Podcasts about certified body trust provider

In this episode of Mind Your Fitness, we are joined by Aaron Flores, a registered dietitian and host of the podcast Men Unscripted, for a compelling conversation on the intersections of eating disorders, diet culture, and the male experience. Aaron shares his journey as a dietitian healing his own relationship with food/body and how unlearning traditional nutrition training helped him adopt a weight-inclusive, intuitive eating approach to support other men. He joins us to unpack how modern masculinity, performance culture, and diet trends intersect in harmful ways. From teen boys chasing gym gains to tech bros obsessed with fasting and supplements, this episode challenges how we define "health" for men. The conversation also dives into under-discussed topics like low testosterone from restrictive eating, how male libido can signal nutritional imbalance, and the gaps in identifying and supporting those men struggling with body image and/or disordered eating concerns. A must-listen for clinicians, parents, and anyone supporting men on their wellness journey. Aaron Flores is Los Angeles-based registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), Certified Body Trust® Provider, and one of the few men very active in the space of intuitive eating. Aaron is a true trailblazer with his podcast Men Unscripted, where he holds conversations that give insight into the struggles that men experience when it comes to their body, food, and fitness. He has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, and on the 10% Happier Podcast.  

Aleta Storch MS, RDN, LMHCDietitian, Therapist, Body Trust® ProviderWise Heart Nutritionwiseheartnutrition.comAleta is an anti-diet Dietitian, Therapist, and Certified Body Trust® Provider, living in the Pacific-North-West. She specializes in providing anti-diet, values-centered, body liberation work with folks that have disordered eating / a history of dieting, autoimmune conditions, and/or ADHD. Aleta is the owner and founder of her virtual group practice (Wise Heart Nutrition). She is also the creator of the groundbreaking, Eating with ADHD® approach and model, which she developed as a resource for supporting ADHDers in navigating food and eating difficulties, and in developing intuitive eating skills in order to nourish both the body and the brain. This approach is the basis for her monthly membership community, Neurished. She believes wholeheartedly that food freedom and body trust are birthrights, and that every individual is the expert of their own body.Neurished is a monthly membership program based on Aleta's Eating with ADHD® approach. It is the first and only program of its kind in that it is affordable, anti-diet, weight-inclusive, and made for ADHDers, by ADHDers. Members have access to a proprietary Foundations of Eating with ADHD® learning course, weekly live calls that include group coaching with ADHD dietitians, workshops on a variety of topics offered by both the Neurished team and incredible guest experts, and body doubling sessions. In addition, members get access to the past workshop replay library, a massive collection of resources, short educational videos that get added regularly, and the best part - a private non-facebook community of non-diet ADHDers - all of which is available both through the Wise Heart website, and as a downloadable app!-------------------------------------------ALL ABOUT LINDSEY ...Follow Direction Not PerfectionHi! I'm Lindsey House, I am a dietitian & Personal Trainer turned accountability coach. I always heard my clients saying “I know what to do, I just need to do it”, so I've made it my personal mission to help individuals take action.While taking action, we get to see other exciting results, such as:• Letting go of the all-or-nothing mentality (overcoming perfectionism)• Getting off the sidelines in life and feeling energetic enough to participate• Decreasing joint soreness to enjoy something as big as travel and small as playing on the floor with grandkidsI'd be honored to be invited on a personal health journey with you & be part of the accountability dream team!Podcast:https://www.healthaccountabilitycoach.com/podcast-1Website: https://www.healthaccountabilitycoach.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/houselifestyles ------------------------------------------------------ DO YOU WANT EXTRA SUPPORT & ACCOUNTABILILTY?Click HERE for your FREE 1:1 call: https://calendly.com/houselifestyles/podcast-or-member-consultJoin our free Direction Not Perfection FB community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1077725052861370Click HERE for your FREE Stress Free Meal Planning Guide: https://pages.lindseyhouse.net/free-guide-1

On today's episode I chat with one of the Altogther Us authors, Marcella Cox. Marcella Cox, LMFT, Certified IFS Therapist and Approved Clinical Consultant, Somatic IFS Therapist, Certified Body Trust Provider, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist - Supervisor specializes in treating disordered eating, body shame, and trauma.  Marcella contributed the chapter on IFS and Disordered Eating in Altogether Us: Integrating the IFS Model with Key Modalities, Communities, and Trends (2023). She offers professional supervision and consultation, as well as workshops and retreats to support those healing from disordered eating and body shame. ---- We talk about: (approximate time stamps for navigation) Window intro and Tammy's Big Birthday (00:55) Messages about "Good bodies" and New Years  (07:00)  Weight Bias and stigma, Diet culture, body image (11:00)  "Health" and body focus  (16:45) Family Burdens and how to have more CHOICE over how our parts protect us (23:00) Restored embodiment, biological responses to restriction, gratitude for body (26:00) Intuitive eating AND befriending and unburdening parts (35:00) Body comments are harmful (39:20) All of the closing things (43:00)  Marcella says, "What if you did not make your body a problem to be fixed." Here is all the things you need to know! Kindful Body - www.kindfulbody.com IFS Telehealth Collective - www.ifstherapyonline.com Tri-State Eating Disorder Conference, Evansville, IN, April 12-13, 2024 - https://tri-state-eating-disorder.ce-go.com/tristate-eating-disorder-conference-2024 Somatic IFS Retreat in Red Mountain Resort, Utah, May 15-19, 2024 - https://www.kindfulbody.com/somatic-ifs-retreat Retreat in Malta, March 2025 - https://www.souliology.com/ IFS for Eating and Body Issues Google Group - is a group for practitioners (therapists, RDs, MDs, coaches, etc.) who help clients heal from food, eating and body issues using IFS Therapy. This listserv is a community to connect, collaborate, and share resources/referrals. To join is a 2 part process: 1) Fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/jitVEGLDyoBbk16E8 2) After completing the form, request to join the group: https://groups.google.com/g/ifs-for-eating-and-body-issues ---- Follow Tammy on Instagram @ifstammy: Tammy Sollenberger (@ifs.tammy) • Instagram photos and videos and on Facebook at The One Inside with Tammy Sollenberger: The One Inside: Internal Family Systems with Tammy Sollenberger | Facebook. ------ Are you new to IFS or want a simple way to get to know yourself? Tammy's book, "The One Inside: Thirty Days to your Authentic Self" is a PERFECT place to start. You can purchase it here: The One Inside: 30 Days To Your Authentic Self: Sollenberger, Tammy: 9780967688756: Amazon.com: Books or wherever books are sold. Sign up for Tammy's email list and get a free "Get to know a Should part of you" meditation on her website: Home - Tammy Sollenberger ----- Tammy is grateful for Jack Reardon who created music for the podcast. Jack is a graduate of Derek Scott's IFS Stepping Stones Program. You can follow Jack at bonzemusic on Instagram.

Living Embodied - Reclaiming Our Body as Safe and Sacred Space with Sydney Bell, MSW/RSW Episode 10 - Embodied Self Perception with Vivienne McMaster In this episode of Living Embodied we are chatting with Vivienne McMaster, a Body Acceptance Photographer, Trauma Informed Coach and Certified Body Trust Provider. About the conversation Are you one of those people who has a hard time with photographs of yourself?  If you are, you are not alone!  Many people, myself included, have challenging feelings of body shame when we see photos of ourselves. In this episode you will meet Vivienne McMaster and hear her insights on how we can work through some of these feelings and not only become more comfortable with seeing photographs of ourselves, but also how the camera can become a tool of healing and supporting us in living an embodied life.   About Vivienne Vivienne McMaster is a Body Acceptance Photographer, Trauma Informed Coach and Certified Body Trust Provider. She works with folks through online classes, coaching and photo sessions to shift how they feel about the person looking back at them in photos. The camera and self-portraiture helped her heal her own negative body image. She's now on a mission to share these tools and help folks choose compassion over critique and return to body trust, one photo at a time.  You can more about her at www.beyourownbeloved.com  Resources In our conversation Vivienne mentions this book that may be of interest to listeners: The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living  by Hillary McBride About Sydney Sydney Bell, MSW is  a registered Social Worker offering counselling and therapeutic services to support people with a range of life challenges such as depression, anxiety, unhelpful patterns, or relationship and family issues.  Through her practice, Embracing the Body Divine, she also works with people to come to reclaim their Body Sovereignty by developing unconditional positive regard and trust in their body.  www.gaiatherapy.net 

