In this episode of the Intentional Health for Women podcast, I sit down with Christina Hathaway, a former therapist turned food and body obsession specialist, and one of the most influential voices I’ve ever heard in the mental health and wellness space. Christina has walked through trauma, burnout, healing, and reinvention, and today she opens up about how our earliest family dynamics shape not just our beliefs but our bodies, habits, hormones, and health outcomes as adults.
We talk about codependency, perfectionism, and how trauma doesn’t always look like what we think it does. Christina shares what “death by a thousand paper cuts” trauma is and why it matters more than we realize. We dive deep into how burnout, emotional suppression, and unresolved pain often show up as thyroid dysfunction, insulin resistance, autoimmunity, and weight loss resistance.
If you’ve ever wondered why your healthiest habits aren’t getting results, or why your emotional well-being feels out of sync with your physical body, this conversation is for you. This is about healing from the inside out, about learning to choose you, even in the mess. We’re not here for surface-level fixes. We’re here to do the work.
Key Moments:
2:30 Christina’s Origin Story
9:35 Family Dynamics & Health
12:00 Childhood Stories & Emotional Wounds
17:30 The Body’s Protective Mechanisms
24:45 Walking as Emotional Processing
29:00 EMDR, Nature & Nervous System Regulation
34:50 Simplicity in Movement
43:45 Hormone Health & Stress Buckets
51:00 Breaking Generational Patterns
53:15 Coping with Her Dad’s Illness
Christina Hathaway Info.
Instagram: @mindsetofmattercoaching
(https://www.instagram.com/mindsetofmattercoaching/)
YouTube: @mindsetmirrorconnectionpod