Nutrition Matters Podcast

182: Goodbye — context, thank you, parting advice and some social commentary Nov 25, 2020

After 5 1/2 years, I'm ending the podcast! It's been so rewarding to put this podcast on, but the time has come for me to move on. This last episode of the podcast gives context for this decision and hopefully helps you know how grateful I am to you for listening through the years!

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181: Intuitive Exercise & How to Train Happy Aug 31, 2020

"If exercise had zero impact on your weight and appearance, would you still work out? If you answered 'yes', would you work out differently from how you do now? Would you do more or less?" These are the first lines of Tally's Rye's book Train Happy and a very important set of questions to consider as you navigate your relationship with exercise. Tally and Paige dig into these questions and more all about cultivating more peace with exercise and movement. Tally Rye is a Personal Trainer, podcaster and author from London, England working in fitness for 5 years. Through experiencing her own complicated relationship with food and exercise, she is passionate about changing the fitness landscape to help others avoid the pitfalls of diet culture within a fitness setting. She is a advocates for ditching diet culture, reconnecting with our bodies and cultivating intuition. Links mentioned:

Tally's website: http://tallyrye.co.uk/
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180: Eating Disorders & the Higher Level of Care Aug 17, 2020

In this episode, Paige and Amy Hanneke discuss the higher level of care for eating disorders: how to know if it's the right choice for your treatment, what to expect, how to get the most out of the experience and tips for family members/support people who love someone in treatment. Links mentioned:

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179: Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch on Intuitive Eating Fourth Edition Aug 03, 2020

Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch, authors of the revolutionary book Intuitive Eating, join Paige to talk about the newest edition of the book. Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D., is an award-winning registered dietitian with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, CA. She was the nutrition expert forGood Morning America and was a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association for six years. Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Beverly Hills, CA, with over thirty-eight years of experience specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. Links mentioned:

Purchase the new edition of Intuitive Eating: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-4th-Anti-Diet-Revolutionary/dp/1250255198/
Learn more about the Intuitive Eating framework: https://www.intuitiveeating.org/
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178: Rest, Play, Humor & our Health Jul 20, 2020

Shana Spence joins Paige to talk about the importance of challenging productivity beliefs and embracing rest, play, creativity and humor as we engage in our health and wellbeing. Shana is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist based in New York in the public health. She promotes a weight-inclusive approach to health and nutrition and is passionate about helping people find a healthy relationship with food. Links mentioned:

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177: What to do if You're Afraid of Food Jul 06, 2020

Amee Severson joins Paige to talk about her own history of fearing food and explains how she worked through it. Amee is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist whose work focuses on body positivity, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social justice lens. With a mission to break the stereotype that all RD’s live in small bodies and only eat certain foods, Amee cultivates rebellion and liberation on social media, showcasing the possibility for health and happiness in any body. Amee encourages the belief that food can be enjoyed without guilt or shame. She believes that recovery from disordered eating is possible for everyone and that every person deserves to feel trust in their body. Amee doesn’t believe in one-size-fits-all nutrition and health, so she works with clients to make health and nutrition fit into their current life, not the other way around. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Links mentioned:

Amee's website: https://www.prospernutritionandwellness.com/
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176: Menopause—Weight, Health, Changing Bodies and Eating Disorders in ages 50+ Jun 22, 2020

Erica Leon is a registered dietitian who is passionate about speaking up about the changes that occur with bodies, weight, food, relationships, etc. during menopause. She and Paige explore the science behind menopause and body changes and talk about how to avoid the pitfalls of diet culture unique to this time. Erica Leon is the owner of Erica Leon Nutrition, an outpatient group nutrition practice in White Plains, NY. With more than 30 years of experience, she and her team help individuals develop a positive relationship with food and work tirelessly to treat and prevent eating disorders and disordered eating in adults, adolescents, children and families. She is certified as an eating disorder dietitian with The International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals, and as an Intuitive Eating Counselor. She has taken a special interest in recent years to create more resources and spaces for women experiencing menopause and body changes that accompany this time of life. Links mentioned:

Erica's website: https://ericaleon.com/
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175: Exploring what Healthy Really Means and Reclaiming it for Good Jun 08, 2020

The word 'healthy' gets thrown around all the time, but what does it actually mean? And, is the concept actually helpful for us? Meghan and Paige unpack these ideas and explore ways we all can reclaim the true meaning of health for good in our lives. Meghan Kacmarcik is a registered dietitian and nutrition therapist based in Boston, MA. She works locally in the Boston area and is the owner of New Moon Nutrition, a virtual practice where she helps people unlearn diet culture, recover from disordered eating, and heal their relationships with food and their body. Her practice is rooted in Health at Every Size and she uses intuitive eating as a guidepost in all her work. In addition to dismantling diet culture and fighting for a more weight-inclusive world, she enjoys reading good books, drinking good coffee, and snuggling with her cat Potato. Links mentioned:

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174: Pregnancy & Postpartum Body Image May 25, 2020

Catie Lynch Shockey, LCSW is an eating disorder and body image therapist located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is a licensed clinical social worker who graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South and Tulane University. After recovering from her own eating disorder, Catie began to specialize in eating disorders and body image concerns. She is a mother of two girls—a two year old and an infant. Having girls has made dismantling diet culture and creating peace around food even more important to Catie. Catie joined Paige to talk about pregnancy and postpartum body image. They discuss what the struggles are, why it's important to work on body image at any phase of parenthood (aka it's not too late wherever you are right now!), and some practical ideas to work toward more peace with your body. Links mentioned:

Catie's website: https://www.catielynchlcsw.com/
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173: Finding Your Authentic Voice in Challenging Diet Culture May 11, 2020

Cara Harbstreet is a Kansas City based Intuitive Eating Registered Dietitian and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert, author, and consultant. In 2016, Cara founded her private practice and began focusing on sports nutrition, intuitive eating, and applying the Health At Every Size model for clients in the Kansas City area. She is passionate about helping people rediscover joy in eating deeply nourishing meals without restriction or fear, and enjoys candid conversations about the food system, nutrition, and cooking. Cara is also an active volunteer in the dietetics field and has transitioned her business to a media and communications focus to help spread an anti-diet message to more diverse audiences. Find her on social media or learn more about her work at www.streetsmartnutrition.com. Cara joined Paige to talk about Cara's process in finding her authentic voice and how her experiences can inform our own process with healing our relationships with food and body. Links mentioned:

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172: Medical Nutrition Therapy & Intuitive Eating: How Nutrition Improves with Connection & Kindness Apr 27, 2020

Click here to support the podcast and receive 3 extra episodes per month! Kirsten Ackerman is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Registered Dietitian and proud anti-diet advocate. During the day, Kirsten works as a renal dietitian, helping patients with end stage renal disease navigate their eating while receiving life-saving treatments. Outside of her day job, Kirsten hosts the Intuitive Bites podcast, puts out phenomenal content on social media and is currently writing a book. Kirsten joined Paige to talk about a common question they both get as intuitive eating dietitians. Together, they explore the common sticking point of wondering if medical nutrition therapy and intuitive eating go together. In other words, they explore how intuitive eating and other non-diet frameworks enhance nutrition and health and are inherently pro-health interventions. Links mentioned:

Kirsten's website: https://www.theintuitiverd.com/
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171: Fat-Phobia in the Eating Disorder Treatment Community Apr 13, 2020

Shira Rosenbluth, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in New York City. She has a passion for helping people feel their best in their body at any size and specializes in the treatment of disordered eating, eating disorders, and body-image dissatisfaction using a weight-neutral approach. She’s also the author of TheShiraRose.com, a popular body positive style blog with inclusive sizing and you can find her on Instagram, @theshirarose. Links mentioned:

Shira's fashion blog: http://theshirarose.com/
Shira's professional website: https://www.shirarosenbluthlcsw.com/
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170: Navigating our New Normal—Adjusting to Social Distancing Apr 06, 2020

Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige and Shannon Ricks, LMFT discuss common themes that are coming up with their clients going adjusting to the pandemic and social distancing. Links mentioned:

Shannon's website: https://www.moderneve.org
@comamosjuntxs on Instagram
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169: Ditching Diets and Practicing Body Acceptance in the Latina Community Mar 31, 2020

Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige interviews Dalina Soto about her passion and commitment for increasing awareness of intuitive eating and weight inclusive philosophies. Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, is founder and bilingual registered dietitian at Nutritiously Yours, based in Philadelphia. Dalina received her bachelor’s in nutritional sciences from Penn State University and completed her master’s and dietetic internship at Immaculata University. Throughout her career, Dalina has worked in the community of Philadelphia as one of the only Spanish Speaking RDs helping clients ditch diets and eat healthy. Through instagram she has been able to expand and reach Latinas all over the world and has helped them ditch the diets and practice body acceptance. Links mentioned:

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Coronavirus Thoughts — What a Year this Week has Been Mar 23, 2020

Hi Friends! I'm coming to you again this week as a human (read: not an expert) with some thoughts about the coronavirus pandemic. Many of you reached out last week letting me know last week's check-in was helpful so I decided to record another episode.

In this episode, I talk about how #nuancematters in our current situation. I talk about some of the things I'm noticing as I've had more time adapting to this new normal. I share what's been working for me and answer I common question I've been getting from family and followers about carbs, cravings in quarantine. I explore how there's no right or wrong here, and how we can continue to nourish ourselves in a very challenging time.

At the end of the episode, I invite all of you to send in a short essay or mp3 clip of you explaining what the gift of time or boredom has been teaching you so far. Send the email to: hello@positive-nutrition.com

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168: The Role of Intention, Flexibility, & Self-Compassion in Gentle Nutrition Mar 16, 2020

Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige and Rachel Goodman discuss gentle nutrition. Links mentioned:

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We're in this Together — Mindset & Practical Ideas for Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic Mar 15, 2020

Hi Friends,

I want to use my platform for good. I wanted to provide some thoughts and resources during this time. In this episode, provide some mindset ideas as well as practical thoughts for navigating working from home while also homeschooling kids. I share some ideas I have for involving grandparents and community members in sharing the burden of making all of this work. I hope you enjoy this and I hope it's helpful. I'll continue to update regularly about how things are going on my Instagram feed. Feel free to follow me there.

