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2 episodes with dana sturtevant
2 episodes with dana sturtevant
3 episodes with dana sturtevant
2 episodes with dana sturtevant
2 episodes with dana sturtevant
2 episodes with dana sturtevant
This episode was originally released on June 11, 2018. Her doctor categorized her as overweight when she was 5 years old. Her grandmother always introduced her as the “chubby one.” As an adult, she vacillates between moderation and binge-eating, restricting food some weeks, and gorging on cake and ice cream during others. “It's only when my pants are nearly impossible to button that I force myself to lose weight,” writes the letter-writer who calls herself Body Negative. “And then the pattern starts all over again.” The sinister cycle of dieting and binge-eating plagues many American women. The body positivity movement promotes fat acceptance and attempts to reverse body-shaming, no matter one's size. But Body Negative is skeptical, writing, “I struggle with how to be body positive after years of being told it's wrong to be my size and weight. Is there such a thing as unconditional body acceptance?” Hilary Kinavey, M.S., L.P.C., and Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D., the co-owners of Be Nourished, join the Sugars to offer Body Negative and women like her some hope. Ms. Kinavey and Ms. Sturtevant present new definitions of health and discuss alternatives to the “dieting mind.” Ms. Kinavey explains that before body acceptance is achievable, “most of us who have experienced a lot of body shame … and weight stigma have healing work to do.”
In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Cristina Castagnini sits down with Dana Sturtevant, a registered dietitian, author, and co-founder of the Center for Body Trust, to explore why diets fail and how to develop a healthier relationship with food and body image. Dana discusses how to trust your body, the impact of social determinants on health, and why recovery from disordered eating requires more than just changing what we eat.SHOW NOTES: Click hereFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behind_the_bite
In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Cristina Castagnini sits down with Dana Sturtevant, a registered dietitian, author, and co-founder of the Center for Body Trust, to explore why diets fail and how to develop a healthier relationship with food and body image. Dana discusses how to trust your body, the impact of social determinants on health, and why recovery from disordered eating requires more than just changing what we eat.SHOW NOTES: Click hereFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behind_the_bite
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"Our body liberation is bound up in one another. None of us are free until we're all free."Today's episode features registered dietitian, co-author of the book Reclaiming Body Trust and co-founder of The Center for Body Trust, Dana Sturtevant.Dana is a gem of knowledge and inspiration on the topics of body trust, and working with the societal forces of diet culture and other oppressions on the path to recovery. Take a listen as she shares insights on how the societal trauma of living in a world that values smaller bodies disrupts your relationship with food, body, and self - and how to work through it to find trust in our bodies again.JOIN THE COURAGE CLUB WAITLISTVisit jointhecourageclub.comCONNECT WITH DANA STURTEVANTDana's Official WebsiteDana's Book: Reclaiming Body TrustCenter for Body Trust InstagramCenter for Body Trust Official WebsiteCONNECT WITH RECOVERY WARRIORS
We're back with the second half of our conversation with Tara Wike. (If you missed Part 1, you'll wanna circle back and start there). In the lead-in, Candice reads from listener comments & lays the foundation for Part 2. Picking up where we left off last week, Tara shares how changing her ‘visual diet' is expanding her definition of beauty; and also, the culty collateral damage done when we critique our bodies publicly. This leads into a discussion around mixed messages at ‘the Org' and how - despite loads of lip service - practitioners are in no way immune to the influence of diet culture; then Tara highlights how generational differences around body acceptance may be at play. The social determinants of health are discussed, as well as the danger of insisting that wellness is in all cases ‘an inside job' — especially when systemic barriers and biases are so prevalent. Tracy asks us to take a critical look at ‘emotional eating' — is this always a bad thing? (Spoiler: not so much.) And then Tara shares how recovery from a brain injury revealed to her the insidiousness of diet culture. We touch upon the body positivity and body neutrality movements, and then Tara shares how she's doing her part to try and shift attitudes within her own social spheres. This is an important episode in the series line-up; one that you won't want to miss!Tara Wike (she/her) is an American expat living in Denmark with her husband and son. She is a leader in the design organization at The LEGO Group, and moonlights teaching Org-inspired movement classes, having recently left the Org after decades of practice. In both work and private life, Tara is passionate about creating inclusive products and experiences. Her recent recovery from disordered eating has inspired her to actively support body diversity and fight anti-fat bias, both in fitness spaces and in the broader culture.LINKS:Dear Sugars Podcast | Ep: Trust Your Body with Dana Sturtevant & Hilary KinaveyMaintenance Phase Podcast w/ Aubrey Gordon & Michael HobbesDieting Does Not Work, UCLA Researchers ReportAubrey Gordon on WCDHT PodcastFood Psych Podcast w/ Christy HarrisonAlso referenced in this episode:Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, book by Sabrina StringsAnti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, book by Christy HarrisonConspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat, book by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, & Julian WalkerThe Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being, book by Christy HarrisonSupport the showThe stories and opinions shared in this episode are based on personal experience and are not intended to malign any individual, group, or organization.Join The Deeper Pulse at Patreon for weekly bonus episodes + other exclusive bonus content. Follow The Deeper Pulse on IG @thedeeperpulse + @candiceschutter for more regular updates.
Registered dietitian and author, Dana Sturtevant, believes that society has ruptured our relationship with food, movement, and our bodies. Food has become something to restrict and our bodies a project to tweak and “perfect.” But Dana believes it doesn't have to be this way. She has spent more than 15 years helping people let go of chronic patterns of dieting and disordered eating and move into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture their bodies. Dana Sturtevant is the co-author of Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation and the co-founder of the Center for Body Trust. In our time together, Dana discusses the origins of the Center for Body Trust, how diet culture so often gets in the way of trusting our bodies, how “health” has become an aesthetic, and how to engage joyful movement versus toxic fitness culture. Dana's insights are fresh and freeing. My hope is that this conversation may help lead us into more connected and nurturing relationships with our own bodies.Buy Melissa L. Johnson's book, Soul-Deep Beauty: Fighting for Our True Worth in a World Demanding Flawless, here. Learn more about Impossible Beauty and join the community here.
We have been given a script on how to feel about our bodies. It limits who we are and the depth of life that we can experience. Kara talks with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant the Co-Founders and Co-Owners of the Center for Body Trust and the authors of the book Reclaiming Body Trust. Together they remember stories they were told and how they were made to feel about their bodies and the deconstruction they are going through to change the relationship they have with their bodies. Too many fem bodies and now masculine bodies are feeling like they are never enough. It's time to change that. In 2005, Hillary and Dana founded the Center for Body Trust to offer programs that encourage movement toward a compassionate, weight-inclusive model of radical care to address body oppression, heal body shame and associated patterns of chronic dieting and disordered eating. The Center for Body Trust also offers programs for helping professionals and educators interested in adopting client-centered, trauma-informed, justice-based approaches to healing—including an intensive year-long Body Trust Certification Training. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, Scientific American, Health, Self, Real Simple, Huffington Post, and the TEDx stage, and their book Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation was released in 2023. Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC (she/her) has supported people who are healing from disordered eating, body shame, and the impact of weight bias and other traumas. Hilary's work as a therapist, educator, speaker, and writer, has been a study of what interrupts our sense of wholeness and how we can return to ourselves in a culture that profits from fragmentation. She has additional training in workshop facilitation, mind-body coaching, and radical relating. She is a sought-after speaker on topics such as weight-inclusive approaches, weight bias, and the intersections of activism and the helping professions. She offers consultation and training for organizations and professionals. Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD (she/her), is a registered dietitian who helps people divest from diet culture and move toward more compassionate, embodied forms of radical care. Her work as a speaker, educator, and trainer focuses on humanizing health care, advancing health equity, and advocating for food and body sovereignty. As a sought-after speaker and writer, Dana is a champion for compassionate, weight-inclusive models of care and offers supervision, training, and consultation for helping professionals and health care organizations. Learn more about Hilary and Dana and their work at: www.centerforbodytrust.com facebook.com/CenterForBodyTrust instagram.com/Center for Body Trust twitter.com/bodytrustcenter
Content Warning: mention of child abuse and death by suicide.Angela Braxton-Johnson (her/she) shares her journey through dieting, 12-step programs, eating disorder out-patient treatment, and finally to Body Trust and liberation in her 50s. Using poetry to put her experiences into words, Angela reads two of her poems, gifting us with their raw beauty and power.Angela Braxton-Johnson is the owner of Poetically Inspiring Change and Abundant Fatness. She is a poetess, professional life/liberation coach, Certified Body Trust provider, and a self-published author of Black Fury: Fierce Recovery and Abundant Fatness ebooks with visual art, and a stoetry novel called, Who's Watchin' Me?: Season One. Her books can be purchased on her website. She is also published in Unchaste Anthologies, 2nd & 3rd volumes and two of her original poems are featured in the of BeNourished.org, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation by Dana Sturtevant and Hilary Kinavey. She's been married for 36 years, has 3 children, 6 grands and 2 mini poodles.Mentioned in this episode: Body Trust and Renee Watson. Please connect with Angela through her website and Instagram.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.