We are taught early in our lives to not trust our bodies, to ignore their signals, and to turn away from pleasure. Dawn Serra (she/her), a therapist and coach, believes we can live more joyful and fulfilled lives by returning to our bodies by building body trust, embracing unconditional permission, and developing pleasure practices.Dawn Serra has dedicated her life to unraveling the cultural stories that impact our relationship to our pleasure, our bodies, and how we relate with each other. Dawn is considered a leader in the field of sexuality and relationships, with a focus on pleasure for people recovering from eating disorders and those in fat bodies. She is a counsellor in British Columbia, a sex & relationship coach working with clients from around the world, a Certified Body Trust® Provider, speaker, podcaster, facilitator, consultant, and entrepreneur. She is also the co-founder of Tend and Cultivate Counselling, Inc, which is the first group therapeutic practice in Canada specifically dedicated to providing non-stigmatizing mental health care to people in larger bodies.Mentioned in this episode: “Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls,” Body Trust, “The Art of Receiving and Giving,” Kai Cheng Thom, and “Pleasure Activism.”Please connect with Dawn on her website.This episode's poem is “Other Body Prayer” by Dominik Parisien.After recording the interview, Sophia asks each guest 10 unexpected, unrehearsed questions designed to go even deeper. Check it out by subscribing through Apple Podcast Subscriptions or Patreon for as little as $2.You can connect with Fat Joy on our website, Instagram, and YouTube (full video episodes here!). Want to share the fat love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review.Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

Expressing our feelings and ourselves is the only way to live our truth in our bodies, hearts and souls. Many times we have been taught that to express our feelings is harmful to others and ourselves, but if we learn how to express our feelings honestly and constructively it is beneficial to everyoneKaren Louise Scheuner is a California based weight-inclusive, anti-diet dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Coach with over 16 years of experience under my belt!I'm passionate about freeing folks from the oppressive force of diet culture so they can reclaim their birthright to live and eat with pleasure, peace and freedom.Since 2005,  I've helped hundreds of folks break free from the dieting cycle and create a healthy and peaceful relationship with food and their bodies.My philosophy is rooted in anti-diet and Health at Every Size frameworks, as well as Intuitive and Mindful Eating. I will soon be a Certified Body Trust Provider. I believe that everyone is the authority of their own bodies; I'm just here to help you to “get out of your head and back into your body.”- Karen Louise Scheuner,  MA, RDN, (she/her)Certified Intuitive Eating Coach~ Anti-Diet Dietitian 510-409-9615http://www.mindful-nutrition.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eating disorders in men are considered underdiagnosed and undertreated, and stigma around male body image can prevent men from opening up about feelings of body shame. In this episode of The Good Clean Nutrition Podcast, host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN speaks with Aaron Flores, registered dietitian and Certified Body Trust Provider, to discuss men's health and nutrition from a non-diet approach. This Men's Health Month, tune in as they discuss how men can improve their relationships with food, the impacts of weight stigma on men's health, and how to engage in physical movement that supports body trust. In this episode we'll cover: (5:20) Health at Every Size & Body Trust concept (14:40) Top nutrition issues men face today (28:24) How to improve your relationship with food & body (31:40) Physical movement that supports body trust (34:52) Men Unscripted Podcast Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian, nutritionist and Certified Body Trust Provider. Aaron has over 10 years of experience working with clients, providing one-to-one and group support. He offers a weight inclusive, non-diet approach to help clients end body shame, develop kinder, more compassionate behaviors, and heal the relationship with food. Aaron is also the host of the Men Unscripted Podcast, which is a series of anonymous conversations with men about their experiences with being in their body. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Family Consumer Sciences from California State University Northridge. For show notes, transcripts, and to learn more about host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, visit: http://healthcare.orgain.com/podcast/episodes/listen/season/3/episode/26. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast so you never miss a new episode! Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be medical advice. The material discussed on this podcast, and displayed on the associated webpage, is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health regimen.

Episode 95. Do you feel stuck with your clients who have disordered eating or eating disorders? Do you have a hard time helping them navigate things like a desire for weight loss, or rigidity and fears around food? Do you want to help them unlock the next level of healing for them, and perhaps even for yourself? If so, this episode is for you. As a psychologist training in the eating disorder and weight management field for years, I'm quite frustrated that I was never exposed to Internal Family Systems as an approach. I discovered it and over the past year or so have been using it with my clients and myself with great results. Ready to get unstuck and deepen your level of self-compassion and your ability to live authentically? Great. This episode is for you. I brought on Marcella Cox, LMFT, CEDS who is a true expert in using IFS to treat eating disorders. I can't wait for you to learn from her with me. What to Expect in this Interview In this interview, we cover: What is the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and how can it help people improve their relationship to food and/or heal from binge eating? The polarization in the health space. Are we getting more entrenched in our views or are the eating disorder or weight management fields making progress? How can IFS help us understand polarizations that occur within professionals? How can IFS help us understand polarizations that occur within clients (they love Intuitive Eating but they also have a part of them that really wants to lose weight)? What IFS can offer to you if you have felt hopeless about being able to heal your trauma or your eating disorder How you can move from thinking to truly feeling compassion and restoring embodiment Are you a therapist, dietitian or helping professional looking to learn more about the best ways to support and empower your clients? We are planning some super cool workshops and opportunities to learn and grow in community just for you! Sign up today to be notified about these inspired offerings! Who is Marcella Cox, LMFT? Marcella Cox (she/her), LMFT is a Certified IFS Therapist and Approved Clinical Consultant, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist – Supervisor, Certified Body Trust Provider, Certified Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher & Certified Daring Way Facilitator. She specializes in treating disordered eating, body shame and trauma. Marcella is the Founder of Kindful Body, a collaboration of experienced disordered eating professionals who provide online therapy and nutrition counseling throughout California. She also co-founded the IFS Telehealth Collective, a multi-state mental health group practice dedicated to providing high-quality Internal Family Systems Therapy online with lead IFS trainers, Mariel Pastor, LMFT and Paul Ginter, Ed.D. Marcella provides individual and group supervision, clinical consultation, presentations, and professional workshops. She will soon be launching her online course and offering in-person retreats to help others heal from disordered eating and body shame using IFS and Somatic IFS. You can find Marcella Cox by going to her website Kindful Body - www.kindfulbody.com IFS Telehealth Collective - www.ifstherapyonline.com Upcoming Courses & Retreats - www.marcellacox.com "Trauma blocks us access to our self-energy and it's actually that loving presence that heals the trauma."- Marcella, Cox, LMFT, CEDS-S Disclaimer: This blog and podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for individual professional advice or treatment, including medical or mental health advice. It does not constitute a provider patient relationship. Disclosure: Using the Bookshop.org links in this post means that I would get an affiliate fee if you purchase from the online bookshop (this supports my business, and local bookstores too!).

Vivienne McMaster (she/her) helps people find their way into a more compassionate, connected, and accepting relationship with the person looking back at them in selfies. She speaks to how photos aren't just a product but can be a way into conversation with a body healing process. Sophia explores how her own safety boundaries in photoshoots have changed and contemplates her next ‘danger zone.'Vivienne McMaster is a Body Acceptance Photographer, Trauma Informed Coach and Certified Body Trust Provider. She works with folks through online classes, coaching and photo sessions to shift how they feel about the person looking back at them in photos. The camera and self-portraiture helped her heal her own negative body image. She's now on a mission to share these tools and help folks choose compassion over critique and return to body trust, one photo at a time.Please check out Vivienne's website, Instagram, and personal Instagram.This episode's poem is by Rosemerry Whatola Trommer called The Way It Is.All things Fat Joy:-Instagram-Website-YouTube-TikTok-Facebook-PatreonIf you want more conversations like this one, please rate and review us in your podcast player!And please consider becoming a Patreon supporter of the Fat Joy podcast. For as little as $2 per month, you'll be helping make all of our work possible and enable us to offer an honorarium to expert guests, which is key to centering marginalized voices.Deep thanks for their hard work go to Hi Bird Designs and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

