What do ghrelin, cortisol, insulin, and female sex hormones all have in common? In this episode, you’ll discover the fascinating relationship between your emotions, hormones, and eating patterns—and how understanding this connection can open the door to true healing and freedom. Amber Romaniuk is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert, with 12 years experience helping high achieving women create a level of body confidence, intuition and optimal health through powerful mindset healing, self-care and overcoming self-sabotage with food. Having personally overcome a long battle with emotional eating—including gaining and losing over 1,000 pounds, spending more than $50,000 on binge foods, and dedicating five years to restoring her hormones and digestion—Amber has intimately dismantled the limiting beliefs and patterns that once kept her stuck. Today, she empowers others to experience life-changing breakthroughs and achieve what she calls “Body Freedom™”—the confidence, health, and vitality to create amazing lives. Follow her socials: https://amberapproved.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/amberromaniuk

Additional Resources:

🤔 QUIZ: What Type of Anxiety Do You Deal With?

👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health with this dosha quiz

💡Join Dr. Nicole's membership: The Holistic Wellness Collective

👉Learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals

👉 Order Supplements Here

📖 Buy the book: PANIC PROOF: The New Holistic Solution to End Your Anxiety Forever

💻 Check out the available online courses:

• Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
• Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper

💕 Stay connected with us:

• Dr. Nicole on Instagram
• Happy Healthy Hadlee on Instagram

Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a pioneer in integrative approaches for mental and emotional wellness. With a degree in clinical psychology, training in EMDR, and a license as a Naturopathic Physician in the state of Arizona, her approach to mental health is multidisciplinary: medical, psychological, and holistic.

Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.

Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

This episode with Beatriz Victoria Albina, NP MPH SEP, author of End Emotional Outsourcing, comes at a pivotal time in our culture’s search for real self-worth and belonging. So many people today struggle with perfectionism, codependency, and people-pleasing, often because of pressures from work, social media, and our fast-paced world. Dr. Nicole, Hadlee, and Beatriz talk honestly about why these habits actually helped us cope and get by, how they’re shaped by our nervous system and culture, and share simple ways to build real self-worth and stronger, healthier connections. We are launching this episode right around the holidays because this is a time when social pressure grows and many people experience emotional triggers or old patterns resurfacing. The end of the year can make feelings of loneliness, stress, or wanting to fit in feel stronger, especially with all the seasonal gatherings and expectations. This message, airing now, gives listeners tools and encouragement to reclaim agency and inner authority so they can face the holidays with more confidence and healthier boundaries. It arrives just when support and practical strategies are needed most.

Check out her new book: End Emotional Outsourcing: How to Overcome Your Codependent, Perfectionist, and People-Pleasing Habits Follow her on social media: https://www.instagram.com/beatrizvictoriaalbinanp https://www.youtube.com/@beavictoriaalbina

Additional Resources:

🤔 QUIZ: What Type of Anxiety Do You Deal With?

👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health with this dosha quiz

💡Join Dr. Nicole's membership: The Holistic Wellness Collective

👉Learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals

👉 Order Supplements Here

📖 Buy the book: PANIC PROOF: The New Holistic Solution to End Your Anxiety Forever

💻 Check out the available online courses:

• Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
• Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper

💕 Stay connected with us:

• Dr. Nicole on Instagram
• Happy Healthy Hadlee on Instagram

Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a pioneer in integrative approaches for mental and emotional wellness. With a degree in clinical psychology, training in EMDR, and a license as a Naturopathic Physician in the state of Arizona, her approach to mental health is multidisciplinary: medical, psychological, and holistic.

Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.

Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.