“How do we know this is about gender and not body image? Doesn't everyone feel uncomfortable in their body at that age?”I get these questions from parents all the time. And my answer is this: body image is about being dissatisfied with how we look along with unobtainable beauty standards. Body dysphoria is about the cues their body sends to the world about how to interact with and treat them, how that doesn't align with how they feel, and how it can make them feel invisible.It's similar, but also very, very different.Struggles with body image and with body dysphoria can lead cis and trans kids to patterns of disordered eating and disconnection from their bodies. Eating disorders are prevalent in the trans community because they are often a coping mechanism for the stress and stigma of being trans. Which is why I wanted to talk to today's guests, who are experts in eating disorders and whose treatment model, centered on trusting and coming home to the body, is so different from standard treatment modalities.Dana Sturtevant helps people let go of chronic patterns of dieting and disordered eating and move into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture their bodies. She advocates for food and body sovereignty as a nutrition therapist, educator, speaker, writer, and activist.Hilary Kinavey works with people to reckon with the vicious cycles of disordered eating and dieting, body shame and weight bias, and the fragmentation, oppression, and trauma that often sits at the center. As a licensed professional counselor, facilitator, educator, and coach, she sees that we have been separated from our embodied knowing of our value and wholeness.Together they founded the Center for Body Trust and co-authored the book Reclaiming Body Trust: a Path to Healing and Liberation.Check out the full episode to hear about:Why parents need to do their own work around rebuilding body trustHow to bring awareness and choice to body checking and comparison behaviorsHow our cultural beauty standards–for cis and trans people–are tied to white supremacySuggestions for supporting kids and framing the conversation when they're exposed to toxic body image messagesThree phases of repairing body trustWhy gender affirmation has to be the first step in building body trustFind out more about Dana Sturtevant and Hilary Kinavey:Center for Body TrustReclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & LiberationFind out more about Mackenzie Dunham:Wildheartsociety.orgwildheartsociety.org/downloadsWild Heart Society on FacebookWild Heart Society on InstagramResources:Caleb LunaSand ChangFearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, Sabrina StringsDesiree AdawayRagen ChastainGloria LucasMaintenance Phase
Our guest today is Dana Sturtevant (she/her) co-author of Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation. We're exploring diet culture, fatphobia, healthism and how we are impacted by and uphold these cultural norms. Reading their book shifted something deep in me. I'm already experimenting with new behaviors and ways of thinking. I'm curious where this conversation will lead you. A little about Dana: Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D. (she/her) is the co-founder of the Center for Body Trust and the co-author of the book Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation. As a registered dietitian, she helps people divest from diet culture, explore what it means to be embodied, and move toward more compassionate forms of radical care. Her work as a speaker, educator, and trainer focuses on humanizing health care, advancing health equity, and advocating for food and body sovereignty. For the past 20 years, Dana has trained thousands of health care providers in Motivational Interviewing. As a sought-after speaker and writer, Dana is a champion for weight-inclusive models of care and offers supervision, training, and consultation for helping professionals and health care organizations. You can find Dana here: Instagram: center4bodytrust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CenterForBodyTrust/ Website: https://centerforbodytrust.com/ Resources mentioned in this episode: Center for Body Trust Book: Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation by Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD Desiree Adaway and on instagram @desireeadaway Book: Eating in the Light of the Moon by Dr. Anita Johnston Book: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Podcast: Maintenance Phase with Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes Please share your comments and other resources we should know about here.
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In episode #110 Chris meets with Hilary Kinavey about her new book, written with Dana Sturtevant, titled Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation. A holistic and powerful framework for accepting and liberating our bodies, and ourselves. Center For Body Trust Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation The Radical Therapist Patreon Chris Hoff PhD, LMFT We want to hear from you! Youtube: http://bit.ly/2i0DmaT Website: http://www.theradicaltherapist.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRadTherapist Instagram: https://instagram.com/theradicaltherapist/ Email: theradicaltherapist@gmail.com
On the podcast, Tara speaks with the founders of the Center for Body Trust, Dana Sturtevant and Hilary Kenavey. They co-authored “Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path To Healing and Liberation”, which was recently published. Hillary and Dana describe diet culture as a shapeshifter that's incredibly deceptive. They also share how destructive it is because it speaks to people's hearts and tender spots. This is why some people are more susceptible to the order and control around food that diet culture offers. Hillary shares why it's so heartbreaking that people aren't offered consent to opt into diet culture, instead they are just immersed in it. We also talked about what trust looks like and feels like. Dana asks “ Who are you placing your trust in?” when it comes to food, your health and your body. She shares the analogy of seeing your journey of body trust as a tree, and being able to move from old poisonous soil to nourishing soil. Hilary offers a powerful distinction around transformation, which often comes from being able to reclaim our personal narrative around food and body image and being able to understand all the pieces of it including the impact of diet culture. Connect with Dana and Hillary here: FACEBOOK: @CenterForBodyTrust INSTAGRAM: @Center4BodyTrust Order your copy of Reclaiming Body Trust here. Stay connected with Tara and Join her weekly newsletter here.
Feel Good From Within with Yvette Le Blowitz - #SPAITGIRL Podcast EP.195 - Reclaiming Body Trust w/Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC & Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD - Co-Founders of Center for Body Trust, Co-Authors Reclaim, embrace and accept your body in a more authentic, sustainable and nurturing way. Have you ever felt uncomfortable or not "at home" in your body? TRIGGER WARNING: Eating Disorders and Body Image is discussed in this podcast episode some people may find this triggering, if this causes any distress please contact Butterfly Foundation National Helpline for Free and Confidential Support on 1800 33 4673 available from 8am to Midnight 7 days a week (AEST) or in a crisis please contact your nearest hospital, emergency services, doctor or mental health professional. In Reclaiming Body Trust co-authors and the founders of Center for Body Trust, licensed therapist Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and registered dietician Dana Sturtevant, MS, RS invite listeners to break free from the status quo and reject a diet culture that has taken advantage and profited from trauma, stigma, and disembodiment, and fully reclaim and embrace our bodies. Informed by the personal body stories of the hundreds of people they have worked with, Reclaiming Body Trustdelineates an intersectional, social justice-orientated path to healing in three phases: The Rupture, The Reckoning, and The Reclamations. In Reclaiming Body Trust, Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, LPC shares insights into their innovative and revolutionary Body Trust framework so we can discover a more authentic and sustainable way to occupy and nurture our bodies. Before Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD envisioned the Center for Body Trust, they worked independently as a therapist and dietitian. As professionals in the fields of nutrition and mental health, they found most of the recommendations made to clients regarding weight were not only unsustainable but often resulted in harm to their well-being and sense of self. They were both disillusioned with the status quo approach to food, body, weight and health, which has been harmful for too long. In 2005, both Hilary and Dana joined forces to re-envision what it meant to occupy and care for your body - and the Center for Body Trust was born. Dana Sturtevant co-founder of Center for Body Trust is a nutrition therapist, educator, speaker, writer and activist, who advocates for food and body sovereignty. For More than 15 years, Dana has helped people let go of chronic patterns of dieting and disordered eating and move into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture their bodies. Hilary Kinavey co-founder of Center for Body Trust is a licensed professional counselor, facilitator, educator, and coach. For more than 20 years Hilary has worked with people to reckon with the vicious cycles of disordered eating and dieting, body shame and weight bias, and the fragmentation, oppression and trauma that often sits at the center. Today they work to examine the toxic structure in which our construct of health lies, and discover what is possible when people are trusted with their bodies. Body Trust is scientifically grounded and greatly informed by social justice movements, liberators frameworks, and embodiment theory. Yvette Le Blowitz Podcast Host talks with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant co-Author's of Reclaiming Body Trust to find out how you can Reclaim Your Body, Your Voice, Your Story, and Your Self. In Podcast Episode - EP.195 Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant share: - a little bit about themselves - insights into their co-authored book - Reclaiming Your Body - how to explore your body story - the ways your relationship with your body has been disrupted by harmful cultural beliefs and practices - how to reclaim body trust - how to create a relationship with your body and self that is flexible, compassionate and connected - vicious cycles of disordered eating and dieting - body shame and weight bias - the fragmentation, oppression and trauma - their own self-care rituals TRIGGER WARNING: Eating Disorders and Body Image Concerns are discussed in this podcast episode some people may find this triggering, if this causes any distress please contact Butterfly Foundation National Helpline for Free and Confidential Support on 1800 33 4673 available from 8am to Midnight 7 days a week (AEST) or in a crisis please contact your nearest hospital, emergency services, doctor or mental health professional. ----- Get Ready to TUNE IN Episode 195 - #spaitgirl Podcast with Yvette Le Blowitz available on Apple, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iTunes, Libysn, Audiobookstore.com - any podcast app search for #spaitgirl or Yvette Le Blowitz on any podcast app or youtube -------- Available to watch on Youtube Channel - Spa it Girl or Yvette Le Blowitz Subscribe to my Youtube Channels in Support Available on Rumble ------ JOIN OUR #SPAITGIRL BOOK CLUB Buy a copy of **RECLAIMING BODY TRUST by Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD **pre-order through the spaitgirl podcast affiliated BookTopia link *any book purchase via this link will result in a small commission paid by BookTopia to spaitgirl **thanks for your support for more books search via Booktopia our affiliated online book store *click here Hashtag #spaitgirlbookclub + tag @spaitgirl to share what book you are currently reading --- STAY IN TOUCH Podcast Guest Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC & Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD co-Author of Reclaiming Body Trust Co-Founder of Center for Body Trust Instagram @center4bodytrust Website www.centerforbodytrust.com ------ Podcast Host Yvette Le Blowitz Instagram @yvetteleblowitz Website www.yvetteleblowitz.com Website www.feelgoodfromwithin.com Youtube Channel: Yvette Le Blowitz TikTok: @yvetteleblowitz Become a Podcast Show Sponsor #SPAITGIRL www.spaitgirl.com Email: info@spaitgirl.com Email: info@feelgoodfromwithin.com www.feelgoodfromwithin.com ---- JOIN OUR #SPAITGIRL Community Instagram: @spaitgirl TikTok: @spaitgirl Sign Up to my Mailing List: www.spaitgirl.com Sign Up to my Mailing List: www.feelgoodfromwithin.com Search for #spaitgirl on any podcast app, youtube and subscribe HOW TO SUPPORT Feel Good From Within with Yvette Le Blowitz - #SPAITGIRL Podcast Little Random Act of Kindness - podcast show - support - ideas below - subscribe to the #spaitgirl podcast show on any podcast app or youtube channel - leave a 5* rating and review - tell someone about the #spaitgirl podcast show - share your favourite episode - tag @spaitgirl in your stories - hashtag #spaitgirl to share the show & Together "Let's Feel Good From Within" and #makefeelinggoodgoviral ------- Please note - Affiliated Links included in this spaitgirl.com blog post includes affiliated links with Amazon.com and booktopia.com.au- should you order any books from Amazon.com or Booktopia.com.au via the links contained in this blog post spaitgirl.com will receive a small paid commission fee from the online book stores. 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Lisa is joined by Hilary Kinavey, M.S., LPC and Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D. the creators of the Center for Body Trust to talk about their book, RECLAIMINGBODY TRUST® A PATH TO HEALING AND LIBERATIONHilary Kinavey, M.S., LPChas supported people who are healing from disordered eating, body shame, and the impact of weight bias and other traumas. Her work, as a therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, and writer, has been a study of what interrupts our sense of wholeness and how we can return to ourselves in a culture that profits from fragmentation. She has additional training in workshop facilitation, mind-body coaching, and radical relating. She is a sought-after speaker on topics such as weight-inclusive approaches, weight bias, Body Trust®, and the intersections of activism and the helping professions. She offers consultation andtraining for organizations and professional groups. Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D., is a registered dietitian who helps people divest from diet culture and move toward a more compassionate, embodied form of radical self-care. Her work as a speaker, educator, and trainer focuses on humanizing health care, advancing health equity, and advocating for body sovereignty and food justice. As a sought-after speaker and writer, Sturtevant is a champion for compassionate, weight-inclusive models of care and offers supervision, training, and consultation for helping professionals and health care organizations.Informed by the personal body stories of the hundreds of people they have worked with, RECLAIMING BODY TRUST delineates an intersectional, social justice−orientated path to healing in three phases: The Rupture, The Reckoning, and The Reclamation. Throughout, readers will be anchored by the authors' innovative and revolutionary Body Trust framework to discover a pathway out of a rigid, mechanistic way of thinking about the body and into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture our bodies. Highlights from the book & interview include:· The body mass index has racist origins and was never intended to be used as a measure of health. It was developed by a mathematician in the nineteenth century to look at the distribution of weight across a population of white people. It is being used to stigmatize and pathologize people's bodies. BMI is not a vital sign.· There's no evidence- based treatment for high body weight that leads to sustained weight loss two to five years out. The most consistent effect of weight loss at two years is weight gain.· There is research to show how weight stigma, racism, and other body- based oppressions, as well as other social determinants of health, have a far greater impact on our health and well- being than personal lifestyle behaviors. The truth is, lifestyle factors (health behaviors) actually account for 5 to 25 percent of the differences in health outcomes.· If we really care about people's health, we need to be fighting for things like racial justice, access to non- stigmatizing health care, living wages, clean air, and more.· Body Trust is about healing your relationship with food and body, not perfecting health behaviors. Body Trust helps people develop sustainable self- care behaviors instead of all the yo- yo dieting, yo- yo fitness, and weight cycling that diet culture enables, and research shows, negatively impact health. People are not required to pursue health to be deemed worthy of love, respect, and belonging.
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On today's body image-focused episode, Cristina and Dana are interviewing Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant, the therapist-dietitian team who founded the center for body trust, and who recently released their book, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation – which we absolutely LOVE. Hilary and Dana founded Center for Body Trust to offer...
Have you ever felt uncomfortable or not “at home” in your body? In the new book, Reclaiming Body Trust, the founders of Body Trust, licensed therapist Hilary Kinavey and registered dietician Dana Sturtevant invite readers to break free from the status quo and reject a diet culture that has taken advantage and profited from trauma, stigma, and disembodiment, and fully reclaim and embrace their bodies. Informed by the personal body stories of the hundreds of people they have worked with, RECLAIMING BODY TRUST delineates an intersectional, social justice−oriented path to healing in three phases: The Rupture, The Reckoning, and The Reclamation. Throughout, readers will be anchored by the authors' innovative and revolutionary Body Trust framework to discover a pathway out of a rigid, mechanistic way of thinking about the body and into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture our bodies. We have the most powerful conversation today and hope you enjoy the episode! To learn more visit: https://centerforbodytrust.com or follow on instagram @center4bodytrust Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Courageous Wellness! We release new episodes each #WellnessWednesday You can also follow us on instagram @CourageousWellness and visit our website: www.courageouswellness.net to get in touch. Shop Vintners Daughter + Get 2-Day Free Shipping This episode is brought to you by NIX a sustainable & natural mouthwash that aims to eliminate single-use plastic waste while using the highest quality natural ingredients to create a mouthwash that is both gentle on you and gentle on our planet. You can save 25% when you visit www.nixmouthwash.com and use code CWPodcast at checkout. This episode is brought to you by Dr. Jen Natural Toothpaste – a toothpaste, created by a real dentist using nourishing & natural ingredients, proven to remineralize tooth enamel to prevent decay. If you want to try Dr. Jen Natural Toothpaste – you can save 10% with code CW Podcast at checkout when you visit www.drjennatural.com This episode is brought to you by Milk+Honey. To receive 20% off your purchase visit www.milkandhoney.com and use code: CWPODCAST (all one word) at checkout! Milk+Honey is a line of non-toxic, effective, and safe bath, body, and skincare products made in small batches in Austin, Texas. You can also save 20% on all spa treatments at Milk+Honey Spa locations in Los Angeles and Texas and get a special rate on a curated Courageous Wellness Retreat Spa Package that includes a 60 minute massage and dry brushing. Book over the phone or online and visit: milkandhoneyspa.com This Episode is Sponsored by Sprout Living. To Save 20% on Our Favorite Plant Based Protein Powders by Sprout Living visit: http://www.sproutliving.com and use code CWPodcast at checkout. This Episode is brought to you by BASE. Improve your diet, sleep, stress, and fatigue with affordable at-home lab testing. To try BASE, take the quiz, and save 20% on your first month visit: get-base.com/CWPODCAST and use code CWPODCAST at checkout. Meet NED: You can receive 15% off our favorite Ned CBD products, including the Hormone Balance Blend and the Full Spectrum Hemp Oil, go to www.helloned.com and enter the code CWPODCAST at checkout We are so excited to partner with Seed! You can save 15% on Seed Synbiotic by using code: courageous15 at checkout. Head to www.seed.com to learn more. Save 20% on Sakara clean boutique and meal delivery with code: xocourageous at checkout! Are you interested in becoming a health coach or furthering your nutrition education? We loved our program at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and are happy to offer our listeners a discount on tuition! To receive up to $2000 off tuition (for payments in full and $1000 off tuition for payment plans) you can use our name Aly French or Erica Stein when you enroll. To learn more you can also take a Sample Class, check out the Curriculum Guide, or visit the application page to enroll.
I'm joined by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant, authors of Reclaiming Body Trust and founders of the Center for Body Trust. We talk about how to overcome the challenges around trusting your body and how to navigate body grief that may arise as you step away from dieting. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/244 If you leave a review during the month of October 2022, then I'll send you a free audio and e-book copy of my best-selling book Body Image Remix. Email or DM me telling me that you left a review and I'll send you the link. In this episode, I talk about: - The importance of trusting your discernment and how it's a place of experimentation, - Why people feel like they're flailing while doing body trust work and their response to people who think they're doing it wrong, - That body trust is a birthright and it was taken from you, but you can get it back, - Advice for navigating the loss of privilege associated with living in a fat body, - How grief gives permission to acknowledge that something is hard, - Why they prefer the phrase “attuned self-care,” and what it means, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes: summerinnanen.com/244 Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap
Today on The Mountain Life, David Wintzer and Lynn Ware Peek's guests include:(00:49) Licensed therapist Hilary Kinavey and registered dietician Dana Sturtevant who have written RECLAIMING BODY TRUST: A Path to Healing and Liberation. It is a holistic and powerful framework for accepting and liberating our bodies and ourselves.Then (27:02), journalist Linda Flanagan joins the show. Her writing on sports has appeared in The Atlantic, Runner's World, and NPR's education site Mind/Shift. She discusses her new book, Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports — and Why It Matters.
