You stopped getting your period and decided it was kind of a perk. No cramps, no tampons, no problem. And you don’t even want kids right now, so who cares? I said that for years. Then I got married, and suddenly the future I’d been putting off was right in front of me.

In this episode I’m getting really honest about what my eating disorder cost my fertility. I talk about having my period jump started at 16, spending years on birth control that covered up what my body was trying to tell me, and how comparing myself to other dancers kept me from seeing the real problem. I share why eating “enough” still wasn’t enough, why my body remembered what I’d put it through years later, and how much my nervous system had to do with it. I also tell you where I am now: on my fertility journey, with regular cycles back, and so much hope.

Whether or not kids are part of your plan, your period tells you a lot about whether your body feels safe. Future you is counting on what you feed her today. If this one hits close to home, come talk to me. You’re not alone in this.

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Get through Halloween, be good until Thanksgiving, start fresh in January. You’ve made this plan before, haven’t you? Maybe every single year.

In this episode I’m sharing what the holidays used to look like for me, from the years I barely let myself eat to the years I said screw it and ate everything, and why neither one ever felt like peace. We talk about why being “good” before the holidays turns your food noise all the way up, what all that control is quietly costing you at the table, and what it could look like to wake up Thanksgiving morning and just eat breakfast.

If you’re done white-knuckling your way to the holidays, Peace Before the Plate is my 3-week challenge that kicks off November 1st and wraps up right before Thanksgiving. Just $21 for the full 21 days. Enrollment closes October 31st, so DM me the word PEACE on Instagram @thefitbean_ and I’ll send you all the deats.

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You did the work. You made peace with food. So why does it feel like your body still hasn’t caught up?

In this episode I’m getting really honest about where I am right now. I’m years into food freedom, five cycles into recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea, and getting iron infusions after years of low iron I just thought was normal tiredness. And yeah, I’ve been disappointed in my body.

We talk about why your mind and body don’t always heal on the same timeline, why you’re allowed to feel mad before you get to grateful, and why being exhausted all the time is worth advocating for yourself about. Then I walk you through three questions and a simple sentence to start forgiving your body, and the version of you who thought control was keeping her safe.

If your body is still catching up to your healing, this one’s for you.

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Have you ever sat in your car in the work parking lot for five extra minutes, bracing yourself to walk in? Then gone home and tracked every bite because it's the one thing that feels like you have control over? This one's for you.

In this episode we're talking about the thing in your life that feels permanent. The job you've been at too long, the relationship that drains you, the money stress that feels like it'll never end. I'm sharing how feeling out of control in my own life pushed me to grab control with food, what it was like to leave teaching dance and start my business when I was scared out of my mind, and why stuck might just be the worst feeling there is. We get into how your self-worth decides what you tolerate, why scary and impossible are not the same thing, and why you don't have to blow up your life tomorrow to start changing it.

I'm also walking you through a few reflection questions to help you figure out if what you're stuck in is actually unchangeable, or if changing it is just scary. Listen in, then DM me the one area of your life you're done calling permanent.

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Have you ever put something off because you couldn't do it perfectly? Yeah, me too. I fell off the face of the earth with this podcast for four months, and honestly, the thing keeping me away was the pressure to make my first episode back perfect.

In this episode I'm getting real about how perfectionism snuck back in for me, and how it's probably showing up for you with food, workouts, and pretty much everything else. We talk about why waiting for the perfect moment keeps you stuck, how one missed week turns into months (or how one cookie turns into the whole jar), why confidence comes after you take action and not before, and why the B minus version still counts.

If you're a high achiever who's tired of starting over every Monday, this one's for you. You don't have to make up for lost time. You just have to show back up. Give it a listen, then DM me the one thing you're doing imperfectly this week.

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Structure and control look the same from the outside. They use the same tools. They follow the same plans. They eat the same meals.

But one is healing you. The other is slowly destroying you.

In this episode I'm giving you the 5 questions to figure out which one you're actually in, why throwing out structure isn't the answer, and how to shift from control to structure without losing the support that's actually helping you.

This is the conversation for the woman who's too self-aware to keep dieting but too scared to fully let go.

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Okay so. Your period's missing and everyone keeps telling you to just gain weight. And maybe you have. And it's still not back. And now you're wondering if your body is just broken.

It's not. I promise.

I never had a natural period until I was 30. Fourteen years on birth control, years of fake cycles, and a body that I thought was failing me. In this episode I'm walking you through the three things that actually got my cycle back, why weight gain isn't the whole story (and sometimes isn't the story at all), and what your body is really trying to tell you.

This is the episode I wish someone had handed me at 22.

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