Happy Friyay! We made it, and we are ready to celebrate at Palm Spring Pride!  Today, on the show we discuss "man boobs" an insecurity many men have and AJ can totally relate! Also, we are getting closer and to the midterms and Ryan Basham reminds us all to vote, plus he has an exclusive interview with Rep. Mark Pocan about the history and future of our community. Plus, so much more! Special guests: Ryan Basham - Political analyst for CHANNEL Q  Re. Mark Pocan - American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since 2013. Aaron Flores - Registered Dietitian and Certified Body Trust Provider, Host of the Podcast Men Unscripted and has a private practice in Los Angeles.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE In this episode join Meg and the very first male guest of the show, Aaron as they talk about how men also struggle with eating disorders and body image. You will learn about how patriarchy, capitalism and toxic masculinity thoughts affect the male's process to recovery and how it hinders them to fully speak up about their condition. Also in this episode you will gain understanding on how having a community and safe space to fully open themselves up can help in the recovery process. ABOUT OUR GUEST Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) and Certified Body Trust Provider. He graduated with a BS in Family Consumer Sciences in 2006 from California State University Northridge. I completed my dietetic internship at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in 2007. His goal in working with clients is to help them relearn what it means to be an Intuitive Eater and to reclaim Body Trust. He is passionate about weight and the influence of diet culture has created a perfect storm where a lot have become fearful of food and bodies. Aaoroan's Website: https://www.aaronfloresrdn.com/ Aaron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AaronFloresRDN/ Aaron's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/12Ramw1ngPiGxlK2JioHJJ ABOUT OUR HOST Meg is a CCI certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and Founder of The Recovery Collective. She is the host of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast. Meg is now accepting 1:1 coaching clients and offers free consultations on her website. Meg's website: www.meg-mccabe.com Meg's Instagram: www.instagram.com/meg_mccabe/ The Recovery Collective Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_recoverycollective/ Join The Recovery Collective https://bit.ly/3RdyqgE Listen to these free eating disorder recovery affirmations: megmccabe.lpages.co/200-recovery-affirmations/ Support the show by purchasing anti-diet merchandise here: www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryCollective

Many of us grew up being told we must be members of “the clean plate club” or that we shouldn't waste food because there are starving children in other countries. The diet industry rakes in billions, profiting off messages around striving for an unattainable “thin ideal.” All of this contributes to the development of unhealty relationships with food and our bodies. As parents, we are at risk of passing along unhealthy messages and patterns. In this episode, Jill interviews Sumner Brooks and Amee Severson about how we can break these patterns and raise children outside the toxic diet mentality so they have healthier relationships with food and their bodies.  Listen and Learn: What is meant by “intuitive eating.” What is diet culture and why is it problematic The inaccuracy of data around obesity and morbidity/mortality The three keys to raising an intuitive eater Why it's important to talk about bodies The power of modeling healthy attitudes and behaviors toward food and bodies  The difficulty and importance of letting go of over-control How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help Resources Sumner and Amee's book, How to Raise an Intuitive Eater Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resche's book Intuitive Eating The ALLHAT study about the surprising relationship between BMI and cardiovascular risk. About Sumner Brooks and Amee Severson Sumner Brooks is a mom and licensed registered dietitian nutritionist (LD, RDN) based in Oregon who has spent over 13 years working in the field of nutrition and eating disorders. Her experience includes providing nutrition therapy for adolescents and adults, public speaking and pursuing advanced training in trauma-informed, weight-inclusive healthcare. She is also the founder of the online training platform Eating Disorder Registered Dietitians and Professionals (EDRD Pro). Amee Severson a Registered Dietitian (RD) in the Washington State (CD) with a private practice outside of Seattle, Washington. Amee specializes in eating disorder recovery, healing and preserving food-body relationships, and focuses on gender-inclusive and LGBTQ+ affirming care. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and a Certified Body Trust Provider. Related Episodes Episode 231. Eating Skills and Emotional Eating with Josh Hillis Episode 68. Body Image and Eating Disorders with Emily Sandoz Episode 129. Yoga for All and Body Kindness with Jennifer Webb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Therapeutic sex/relationship coach and Certified Body Trust® Provider, Dawn Serra, joins Signe to discuss what our relationship to food has to do with sex, why “safety” is a prerequisite to pleasure, sex and changing bodies, as well as the best advice for a couple with different libidos.  Dawn Serra specializes in pleasure, body trust, and boundaries. She is currently completing her Master of Counseling degree and will soon be opening a therapeutic private practice in British Columbia specializing in trauma, body, and relationships specifically for people in bigger bodies. Dawn believes that we heal “in relationship, ” and her work is about creating a space where people can explore the kind of healing they are dreaming of without having to do it alone, that's rooted in practices of playfulness, curiosity, empathy, and imperfection. To learn more about Dawn's work, follow her on instagram @dawn_serra and visit https://www.dawnserra.com/about/.

Join Meg as she chats with Dr. Racher Millner about coping in recovery. Rachel offers a fresh perspective on coping, including some alternative ideas for coping. Meg and Rachel also discuss the importance of reaching out for help and leaning on community. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Rachel Millner, Psy.D, CEDS-S, CBTP® A fat-positive psychologist and activist, certified eating-disorder specialist, and Certified Body Trust® Provider. She specializes in working with adolescents and adults with all forms of eating disorders and those wanting to break free from diet culture. WS: https://www.rachelmillnertherapy.com/ Email: va.rachelmillner@gmail.com ABOUT OUR HOST: Meg is a CCI certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and Founder of The Recovery Collective. She is the host of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast. Meg is now accepting 1:1 coaching clients and offers free consultations. CONSIDER JOINING 14 DAYS OF HEALING: Join Meg, The Recovery Collective and Project HEAL for our 14 Days of HEALing event starting on May 1st. Download your FREE 14 Days of HEALing Workbook HERE: megmccabe.lpages.co/14-days-of-healing/ Meg's website: www.meg-mccabe.com Join the Recovery Collective waiting list (doors open on May 12th) recoverycollective.mykajabi.com Meg's Instagram: @meg_Mccabe / @the_recoverycollective Listen to these free eating disorder recovery affirmations: megmccabe.lpages.co/200-recovery-affirmations/ Support the show by purchasing anti-diet merchandise here: www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryCollective

Fellow anti-diet dietitian Aaron Flores returns to discuss unrealistic expectations placed on men and their bodies, the disconnect between the eating-disorder community and social-justice issues, why providers need to heal their own eating issues, the relationship between gym culture and diet culture, how pornopgraphy influences the way men learn about masculinity, tips for bringing your male loved ones into your process of diet-culture recovery, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about whether joining fitness competitions can ever be helpful in eating-disorder recovery. (This episode originally aired on September 9, 2019.) Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutritionist based out of Los Angeles, California. With over 10 years of experience, Aaron has worked with eating disorders in a variety of settings. He currently works part-time at Center for Discovery and part-time in his private practice in Calabasas, CA. He is a Certified Body Trust® provider, and his main areas of focus are Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size®. In his work, Aaron helps individuals learn how to make peace with food and develop body-positive behaviors. His work has been featured during Weight Stigma Awareness Week, in blogs for the National Eating Disorder Information Centre and National Eating Disorder Association. Aaron is a frequent speaker and has presented at the 2016 and 2017 Binge Eating Disorder Awareness Annual Conference, the 2018 and 2019 International Conference on Eating Disorders and the 2018 Association for Size Diversity and Health Conference and the closing Keynote at the 2019 Multi-Service Eating Disorder Association Conference. Along with his work with eating disorders, he also is a co-host of the podcast, Dietitians Unplugged. Find him online at smashtheweightriarchy.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, Food Psych Weekly, to keep getting new weekly Q&As and other new content while the podcast is on hiatus! If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. You'll get all your questions answered in an exclusive monthly podcast, plus ongoing support in our private community forum and dozens of hours of other great content. Christy's first book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Fat-positive psychologist and eating-disorder specialist Rachel Millner joins us to discuss how she navigated a changing body while helping clients in eating-disorder recovery, coping with discomfort in a larger body, how the HAES community responded to her weight gain compared to the culture at large, teaching kids how to navigate diet culture and other forms of oppression, and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to navigate eating-disorder recovery while socially distanced from your support system because of COVID-19. (This episode originally aired on March 30, 2020.) Rachel Millner is a fat-positive psychologist and activist, certified eating-disorder specialist, and Certified Body Trust® Provider. She specializes in working with adolescents and adults with all forms of eating disorders and those wanting to break free from diet culture. Rachel is in private practice in Bucks County, PA and sees clients virtually and in-person. She has given talks nationally on topics related to “atypical” anorexia, incorporating HAES® and weight-inclusive care into clinical practice, and adapting clinical approaches to HAES. Find her online at RachelMillnerTherapy.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, Food Psych Weekly, to keep getting new weekly Q&As and other new content while the podcast is on hiatus! If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. You'll get all your questions answered in an exclusive monthly podcast, plus ongoing support in our private community forum and dozens of hours of other great content. Christy's first book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Embodiment for the Rest of Us - Season 1, Episode 5: Nicola Haggett   Chavonne (she/her) and Jenn (she/her) interviewed Nicola Haggett (she/her) about her embodiment journey. To learn more about her work, follow her on instagram under the handle @nicolahaggett or find her on her website, www.nicolahaggett.com.    Nicola Haggett is a Body Trust Coach, Mentor, & Facilitator. She helps folks to unlearn body shame, rebuild self trust, and have a more compassionate, connected, and nourishing relationship with their "here and now" body. Nicola is a professionally trained, experienced and compassionately curious Coach, Certified Body Trust® Provider, Intuitive Eating Facilitator, and Open Heart Project Meditation Instructor.   She describes herself as fat (a word she has reclaimed as a neutral descriptor for her body) and her lived experience as a fat person are an important part of what she brings to her work. Nicola believes that it's possible to nourish, care for, and build trust with your body, despite living in a culture that tells you that you need to shrink to fit in. She sees clients online from her home in East London, where she lives with her husband, Ricky, and their two kids.   Content Warning: discussion of privilege, mention of ableism, mention of neurodiversity barriers   Trigger Warnings: 14:39: Nicola discusses her experience of medical fatphobia during her pregnancies 18:37: Chavonne discusses her experience of medical fatphobia during her pregnancies 24:30: Jenn discusses wheelchairs damaged on flights   The captions for this episode can be found at https://embodimentfortherestofus.com/season-1/season-1-episode-5-nicola-haggett/#captions   A few highlights: 4:40: Nicola shares her understanding of embodiment and her own embodiment journey 14:39 Nicola shares her experience of medical fatphobia during her pregnancies 29:27: Nicola discusses her understanding of “the rest of us” and how she is a part of that, as well as her privileges 31:34: Nicola shares her daily embodiment practice and her take on the word “resilience” Addendum: From Nicola: “I talk about my recent diagnosis with ADHD, and at a couple of points I refer to my kids' neurodiversity also. As I read more about what this means for both of us I have learned to use the word neurodivergence instead.” 1:04:57: Chavonne repairs with Nicola in the moment 1:07:34: Nicola discusses body stories and their intersections that come up with body justice and fat liberation Addendum: Nicola credits Hilary Kivaney and Dana Sturtevant of BeNourished, who shared some of the questions as part of her Body Trust Provider training 1:17:45: Nicola discusses how trusting our bodies is the opposite of the search for a cure or purification Addendum: Nicola wants to name that she is learning from Disability Justice and particularly Eli Clare's work 1:31:10: Nicola discusses how perfectionism benefits from our shame Addendum: Nicola credits Tema Okun's work in this regard and also credits Desiree Adaway, who first introduced her to the article below about white supremacy culture when she did Freedom School a few years ago 1:35:51: Nicola shares how listeners can make a difference based on this conversation 1:39:29: Nicola shares how to be found and what's next for her   Links from this episode: ADHD Adrienne Marie Brown Be Nourished The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor Body Story Body Trust Brilliant Imperfection Dana Sturtevant Desiree Adaway Disability Justice Eli Clare Executive Functioning Freedom School “Geriatric” Pregnancy Data from the 18th Century (1700s) Hilary Kivaney IFfirmations Interoception Kristi Colwell Medical-Industrial Complex "The Needy Podcast” episode with Nicola (CW: discusses medical fatphobia in pregnancy) Niva Piran and the Developmental Theory of Embodiment Octavia Butler  Proprioception Sonya Renee Taylor Strozzi Institute Tema Okun Tourette Syndrome Wheelchairs Being Broken on Flights White Supremacy Culture Characteristics   Music: “Wheel of Karma” by Jason Shaw   Please follow us on social media: Website: embodimentfortherestofus.com Twitter: @embodimentus Instagram: @embodimentfortherestofus

Fat-positive sex and relationship coach and fellow podcast host Dawn Serra returns to the podcast to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our relationships with food and highlighting existing social injustices, how diet culture robs us of our ability to embody pleasure, desirability politics and its links to diet culture and oppressive beauty standards, navigating romantic relationships while in recovery, and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to tell whether your eating and exercise are intuitive or compulsive amid COVID-19 stress. (This episode originally aired on May 11, 2020.) Dawn Serra has dedicated her life to unraveling the cultural stories that impact our relationship to our pleasure, our bodies, and our lives. Dawn is considered a leader in the field of sexuality and relationships, with a focus in pleasure for people recovering from eating disorders and those in fat bodies. She is a therapeutic sex & relationship coach, a Certified Body Trust® Provider, speaker, podcaster, facilitator, consultant, and entrepreneur. Host of the weekly feminist podcast, Sex Gets Real, and creator of the free annual online conference, Explore More Summit, Dawn has interviewed dozens of thought leaders from around the world. As a white, cis, middle class, queer, fat, survivor, Dawn's work is a fiercely compassionate invitation for each of us to deepen our relationships with our bodies and our pleasure as an antidote to the trauma, disconnection, and isolation so many of us feel. Your pleasure matters. Your body is wise. Dawn's work is all about creating spaces and places for you to explore what that means on your terms. Find her online at DawnSerra.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, Food Psych Weekly, to keep getting new weekly Q&As and other new content while the podcast is on hiatus! If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. You'll get all your questions answered in an exclusive monthly podcast, plus ongoing support in our private community forum and dozens of hours of other great content. Christy's first book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Episode 54 with Aleta Storch. "Details? Not great. But I'm fantastic at the big picture stuff." Aleta is an anti-diet dietitian, therapist, and Certified Body Trust Provider.  She specializes in providing anti-diet, values-centered, body liberation work with folks that have disordered eating/a history of dieting, and/or ADHD. Aleta currently works with individual clients in her virtual private practice (Wise Heart Nutrition), and also runs an online group program to support ADHDers in navigating food and eating difficulties, and in developing intuitive eating skills in order to nourish both the body and the brain. We talk about the pressures of all or nothing perfectionism and why women with ADHD are prone to eating disorders, we also talk about diet culture and the problems with weight-centric views of health, victim blaming within the diet industry, and the insane stress of wedding planning. Website: Wise Heart Nutrition Instagram: @the_adhd_rd   - - - - - Finally ... you've found your people! Now come join us in the Women & ADHD online community: www.womenandadhd.com - - - - - Order Katy's audiobook: Worth It: A Journey to Food & Body Freedom - - - - - Women & ADHD listeners can now receive 10% off your first month of BetterHelp. Click here to get started! - - - - - If you are a woman who was diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood and you'd like to be a guest on this podcast, please reach out to Katy via email womenandADHDpodcast@gmail.com. Website: www.womenandadhd.com Twitter: @womenandadhd Instagram: @womenandadhdpodcast Tiktok: @womenandadhdpodcast

As Kristina Bruce, a Certified Body Trust Provider and Life Coach, says in this interview: “No one ever felt motivated to care for something that they hate”. Understand what body acceptance truly means and get the tools you need to stop hating your body and instead learn to care for it and love yourself at every size, even when you don't love your body!   Kristina's Resources:    Follow Kristina on  Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/kristinabrucecoach/    Kristina's free guide Body Acceptance Jump Start Guide: https://www.kristinabruce.com/jumpstart-guide    Rachel's Resources:    Follow Rachel on Instagram: instagram.com/dietitian.rachelgoodman   Rachel's Online Program Living Free: rachelgoodnutrition.com/program   Rachel's Free Guide: 3 Steps to Stop Feeling Out of Control with Food: http://bit.ly/stopfeeling_outofcontrol_withfood   Contact Rachel: rachel@rachelgoodnutrition.com

