Top 5 Wellness Tips for Women

Courtney Swan (@realfoodology) is an Integrative Nutritionist with her masters of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health and she also happens to be a dear friend of Raeann. Courtney posts daily about the real food and organic movement on her Instagram account: Realfoodology as well as her weekly podcast, also called Realfoodology. She aims to educate on the dirty practices of the food industry and how to eat healthy, with real food, and today she’s on the podcast sharing her top 5 wellness tips for women who are looking to improve their overall health.

“You need to cancel out the noise and stop being so focused on, ‘this one thing is bad, and this is good.’ Just come back to, ‘is it real food?’” - Courtney Swan

What we talk about:

  • Raeann recaps Stagecoach

  • Tips to wind down to prioritize sleep

  • The danger of heating food in plastic

  • How to tell if packaged food is okay to eat

  • Ingredients to avoid in sunscreen

  • Why sunscreen doesn’t protect you from skin cancer

  • How spending time in nature impacts your nervous system

  • Unsuspecting foods that can be high in sugar

  • How to find ways to enjoy moving your body

  • Tips for tracking your cycle naturally

  • What Courtney recommends for testing yourself for food sensitivities or allergies

  • The hypocrisy of skinny women being able to eat whatever they want but plus size women are shamed for loving food

“Getting outside in nature does wonders for your nervous system.” - Courtney Swan

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

“It’s so f*cking hypocritical that for a skinny woman part of her personality can be how much she loves food and it can be accepted. But then if a curvy woman is doing the same thing she’s promoting obesity and being unhealthy.” - Raeann and Kristina

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