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"Body image experiencing is not a destination where you get there and it's done."Today we're joined by renowned dietitian and eating disorder specialist Anna Sweeney to guide us through the profound impacts of body grief and the journey to rebuilding body trust.Anna shares her powerful journey of body grief and evolution while navigating a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. Her story resonates with the challenges of embracing a changing body and the uncertainties around it. Take a listen as Anna explores the complexities of body image work, practicing self-compassion, and the gentle art of sitting with difficult emotions. _______________________________________BEYOND BODY is now open for applications! What exactly is Beyond Body?Beyond Body is 6 month body image accelerator program that provides the guidance, structure, practices, and support you need to make peace with negative body image.It's a premium high-touch program for women in their mid to late 30's, 40's, and 50's who want to come alive and feel more confident and empowered in the skin they're in. With the right approach, skills, and support, your body doesn't have to hold you back from deeper intimacy, connection, and confidence in your relationships and career.The program consists of tangible practices you can call on for the rest of your life and an intimate group format for deep learning, healing, and integration.How do I apply for Beyond Body?Request an invite to apply ​here​. Applications will be reviewed on a first come first served basis. Limited seats are available. When does access to Beyond Body begin?Beyond Body officially starts on March 1, 2024. On this date, you'll kick start your 6 months of transformational work with individual guidance from Recovery Warriors team and Jessica Flint through live calls, workshops, and daily community support inside the Courage Club.Click here to request an invite to Beyond BodyCONNECT WITH ANNA SWEENEY, RDOfficial WebsiteAnna on InstagramAnna's StoreCONNECT WITH RECOVERY WARRIORSCheck out articles on the Website Follow on InstagramLike us on FacebookLearn more about the Podcast

Social media influencers disseminate massive amounts of nutrition and health related content daily. But just how accurate is this information? And what are the consequences of constantly exposing ourselves to all this nutrition-related messaging? Join us, two registered dietitians, as we explore the problems with nutrition-related social media, discuss how it can negatively impact how we think about food, and brainstorm ways to insulate ourselves from the chaotic world of online nutrition information.  Don't want to miss any episodes in the future? Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Some Awesome Folks to Consider Following: Martinus Evans (@300poundsandrunning) Aaron Flores (⁠@aaronfloresrdn⁠) Dr. Lisa Folden (⁠@healthyphit⁠) Aubrey Gordon (⁠@yrfatfriend⁠) Anna Sweeney (⁠@dietitiananna⁠) Michael Ulloa (⁠@michaelulloapt⁠) Dr. Joshua Wolrich (@drjoshuawolrich) For feedback or to suggest a show topic email us at nutritionformortals@gmail.com Feel free to contact our real, live nutrition counseling practice at oceansidenutrition.com **This podcast is for information purposes only, is not a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice, and does not constitute a patient-provider relationship**

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TW/CW: Some discussion of eating disorders and behaviors. Are you connected to your body? Do you honor your body’s signals? Today, we invite you to move back into your body. Dr. MC is so honored to share this interview with dietician Anna Sweeney. Dr. MC had the pleasure of working with Anna back in 2015Continue reading

This week on the pod we have the one and only, Anna Sweeney. Anna is a registered dietitian specialized in eating disorder treatment and committed to social justice. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 15 and has been living with MS for 22 years now. She uses her powerful instagram platform to share her story, share information, and provide a safe community for her followers. We talk about body acceptance with a disability, anti-diet and social justice, and diet culture celebrity influence. Find Anna on IG @dietitiananna

Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S (she/her) is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist, and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling, a nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the social justice forward treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns. Anna has dedicated her career to nutrition counseling and supervising in the field of eating disorders, and works to use her many privileges to increase awareness of eating disorders, the complexities of these conditions, and to unabashedly challenge diet culture. Anna is a full-time disabled person and uses her lived experience to enhance the work she does.Support the show

March is MS Awareness Month. As the month ends, join us for a conversation with our sister in MS, the incredible Anna Sweeney! Anna Sweeney is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling. She is an expert in the treatment of individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and emotional eating. Anna combines her knowledge of the science of nutrition and experience in the treatment of eating disorders with direct, compassionate, and heartfelt care to help her clients realize the pleasures of living a whole life. Anna is a recognized public figure on social media, where she does not shy away from talking about chronic illness, wellness culture, and how to navigate these tenuous spaces. Anna also proudly identifies herself as a disabled woman. In the context of Anna's disability and inability to access nature in ways that she once could, Anna created the #inaccessibleviews hashtag where she asks for photos and videos of places, around the world, that a disabled body cannot experience. With over 10K views, #inaccessibleviews powerfully bridges the gap between the able-bodied and disabled worlds. Find Anna on Instagram @dietitiananna -- Daana Townsend (she/her) a Professor and content creator; and Carlos Kareem Windham (they/them), a comedian, facilitator and musician -- each living with Multiple Sclerosis -- are your hosts this season and explore the intersections of race, culture, politics, disability and all the things.  Join us as we Raise the Temp! Connect with us. Instagram: Daana @retrosoul__ Carlos @elcaballonegrito Podcast Socials: Instagram: @myelinmelanin Twitter: @myelinmelanin Facebook: @myelinandmelanin Website: http://myelinandmelanin.com

We got carried away while recording our intro for next week's Episode featuring Anna Sweeney, but the conversation was too good to scrap. So y'all get a bonus episode! -- Daana Townsend (she/her) a Professor and content creator; and Carlos Kareem Windham (they/them), a comedian, facilitator and musician -- each living with Multiple Sclerosis -- are your hosts this season and explore the intersections of race, culture, politics, disability and all the things.  Join us as we Raise the Temp! Connect with us. Instagram: Daana @retrosoul__ Carlos @elcaballonegrito Podcast Socials Instagram: @myelinmelanin Twitter: @myelinmelanin Facebook: @myelinandmelanin Website: http://myelinandmelanin.com

Wellness culture would have us believe we can "cure" and "heal" with their products, remedies, plans and food. Our wanting of that is so understandable and yet the dangers are significant. In this episode, Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist, Anna Sweeney and I, explore this including:Her own journey navigating wellness ideas recommended to her after her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis The immense power and problem in the idea that food can “cure” Some books and concepts of wellness we were both caught up inHow individual responsibility and the moralism of health factors inThe intersection of diet-culture/wellness-cultureThe influence of food as medicine from actual doctors! and celebrities in the wellness spaceAll episode links and notes hereInstagram @nadiafelschFacebook Community - Food and Body Freedom

Your body is not why you are. Eating disorder recovery expert, Anna Sweeney, shares her personal story to how she came to this belief and will inspire you to reframe your purpose on this earth away from your body. "I am very clear that my function on this planet actually doesn't have anything to do with my body, and I feel very confident in saying that." -Anna Sweeney, RD

This week I am joined by Dietitian Anna Sweeney to myth bust the big Diet trends this January! We also talk about why diets are set up to fail and why Anna doesn't recommend dieting. ⁣ ⁣ Follow & Support Anna: ⁣ @dietitiananna ⁣ https://www.wholeliferd.com/⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Get The Train Happy Journal: ⁣ UK

Your body is not why you are. Eating disorder recovery expert, Anna Sweeney, shares her personal story to how she came to this belief and will inspire you to reframe your purpose on this earth away from your body. "I am very clear that my function on this planet actually doesn't have anything to do with my body, and I feel very confident in saying that." -Anna Sweeney, RD

Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S is a social media phenomenon for all things anti-eating disorders and gives us nuggets that help our clients shift the messages that pull them down.   She challenges us to think about what happens when a person surrounds themselves with messages from influencers to “Eat like me, Move like me, Look like me”.  She reminds us that “This is causing social development of eating disorders to happen at a faster pace than ever before.”  Anna's messages are real and raw and help our clients shift their algorithm towards the authentic and away from bodies and diets that are unreal.  In the office, Anna shares how she gets curious about a person's desire to ‘Eat Clean,' and reveals the best part of her work is being able to witness a person find what feels right with food.  Anna says “start here”:  Anything HAES  Learning about body wisdom – reclaim body expertise  Intuitive Eating  Article referenced - Dr. Steven Bratman on orthorexia   Bio:  Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S (she/her) is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist, and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling, a nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the social justice forward treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns. Anna has dedicated her career to nutrition counseling and supervising in the field of eating disorders, and works to use her many privileges to increase awareness of eating disorders, the complexities of these conditions, and to unabashedly challenge diet culture. Anna is a full-time disabled person and uses her lived experience to enhance the work she does.  IG - @dietitiananna  Virtual Connection  With your host Beth Harrell Follow Beth on Instagram

Anna Heussaff is a novelist writing mainly in her first language, Irish. She's had seven novels published to date. Her three crime novels for fluent adult readers include Scáil an Phríosúin (CIC 2015), set in the present day in Kilmainham in Dublin 8. Her three mystery novels for young teens include Sárú (CIC 2017), which features worldwide threats such as a pandemic and the climate crisis, with which the young characters have to grapple in a game and in the real world. Cúpla Focal (Cois Life 2007) features a very contemporary love triangle that arises in a conversation class for adult learners of Irish. Her many awards include the Judges Special Award in 2013 from Children's Books Ireland. She has translated one of her crime novels to English, published as Deadly Intent (Severn House 2014) under the pseudonym Anna Sweeney. She lives in Dublin where she grew up.

Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast!Today is a very exciting crossover episode with my best friend Amy Palanjian, who is the creator of Yummy Toddler Food; parts of this conversation will also run next week on Amy’s newsletter. Longtime listeners will remember Amy from our podcast Comfort Food (RIP) and from her previous Burnt Toast. And! Just a reminder that guest episodes of the audio newsletter are now free for all listeners! That means you can go back and listen to Rachel Millner, Gwen Kostal, Alyson Gerber, the founders of the National Plus Guide, Tyler Feder, Christy Harrison, Anna Sweeney, Marquisele Mercedes, and Aubrey Gordon, all for free.I’m able to make this content accessible with the help of paid subscribers. If you’d like to support what I’m doing, click here to take 20 percent off your subscription and get cool perks.VirginiaI’m so happy we’re together again! I mean, we’re sort of always spiritually together.AmyIt’s funny, someone the other day someone was like, “When is the podcast coming back?” and I was like, “What are you talking about? Virginia and I talk all the time.”VirginiaWe do miss doing the podcast. It stopped making sense for a variety of reasons related to childcare. Also, it’s very expensive to run a podcast that doesn’t make money. It wasn’t our best business decision, but we both loved doing it. Now Amy can join us on Burnt Toast and we can still have some of that magic.So this crossover episode was Amy’s idea because we are both getting questions about Halloween candy—something that causes stress for parents every year. We do have an old Comfort Food podcast episode I will link, for people who want even more on this.AmyI would like everyone to know that I actually found a bag of our Halloween candy from last year as I was looking for some candy to photograph. Apparently, lollipops are not super popular in my house!VirginiaMeanwhile, the other day, Violet said, “We haven’t had lollipops in a very long time,” as if I had greatly wronged her. I said, “Okay, tell Daddy to put them on the grocery list.” But I was thinking the same thing, that the last time I bought lollipops, we had a box sitting in the pantry for months. They pick out the three red ones and then they don’t want the rest of the bag. Do people like other colors of lollipop? There’s a very strong red bias when it comes to lollipops. And popsicles, too.AmyTrue. It’s logical. They taste better.VirginiaWho likes a yellow lollipop? Anyway, we’re not here to shame your lollipop preferences. Everyone knows Amy and I strongly believe that there are no bad foods—though possibly there are some bad lollipops. The question that comes up over and over is parents wanting to know how to limit or regulate candy consumption for sugar obsessed kids on Halloween. We got several versions of this question: What are the best low sugar options for toddlers? How do I prevent the sugar tantrums? Guys, sugar is not heroin. It's okay. Take a deep breath.AmyThere’s also the question, “What’s the best time to eat candy?” As if eating candy at 2pm might be somehow better. We put all this pressure on the food. We forget that Halloween is super exciting! It only happens once a year and you’re wearing a costume and you get to run down the street ringing doorbells! It’s novel for kids. If you took the candy out of the equation, they still might have a tantrum just because it’s new and their routine is upset. We want to control what we can, so we immediately go to the candy. It’s sort of an easy scapegoat, but it makes us forget the bigger picture.VirginiaIt’s the birthday phenomenon! People think the cupcakes at the birthday party make kids crazy. But no, it’s the fact that the birthday party was at a trampoline place for two hours! They are overstimulated from being around screaming children bouncing on things. Lots of research has debunked the sugar high phenomenon. I will link to things that I have written for anyone still saying, “But wait, really? I think it makes me kid super hyper.” It doesn’t. It’s circumstantial. Step one is recognizing that candy is going to be a big part of Halloween. Candy is, along with the costumes, the entire point of the day. The more you can relax and lean into the joy of that, instead of trying to limit, the less stressed you’re going to be. Trying to control sugar is going to end up with you in a power struggle with your kid about what this day can be for them. That’s not a fun way to experience a holiday!AmyYeah, it would be like trying to limit the amount of presents that your kids get on Christmas. I guess you could ignore the candy part of Halloween if you just didn’t leave your house. But this is a temporary situation. Whatever happens on this day is not an indicator of the health or well-being or emotional state of your child for the rest of their life. It can sometimes feel like we’re bad parents for giving our kids these foods that are culturally shamed, especially with the emphasis on no added sugars for kids under two. There is a lot of pressure.VirginiaYes, especially for parents who have a lot of fears around processed foods! Candy is the ultimate processed food. This is one day of the year when a lot of foods that you may not normally buy are suddenly on your child’s radar. It’s important to keep in mind that kids may seem especially fixated or obsessed with these foods because this is the first time they’re experiencing a Mars Bar or a Butterfinger. One way to think about lessening the obsession on Halloween is to be a little more relaxed throughout the year. If it’s more normal for your child to encounter a Snickers, then they might not need to eat 100 in one sitting. If you have candy around, kids will become more discerning. They will be quicker to say, “I don’t need to take a bite out of every single piece because I already know which ones I like and don’t like. I can I can focus and enjoy my favorites.”It’s so sad and confusing that this should be a joyful day and instead kids are having to navigate these complicated feelings about wanting things that a parent doesn’t want them to have. We’re layering this whole emotional experience about food being something you have to feel really complicated about.Amy“We went out as a family! We had so much fun! I got this bag of stuff with my parents and now they’re taking it away from me. And I don’t quite understand why.”VirginiaSo, I think we’ve established why being really controlling around Halloween candy is not the way to go. Let’s talk a little bit about what we each do and what our approaches are to managing this. We can also touch on the ever-controversial Switch Witch. AmyUp until 2020, we had always gone trick or treating in the dorms at the college where my husband works. We would go through the dorm, which was full of kids giving out candy. They dress up and decorate the hallways and it was really fun. Then, we bring all of our candy home and we sort through anything that is too crunchy, like a round hard candy, or anything that’s too chewy for the younger kids, and put it off to the side. We talk about safety. I’m not trying to do it on the sly. I’m very open about it. I’ll say, “We're just gonna put this over here and maybe one of us parents will eat it.” Then we talk about the candies my kids haven’t seen. I tell them the names, we talk about what they taste like, we do a taste test. The kids try a bunch of stuff! They spit a lot of stuff out that they don’t want. In that process, if there’s a thing that they don’t like, they'll just push all those off to the side. If they know they don’t like the thing, they don’t want it in their bowl. We usually have water or milk and we sit at the table and we do it together. It’s a later night than usual. They eat a lot of candy. I try to eat all of this Snickers. It’s fun! I didn’t do this when my oldest was little, because I was intensely fearful of sugar. As I learned more, I understood that my fear was not helping. So, I embrace it. Each kid then has a bowl with whatever candy is left. After that first night and we put it in the pantry. We don’t hide it or take it away. And then we let them pick out a few pieces every day and they can decide if they want it with breakfast or with dinner, but I do try to have the kids all have it at the same time so that there’s not fighting.VirginiaOh, that’s smart.AmyYeah, like they might say, “She’s having her thing and it’s not fair!” So we try to line them up so that they’re happening at the same time. Then if we do go trick or treating on actual Halloween we do the whole thing again.VirginiaWe take a very similar approach, maybe with a little less reverence than your tasting process. On Halloween night we dump all the candy out of the coffee table and say, “Go nuts! Have as much as you want!”Candy is not an off limits food in our house, so the kids already know things they really love. They throw out the ones they don’t like. Then it goes into a bowl in our pantry. The kids do try some new candies, too. Keep in mind, for picky eaters, trying a new candy is still trying a new food. Candies have weird textures and flavors, so it can be a great thing if your cautious eater is willing to try some strange looking candy. The advice that gets circulated a lot is to do a free-for-all on Halloween. We do a free-for-all on the second day, as well. Amy doesn’t need to do that because she’s got the double trick-or-treating thing, so there is going to be another opportunity. But I do think for a lot of kids just the one night is not enough. Once we’re getting back into our routine, I’ll say, “When do you want to have your candy?” Other traditional advice is to limit candy thereafter to one piece a day which feels like not enough to me. I feel sad with only one mini Snickers! So we do two or three pieces. I don’t get hung up on the number because you’re very quickly going to find yourself doing a lot of weird negotiations. Why make yourself crazy? I’ve also found, as my oldest daughter gets older—she’s eight now—she manages the candy very effortlessly. We are transitioning to her having more authority over her food experience. She manages the candy easily on her own because we’ve always done it this way. I notice there are a few days where she wants some candy with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then she’s lost interest by the end of the week. With a younger kid, where you’re opening wrappers and you’re the delivery vehicle, I think it makes sense to pick a time for candy. Don't get too hung up on your role for managing the candy. Instead, ask yourself, did I give them enough access, and enough time to really enjoy this experience? If you’ve done that, they will gradually lose interest in the candy stash over the next couple of weeks. They won’t be fixated on it because they don’t have a scarcity mindset about it.AmyIf you’re noticing that your your kid is throwing tantrums when you say, “Just one piece,” the counterintuitive answer is to relax the rules. Your kid is responding to those rules in a way that is showing you that they don’t feel like they have access to that food. That can be a hard thing for parents to do, especially with little kids, because it often feels like we’re giving in or that it’s a slippery slope and now they're only going to eat candy. My two-year-old will have the candy with dinner, and he’ll eat some of the dinner and he’ll eat some of his candy. He’ll go back and forth. Candy is a food that we sometimes have more of at this particular time of the year.VirginiaSome kids are going to be the kids who are want to savor every little piece and they’re going to make it last till March and that’s totally fine.AmyThe goal of this is not to have kids who lose interest! The goal is to have kids who do not lose their minds over candy.VirginiaRight, kids who can enjoy and revel in Halloween and enjoy candy. It’s part of their life, not an obsession or something to feel anxious about. Are there any treats you wouldn’t let your kid eat?AmyAnything they’re allergic to. Anything that would be too hard for a younger kiddo to chew. That’s it.VirginiaThis isn’t something you get trick-or-treating, but maybe something like fancy chocolates with coffee in them. I might be concerned about the caffeine. Even then, it's one tiny chocolate. I’d probably say, “Let’s have a bite and see what happens tonight.” There’s definitely no good that can come from saying, “We let you have this kind of candy, but not that kind of candy” or “Nothing with artificial dyes!” AmyYeah, someone asked, “Where can I buy honey sticks?” I was like, “Please don’t give out honey sticks.”VirginiaDon’t be that house giving out honey sticks. I mean, if your kid loves them, great.AmyThere was a question about what to do when little kids want what the older kids have? I have a two-year-old and a nine-year-old. Having them eat the things at the same time, even if the things are different, can be helpful. Then the younger kid is not feeling left out. Make sure that whatever the younger kid has feels very fun to them. This issue of who has what and is it fair and is it the same is currently the biggest source of me wanting to run for the hills. “Hers is bigger,” or “She has more milk” or “She has a blue cup.” There may not be a magic solution to this, depending on your children. If this is my house, I am sure that this is going to be an issue. Even if it’s just like, “She has the red lollipop, but I got stuck with the green one.” VirginiaYeah, the lengths I go to ensure parity in lunch components! The other day, I cut a sandwich perfectly in half. And one child immediately said, “She has the better half!” And I was like, I give up. It’s literally the same.I'm wondering with this question if there’s an element of trying to limit the toddlers’ candy exposure. Unless it’s a choking hazard—which of course with ages three and under you do have to be careful about certain candies—let them have what the older kids are having. There is no reason they can’t enjoy the same stuff.“What age is appropriate to offer candy for the first time?”I forgot how fraught that feeling is when you have a one-year-old and you’re like, “Do we do it?” Especially if it’s your first child. This is definitely a question that goes out the window when you have multiple kids. If it’s your first child, and Halloween will be happening around them, like at daycare, do you bring them into the fold on the candy? Or do you wait and why? AmyIf you’re going to encounter it in the course of whatever you’re doing, then yes. If you’re not, like if your kid doesn’t go to daycare and you’re not going to go trick-or-treating and trick-or-treaters come to your house after the baby goes to bed, I wouldn’t stress about it. I don’t think you need to make a big deal about introducing chocolate. You will encounter it in the normal course of life. If the urge is to keep them away from this thing because it makes me wildly uncomfortable or because I’m scared that they won’t eat any other food, I just would maybe sit with that a little bit and think about whether it’s true. I think we waited until my oldest was two. She had a really early bedtime when she was one so we just skipped it. We didn’t go to any Halloween parties. But I think it’s a personal choice.VirginiaMy older daughter was not an oral eater when she was one, so I probably would have done backflips if she had wanted to eat candy. That was not where we were in her feeding disorder. So I didn’t have to navigate this in quite the same way as most parents. If you have a favorite Halloween candy and it would give you joy to share that with your child, do not feel bad about introducing your young toddler to that candy. Let’s be honest, Halloween for one- and two-year-olds is for the parents anyway. Kids don’t really care. You’re dressing them up in a cute costume for your own amusement or because Grandma wants to see them in the costume. It could be fun for you to say, let’s try this favorite candy and have that as part of enjoying Halloween. If you’re like me and actually don’t enjoy Halloween, it’s fine to just not deal with it. However, I agree with Amy that if it’s about insulating kids from sugar, let’s sit with that. “If my two-and-a-half-year-old doesn’t really get it, can I just disappear some of his candy? It seems simpler.”AmySeems simpler to you! But what happens when a kid asks where his candy is?VirigniaIt is true that they have short memories at that age. They might not remember at two?AmyMy two-and-a-half-year-old would for sure remember. I would be worried that the child would just wind up so much more confused and maybe have their feelings hurt because you took something. VirginiaIt sounds like this person is saying, “Can we just enjoy it on Halloween and then it’s gone the next morning?” I would be careful with that. And this is probably where we should talk about the Switch Witch. This is the idea that you let the kids have candy on Halloween night. The next day, you have them turn in all the candy in exchange for a toy. It’s a thing that dentists started. I personally hate it. Some people say the kids get to savor the candy and just give away the stuff they don’t like. But I also don’t like it because now I have to come up with a toy. Halloween is already so freakin’ hard! Why are you giving me more to do? So, I’m pretty anti-Switch Witch, but you’ve been a little more open to it.AmyYeah, we’ve done it the kids have a bunch of stuff that they don’t want. VirginiaBut isn’t that just what a garbage can is for? AmyI know! You can bring your unwanted candy to the dentist and they’ll send it to soldiers. Like, that's not nice! Send them the good stuff! I have written about the switch witch. I do think that it is a convenient way to get candy out of your house if you don’t want candy in your house. But, the reason that people primarily do it is because they don’t want their kids eating sugar. There is a way to do it that is helping the kids identify what they like and don't like, but then again, you’re having to go buy a thing when the kids already got all of this stuff. It is an extra thing to do and it’s not necessary. The real Switch Witch involves buying a doll, and there’s a book. It’s like Elf on the Shelf! I’m not spending $40 on that.VirginiaPeople can send me all the hate mail they want, Elf on the Shelf does not come to our house and never will. Absolutely not. I do not have time in my life for that. If one of these becomes a fun Halloween tradition for your family, if you love doing Switch Witch and you’re not doing it to ban sugar, then great. But it is not necessary to have a good Halloween. “Is organic candy any better?”AmyNo. It’s still made of the same stuff. VirginiaAnd it’s fine.AmyBut it’s more expensive.VirginiaIf you like to spend more money on things because of a word on their wrapper, then it is better for you. Yes.AmyAn organic lollipop has the same base ingredients as a regular lollipop, but it will cost you more.VirginiaAnd I refuse to believe that sustainable agriculture hinges on lollipop manufacturing. I don’t know that you will be making enough of a difference for the planet to justify the added cost or the sort of limitations you’re putting on your kid by telling them they can only have organic candy.AmyBecause then they would not be able to eat anything that you get out in the world.VirginiaThat does not seem like a great plan. “How do I limit my consumption as a parent?” This is what is underpinning all the other questions. Parents are afraid of sugar and they’re afraid of their relationship with sugar.AmyCan I tell you a story that makes me so happy? This was a huge deal. A couple of weeks ago, I was in the grocery store walking by the giant bags of candy. And I was like, “You know what, I really want some peanut M&M’s.” But I had never bought peanut M&M’s in that big of bag before! And I was like, “I’m gonna do it!” I was very excited. I put them in the fridge because I only like them cold. Every day, I would have some whenever I wanted them. I was headed toward the end of the bag and then there were a couple days where I didn’t eat them. It was fascinating because I love peanut M&M’s, yet I didn’t want them! I have gotten to that point with a lot of foods. We have chocolate and all sorts of stuff in our house and I don’t really care about any of it. I just had never bought a big bag of M&M’s for no reason. It was a good exercise. If you are feeling nervous about a certain type of thing, just buy some. Let yourself have some if you’re at a place where that feels safe. I know that for some people, it might just be too much anxiety. But it was really helpful. And to that end, I started buying potato chips every week. And sometimes we eat them and sometimes we don’t. It can really remind you that all of these things that we say about feeding kids—that there are no good or bad foods, that we can eat a variety—it applies to us, too. We can really put that into practice and then also be modeling that we can eat all of these foods and that it’s actually not a big deal. And also, if you’re going to eat peanut M&M’s, they must be cold.VirginiaThat’s the real takeaway for this episode.AmyAll I want my kids to know is, “Don’t eat peanut M&M’s unless they’re cold because it’s a waste.”VirginiaThey don’t taste as good, it’s true! We have a bag of mixed candy in our pantry and I got a packet of peanut M&M’s and they taste almost stale if they’re not cold. It’s a completely different experience. Now I’m going to go put them in the fridge so I can enjoy them more. I think the answer to this question is that you don’t need to limit your consumption of candy as a parent. This is another sneaky way diet culture shows up at Halloween. There’s a lot of TikTok videos of moms sneaking in to steal their kids candy and eating it furtively. I’m sorry, but no. Just enjoy eating candy and eat it in front of your children. And on your own later, because children are a lot and you want to be away from them, of course. But be a part of celebrating candy with your kids. Buy the candy you really like and have it! I will be buying a large bag of mini Snickers because sometimes trick-or-treaters don’t get enough mini Snickers. Some houses are not giving out the good candy. Make sure you’re going to have your favorite Halloween candy on hand to enjoy so that you’re not dueling your kids for the candy they want to eat. AmyI remember seeing one of those videos last year and I was just like, “Why are you in the closet?”VirginiaShe’s in the closet because she doesn’t feel like she can publicly eat candy without apologizing for it.AmyI mean, I understand why she’s in the closet, but like, just get out of the closet.VirginiaStop feeling like you have to eat candy in secret. Don’t apologize for eating candy. Eat candy in public. Also, with those videos, you’re secretly eating candy, and then putting it on TikTok, so.AmyI want the world to know that I secretly eat candy.VirginiaI want the world to know that I only candy in this sneaky way. That is not the relationship with candy you want to model for your kids! It’s not good for you. It’s not good for them. The moral of today's episode is put your peanut M&M’s in the fridge and buy the extra large bag of mini Snickers so you don't have a sad Halloween where there’s not enough mini Snickers. Any other final Halloween candy thoughts that we haven’t covered?AmyOne thing I realized when we were asking for questions on Instagram is that apparently there are a lot of Halloween parties at schools, which I just have never experienced. There were a lot of angst about what to bring to the Halloween party. VirginiaWe used to have food, but with COVID we’re not doing food at kids’ Halloween parties. Our school does do wear your costumes to school. They have a little parade around the school, but we don’t have to send food. I shouldn’t say I like anything about COVID, but I like not having to send food to school.AmyOne year you made pumpkin clementines!VirginiaI did because I was on maternity leave and I was really bored. And that was for a preschool Halloween party where we had to send in food. Because of having a new baby and being in a fog, I had missed signing up for cups and plates, which is all I ever sign up for for class parties. This is something anyone who knows me should understand: I will fight you to get the cups and plates spot on the signup sheet. And I didn’t get it that time and I had to bring fruit. It was sad.AmyOur daycare doesn’t celebrate holidays. It’s kind of a blessing.VirginiaI mean, it really is. That’s something to be very grateful for. All right, well that is some advice about candy from people who love candy and are less excited about the work related to children’s holidays. You’re welcome. As always, if you have questions, you can post them in the comments or email us or find us on Instagram with your questions for future episodes. I’m @v_solesmith and Amy is @yummytoddlerfood. Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Burnt Toast! If you liked this and you aren’t yet a subscriber, please subscribe! It is the best way to support Burnt Toast. If you are a subscriber, thank you so much! Please consider sharing this on social media or forwarding it to a friend. 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Welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and some answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia. And today, I’m really pleased to be chatting with Anna Sweeney, who is a social-justice oriented disabled dietitian. You probably Anna know from Instagram where she is @dietitiananna. She is also behind the awesome “You’re Nicer With Carbs” t-shirts.I just ordered a shirt this morning, I’m super excited about it. Anna, welcome.AnnaThank you so much.VirginiaI’m really into the t-shirt. It took me a long time to pick a color. I might need more than one. It’s really good.Anna I am just digging on the mug. I use it as a communication vehicle. When I’m talking to people on Zoom, like, read my mug.Virginia Alright, now I need the mug, too!Why don’t we start with you telling us about you and your work?AnnaI am an eating disorder dietitian, I’m very fortunate to have dedicated the last, I think 13 years of my life to this field, which has become for me increasingly about social justice, in every single way. I’m so fortunate to have the following that I do on social media. I don’t know how that happened. But I am most grateful that it did. I’m just a multi-privileged person who is trying to use that privilege for good and make people a little bit uncomfortable in the process.Virginia I love it. It is not an accident that your Instagram has done so well, because you do a great job of communicating around very complex issues in a very thoughtful way. You have so much practical advice on there for people and you’re having really important conversations. So thank you for doing that.I also want to tell listeners how we first got to know each other. I interviewed you for my first book, which some folks will have read, but for folks who haven’t, Anna appears in chapter two of The Eating Instinct, which is called Chasing Clean. And it’s where I explored how the diet industry became the wellness industry, but is still the diet industry. Anna shares her own story of living with multiple sclerosis and the ways in which the wellness industry preys on folks with chronic conditions and promises miracle cures through food and diet. And she’s rolling her eyes.So debunking these kinds of myths and scams is still a big part of the work you do on social and it’s so important. But as someone else who also tries to do that, it can really feel like we’re playing whack-a-mole, because there’s always a new trend, a new celery juice or whatever. I’m curious to hear your thoughts on why that core message of “if you control your food, you’ll control your life and your health” is still resonating with people even when we see over and over that there’s nothing there?AnnaIf you are suffering by virtue of living with a chronic illness or just want to extend or enhance your life, or you are told by your doctors and your friends and the world that your body is a problem because of its size, it makes so much sense that the diet industry—which is really no longer the diet industry, it really is about that core value of “wellness”—preys on that. The messaging is really, really pervasive. There are going to be people who say, I did this thing, I cured myself, I healed myself of secondary progressive MS. Which is not a thing that you can do, because that is not how Multiple Sclerosis works.I am an educated person, and as my disease changed, I wanted to also heal myself of a secondary progressive disease, which I know is impossible but I tried anyway. And, you know, I think the messaging is so pervasive but also so shape-shifting. This is about morality, and if you’re not trying for this thing, well, then you’re not trying and you deserve whatever malady you get.VirginiaIt’s really preying on people’s very real fears, and processing the ways in which our bodies change, and that that can be uncomfortable and scary. And then there’s this industry that’s like, “I will take your fear, and I will attach a product to it.”AnnaAnd the really hard part about that—so the diet industry has billions of dollars backing it up. And then there’s the neighbor down the road telling you that her cat feels better because she took out gluten, or whatever. Which is crazy. If celiac disease affects 1 percent of the U.S. population, and in 2019, something like 40 percent of Americans reported eating “gluten free,” it’s not because people are actually gluten intolerant. It’s because gluten has been elevated as this thing that we can’t have. If you want to be a healthy person, you don’t eat wheat, or whatever.Diet culture and the wellness industry has so much money behind it. And I am trying really hard to actually articulate the difference between the industry and the culture, because I think the industry, that's the $74 billion. The culture is your cousins, your uncle recommending this thing. And the trickle down effect of sharing these practices that have been helpful or effective—and talk to me again, in two or three or four or five years and like, maybe you have a different feeling about a thing—but it’s contagious.VirginiaThat’s such an interesting distinction, the industry versus the culture. The industry is certainly helping to create the culture. But you’re right, there is this more informal way that these ideas get passed around and embedded that is important to identify. I know that’s what a lot of my readers often talk about struggling with, it’s the comment grandma makes at dinner, or the way that your dad talks about his diet. That sort of stuff is so insidious, because it makes it harder to put the blame where it belongs, which is on this industry, that’s under-regulated and running wild, because you end up mad at the person and not at the larger system.So, speaking of companies we can be mad at that. I’m hearing a lot of folks asking about Noom at the moment, and would love to hear your thoughts. We’ve been hearing for years: “It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle plan,” or “it’s a lifestyle change,” and Noom’s whole thing is, “it’s not a diet, it’s psychology.” So Anna, what is it?AnnaWell, cognitive behavioral therapy is a really practical tool for changing behaviors. But Noom, suggesting that they are not a diet, it is about changing your brain—and I have to be really honest Virginia, I haven’t done a ton of digging because anytime I look at it, I’m just repulsed and I don’t want to play anymore.But everyone that has spoken with me about Noom has said yes, they said it was psychology, but I was also eating a very low number of calories in concert. So like, it’s “let’s use cognitive behavioral therapy to teach your body to semi-starve.”To me, this is the ultimate manipulation, speaking to people’s intellect. We acknowledge that the diet industry, as in conventional dieting, like SlimFast, their market share is in the shitter. That’s not a thing now. And in the 90s, it was a really, really, really big thing. But conventional diets like those are not selling anymore. So: Noom. To me, this is the ultimate gaslighting, where they say: You are so smart, you know diets don’t work; let’s change your brain. And we’re just not talking about the fact that it’s a semi-starvation diet. And there is one conclusion that follows semi-starvation diets. VirginiaI'm sure that’s resonating with a lot of people who have tried it and are sort of sitting uncomfortably because you feel like you got played, and I think it’s important to articulate that it’s not your fault, this is very powerful marketing. A lot of work went into figuring out how to manipulate you in this way.Anna100%. I don’t even know if Kurbo is still a thing, but when Weight Watchers presented Kurbo for young people; they are different, but it was the same sort of manipulation. Like, if you’re a good parent, and you have a fat kid, you get Kurbo because you want them to learn these skills. I don’t even know if Noom will let young people in, it’s certainly not marketed to young people. It’s marketed to people kind of in our age bracket. But it’s emotional and psychological warfare, because, you know, you’re not good if you’re not using your brain to starve.VirginiaThey’re also literally the same thing, because they both use the stoplight diet as their basis. So they want to both argue that they’re not diets they are, in fact, all about restricting calories and grouping foods into good and bad categories.[Editor’s Note: Here’s Virginia’s 2019 New York Times piece on Kurbo.]Alright, now I have some listener questions that have come in that I would love for you to tackle. So first up, and I wanted to give this one to you, because of your whole “you’re nicer with carbs” thing. And it just made me laugh because the whole email is: “What is the deal with pasta? Why is it seen as unhealthy?” This is from someone who loves pasta, I think, and I do too. So I really want to help reclaim pasta for this person.AnnaOur bodies have no judgment about where food comes from. If you are eating carbohydrates, by way of pasta, your body assimilates those carbohydrates the same way it assimilates carbohydrates from toast, or crackers, or chips or any other food that might be a little bit more neutral.What has happened to the pasta industry in the last three or four years is pretty bloody tragic. It has happened in the context of this stupid, sensationalized documentary about plant-based power lifters or something. [Editor’s Note: Anna is referencing The Game Changers, which we’re not linking to here because it calls itself a documentary but has been criticized for bias, misrepresentation, and cherry-picking.]And then there was this uptick in this desire for plant-based everything, which is just a prettier way of saying “be vegan without the ethical piece.”You don’t need chickpeas or beans or whole wheat or any of those things to have and enjoy pasta. You are allowed to just eat normal pasta. [Virginia Note: Which, by the way, is usually plant-based!]I am appalled by what has happened to the pasta aisle which used be exciting, because you can choose different shapes. Now it’s like, let me choose a different macronutrient profile to make sure that I’m rounding out my meal. If you are looking for a higher fiber pasta experience, maybe add some vegetables to the pasta. If you’re looking for a higher protein pasta experience, maybe add some cheese or proteins some other way. It’s so silly. Carbohydrates are the mainstay of our existence, right? We need most of our energy to come from carbs. What has happened is the vilification of normal white pasta, which is just pasta. This is an unfortunate trickle down of the diet industry suggesting that you need to healthify all of the things. It’s just not true. You body can handle pasta. It’s delicious. You should eat it.VirginiaYou really should. And for parents, kids love pasta, and then parents have all this guilt about how much their kids love pasta, but pasta is a great food for introducing other foods. If you’re trying to diversify your kid’s palette, pasta is the base of everything. In my house, at least, they have that sort of safety there, and then they can get more curious about other foods.AnnaAnd there are so many fun things that go with pasta! All of the things go with pasta. It’s sad to hear that parents feel badly about feeding their kids carbs like pasta, because again, our prefrontal cortex—you are making a decision about what you’re feeding yourself with your prefrontal cortex, but the rest of your brain and all of your cells have no awareness of where carbohydrate energy comes from. The last thing I wish for parents, is to be putting that much energy into a bowl of pasta. It’s just pasta, it’s the same as a bowl of cereal.VirginiaI love that. All right, so we have redeemed pasta for anyone who is feeling anxious about pasta, I hope you eat it after you listen to this podcast.Next question: This person writes, my biggest issue is stopping when I’m full. How would you recommend dealing with the impulse to eat past fullness?AnnaI think hunger and fullness and eating in accordance to those sensory-specific experiences is something that takes skill and practice. That being said, I think my first question to this person would be: Are you having enough food all day long? Like, when you get up in the morning, are you having breakfast? Are you having snacks? Are you having regular meals? Are you feeding yourself with food when you feel tired instead of having a cup of coffee? And are you actually feeling satisfied by the foods that you’ve eaten? If you are not, I am going to encourage you to eat more food and to eat more food that leaves you feeling satisfied at the end. For some of my clients that actually means taking a break from high fiber things if fullness is part of the equation or something that makes them uncomfortable. The most important thing is, are you actually eating enough food during the day? And I promise you, you need a lot more food than you believe that you do. You just you need more food.VirginiaAlso, feeling the need to eat “past fullness” can be either not quite understanding what fullness is. You may be sort of feel like you should be full but you’re not actually full, you just think you’ve eaten “too much.” And so you think you’re eating past this but you’re not actually eating past your own fullness. That comes up quite a lot too, I would imagine.AnnaI also want to say really, really clearly: Your fullness is different from my fullness, and your fullness on Monday in the morning is different from your fullness on Tuesday in the afternoon. We have to really regard our relationships with our stomachs similarly to the way that we regard our relationships with our bladder. They’re both stretchy muscles, sometimes you really have to pee, sometimes you’re like, I need to pee, because I’m gonna be in the car for a little while. And your stomach can be the same way.In regard to this question, I would totally experiment with a bunch of different foods and feeling through what feels more filling and what feels more satisfying. And I’m still coming back to you’re probably not eating enough during the day.VirginiaI think that’s dead on for sure. Okay, last one, which sort of ties us back to where we started this conversation. This person writes: “Even though I stopped dieting and believe in intuitive eating, the dieting thoughts are in my head, so often. Any advice for coping with relentless diet thoughts?” And I think this sort of comes back to that sort of onslaught of messaging we were talking about in some parts, but I’m curious to hear what else you think of in response to this.AnnaFirst thing, please have so much compassion for yourself. Even as you are working to step away from valuing these numbers or rules, it doesn’t mean they disappear from your brain. Some of this is about neural plasticity. So if there was a time when following diet plan rules felt like it was advantageous for you, you made a neural connection that said, I feel uncomfortable in my body—and I’m not sure that I’m actually speaking to this person, specifically, but I’m just using an example—I feel uncomfortable in my body. So I’m going to make this dietary intervention. And every time, they feel uncomfortable, they make that one specific, or doesn’t have to be one, it can be all of the dietary interventions that they have followed over a period of time. And so that thought pattern becomes instantaneous, it becomes a thing that you don’t think about.With regard to thinking about the fact that our brains are plastic, we are here and ready to learn new things all the time. And I’m going to ask your listeners, do you remember learning how to drive? I remember learning how to drive, you know, like hands at 10 and 2, get your mirrors, make sure your seatbelt is buckled, and turn off all the music, like no sound, focus, focus, focus, focus, focus. And I don’t think it was until I actually had my license, and my mother and father were out of the car that I was like, “Oh, I got this, this is fine.” But in this one practice, driving a car my proprioceptive sense, I go from being this like five foot something person to now being this two ton vehicle, and it’s really challenging. (Psychologically, it’s actually crazy that we let kids drive.)It’s so, so hard. Until you get to a point where you can drive and have something to eat and change the radio, and be looking at your phone. And I will tell you, I have done ridiculous things while driving a car. But it’s because my brain, from a neural plasticity perspective, I desired so much to have a license that and to be independent driving a car that I practiced, practiced, practiced. And now I can do a million things. Well, it’s not actually a million, but I can do several things while also driving a car and not think twice.[Virginia’s Note: This is not an endorsement of texting and driving! Please do not look at your phone while you drive.]It makes so much sense, if you have been embedded in the wellness industry, diet industry, and those beliefs and doctrines for so long, it makes sense that those automatic thoughts are going to show up. My ask for you and my ask for everyone is — and this is actually using a little bit of CBT, thank you, Noom — what would it feel like to stop the thought or even to recognize it and say, wow, this is a diet culture thought, and try and replace it with something else. You think, so there’s a diet culture thought, this is my healthy thought, or this is my self-care thought. It will not be instantaneous, right? Because one that has been built in there is based on wellness culture mumbo jumbo, but with practice, and dedication to, you know, finding the other side, I feel really certain when I say it is possible to turn down that that noise. Does it mean it’s going to go away entirely? No, not necessarily. But you can shift some of it. And be gentle with yourself, this will take time. And, you know, if you devalue those messages, preferentially replace them with something else. This is a practice thing, but your brain was trained to do the dieting things, you can also train it to do something else.VirginiaIt really does feel like learning a new language or driving a car in the beginning. I was terrified of learning to drive as a kid. I remember how hard and scary it felt. And then after I lived in Manhattan for 10 years, and then we moved up to the country, and I had to basically relearn that skill, it was also terrifying, and didn’t go that well that first six months, and there was a garbage can in my driveway that I backed into. So I think that's a great way to think about it, like you are learning a whole new skill here. It’s a really complicated skill, and it’s gonna take some time before it becomes even remotely automatic.AnnaAnd the wellness culture punch in the gut part is, you’re not likely to have your healthy self-care oriented practices mirrored back at you. There has to be some acknowledgment of the fact that doing something different is automatically going to put you in a special category. And so you’re going to have to come back to self-care first, acknowledging that everyone in your life is also prey to the industry in the same way that you have been.VirginiaIt’s like you’re learning to speak a language no one around you speaks, and then they’re going to keep speaking to you in their regular language and wondering why you’re doing something different. And that is really hard.Well, Anna, thank you so much. This was wonderful. I feel like we covered so many different topics. Let us know where we can find more of you and your work.AnnaI would love for you to come hang out on Instagram! I had no idea that I would love it so much there but it is like a creative outlet. I am @dietitiananna. I actually do respond to most messages. So pop in a question.I started Virtual Connection at the beginning of the pandemic, and I haven’t stopped it yet. So there’s a free hour of me answering questions on Mondays at three o'clock EST. I would love to see you there. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe

Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling, a weight inclusive nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the thoughtful treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns. She practices nutrition care from a Health at Every Size, social justice forward lens and is dedicated to empowering her clients to notice and refute the influence of diet culture in their lives. Anna is a full-time disabled person living with MS and one of my absolute favourite people to follow and learn from on social media.In this episode, Anna talks about some of the impact diet culture has had on her whilst living with MS, including some of the nonsense that goes around such as the Wahls protocols that are often sold as a supposed cure. She also talks about her work with eating disorders and why we urgently need to stop attributing them to a certain body size.Anna can be found on social media @dietitiananna and online at wholeliferd.com.-My Sunday Times Bestselling debut book, Food Isn't Medicine: Challenge Nutribollocks & Escape The Diet Trap, is now available to order online (Amazon, Book Depository, and elsewhere). Do come and join me on social media @drjoshuawolrich.If you enjoyed this episode, please do leave a review!

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Today on the podcast we have the honor of having Racheal Hartley, author of the new book Gentle Nutrition, on the show.   Rachael’s book Gentle Nutrition explores what healthy eating looks like from a non-diet perspective. It teaches you how to improve your relationship with food and how take care of your body with real life tips and tools that have helped my clients. By taking food off it’s pedestal as the end all, be all of health, Gentle Nutrition creates space for engaging with nutrition in a more relaxed, and sustainable manner. When we leave diet culture and the assumption that weight equals health behind, we can focus on truly honoring our health and well-being.   Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, is a Columbia, SC-based nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert. In 2014, Rachael  opened her private practice, where she specializes in intuitive eating, disordered eating and eating disorders, women's health, and digestive disorders. She also runs the popular food and wellness blog The Joy of Eating. As a trusted voice in the dietetics field, she collaborates with like-minded brands for recipe development and nutrition communications.In 2018, she was named one of Self Magazine’s trustworthy dietitians for nutrition advice. Rachael has trained under dietitians Evelyn Tribole (co-author of Intuitive Eating), Marci Evans and Anna Sweeney.    In this episode we discuss: Rachael’s journey to choosing to become a RD, and then evolving into a non-diet RD.  Rachael’s new book, Gentle Nutrition, that I am SO excited to share and recommend to my community, because there are SO few books out there discussing nutrition from a non-diet lens.  Why Gentle Nutrition explores what healthy eating looks like from a non-diet perspective. Why approaching nutrition from a relaxed, sustainable, non-diet manner essential to true health and well-being. Tangible examples of what gentle nutrition can look like an application. What it looks like to stock your kitchen for intuitive eating. Where the 2,000 calorie recommendations on food labels came from. How Rachael practices wellness without obsession.   Links to learn more about Racheal: https://www.rachaelhartleynutrition.com/my-book-gentle-nutrition https://www.rachaelhartleynutrition.com/blog/how-to-stock-your-kitchen-for-intuitive-eating https://www.rachaelhartleynutrition.com/blog/where-2000-calories-on-food-labels-comes-from  Racheal’s Instagram account   Resources for you: Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here.  Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support. Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop. Join the waitlist for our new program coming in May, Get Your Period Back Playbook.   Let’s hang out! Connect with Victoria and the staff at NMN: Victoria’s Instagram Victoria’s Website Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram Nourishing Minds Nutrition website For every guest that comes on the show, we donate money to Loveland Foundation. The Loveland Foundation, a foundation that provides therapy and  healing to Black women and girls. We are honored to donate monthly to the Loveland Foundation, and you can learn more and donate yourself here.