Fellow anti-diet dietitian Amee Severson joins us to discuss why intuitive eating is NOT a weight-loss plan, her experiences as a fat dietitian, how she moved from the weight-management paradigm to Health At Every Size®, the social-justice side of HAES and intuitive eating, how social media can be helpful and harmful in recovering from diet culture, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about what to do if your hunger cues are absent. (This episode was originally published on October 14, 2019.) Amee Severson is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Bellingham WA whose work focuses on body positivity, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social-justice lens. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is completing her Master's in Professional Practice in Dietetics from Iowa State University, is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and a Certified Body Trust Provider. Find her online at ProsperNutritionAndWellness.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, Food Psych Weekly, to keep getting new weekly Q&As and other new content while the podcast is on hiatus! If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. You'll get all your questions answered in an exclusive monthly podcast, plus ongoing support in our private community forum and dozens of hours of other great content. Christy's first book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Body Peace is what we need when we need to overcome our body image issues. Making peace with who we are and how we look is extremely hard for some, including me. As women age, it gets even harder as society puts a lot of expectations on our looks and our age in general. I had the pleasure to sit down with Nina Manolson and talk all about this Body Peace and I was enamored by her empathetic knowledge of the issues we face.In this episode we talk about:Nina's personal journey with her own body image We go through why do women have such a bad relationship with their body and how society plays a roleWe talk about what Body Peace means and why we need it.How being aware of our body is a powerful toolNina's approach to Body PeaceHow does body image affect women over 40She ends with a beautiful and so so moving Body PoemNina's Bio: Nina Manolson is passionate about helping women end their food and body struggles as she had first hand personal experience and have since crafted an approach that is both successful and sustainable. She has been a massage therapist, a yoga teacher, a psychotherapist, and has embarked on an educational journey as a Certified Holistic Health Coach – Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), Certified Psychology of Eating Coach and Teacher, Integrative Nutrition Health and Leadership Award recipient, Certified Body-Trust® Provider, Author of Feed Your Kids Well in a World That Doesn't: An everyday guide to making healthy food happen in your home and beyond.Skilled in: Motivational interviewing, Intuitive Eating, Self-Compassion development.Nina's links and resources:Website: http://ninamanolson.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nourishedwomannationInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninamanolson/The host's links and resources:Sign up for your free Health Coaching introductory call https://www.elizabethdicristofano.comFollow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/therootofourhealthLet's Connect on LinkedIn https:www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethdicristofanoThe Root Of Our Health Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/therootofourhealthPlease support this podcast:Go to: https://www.patreon.com/therootofourhealthAffiliate: InstacartI have been shopping with  Instacart for several years now, and have been using them a lot more now since the pandemic. It has saved me a ton of time and money ordering my groceries online and either having them delivered or pick up (if I need to get out of the house for a little). They have an easy app, and customer service is top notch. You can shop at your favorite local merchant stores from the comfort of your own home, even multiple stores on one site and have it all delivered or pick up at your convenience. Try it today!Click HERE for a wonderful shopping experience at InstacartDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purcSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/therootofourhealth)

On This Week's Digest, Catherine and Francis explore themes that were relatable from their conversation with Kristina Bruce, Certified Body Trust Provider. Francis reflected on how it is important for folx experiencing body image dissatisfaction to meet themselves where they are, and to take a more neutral approach towards their body image. He discusses how, for him, body image dissatisfaction was present before, during, and after his eating disorder experience. Catherine shares how her lived experience with body image dissatisfaction was different, and that during the throes of her eating disorder experience, the behaviors were more related to control than hating her body. Still, the co-host's both recognize that recovery is made harder by external forces that contribute to the narrative that a certain body is "good", "healthy", or "ideal". Every body is good. Health is individualized and is not an epidemic. And the ideal body image mentality is a scam aimed to profit off of individual's low self-esteem. You are allowed to love the body you have. And if that feels like too much right now, you are allowed to take care -- and be neutral towards -- the body you have. Nourish it. Begin to respect it. Your happiness does not have to be tied to your physical appearance. In fact, life can feel more free when it's not.

Be Nourished co-founders Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant return to discuss the process of unlearning, including/especially for healthcare providers; wanting body liberation for others while thinking it doesn’t apply to ourselves; how diet culture reinforces perfectionism; how the wellness industry hasn’t actually improved wellness; rebuilding trust in our relationship with food and our bodies; and so much more. In 2005, Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD co-founded Be Nourished, a community based outpatient clinic and professional training institute that created Body Trust®—a strength-based, trauma-informed, scientifically grounded healing modality that encourages movement toward a compassionate, weight-inclusive model of radical self-care to address body oppression, heal body shame and associated patterns of chronic dieting and disordered eating. The Be Nourished Training Institute offers programs for helping professionals and educators interested in adopting client-centered, trauma-informed, justice-based approaches to healing—including an intensive cohort-based six-month training to become a Certified Body Trust Provider. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, Self, Real Simple, Huffington Post, and the TEDx stage. Learn more at BeNourished.org. Subscribe to our new newsletter, Food Psych Weekly for weekly Q&As and more! If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Christy's first book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Kristina Bruce, a certified body trust® provider and integrative Life Coach, joins the podcast to talk about her work helping clients develop positive relationships with their bodies without dieting or focusing on weight loss. Kristina specializes in working with individuals on accepting and trusting their bodies and brings this expertise and experience to the programs. She takes time to delineate between the various terminology around body acceptance, including body neutrality, fat activism, and body positivity, and how individuals experiencing shame or self-hatred about their bodies can become a part of these movements and gain freedom in their lives. Catch Part 2 of the conversation on Saturday! For more information or ways to connect with Kristina, please visit https://www.kristinabruce.com/

Anti-diet therapist Haley Jones joins us to discuss how their queer and trans identities affected their relationship with food and body, how autism gave them a different perspective on authority and hierarchical relationships, how fatphobia shows up in training programs for counselors and therapists, being “in recovery” vs. being “recovered,” and so much more. Plus, in “Ask Food Psych,” Christy discusses the state of the science on COVID-19 and weight. Haley Jones, MS, LPC-intern is a therapist and Certified Body Trust Provider in Portland, Oregon serving queer and trans folx dealing with eating disorders. They work from from an anti-racist, anti-colonial, sex-positive, pro-disability justice, kink positive, fat positive, polyam-friendly, trauma-informed, Health at Every Size®, and strengths-based foundation. As a white, queer, trans & non-binary, neurodivergent, disabled, documented, currently in a smaller body, low-income, first-generation college student & service provider, Haley holds both privileged and oppressed identities. Find them online at TheQueerCounselor.com. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Christy's book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Join Tracy as she welcomes Aleta Storch to Episode 95 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Aleta has earned Master’s degrees in both Nutrition Science, Dietetics, and Clinical Health Psychology. She is an anti-diet Dietitian, Therapist, and Certified Body Trust Provider, specializing in eating disorders, autoimmune conditions, and ADHD. Her work is centered around helping folks move away from diet culture and instead develop an intuitive, trusting, compassionate relationship with food and movement. She firmly believes that everyone is the expert of their own body. When she is not focused on her work, she can typically be found skiing or foraging for mushrooms in the mountains, snuggled on the couch with her dog, partner, and a good book, or making a creative mess in the kitchen.   Aleta and Tracy talk about: The link between ADHD, disordered eating and eating disorders The grim statistics on bulimia and anorexia for ADHD women Which type of ADHD is the best predictor of an eating disorder in girls The circumstances surrounding Aleta’s own ADHD diagnosis Why she chose to study Nutrition Science and Psychology? The difference between disordered eating and eating disorders Why eating disorders and disordered eating are so prevalent in ADHD women? Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) and how it relates to ADHD How problems with self-regulation and executive function deficits can lead to disordered eating and ultimately, eating disorders What the pyramid of food needs is How to use this pyramid to address disordered eating How Aleta uses the hunger and fullness scales What to do if you are in the middle of an eating disorder but think you can’t afford to get help? Aleta’s favorite resources for a good relationship with food, your body and yourself What Aleta thinks about intermittent fasting How meal delivery services can help Aleta’s new eating with ADHD program  Aleta’s favorite ADHD workaround   Resources: Wise Heart Nutrition Instagram: Wise Heart Nutrition Understanding Girls with ADHD Hello Fresh Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition The Anti-Diet Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

“I was never good enough because I was never thin enough.”In today's episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kristina Bruce.Kristina is a Certified Body Trust® Provider and Integrative Life Coach and specializes in helping people break free from diet cycling and negative body image.In our interview, she shares her personal story of her own war with food and body.She discusses how once she had gotten her 'goal body' she actually felt worse and more anxious than ever.She shares how it was in her romantic relationship that really highlighted just how disordered her relationship to food and exercise really was. Kristina takes us through her rock bottom moment with food and how she ultimately got free and her path to where she is today.Kristina is such a wonderful human and I absolutely loved this interview.Take a listen and please share as I know so many can benefit from hearing her story.You can follow Kristina on Instagram HERE.Or visit her website HEREShe also mentioned Byron Katie a few times, who I also agree is incredible, and you can read more about her HERE

Amee Severson is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Bellingham WA whose work focuses on body liberation, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social justice lens. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University and is completing a Master’s in Professional Practice from Iowa State University. She is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and is working toward becoming a Certified Body Trust Provider. On this episode we talk about finding Health at Every Size (R) and Intuitive Eating.  We talk about not feeling comfortable with putting clients on diets yet she felt it was ok for her.  We discuss an article she recently wrote (link below) and we talk about social media.  We wrap up with what is Nourishing Amee now. Find Amee at propsernutritionandwellness.com on instagram at amee_rd article link https://greatist.com/live/best-and-worst-body-positivity-moments-2019#getting-the-terms-right    Find Lori at unapologeticallymerd.com insta: @lorishortzamudiord