This week, Virginia chats with with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant, cofounders of the Center for Body Trust, and authors of a new book out this week, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation.If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And considering becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber. It's just $5 per month or $50 for the year. Producing a weekly podcast requires a significant investment of time and resources from several talented people. Paid subscriptions make all of our work possible and enable us to offer an honorarium to expert guests, which is key to centering marginalized voices in this space.BUTTER & OTHER LINKSWe're getting ready to do another AMA episode soon. And we need your questions! Put them here, so we stay organized. Hilary and Dana were on the Dear Sugars podcastVirginia previously interviewed them for a Health Magazine pieceOne of the frameworks Hilary and Dana use is Barbara Love’s liberatory consciousness, which is something they learned from Desiree Adaway and Ericka Hines.Nonbinary psychologist and Body Trust provider Sand Chang contributed to their book.Hilary is obsessed with the show on Apple TV called Home and her dog Arrow. Dana is obsessed with her hot tub, heated or not, and English muffins from Sparrow Bakery.Virginia and her lower back are obsessed with this $29 heating pad from TargetCREDITSThe Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith. Follow Virginia on Instagram or Twitter.Burnt Toast transcripts and essays are edited and formatted by Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, an Instagram account where you can buy and sell plus size clothing.The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Jeff Bailey and Chris Maxwell.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting independent anti-diet journalism. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode, meet host of Homestead Rescue and Raney Ranch Marty Raney and therapist Hilary Kinavey. Press play to hear why these authors decided to take the leap and write their books, and what they hope people learn about sustainable living and body liberation. Enjoy! Homestead Survival by Marty Raney: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/689875/homestead-survival/?ref=PRHD9DF6A1939 Reclaiming Body Trust by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/675785/reclaiming-body-trust/
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The Full Bloom Podcast - body-positive parenting for a more embodied and inclusive next generation
Dedicated body-positive affinity spaces for youth are hard to come by, but we can and should change that. Hillary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant of Be Nourished join for a conversation about how to apply their Body Trust model to heal ourselves and build a body-compassionate and weight-inclusive world for our children. Read the full show notes for this episode here.
“The white gaze is upon us at all times, and the ways in which Black bodies have been destroyed by whiteness are many. But this is just one of them.” - Sirius Bonner One thing to get straight: divorcing yourself from diet culture isn't just about being fat, loud, and proud. Sirius Bonner, who joins Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant for Part 2 of this two-part Inclusive Life podcast, drives home the importance of rooting our own relationship with our bodies in the broader political context. The context? Fat bodies are subjected to systemic oppression. Sirius deepens the conversation Nicole, Hilary and Dana began in Part 1 around diet culture and racism. She shares “...There is a deeply connected root of anti-fatness and anti-Blackness from the time of slavery in the United States.” The conversation weaves from there into the complex ways anti-fatness shows up in the Black community—similar to the way colorism exists—as a means to keep themselves and their loved ones safe. Internalized oppression in the shape of internalized anti-fatness is tragically logical: Sonya Renee Taylor, in her book The Body is Not an Apology, writes: “We must not minimize or negate the impact of being told to hate or fear our bodies and the bodies of others. Living in a society structured to profit from our self-hate creates a dynamic in which we are so terrified of being ourselves that we adopt terror-based ways of being in our bodies.” These terror-based ways of being in our bodies cause so much daily suffering, resulting from, as Nicole says, “...living in a system that consistently tells you that from the moment of birth, you're never going to be enough.” What's difficult to see are the ways that white body supremacy couples' health and size. High blood pressure? A person with a thin body is provided medication and other medical advice. A person with a large body is told to lose weight and then come back for additional medical care. Both fat and thin people develop high blood pressure, so identifying fatness as causative doesn't make sense. Yet doctors still center weight as the cause of disease and weight loss as the cure. Just like the war on drugs, the war on obesity is a war on people, both rooted in anti-Blackness. Where can we begin to decouple fat and health? Fat and laziness? Fat and “you should try harder?” Fat and “it's your fault?” First, we can each begin by developing and deepening an appreciation for the diversity of bodies. Body diversity has always existed and will always exist. We can lay down our arms. Second, we can shift our focus away from size and onto the social determinants of health, to understand the impact of fatphobia on fat folks' health outcomes. Third, we can continually center the voices and lived experiences of Black queer women in this conversation. In this episode, Nicole, Sirius, Hilary, and Dana talk about: What's beyond Body Positivity The marginalization of fat, Black, queer women in the Health at Every Size and Body Positivity movements De-centering the pursuit of health Taking an intersectional approach to size bias Rejecting dieting without an analysis The root of anti-fatness is anti-Blackness How diet culture shows up in a Black culture Fatness and proximity to whiteness Decoupling size and health Shifting the conversation to the social determinants of health Learning to become one's own advocate Bios: Sirius Bonner is a passionate and noted presenter and facilitator. Sirius' work focuses on the intersections between social justice issues such as racial oppression, reproductive justice, queer rights, anti-fat bias, educational equity, poverty, sexism, and liberation, recognizing that as we begin to untangle one issue, we can untangle them all. Sirius' currently works at Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette as the Vice President of Equity and Inclusion. You can find Sirius at: On Instagram: Siriuswhileblack On TikTok: Siriuswhileblack Pre-order Dana and Hilary's book Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation set for publication in August 2022. Resources: Beyond Body Positivity: Adding Fatness to Your Intersectional Lens Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun Harrison
“We all eat for emotional reasons. That's normal. Food is flavored with complex meanings. It connects us with our culture and our ancestry and heritage. We eat to celebrate. We eat to grieve. Food is an emotional thing for human beings. When we dumb it down to its nutritional components and see it only as a vehicle to give us nutrients, we are missing so much.” - Dana Sturtevant If you haven't yet considered weight stigma as a social justice issue, today is the day you begin. Diet culture is an insidious arm of white supremacy culture that has removed us from our bodies, from pleasure, and from our connection to our heritage. It has caused untold suffering to folks in fat bodies, impacting access to health care services, opportunities, and access to simply feeling good moving about in the world without shame and blame. This conversation between Nicole and Dana Sturtevant and Hilary Kinavey, part one of a two-part episode, is one that lifts the lid on grief and loss. We have been fed so many lies. Diet culture shapeshifts when we start to catch onto its oppression. We may have given up on counting calories and tracking points, but we strive to “eat clean” and “make healthy lifestyle changes” or go paleo or do intermittent fasting…whatever the latest trend to make our own bodies more acceptable or to weaponize against folks in larger bodies. We learn early on that our bodies are problems to be solved, and that restricting food or eating just the right combination of nutrients will solve the problem. We are taught that there are right and wrong ways to live in a body. Hilary shares, “People who occupy [fat bodies] are not able to function in the culture or pursue their joys, their lives, their bliss in the culture because fatness is considered something they have to resolve before they can get access to what they need.” As Dana and Hilary share, the healthcare industry has centered “health care” around the Body Mass Index, the creation of a white statistician and founder of phrenology, a racist pseudoscience. The BMI was created not as a measurement of individual health, but as a tool to track populations for the insurance industry. The Body Mass Index has now been used for years in doctors' offices, in the field of dietetics, by the diet industry, and by professional trainers as a tool to measure health by means of body size. It's bogus. It's racist. One alternative to the conventional paradigm of food, body image, and weight-centered health care is Body Trust, a process by which we can all learn to live more peacefully and compassionately in our bodies. As with all our social justice work, in the work of fat liberation, we must center the voices, work, and lived experiences of the most marginalized, namely fat Black queer femmes. We encourage you to disrupt diet culture and weight stigma in your own life by listening to the folks most harmed and developing an analysis so you can see the ways in which diet culture is expressing itself in your relationship with your body and other bodies. It is time to divest. As a community, let's hold one another in generous accountability for doing this work. In this episode, Nicole, Hilary, and Dana talk about: • The origin story of Be Nourished • “Healthy lifestyle” behavior is dieting behavior • The empty promises of weight loss • What happens when we compliment someone's body after weight loss • The racist roots of the BMI (see sources below for further reading) • Our indoctrination into diet culture • Diet culture's focus on pathologizing foods of Black and Brown people • White dominance in dietetics • Weight stigma as a social justice issue • Reclaiming “fat” as a neutral descriptor • Beginning the journey of body trust About Dana and Hilary: Dana Sturtevant is the co-founder of Be Nourished, LLC and co-creator of Body Trust®. She is a registered dietitian, educator, and trainer whose work focuses on humanizing health care, advancing health equity, and advocating for body sovereignty and food justice. A member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers since 2002, Dana travels around the country training helping professionals in communication and engagement strategies that lead to positive change. As a sought after speaker and writer, Dana is a champion for compassionate, weight-inclusive models of care and offers supervision, training, and consultation for helping professionals and health care organizations. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Scientific American, Self, Real Simple, Huffington Post, and on the TEDx stage. Learn more at benourished.org. Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC is the co-founder of Be Nourished, LLC and co-creator of Body Trust®. Her work as a licensed professional counselor, coach, educator and writer is informed by a relational, systemic and social justice lens. Her career has been a study of what interrupts our sense of wholeness and how we can return to ourselves in a culture that profits from fragmentation. She is a sought-after speaker and facilitator on topics such as weight-inclusive approaches, weight bias, Body Trust® and the intersections of activism and therapy. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Scientific American, Huffington Post, and on the TEDx stage. Learn more at benourished.org. You can find Dana and Hilary at BeNourished.org On Instagram @benourishedpdx On Twitter @BeNourished Pre-order Dana and Hilary's book Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation set for publication in August 2022. Resources: An article on the racist history of the BMI Fearing the Black Body: the Racialized Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun Harrison Research article evaluating the evidence for a weight inclusive approach to health: The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health Podcast episodes for further investigation: Healthism: The Desire to Be Healthy Gone Wrong Rebuilding Body Trust: the Importance of Unlearning and Why Body Liberation is for Everyone Anti-Fat Bias and Weight Stigma in Psychotherapy
Gina and Jeff are joined by Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD, two colleagues that are transforming the work we do in healthcare around body awareness, body trust and unlearning shameful lessons from diet culture.
