The Balance Project Podcast

Lily is a registered dietitian with over 16yrs experience in NZ, Australia and the UK and has worked across a wide range of sectors.She currently works  at My Food Bag as the Nutrition & Development Kitchen Manager and has a super interesting background, holding positions like the national nutrition advisor for the heart foundation, the NSW State Program Manager for a children’s healthy lifestyle programme at NSW Health, and a Specialist Weight Management Dietitian in the UK. In this episode we are talking about Lily’s unique path to becoming a dietician, how you can help your relationship with food, how to navigate the overwhelm and noise around food advise online, her work within lifestyle medicine, and how you can help your kids to have a healthy view on food.   Plus so much more. This was a really educational and informative chat 

This week we welcome to the podcast the creator of one of my fave style accounts on instagram, and my friend, Nadia from @missnadialoves. Nadia is a plus size model & influencer with an instagram account quickly approaching 50k followers where she shares her love of fashion & style.   She rarely shares much of her personal life, so this episode will be a huge bts and peek behind the curtain of her instagram account. We are going to talk about the power of fashion with self image, social media land, her body image, dealing with endometriosis, what got her to really get over her body insecurities and so much more!    Nadia also has a super interesting background, having been bullied most of her teenage years by her peers which turned her into a staunch supporter of other women in her adult life. Join my friend Nadia and I for an honest and open chat, there's so much to be learned from her. 

Join me in talking to Melissa Chan-Green. In this episode we cover a lot of topics, like  her relationship with her body pre and post kids, how her views on exercise and food changed for the better over the years and how she juggles her busy career as the host of the AM show on TV3 with two little ones under 5.  Plus, we chat about the some of the highlights of covering the royals over the years including getting to meet the Queen.  I also find out what the weirdest thing someone has said about her body in the comments section!It's a great chat with some great insights from Melissa. Enjoy!

You may know Eden McPhillips from Winning My Kitchen Rules New Zealand a few years back. Since then she has gone on to start her own business, Garden of Eden Cakes  which has a cult following (me included!). In this episode we are talking to Eden about having an eating disorder before entering MKR, how she handled her recovery and the effects it had on her mental health and body image. We also chat about being a young Mum to Little Parker, who has just turned two. It's a big ep with some incredible vulnerability from Eden, who as usual handles everthing with great humour and honesty.  I hope you enjoy!