Fuel Her Awesome — Mental Health, Aging, Nutrition & Healing Your Relationship With Food: gut-brain connection, emotional eating, women’s hormone health, food freedom, empowered eating
Most women don't have a nutrition problem. They have a relationship problem — with food, with their bodies, and with themselves. And until someone addresses that, no meal plan is going to stick. Welcome to Fuel Her Awesome — the podcast where mental health and nutrition finally meet. I'm Jess Brown, registered dietitian, certified eating disorder consultant, certified sports dietitian and your guide to understanding why you eat the way you do — and how to change it without shame, restriction, or starting over. Each episode goes beyond the food to explore the root causes most providers miss: the gut-brain connection driving your mood, the stress hormones shaping your cravings, the nutrient gaps nobody tested for — and what you can actually do about it. Science-backed, judgment-free, and built for the woman who is done treating symptoms and ready to heal the root. This isn't another wellness podcast. It's the one that finally connects the dots. Subscribe for weekly episodes on: → The gut-brain axis and how your microbiome affects your mental health → How cortisol, blood sugar, and stress hormones drive your eating behavior → The nutrient depletions linked to depression, anxiety, and ADHD that nobody tested for → What your body is actually communicating — and how to listen → Science that's real, actionable, and completely judgment-free You're not broken. You're just missing the full picture. Let's build it together.
Episodes
Your hormones have seasons — and somewhere in my 40s, mine changed the rules on me. In this episode, I walk through the three things that actually shifted: how much my gut became the lever for everything (the estrobolome is real, and so is my new sensitivity to skipping fiber), why I didn't lose my grit but redirected it toward what I value, and how I suppleme...
From puberty to perimenopause, we've been taught to fight our bodies. What if we listened instead?
At 13, your body wasn't betraying you. At 33, it wasn't betraying you. And at 53? Still not betraying you.
The Truth About Cellulite (What No One Is Actually Telling You)
Let's be honest — most of what you've heard about cellulite was designed to sell you something. In this episode, I'm breaking down the science, busting the biggest myths, and giving you a framework that ...
What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About Nutrition and Perimenopause
Have you ever caught yourself thinking, "This is just how I am now — it's perimenopause, there's nothing I can do"? You're not alone. But today we're flipping that narrative.
I Studied Nutrition and Still Made a Mess of Eating
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Life doesn't slow down. Between the daily inconveniences and the hard, unexpected stuff — relationship struggles, loss, disappointments — our bodies are constantly being asked to manage...
She Took a Break. Her Progress Didn't. Here's Why.
What happens to your nutrition when life doesn't go according to plan? In this live coaching episode, we follow Micah — a real client, doing the real work — as she navigates one of the most relatable challenges in any health journey: spring break.
This is Part 3 of Micah's Empowered Eating Journey, and it's one of our most practical episodes yet. Before we ever get to s...
In this live coaching episode, we're diving deep into the foundation of lasting metabolic health — and it starts with getting honest about where you are right now. Part 3 of the Empowered Eating Journey is all about the Nutrition Reboot: a powerful inventory and calibration process that helps you understand exactly what's working, what's not, and...
Episode #2: A Live Coaching Session
What happens after food freedom?
In this new coaching series, you’ll follow one woman’s journey as she moves from intuitive eating and food freedom into a season focused on metabolic health, hormone balance, energy, and body composition — without returning to dieting.
This is Episode 1, and you’re sitting in on our first session together.
She’s done the work to heal ...
Episode 1: A Live Coaching Session
What happens after food freedom?
In this new coaching series, you’ll follow one woman’s journey as she moves from intuitive eating and food freedom into a season focused on metabolic health, hormone balance, energy, and body composition — without returning to dieting.
This is Episode 1, and you’re sitting in on our first session together.
She’s done the work to heal h...
Are you overwhelmed by conflicting nutrition advice?
Low-carb one week. High-protein the next. Anti-diet messaging. Ultra-processed food panic. GLP-1 medications. Hormone hacks.
If you feel confused, behind, or anxious about what to eat — you are not alone.
In this episode, registered dietitian Jessika Brown breaks down what she calls “nutrition whiplash” — the constant reversal of health messaging that leav...
If you’ve ever thought, “I’m eating healthy… so why do I feel worse?” — this episode is for you.
In today’s conversation, we’re breaking down GI-MAP testing in clear, human language. No fear-mongering. No over-promising. Just honest insight into what this popular gut health tool can and can’t tell us—and how it can help bring clarity when symptoms feel confusing.
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What if your body isn’t betraying you when you restrict food — but protecting you?
In this powerful conversation, Jess sits down with Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, world-renowned internal medicine physician and author of Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders, to explore the misunderstood physiology of undernutrition.
Dr. Gaudiani (“Dr. G”) breaks down what really happ...
Over the last few episodes, we’ve talked about why so many smart, motivated women feel stuck with food — even when they’re “doing everything right.”
We’ve unpacked:
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Why macros alone don’t create peace
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How your gut microbiome influences cravings, energy, and metabolism
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Why willpower fails when the nervous system doesn’t feel safe
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And how emotional and physiological triggers...
If willpower worked, you wouldn’t need it every January.
In this episode, we unpack why so many women feel like they “fall off” with nutrition — even when they’re motivated, disciplined, and genuinely trying. Spoiler alert: it’s not a character flaw. It’s a nervous-system is...
Tracking food is often presented as the solution to emotional eating — but what happens when the numbers look “right” and the trigger is still there?
In this episode, we unpack why tracking alone doesn’t always calm cravings, urges, or emotional pull toward food — and why that doesn’t mean you’re failing. It means t...
What if the reason food feels harder than it should has less to do with discipline… and more to do with digestion?
In this episode, we zoom out from calorie counting and macro math to explore the powerful — and often overlooked — role your gut microbiome plays in how your body responds to food. Your gut isn’t just breaking food down; it’s actively communicating with your brain, hormones, immune system...
Episode Summary: Most resolutions don’t fail because people are lazy or unmotivated — they fail because they start at the surface level. In this episode, Jess pulls back the curtain on what’s really happening beneath our habits and goals, using her own “biofeedback story” around money as a powerful example of how the nervous system shapes be...
What a great series! This episode wraps up The Empowered Eating Holiday Edit!
Don't forget to check out the details on our 4-month coaching program: The Empowered Eating Academy
Gratitude isn’t just about good vibes and Pinterest quotes — it’s neuroscience. Each time you pause to say “thank you,” your brain rewires for more peace, joy, and connection. And what better way to wrap up the year than ...
Welcome back to the Empowered Eating Holiday Edit!
Holiday drinks are basically nostalgia in a cup—whether it’s hot chocolate after sledding, eggnog at grandma’s, or that peppermint mocha you wait for all year. But here’s the deal: some of these festive sips pack the sugar punch of a candy aisle. Does that mean you should skip them? Absolutely not.
In this episode of The Empowered Eating Holiday Edit, we&rsq...
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