HERStory on a Plate with Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson
Gain a new perspective on food, diet and body image within our diverse cultures. HERstory on a Plate is a conversation about food, diet culture and how it impacts women in today’s world. Food is a unifier connecting women from different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. It tells a story about who we are, where we come from and what impacts how we feel in our bodies. Join hosts Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer as they share their stories around food, culture, body image and how it has shaped their personal stories. They are committed to ending the stigma of diet culture and instead, show how embracing food traditions can be healing. In today’s diet-obsessed world this podcast will help you see food in a whole new way.
Episodes
October 22, 2024 • 25 mins
Embrace Your Authentic Self: The Power of Showing Up in Photos
In a world driven by visual media, it's no surprise that many of us feel nervous or even avoid being in front of the camera. In a recent conversation between body image experts Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson, they explored this common fear and shared powerful insights on how to embrace being seen, imperfections and all.
The Pressure to Look Perfect
Jennie candidly adm...
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October 8, 2024 • 33 mins
Journey of Recovery and Healing in Midlife
In this episode, hosts Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer talk with Betsy Brenner. She shares her deeply personal story of battling an eating disorder in midlife and the profound lessons she has learned through her recovery journey.
Brenner’s 2021 memoir, The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Midlife, details her experience of emotional trauma, anxiety, and depression...
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September 24, 2024 • 31 mins
Break Free from Diet Culture and Embrace Body Autonomy
In today’s episode, Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson talk about the pitfalls of diet culture, the emotional toll of restrictive eating, and the path to reclaiming your body autonomy.
Both Jennie and Nina share personal experiences and insights from working with clients who have struggled for years with the allure of diets, promising a quick fix for deeper issues.
As they hig...
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September 17, 2024 • 28 mins
The Critical Link Between Sleep and Your Relationship with Food
In this episode hosts, Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer discuss the importance of sleep and its profound connection to how we manage food, hunger, and overall well-being.
Their conversation touches on the challenges that affect lots of women, from balancing busy schedules to managing the impacts of hormonal changes and menopause, all of which disrupt sleep patterns a...
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July 11, 2024 • 35 mins
Embracing Movement on Our Own Terms
In a recent enlightening discussion with hosts Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer, guest Ragen
Chastain shares her experience with the often-complex relationship with movement. This conversation sheds light on how societal pressures and diet culture have influenced our views on exercise and body movement.
The Influence of Diet Culture on Movement
Ragen highlights the profound impact of diet culture...
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June 27, 2024 • 33 mins
Reframe Your
Relationship with Food and Cooking
This episode has co-host Jenny Kramer talking with co-host Nina Manolson about how she
learned to cook. It also highlights our relationship to food and what that means to each of them.
Together they explore the idea that cooking can be enjoyable and manageable for everyone, regardless of skill level or background. It challenges the notion that complex recipes and
fancy presentations...
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June 13, 2024 • 36 mins
For too many women, what to wear, how to dress and all the decisions around fashion brings anxiety. It can be so stressful that many avoid thinking about how they really feel and what makes them happy. Today’s conversation is going to spark a welcome bit of joy around all things wardrobe related.
In a captivating discussion with hosts Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer, Manny
Martins-Karman, an extraordinary artist and social media i...
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June 6, 2024 • 32 mins
Body Image, Weight Loss, and Food Noise: What You Need to Know
Hosts Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer unpack the cultural messages around weight loss and weight loss drugs, specifically the GLP-1 medications. They also delve into the concept of "food noise" – that constant chatter in our heads about food and body size.
Oprah isn’t the only celebrity to use weight loss medication, but she may be the most visible in terms of messaging...
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March 8, 2024 • 25 mins
Co-hosts Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer are back and today
they’re talking about how we all compare ourselves to others and the negative
consequences of this behavior.
Imposter syndrome is real, for even the most accomplished
and confident among us. Hear how this has shown up for both Jennie and Nina and how they address it for themselves and how they help their clients with this
universal issue.
Steps to combat negative comparis...
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March 8, 2024 • 28 mins
Listen to this in-depth conversation between Nancy Loeffler
and hosts Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson about Nancy's journey through grief
and her book, "The Alchemy of Grief: Your Journey to Wholeness."
Nancy shares her personal story of loss, the process of excavating her life to
find meaning and purpose after her daughter's death, and the importance of
acknowledging and processing grief in its various forms.
Connect
with Nancy
Th...
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March 8, 2024 • 29 mins
When one partner embarks on a weight
loss journey, it can have a significant impact on the other partner, even if
they are not actively trying to lose weight themselves. This blog post explores
the different ways this can happen, and offers tips for navigating these
challenges.
Key points:
• Partners of people who are losing weight may experience envy, insecurity, and a feeling that their own body is being judged.
• The way weight ...
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February 9, 2024 • 28 mins
Jennie and Nina are talking about control today. We are living in a time where there’s a lot happening in the world that is out of our hands. Wars, climate disasters and political unrest are just a few things that leave us feeling out of control.
We find ourselves feeling like we don’t have agency to make decisions. There are real things we can’t control, and there are imagined things that we like to think we can control and every...
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February 9, 2024 • 33 mins
Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson are talking to Jenny Rushmore, the founder of Cashmerette. She shares her inspiring journey of revolutionizing clothing patterns to fit women of all sizes and shapes.
Having struggled with finding clothes that fit her own body, especially due to her larger bust size, Jenny embarked on a mission to create patterns that accommodate various body types.
Jenny's story is one of resilience, creativity, ...
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Hosts Nina and Jennie are joined by guests Amy Pershing and Chevice Turner. Together they discuss the profound journey of recovery from Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and the importance of embracing body autonomy.
Amy, the founding director of Bodywise, and Chevice, the founder of the Binge Eating Disorder Association, shared insights from their extensive experience in the field.
Key Talking Points:
Background and Expertise
The Boo...
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February 9, 2024 • 31 mins
The conversation revolves around the topic of aging and its
cultural impact, focusing on how celebrities' aging is scrutinized and its
influence on regular individuals. Hosts, Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer,
discuss the privileges and challenges of aging, emphasizing the cultural
conversation around it.
They explore societal attitudes, the impact of media, and
the pressure to conform to youth and beauty standards. Billions of dol...
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February 9, 2024 • 33 mins
Hosts Jennie and Nina are talking with Rachel Zimmerman, an award-winning journalist covering health and medicine for over two decades.
Rachel is talking about her unique and up close perspective on loss and grief and trauma.
She breaks down what current research is doing to understand how collective trauma as well as intergenerational trauma impact us today, as a society and as individuals.
She also shares her very personal sto...
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February 9, 2024 • 27 mins
This time
will be different.
Have you’ve said that to yourself? The new year brings pressure about all the things we need to change. The pressure of fixing things, especially changes in our
bodies, can be overwhelming leading to desperate measures because this time is
has to work.
Hosts Jennie and Nina are talking about this timely topic on this inaugural episode of Herstory On a Plate. Making changes, wanting to evolve and grow ...
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January 16, 2024 • 1 min
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