Here's my initial schedule for homeschooling my kids (Kindergarten and second grade)

Some helpful resources:

Making Sense Podcast episodes answering questions about COVID-19: https://samharris.org/podcasts/190-respond-coronavirus/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/191-early-thoughts-pandemic/
Joe Rogan (I haven't listened to this personally, but many close to me have listened and enjoyed): http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/michael-osterholm

167: Intuitive Eating and Weight-Inclusive Care in Black Communities Mar 02, 2020

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In this episode, Paige interviews Ayana Habtemariam about her passion and commitment for increasing awareness of intuitive eating and weight inclusive philosophies in black communities.

166: Shame Spirals & Wounded Healers Feb 17, 2020

Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige and Linda go deeper into the concept of Enoughness as a follow up from episode 158. Linda Tucker is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Body Image Coach. She "helps people walk away from diet culture" while learning how to care for themselves using compassion and kindness rather than fear and/or shame. Linda uses insight from own disordered eating recovery, while also trying to manage her chronic illnesses, to create a space of curiosity, empathy, and radical acceptance. Links mentioned:

Linda's website: http://www.lindatuckercoaching.com/
Self Compassion Info: https://self-compassion.org/
Brene Brown Shame Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame?language=en
Episode 158: Exploring Enoughness in Eating and Beyond
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165: What One Doctor Wished Every Doctor Knew About their Patients with Eating Disorders Feb 03, 2020

Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige interviews Dr. Stefani Reinold about what she wished fellow physicians knew about their patients with eating disorders. Dr. Stefani Reinold is a board certified psychiatrist, eating disorders specialist and perinatal mental health expert. She is author of the book, Let Your Heart Out, creator of the HEART Method® and podcast host of the show, It's Not about the Food where she discusses all the reasons we struggle with food and our bodies because, as the title implies, "it's not about the food." As a long survivor of an eating disorder herself, she is passionate about helping women ditch dieting, heal emotionally, and reconnect with their real selves- the self that diet culture stole from them. Links mentioned:

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164: How the Binge-Restrict Pattern Shows Up in Other Areas of Life Jan 20, 2020

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In this episode, Paige interviews Dr. Jenn Hardy about how the diet-binge cycle can show up in areas of life beyond food and body. Links mentioned:

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163: Q&A—Peace with Food During the Holidays Dec 04, 2019

In this episode, Paige answers a few questions about food and the holidays. Here's an outline of the talking points for this episode:

When you've been told you need to lose weight but also need a healthy relationship with food
Resolutions and how they can be potentially dangerous
How to discuss IE with family to help alleviate meal pressure
When you feel like you had IE down and then went nuts on food on Thanksgiving

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162: What Every LDS Missionary Should Know About Food, Nutrition & Body Image Before Serving Nov 18, 2019

In this podcast episode, Emily Fonnesbeck joined Paige to discuss the topic of LDS missionaries and how they can cultivate and foster a healthy relationship with food and body before, during and after missionary service. In this episode, we discuss what it's like to be on a mission and how it can bring up food and body image struggled for the 18-21 year-olds who serve. We discuss the nutritional implications for these young people, and explore how missionaries and mission leadership can help the young missionaries stay mentally and physically well during their service. Here's an outline of the talking points for this episode:

Setting the stage so that everyone understands (no matter their background) what it’s like to be a missionary and why this can be a potentially tricky time for food and body image
Behaviors we (as dietitians in Utah) commonly see missionaries struggling with
What we wished mission leadership knew as far as how they can support their missionaries who might be struggling
What we wished missionaries knew about what to expect as far as weight and food on missions
How missionaries can tactfully say no to food pushers
The importance of self-compassion and boundaries in this context

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161: The Diet-Binge Cycle and How Isabel Foxen Duke Finally Stopped Fighting Food Nov 04, 2019

Isabel Foxen Duke shares her personal story of chronic dieting and how her quest for thinness ultimately led her to treatment for an addiction to cocaine. She shares her recovery story and how her struggles with food and body image went unnoticed for decades because her body wasn't "thin enough" to alert people in her life. She shares about how she recovered, moments of clarity she had, and insight into her healing process. She talks about the perils of the hunger and fullness diet and how she broke free from it. Isabel Foxen Duke is the Creator of Stop Fighting Food — a free video training program for women who want to "stop feeling crazy around food." After years of trying to overcome emotional eating, binge-eating and chronic weight-cycling through "traditional" and alternative approaches, Isabel discovered some radical new ways to get women over their "food issues" once and for all — not just by shifting the mindsets of individuals, but by challenging the dominant diet culture as a whole. A fixture and thought-leader in the greater body-positive movement, Isabel has been featured in the Huffington Post, Elle Magazine, XOJane, and has been praised by Ricki Lake. Her writing and free guide, How To Not Eat Cake, can be found at www.isabelfoxenduke.com and you can watch her free video training series at www.stopfightingfood.com. Links mentioned:

Isabel's website: isabelfoxenduke.com
Podcast episode where Isabel talks about her experiences in OA / 12-step program for food
Podcast episodes where Isabel talks about her "surrender moment" Don't Salt My Game and BodyLove Project Podcast
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Also... You can catch Isabel's FREE video training series at stopfightingfood.com and her group coaching program at master.stopfightingfood.com

160: Intentionally Diversifying Who you Learn From Online and In-Person Oct 21, 2019

Take a quick inventory of your social circles both in-person and online. If you see that everyone you spend time around is the same as you, registered dietitian Christyna Johnson is on a mission to shine a light on the importance of diversifying your learning circles. Intentionally finding people to follow or friends to make that are different from you in terms of philosophy, beliefs, background, race, history, socioeconomic status, and various other identities is an important part of cultivating our own growth. Christyna came on the podcast to share her perspective of why this is important and how to do this on a practical level. She also shares how making these efforts can yield a more positive and peaceful relationship with food. Christyna Johnson is a registered dietitian nutritionist based in Dallas, Texas. Her nutrition practice is rooted in intuitive eating and Health at Every Size ®. She is dedicated to nutrition justice and finding ways to bring food freedom to those facing food insecurity and living in food deserts. When she’s not fighting injustice, she enjoys getting lost in a new book, trying new restaurants, and diversifying outdoors. She is the voice behind the podcast Intuitive Eating for the Culture, and the blog Encouraging Dietitian. Links mentioned:

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159: The Similarities and Distinctions Between Addictions & Eating Disorders Oct 07, 2019

Amanda E. White is a licensed professional counselor and yoga teacher. She specializes in working with women with eating disorders, substance use disorders and trauma and specifically how they overlap and intersect. She is in recovery from a substance use disorder as well as eating disorder. She owns a private practice in Philadelphia, Therapy for Women. Amanda also leads yoga and mental health retreats, using the physical practice of yoga along with the power of group therapy to allow people to break free from patterns that are keeping them stuck. Amanda shares her personal story of struggling with both substance use disorder in addition to an eating disorder. She explains this intersection and explores the difficult road of recovery both from her personal perspective as well as her perspective as a therapist. She talks about the role that the desire for control played in her struggle with these disorders as well explains how to develop a more healthy relationship with our emotions. Amanda is a big believer in her experiences of pain have been the impetus for deeper purpose and have helped her find meaning in her life. Amanda talks about:

Food addiction theory and limitations
Her experience of finding healing in the intersection of eating disorders and substance use disorders
The role control played in her disorders
Emotional granularity
The role of emotion in our coping mechanisms
Finding Intuitive Eating
The wisdom of retrospect: how her painful experiences have brought meaning to her life

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Amanda's website: http://www.amandaewhite.com/
Nutrition Matters Podcast ep 94: Food Addiction Fact or Fiction?
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158: Exploring Enoughness in Eating and Beyond Sep 23, 2019

Intuitive Eating simplified and boiled down is essentially about getting enough. Enough food, enough satisfaction, enough enjoyment, etc. The concept of enoughness is critical to explore in order to move forward with healing your relationship with food. Linda Tucker joined Paige to explore this concept in how it relates to food, body image and beyond.

Linda Tucker is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Body Image Coach. She "helps people walk away from diet culture" while learning how to care for themselves using compassion and kindness rather than fear and/or shame. Linda uses insight from own disordered eating recovery, while also trying to manage her chronic illnesses, to create a space of curiosity, empathy, and radical acceptance.

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Minnesota Starvation Study
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157: Demystifying Gentle Nutrition & Its Role in Intuitive Eating Sep 09, 2019

The last principle of the Intuitive Eating book is "Honor your Health with Gentle Nutrition" and this podcast episode dives into this topic, exploring what it means, how to know you're ready, and what it looks like on a practical level.

Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, is a Columbia, SC-based nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Human Nutrition and a Bachelors of Art in Psychology from Clemson University. After completing her dietetics internship at Emory University, she worked as a clinical dietitian and, later, as the outpatient dietitian for a large medical center where she provided individual nutrition counseling and led multidisciplinary disease management programs. In 2014, Rachael opened her private practice, where she specializes in intuitive eating, eating disorders and disordered eating, women's health, and digestive disorders. She also runs the popular food and wellness blog The Joy of Eating. She is active in her field, currently serving as the public policy coordinator of her state dietetics association, and having previously served as the president of her local dietetics association and newsletter editor for the Nutrition Entrepreneurs dietetic practice group.

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Rachael's website: https://www.rachaelhartleynutrition.com/
Ellyn Satter's Hierarchy of Food Needs
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156: Fatness in Indian Culture Aug 26, 2019

In this episode, Kimmie Singh shares her experience of the intersection of fatness in Indian culture. She shares her experience of eating disorder recovery and going to school to become a registered dietitian while being a higher weight person. She shares particular critiques of eating disorder treatment that can be more culturally sensitive as well as sharing ways Indian culture might move toward compassion for folks in various sizes.