Healthism is a term new to most of us, and especially to our non-diet coaching clients. It can be defined as the preoccupation with personal health as a primary focus for the definition and achievement of well-being; a goal which is to be attained primarily through the modification of lifestyles. Healthism is in a way the upgraded version of Diet Culture. Instead of judging people based on their “thinness”, it judges folks (including our clients) based on their health. In this episode of the podcast, we will explore the ramification of healthism – the desire to be healthy gone wrong – with an expert in the topic, Dana Sturtevant. What you'll learn listening to this episode on Healthism-Wellness Culture 101: What is healthism How does healthism show up in day-to-day life How can we sit with health uncertainty Body Trust as a solution How body trust is disrupted by trauma, weight stigma Links mentioned in the show: NON-DIET PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FREE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & RESOURCES. Connect with our guest: Website Instagram Facebook
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
Toni and Jenny take a small but mighty trip up the peninsula to SanFrancisco for a myth-busting game of Fact or Crap with Marcella Cox, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in treating eating disorders. Marcella is the Founder of Kindful Body, a collaboration of seasoned eating disorder professionals who provide online therapy and nutrition counseling throughout California. She is also Co-founder and Executive Director of the IFS Telehealth Collective, a multi-state mental health group practice dedicated to providing high quality-Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Marcella shed some much-needed light on the area of eating disorders and how this disease is so often missed, especially in marginalized communities. She shared multiple eye-opening statistics on top of her own personal, extremely vulnerable story. This is an episode that will touch everyone because after listening to the conversation it will become very clear that eating disorders and diet culture affect all of us. To learn more about Marcella and her work: https://www.kindfulbody.com/ or http://www.ifstherapyonline.com or check her out on her social media channels: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kindfulbody/ or https://www.instagram.com/ifstherapyonline/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kindfulbody or https://www.facebook.com/ifstherapyonline Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/kindfulbody/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/ifs-telehealth-collective/ Additional Resources: For further information and more resources check out the work of Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant from Be Nourished Kristen Neff and Self-Compassion - https://self-compassion.org/ Intuitive Eating - https://www.intuitiveeating.org/ Health At Any Size - https://haescommunity.com/ Body Trust - https://benourished.org/what-is-body-trust/ Brene Brown and Shame Resilience Theory - https://benourished.org/what-is-body-trust/ National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorders - https://anad.org/ National Eating Disorders Association - https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ Project Eat - https://www.sph.umn.edu/research/projects/project-eat/
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.
January 1 kicks off body hatred season. Every year like clockwork we can expect companies to prey on our hunger for worthiness. Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD of Be Nourished have been working with folks since 2005 to reclaim their body trust, let go of dieting and weight cycling, and ease into more compassionate sustainable forms of self-care. This episode Hilary and Dana ✨explain the connection between systems of oppression and diet culture(the belief system that posits that some bodies are superior to others and that the thin ideal is the bee's knees) ✨break down how white supremacy is entangled in diet culture ✨developing self-compassion around privilege and the pursuit of social justice ✨how social injustice impacts health and wellbeing ✨how white supremacy/cultural centrism has influenced western views of 'healthy' food Resources Connect with BeNourished https://benourished.org/offerings/ https://www.facebook.com/benourishedpdx https://www.instagram.com/benourishedpdx
After participating in an amazing motivational interview training with Dana Sturtevant, the co-founder of Be Nourished and co-creator of Body Trust, I invited her on the podcast to share her wisdom. We talked about what qualities make for a good listener, what actually leads people to change, and why trying to fix people's problems is usually ineffective. You can find the show notes and a full transcript of this episode at https://shohrehdavoodi.com/64.
This week I’m talking to Hillary Kinavey, co-founder of Be Nourished. They offer programs for people looking to reclaim Body Trust®. She's a leader in this movement, working from the principles of HAES and intuitive eating. We've been talking a lot about the stages of a rebel business lately. I did a 2 part series, episodes 118 and 119, on the stages you go through from creating your pilot offer to actually thriving. You're about to hear from someone who really values the long game. She and her co-founder, Dana Sturtevant, have always paid attention to the long game because Body Trust is something they care deeply about. They don't want to make money and then get out. They've been setting things up along the way in order to stay in this for several decades. They've been building this for 15 years, and they're still looking way ahead, paying attention to where this movement is going and what kind of impact they want to have. They're also paying attention to how they need to take care of themselves so that they can stay in for the long haul. As you're listening to this episode, think about what would sustain you in your business. What kind of support do you need? What kinds of people do you need to spend time with? What kinds of self-care practices do you need to invest time and money in? What do you need to say no to in order to say yes to what really matters to you? Topics Discussed In This Episode: Why she's loved having a business partner for 15 years How they developed their programs, starting with in-person groups and growing to several offers Why and how they developed a certification program for providers Making a salary in this business for the first time in the last year What she spends her time on in the business Hiring 3 employees and creating a workflow Taking the long view on this business and her impact on this movement How they grow their audience How she brings pleasure into moments throughout her day Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/120
In today's episode, we'll explore about Healthism: The Desire to Be Healthy Gone Wrong with Dana Sturtevant -Be Nourished (Warning: Explicit Content) Healthism is a term new to most of us. Healthism can be defined as the preoccupation with personal health as a primary focus for the definition and achievement of well-being; a goal which is to be attained primarily through the modification of lifestyles. When I first read on healthism 6 or 7 years ago, I refute the concept. I thought it was my duty and the duty of all humans to do everything they could to be healthy.... that was my profession at the time. To motivate, push, and teach my clients to pursue health at all costs. The Dark Side of Healthy Living The truth is when I first encounter healthism and health at every size, I was knee-deep in wellness culture. I had recently realized that diet didn't work and traded my pursue of thinness for a more politically correct journey, “the pursuit of optimal health”. For the last 25 years, I had dieted, controlled food, & exercised obsessively, lost and gain weight always to come back to the same point. The pursuit of health seems like the most logical option … if I'm healthy, I'll lose the “unhealthy weight”. I studied every branch of alternative health medicine, in the hopes of finding what was wrong with my health so that I could finally be healthy “inside and out”. Obsessing about finding a solution that would unlock health, I spent thousands of $ in education, training, testing, and flying around the world to consult with health experts, cleanse, supplements, detox, etc. Judging myself for not being as healthy as it was possible, I was in a “healthy battle” with my body. I was going to force my body into the health status that I thought was going my best life. Healthism: Diet Culture Upgraded Version Healthism is in a way the upgraded version of Diet culture. Instead of judging people based on their “thinness”, it judges folks based on their health. Healthism judges people's worth according to their health instead of weight. It holds health as something that everyone should value and attain just like “thinness” or “healthy BMI”. Healthism judges people based on their desire to attain health and their efforts towards attaining health. It believes it is one person's duty to work hard to strive for health. If you are not doing so, there's something wrong with you. Healthism, just like diet culture uses guilt and shame in an effort to “motivate” people to work harder to achieve better health. Healthism believes that health is the sole responsibility of the individual and says that a person's health is based on their decision and behaviors. Just like I, Diet Culture see bodyweight as an outcome of one's decision and behaviors. Healthism completely disregards the many other determinants of health including inequality, access to healthcare, trauma, oppression, genetics, etc... again just like diet culture. The solution is body trust My ill pursuit of health lasted 4 years. At the beginning of my forties, I realized that what I was really chasing for the last 30 years wasn't going to come as a result of a thinner body or optimal health... The thing that I was chasing was never going to be caught because it was already here. In other words, I had it within me all this time. I was worthy right here, right now. My self-worth was never going to be a result of what my body looked like or how healthy it was. I was born worthy. Today, I'm on a journey now of rebuilding a relationship of trust, respect, and neutrality with myself and my body. Healthism: The desire to be healthy gone wrong with Dana Sturtevant In this episode of the podcast, we will explore the ramification of healthism with an expert in the topic, Dana Sturtevant. Dana Sturtevant is the co-founder of Be Nourished, LLC. She is a registered dietitian, educator, and trainer whose work focuses on humanizing health care. She co-founded and a co-creator of Body Trust®— a strength-based, trauma-informed, scientifically grounded healing modality that encourages movement towards 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. What you'll learn listening to this episode: What is healthism How does healthism show up in day to day life How can we sit with health uncertainty Body Trust as a solution How body trust is disrupted by trauma, weight stigma Mentioned on the show: Health Mastery Registration Body Trust Summit How Healthism Impact Care Webinar Body Respect Book Intuitive Eating Get Started Guide Supporting Articles: Nutritionism Healthism Connect with our guest Website Instagram Facebook
