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Body Peace Podcast with Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson

Jennie Kramer + Nina Manolson

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Welcome to the Body Peace Podcast (formerly Herstory on a Plate). We are so excited to bring you the Body Peace Podcast—a space for deep, compassionate, real conversations about our relationships with our bodies, food, and the world around us. What began as Herstory on a Plate has grown into something deeper. As conversations evolved, so did our mission. Body Peace® is about stepping off the battlefield with yourself. It’s not about fixing, controlling, or striving for perfection—it’s about finding peace, reconnecting with your body, and learning to return to yourself again and again.

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A Body Peace Conversation on Mothers, Daughters & Inherited Body Stories

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 • Duration 30:01

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of the Body Peace Podcast, Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer explore the emotional, cultural, and intergenerational dynamics between mothers and daughters—and how these relationships shape our body image and food beliefs.

Drawing from their own stories, client experiences, and decades of clinical insight, Nina and Jennie invite listeners into a nuanced conversation. They dismantle simplistic narratives around “mom blame” and instead illuminate how mothers, too, have been shaped by a culture of body dissatisfaction, diet trends, and inherited trauma.

They reflect on questions like:

What happens when a mother’s love is filtered through fear of weight stigma?
How can women take responsibility for healing their own body relationship without shaming their caregivers?
What practical tools can help parents support their children without reinforcing harmful messages?

Together, they offer a blend of validation, strategy, and radical compassion for anyone untangling their body story—whether as a daughter, a mother, or both.

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Breaking Up with the Scale: A Path to Body Peace

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 • Duration 32:46

What happens when your self-worth gets tied to a number? In this episode, Jennie Kramer and body relationship expert Nina Manolson dive into the emotional minefield of stepping on the scale. Together, they unpack the weight stigma embedded in medical settings, the subtle (and not-so-subtle) pressures of body checking, and the internalized beliefs that often drive disordered patterns.

Through stories and clinical insight, they explore how individuals can reclaim body autonomy, challenge harmful narratives, and rebuild a relationship with food and self that’s rooted in trust and not fear. If you've ever felt reduced to a number or struggled with the silent grip of the scale, this conversation offers compassion, clarity, and a path forward.

Key Takeaways:

The scale can carry emotional weight beyond the number it shows.
Medical settings often reinforce harmful weight stigma.
Body autonomy means having the right to say “no” to being weighed.
Body checking erodes self-trust and feeds shame cycles.
Reframing goals beyond weight supports emotional and mental health.
Slowing down while eating reconnects us with our body's cues.
The journey to intuitive eating and body peace is deeply personal—and worth it.

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The Privilege of Growing Older with Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 • Duration 27:49

We’ve been conditioned to fear aging—to see wrinkles as something to fight, signs of time as something to erase, and youth as the ultimate ideal. But what if everything we’ve been taught about aging is misguided? In this powerful episode of Body Peace Podcast, hosts Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson explore the deeply ingrained beliefs that make us resist aging rather than embrace it.

They dive into the $80 billion anti-aging industry, the glorification of youth in the media, and the relentless pressure to look younger at any cost. But beyond the surface, they uncover something even more important—how a pro-aging mindset doesn’t just change how we feel about our bodies, but can actually add years to our lives.

Key Highlights

How the $80 billion anti-aging industry fuels fear and insecurity about growing older
The hidden toll of weight cycling and why body size isn’t the key to longevity
The role of social media in shaping our perception of aging and beauty
How chosen community and connection impact how we experience aging

With personal reflections and clinical insights, this episode offers a new way of thinking about aging—not as something to resist, but as an evolution to embrace. Tune in to the full conversation and explore more episodes at Body Peace Podcast.

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Pleasure Without Pressure: Reclaiming Desire & Body Confidence with Dana D’Alessandro

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 • Duration 35:33

Can I Allow Myself to Experience Pleasure?

In this deeply insightful conversation, hosts Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson sit down with certified sex therapist Dana D’Alessandro to explore the intersections of body image, sexuality, and pleasure. They discuss the pressures that women face—from societal expectations to self-judgment—and how these shape our sense of intimacy and self-connection. Dana shares her expertise on how our personal template for pleasure evolves, how desire changes with age, and why pleasure doesn’t have to be defined by outdated norms.

The Erotic Template: How our experiences, upbringing, and body image shape our sexuality.
Judgment & Shame: The internal and external expectations that impact self-worth and pleasure.
Sex Isn’t a Checklist: Why treating intimacy as a task diminishes joy and connection.
Cultural Pressures: How societal norms shape our expectations of sex and intimacy.

The conversation challenges the myth that sexual pleasure has an expiration date and emphasizes the importance of self-exploration, self-acceptance, and cultivating body peace as a foundation for deeper connection and joy.

