Food Shrinks

About Food Shrinks

Welcome to Food Shrinks, where your hosts— Molly Carmel, Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab - offer candid, compassionate conversations about the realities of food addiction, recovery, and finding freedom with food. In each episode, we dive deep into the challenges people face in their relationship with food, share what we've discovered through years of clinical experience, and provide practical tools to help you along your journey. This isn't just expert advice—it's real talk among friends. We believe in navigating recovery with honesty, self-compassion, and empowerment, while acknowledging that healing is rarely a straight line. Whether you're working through diet trauma, learning to trust yourself with food again, or figuring out what eating approach feels right for you, we're here to support you every step of the way. Tune in for heartfelt conversations, actionable insights, and a safe space to explore what recovery looks like—for you.

Publisher

Clarissa Kennedy, Molly Carmel, Molly Painschab

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Oct 2024

Latest episode

5 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2025

   Episode 54: Closing With a Bow: Healthy Endings, New Beginnings

   Hosts Clarissa and Molly P. reflect on the podcast's journey, discussing healthy endings, capacity, and the courage to embrace new beginnings, offering insights into self-compassion and community support.

2. 

   28 Oct 2025

   Episode 53 - Too Tired to Talk About Sleep Hygiene

   Molly, Clarissa, and Molly explore the profound exhaustion from constant giving and performing, discussing the nervous system's role, hormonal impact, and the link between fatigue, food patterns, and self-worth.

3. 

   21 Oct 2025

   Episode 52: Soft Serve, Sadness, and Starting Over - Grief in Recovery

   The Food Shrinks address a listener's grief over dietary changes, exploring the broader themes of loss, identity shifts, and finding compassion in recovery, emphasizing that acknowledging grief is crucial for moving forward.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

8,593

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

22 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

51