Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Diva Podcast. I'm your host Monica Reinegel. And today

I want to share with you a conversation that I recently had with Dr. Rachel Vanderbilt.

Rachel is a relationship scientist whose research examines how we communicate in our romantic

relationships. And the reason that I invited her to join me on the Nutrition Diva Podcast

is to discuss common issues that come up between partners that have to do with food and nutrition,

such as how to handle it when your partner doesn't seem to be willing to support you in making

healthier choices, or how to approach a partner about choices that they're making that you think

might not be healthy for them. I also want to invite you to check out Rachel's podcast,

The Relationship Doctor, where she shares evidence-based research on how to live,

love, and communicate with your partner. And now here's my conversation with Rachel.

We are welcoming a new host to the Quick and Dirty Tips family, Rachel Vanderbilt,

is going to be now hosting the Relationship Doctor podcast. And today she's joining me to talk

about how our intimate relationships sometimes impact our food and nutrition choices and vice versa.

Welcome to the QDT family, Rachel. Hi Monica, thank you so much for having me. I'm really

excited to get to chat with you today. It's great to have you on the team and here with us today

on the Nutrition Diva Podcast. And so often people that I'm working with who are trying to make

healthier choices about food or lifestyle are often surprised that when they make changes,

it sometimes creates waves in their relationships, particularly a partner or a spouse.

That they live with. But I thought you would be the perfect person to talk to,

to help give us a little bit more insight as to what's sometimes happening when it feels like

somebody who should have our back, who should be there to support us actually isn't being

terribly supportive. Yeah, absolutely. And it's really tough when we're trying to make changes

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