This week we're digging deep into diet culture, the complicated relationship we have with food, and what it means to truly eat everything you want to eat. To get a wider perspective, Amy talks to cookbook writer and chef Julia Turshen, who opens up on how her insecurities affected the way she created her recipes - until her wife pushed her to take a closer look. Then, Amy sits down with eating disorder registered dietitian and weight inclusive nutritionist Anna Sweeney to get some real facts about how we feed our bodies and what to look out for when it comes to disordered eating. If you are struggling with disordered eating, you are not alone. Visit https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline to get more information or to speak to a representative via phone, chat, or text. -- You can learn more about Julia Turshen as well as pick up her new cookbook, Simply Julia, by clicking here -> https://www.juliaturshen.com Follow Anna Sweeney on instagram @dietitiananna and check out her services at her website -> https://www.wholeliferd.com -- Want a FREE guide to build successful habits for your life and business? Check it out here -> http://bit.ly/talking-habits To listen to Amy's other podcast all about online marketing, click here -> http://bit.ly/OMMEpod -- FURTHER READING: https://eating-disorders.org.uk/information/the-psychology-of-dieting/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/06/01/411217634/in-eating-lab-psychologist-spills-secrets-on-why-diets-fail https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6370446/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on the podcast we are continuing with body image and body positivity, and we have a very special guest on to talk with us allll about our relationship with FOOD. Anna Sweeney is Certified Eating Disorder RD & Supervisor as well as an Intuitive Eating Counselor. She holds an INCREDIBLE space on Instagram and has an amazing business called Whole Life Nutrition where she holds counseling sessions, therapy sessions, and really bridges the gap between mindfulness and eating. We are OBSESSED!!!! 5:23 - Special Guests, Doug and Bonnie Hehner, come share their opinions about last night’s episode! 34:21 - Welcome to HMCP, Anna! Anna shares her backstory about having MS.  38:37 - Doug asks, Do you find that it’s easier now to recognize and treat eating disorders as it was back then? 46:35 - Jamie asks, What about limiting types of food (i.e. gluten, dairy) for thyroid issues? 50:32 - Doug asks, Could you quickly explain the differences between eating disorders and disorderly eating? 55:25 - Jamie asks, I happen to love McDonalds cheeseburger and fries with a coke - I also am told you can’t eat that all day every day...what are your thoughts on my eating that any time I wanted because that is what I am craving? 1:07:31 - Doug asks, Let’s say you were running The Biggest Loser - what advice do you give to the contestants if they want to lose weight? 1:10:25 - Doug asks, Was there any drastic change that you had before you started learning about or becoming a dietitian in the way that you approached food and life? 1:11:52 - Doug asks, If any of our listeners if they suspect or know someone who has an eating disorder or unhealthy habits, what advice do you have for that person? 1:12:55 - Jamie asks, Is it okay for me to love my body and to love myself but to still want to lose weight? 1:14:10 - Jamie asks, What would you say to someone about a healthy way to lose weight? 1:16:15 - Doug asks, Based on your research, is there a healthy overweight?   Check back next Friday for an amazing episode with Nastasia - her motto is CANCEL snapback culture! Don’t miss it! And stay healthy as always! Anna's Instagram: instagram.com/dietitiananna And thank you to our sponsors:   Kencko - Start creating healthy habits RIGHT NOW, go to kencko.com/HMCP, pick out your flexible monthly plan and the FIRST 100 LISTENERS will get TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OFF your first order.    March of Dimes - January is birth defects prevention month. Some birth defects are preventable and there are steps one can take to minimize the likelihood of your child being born with birth defects. They include: Protect yourself from COVID-19 Be sure to take 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid every day Get a pre-pregnancy checkup Stay up-to-date on vaccines Before you get pregnant, try to reach a healthy weight Avoid substances that are harmful during pregnancy   Learn more at: marchofdimes.org/birthdefects & https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/january-is-national-birth-defects-prevention-month.aspx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna's mother, Madeline Amy Sweeney, was a flight attendant for American Airlines. On September 11, 2001, the day our nation was attacked by terrorists, Amy Sweeney was working on American Airlines Flight 11, the first airplane hijacked by the terrorists to devastate New York City by flying into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center In this interview, Anna talks about: - 9/11 and how she found about news of her mother's death - How the event affected her childhood and her adulthood - The Madeline Amy Sweeney award for Civilian Bravery that was created in her mom's honor --- Background on Amy: For 14 years, Amy Sweeney was a flight attendant for American Airlines. She lived in Acton, Massachusetts with her husband, Michael Sweeney, and their two small children. On September 11, 2001, Amy Sweeney was working on American Airlines Flight 11, the first airplane that was hijacked and flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Before the plane hit the tower, Amy Sweeney had the courage and bravery to contact the airline's ground services crew to convey critical information about the five hijackers and their fatal actions on the plane that morning. It is for Amy Sweeney's heroism, and the heroism and brave spirit of so many of the victims on September 11, 2001, that this award was created. --- Anna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asweens12/?hl=en Madeline Amy Sweeney Award: https://www.mass.gov/how-to/submit-a-nomination-for-the-madeline-amy-sweeney-award-for-civilian-bravery . . . Grateful Living Website: http://grateful4living.com/ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en To Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi To Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

In this week’s episode Hannah and Ali talk all things weight loss for chronic illness. The incredible Anna Sweeney joins the conversation and uses her signature no nonsense approach and her lived experience as a disabled dietitian to answer your most pressing questions about chronic illness. Is it okay to pursue weight loss if the goal is to improve my chronic illness? A health practitioner has told me to lose 5% of my body weight- how do I do that as a busy mom? Should I avoid gluten, sugar, dairy and processed foods if I have chronic fatigue? Do healthy food and exercise prevent diabetes, cancer, heart disease and more? Isn’t it true that food is medicine? Struggling with chronic illness can be confusing and scary, and it makes sense to have questions. Spoiler alert: weight loss and dieting are not the answer. Hannah, Ali and Anna will say it loud and say it proud- there is no body size that is exempt from chronic illness and there are no illnesses found exclusively in larger bodies. The wellness industry wants us to blame our bodies and this week’s episode is a one, two punch to knock out that message once and for all.       Make sure to head over to the @eatcakepod Instagram account Monday-Friday at 3pm PST for a live support "Snack Time & Chill"- a chance for a supported snack at a physical distance, to ask your nutrition questions and have some laughs along the way. How to find Anna Sweeney: Instagram @dietitiananna https://www.wholeliferd.com/ If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to take a screenshot and share it out on Instagram and tag @eatcakepod. We will be sure to share your comments and big takeaways on Instagram Stories as well. Also, once you've subscribed make sure to give us a review on iTunes (or Google Play, Stitcher, Android, TuneIn, Spotify).  You can find Hannah & Ali on Instagram @eatcakepod, on Facebook @Let Us Eat Cake Podcast, listen to episodes on https://eatcakepod.home.blog and email your questions to eatcakepod@gmail.com The information presented in this podcast does not replace the individual nutrition recommendations from your health care providers. Visit https://www.dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Find-A-Dietitian/ to find a specialized dietitian in your area.

On this episode of Therapy Thoughts, Tiffany and Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S sit down to talk about Anna's work and her life with chronic illness. They talk about body acceptance and body neutrality and how they differ and are the same. They also talk about body wisdom and how we need to not outsource it but listen to it and tap in wholly. They discuss trusting our bodies and how hard that can be. And they also talk about diets that claim to cure uncurable illnesses - how these can be triggers for eating disorders and disordered eating. This episode is packed with so much amazing content! More About Anna: Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling, a weight inclusive nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the thoughtful treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns. Anna practices nutrition care from a Health at Every Size lens, is dedicated to empowering her clients to notice and refute the influence of diet culture in their lives, and understands that nutrition and interaction with food is both unique and personal. Anna is also a full-time disabled person and uses her lived experience to enhance the work she does. You can find Anna on Instagram at @dieticiananna and at https://www.wholelifeRD.com/. © 2020. All Rights Reserved Tiffany Roe, LLC. The Therapy Thoughts Podcast is for general informational purposes only. Not intended to diagnose or treat any condition, illness, or disease. Not intended to be financial, legal, medical or therapeutic advice. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/therapythoughts/support

In this episode, @dietitananna & I discuss more on body grief. We talk about how hard it can be when our body no longer does what it used to and normalizing that experience (and the emotions that come with it). Anna uses her experience in a disabled body, and I use my experience being in a large/ fat body. We explore how body love isn't the only destination on a body image journey and provide tangible resources for challenging and changing your automatic thoughts. Anna has organized a virtual connection for each day of the week to provide consistency for those struggling with being in quarantine. Anna also created the hashtag #inaccessibleviews. If you live in an abled body, please remember to use this hashtag on your adventures to take Anna (& others) with you. For more info on the amazing Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRDS, follow her on IG or her website https://www.wholeliferd.com/ For more ways to work with Bri, check out her offers on https://linktr.ee/bodyimagewithbri

Setting boundaries with friends and family means knowing yourself and standing up for what YOU need to be happy, healthy, and safe. In this video I'm talking all about how and when to set boundaries for yourself as a college student, and tips for tackling those tough conversations. Time stamp for mental health TW: skip from 11:05 to 11:51 Mentioned in this video: Anna Sweeney, proud disabled woman and eating disorder RD: @dietitiananna instagram.com/dietitiananna Dealing with bullies: https://youtu.be/j_cb8sQTKIk Taking care of yourself in college: https://youtu.be/GRyW36OzetU My self care journey: https://youtu.be/0KvlMoV6ONQ My 10pm No-Homework rule: https://youtu.be/va0ThCQopKY -- Some of the links below may be affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I may receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. Coconut Whisk! My favorite vegan, gluten-free microwave mug cake!! Use coupon code "FEEDTHATNATION" for $3 off! https://coconutwhisk.com/collections/all-mixes/products/stocking-stuffer-bundles/?ref=feedthatnation -- My name is Natalie Nation (aka: “that” Nation!). I am a Dietetic Intern and Masters of Public Health student, future registered dietitian, health educator, content creator, and mac and cheese expert! Feed That Nation is a place where I talk about all things college life, college health, and college wellness. I give my best advice and share authentic stories and REAL health and lifestyle tips for college students. I make content to connect with you, bring you information, share my story and my struggles, and most importantly, I am here to learn, just like you! My goal is to help you to be more successful, confident, and healthy in your student journey. Join me every Wednesday and Saturday in videos and podcasts with real talk from a real-life college student who has been there, done that. Follow Me: Instagram: instagram.com/feedthatnation Blog: feedthatnation.com Podcast: feedthatnation.com/links/ Music: “Crimson Fly”, YouTube Audio Library The information given is for educational purposes only, and is not meant to be taken as medical advice. Please seek out licensed health-care professionals for medical questions and concerns.