Aaron and Glenys welcomed Meg Bradbury to the Dietitians Unplugged podcast! Meg Bradbury is a Certified Body Trust Provider®, anti-diet nutritionist, Accessible Yoga® Teacher, and registered Yoga Alliance yoga and meditation teacher. Meg is in private practice working with individuals, groups, and families, advocating for body acceptance, eating disorder/disordered eating/body shame recovery, freedom with food, joyful movement, and stillness/breathwork. She also co-leads the Elderqueer project, an online gathering space for 40+ queers to connect and build community through conversations about aging in body, relationships, emotions, transitions, trust, and cultural relevance. Meg’s practice is fat positive, weight neutral, and LGBTQIA+ affirming. As an eating disorder survivor, Meg’s work is centered in the tenets of Relational Cultural Therapy; she holds space for clients of all ages with compassion, empathy, and humor.   In this episode, they discussed: Meg’s experience of developing an eating disorder What is orthorexia, and how it took over her life Why orthorexia has become so pervasive in our culture The effects of aging on eating disorders The tyranny of the anti-aging industrial complex Using breath and yoga to connect with the body     Find Meg here Elderqueer Instagram: lamplight.space   More about Glenys   More about Aaron

Fat-positive sex and relationship coach and fellow podcast host Dawn Serra returns to the podcast to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our relationships with food and highlighting existing social injustices, how diet culture robs us of our ability to embody pleasure, desirability politics and its links to diet culture and oppressive beauty standards, navigating romantic relationships while in recovery, and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to tell whether your eating and exercise are intuitive or compulsive amid COVID-19 stress. Dawn Serra has dedicated her life to unraveling the cultural stories that impact our relationship to our pleasure, our bodies, and our lives. Dawn is considered a leader in the field of sexuality and relationships, with a focus in pleasure for people recovering from eating disorders and those in fat bodies. She is a therapeutic sex & relationship coach, a Certified Body Trust® Provider, speaker, podcaster, facilitator, consultant, and entrepreneur. Host of the weekly feminist podcast, Sex Gets Real, and creator of the free annual online conference, Explore More Summit, Dawn has interviewed dozens of thought leaders from around the world. As a white, cis, middle class, queer, fat, survivor, Dawn's work is a fiercely compassionate invitation for each of us to deepen our relationships with our bodies and our pleasure as an antidote to the trauma, disconnection, and isolation so many of us feel. Your pleasure matters. Your body is wise. Dawn's work is all about creating spaces and places for you to explore what that means on your terms. Find her online at DawnSerra.com. This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp online counseling. Go to betterhelp.com/christy for a 7-day free trial to connect with a great therapist from the comfort and safety of home. Christy's new book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books! Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. For full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Aaron Flores, registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), Certified Body Trust® Provider and host of Dietitians Unplugged. Join the conversation for Aaron's personal journey in finding Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, reclamation of the word "fat," Men's Plus Size Fashion, and more!Follow Aaron on instagram @aaronfloresrdnThe Winston Box: https://www.thewinstonbox.com. The Winston Box is a monthly subscription service catering exclusively to the plus size, or big and tall men. 

Aaron Flores, registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), Certified Body Trust® Provider, and co-host of Dietitians Unplugged (https://dietitiansunplugged.libsyn.com) joins Signe to discuss his personal journey to Health at Every Size, reclamation of the word "fat,"  plus sized clothing for men (https://www.thewinstonbox.com) , and a whole lot more! You can follow Aaron on instagram @aaronfloresrdn

Fat-positive psychologist and eating-disorder specialist Rachel Millner joins us to discuss how she navigated a changing body while helping clients in eating-disorder recovery, coping with discomfort in a larger body, how the HAES community responded to her weight gain compared to the culture at large, teaching kids how to navigate diet culture and other forms of oppression, and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to navigate eating-disorder recovery while socially distanced from your support system because of COVID-19. Rachel Millner is a fat-positive psychologist and activist, certified eating-disorder specialist, and Certified Body Trust® Provider. She specializes in working with adolescents and adults with all forms of eating disorders and those wanting to break free from diet culture. Rachel is in private practice in Bucks County, PA and sees clients virtually and in-person. She has given talks nationally on topics related to “atypical” anorexia, incorporating HAES® and weight-inclusive care into clinical practice, and adapting clinical approaches to HAES. Find her online at RachelMillnerTherapy.com. Christy's new book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books! Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. For full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Kristina Bruce, Certified Body Trust Provider and Body Acceptance Coach, joins us for the concluding episode of season 3 (and it's an episode not to miss). Kristina delves into letting go of the thin ideal, privileges of being in a smaller body, weight stigma, what learning to accept your body really looks like, and so much more. Kristina also shares her personal food and body story and how she stopped equating her worth with her weight. More specifically, Kristina talks about: Her family's involvement in her feelings about her body and weight How her perception of her appearance affected her feelings of worth How people treated her differently when she lost weight (and what happened when the weight came back) How Kristina’s identity became wrapped up with health and wellness  How food and striving to control her body affected her romantic relationship How Kristina stopped equating her worth with her weight and left diet culture Thin privilege Working with the fear of weight gain Weight science Changing the narrative around weight and health How to accept your body when weight stigma and thin privilege exists Finding value and worth outside of your appearance Helpful tools as weight gain happens And so much more! Kristina's website // instagram // facebook // YouTube Learn more about The Body Image Podcast host, Corinne Dobbas, MS, RD, here.

Laura Westmoreland, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Certified Body Trust Provider, talks about how an injury impacted her body image. She shares what helped her move through the experience and how no matter who you are, we all have challenging body image moments and feelings. Laura also talks about how healing is an ongoing journey, the privilege of being in an able body, joyful movement, the experience of being embodied, and so much more.  Laura's website // instagram // facebook Learn more about Corinne Dobbas, The Body Image Podcast host, here.

Aaron and Glenys welcome Dr. Rachel Millner to the show.  Dr. Millner shares with us her brilliant thoughts on the importance of fat-positive spaces for clinicians and individuals and how weight stigma continues to negatively impact those working on healing from their eating disorder.  Rachel Millner, Psy.D., CEDS-S, CBTP (she/her) is a psychologist/activist, a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Supervisor, and a Certified Body Trust Provider. Dr. Millner has been practicing as a psychologist since 2005 and has been specializing in treating people with eating disorders throughout her career. Dr. Millner works with people struggling with all eating disorders as well as those trying to break free from diet culture. Dr. Millner is a fat positive provider who works from a Health at Every Size® and Body Trust® lens.  Dr. Rachel Millner's website Follow Dr. Millner on Instagram Be the first to hear about the Self-Care for Diabetes program (Launching in early 2020) More about Glenys More about Aaron

Fellow anti-diet dietitian Amee Severson joins us to discuss why intuitive eating is NOT a weight-loss plan, her experiences as a fat dietitian, how she moved from the weight-management paradigm to Health At Every Size®, the social-justice side of HAES and intuitive eating, how social media can be helpful and harmful in recovering from diet culture, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about what to do if your hunger cues are absent. Amee Severson is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Bellingham WA whose work focuses on body positivity, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social-justice lens. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is completing her Master's in Professional Practice in Dietetics from Iowa State University, is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and a Certified Body Trust Provider. Find her online at ProsperNutritionAndWellness.com. Pre-order Christy's forthcoming book, Anti-Diet, at christyharrison.com/book. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Aaron and Glenys welcome Laura Westmoreland, LMFT to the show to help talk about about challenging our perfectionist tendencies, especially when it comes to eating. Many of us come to this work with a strong drive to get it "right", to get a gold star and become the perfect intuitive eater. Laura helps us unpack this belief and learn to truly embrace our beautifully imperfect lives.  If you find yourself fighting to be the perfect non-dieter, then this show is for you. Forget the black and white thinking and leap into the gray! Laura Westmoreland is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in private practice, in Century City, California.  The focus of her practice is to help clients identify limiting beliefs that hold them back from leading the life they desire.  Laura helps clients explore what no longer serves them to uncover their authentic self.  Laura works with trauma, anxiety, depression, relationships, body image & body shame, and eating disorders.  She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and a Certified Body Trust® Provider. Show notes: Learn more about Laura: https://www.laurawestmoreland.com/ Follow Laura on Instagram  More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com