Kimmie Singh is a fat Registered Dietitian based in New York City. She completed her Master of Science in Nutrition at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Dietetic Internship from The City University of New York-Hunter College. Kimmie is an associate at LK Nutrition, a Health at Every Size private practice that supports clients who are trying to heal their relationship with food and body. She also presents and consults on weight stigma in dietetics and dietetics training. Kimmie is a believer in kindness, compassion, and the power of advocacy.

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155: "Is it My Fault?"—Tips and Resources for People who Love Someone Struggling with Food Aug 12, 2019

Nutrition Matters Podcast provides many resources and conversations exploring how people can heal from disordered eating and struggles with food. This episode goes in a different direction than the norm: Kathleen and Paige dive into providing tips and resources for those who love someone who is struggling with food. While there are many resources for those struggling, there aren't as many for those who support and love someone who struggle with food. This podcast episode does just that.

Kathleen and Paige discuss what it's like to be a support person: wrestling with feelings of guilt, not being sure what to say, not knowing how to help, and not really knowing what the balance is with being involved but caring for yourself in the meantime.

Kathleen Meehan is Houston-based dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor with a virtual private practice. She specializes in Intuitive Eating and a weight-inclusive approach to help clients develop skills to trust their internal cues and wisdom. Kathleen partners with clients to help them rediscover the pleasure and satisfaction of food, while exploring body image concerns and unhelpful beliefs about food and eating. Outside of counseling, Kathleen enjoys a good book, spending time in the outdoors (especially in Vermont!) and exploring new restaurants with friends and family.

Links mentioned:

Kathleen's website: https://www.kathleenmeehanrd.com/
National Eating Disorders Association: resources for caregivers
Mindfulness and Intuitive Eating Fall groups
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154: Navigating a Vegan Lifestyle while Embracing Intuitive Eating Jul 29, 2019

Are Intuitive Eating and Veganism mutually exclusive philosophies?

Taylor Wolfram, RDN and Paige wrestle with this question in this podcast episode. As a dietitian passionate about body autonomy and promoting a peaceful relationship with food who also happens to eat in a way that aligns with her values with animals, Taylor occupies this niche within the intuitive eating community. She has found the balance between these ideas and shares her insight into navigating the nuance involved.

In this episode we explore:

Issues with how IE community handles veganism
Issues with how the vegan community handles IE and HAES
How can these seemingly opposing philosophies can coexist

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Taylor's website: https://www.taylorwolfram.com/
Taylor's Intuitive Eating Freebie
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153: Hitting Diet Rock Bottom Jul 15, 2019

We're all familiar with what the term 'rock bottom' means—but, what does that look like with food and body image?

Jennifer McGurk, RDN, CDN, CDE, CEDRD-S joins Paige on the podcast to explore rock bottom with diets and body image concerns and provides practical tips for working through it and moving toward a more healthy, positive and sustainable approach to food. If you've ever wondered how to handle the day after a binge or what to do about the scale, or what it really means to "put weight loss on the back burner" this podcast is for you.

Links mentioned:

Jennifer McGurk's website: https://eatwithknowledge.com/
Jennifer's program for dietitians: https://pursuingprivatepractice.com/
Meredith Noble's blog post about grief
Navigating Burnout as a Registered Dietitian webinar - worth 1.0 CEU
The Positive Nutrition® Approach to Meal Planning webinar
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152: What Does it Look Like When Things are Going Well with Nutrition and Body Image? Jun 24, 2019

This podcast outlines ways to identify when things are going well with your relationship with food. It's understandable that we spend significant amounts of time talking about where things go wrong and what to do about it, but I think it's also useful to look at food, nutrition, and body image from the perspective of what's going right. In other words, how can we see progress? What are the skills, habits, and behaviors of those who are in a positive, happy place with food?

I dove into this topic and expanded on common sticking points for clients. In the second part of the episode, Paige answers listener questions. One of them was: how do I know if I'm ready for the gentle nutrition part of Intuitive Eating? Paige provides specific advice for exploring this question individually because there's truly no one answer to this. Links mentioned:

June's webinar: The Positive Nutrition® Approach to Meal Planning
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151: The Distinction Between Mindfulness and Intuitive Eating Jun 10, 2019

This week on the podcast, I'm sharing an episode where I was a guest discussing mindfulness, intuitive eating, self-compassion and more: some of my all-time favorite concepts! We discuss how mindfulness fits into intuitive eating and vice versa. If you've ever wondered what "mindful eating" actually means, this one is for you!

Links mentioned:

Rachel Goodman's new podcast: The Kosher Intuitive Eater
June's webinar: The Positive Nutrition® Approach to Meal Planning
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150: A Simple, Straightforward Way to Decide What To Eat May 27, 2019

"Okay this is all great, but what should I eat?!"

If I had a nickel for every time I've been asked this question, I'd a rich woman! While it's totally understandable to want answers to this question, it's actually much more difficult to answer than most people think. What a person eats is highly dependent on many factors: accessibility of food, socioeconomic status, hunger levels, social gatherings, cultural factors, and more. You can see how difficult it is as a registered dietitian to answer this seemingly simple question. People understandably want answers about nutrition.

But, since deciding what to eat is more nuanced than most people give it credit for, I've decided to break down the process of deciding what to eat with a simple metaphor you can implement and explore today. Join me for a podcast exploring a simple way to help you decide what to eat.

Links mentioned:

Get to know your non-diet resources via this blog post
If Diets Had Warning Labels news interview
June's webinar: The Positive Nutrition® Approach to Meal Planning
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149: How Connecting to our Instinct to Eat can Help us Make Peace with Food May 13, 2019

As a journalist, Virginia Sole-Smith tells stories of women. With her new book, The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America, Virginia explores how we can find the power to reconnect to our bodies and our own innate understanding of how to eat in a culture that’s constantly giving women so many mixed messages about both those things.

In this episode, Virginia shares about how she began her career giving diet advice in teen and women’s magazines and experiencing cognitive dissonance as she navigated her own body image struggles. Virginia shares how her daughter suddenly stopped eating as a newborn and how this affected her as a mother. She explores how seeing her daughter struggle with food helped Virginia challenge the dominate narrative that demonizes food. The Eating Instinct tells the stories of women, men, and children, all learning how to eat again, on their own terms and shares more about how her daughter finally reconnected to her eating instinct.

Links mentioned:

Virginia's book: The Eating Instinct
Virginia's website: https://virginiasolesmith.com/
May's Positive Nutrition webinar is for registered dietitians: ACT Mindfully: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Dietetics Practice and will be worth 1.5 CEUs - May 21, 2019 at 10am MST
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148: Practical Tips for Cooking for One Apr 29, 2019

Cooking for one can be difficult to navigate for many reasons. It's easy to get into the mindset that it's not worth it to cook for one. All the diet rules swimming around in your brain can make cooking more difficult than it needs to be. It's also easy to struggle with taking on the entire task of planning, shopping, preparing, eating and cleaning up alone. Although there are significant struggles and barriers to cooking for one, it's possible! On the podcast, I interviewed Rebecca Clyde, MS, RDN who is passionate about helping people find a groove with cooking for one. We discuss ways to develop an approach to cooking for one that's sustainable, realistic and feels fun and positive in your life. In this episode we discuss:

Why cooking for one can be hard
How decision fatigue can play a role in struggling to cook for yourself
Practical steps you can take to find your groove with self-care with food
How to avoid burnout

Links mentioned:

Nourish Nutrition Blog
Table for One Facebook Community
Follow Rebecca on Instagram
Pantry Essentials Checklist
Message Rebecca to get interviewed for my "I Eat Alone" series
May's Positive Nutrition webinar is for registered dietitians: ACT Mindfully: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Dietetics Practice and will be worth 1.5 CEUs - May 21, 2019 at 10am MST
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Mindful Eating Workshop online course
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147: Q&A—Comparison, Diet Culture Messaging, Bingeing vs. Restricting and More Apr 15, 2019

In this episode, I go through listener questions about intuitive eating, making peace with food and how to navigate diet culture. Here are some more specific questions I dive into in this podcast episode:

How can I ease the anxiety of rest and eating recovery amounts compared to others?
What is your story of getting into nutrition and dietetics?
How do you handle it when your kids are exposed to diet culture messages?
Is breakfast okay to skip?
Bingers versus restricters: are there differences in how you help those two types?
What are your thoughts about someone who is recovering and going into dietetics?
I am getting tripped up with IE when it comes to feeling sick when I eat certain foods.

Links mentioned:

Body Image Resilience group starts April 23!
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146: Demystifying Gut Health & the Microbiome Apr 01, 2019

In this episode, I speak with Jessie Hoffman, PhD about her experience as a nutrition researcher and gut health expert. We discuss her dissertation studies on the gut microbiome and environmental pollutants and specifically take a deep dive into how her views of nutrition and science in general shifted as she continued through her schooling. She breaks down some of the most interesting aspects of the science of gut health and explains why media literacy is more critical in today's world than ever. Jessie explains what all the hype about gut health is all about and helps separate differentiate between what we know about the gut and what we still are looking for in the research. She outlines some of her best tips for promoting gut health and explains why there's more to it than food and eating. Here are some more specific topics we dive into in this podcast episode:

probiotics: good, bad, or somewhere in the middle?
prebiotics: necessary or just a hype?
the gut-brain axis
how to promote gut health
when elimination diets are not the answer to gut woes
why farting is normal (haha)

Links mentioned:

Follow Jessie on Instagram
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Mindful Eating Workshop online course
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145: Bodies & Modesty in Mormonism: the Complexities of a Religious Culture & Body Image Mar 18, 2019

Lexie and Lindsay Kite, PhD of Beauty Redefined® joined Paige on the podcast to talk about a topic that they've been outspoken about since the inception of their non-profit: modesty and Mormon culture (also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). All three of us get this question a lot: does Utah have a particularly higher rate of eating and/or body image issues than the rest of the US? We explore this question and more together in this episode. It's a nerve wracking topic to explore (in fact, Lexie had hives all throughout the recording process) but we did our best to do this complicated and important topic justice and look at all sides of the coin. Lindsay and Lexie have a nuanced way of viewing modesty rhetoric which has benefits for women and girls as well as men and boys. Since religion and culture are often intertwined, we discussed the experience of body image through the lens of a faith tradition that's prominent in the Intermountain West and throughout the world in an effort to explore a topic that has even wider cultural implications for folks in any religious or cultural community. Links mentioned:

Lexie and Lindsay's website: https://beautyredefined.org/
Buy tickets for the Body of Evidence workshop on April 4, 2019
Beauty Redefined's body image curriculum for church groups
Mindful Eating Workshop online course
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144: Writing to Get Free & Unlearning to Heal Mar 04, 2019

Melissa Toler is a speaker, writer, and educator. Her work encourages people to make the connection between our culture's oppressive beauty standards and our personal struggle with self-acceptance. She has written extensively on diet culture and the toll it takes on our lives and humanity. Her goal is to help people unlearn harmful messages and behaviors from years of chronic dieting. Melissa also has a background as a pharmacist and certified wellness coach. Melissa came on the podcast to talk about how writing has set her free. She talks about her writing practice and how it's been critical in her ability to hear her inner voice. She gives practical, down-to-earth advice for how anyone can add in a writing practice into their lives and how it can enhance your process with healing your relationship with food and body. Links mentioned:

Melissa's website: https://www.melissatoler.com/
Mindful Eating Workshop online course
This month's webinar: The Art & Science of Nutrition Therapy: Incorporating Intuitive Eating and Body Positivity into Practice for 1.0 CEU for RDNs on March 12 at 10am MST
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143: The Paradox of Permission with Intuitive Eating Feb 18, 2019

Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD is the co-author of the book: Intuitive Eating. Evelyn is an award-winning registered dietitian, with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California. She has written nine books including the bestsellers Healthy Homestyle Cooking and Intuitive Eating (co-author). Her newest book is the Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food. Evelyn was the nutrition expert for Good Morning America, appearing from 1994-’95 and was a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association for 6 years. She was contributing editor for Shape magazine where her monthly column, Recipe Makeovers, appeared for 11 years. She is often sought by the media for her nutritional expertise and has appeared on hundreds of interviews, including: CNN, Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, USA Today, Wall St. Journal and People magazine. In this episode, we discuss how she got interested in nutrition and how she and Elyse Resch (co-author or Intuitive Eating) have evolved since they originally wrote the book in 1995. Evelyn shares her process and growth and talks about how she isn't ashamed of changing, growing and evolving through the years. She sets the record straight about many of the misconceptions of Intuitive Eating and talks about some of her favorite anecdotes about why this process brings peace and goodness into people's lives. Links mentioned:

Evelyn Tribole's books: Intuitive Eating and The Intuitive Eating Workbook
Webinar: Intuitive Eating: What it is and why it works on February 19 at 10am MST
Body Image Resilience Group starting February 26 in SLC, UT
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142: What Marie Kondo Can Teach Us About Food Feb 04, 2019

Marie Kondo's approach to tidying up is taking the world by storm. Her new Netflix special has shot her into the spotlight and has gotten people discussing joy and tidiness on all sides of the spectrum. But what can her approach to tidying up and sparking joy teach us about food and our bodies? I'll tell you what I think in this podcast episode. And, I'll share about why I think tidiness is great, but why messiness is where the magic happens. Links mentioned:

Marie Kondo's New York Times opinion piece: How to Choose Happiness
Podcast about Being Messy
Body Image Resilience Group starting February 26 in SLC, UT
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Positive Nutrition for Life: Heal Your Relationship with Food online course
Positive Nutrition 101: The Science of Nutrition without the Gimmicks online course
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141: When Intuitive Eating Is Your Native Language Jan 21, 2019

Diana K. Rice, RD, LD, is known as The Baby Steps Dietitian and is the founder of Diana K. Rice Nutrition, LLC, where she works with families to eat well and reduce the stress surrounding their food choices. She specializes in pre- and postnatal nutrition as well as feeding young children and is a strong advocate for cooking with kids, family meals, and body positivity. Diana joined me on the podcast to discuss the idea of what it's like to have Intuitive Eating as your native language. We're all born natural intuitive eaters, but growing and developing, many of us lose the natural ability to honor and connect to our bodies. In this episode, we're flipping the script on the typical personal story shared on this podcast. Many stories highlighted previously have shed light on what it's like to struggle with food and how to extricate yourself from difficult food and body image struggles. In this episode, we're talking about what can go right (even when things aren't exactly perfect) when a person is able to preserve their innate ability to be an intuitive eater. Links mentioned:

Diana's website: https://dianakrice.com/
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140: The Magical Power of Saying No Jan 07, 2019

I've missed all of you while I took a two month break from podcasting!! Happy New Year and welcome to 2019. This podcast episode is all about what I've been up to over the last two months including an experience I had where I said no to a HUGE career opportunity. The no was actually the best thing I could have ever done and I tell you why in this episode. Links mentioned:

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139: Your Holiday Food & Body Image Survival Guide Oct 31, 2018

Molly Bahr, LMHC is a licensed mental health counselor currently stationed for a year in Haiti. She has a private practice primarily focused on individual therapy for eating disorders, disordered eating, anxiety, depression, and trauma working from a Health At Every Size lens. In addition to the private practice, she also worked at a clinic specializing in care for transgender individuals in Honolulu, Hawaii over the last 3 years. Prior to that she worked on an inpatient eating disorder unit and an IOP program for substance use disorders in New Orleans, LA. Molly utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR modalities for treatment. As a Coast Guard wife, she looks forward to seeing where the sails will take them next. In this episode, we discuss the common struggles and concerns during the holiday season with food, body image, social stress, and more. We discuss these ideas in depth:

Diet talk: constant chatter about calories, being “bad” for eating, losing weight, the diet they’re going to go on in January, etc.
All or nothing thinking: we see this all times of year but it seems to be especially bad during the holiday season where people are promising themselves that they’ll restrict again in the new year.
Feeling worried about family gatherings and judgement or not understanding your choices around food/eating/body image: this one is HUGE for clients. Molly provides some practical advice about how to navigate these tough social situations this time of year.
Mixed messages about yummy, enjoyable food experience while everyone sits around and talks about how “bad” they’re being for eating those foods.
If this is a hard time of year because you’ve experienced loss, or you’re struggling in other ways:
Skills for navigating the holiday season. Molly provides ideas and skills to practice before holiday events, during stressful times and then after difficult situations.

Just a reminder! I am taking a two-month break from podcasting during the months of November and December of 2018. Enjoy the rest of this year, everyone, and keep in touch with me via Instagram or Facebook!

Links mentioned:

Learn more about Molly at https://www.mollybahrcounseling.com/
Positive Nutrition 101 online course.
Leave a review for the podcast here.
Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB.
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138: Sports Nutrition & How Athletes Can Work with their Bodies Oct 24, 2018

Fiona Sutherland is Director of The Mindful Dietitian & Body Positive Australia and has been practicing for 15 years primarily in the areas of eating behavior, eating disorders, body image, sports nutrition & education/training. She has been integrating the Non Diet Approach into Dietetic practice for over 12 years, and is passionate about supporting Health Professionals to develop skills in understanding more about the complexities of client presentations, and how we can focus on wellbeing. As an Eating Disorders specialist, Fiona has a particular interest in binge eating and finding evidence-based, compassionate ways of working with people in diverse bodies. Fiona is also a Sports Dietitian, working with emerging professional dancers at The Australian Ballet School and host of The Mindful Dietitian Podcast. Fiona is a dedicated mindfulness practitioner and Yoga Teacher, bringing a particular emphasis on mindful eating and the intersection of food environment, eating psychology and body image into her work and training. She has trained in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), MSC (Mindful Self Compassion) and MB-EAT (Mindfulness Based Eating Awareness Training). Fiona is guest lecturer within Deakin University Dietetics course within the areas of eating behavior, Body Image, counseling skills and the Non Diet Approach. In this episode, Fi discusses her career path and how she landed in the sports nutrition realm. She discusses the female athlete triad, bone health and the pressures athletes experience around performance and body. She shares some advice for coaches in supporting athletes' best interests and shares how all of us can support athletes in working with their bodies, rather than against their bodies. Links mentioned:

Fiona's website: http://www.themindfuldietitian.com.au/
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137: Happiness isn't a Size: An Interview with Jes Baker, Author of Landwhale Oct 17, 2018

Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She is internationally known for preaching the importance of body liberation, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language.

Jes burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types—a move that landed her on the Today Show and garnered a loyal following for her raw, honest, and attitude-filled blog missives.

When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world, working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties.

In this podcast episode, we talk about how Jes found body positivity and her career trajectory. We spent a good amount of time talking about her recent book, Landwhale. We talk about what it's like to write a book about all the most intimate and vulnerable details of your life and Jes talks about why she believes you should look at old pictures of yourself. We ended the conversation talking about what the world and the body positivity community would look like if she could wave a magic wand and change things.

Jes is a true force to be reckoned with and pure joy to interview. Enjoy!

Links mentioned:

Learn more about Jes at TheMilitantBaker.com.
Jes's blog post about self-portraits and why it's important to love your body now.
Jes's famous Abercrombie & Fitch advertisement recreation photo shoot.
Join the Mindfulness and Intuitive Eating Group starting up on November 6.
Positive Nutrition 101 online course.
Leave a review for the podcast here.
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136: Exploring Privilege and Why it Matters in Health & Nutrition Oct 10, 2018

Nicole McDermid is a Social Worker, Counsellor (Australian spelling) and an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, with over ten years experience working in the mental health field. Not only does Nicole practice in the clinical sphere, she is also a speaker and a fat activist with a strong sense of social justice. She writes prolifically on issues such as weight stigma, size acceptance and eating disorder recovery across a number of different social media channels.

In all facets of her work, Nicole practices from, and is informed by a Health at Every Size and Non-Diet framework. She also has a lived experience of an eating disorder, whilst living in a larger body and believes that we simply do not see enough representation of ALL people, in ALL bodies across the current eating disorder recovery narrative. Nicole is a visionary as both a clinician and an activist in the Eating Disorder sphere, drawing on both her professional expertise and lived experience to inform her practice.