In today's episode, we'll explore about Healthism: The Desire to Be Healthy Gone Wrong with Dana Sturtevant -Be Nourished (Warning: Explicit Content) Healthism is a term new to most of us. Healthism can be defined as the preoccupation with personal health as a primary focus for the definition and achievement of well-being; a goal which is to be attained primarily through the modification of lifestyles. When I first read on healthism 6 or 7 years ago, I refute the concept. I thought it was my duty and the duty of all humans to do everything they could to be healthy.... that was my profession at the time. To motivate, push, and teach my clients to pursue health at all costs. The Dark Side of Healthy Living The truth is when I first encounter healthism and health at every size, I was knee-deep in wellness culture. I had recently realized that diet didn’t work and traded my pursue of thinness for a more politically correct journey, “the pursuit of optimal health”. For the last 25 years, I had dieted, controlled food, & exercised obsessively, lost and gain weight always to come back to the same point. The pursuit of health seems like the most logical option … if I’m healthy, I’ll lose the “unhealthy weight”. I studied every branch of alternative health medicine, in the hopes of finding what was wrong with my health so that I could finally be healthy “inside and out”. Obsessing about finding a solution that would unlock health, I spent thousands of $ in education, training, testing, and flying around the world to consult with health experts, cleanse, supplements, detox, etc. Judging myself for not being as healthy as it was possible, I was in a “healthy battle” with my body. I was going to force my body into the health status that I thought was going my best life. Healthism: Diet Culture Upgraded Version Healthism is in a way the upgraded version of Diet culture. Instead of judging people based on their “thinness”, it judges folks based on their health. Healthism judges people’s worth according to their health instead of weight. It holds health as something that everyone should value and attain just like “thinness” or “healthy BMI”. Healthism judges people based on their desire to attain health and their efforts towards attaining health. It believes it is one person’s duty to work hard to strive for health. If you are not doing so, there’s something wrong with you. Healthism, just like diet culture uses guilt and shame in an effort to “motivate” people to work harder to achieve better health. Healthism believes that health is the sole responsibility of the individual and says that a person’s health is based on their decision and behaviors. Just like I, Diet Culture see bodyweight as an outcome of one’s decision and behaviors. Healthism completely disregards the many other determinants of health including inequality, access to healthcare, trauma, oppression, genetics, etc... again just like diet culture. The solution is body trust My ill pursuit of health lasted 4 years. At the beginning of my forties, I realized that what I was really chasing for the last 30 years wasn’t going to come as a result of a thinner body or optimal health... The thing that I was chasing was never going to be caught because it was already here. In other words, I had it within me all this time. I was worthy right here, right now. My self-worth was never going to be a result of what my body looked like or how healthy it was. I was born worthy. Today, I’m on a journey now of rebuilding a relationship of trust, respect, and neutrality with myself and my body. Healthism: The desire to be healthy gone wrong with Dana Sturtevant In this episode of the podcast, we will explore the ramification of healthism with an expert in the topic, Dana Sturtevant. Dana Sturtevant is the co-founder of Be Nourished, LLC. She is a registered dietitian, educator, and trainer whose work focuses on humanizing health care. She co-founded and a co-creator of Body Trust®— a strength-based, trauma-informed, scientifically grounded healing modality that encourages movement towards 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. What you'll learn listening to this episode: What is healthism How does healthism show up in day to day life How can we sit with health uncertainty Body Trust as a solution How body trust is disrupted by trauma, weight stigma Mentioned on the show: Health Mastery Registration Body Trust Summit How Healthism Impact Care Webinar Body Respect Book Intuitive Eating Get Started Guide Supporting Articles: Nutritionism Healthism Connect with our guest Website Instagram Facebook
“It’s only when my pants are nearly impossible to button that I force myself to lose weight,” writes the letter-writer who calls herself Body Negative. “And then the pattern starts all over again.” Hilary Kinavey, M.S., L.P.C., and Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D., the co-owners of Be Nourished, join the Sugars on today’s episode to offer Body Negative and women like her some hope. This episode was originally released on June 11th, 2018.
I’ve been doing work around the Imposter Complex for a long time now, but my goal with this podcast is to shed light on folx who experience the Imposter Complex differently, depending on how they had experienced marginalization in the dominant culture. Because sometimes it’s the Imposter Complex that's in the way, but many times it’s a lived experience of racism or sexism, colonialism, micro-aggressions, trauma, anxiety, chronic pain, alcoholism or fat phobia... and Hilary Kinavey’s work with body compassion and weight inclusivity really adds to this conversation—so I had to have her on the show. Hilary is a professional counselor, facilitator, educator, speaker, writer, and activist. She co-founded Be Nourished, LLC with Dana Sturtevant in 2006. Her work encourages movement toward a liberation-based model of care to heal internalized body shame and associated patterns of chronic dieting and disordered eating. She is a sought after speaker on topics such as weight-inclusive approaches, weight bias, Body Trust, and the intersections of activism and therapy. She offers individual counseling and coaching, consultation, and trainings for organizations and professional groups. Hilary and I talk about how we experience the Imposter Complex differently based on our lived experiences in marginalized parts of culture, inclusion of conversations about size and fat phobia in social justice circles, healthism and the social determinants of health, fat. vs. obesity vs. overweight, why we are so afraid of being fat and of other fat people, and the importance of recognizing and naming our privilege and how this affects our credibility. Find full show notes for this episode here. More from Hilary Kinavey: Be Nourished Body Trust® @hilarykin on Instagram @benourishedpdx on Instagram Be Nourished on Facebook More from Tanya Geisler: tanyageisler.com @tanyageisler on Instagram Take my quiz to learn what Imposter Complex behavior is standing in the way of your unshakable confidence Sign up for my email list
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Episode 149: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Dana Sturtevant. Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a nutrition therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, writer, and activist specializing in chronic dieting, disordered eating, and body acceptance. A Certified Kripalu yoga teacher, Dana draws from her yoga teaching experience to incorporate mindfulness and self-acceptance practices […] The post 149: Interview with Dana Sturtevant appeared first on Seven Health.
Diet culture has a nasty habit of targeting women at vulnerable times in their lives, and this is particularly evident in pregnancy and birth. This week on All Fired Up!, I am venting with the incredible Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant from Be Nourished, who bravely walked into a medical conference and called out the rampant weight stigma which is hurting pregnant women. This is a not to be missed episode, how women in larger bodies are being treated by the medical profession is just NOT OK. Women are being told that their vagina is “too fat to give birth”, that they won’t live to see their babies grow up, that they need to lose weight! The fact is, most women in larger bodies have healthy pregnancies and births, but are having the bejeezus scared out of them with some seriously odious threats. Reclaiming your body and your power is possible. It’s time to take your body sovereignty back!! Show Notes Hilary and Dana, anti-diet health professionals from Be Nourished, are utterly fired up about the never ending pressure that diet culture puts on women at vulnerable times of our lives, particularly with regards to fertility, pregnancy, and birth. They were invited to speak at a conference where they could talk about body positivity and managing risk in pregnancy. Whilst an awesome and much needed topic, they were the only speakers to talk about weight stigma. In the medical community there is some acknowledgment that weight stigma impacts health, but the vast majority of professionals are seeing weight stigma as a barrier to losing weight, which is just not reflective of a deep understanding of these issues. Stigma itself affects health, greatly, and this is not being researched nearly enough. Multiple sources of oppression intersect in pregnancy. Women are of course oppressed in general in a patriarchal society. Women of colour, and women in larger bodies who are of colour, suffer the most from these structural oppressions. Women who experience stigma can have a harder time giving birth, because of the stigma, not their weight alone. The history of gynaecology is implicitly racist and sexist. Early experiments in gynaecology were performed on Black women without anaesthetic, as it was believed they could not feel pain as much as white women. although we own the bodies that are giving birth, we are often told that we are ‘not qualified’ to make choices about our births. The concept of ‘weathering’ is when multiple levels of stigma impact on our bodies. Serena Williams’ experience of birth is reflective of this impact of stigma and the inherent disregard for women’s agency in pregnancy and birth. Higher rates of caesarian sections occur in women with higher BMI’s. But why? How much of this is due to the belief that as a woman in a larger body, you can’t deliver safely? This idea of ‘colouring’ - that when we internalise weight stigma, it colours our decisions and choices. The midwifery model is to view birth as an event, not an emergency. The vast majority of women in larger bodies have successful pregnancies and births. And if something goes wrong, this can be managed most of the time. The actual risks of complications in birth are being exaggerated by statistical buggery. Women are facing systemic discrimination in the area of birth. Women are often told they can’t give birth in their local hospital, in rural & remote Australia they are being flown to hospitals in capital cities. Imagine the impact of this. We are so vulnerable at this time and we need our support networks. Physicians are frequently scaring women and telling them that their weight means they are automatically a high risk pregnancy. This is because many health professionals receive training which views a larger body as a problem or a risk factor. If we believe we are not capable of a birth, this will reflect on outcomes. Once women pick up the idea that the medical professionals will judge their bodies, they will avoid pregnancies in order to avoid judgement, or choose to avoid medical care altogether. Society is messed up and your body is not, medical providers have been given a biased education. It is ok to grill your health professionals in order to assure that you are safe. If you do have a complication during birth, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person or a bad mother. Resources Mentioned: Find out more about Hilary & Dana at Be Nourished Watch the Being Serena Documentary Nothing dear, you’re not qualified! The article about risks of birth defects in larger women and how statistical buggery is being used to inflate the risk. Fantastic article about how the medical community fat shames mums. This is the one where the woman was told her vagina was ‘too fat’ to give birth. And the awesome comment from Dr Shah. The Australian study on weight bias in maternity care. Awesome FB group for ‘plus size pregnancy’ Help with diabetes through a weight inclusive lens - Megrette Fletcher