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A Reflective Check-In on Navigating Uncertainty with Jennie & Nina

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 • Duration 29:10

We are so excited to bring you the Body Peace Podcast—a space for deep, compassionate, and real conversations about our relationships with our bodies, food, and the world around us.

For so many of us, the journey with our bodies and food feels like an endless cycle—moments of confidence and care followed by frustrating setbacks into familiar, painful patterns. We try so hard to be kind to ourselves, only to feel defeated when old thoughts or behaviors resurface.

But what if the goal wasn’t perfection? What if the path forward wasn’t about fixing, controlling, or constantly striving—but about finding peace? Body Peace® is about stepping off the battlefield with yourself.

This podcast is a space for deep, honest conversations about what it truly means to make peace with your body through stress, change, and the ups and downs of life. Because Body Peace® isn’t about getting everything ‘right.’ It’s about learning to come home to yourself again and again.

To kick off our very first episode of this season, we’re doing a check-in. Right now, we are all living in a world that feels heavy, filled with uncertainty, stress, and change. How does this impact our bodies, our eating, and our sense of self? How do we take care of ourselves when everything feels overwhelming?

Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson dive into these questions, sharing personal stories, clinical insights, and practical strategies for navigating difficult times while maintaining a sense of grounding, connection, and self-kindness.

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What Your Brain is Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading Your Cognitive Well-Being

Friday, March 7, 2025 • Duration 34:07

What Your Brain is Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading Your Cognitive Well-Being with Lisa Feiner

In this episode of Body Peace Podcast, hosts Jennie Kramer and Nina Manolson sit down with Lisa Feiner, co-founder of Sharp Again, to explore the evolving relationship we have with our brain health across the life spectrum.

Rather than focusing on surface-level wellness checklists, this conversation invites us to gently explore the deeper work of understanding the root causes behind cognitive shifts, memory changes, and how we can care for our minds with curiosity and agency.

Key Topics Discussed:

Moving beyond fear: Understanding the role of genetics, toxins, and lifestyle factors without falling into pressure or perfectionism
The importance of agency: How having information about our bodies and minds can guide intentional choices
The interplay between sleep, stress, and cognitive well-being
The role of social connection and community in supporting brain health
Addressing common misconceptions: Why memory loss is not always an inevitable part of aging
Practical steps for listeners: Tuning into personal needs, accessing support, and finding balance in making sustainable choices

This is not about adding more tasks to your day—it’s about offering knowledge to help us better understand our unique genetic, environmental, and emotional stories. Together, they reflect on the ways lifestyle, environment, and connection influence cognition and discuss the sense of empowerment that grows from knowing ourselves more fully.

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Unpacking Diet Culture and the Journey to Empowerment with Dr. Kim Daniels

Thursday, March 6, 2025 • Duration 38:54

Unpacking Diet Culture and the Journey to Empowerment with Dr. Kim Daniels

In this powerful conversation, clinical psychologist and host of the Emotional Eating and Everything Else podcast, Dr. Kim Daniels, joins Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer to explore the intersections of therapy, diet culture, and healing. Dr. Daniels shares her personal and professional journey into therapy, emphasizing the pervasive cultural pressures that shape women’s relationships with food and body image.

The discussion delves into the transformative approach of Internal Family Systems (IFS), highlighting the importance of understanding our internal parts and connecting with the core self in the healing process. Together, they unpack the challenges of unlearning diet culture narratives, witnessing trauma with compassion, and fostering a positive relationship with food and self.

Key Discussion Points:

Diet culture is a deeply ingrained cultural burden that disproportionately impacts women, shaping their self-worth and relationship with food.
Empowerment stems from experiencing true agency and self-connection, not just talking about it.
Children absorb messages about body image and food from a very young age, often internalizing harmful beliefs.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy offers a framework to understand our emotional responses by recognizing the different parts within us.
Protective parts develop to shield us from exiled feelings of shame, grief, and trauma.
The core self is inherently compassionate, and reconnecting with it is central to healing.
Therapy supports individuals in witnessing their trauma, understanding their parts, and cultivating self-compassion.
Cultural messages around food and body are often misleading and damaging; unlearning these narratives is an essential part of healing.

Through Dr. Daniels’ expertise and the shared reflections from Nina and Jennie, listeners are encouraged to approach their own healing journey with curiosity and self-compassion. The conversation reminds us that while diet culture can feel overwhelming, reconnecting with our core self and working through our protective parts can lead to lasting empowerment and a healthier relationship with food and body.

Unburdened Eating with Jeanne Cantanzaro EP 19

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 • Duration 45:12

Hosts Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer dive into the transformative concept of Unburdened Eating with Dr. Jeanne Catanzaro. Dr. Catanzaro, a clinical psychologist specializing in eating disorders and trauma for over 25 years, and the author of the thought-provoking book, Unburdened Eating: Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body Using an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Approach.

