Well-Fed Women

Updated: 21 Oct 2025 • 555 episodes
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Radically improve your health, mindset, and relationship with food with Well-Fed Women, hosted by Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Personal Trainer, Noelle Tarr of coconutsandkettlebells.com. Every week, you’ll get to hear authentic, unfiltered conversations about women's health, nutrition, fitness, mindset, body image, balancing hormones, and stress management. Tune in for a mix of entertaining and down-to-earth interviews with leading experts in health and wellness, and exclusive community-driven Q&A sessions with co-host Stefani Ruper. Expect real talk, moderately amusing banter, and empowering health advice for women. The goal? Help you learn how to eat and move in a way that is right for your body without shame or second-guessing. You got this!

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In this episode, we’re tackling your biggest questions about exercise, stress, and hormones. We explore why blood sugar may look more stable on workout days, what exercise intolerance really means (and when it’s best to rest), and the difference between everyday stress and deeper hormonal imbalances. If you’ve ever won

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Back pain is one of the most common health issues, but most people are getting the story wrong. In this episode, Dr. Grant Elliott breaks down the latest research on pain, the nervous system, and recovery—explaining why scary MRI results don’t always match symptoms, why movement is medicine, and how your beliefs can sh

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Should you train for how you look, or how long you live? We’re unpacking the research on BMI vs muscle for longevity, the body image tug-of-war many women face when it comes to aesthetics in fitness, and how to know if you need a deload week. Plus, we cover the surprising nutrient depletions that can happen with medica

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Missing periods can affect fertility, hormones, and even how you experience perimenopause later in life. Lindsey Lusson, RD, joins me to unpack the latest research on hypothalamic amenorrhea, the impact of nutrition on cycle health, and why addressing root causes matters more than ever as we age. Timestamps: [1:52] Int

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In this episode, we dive into the surprising connection between strength training and gut health, the hot debate around weighted vests, and whether protein timing really matters. We’ll also tackle a popular listener questions: how do you actually know if your gut is healed? Get ready for a mix of science, practical tip

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 In this episode, Stef and I sit down with Ryan Woodbury, co-founder of Needed, to unpack what most women aren’t being told about nutrition for fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum. We discuss what’s missing from standard prenatals, why nutrient needs skyrocket (and stay elevated) long after birth, and how to actually

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