ABOUT ANNA SWEENEY:Anna Sweeney is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling. She is an expert in the treatment of individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and emotional eating. Anna combines her knowledge of the science of nutrition and experience in the treatment of eating disorders with direct, compassionate, and heartfelt care to help her clients realize the pleasures of living a whole life.Anna received her Bachelors of Science Degree in Food Science and Nutrition and her Masters Degree of Nutrition and Health Promotion from Simmons College, Boston. While earning her Masters' Degree, Anna served as Lead Dietitian of the Partial Hospitalization Program at Walden Behavioral Care, LLC, an eating disorder and psychiatric facility outside of Boston.After working at all levels of eating disorder care - partial hospitalization, residential, and inpatient - she was promoted to the position of Coordinator of Nutrition Services where she managed the nutrition department, supported nutrition staff, and developed nutrition protocols for the treatment of inpatient adolescent patients.Anna served as the first dietitian for Monte Nido at Laurel Hill, a residential eating disorder treatment facility in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the title of National Director of Nutrition Services for the organization until 2018.Anna is member of the Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (MAND), the Massachusetts Dietetic Association (MDA), and is an active member of the Multiservice Eating Disorder Association (MEDA), the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals Foundation (IAEDP), and the International Federation for Eating Disorder Dietitians (IFEDD).Anna is certified by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals as a dietitian with eating disorder expertise and is also an IAEDP approved supervisor. CEDRD status is earned by dietitians who have met rigorous educational and skill requirements, have accumulated a minimum number of hours of qualifying work experience, and have made a commitment to stay abreast of current developments in the field through Continuing Education.Whole Life Nutrition Counseling in Concord, MA, works exclusively with clients with eating disorders, disordered eating, or an interest in intuitive eating. At Whole Life Nutrition, Anna’s goal is to help her clients to heal their relationships with food and body, trust their own wisdom, appreciate self-care, and to enjoy every bite along the way. Anna’s extensive history working with eating disorder clients on an outpatient basis allows her bring her expertise, experience, and enthusiasm to Whole Life Nutrition Counseling and the MetroWest Community.Anna is a recognized public figure on social media, where she does not shy away from talking about chronic illness, wellness culture, and how to navigate these tenuous spaces. Foreseeing that many would not be able to access the support they may need due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anna created Virtual Connection, a weekly free hour of support for those struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns.Anna also proudly identifies herself as a disabled woman. In the context of Anna’s disability and inability to access nature in ways that she once could, Anna created the #inaccessibleviews hashtag where she asks for photos and videos of places, around the world, that a disabled body cannot experience. With over 600 submissions and 10K views, #inaccessibleviews powerfully bridges the gap between the able-bodied and disabled worlds.CONNECT WITH ANNA SWEENEY:• Visit Whole Life Nutrition Counseling to learn about Anna’s private practice nutrition and supervision services• Follow Anna on Instagram• …..and Facebook on Twitter• Share your inaccessible view photos and videos on Instagram by tagging @dietitiananna and #inaccessibleviews• Tune into Virtual Connection every Monday at 3 PM EST on Instagram to join Anna for her weekly support hour• Purchase your Earthsuit gear• Listen to some of Anna other podcast guest interviews:○ Body Trauma○ RD Real Talk○ The F*ck It Diet○ The Mindful Dietitian○ Click here for all of Anna's podcast guest interviews.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. To learn more about Karin and her center’s services, please visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center. You can connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be so grateful if you would please consider leaving a review here. Thank you!Are you interested in becoming a guest on the Recovery Bites podcast? If so, please fill out our brief application form to start the process.

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This week on the podcast we have the incredible, Anna Sweeney. Anna is a Certified Eating Disorder RD and Supervisor, Intuitive Eating Counselor, and "Disabled Dietitian". In addition to those roles, Anna works to empower others through her social media and does so in the most powerful and loving way possible. She has inspired countless people with her authenticity and thus has a wide variety of people in her online community. Find Anna on instagram @dietitiananna

In this episode we are joined by Joni Smith, the Scottish Government's Counsellor for Scottish Affairs to North America and Gus Noble, President of Chicago Scots and CEO of Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care. With music from Starry Skies, Sean C Kennedy and Anna Sweeney. Presented by Jamie McGeechan with American Scottish Foundation President, Camilla Hellman, MBE www.americanscottishfoundation.org www.facebook.com/americanscottish

It's time for a pandemic pep talk! Let's talk about procrastination, the pressure we put on ourselves, and work-from-home boundaries with Licensed Therapist Edie Stark! We also chat about how to manage triggering diet culture ads on tv. This was recording back in April, and I meant to release it in early June, but our world had a more pressing convo about privilege and racism that pushed this to the back burner. However! The things we chat about are still relevant and can be applied to what we are going through as this pandemic drags on, and we have to keep adjusting to new ways of working, living, and socializing. Follow Edie Stark on Instagram! *** This episode's sponsors! (All are awesome anti-diet support and resources!) CAITLIN OLSEN, HAES-informed licensed therapist & boundaries coach Healthy boundaries are vital to healing your relationship with weight and food - especially when we're all surrounded by friends, families, coworkers, magazines, and an internet, all firmly entrenched in diet culture. Caitlin Olsen is a HAES-informed licensed therapist as well as a boundaries coach. Caitlin offers one-on-one and small group coaching to help you learn how to supplement your body and food freedom with clear, stable boundaries. Find and follow her work on Instagram at @therapywithcaitlin and check out her Boundaries for Beginners course! UNMEASURED virtual barre classes by Simi Botic UNMEASURED is a virtual monthly barre membership that trades the toxic diet culture BS for body celebration. For just $25 / month, get 24/7 access to a virtual library of do-anywhere barre classes refreshed weekly, curated playlists, form + modification tutorials, live classes, and more. UNMEASURED was created for you by barre instructor, certified intuitive eating counselor, and anti-diet health coach Simi Botic.  Free from shame and judgment, you can honor your body and enjoy a fun, intuitive relationship with movement. FREE VIRTUAL CONNECTION with @dietitiananna on Instagram! Anna Sweeney, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, invites you you to join the virtual connection community. Every Monday, she donates an hour of her time to talk to you on Instagram live @dietitananna! Bring a meal or snack, and questions, and talk eating disorder recovery, body image healing, and all things anti-diet. Even more special? More virtual connection happens on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, with Christyna Anderson, Haley Goodrich, and Bri Campos. All of these conversations are free of charge and happen on Instagram live! *** If you'd like to share a TFID success story that you think will be helpful to podcast listeners, send them to podcast@carolinedooner.com If you'd like to learn about advertising on The F*ck It Diet podcast, check out the details here!    

Today's guest is Anna Sweeney.   Anna has been a registered dietitian, dealing exclusively with eating disorders for the past 13 years.  When she was 15, Anna was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis or abbreviated commonly as MS.  So we talk about her fitness journey, which I loved seeing.  Multiple sclerosis is an illness of the central nervous system and it can affect the brain, spinal cord and the optic nerve.  So her training was extremely detailed, and I met Anna, through her trainer, who is my buddy, Mr. Frank Duffy himself, out in NYC, and online as @FrankDuffyFitness.  So Anna being a client, dealing with MS and a registered dietitian, has a lot of insight into a few demographics here.  She gives insight into what she learned being a client and seeing what personal training is like.  I love this because we always hear from coaches, but hearing from a clients point of view is crucial.  We as trainers and coaches have a duty and responsibility to take care of our clients, and we can make a huge positive impact in their lives.She didn't think what she was doing, at first, was badass. Her training looked different that other people in the gym.  It had to,  and then she realized just how badass she is.  I used to watch her training videos when Frank posted them and I always stopped and watched, because the progression of her movements improved with each video posted, and that is badass.  As a dietitian who deals with eating disorders, she has a vast knowledge of information to share and this includes in the fields of diets, diet culture, eating disorders, and body image.  And she has a very interesting take on what a balanced diet is, and how we are sold to lose weight.  She also has a following of 81k on Instagram and we talk about the responsibility she feels to share, as she puts it, her evolution.   It is time to bust out the pens and paper.  Write down 2 things that stick out to you in this episode.  I hope it can strike a conversation.  I invite you to reach out to me and share your thoughts.  Remember, if you like this episode, please share with someone you know who will appreciate this conversation.  And be sure to hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out on all the conversations I have had with some pretty amazing people.Anna Sweeney IG: @DietitianAnnaFrank Duffy IG: @frankduffyfitnessCoach U IG: @CoachUstrongBooks Anna talked about:1) Anti Diet, by Christy Harrison 2) Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach, by Evelyn Tirbole and Elyse ReschTune in next time for our conversation with @Rachel.Balkovec Talk soon, Coach U

College Diet Culture...well...there's a lot to unpack! In this episode of Feed That Nation, I'm calling out some of the most toxic, pervasive, and harmful elements of college diet culture that contribute to disordered eating and body dissatisfaction in college students. From the freshman 15 to pinterest bullet journaling exercise "goals", I have THOUGHTS on the subject! TRIGGER WARNING: I'm talking about a lot of uncomfortable issues, including weight loss and weight gain, eating disorders, body-shaming, food-shaming, and more. If these or similar topics are topics that will trigger you, make you feel unsafe, or harm your mental health, PLEASE do not watch this episode. Mentioned in this episode: Statistic #1: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/eating-disorders-on-college-campuses-are-on-the-rise Statistic #2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27350388/ National Eating Disorders Association Help & Support Resources: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support Busting Myths About The Freshman 15, part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-about-the-freshman-15-part-1/id1444763352?i=1000424827105 Busting Myths About The Freshman 15, part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-about-the-freshman-15-part-2/id1444763352?i=1000424827104 Dietitians on Instagram who talk all things body acceptance, health at every size, and eating disorder recovery: Megan Medrano, RD: instagram.com/meganmedrano.rd Anna Sweeney, RD: instagram.com/dietitiananna Christyna Johnson, RD: instagram.com/encouragingdietitian Dylan Murphy, RD: instagram.com/dylanmurphy.rd About Me My name is Natalie Nation (aka: “that” Nation!). I am a Dietetic Intern and Masters of Public Health student, future registered dietitian, health educator, content creator, and mac and cheese expert! Feed That Nation is a place to explore college and health issues, advice, and hot-takes. I want college students to have the tools they need to be successful, confident, and healthy in their college experience! Join me every Wednesday and Saturday in videos and podcasts with real talk from a real-life college student who has been there, eaten that. Follow Me: Instagram: instagram.com/feedthatnation Blog: feedthatnation.com Pinterest: pinterest.com/feedthatnation Podcast: feedthatnation.com/links/ Music: “Crimson Fly”, YouTube Audio Library The information given is for educational purposes only, and is not meant to be taken as medical advice. Please seek out licensed health-care professionals for medical questions and concerns.

Anna Sweeney, a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor joins Nia Patterson for a talk about chronic illness and privilege. This week on the twelfth episode of the podcast we talk about Anna's experience growing up with developing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) since the age of 12 and how that has caused physical trauma and mental trauma to her body. She also talks about the privilege she benefits from in her body and how that has lessened the trauma she has endured from her MS. She talks about her drive to complete undergrad in 2.5 years and why she became and eating disorder dietitian. We also talk about how she stops the negative thought spiral in her head. We then move on to talk about the civil rights movement in the world right now, racism, anti-racism, allyship, and White privilege. Join us as we talk about privilege, chronic illness, and stopping negative thoughts. *Please note this episode was recorded in June after the amplify melanated voices challenge.Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling, a weight inclusive nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the thoughtful treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns. Anna practices nutrition care from a Health at Every Size lens, is dedicated to empowering her clients to notice and refute the influence of diet culture in their lives, and understands that nutrition and interaction with food is both unique and personal. Anna is also a full-time disabled person and uses her lived experience to enhance the work she does. You can find Anna at @dietitiananna on Instagram.Check out Nia on Instagram over @thefriendineverwanted and @bodytraumapod You can also find her blogging at thefriendineverwanted.com and you can support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/thefriendineverwanted. Remember, if you have a question about this podcast or want to share your thoughts please email us at bodytraumapod@gmail.com

Join us for a bonus episode with Anna Sweeney, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S. We talk about Black lives matter, muting whiteness, and the responsibility that white influencers have to use their platforms for justice. You can find Anna on Instagram and Twitter @dietitiananna as well as her website: http://wholelifeRD.com You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and everywhere you listen to podcasts. Peace!  

We're keeping the intimacy going. Join us for a conversation with poet, spoken word artist & author Sonya Renee Taylor (The Body Is Not An Apology) and Registered Dietitian and fellow MS Warrior Anna Sweeney about intimacy, disability, and the body. How does radical self-love fit into the equation? Find Sonya on Instagram @sonyareneetaylor and on her website http://sonyareneetaylor.com You can find Anna on Instagram and Twitter @dietitiananna as well as her website: http://wholelifeRD.com You can find us on the web at http://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts. Peace!     