Fellow anti-diet dietitian Aaron Flores returns to discuss unrealistic expectations placed on men and their bodies, why we need to "smash the weightriarchy," the relationship between gym culture and diet culture, how pornography influences the way men learn about masculinity, tips for bringing your male loved ones into your process of diet-culture recovery, why providers need support to heal their own eating issues, and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about whether joining fitness competitions can ever be helpful in eating-disorder recovery. Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutritionist based out of Los Angeles, California. With over 10 years of experience, Aaron has worked with eating disorders in a variety of settings. He currently works part-time at Center for Discovery and part-time in his private practice in Calabasas, CA. He is a Certified Body Trust® provider, and his main areas of focus are Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size®. In his work, Aaron helps individuals learn how to make peace with food and develop body-positive behaviors. His work has been featured during Weight Stigma Awareness Week, in blogs for the National Eating Disorder Information Centre and National Eating Disorder Association. Aaron is a frequent speaker and has presented at the 2016 and 2017 Binge Eating Disorder Awareness Annual Conference, the 2018 and 2019 International Conference on Eating Disorders and the 2018 Association for Size Diversity and Health Conference and the closing Keynote at the 2019 Multi-Service Eating Disorder Association Conference. Along with his work with eating disorders, he also is a co-host of the podcast, Dietitians Unplugged. Find him online at SmashTheWeightriarchy.com This episode of Food Psych is brought to you by Made In cookware. Go to MadeInCookware.com/foodpsych and use promo code FOODPSYCH for 15% off your first purchase (excluding kits)! Pre-order Christy's forthcoming book, Anti-Diet, at christyharrison.com/book. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Certified Body Trust Provider and Health at Every Size personal trainer Kristy Fassio joins us to talk about the restrict-binge cycle and binge eating disorder, how to make fitness work for people in larger bodies, why diet culture is The Life Thief and how it steals our power, freedom, and joy, how restriction feeds into emotional eating, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to refute arguments in favor of a particular diet. This episode originally aired on March 5, 2018. Kristy Fassio is a mom, AFAA certified personal trainer, and a certified Body Trust Provider. When she’s not planning her next Disney vacation, she can be found working on her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, tending to the small menagerie of animals that live on her 10 acres, telling women their bodies are not broken or driving her kids to dance lessons. She believes movement should be joyful, life should be lived wholeheartedly, and that self-care is inescapable. Find her online at KristyFassio.com. This episode is brought to you by Christy's forthcoming book, Anti-Diet, which is now available for pre-order! Learn more and pre-order now at christyharrison.com/book. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Aaron and Glenys welcome Kristina Bruce to the show to help our listeners challenge negative, unhelpful beliefs about themselves and their bodies. Kristina is a certified Integrative Life Coach, Body Acceptance Coach and Certified Body Trust® Provider and a strong advocate for Health at Every Size®. She employs Byron Katie's method, The Work, to help clients question beliefs that cause them stress and to help see those beliefs for what they are - thoughts, not reality. Kristina shared an important tool to help do this work and this episode will be pivotal for anyone hoping to get free from the negative beliefs they feel about their body. BONUS: Our sponsor, Ori, is offering FREE SHIPPING to our listeners until the end of August. Make sure you use this link: www.wearori.com/unplugged.   Visit Kristina Bruce at her website Kristina's Instagram Kristina's YouTube Channel   More about Glenys More about Aaron Get on this list to be the first to hear about HAES Care for Diabetes when it launches this fall!

Glenys and Aaron invite Meredith Noble of Made on a Generous Plan to the show to discuss a blog post she wrote a while back that our hosts love and refer to frequently. Meredith, a Certified Body Trust® Provider and coach who helps plus-size and fat-identifying people find food and body peace and fat liberation, wrote a poignant essay about how grieving the thin ideal is essential in our body acceptance journey. Glenys and Aaron have been sharing this article with clients for a long time so it was such a pleasure to have Meredith come on the show and take a deep dive into this work and what it looks like. Meredith also shared her number one tip for improving your body image. You won't want to miss this episode. Learn more about Meredith Noble Merideth's Essay - Body Acceptance Begins with Grieving the Thin Ideal Jeanne Courtney's Article that inspired this work Kate Harding's "The Fantasy of Being Thin" Learn more about Aaron's Mens Body Trust Group Learn more about Glenys Dare to Not Diet Sign up for updates about the upcoming HAES Care for Diabetes Program

An interview Laura Westmoreland, LMFT on addressing body bias, body shaming, and health at every size (HAES) in therapy. Curt and Katie talk with Laura about the common mistakes that therapists make when working with clients living in larger bodies. It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age. Interview with Laura Westmoreland, LMFT Laura Westmoreland, LMFT identifies as a white woman living in a larger body, cisgender, straight, and able-bodied; her pronouns are she/her. She acknowledges that she has white privilege. She holds an MBA from Lindenwood University and a Masters in Clinical Counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute.  Her practice is grounded in Psychodynamic and Sensorimotor psychotherapies.  She integrates supplemental theoretical interventions on a case-by-case basis; treatment is individualized and collaborative.  Additionally, She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and a Certified Body Trust®Provider, and she follows Health At Every Size® Principles. She works with individuals, couples, and families who want to explore what is holding them back from leading the life they desire; both personally and professionally.  The key to her work is the relationship developed.  Together with her clients, she can create a brave space; a brave space requires stepping out of your comfort zone, risking vulnerability, and being curious. Laura believes... what we struggle with provides insight and can help us grow connection is key; reciprocal relationships require effort regularly engaging in pleasurable activities fosters joy and happiness in nourishing mind, body, and soul that self-compassion is vital to wellbeing all bodies are good bodies   In this episode we talk about: The importance of inclusion related to body diversity What body bias looks like in a therapist office Health At Every Size (HAES) The challenges of living in a larger body The war on obesity and walking into a war zone The medicalization of body diversity with words like “overweight” and the pathologizing of different bodies The danger of colluding with the diet culture The controversy that exists within the eating disorder community related to HAES Focusing on the client’s lived experience, rather than the societal expectations Sorting through when larger bodies suggest symptomology of a mental health or trauma concern versus when someone is healthy in a larger body Showing curiosity around what “feeling fat” means, rather than suggesting a diet or fix The danger of prescribing to people living in larger bodies what we would treat in eating disorder clients (i.e., restriction) How a clinician’s body bias can negatively impact treatment efficacy Intuitive eating – paying attention to hunger and satiety cues Joyful movement, rather than trudging to the gym The importance of finding your healthy practices Assessment best practices Harvard Implicit Bias Tests The different biases that Curt and Katie hold around body sizes Bias and microaggressions that can show up in the therapist office What therapists can look for when assessing whether clients feel comfortable in their own bodies   Relevant Resources: We’ve pulled together any resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links: Laura Westmoreland’s Website FB:  Laura Westmoreland Lmft IG:  haes_therapist_in_la Twitter:  @haestherapistla Intuitive Eating Website Be Nourished Jeffery Hunger’s Publication Harvard Implicit Bias Tests (Association for Size Diversity and Health) ASDAH  Dr, Vincent Felitti talks about the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study The Modern Therapists Group on Facebook Therapy Reimagined 2019 Who we are: Curt Widhalm is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in the Los Angeles area. He is a Board Member at Large for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, a Subject Matter Expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Adjunct Faculty at Pepperdine University, and a loving husband and father. He is 1/2 great person, 1/2 provocateur, and 1/2 geek, in that order. He dabbles in the dark art of making "dad jokes" and usually has a half-empty cup of coffee somewhere nearby. Learn more about Curt at www.curtwidhalm.com. Katie Vernoy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, coach, and consultant. As a helping professional for two decades, she’s navigated the ups and downs of our unique line of work. She’s run her own solo therapy practice, designed innovative clinical programs, built and managed large, thriving teams of service providers, and consulted hundreds of helping professionals on how to build meaningful AND sustainable practices. In her spare time, Katie is secretly siphoning off Curt's youthful energy, so that she can take over the world. Learn more about Katie at www.katievernoy.com. A Quick Note: Our opinions are our own. We are only speaking for ourselves – except when we speak for each other, or over each other. We’re working on it. Our guests are also only speaking for themselves and have their own opinions. We aren’t trying to take their voice, and no one speaks for us either. Mostly because they don’t want to, but hey. Stay in Touch: www.mtsgpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/therapyreimagined/ https://twitter.com/therapymovement https://www.instagram.com/therapyreimagined/ Credits: Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/ Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/