Dr. Catanzaro explains how Internal Family Systems (IFS) views our inner world as composed of "parts," each playing a distinct role in our thoughts and behaviors. Some parts may carry "burdens," or extreme beliefs and emotions, often stemming from trauma or societal pressures. In the model, IFS sees all of our different parts as integral to our daily functioning.

When we’re developing, we experience trauma that impacts a part who we are. To cope, we take on a burden of shame, or fear, just two of many examples. Other parts of us step in to protect us, sometimes through extreme or unhelpful behaviors. Dr. Catanzaro explains that tapping into our internal wisdom can help us to heal. Often extreme behaviors can keep us from accessing that wisdom.

One of the most empowering aspects of IFS is its emphasis on compassion for all parts, even those that might seem harmful or problematic, like the part driving binge eating. Every part of us has positive intentions, even the ones we want to get rid of. They’re trying to protect us in some way.

This perspective encourages understanding rather than judgment, fostering a sense of curiosity about why certain behaviors occur.

The discussion highlights two key types of protectors in IFS: managers and firefighters. Managers might keep us restricted and disciplined, while firefighters react in moments of stress or overwhelm, often through binge eating or other coping mechanisms.

Together with Nina and Jennie, Dr. Catanzaro breaks down how different parts show up in a real-world example. They breakdown how to identify who is control, who is binging, who is the protector and how to be curious about their roles. .

Dr. Catanzaro encourages listeners to cultivate curiosity about their inner world as a first step toward healing. By identifying and understanding their parts, individuals can create space for their "core self" to lead with clarity, compassion, and creativity.

The Shirt Tug: Is Your Closet Yelling at You? EP 18

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • Duration 29:15

The podcast episode with Nina Manolson and Jennie Kramer dives deep into the emotional and cultural dynamics behind a seemingly small habit many women have—the "shirt tug." It’s not just about adjusting clothing; it’s about addressing the relationship we have with our bodies and the cultural messages that shape how we see ourselves.

Nina and Jennie unpack how the shirt tug reflects deeper feelings of self-consciousness and body dissatisfaction. It's not just about fixing clothing; it’s a reaction to internalized weight stigma and societal pressures. Jennie aptly notes, "The shirt tug fundamentally says, 'I'm not okay the way I am.”

The hosts discuss how diet culture perpetuates feelings of inadequacy, leading to behaviors like body checking. Jennie explains, “Body checking is an aggressive way of being in relationship with our body. It happens at home, on the street, or even when we catch ourselves in photos.”

The discussion delves into how shame, comparison, and even past traumas affect our body image. Nina highlights a poignant moment with a client: “She realized that even though no one ever criticized her body, she absorbed her parents’ self-criticism—and it shaped how she saw herself.”

Jennie reminds us that we all need to feel comfortable in our body. She explains an exercise she does with her clients who are asked to select photos of themselves over their lifetime. From those early toddler years up to the present, as a way of recognizing and embracing that you are the same person along that entire lifetime. You aren’t an age or a size, rather you are you; a person worthy of acceptance.

What if we practiced self-compassion instead of bodychecking? Jennie and Nina outline how to address the “shirt-tug” in the moment to better understand the feelings behind the need to adjust.

When you catch yourself bodychecking or tugging your shirt, pause and ask: what am I feeling right now?
Reframe the moment. Instead of criticism choose kindness towards yourself.
Allow for flexibility in how you think about your appearance or clothing as a way to start removing rigid thoughts and beliefs.

Acceptance is not surrendering, giving in, resigning. Acceptance is about understanding that this is exactly who I am in this moment. I can't be any different than I am in this moment. And I am who I am right now, right here.

Camera Shy? Why Women Dodge Photos EP 17

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 • Duration 26:40

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 admitted her own initial resistance to the idea of a photo shoot with Nina. "All you did was say that to me and I thought rather quietly, 'God,' I thought, 'God.' And then the next thought I had was, 'You're not allowed to think that. You do this for a living!'" This resonates with many who, despite their outward confidence, struggle with self-judgment when the camera comes out.

Nina responded by breaking down the layers of self-criticism that surface in these moments. "I'm going be visible. I'm going be seen with every part of me... every wrinkle, every little bit of me that I may not think is up to snuff." Their discussion highlights how unrealistic beauty standards, often amplified by social media, shape our self-perception.

The Shift to Compassion

Both women emphasize the importance of compassion over perfection. Nina beautifully captured this when she said, "I am taking a stand for being in the juiciness of a human body on a planet with gravity... illness, with injury, with all the things that happen to human beings, versus living in an alternate reality that looks airbrushed."

Jennie reflected on the deeper value of photos as a way to memorialize life moments, not just appearances: "They are to memorialize an experience… When people look at them in your absence... all they see is the beauty and the essence." This is a powerful reminder to cherish the stories behind the photos, rather than focusing on fleeting imperfections.

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