The topic of self-care is more important than ever, and Jennifer welcomes Anna Sweeney to better understand and define what it means, on this inspiring episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. Anna shares her journey of discovering Intuitive Eating while working as an eating disorder dietitian, and how she regrets the way she had been previously working with clients, motivating her to learn more and expand her understanding of Health At Every Size®. She tells how she started out in private practice part-time while still working at a clinic, and with her chronic health condition becoming more challenging, her transition to open a solo practice, Whole Life Nutrition, to better accommodate her circumstances. Together, they shine a light on self-care and how Anna now balances her changing self-care needs with the challenges of clinical work and running a business. She explains how her condition forces her to be more thoughtful of boundaries and limitations, and work in alignment with her values and needs. They also discuss how demonstrating self-care for ourselves as a provider is a good role-model for clients. “It’s really important for us as well to acknowledge and make space for our own stuff. I don’t think it makes us less effective at our jobs; quite contrary, we learn more about ourselves and are able to provide more quality care because of our life experiences.” – Anna Sweeney Some of the topics discussed include: How her vulnerability with a disability levels the field and deepens her connection with clients, by being a human first, practitioner second.  Her definition of self-care with her changing needs, and how she has to continually re-define what that looks like. Her reflection on the success of her Instagram account, and how she shares her writing skills to talk about things that really matter. “Self-care makes it possible for us to do this work, particularly from a running a business perspective. Making sure we are tending to ourselves in all the ways makes it possible to show up in the best of ways professionally.” – Anna Sweeney   For more information, visit https://www.pursuingprivatepractice.com/31   SPONSOR INFO: This Pursuing Private Practice podcast episode was recorded before the traumatic events of the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the United States.  Jennifer McGurk recently did an encouraging support group call and training for the Pursuing Private Practice group on Thriving in Uncertainty. Right now is an incredibly difficult time for our world with the COVID-19 virus and ripple effect of trauma felt around the world. The recent Pursuing Private Practice call was recorded to be shared with everyone: Sign up at www.pursuingprivatepractice.com/thrive

Join us for a conversation with registered dietitian and MS Warrior, Anna Sweeney, MS, CEDRD-S. We chat about diet and wellness culture, problematic "curative" MS diets, privilege, intuitive eating and more. Stay tuned for this enlightening conversation. You can find Anna on Instagram and Twitter @dietitiananna as well as her website: http://wholelifeRD.com You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube. Consider supporting us through our Patreon -- patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more. Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production and more. As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle. Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts. Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and everywhere you listen to podcasts. Peace!

Anna Sweeney MS CEDRD-S joins the show to talk about what it means to identify as anti-diet, or (vs.) non-diet, and how we are NOT against people who diet, or people who want to lose weight. This is a nuanced discussion between two passionate, real-talking dietitians, about the culture we live in, the norms we're trained to uphold in healthcare, and challenging all of the above.  Anna sees clients in-person at her practice, Whole Life Nutrition, in Concord, MA. And she speaks to all of us, with her anti-diet voice, on social media. @dietitiananna 2020 Listener Survey: Get in here!  Dish out all your real talk.  Resources mentioned: Weight Inclusive Nutrition & Dietetics NYC Workshop (Virtual Registration open!) Anti-Diet Resources for RDs: RD Marketplace!  RD2RD.com/vendor/heatherdcRD For RDs: Taking the Non-Diet Approach to Your Nutrition Career (Webinar and Workbook) "What is weight-inclusive nutrition and dietetics?" More stuff: Your host, Heather Caplan RD: HeatherCaplan.com,  @RDRealTalk. Have you left a review on iTunes yet? If not, please do! Click here and tap the stars. Questions or requests for the show? Reach out: RDRealTalk @ Gmail.com Show notes live here: weightinclusivenutrition.com/podcast Last but not least, get more RD Real Talk from the newsletter, landing in your inbox monthly!

Anna Sweeney is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and owner of Whole Life Nutrition. Anna is an expert in the treatment of individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and emotional eating. She combines her knowledge of the science of nutrition and experience in the treatment of eating disorders with direct, compassionate, and heartfelt care to help her clients realize the pleasures of living a Whole Life. Anna’s goal is to help her clients to heal their relationships with food and body, trust their own wisdom, appreciate self-care, and to enjoy every bite along the way. In this episode, Anna and I discuss: * My experience with an eating disorder * The reason Anna specialized in eating disorders * Anna’s attempt to heal her multiple sclerosis through nutrition * The value and power of intuitive eating * How diet culture puts food on a pedestal * Packaging old nutrition concepts as groundbreaking “new science” * Challenging the idea of food rules * How to learn to incorporate “challenge foods” * Disordered eating behaviors that are culturally praised vs. shamed * Biological causes of binge eating * The reason you’re feeling preoccupied by food * How to know if you’re being restrictive with food * The guideline of 3’s * How to work through your fears surrounding food * The importance of getting support to heal * The fact that health exists at any size, in a wide variety of bodies (HAES) * Devastating effects of weight stigma & discrimination * Thin privilege * Genetic diversity of bodies * How diet culture hijacks “health” terms and buzzwords * The danger of trainers making specific nutrition recommendations to clients * That there’s no magical cure in nutrition * Anna’s relationship to her body having MS * The importance of modifying programs for all body sizes Learn more about Anna and Whole Life Nutrition: wholeliferd.com Follow Anna on Instagram: @dietitiananna

Anna Sweeney lives with MS. She is a disabled nutritionist who specializes in non-diet, weight inclusive counseling services. She is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and owner of Whole Life Nutrition. She is an expert in the treatment of individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating and emotional eating.  I believe in elevating others around me through shared experience and by diversifying a supportive network through the guests on my podcast. I hope you find value in Anna's life experience and our conversation we had together. Thank you for supporting The Lifestyle Chase!  

Laura is away to Paris on an adventure so Matt Hickman has stepped in to join Ben and Ronnie. Some great chat about the industry, gigs and Spotify. Loads of great new music too.

In this episode with registered dietician and certified intuitive eating counselor, Anna Sweeney, we dissect modern wellness promises and why they are lacking. Anna offers refreshing thoughts on modern diet culture and powerfully shares her experience in her body as a disabled human.   To grab the show notes including all the information on today’s guest, go to www.ThaisSky.com/podcast/90 and please consider supporting this podcast through Patreon at Patreon.com/ThaisSky.   If you like what you heard, it would mean the world to me if you took a moment to leave a review and share this podcast with your community.   Thank you for your generous attention. XO Thais   Socials // Website: www.ThaisSky.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/IamThaisSky Instagram: www.instagram.com/IamThaisSky Patreon: www.Patreon.com/ThaisSky

The gang are back together for Episode 27. Tracks from Start Static, Tamzene, Wojtek The Bear, Sean C.Kennedy, Lilura. Some Belladrum chat and here all about Anna Sweeney's gig at King Tuts Summer Nights. 

Being vulnerable is the ultimate sign of trust. There is nothing more vulnerable than openly discussing your eating disorder or disability on a podcast, and that’s exactly what Anna Sweeney is here to discuss. Anna is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, and owner of Whole Life Nutrition, a nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders. She is able to help those struggling with eating disorders and disabilities from a place of experience, having been diagnosed with MS when she was 12. She works by combining her knowledge of nutritional science, experience in the treatment of eating disorders, and heartfelt, thoughtful care. Stay tuned to hear about Anna’s story and how we can bridge the gap between the able-bodied and disabled worlds!   Whitney shares: Updates, updates, updates Anna’s story Experiencing invisibility for the first time through disability Learning and sharing through life experience Being grateful for everything that disability can give you Looking for something other than empathy when you have a disability Making the transition from shit-talking your body to accepting your disability How disabilities can prevent you from getting help with your eating disorder Bridging the gap between the able-bodied and disabled world Supporting professionals with disabilities Recognizing how much we need each other as humans How needing more assistance impacts your relationships   Links to Resources: Check Anna out on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and her website Www.wholelifeRD.com! If you have the ability to take videos and pictures of inaccessible views, share them with Anna on social media with #inaccessibleviews For the free binge meditation, go to www.whitneycatalano.com/binge New clients can book coaching services at www.whitneycatalano.com/book If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at podcast@whitneycatalano.com  Follow me! ! Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Youtube The links above may contain affiliate links. Using affiliate links helps me earn a percentage of any purchase you may make on that website, and those earnings will be used to improve my production.

For this week's episode I'm talking with Anna Sweeney (@dietitiananna on Instagram). We talked about a recent post of Anna's about the concept of a "healthy lifestyle change" and how it is often rooted in diet culture. We also talked about what it takes to make a sustainable change.

This week, Ronnie, Laura and Ben talk about King Tuts Summer Nights festival. Ben talks about Fatherson at the o2 Academy. The gang also have some cool announcements about everything OffGrid!

In this episode I talk to fellow dietitian Anna Sweeney. Anna is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian with a private practice in Concord, MA. But we don't talk about eating disorders or nutrition in this episode. Anna talks about her experience living in a disabled body, how her relationship with movement has evolved since childhood, and what her experience with movement is like now. In the episode we talk about: Anna's relationship with movement as a child, and how that changed after her MS diagnosis. What people might not know about Multiple Sclerosis. Diets for chronic illness (specifically MS). What Anna's relationship with movement is like now.

Welcome to Episode 25! We chat with Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S about her experiences as she tackles the intersectionality of intuitive eating, Health At Every Size (TM), and living in a disabled body. She shares insight from her personal experiences as well as her professional work as a dietitian supporting those recovering from eating disorders. We cover a lot of topics in this episode, so you don't want to miss it! We also partnered with Moxie on the Mat for this episode. Check out the live-streaming, 100% body positive yoga classes with Karlee, a non-diet dietitian and body positive Registered Yoga Teacher. Your monthly subscription gets you weekly yoga classes (from the comfort and privacy of home!) with the option to access it all week long! Learn more and sign up HERE: https://www.moxie-mind.com/moxie-on-the-mat SHOW NOTES: - Anna's Website: http://www.wholeliferd.com/ - Connect with Anna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dietitiananna/ - Follow Libre Connections on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/libre.connections/ *** And as always, don't forget to leave us a rating or review if you like what you hear! Hit that "Subscribe" button up top to make sure you never miss a new episode, and don't forget about our past episodes from Season 1. Thanks for listening!