Nicole has had the recent honor of presenting at the Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders in Melbourne, Australia on the issue of Weight Stigma in Eating Disorder treatment. This has been the pinnacle of Nicole’s career thus far, and she hopes that this is the start of significant systemic shifts across this space. We discuss her experiences of speaking her truth in this setting and the effect it's had on her morale and strength in continuing forward to spread awareness and solutions for

Nicole came on the podcast to discuss privilege and why it matters when we're talking about health, nutrition, social justice and more. We talk about trends on social media and ideas for how each of us can explore our own privilege and how to move forward with awareness and our eyes wide open. Links mentioned:

Nicole's website: https://www.theeatingdisordercenter.com/nicole-mcdermid-eating-disorder-recovery-coach.html
Follow Nicole on Instagram
Join the waitlist for the 2019 Salt Lake City Body Image Resilience Group
Positive Nutrition 101 online course
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135: What is Intuitive Eating? [Part II] Oct 03, 2018

I'm stepping outside the box again on this podcast episode and bringing you another solo recording. Before I recorded last week's episode, I asked my Instagram followers what their questions were about intuitive eating. I got so many questions that I had to record a separate podcast to answer their questions. Here are some of the questions about intuitive eating that this podcast explores:

What to do if you're bingeing even though you're working on intuitive eating
Tips for teaching teens intuitive eating
How to shift from weight loss as your focus to wellbeing
How to navigate IE with type I diabetes
Where to begin when you're scared about trying this out
Setpoint theory
Raising IE kids
What to do if you are told by a doctor to restrict certain foods or nutrients
How to politely shut down diet talk
How to get past guilt about cravings
How to introduce the concept of IE to newbies
What to do if you don't have hunger cues
How to get other people out of your head who have told you your worth is dependent on the way you look
Why this is SO HARD
Tips for mindfulness during the "free for all phase"

Links mentioned:

Buy the Intuitive Eating book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Join the waitlist for the 2019 Salt Lake City Body Image Resilience Group
10 days of Intuitive Eating Series on Instagram
Check out the Positive Nutrition blog for more about intuitive eating
Positive Nutrition 101 online course
Leave a review for the podcast here.
Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB.
Donate to the podcast here.

134: What is Intuitive Eating? Sep 26, 2018

I'm stepping outside the box on this podcast episode and bringing you a solo recording. This episode is full of the main things you need to know about intuitive eating. If you've been exposed to the idea of intuitive eating, but you are feeling unsure about what it actually is or how it actually works, this episode is for you! If you yourself understand intuitive eating, but someone in your life doesn't, consider sharing this episode with that person! Intuitive Eating is way more than eat what you're craving—there are powerful principles of IE that can enhance your wellbeing whether you're someone who has chronically dieted in you life, if you have a tumultuous relationship with food, or if you feel you've been a victim of diet culture in any way. Listen in to get a good foundational understanding of the principles of IE. Links mentioned:

Buy the Intuitive Eating book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Join the waitlist for the 2019 Salt Lake City Body Image Resilience Group
10 days of Intuitive Eating Series on Instagram
Check out the Positive Nutrition blog for more about intuitive eating
Positive Nutrition 101 online course
Leave a review for the podcast here.
Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB.
Donate to the podcast here.

133: Exploring a Path to True Health & Happiness Sep 18, 2018

Monica Mo, PhD is a brand and media strategist and business coach for health professionals. She shares her process of being involved in the scientific world with models and studies and how she evolved into her professional and personal approach to health. We talk specifically about the power of humanity in the work we do as health professionals. In this episode, Monica shares about her top three values she boils down her health and happiness to. We explore those values, what they mean to her, and why they are health and happiness promoting for her. We talk about how important our feelings are in driving our choices and our self-care and Monica shares her personal story of getting into this space of working with health professionals and why she's passionate about the work she does. We spend the last 15 minutes of this conversation covering nutrition and non-diet messaging and discuss how to convey our messages with more clarity and grace. Links mentioned:

Monica's website: https://wellseek.io/
Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!!
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132: We Are All Born to Eat Sep 12, 2018

Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN came on the podcast to talk about her book Born to Eat. We talk about Leslie's guiding philosophy that each of us is truly born to eat. We talk about her unique approach to feeding infants that ultimately helps families find a pattern and rythmn with food and eating that promotes body positivity and food peace from the beginning. In this podcast, we talk about Baby-Led Weaning and self-feeding. We talk about fears and concerns parents have when introducing solids to their infant. We explore the common fear of judgment parents feel when navigating all the complexities of feeding and caring for their child and explore some common mistakes new parents make with feeding their kids. Leslie's guiding belief with food is that we are all Born to Eat and shares her powerful approach to infant feeding in this podcast episode. Links mentioned:

Leslie Schilling and Wendy Jo Peterson's book: Born to Eat
Leslie's practice website: https://www.leslieschilling.com/
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131: What It Means to Nourish Yourself Inside & Out Sep 05, 2018

Heidi Schauster, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S just came out with a new book called Nourish: how to heal your relationship with food, body and self and she came on the podcast to talk about the question so many people have: how do I nourish myself? We talk about perfectionism, eating disorder recovery and why we both love the word nourish when talking about nutrition and health. We both believe language matters as we explore our relationships with our bodies and food. We also dive deep into the common questions we both get about troubleshooting intuitive eating. We talk about why structure isn't necessarily wrong or bad with trying to let go on the dieting mentality. I also wanted to remind you about my brand new project: an online course called Positive Nutrition 101—the art & science of nutrition without the gimmicks! I am so excited to bring you this brand new online course, complete with 12 lessons covering topics from why diets don't work, metabolism, macro and micronutrients, gut health, exercise, grocery shopping, meal planning, normal eating, mindfulness and more. The entire course is HAES-aligned and evidence-based and is intended to be a resource for those who are ready to engage in the gentle nutrition part of the intuitive eating paradigm. I am thrilled to offer this unique course diving into the science of nutrition without the typical gimmicks. Links mentioned:

Heidi's new book: Nourish
Heidi's practice website: https://www.anourishingword.com/
Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!!
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130: Why #nuancematters in Conversations about Gut Health & Nutrition Science Aug 29, 2018

Jessie Hoffman, PhD (c) came on the podcast to talk about why nuance matters when it comes to nutrition, health and science. Jessie is an expert in gut health, so we take some time in this episode to debunk some common myths about gut health since it's all the rage right now. In this episode, she shares her personal story of suffering from an eating disorder. She shares why she initially went into the field of nutrition, but how she found a more balanced and ultimately health-promoting approach to nutrition through time, training and experience. She talks about how she has done her deep dive into the world of nutrition research, she has developed more of a critical mindset and nuanced perspective about food and nutrition. We talk about how powerful stepping away from binary thinking is in developing a healthy, positive relationship with food.We talk about why it's fine to care about nutrition and the science of it, but it can be taken too far. We talk about how to navigate balancing Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating and nutrition science. We promise, there's a way to marry all these concepts! We also are releasing our brand new collaboration: an online course called Positive Nutrition 101—the art & science of nutrition without the gimmicks! We are so excited to bring you this brand new online course, complete with 12 lessons covering topics from why diets don't work, metabolism, macro and micronutrients, gut health, exercise, grocery shopping, meal planning, normal eating, mindfulness and more. The entire course is HAES-aligned and evidence-based and is intended to be a resource for those who are ready to engage in the gentle nutrition part of the intuitive eating paradigm. We are thrilled to offer this unique course diving into the science of nutrition without the typical gimmicks. Links mentioned:

Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!! Purchase for $50 off through September 3 by using code: nutritionmatters at checkout
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Episode 81: Gut Health & Elimination Diets with Marci Evans
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129: When It's About the Food and It's Not About the Food Aug 22, 2018

In this episode, Laura Thomas, PhD explores the concepts of weight stigma and weight bias in detail, and discuss how sometimes it's about the food but it's not about the food. Laura shares about the importance of not being complacent about how we communicate the science of weight and nutrition. We talk about the frequently-cited statistic that 95% of diets fail, and explore the nuance of the evidence. She gives an inside look into the research world including research bias and observation bias and gives some tips for critically consuming the science and the media around nutrition, weight and health. Laura also shares about her new book coming out in January (in the UK only) called Just Eat It so be sure to follow her on social media to hear about the release of the book near you! Links mentioned:

Laura's website: http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/
Laura's podcast: Don't Salt My Game
British Medical Journal: Challenging Assumptions in Obesity Research (with the podcast Laura mentioned as well)
World Health Organization report about weight bias
Episode 113: Exploring Weight Stigma
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128: Beyond Halal—Understanding Muslim Practices and Eating Patterns Aug 15, 2018

Rahaf Al Bochi is a registered dietitian and owner of Olive Tree Nutrition LLC. She specializes in diabetes prevention and management and intuitive eating. She also has a special interest in the Mediterranean eating pattern and shares about her experience as a registered dietitian and Muslim. In this episode, Rahaf gives insight into Muslim practices around food, culture and beliefs. She explains what the term halal means in terms of food and more broadly. She also talks about Ramadan and the cultural and religious meaning behind the altered food pattern during this time. We also discuss the implications of Ramadan on those with special eating concerns such as diabetes or eating disorders. Links mentioned:

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127: Tips for Shifting from Rigid Meal Plans to Flexibility with Food Aug 08, 2018

Devrie Pettit, MS, RD is a registered dietitian who has gone through an interesting professional journey from selling meal plans online to supporting a message focused on Intuitive Eating, HAES, and restriction recovery. She and her best friend started an online business a few years ago selling meal plans where they did their best to promote flexibility within their programs. Soon they realized that people who were participating in their programs were rigidly obsessed with the meal plan and not taking the ideas as a framework and guidelines rather than rules and Devrie started to feel like she wanted to make a change with her offerings and focus. She eventually re-branded her business to be more in alignment with her personal philosophy around food and discovered the weight-neutral approach. She still has a soft spot for those who are wrestling with these concepts, and she came on the podcast to talk about her best tips for embracing flexibility with food. In this podcast, we discuss food plans: the good, the bad and the ugly. We talk about how to detect diets in all their sneaky forms and we talk about strategies for incorporating flexibility into your life with food. We discuss why food plans in all the forms can be so seductive and alluring and provide some ideas for moving forward without rigidity. Links mentioned:

