S10 EP 7 Tackling toxic diet culture with Laura and Steph from KIC

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Today Dr Hazel is joined by Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith - founders of KIC - a leading health and wellness app born out of Australia

Trigger warning: This episode does contain conversations around eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours.

This episode covers:

Rebranding KIC from ‘Keep it Cleaner’
Laura and Steph’s own experiences with food and exercise
How they are helping others build a healthy and more sustainable relationship with food & exercise.
Running a business with your best friend
Their experiences as female entrepreneurs
How steph navigates being a mum and running a business

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0:25.6	qualification. Search Get the Jump and see what's out there for you. Hello and welcome back to the Food Medic podcast. I'm your host Dr Hazel, a medical doctor,
0:38.8	nutritionist, PT, author and founder of the Food Medic. Today I'm joined by Laura Henshaw and
0:44.8	Steph Claire Smith, founders of Kik, a leading health and wellness app born out of
0:49.8	Australia. This episode Laura and Steph share their experiences with toxic wellness culture and how they're rewriting the diet rulebook we were once told and help others build a healthy and more sustainable relationship with food and exercise.
1:04.0	I want to flag that this episode does contain conversations around eating disorders
1:08.0	and distorted eating behaviors which some people may find triggering.
1:12.0	If so, this episode may not be for you.
1:15.7	Lauren Staff, welcome to the Food Medic Podcast. Thank you for having us.
1:20.1	I'm so happy we got to squeeze it in just before you guys fly back.
1:25.0	Thank you, yeah, thank you so much for having us.
1:27.0	I'm so excited.
1:28.0	No, I'm excited to chat to you guys and learn about like your story and I think that's a really great place to start.
1:34.3	Guys are really good friends, best friends and own a business together.
1:39.6	So how did you meet?
1:41.0	How did it all start? We met in 2013 through the modeling industry. We both were
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