Body positivity is a buzzword on social media. What does it really mean? What is healthy eating and what do healthy bodies look like? What is the best way to approach the idea of healthy eating, especially as it pertains to our tiny humans? In this episode of Voices of Your Village I was jazzed to chat with Anna Sweeney and Meg Steffey Schrier about all things body positivity and healthy eating. We dove into diet culture, the influence of social media, and how all of these things impact our kiddos and their relationships with food and with their bodies. Anna and Meg each shared insight on how to work towards self-love, body acceptance, and intuitive eating.  Tune in today to learn how to cultivate your own positive body image, and how to model body acceptance and intuitive eating for your kiddos.    Love this podcast? Scroll down to leave a review! I read every one and they fill my heart with joy. Connect with us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seed.and.sew/ Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/seedandsew Blog Post: www.voicesofyourvillage.com   https://seedandsew.org/ Music by: https://www.bensound.com/

Breaking News!!!! OffGrid Sounds will now be released in shorter and weekly episodes. This weeks episode features Static Suns, Anna Sweeney, Home Economics, Black Dove, Amy Lou and Pseudo Satellites. Of course there will be The Gig Guide and The News Section. to keep you all up to date

Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S, certified eating disorder dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, body image specialist and disabled human joins me for an episode of HeartSpace you don't want to miss. Anna is a special person, and this is a special episode where we dive into making peace with your body. We talk self-care, shame, ableism, body acceptance, body image, making peace with your body, and so much more. This is an episode that'll open your heart and mind. Find Anna on her site here  Join the HeartSpace Insiders Facebook Community here  Get Weekly-ish Coaching Emails from show host, Corinne, here See how to work with Corinne here Find all HeartSpace episodes here

Some of the angriest comments I get on instagram are from people who swear that the keto diet is helping them and that I'm soooo incredibly ignorant and/or deceitful for saying that the body prefers carbs. However, for every comment where someone is swearing by keto, there are twenty more comments with people saying that they too tried keto, with hope bursting in their hearts, only to find that after a few months it had fucked up their metabolism, hormones, energy levels, sanity, and has been really hard to recover from, mentally and physically. I've spent a long time trying to decide how to be diplomatic and to not claim to know what's best for everyone's body. Because-- everyone is different. Some people are allergic to fucking tomatoes. We are all different. I'm also not a doctor or nutritionist or dietitian so I have no authority or desire to weigh in on diets that people claim are medically necessary and helpful to them. TFID is concerned with the mental and spiritual ramifications of chronic dieting, it just so happens that there are very physical consequences to dieting, too. So in my attempts to be diplomatic, I say things like: I'm so glad you feel good on keto, but this is an account for people trying to heal from chronic dieting or disordered eating, and your comments about keto do not belong here. And many many people have had opposite experiences on keto. I've also compared keto to wheelchairs or mobility devices. Meaning, just because a select number of people are benefitted (read: children with seizures, maybe), that doesn't mean that it cures any underlying condition, and also doesn't mean that people who don't need keto/mobility devices should be using them, in fact if they do, it will probably make things worse in the long run. (I also asked Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S, who uses a wheelchair, if this was a cool comparison and she gave me the green light.) But the most honest thing I can say about the keto diet is: what the fuck do you think I'm going to say?  Keto is a very, very restrictive diet, and therefore it has no place in or on or around The Fuck It Diet. It has no place in the lives of people recovering from disordered eating or eating disorders. And if you are someone who is on the keto diet and you feel great, then you don't need the Fuck It Diet either. Why are we fighting? If your diet is truly supporting your mental and physical health: that's great. Round of applause. Most people don't have that experience, and I'd love for you to check in with me in two or three years and tell me how you're doing, too. More frankly: I don't care how you eat, Pamela. Eat a no-carb-diet to your heart's content. I have no desire to evangelize you. If it is 'working' for you - I'm not going to try and tell you it's not working. If you want to know what I think, the short term "benefits" of the keto diet, and any diet for that matter, are just that: short term. The long term effects can be physically and mentally devastating, and have yet to be truly studied. So, where does this leave us? Do you need to do keto? If you want to recover from chronic dieting: NO. HELL NO. But could keto cure your chronic health problems?  Probably not. It was shown to help children with epilepsy in the 1920s, but it still comes with side effects (kidney strain, hypoglycemia, dehydration, GI issues, etc). Are those side effects worth it for kids with epilepsy? Yes! Potentially! Is it the cure-all that people claim it is? I don't think so. Will keto help you lose weight? Temporarily, yes. Like all diets. But now we are getting into our usual TFID rigemroll. Diets backfire longterm. It's how we are wired. And, diets and weight loss can actually negatively impact health, against all our cultural common knowledge. We are all confused about weight loss and health. We are assuming weight loss is always good for us - often it's not . But more importantly,

Anna Sweeney on how Dietitians *really* feel about their bodies, promoting diversity in Dietetics and therapeutic diets - separating the shit from the sandwich. Here Anna shares: Her journey to becoming an eating disorders dietitian and involvement in Monte Nido treatment facilities. The beauty of Boston; richness of HAES/non-diet practitioners. The major findings of her recently conducted ‘Body Image and Eating Disorder Nutrition Professionals Survey’; an opportunity for self-reflection. Asking the hard questions; how the survey results may impact our clients and how we can improve client-centred practice. The important issues and consequences surrounding the lack of diversity in dietetics. Her personal lived-experience with progressing multiple sclerosis (MS) and insight into applying a therapeutic diet. On therapeutic diets; ‘We do significant harm if we are not exceptionally thoughtful when making recommendations about food choices and dietary changes that will impact our clients lives – in every single part of their existence”. The importance of being curious with our clients, validating their concerns, instilling compassion and supporting autonomy when navigating therapeutic and/or restrictive diets. Her recent project with @with_this_body - keep an eye out!   Connect with Anna through her: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook   More about Anna: Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S, is a non-diet, health at every size dietitian who specializes in the treat of eating disorders, disordered eating and body image concerns. She is the National Director of Nutrition Services for Monte Nido, an eating disorder treatment program with many locations across the United States. Anna is also the owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling, an outpatient nutrition therapy practice dedicated solely to the care of clients who are working through the process of healing their relationships with food and body. Anna is an active member of her local eating disorder treatment community and has spoken both locally and nationally on topics related to eating disorder treatment and recovery. Anna is also a disabled woman who is working to bring all her parts to the work that she is so passionate about.

This episode is with Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S. Anna is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and founder of Whole Life Nutrition. You can find her on Instagram @dieticiananna IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: x How ED awareness week can be triggering for some people who are still struggling x The physical depiction of what recovery looks like is limiting. Anna has a strong desire to change the representation of what recovery looks like x Her diagnosis with MS and the story of her sister’s ED x her experience of being seen as “other”, feeling invisible to others because of her wheelchair (she can relate to others who may feel excluded by societal norms) x When we actively avoid seeing the things that make us uncomfortable, so as not to stare, we are in fact not acknowledging someone. Which is the equivalent of erasing this person from your field of vision – and they can see you doing that x Choosing the path of least resistance which is 1000% acceptance x The false illusion of control, that we are in control of the disorder, when in fact the disorder is controlling us x Tell […] The post LPP #58 Feeling Invisible & Letting Go of “Should” with Anna Sweeney appeared first on Liveng Proof.

This episode is with Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S. Anna is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and founder of Whole Life Nutrition. You can find her on Instagram @dieticiananna IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: x How ED awareness week can be triggering for some people who are still struggling x The physical depiction of what recovery looks like is limiting. Anna has a strong desire to change the representation of what recovery looks like x Her diagnosis with MS and the story of her sister’s ED x her experience of being seen as “other”, feeling invisible to others because of her wheelchair (she can relate to others who may feel excluded by societal norms) x When we actively avoid seeing the things that make us uncomfortable, so as not to stare, we are in fact not acknowledging someone. Which is the equivalent of erasing this person from your field of vision – and they can see you doing that x Choosing the path of least resistance which is 1000% acceptance x The false illusion of control, that we are in control of the disorder, when in fact the disorder is controlling us x Tell […] The post LPP #58 Feeling Invisible & Letting Go of “Should” with Anna Sweeney appeared first on Liveng Proof.

The body positive movement has so many elements to love about it. Not only is it making significant headway politically, but we are also seeing more and more research being conducted to look at weight stigma and other impacts on health beyond nutrition. More and more research is mounting against the dieting and weight manipulation paradigm and in support of pursuing health, not diets. One of the questions I get most often about the concept of body positivity is the idea of how to embrace body positivity if you feel like that's not in the cards for you. People all too often reject the paradigm outright because body positivity can feel overwhelming or impossible. This podcast episode explores one woman's journey toward self-acceptance. Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, CDN, CEDRD-S is an eating disorder registered dietitian who lives in a disabled body. She talks about her struggles with accepting her body and it's limited ability to perform certain tasks. She talks about how her disability affects the work she does with clients trying to find body positivity and shares her own journey of how she's moved toward acceptance. Her story is a powerful look at resiliency and positivity. Links mentioned: Anna's website: http://www.wholeliferd.com/ Follow Anna on Instagram  Leave a review for the podcast here Paige's online course Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB

Are you struggling with your relationship with exercise while pursuing food peace? Do you attach your self-worth to how much physical activity your body is capable of doing? Listen now for some tips on how to tackle this challenge in the food and body peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in January 2018, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Episode's Key Points: Jessi Haggerty joins us to tackle this listener's letter! Fat acceptance and feminism can be KEY to finding recovery... and it can help us to keep going along the recovery path if we start to feel stuck!! It's important to inspect our beliefs about ability, and see how our relationship with exercise is influenced by ableism. Social justice can help us break free from other ways that diet culture holds us back! It's important to think about the INTENTIONS behind our physical activity... if the intention is about body manipulation, weight suppression, or to "prove" something, then it's probably time to take a step back and rethink that choice. Comparisons steal our joy! Remember, compassion is key. Show Notes: Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus. Anna Sweeney's Love, Food Podcast episode Big Magic by Liz Gilbert ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #1 Jessi podcast, The BodyLove Project ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #2 Jessi's website and Instagram Eating Disorder Dietitian Julie Dillon RD blog Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.

Imagine one day finding out the tingling you’ve been feeling isn’t normal numbness, it’s actually caused by “beautiful bright spots” in your brain. Now imagine you’re not yet a teenager. That’s exactly how it happened for Anna Sweeney, now a disabled woman and disability rights advocate. In her “body betrayal” letter, Anna shares how she transformed these boxes of difficulty she wanted to ignore and hide away into a powerful tool for change in her life and our culture. Connect with her on Instagram @DietitianAnna. --- About Anna: Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and an avid HAES, non-diet dietitian. She is the owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling and serves as the national director of nutrition services for Monte Nido. Anna is an expert in providing care for individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating and body image distress. She works by combining her knowledge of nutritional science, experience in the treatment of eating disorders, and heartfelt, thoughtful care to support her clients in moving away from the cultural pressures that make authentic eating and living so difficult. Anna also proudly (and newly) identifies herself as a disabled woman and is excited about exploring the world with this new identity. Follow Anna: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V --- Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

Do you have a health condition that's complicated your food peace journey? Listen now for some expert perspective on how to navigate this food peace challenge. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, PCOS and Food Peace. Sign up now to get on the waitlist for the next enrollment period in January 2018, and receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Episode's Key Points: Come find me at FNCE! Trying to heal our relationship with food while struggling with a health condition can be SO hard! Too many health conditions tangle up weight with health, and this can make food peace EVEN HARDER to achieve. Anna Sweeney joins us to talk about finding food peace with a chronic health condition! We're allowed to love food!! Food is AWESOME, and we're supposed to love it! Watch kids eat to see a purely intuitive, blissful experience with food. Having a positive experience with food is often met with concern, and THAT is the problem, NOT your love of food! We're told that we shouldn't trust our body from a young age... but that isn't true! Our body WANTS us to be successful humans, and it's NOT trying to sabotage us. We need to move away from this fear mongering space around food and body. It's time to unlearn diet culture in order to recover from disordered eating! ANY body that's not being appropriately nourished (including satisfaction!) is super likely to have difficult gastric experiences. So it isn't about changing our diet... it's about making peace with food! The only way to heal our gut is with appropriate nutrition. Following any sort of diet DISCONNECTS us from our internal wisdom. The body lets us know what feels good and what doesn't! Choose your un-teachers wisely. Show Notes: Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus. FNCE The Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1 Body Respect by Linda Bacon Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield Connect with Anna at her website and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Eating Disorder Dietitian Julie Dillon RD blog Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.

Fellow Health at Every Size RD Anna Sweeney shares how having a disability has affected her relationship with food and her body, how she's come to terms with the identity of being a disabled person, why anti-diet work is about social justice and equality for *all* bodies (not just those that are considered socially acceptable), why having a loved one with an eating disorder can bring up conflicting emotions, how diet culture permeates mainstream healthcare including eating disorder treatment, and lots more. PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about the early stages of intuitive eating! Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian, who provides nutrition care using a non-diet, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size paradigm. Anna is an expert in providing care for individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns. Over the last decade, she has served in a supervisory role at multiple eating disorder treatment centers, and currently holds the position of National Director of Nutrition Services for Monte Nido. Anna is also the owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling in Concord, MA, where she works exclusively with clients with eating disorders, disordered eating, or an interest in intuitive eating. Anna is passionate about nutrition, balance and wellness and works to empower her clients to trust their own body wisdom. Find her online at WholeLifeRD.com. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes for this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to start your intuitive eating journey. You can also text "7STRATEGIES" to the phone number 44222 to get it on the go :) Join the Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course to get Christy's guidance on making peace with food and your body! Join the Food Psych Facebook group to connect with fellow listeners around the world!