Eating-disorders specialist and Certified Body Trust® Provider Dr. Lilia Graue joins us to discuss letting go of perfectionism, the importance of community in body acceptance and overcoming shame, diet culture as a form of trauma, why working toward societal change is just as important as individual recovery, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how the Health At Every Size® framework addresses the notion of an “obesity epidemic.” Lilia Graue, MD, LMFT, is an eating disorders specialist and clinical supervisor; mindfulness, compassion and mindful eating instructor; and Certified Body Trust® Provider. With 18 years of clinical experience, she is intimately familiar with bodies and minds and our healing processes, and how we relate to, nourish and take care of ourselves and our bodies in ways that bring us closer to wholeness, radical presence, fierce embodiment and joy. Lilia practices at the intersection of different healing modalities, centering lived experience and the body as a source of knowing. Her own life experiences with developmental and complex trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and a healing journey through psychotherapy and mind-body practices, have shaped her approach. Her practice is trauma informed, and rooted in intersectional feminism. She is Mexican and provides services in both English and Spanish. Lilia loves working with providers navigating the challenges of advocating bravely for body liberation, embodiment and freedom from performative health who wish to cultivate and honor boundaries that allow for their self-care and replenishing empathy and compassion. Lilia is an avid amateur cook, baker, and foodie. She and her partner share their home with their beloved cats, Thomas and Ziggy. Find her online at fiercelyembodied.com. This episode is brought to you by Casper. Get $50 toward select mattresses by visiting casper.com/foodpsych and using the code FOODPSYCH at checkout. This episode is also brought to you by TomboyX. Go to tomboyx.com/foodpsych and check out their special bundles and pack pricing. Food Psych listeners will also get an extra 15% off with the code FOODPSYCH! You can also get my Master Your Anti-Diet Message course in Spanish thanks to today’s guest, Lilia Graue! Just go to christyharrison.com/spanish to learn more and sign up. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to start your intuitive eating journey. If you're ready to give up dieting once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course! Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Do you struggle to say no without over-explaining? Do you feel hurt when people you love set boundaries that disappoint you? Are you looking for ways to stop apologizing and to start taking up more space? Well, Take Up Space, my online boundaries workshop, is now available on demand. Grab your spot today.  Body trust, queer identity, pleasure in a fat body, and losing attraction for a partner with Sarah Thompson In a few days, I head to Portland for the ASDAH (Association for Size Diversity and Health) conference which will happen over my birthday weekend. The next few weeks will be all about body trust, rejecting diet culture, research around health at every size, celebration, and fat acceptance. I could not be more tickled, especially because this week Sarah Thompson, the Resilient Fat Goddess, is joining us to talk about how everything changed for Sarah - access to pleasure, setting boundaries, shifting into new queer and non-binary identities - after doing body trust work with BeNourished. Sarah and I initially connected because of a new blog post Sarah put out to partners who no longer find their partner's attractive, especially after that partner has rejected diet culture and moved towards body acceptance. You can read it here. So, we talk all about bodies, why we never owe our partners sex or attractiveness, trust, fat identity, queer identity, and all the feelings that brings up. Plus, before my chat with Sarah, you get to hear Patreon supporters' responses to two listener questions. That's right - advice from YOU, the podcast supporters. If you support the show at $5 and above, you get to weigh in and share your advice in response to listener questions that I post. Patreon supporters - If you support the show at the $3 level and above, Sarah shares how a religious upbringing, growing up in a small town, dealing with fat bias, and living with an eating disorder kept Sarah from understanding their queer and non-binary identity until very recently. Listen and support the show at http://patreon.com/sexgetsreal Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. This episode is generously brought to you by: About Sarah Thompson: Sarah Thompson is an eating disorder recovery coach, consultant, and writer focused on body liberation, fat liberation, and body positivity. Sarah is a white, fat, queer, non-binary femme. Their writing combines ideas from a wide range of philosophies - Body Trust®, Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Fat Liberation, eating disorder recovery, harm reduction, and more. Being committed to helping others finding more freedom and compassion in their lives is what led them to become a Certified Body Trust Provider. They were also the co-creator of Do No Harm Podcast. Sarah is constantly wondering how they can contribute to healing, justice, and liberation in our world where there is constant suffering. They love working with people who are asking these same questions! Stay in touch with Sarah at resilientfatgoddess.com and on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @rslntfatgoddess. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

This podcast episode dives deep into some of the most critical and core concepts within the realm of health and healing. I spoke with Dr. Lilia Graue, who is both a physician as well as a psychotherapist, to dive into the distinctions between performative health versus embodied wellbeing.   Lilia Graue, MD, LMFT, is an eating disorders specialist and clinical supervisor; mindfulness, compassion and mindful eating instructor; and Certified Body Trust® Provider. With 18 years of clinical experience, she is intimately familiar with bodies and minds and our healing processes, and how we relate to, nourish and take care of ourselves and our bodies in ways that bring us closer to wholeness, radical presence, fierce embodiment and joy. Lilia practices at the intersection of different healing modalities, centering lived experience and the body as a source of knowing. Her own life experiences with developmental and complex trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and a healing journey through psychotherapy and mind-body practices, have shaped her approach. Her practice is trauma informed, and rooted in intersectional feminism. She is Mexican and provides services in both English and Spanish.   Lilia loves working with providers navigating the challenges of advocating bravely for body liberation, embodiment and freedom from performative health who wish to cultivate and honor boundaries that allow for their self-care and replenishing empathy and compassion. Lilia is an avid amateur cook, baker, and foodie. She and her partner share their home with their beloved cats, Thomas and Ziggy.   In this podcast, we explore what the word "holistic" actually means and talk about the power of reclaiming words that get co-opted by gimmicks. We also discuss the concepts and frameworks of performative health versus embodied wellbeing and explore metaphors of how to distinguish between these two approaches. We talk about the incredible work of Niva Piran and her work on the theory of embodiment. We warn against approaching health and wellbeing with an all-or-nothing mindset. And, we close the conversation by exploring the power of joy and pleasure in health.   Links mentioned: Lilia's coaching website: https://www.fiercelyembodied.com/ Mindful Eating Mexico website: https://mindfuleatingmexico.com/ Niva Piran's Amazon page. If you're interested in accessing Niva Piran's papers, feel free to email Lily at lgraue@gmail.com. Leave a review for the podcast here. Check out the brand new Positive Nutrition 101 online course! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.  

Certified Body Trust Provider and Health at Every Size recovery coach and consultant Sarah Thompson joins us to talk about the barriers she faced to getting an eating disorder diagnosis, the ways in which diet culture has infiltrated naturopathy and Chinese medicine, the lack of Health at Every Size education in healthcare programs, the false connection that diet culture makes between larger bodies and being unhealthy, weight bias in “food addiction” theory, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about whether bingeing on fruits and vegetables is a sign of orthorexia. Sarah Thompson is an eating disorder recovery coach, consultant, and writer based in Portland, Oregon and transplanted from Akron, Ohio. Her writing focuses on a wide range of philosophies - Body Trust®, Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Fat Liberation, eating disorder recovery, and more. She seeks to share what she has experienced and learned from her own discovery and journey with body liberation. Sarah definitely does not have all the answers, but she’s super excited to share what she has learned so far. Even while Sarah is fat, female, and queer, she recognizes that being a working-class, white, and cis gender woman has afforded her many privileges. She strives to listen and learn from experiences that differ from hers. Outside of her professional work, Sarah is an ice cream connoisseur, Grey’s Anatomy expert, avid movie buff, and lover of dogs, cats, horses, and ducks. Find her online at ResilientFatGoddess.com. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to start your intuitive eating journey. If you're ready to give up dieting once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course! To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Certified Body Trust Provider and Health at Every Size personal trainer Kristy Fassio joins us to talk about the restrict-binge cycle and binge eating disorder, how to make fitness work for people in larger bodies, why diet culture is The Life Thief and how it steals our power, freedom, and joy, how restriction feeds into emotional eating, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to refute arguments in favor of a particular diet. Kristy Fassio is a mom, AFAA certified personal trainer, and a certified Body Trust Provider. When she’s not planning her next Disney vacation, she can be found working on her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, tending to the small menagerie of animals that live on her 10 acres, telling women their bodies are not broken or driving her kids to dance lessons. She believes movement should be joyful, life should be lived wholeheartedly, and that self-care is inescapable. Find her online at KristyFassio.com. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to start your intuitive eating journey. Get your own Food Psych gear at christyharrison.com/swag while it lasts! If you're ready to give up dieting once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course! To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of 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.

Certified Body Trust Provider and diet-recovery coach Meredith Noble joins us to talk about how intuitive eating becomes intuitive living, the importance of finding a Health at Every Size, fat-positive community for finding body acceptance, the problem with diet culture and how it’s embedded within the medical community, giving ourselves space to feel our feelings, and much more! PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about how to get started with this podcast. Meredith Noble is a Certified Body Trust® Provider and life coach who helps plus-size people find food and body peace. Her practice combines Health at Every Size®, Body Trust® and intuitive eating philosophies with feminism and fat acceptance. With her compassion and expertise, her clients learn how to feel more comfortable in their skin, be at ease around food, and leave toxic diet culture behind. Find her online at GenerousPlan.com. 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 :) If you're ready to give up dieting once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course at christyharrison.com/course. Get Christy's NEW online course for fellow health & wellness pros, Master Your Anti-Diet Message, at christyharrison.com/message! 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.