Nourish to Flourish: Empowering Jewish Women Through Balanced Nutrition with Rena Rosenthal Cohen | Ep. 25

🎙️ In this episode, Rachel talks with dietitian and behavior change coach Rena Rosenthal Cohen. They discuss strategies for women to find balance, achieve health goals, and break free from restrictive dieting, especially within Jewish traditions. They also get into Rena’s holistic self-care approach that combines mindset and mechanics for sustainable health and weight loss.

Together, Rachel and Rena talk about:

✨ Cycle of Restrictive Dieting: Extreme diets lead to short-term results but are not sustainable. This perpetuates metabolic damage and negative beliefs about weight loss.

✨ Focus on Root Causes: Effective change requires addressing the underlying behaviors, beliefs, and stories we tell ourselves about food.

✨ Fat vs. Scale Weight Loss: Differentiating between fat loss and just reducing the number on the scale is crucial. Loss of muscle mass, especially in women, can have long-term health consequences.

✨ Sustainable Weight Loss with Medications: Medications like Ozempic can be a temporary kickstart, but these need to be combined with habit and behavior changes for long-term success.

✨ Importance of Self: The foundation of any sustainable change is prioritizing self-care and recognizing one's own value.

Don’t get too obsessed about short-term successes. Stay tuned to learn how to make progress with lifetime benefits!

 

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Meet Rena Rosenthal Cohen!

02:52 The Importance of Mindset in Health

05:06 Navigating Jewish Traditions and Food

06:55 Balancing Mindset and Mechanics

13:29 How Ozempic Works with Weight Loss

19:37 Rena's SELF System

28:44 Enjoying the Journey 

34:36 The Importance of Knowing Your Authentic Voice

36:51 What’s Next for Rena?

 

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Rena Rosenthal Cohen, RD is a Registered Dietitian with over 18 years of experience helping individuals build a healthy relationship with food. She empowers Jewish women to prioritize self-care, recognizing that sustainable health goes beyond traditional diet plans.

Rena has worked with all age groups, guiding them toward balanced nutrition without rigid food rules. Her evidence-based approach helps clients create lasting habits, boost energy, and simplify their health journey. Understanding the overwhelm of nutrition, she offers clarity, support, and accountability.

A wife and mother of four, Rena relaunched her private practice over three years ago, realizing that growing her business required deep personal growth. Through coaching and self-discovery, she has embraced her mission to create meaningful change, particularly in the Jewish community. She is passionate about helping women nourish their bodies, move with confidence, and cultivate a mindset for long-term success.

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rena-cohen-612408218/

Learn more about Rena and her programs, and access her transformational free video resource, The Metabolic Switch, at https://www.sanctuarycoaching.ca/metabolic-switch

 

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