Devrie's website: https://www.happilyfed.life/
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126: The Intersection Between Addiction and Nutrition Aug 01, 2018

Nutrition during addiction recovery is an often very misunderstood and mischaracterized element of healing. Healing from addiction requires a multi-faceted approach and nutrition can play an important role. However, it's not the end-all-be-all of wellbeing. In this podcast episode, Tessa Acker, MPH, RD and I talk about our work in the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) world where we both engage in nutrition groups for those in recovery. We talk about why this intersection is so tricky and how the structure of recovery is helpful in so many ways but can often be extremely challenging when navigating food. Tessa Acker is a registered dietitian with a Master's in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, where she focused on underserved and disadvantaged populations. She pursued this field with the belief that nutrition is the foundation for a healthy life and wanted to help others obtain, learn about, and enjoy healthy foods. She began her career working on international nutrition issues with the United Nations and Clinton Foundation in Peru and Malawi, but has since returned to the United States to work with her brother, Ian Acker, at Fit To Recover (FTR). FTR is a community center and gym for people in recovery from SUDs. Tessa is the founder and lead dietitian of the nutrition pillar, Food to Recover, where she aims to help people in recovery see the role nutrition can play during recovery and in their everyday lives, develop and maintain a healthy relationship with food, and gain skills and knowledge to feel confident making their own food and nutrition choices. Tessa is also a certified yoga teacher and enjoys all of the adventures that Utah has to offer. Links mentioned:

Fit To Recover website: https://www.fit2recover.org/
Listen to episode 94: Food Addiction—Fact of Fiction
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125: Resilience Through Loss Jul 25, 2018

Laura Iu is a registered dietitian, intuitive eating coach and yoga teacher who is passionate about helping people heal their relationships with food and body. She lives and works in New York City and helps people heal themselves through food and joyful movement. Laura founded Nourish New York, where she offers private yoga and intuitive eating coaching. In this episode, Laura shares her experience of losing both of her parents early in her childhood. She talks about how the experience of loss affected her own relationship with food and how it affects the way she practices and helps others find a peaceful relationship with food. She talks about what resilience means for her and talks about how she's processing the loss she's experienced now in her adult years. If you've suffered loss of any kind, you'll love hearing about how you can take the things you've learned in your process of healing and use that strength toward your relationship with food, or vice versa. Links mentioned:

Laura's website: https://lauraiu.com/
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124: Performative Health vs. Embodied Wellbeing Jul 18, 2018

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

Lilia's coaching website: https://www.fiercelyembodied.com/
Mindful Eating Mexico website: https://mindfuleatingmexico.com/
Niva Piran's Amazon page.
If you're interested in accessing Niva Piran's papers, feel free to email Lily at lgraue@gmail.com.
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123: Answering Common Questions about Being a Health at Every Size Private Practice Dietitian Jul 11, 2018

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in private practice? Have you wondered about how it works to be an entrepreneur who is offering a counter-cultural approach to food and nutrition? Jessi Haggerty, RD is a fellow dietitian in private practice who also has a podcast, and joined me on the podcast to answer the most common questions we get about our work. We go through the following questions and more:

How we got started
What we were most afraid of when we started
How we finally made the leap of faith
What happened when we started to take our businesses seriously and started making commitments
Our process of how to organize your business
What to consider when getting started with private practice
How to network and get referrals
How to decide about insurance
Why we both started enforcing our policies (especially cancelation policies) and why it's hard to do it sometimes
How to keep yourself accountable to finish tasks and stay on schedule with due dates
Attracting clients with a HAES and non-diet approach
Getting over the fear and taking the plunge
How to deal with impostor syndrome
Whether or not it's true that you should get clinical experience before opening a private practice
How to navigate branding and marketing
EHR (electronic health records) versus paper charting
Whether or not we get sick of talking about food and body image all the time

Links mentioned:

Jessi's website and podcast
A Dietitian's Guide to Starting a Private Practice
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122: Let Freedom Ring—Body Liberation & Emotional Freedom Jul 04, 2018

On this day of Independence—at least for the United States listeners—I'm sharing a podcast episode all about liberation and freedom as it relates to food, dieting and bodies. Dr. Joy Cox is a social justice advocate, using her skill set in research and leadership to foster social change through the promotion of diversity and inclusion. Her research in Communication focuses on matters of intersectionality addressing race, body size, accessibility, and "health." She is the creator and host of Fresh Out the Cocoon, a podcast centered on the lived experiences of fat Black women and femmes, and in teaching she inspires students to find their voice and confidently share ideas, making learning fun, relatable and empowering. Dr. Cox came on Nutrition Matters to talk about her dissertation and research in fat positive activism and communities and related the most important findings from her research. She gave a great synopsis of the body positive and fat positive movement and explains what communities can do to be more supportive, inclusive and helpful in aiding social justice progress. She also shared her personal story of body liberation and talks specifically about the physical things she's done to heal and to free herself as well as the emotional and mental side of healing and liberation. She shared practical examples that will resonate with anyone who's ever struggled with accepting their body. Links mentioned:

Dr. Joy Cox's website: https://freshoutthecocoon.com/
Fresh Out of the Cocoon Podcast
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121: What it's Like to Feel You Don't Fit In with the Non-Diet Message Jun 27, 2018

Have you ever felt like you don't fit in with the non-diet message? Have you ever scratched your head about a post you saw on social media from someone who represents the intuitive eating approach, Health at Every Size, or anything else along those lines? Have you ever wondered if there's a place for you in the non-diet movement? The short answer is yes. But, listen to the entire discussion, because we explore a very real feeling of not fitting in going on in the non-diet world. You're welcome here. Listen in as I talk with Sarah Pannell, LMFT about her experience of wondering whether the non-diet community would welcome her. Sarah spent many months down a rabbit hole of trying to cure her chronic illness with food. Eventually, she chose to stop trying trying to cure her chronic illness with food and accept my body as it is, and she learned to care for it by cueing into her intuition (being mindful in planning, not relying on hunger/fullness cues in the same way, etc). Her experience of learning how to care for her body gives her empathy for others for who may not be able to have an "all foods fit" approach to food, including those with food allergies. We talk about how we're all in our own process with exploring the non-diet approach to nutrition and health and how this conversation is still relatively new and young. We talk about the language of invitation and the fact that the non-diet community really does need more stories and more exploration of how rejecting dieting looks for people from all walks of life. Otherwise, we're vulnerable to becoming just another iteration of a laundry list of rules and exclusivity. We talk about the nuance we need moving forward to be as inclusive and welcoming as possible. Links mentioned:

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120: Practicing Mindful Eating & Self-Compassion with Diabetes Jun 20, 2018

Can mindfulness and mindful eating work with a diabetes diagnosis? Is the compassionate approach to health—Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating paradigms—in alignment with diabetes management and treatment? Megrette Fletcher, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, joined me on the podcast to discuss this very important intersection between mindful eating and diabetes. We talk about mindfulness-based nutrition therapy can improve health outcomes with a diabetes diagnosis. LINKS MENTIONED For individuals:

Am I Hungry - Diabetes https://amihungry.com/programs/mindful-eating-for-diabetes/
Am I Hungry - Handouts to get you started https://amihungry.com/programs/mindful-eating-for-diabetes/resources/
Am I Hungry - Webinar training https://amihungry.com/marketplace/mindful-eating-for-diabetes-online/
For individuals interested in weight neutral diabetes care: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X9v86aK7anFjPwKo5yp2Ct9QMBPMQtWi

For Professionals:

For professionals interested in weight neutral diabetes care: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EbMDm53sSMOnJI-f4lkPo8eRY85tTa5q
Diabetes Counseling and Education Activities https://megrette.com/diabetes-counseling-education/book/
Weight Neutral for Diabetes Care - Professional Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/WN4DM/
The Core Concepts of Mindful Eating http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Megrette

Mindful Eating Resources:

Improving Blood Sugars (recorded webinar for individuals) https://www.thecenterformindfuleating.org/Improving-Blood-Sugars
Finding Your Health Weight - Marsha Hudnall MS RD https://www.thecenterformindfuleating.org/Healthy-Weight

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119: Getting Comfortable with Feeling Uncomfortable Jun 13, 2018

Dr. Judi-Lee Webb is a licensed psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist who practices in Atlanta, Georgia. She talks in this episode about the importance of representation in the field of eating disorders and talks about how she is passionate about breaking down and ending the stigma related to mental health conditions. She also explains some of the interesting trends she's seeing in her area about who is seeking help from a therapist today, versus who was seeking help at the beginning of her career. In this episode we discuss the therapy process and the discomfort it can bring. Dr. Webb gives practical advice for how to work through uncomfortable emotions and feelings related to therapy. Reaching out for help sometimes takes years to gear up to, and we talk about how to work through the discomfort before you begin therapy, during therapy and more. Fear of the unknown is real. Fear of talking about what you're going through is real. But, there are people who are trained to help and ready to support you in healing. Links mentioned:

Dr. Judi-Lee Webb's private practice website: http://newdirectionsatlanta.com/
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118: Exploring Hormonal Health Jun 06, 2018

Hormonal health is a trendy topic right now. But, how can we navigate figuring out what's fact versus fiction when it comes to hormones?

I invited the fabulous Robyn Nohling, FNP, RD, MSN who is both a registered dietitian and board certified family nurse practitioner who specializes in women's health along with eating disorders and disordered eating to tack the topic of hormones with me on the podcast.

We talk about her philosophical and treatment approach evolution throughout her career so far, explore some of the flaws in our current healthcare system, and talk in-depth about hormone physiology. We also talk about how hormone dysfunction manifests in various disease states and talk about some practical steps you can take to start putting the puzzle pieces together if you're concerned about your hormone health. We end the podcast with a brief discussion about menopause and its hormonal implications.

