The Nutrition Translator Podcast

Today I have Adriana Cervantes, LMFT, on the show and her mission is to empower woman to express their needs, yearnings and desires from a place of feminine power. We talk about how we can be successful and accomplished in life, but yet still feel out of alignment with what we really want. She explores reasons why this may be and how we can get into alignment, express who we really are and how to feel safe doing it. Adriana is a true goddess who has experienced significant trauma of her own, and now is now at a place of both experiential and educational to where she can help her clients move forward as well. She understands that there is always more to learn so she constantly challenges herself and finds ways to get out of her comfort zone for the sake of growth. She truly embodies what it means to be a goddess and you will be incredibly inspired by her story and message.
Adriana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warrior2goddess/
You can find Colleen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nutritiontranslator/
Colleen's Website https://www.nutritiontranslator.com/

Today I am with my very good friend and mentor Jes Nunn. We have a beautiful conversation about the cycle of recovery, how to handle with difficult emotions, yoga therapy and healing ourselves. This is a very personal discussion of our own journey's of healing and our discoveries about healing that one might find counter-intuitive.
Jes Nunn: https://www.etherandstone.com/jes-nunn
Sarah Joy: https://www.sarahjoyyoga.com/
You can find Colleen on Instagram @NutritionTranslator, website https://www.nutritiontranslator.com/ and if you want to work with her 1:1 for nutrition and lifestyle coaching click this link to get started https://colleenkuhn.typeform.com/to/Q5xWVJ

Mel Cassidy is a relationship coach and sex-positive nerd who guides social misfits and cultural rebels to experiences of joyful, embodied, authentic open relationships. Mel is certified in Counselling for Intimacy and Relationships, Holistic Peer Counselling, and is a ZEGG Forum facilitator. They are a student of the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sexology and pursue studies focused on trauma-informed approaches to the mind-body relationship. Creator of The Monogamy Detox online program, they are dedicated to creating trauma-sensitive spaces where all beings can flourish.

With over two decades of experience teaching and facilitating in groups small and large, Mel has a reputation for innovation, novelty, and both thinking and living outside the box.

Mel is queer, experiences relationships as a polyamorous individual, and lives, loves, and dances on the traditional and unceded territories of the K'ómoks Nation in British Columbia, Canada.

Topics Covered:

• What is non-monogamy?
• The shadow side to patriarchal monogamy
• What is the monogamy hangover?
• Mythologies and fantasies about relationships
• Why are those who choose to live a non monogamous lifestyle pathologized?
• How to navigate NRE, patterns of chasing/addiction of NRE
• Polyfuckary vs. Polyamory
• Polysaturation
• The 4 dimensions of intimacy in relationships
• The relationship escalator
• How to manage trauma patterns, distress, activation and attachment wounds with polyamory
• How to build trust, safety & compersion in a non monogamous relationship
• How to balance multiple relational needs
• Somatics in our healing journey
• Do psychedelics make you polyamorus
• Shame & stigma around non monogamy

Connect with Mel:
Website: http://radicalrelationshipcoaching.ca/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radicalrelating
Adventures through the mind podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/the-role-of-psychedelic-in-healthy-relationships-psychedelic-cafe-3/

My adventure of learning about the plant medicine, Ayahuasca, continues with 4 more ceremonies and another Shamanic Dieta, dieting Agua de Florida.
In this podcast I reflect on how I felt going into the retreat, and my experience with ceremony one. In this retreat, a lot of unexpected things happened, from a participate freaking out & screaming during the ceremony and needing to go in the shower, to me going on a roller coaster ride and having the opportunity to address some of my most shameful, vulnerable secrets.
Join me for the ride starting today! Each week I will tell the mystical tale of my ayahuasca ceremonies, one by one, and the 5th week I will discuss the importance of integration and how to embody the plant medicine experience. Because plant medicine can show us what is possible, and it is up to us to keep reaching for those endless possibilities here on earth within our relationships.

Melanie Mensch is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and currently finishing a Facilitator training program for Numa Breathwork. She has dedicated over 20 years of her life to finding the root cause that plagued her physical and mental health and now empowers others to find answers to their own wellness questions. Melanie has had to conquer some of life’s greatest challenges including severe complex childhood trauma and chronic illness. Melanie’s self discovery journey sparked an internal flame within her to be of service and to help others. Her private practice as an empowerment coach, ‘Reclaim You – Body Soul Spirit’ blends the science behind how we are wired to survive and connect with a beautiful spiritual balance, she helps people feel better in their bodies and helps people heal & release childhood trauma. Her hope and mission is to empower others to heal and reclaim their birthright of freedom in their bodies, minds and spirit
Topics Discussed:

• Melanie's incredible trauma survival story and healing journey
• The effects of unresolved emotional/childhood trauma in the physical body, emotional, spiritual
• Connecting the body back to the mind
• The power of the polyvagal theory and how attachment theory relates
• Relationships and healing trauma
• How to start healing from your childhood wounds
• Modalities for self-regulation, co-regulation and trauma healing

Connect with Melaine
IG: https://www.instagram.com/melaniemensch/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC299tLfE8fPDNoPEcjdV6lA