimberly Snyder
47. How to Overcome the "I'm not Enoughs" and Practice Compassion and Curiosity in Your Relationship with Food
46. How to Become More Courageous and Resilient through the Practice of REST with Octavia Raheem
45. Learning to Be Gentle With Ourselves and How to Find Balance instead of Diet Trauma: A Breaking Up with Sugar Success Story
44. Why January 1 is the Most Dangerous Day of the Year and How to Avoid Being the Prey of Diet Culture
43. Why So Many Nutritionists Misunderstand Food Addiction and What You Need to Know to Navigate Your Relationship with Food with David Wiss
42. One of the BIG Reasons We Stay Stuck in Diet Drama and Trauma
41. The Importance of Therapy, Feeling Worthy, and Being Our Authentic Self with Kenzie Elizabeth
40. Why We Always Have Choices and The Importance of Unlearning the Stories We Tell Ourselves
39. How to Prepare for Thanksgiving When You're Working on Healing your Relationship with Food
38. Why Labels Don't Tell the Whole Story and What To Do About Dead-End Solutions with Dr. Charlie Swenson
37. Why It Takes Time To Heal Diet Drama: One Woman's Journey to Discover the Importance of Self-Compassion
36. How to Find Acceptance and Meaning with Melissa Bernstein
35. Here's Why You're Doing the Best You Can and What To Do If You're Not Sure or Don't Know If You Are Part Two
34. How One Woman's Quest for Weight Loss Turned into a Emotional and Spiritual Awakening
33. A Food Writer's Journey of Harmonizing Her Love of Food and Her Raging Eating Disorder: A Conversation with Hannah Howard
32. What To Do About Your Kids and Eating Sugar - Actionable Advice on How To Find Balance with Sugarproof's Dr. Michael Goran and Dr. Emily Ventura
31. Here's Why You're Doing the Best You Can and What To Do If You're Not Sure or Don't Know If You Are
30. Mia Kang on The Miracle of Connecting with Her Body and the Journey of Escaping Her Eating Disorder
29. At Age 57, On Her Last Shred of Hope, A Woman's Journey to Completely Transform Her Life
28. Breaking Down the Difference Between Mental Health and Mental Toughness
27. How to Access and Act-On Your Intuition Amongst All the Noise with That's So Retrograde's Stephanie Simbari and Elizabeth Kott
26. How to Deal with Imperfection in Your Relationship with Food
25. Sydel Curry Lee on The Importance of Faith, Prioritizing Our Needs, and Pursuing Our Passions
24. Never Give Up: A Woman's Transformative Journey to Heal her Relationship with Food
23. Dr. Will Cole on Why We Need to Get Out of Toxic Tribalism
22. How To Travel and Live a Full Fun Life Without Ditching Your Food Goals
21. The Importance of Self-Love, Slowing Down, and Setting Boundaries
20. A Mom Taking Back Her Life from Diet Drama and a Hidden Sugar Addiction
19. Why There's No One Single Solution with Dr. Kim Dennis
18. The Surprising Similarities between Surfing and Addiction
17. Why Cutting Out Sugar is NOT a Diet
16. How Our Breath Can Heal Just About Everything with Dr. Belisa Vranich
15. I Broke Up with Sugar: A Story of Hope and Overcoming Food Addiction
14. Michael Moss on How the Food Industry is Keeping Us Hooked
13. Intuitive Eating: Who is it For? with Elyse Resch
12. How I Broke Free From Diet Culture
11. Why It's So Hard to Ask for Help with Harry Cunnane
10. Why Self-Compassion and Slip-Ups are Essential for Change with Annie Grace
9. Why Toxic Positivity Doesn't Work (and Can Even Make Things Worse) with Dr. Alec Miller
8. Let Go of Scale and Body Obsession, You Are Enough with Genevieve Angelson
7. Why Trauma is Even More Normal Than We Think with Kimberly Johnson
6. Meditation is the Key to Your Cravings and Happiness with Bob Roth
5. Giving Up Isn't an Option: Turn Your Pain Into Something Powerful with Tracy Coval
4. How Race and Sugar Addiction Intersect with Shun Foreman
3. The Importance of Being Selfish with Dr. Brad Reedy
1. How I Overcame An Eating Disorder and Took Control of My Life
2. Finding Your Own Voice and Path When It Comes To A Relationship With Food with Jessica Cording