If you've ever wondered whether all the hype about hormones is grounded in science, you'll enjoy this conversation with Robyn!

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Robyn's blog: https://www.thereallife-rd.com/
Robyn's practice website: https://www.reallifewomenshealth.com/
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117: Is Food Medicine? May 30, 2018

Hippocrates famously declared: "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." While this sounds nice and seems harmless, there are important nuances to explore about whether or not food is medicine. There are real implications that this philosophy can bring, and this podcast episode outlines where seeing food as medicine can be a slippery slope and where it can actually lead to poorer health outcomes. Katie Davis, RDN, CD joined me on this episode to share her very personal story of how she struggled—and continues to manage—with her health. She explains her story of an acute battle with severe neurological symptoms and how her unexplained health struggle created personal guilt and shame with food. Was she causing her symptoms? Was it something she was eating? Through years of navigating her health issues, she shares her story of how she sees food now and how she approaches the question of whether or not food is medicine. Links mentioned:

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116: Letting Go of the Shoulds with Food May 23, 2018

In this episode, Jenn Hand—food and eating coach—and I talk about food rules and their sneaky tendency to create perfectionistic thinking and chaos with food. We dive deep into the practical ways you can let go of rules and "shoulds" with food and instead find ways to feed yourself in ways that are both satisfying and nourishing. We talk about the importance of awareness of your true intentions as you begin this process. We outline some things you can do today to start moving toward food freedom and give practical ways you can re-frame your food rules and rigid thinking.

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115: Finding Self-Worth & Identity Beyond Food & Body May 16, 2018

Dr. Stephanie Waitt specializes in treating eating disorders at her practice, Texoma Specialty Counseling. In her work, with people she helps men and women find balance, peace, confidence, and happiness with their bodies, relationships and life. She emphasizes the importance of self-care and encourages people that being a little selfish is a really good thing. Stephanie is also an online recovery coach. In her recovery coaching Stephanie helps people learn to find peace with their bodies and ditch dieting. She helps people find confidence and the power to live the life they want right now! In this episode, Stephanie talks about her experiences with struggling with orthorexia and using it to manage and cope with a very difficult and demanding career. She has a powerful story of how she worked to find her own sense of identity and self-worth beyond food, dieting and her body image. Her own personal experience enhances her ability to effectively treat folks who are struggling in similar ways. She brings a unique perspective—both personally and professionally—to the idea of how powerful and important it is to discover who she is beyond food. Links mentioned:

Dr. Stephanie Waitt's website: https://www.texomaspecialtycounseling.com/
HAES and ED recovery FB group
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114: Why Diversifying Dietetics Matters May 10, 2018

Tamara Melton, MS, RDN, CPHIMS and Deanna Belleny, MPH, RDN are the co-founders of a new non-profit, Diversify Dietetics which is a a community to attract, encourage and empower students and young professionals of color who were seeking careers in the field of nutrition and dietetics. Diversify Dietetics provides mentorship opportunities to students and young dietitians of color, spotlights RDs of color in the work they do, and provides training and resources for internship directors in efforts to provide support and training to increase diversity and strengthen the field of dietetics. Even if you aren't a dietitian, you're going to love Deanna and Tamara's passion for nutrition and health and their new project, Diversify Dietetics. Links mentioned:

Diversify Dietetics website: https://www.diversifydietetics.org/
Diversify Dietetics on Instagram and Facebook
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113: Exploring Weight Stigma May 02, 2018

Have you heard the term "weight stigma" and wondered what it's all about? Even if you're a seasoned expert with this concept, you're going to love this episode with Ashlee Bennett, MAT, aka @bodyimage_therapist where we dive deep into the research and theory of weight stigma and internalized weight stigma and how it affects all of us. Ashley is a truly gifted researcher, therapist, and emerging researcher on the topic of weight stigma and does an incredible job building bridges between the health sciences world and the realm of social justice and social sciences. We're seeing a shift in the research from asking questions about what makes us well, rather than always asking what makes us sick. Learning about weight stigma and how to develop resilience from it is an essential step for all of us to take. Weight, health and bodies are more complicated than we've been taught. Links mentioned:

Ashlee's website: http://www.bodyimage-therapist.com/
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112: Challenging All-or-Nothing Thinking Apr 25, 2018

In this episode, Kara Lydon of the Foodie Dietitian Blog talk about her evolution of healing her relationship with food. We also then discuss how all-or-nothing thinking can get in the way of so much joy and connection with food and our bodies and explore this common cognitive distortion we see in our practice as dietitians with clients. Kara shares how her work and her blog is a resource for folks seeking a balanced and nuanced approach to health-promoting eating. She's worked hard to embrace nuance and gray with food and eating, and promotes that balance on her blog and in her work. Links mentioned:

Kara's blog: https://karalydon.com/blog/
Blog post mentioned about mindfulness: https://karalydon.com/mindfulness/how-to-practice-self-compassion/
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111: Breaking Down Weight Science Apr 17, 2018

Fiona Willer, AdvAPD is a dietitian and academic who has devoted her career to empower health professionals to adopt weight neutral practice by providing support and training in how and why to do so. In short, she wants to destroy the perception and practice of 'dietitian as food police.' She does this though online and in-person training and is in the final stretch of completing her PhD. She is such an asset to the dietetics field! In this podcast episode, Fiona and Paige discuss the history of weight research. Fiona breaks down the concept and history of BMI and dispels myths that have been perpetuated for decades about weight. She also gives an incredibly valuable insight into the biases in the research world. If you've ever wondered about the research that supports a weight-neutral approach to health and nutrition, listen in! Links mentioned:

Fiona's website: http://www.healthnotdiets.com/
Fiona's podcast: https://www.unpackingweightscience.com/
Low fat versus low carb study discussed in this episode
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110: How to Feel your Feelings Apr 11, 2018

Tiffany Roe is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, teacher, speaker, social media influencer, podcaster, & the owner of Mindful Counseling LLC in Orem, Utah. She passionately helps her clients remember they are enough. Tiffany has focused her career on treatment for women navigating eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, poor body image, poor relationships with themselves and food, substance abuse, anxiety, and low self-worth. She feels called to work with women and to help them find their purpose and self-worth. Tiffany believes you can love yourself, your mind, your body, and your relationship with food. She came on Nutrition Matters Podcast to talk all about a topic that is at the crux of so many of our struggles with food, body image and self-worth: feeling our feelings. You're going to love this episode! She walks us through why it's hard to feel what we feel and what beliefs often stand in our way. She also walks you through a guided meditation teaching you grounding skills to help you feel your emotions. She is brilliant, passionate, down-to-earth, relatable and so very good at her job as a therapist! Links mentioned:

Tiffany's website: https://mindfulcounselingutah.com/
Tiffany on Instagram
Therapy Thoughts podcast
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109: Recovery When You're Hell-Bent on Not Recovering Apr 04, 2018

Jennifer Ball struggled with an eating disorder for many years. Her struggle morphed from restriction to bingeing and everywhere in between. When she sought treatment, she was ready to tackle her struggles with bingeing, but she was hell-bent on maintaining her restriction behaviors. This is a fascinating look at something we don't talk about enough with eating disorder treatment—the fact that bingeing and restricting are both worth recovering from. And, restriction is often what is behind bingeing. So, if you're unwilling to work on your restriction, chances are very good that you will continue to struggle with bingeing. Jennifer talks in this episode about what finally clicked and how she went from hell-bent to not recovery to full-blown eating disorder recovery advocate. Links mentioned:

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108: How Nutrition & Weight Messages are Affecting our Children Mar 28, 2018

We all want the same things for our kids—happiness, health and overall positivity. After spending years listening to adults talk about the formative messages they received about their body and food during childhood, I have some strong opinions on how adults portray messaging about food and bodies with children. We mean well, but often our best efforts at nutrition messages are unhelpful at best and harmful at worst. This is what we're covering in this episode of Nutrition Matters Podcast. We're taking a good look at the nutrition messages we give our kids and breaking down why certain ways of talking about food aren't advised. I invited my friend Dana Snook on to talk about this topic who is is a registered dietitian who specializes in pediatric nutrition and family feeding dynamics. We talk about why it's best to talk less about and show/do more when it comes to food and kids. We talk about what is actually effective in helping kids to develop healthy eating patterns and an overall healthy relationship with food. We dive deep into action items parents and teachers can do to help kids navigate food and bodies in a mentally healthy and physically healthy way. Links mentioned:

Dana Snook's website
The lunchbox cards from The Feeding Doctor
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107: The Intersection of Art & Healing Mar 21, 2018

Lauren Brereton, RDN writes poetry to heal, to learn and to grow. She has been publishing her poems on social media and she came on the podcast to talk about her poetry and how creating art has been a critical part of her healing. We talk about her story with food and body and in this episode of Nutrition Matters Podcast, she reads some of her favorite poems related to those topics. They are beautiful and powerful ways to express complex emotions and experiences. Links mentioned:

Lauren Brereton on Instagram
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106: Beauty Redefined and Body Image Resilience Mar 14, 2018

Beauty Refined is a passion project of twins Lindsay and Lexie Kite who both have PhDs from the University of Utah and specialize in body image. Their nonprofit helps girls and women improve their body image and self-worth through online activism, online courses, and in-person speaking events. In this episode, we discuss how they got started in this work, how their relationship as twins affected their career paths and what they wished women and girls knew about bodies, body image and self-worth. Links mentioned:

Beauty Redefined website: https://beautyredefined.org/
Beauty Redefined body image resilience training
Lindsay's TedTalk
BR on Instagram
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105: But, I Don't Want to Accept This Body Mar 07, 2018

The body positive movement has so many elements to love about it. Not only is it making significant headway politically, but we are also seeing more and more research being conducted to look at weight stigma and other impacts on health beyond nutrition. More and more research is mounting against the dieting and weight manipulation paradigm and in support of pursuing health, not diets.

One of the questions I get most often about the concept of body positivity is the idea of how to embrace body positivity if you feel like that's not in the cards for you. People all too often reject the paradigm outright because body positivity can feel overwhelming or impossible.