Diet culture has a nasty habit of targeting women at vulnerable times in their lives, and this is particularly evident in pregnancy and birth. This week on All Fired Up!, I am venting with the incredible Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant from Be Nourished, who bravely walked into a medical conference and called out the rampant weight stigma which is hurting pregnant women. This is a not to be missed episode, how women in larger bodies are being treated by the medical profession is just NOT OK. Women are being told that their vagina is “too fat to give birth”, that they won’t live to see their babies grow up, that they need to lose weight! The fact is, most women in larger bodies have healthy pregnancies and births, but are having the bejeezus scared out of them with some seriously odious threats. Reclaiming your body and your power is possible. It’s time to take your body sovereignty back!! Show Notes Hilary and Dana, anti-diet health professionals from Be Nourished, are utterly fired up about the never ending pressure that diet culture puts on women at vulnerable times of our lives, particularly with regards to fertility, pregnancy, and birth. They were invited to speak at a conference where they could talk about body positivity and managing risk in pregnancy. Whilst an awesome and much needed topic, they were the only speakers to talk about weight stigma. In the medical community there is some acknowledgment that weight stigma impacts health, but the vast majority of professionals are seeing weight stigma as a barrier to losing weight, which is just not reflective of a deep understanding of these issues. Stigma itself affects health, greatly, and this is not being researched nearly enough. Multiple sources of oppression intersect in pregnancy. Women are of course oppressed in general in a patriarchal society. Women of colour, and women in larger bodies who are of colour, suffer the most from these structural oppressions. Women who experience stigma can have a harder time giving birth, because of the stigma, not their weight alone. The history of gynaecology is implicitly racist and sexist. Early experiments in gynaecology were performed on Black women without anaesthetic, as it was believed they could not feel pain as much as white women. although we own the bodies that are giving birth, we are often told that we are ‘not qualified’ to make choices about our births. The concept of ‘weathering’ is when multiple levels of stigma impact on our bodies. Serena Williams’ experience of birth is reflective of this impact of stigma and the inherent disregard for women’s agency in pregnancy and birth. Higher rates of caesarian sections occur in women with higher BMI’s. But why? How much of this is due to the belief that as a woman in a larger body, you can’t deliver safely? This idea of ‘colouring’ - that when we internalise weight stigma, it colours our decisions and choices. The midwifery model is to view birth as an event, not an emergency. The vast majority of women in larger bodies have successful pregnancies and births. And if something goes wrong, this can be managed most of the time. The actual risks of complications in birth are being exaggerated by statistical buggery. Women are facing systemic discrimination in the area of birth. Women are often told they can’t give birth in their local hospital, in rural & remote Australia they are being flown to hospitals in capital cities. Imagine the impact of this. We are so vulnerable at this time and we need our support networks. Physicians are frequently scaring women and telling them that their weight means they are automatically a high risk pregnancy. This is because many health professionals receive training which views a larger body as a problem or a risk factor. If we believe we are not capable of a birth, this will reflect on outcomes. Once women pick up the idea that the medical professionals will judge their bodies, they will avoid pregnancies in order to avoid judgement, or choose to avoid medical care altogether. Society is messed up and your body is not, medical providers have been given a biased education. It is ok to grill your health professionals in order to assure that you are safe. If you do have a complication during birth, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person or a bad mother. Resources Mentioned: Find out more about Hilary & Dana at Be Nourished Watch the Being Serena Documentary Nothing dear, you’re not qualified! The article about risks of birth defects in larger women and how statistical buggery is being used to inflate the risk. Fantastic article about how the medical community fat shames mums. This is the one where the woman was told her vagina was ‘too fat’ to give birth. And the awesome comment from Dr Shah. The Australian study on weight bias in maternity care. Awesome FB group for ‘plus size pregnancy’ Help with diabetes through a weight inclusive lens - Megrette Fletcher
“It’s only when my pants are nearly impossible to button that I force myself to lose weight,” writes the letter-writer who calls herself Body Negative. “And then the pattern starts all over again.” Hilary Kinavey, M.S., L.P.C., and Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D., the co-owners of Be Nourished, join the Sugars on today’s episode to offer Body Negative and women like her some hope.
Dana Sturtevant had a wake-up call when she realized her diet and weight-centered nutrition research work wasn’t really helping improve health and well-being. She co-founded Be Nourished, a community outpatient clinic and professional training institute. Recognized as one of America’s top radical dietitians, Dana encourages movement toward a compassionate, weight-inclusive model of self-care to address body oppression, heal body shame, and disrupt patterns of chronic dieting and disordered eating. About Dana: Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a trainer, mentor, yoga teacher, and dietitian specializing in Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating. She is the co-founder of Be Nourished, a community based outpatient clinic and professional training institute 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. A member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers since 2002, Dana has facilitated over 3500 workshops throughout the United States. She was an adjunct professor in the Eating Disorder Certificate program at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR, and coordinator of the Columbia River Eating Disorder Network. Dana holds a M.S. in Nutrition Science from the University of Florida and a B.S. in Food and Nutrition from Southern Illinois University. For more information about her, visit www.benourished.org. Follow Dana: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook --- Support the show Thank you to our generous supporters! We are working toward our goal to fund the full season. Can you donate? Please visit our Go Fund Me page. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V --- Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.
Dana Sturtevant and Hilary Kinavey are the co-founders of Be Nourished, a weight neutral practice based in Portland, OR. In this episode Dana and Hilary talk about how to build Body Trust(TM), why it's so important for clinicians doing this work to use weight neutral messaging in our marketing materials, and why this work has to support people in ALL bodies. You can learn more about Be Nourished and their upcoming workshops at: https://benourished.org/
Aaron and Glenys spend some time talking to Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD about how she met her business partner Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and how they started Be Nourished. We also discuss an amazing rant that Dana posted online a while back about how the influence of diet culture permeates our world and infiltrates the discussions of some of those who we look up to for influence and support in our journey to love wholeheartedly. Along with gems of knowledge about healthism and weigh inclusivity, Dana shares amazing advice for anyone who is going to start to add yoga into their self-care practice. You’ll love this episode! Show notes: Find Dana and Be Nourished at http://www.benourished.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benourishedpdx More about Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com
Download Episode! Lovely radicals, it's podcast time! In today's episode of the "Life. Unrestricted." podcast, I get to talk to Dana Sturtevant from Portland, Oregon. Dana is a trainer, mentor, Kripalu Yoga teacher, and Registered Dietitian specializing in Health at Every Size (HAES) and Intuitive Eating. She is the co-founder of "Be Nourished", a revolutionary business helping people heal body dissatisfaction and reclaim body trust. In her work, Dana loves to incorporate mindfulness and self-compassion practices, and she is specialized in Motivational Interviewing techniques. She has facilitated more than 300 workshops throughout the United States for health care providers looking to enhance their skills in behavior-change counseling, and her work has been published in various media outlets. You'll hear Dana talk about: – How lucky she was to be able to grow up in a household where there were no diets, body shaming or any sort of hyper-focus on "healthy eating" – When and why she became self-conscious about her shape and size – Why she went into the field of nutrition – What she found out about her younger self from reading her own letters to her late grandmother – What she experienced in her previous work as a "weight management" dietitian – Why that work started to feel deeply unethical for her – Why living a free, flexible life and weight-suppression don’t go together – How our inner "trance of unworthiness" drives us to keep abandoning ourselves – Why no amount of weight-loss will improve how you feel about yourself, and why feeling worthy and confident really is an inside job unrelated to weight – The importance of recognizing the difference between "fitting in" and feeling a sense of "belonging" – How her and Hilary’s clients often react when they first hear their message – Why it is so hard to claim something (that we KNOW is true) for ourselves – Why this current "health-ism" (hyper-focus on "having to be healthy, or else it’s our own fault") is really about money – Why so many people, including health-care providers, are in denial about "prescribing diets" – Why we are often tricked into believing "well, this is not a diet, this is only a lifestyle change" – What happens when one coping mechanisms is being forcefully removed without working on the underlying issue – Why compulsive exercise always points to a complicated relationship with food/weight – Why it’s totally ok that not all people are athletes – Why today’s "gym-culture" is ruining a healthy relationship to movement for most people – Why nobody can tell you what your body needs, and why there IS no black or white strategy that works – Why it is always wise to be suspicious of people who claim to "have found the true way to health/fitness/weight-loss", especially when they are trying to sell said truth – Why it takes some time (and effort) to heal the "dieting mind" – Why the healing process really only works when we put concerns about weight on the back burner – Why most people have to hit "diet bottom" to kick-start the healing process – What needs to be grieved when we find the courage to step into our fears and work towards freedom – Why diet-talk is basically nothing else but women keeping up their own oppression – Why the fear of a particular food is worse for your body than the actual food – Why the moralization of food is particularly dangerous for people – Why "going Paleo" and "going gluten-free" (except for the 1% of the population who actually has celiac disease) and "going vegan" are fads, too – How absurd the whole "nutritionism" in the world looks when we zoom out for a minute to really look at all the contradicting advice out there – What real success looks like for clients of "Be Nourished" – Why rules are the problem, and not – as we might think – the solution – How "full permission to eat" looks like and why it is the solution to stop the diet-binge-cycle – Why it is important to process and release the anger that we have directed inwards for so long – Why it is important to realize that it is not your fault that you have a complicated relationship to food (Dana’s dog agrees strongly here) – How "Be Nourished" helps private clients as well as health care providers get rid of weight-bias... ... And so much more! Check out Hilary Kinavey's and Dana Sturtevant’s work with "Be Nourished" here: www.benourished.org Here's the link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/benourishedpdx/?fref=ts Please consider supporting the podcast with by becoming a "Patreon"; so that I can keep producing it. Thank you! Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/lifeunrestricted If you want this sort of badassery to come to your phone automatically, please DO subscribe on iTunes (Apple): https://itunes.apple.com/ch/podcast/life.-unrestricted.-podcast/id1130713233?mt=2 or on Stitcher (Android): http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=93987&refi ********* Don't forget!********* Make sure to join my tribe and meet some of the most supportive, loving and kind people of all shapes and sizes, including great coaches and leaders! We’re right over here at: http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/join/
Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD, RYT on Body Trust, the power of Poetry & being a diet culture crusader! Please join me as I speak with the inspiring Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD; nutrition therapist, yoga instructor and founder and educator at The Be Nourished Training Institute in Oregon, Portland. Dana, along with business partner Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC, deliver programmes to health professionals and the wider community focussed on the art and science of behaviour change and advocate for Body Trust®; which they believe to be the beating heart behind the cultivation of Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating practices. Be Nourished offer incredible provider programs, including an E-Course, six month Body Trust Provider Certification Training and supervision. Find out more, or sign up for their newsletter at: http://benourished.org/training/ In our conversation, Dana shares: How her experience in nutritional research exposed her to motivational interviewing; a critical element to her career. The band aid approach to research; how it promotes diet culture and neglects to investigate the root cause Why knowledge is not enough to change behaviour A beautiful match; Dana & Yoga, the powerful ability yoga has of strengthen one’s relationship with their body; both emotional, physically and mentally Meeting Hilary and the beginning of Be Nourished and healing the dieting mind The power of community and group work The need for adequacy NOT perfectionism – “We need more C’s not A’s” Her super-poetry-reciting ability and why and how she incorporates poetry into her therapy Body Trust® training Creating Brave Communities for change. Social justice in practise; how all oppression is connected As discussed in the podcast: Body Trust® Connect with Dana: http://benourished.org/ dana@benourished.org About Dana: Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD, is a trainer, mentor, Kripalu Yoga teacher, and dietitian specializing in Health at Every Size® and intuitive eating. She is the cofounder of Be Nourished, a revolutionary business helping people heal body dissatisfaction and reclaim body trust. Dana loves incorporating mindfulness and self-compassion practices into her work. A member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Dana has facilitated more than 300 workshops throughout the United States for health care providers looking to enhance their skills in behavior-change counseling. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post. benourished.org. Find out more about Dana here
EB013 Release Food and Weight Obsession with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant of Be Nourished Hilary Kinavey, MS, Licensed Professional Counselor and Dana Sturtevant, MS, Registered Dietician are the founders of Be Nourished, founded on the idea that people are born with remarkable instincts to love and care for their bodies. They believe "Body Trust® is a birthright. Our passion is helping people lose the weight of body shame to create the change they seek from a deeper place." With Hilary’s counseling expertise and Dana’s insightful dietitian skills, we talk about some current events like celebrity diet culture, and a disturbing new research study. We also discuss the importance of pleasure and embodiment. Part of the work they do in the world is helping people reconnect to their bodies, both in the pleasure of movement and eating. "Be aware of what triggers the dieting mind." ~Be Nourished This Week on the Every Body Podcast: Dangers of research studies that connect weight loss and eating disorders Knowing the differences between body acceptance, healing, and self-care How the culture of fat stigma affects weight bias Learning the difference between being healthy and being nourished The importance of movement as a way of loving your body Rate, Share, & Inspire Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week’s episode, head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us spread the word to Every Body! Don’t forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!
Hello, sweet radicals! In today's episode of the "Life. Unrestricted." podcast, I get to talk to Hilary Kinavey from Portland, Oregon. Hilary is a licensed professional counselor who specializes in disordered eating, trauma, anxiety, depression and addictions. She works in partnership with clients to develop a deeper understanding of their personal challenges, inner wisdom and their personal story. As a counselor, she places an emphasis on developing insight, mindfulness, and empathy for oneself. In 2005, she and Dana Sturtevant started facilitating groups to help women let go of food and weight obsession, and – sharing the same ideas – they then merged their practices to create a revolutionary approach to re-establish the "Body Trust" that we all had when we were born. They founded "Be Nourished", a partnership that is based on the passion to help people lose the weight of body shame and to create the change they seek from a deeper place. They offer programs, workshops, retreats, and e-courses to help cultivate body trust, as well as counseling, yoga and naturopathic care to complement long-term body acceptance and the benefits of being physically and psychologically nourished. In addition to counseling, coaching, and facilitating, Hilary is a popular speaker on topics such as Health At Every Size, Intuitive Eating and Body Respect in health care communities, and she is a regular contributor to the Huffington post. You'll hear Hilary talk about: – How her mother’s dieting made her focus on her own body – How she came to believe that her body was not ok – What she learned about what it meant to be "a successful woman" – Why so many people still aren’t aware of how harmful diets can be – What most of us are trying to achieve when we start weight-obsessing – Why her parents' feminism helped her a lot, even though dieting wasn’t being questioned yet back then – How she learned about social justice issues from her parents – Why people’s struggles with food and weight are often not addressed in counseling – Why, sadly, women are lead from focusing on their own heart’s desires towards being stuck focusing solely on their desirability – What it was that made the pieces fall together for her on her journey to self-acceptance – What her first reaction was after she figured out what it is that keeps women from living their fullest expression and following their true desires – What 5 steps we can all take to get rid of body-loathing – How Intuitive Eating connected her with her own body – Why Intuitive Eating and enjoying food freely leads to a feeling of empowerment – How her whole life changed when she started trusting herself, her body and food – How she breaks through the diet-mentality barriers of her clients – What this body image work is really about, at the core – How she helps her clients get over their resistance to feel emotions – What her (and Dana Sturtevant’s) work at "Be Nourished" is all about – How body respect is the first and easiest step towards body trust – How to learn what diet-culture has robbed of us, and how that can help us grow – Why it’s not about "not ever having a bad body day" again – How "Be Nourished" helps health care providers get rid of weight-bias... ... And so much more! Check out Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant’s work with "Be Nourished" here: www.benourished.org Here's the link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/benourishedpdx/?fref=ts Please consider supporting the podcast with a donation by becoming a "Patreon"; so that I can keep producing it. Thank you! Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/lifeunrestricted Like the podcast? Great! Do subscribe on iTunes (Apple): https://itunes.apple.com/ch/podcast/life.-unrestricted.-podcast/id1130713233?mt=2 or on Stitcher (Android): http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=93987&refid ********* Don't forget!********* Make sure to join my tribe and meet some of the most supportive, loving and kind people of all shapes and sizes, including great coaches and leaders! We’re right over here at: http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/join/
Dana Sturtevant, HAES dietitian and co-founder of the Be Nourished wellness center in Portland, OR, shares how her desire to be thinner manifested as a child, how a vegetarian friend introduced her to the idea of nutrition, how she began her career as a dietitian in the traditional "weight management" paradigm, what drew her to the Health at Every Size approach, and lots more! Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD, is a trainer, mentor, Kripalu Yoga teacher, and dietitian specializing in Health at Every Size® and intuitive eating. She is the cofounder of Be Nourished, a revolutionary business helping people heal body dissatisfaction and reclaim body trust. Dana loves incorporating mindfulness and self-compassion practices into her work. A member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Dana has facilitated more than 300 workshops throughout the United States for health care providers looking to enhance their skills in behavior-change counseling. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post. Find her online at benourished.org. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: The Embodied Practitioner Retreat on 11/6 The No More Weighting e-course The Be Nourished Training Institute for wellness professionals My Refinery29 article about vegetarianism and intuitive eating Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnston Appetites by Caroline Knapp Brene Brown's work To learn more about Food Psych and our guest, visit christyharrison.com/foodpsych Join Christy's intuitive eating online course at christyharrison.com/course How healthy is your relationship with food? Take the quiz and get free resources at christyharrison.com/quiz! Don't forget to vote on November 8th!
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