This podcast episode explores one woman's journey toward self-acceptance. Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, CDN, CEDRD-S is an eating disorder registered dietitian who lives in a disabled body. She talks about her struggles with accepting her body and it's limited ability to perform certain tasks. She talks about how her disability affects the work she does with clients trying to find body positivity and shares her own journey of how she's moved toward acceptance. Her story is a powerful look at resiliency and positivity.

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Anna's website: http://www.wholeliferd.com/
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104: The Basics of Breastfeeding Feb 28, 2018

Jessica Clayton, RD, IBCLC is an international board certified lactation consultant and has a passion for helping new moms figure out breastfeeding. She came on the podcast to talk about the work she does with new moms, sharing insight and wisdom about the science of breastmilk, and best practices for having a successful experience with feeding your new baby.

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Jessica's website: http://breastfeedingbond.wixsite.com/lactation
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103: The Slippery Slope of Wellness Culture Feb 21, 2018

Pursuing health and well-being is completely natural and understandable. It can be incredibly positive and life-enhancing. The trouble is, though, that true wellness has been reduced down to lists of foods to eat and foods to avoid, packaged up and commodified and sold back to us by the dieting industry. What can start out as a completely earnest and well-intentioned pursuit of health, can turn into problematic and disordered eating, all thanks to the many messages about health we're wading through all day every day. And, ironically, sometimes our pursuit of health can actually lead to poorer health outcomes, not better. This is especially true and especially tricky in our diet and thin-obsessed culture.

Colleen Reichmann, PhD and Paige chat about the slippery slope of wellness culture. They discuss how our earnest attempts at wanting to feel good and take great care of ourselves can turn into more than that, and in the worst cases, full blown eating disorders. Listen in to learn how to be a critical consumer of wellness and health advice and how to stay grounded and truly well in the process.

Links mentioned:

Colleen's website: http://www.colleenreichmann.com/
Dr. Reichmann's recent article about The Slippery Slope of Wellness Culture
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Harvard study on happiness
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102: Becoming Body Positive Feb 14, 2018

Clare Sheehan started an Instagram account about a year ago to document her journey in recovery and discovering body positivity. In this episode of Nutrition Matters Podcast, she shares her personal story of becoming body positive and the complexities and struggles in her ongoing journey. Clare talks about how her definition of body positivity has changed throughout the years and months of diving into the research, culture and movement behind it. She shares how growing up in a larger body and the associated stigma affected her life, self-love and her approach to food and her body and talks about what has helped her progress in her own personal journey. This episode is a fascinating look at one woman's story of what has resonated with her in the process of uncovering her own sense of self-love and how she has used her platform to advocate more widely in the body positive movement.

Links mentioned:

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Article by Kelsey Miller on Refinery 29
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101: The Power of Permission Feb 07, 2018

What would happen if you all of a sudden gave yourself permission? Permission to eat what you want, permission to be your authentic self, permission to move your body in a way that feels good (rather than exercising out of a sense of body manipulation)? These are powerful questions to explore in your journey toward a healthier relationship with food and your body.

Haley Goodrich, RDN is a dietitian and nutrition therapist who specializes in helping her clients create effective strategies and individualized solutions to nourish a happier and healthier life.

On the podcast today, we discuss the concept of permission and explore it's powerful ability to transform our approach to food and self-care in general.

Links mentioned:

Haley's website: https://www.inspirdnutrition.com/
#INSPIRDtoSEEK Facebook group for professionals
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Paige's online course
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Check out the Mindful Eating Workshop on April 7

100: What is Mindful Eating? Feb 01, 2018

What exactly is mindful eating? We throw the term around regularly but don't always dive into the nitty gritty details of where the practice of mindfulness came from. This podcast was originally recorded for the Secular Buddhism Podcast and is being republished here when Paige was a guest on Noah's show. Listen in to learn more about the practice of mindfulness and how the ideas in mindfulness intersect with ideas of intuitive eating and body positivity.

Links mentioned:

Mindful Eating Workshop
Paige's online course
Facebook community for Nutrition Matters Podcast listeners

99: Strategies for Navigating Diet Talk Jan 24, 2018

So, you've decided to stop dieting. But now, all of a sudden you are hearing dieting messages and diet talk all around you! How do you navigate social situations where people are constantly talking about their diets?

Listen in as I chat with registered dietitian nutritionist, Hannah Turnbull, all about the mistakes we've made with our own experiences, and what we suggest you think about when it comes to navigating diet talk. Overall, we both believe strongly that you have a choice in how you engage, if you engage at all. You don't have to always ignore or stay silent, but you also don't have to constantly advocate and exhaust yourself in the process. We encourage you to look inward for the answers that are right for you in these tricky situations.

Links mentioned:

Hannah's website: https://healthyhanny.com

98: A Male Perspective on Eating Disorders Jan 17, 2018

neglect the many, many men who struggle with various forms of disordered eating and eating disorders. In this episode, we talk with Andrew Walen, LCSW-C and author of the book Man Up to Eating Disorders about his personal experiences as well as his wisdom as an eating disorder therapist and owner of the Body Image Therapy Center. Men struggle too, and this episode aims to provide a tribe and community for men who suffer from eating disorders and disordered eating patterns. Links mentioned:

Andrew Walen's practice website: https://thebodyimagecenter.com/
Man Up to Eating Disorders

97: Leaving Diet Culture 7 Times Jan 10, 2018

Have you ever walked away from dieting only to find yourself right back in there a few months or weeks later? Dieting is intoxicating and alluring—we can find ourselves in situations where we're more vulnerable to go back to dieting, even when we intellectually understand why it's not working. And, going back to dieting when you know it doesn't bring you what you really want, can bring up all kind of shame and guilt. So, why does this happen?

I sat down and talked about this question with Dr. Maria Paredes. We discuss how diet culture is like an abusive relationship and we talk about what the science says about the process of walking away from it for good.

Links mentioned:

Maria's practice website: https://www.threebirdscounseling.com/
Maria on FB: https://www.facebook.com/BodyPoliticsWithDrParedes/
All Fired Up podcast about dieting as an abusive relationship: http://untrapped.libsyn.com/diet-culture-is-an-abusive-relationship
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Paige's online intuitive eating course
Mindful Eating Workshop coming up April 7, 2018!!

96: How the Challenges of Motherhood can be a Catalyst for Growth & Healing Jan 03, 2018

The shifts in identity, roles, responsibilities and every other aspect of life during motherhood can really throw a person for a loop. Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD has created a supportive and body positive community for moms and moms-to-be to discuss the challenges and joys of motherhood. Today on the podcast, Lindsay and I discuss her own journey to motherhood and valuable lessons she learned about her relationship with food and her body as well as her mental health as she transitioned to motherhood.

Links mentioned:

Lindsay's website: https://nutritioninstincts.com/
The Nurtured Mama FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurturedmamacommunity/
The Nurtured Mama podcast: https://thenurturedmama.club/podcast/
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Mindful Eating Workshop info: https://mindfuleatingworkshop.com/
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95: How to Heal Your Relationship with Exercise Dec 27, 2017

We spend a lot of time on Nutrition Matters Podcast talking about how to heal your relationship with food and your body. One of the very important components of approaching behaviors from a healthy perspective is to take a look at exercise/movement. For many, exercise can be a tricky component to incorporate in a way that's in balance and that doesn't become disordered. In this episode, I speak with Heather Caplan, RD about her own experience with developing a healthy relationship with exercise and her professional expertise about incorporating exercise and movement from an intuitive and/or mindful approach. We talk about how to find joy in moving your body, why it matters and provide some practical advice for incorporating exercise and movement into your life without creating chaos or rigidity. Links mentioned:

Heather's website: http://heathercaplan.com/
Heather's podcast: RD Real Talk
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Paige's online course
More info about the upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop

94: Food Addiction—Fact or Fiction? Dec 21, 2017

Have you ever wondered if your struggles with food should or could be characterized by the food addiction label?

Marci Evans, MS, CEDRD, cPT is a renowned eating disorder expert and nutrition therapist. She not only runs a very successful nutrition consulting business but also teaches at two universities and supervises dietitians in their clinical practice. She sat down to discuss food addiction theory and provides practical tips about working through struggles with food. We discuss in depth the science and theory behind food addiction and talk about why this is a controversial issue within the scientific and healthcare community.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Marci’s website: www.marcird.com
One of the studies mentioned about food addiction
Marci’s blog post about food addiction
Paige's online course
Leave a review for the podcast here
More info about the upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop

93: Embracing the Gray with Intuitive Eating Dec 12, 2017

Have you ever felt like your process of ditching dieting has become another all-or-nothing pursuit where you used to do things one way when you dieted, and now you are doing the complete opposite? This is a common experience where you reject one paradigm, militantly embracing an opposing one, but don't feel as fulfilled as you imagined. Often the answers of how to behave and think lie somewhere in that gray area where you are landing in a place that's right for you.

Some might think that this sounds like you should straddle paradigms, keeping one foot in the dieting world. This is not what is intended by the "gray" of intuitive eating, and shouldn't be misunderstood to mean that I or my guest Leah Kirschbaum, RD, CD are recommending. But, as dietitians who work with individuals to hep them heal their relationship with food, we often see on a practical level how people struggle when intuitive eating and/or body positivity becomes an all-or-nothing pursuit. In this episode, Leah and I discuss how you will know when you've found that sweet spot with intuitive eating that's right for you and the dangers of all-or-nothing thinking can cause to your relationship with food, whether the all-or-nothing thinking is directed toward dieting or not.

Links mentioned:

Leah's IG: https://www.instagram.com/bodymeetsfood/
Paige's online course: https://www.paigesmathersrd.com/course
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92: How to Care About Your Eating Without Caring Too Much Dec 05, 2017

The purpose of food and nutrition is to enable you to live a fulfilling and meaningful life, but not necessarily to be the object of life. Food is important, but doesn't need to occupy so much room in your life that you don't have energy for the important things. Emily Fonnesbeck, RD is a registered dietitian nutritionist who is an outspoken advocate for orthorexia recovery among other topics within the Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating discourse. Emily joined me on the podcast this week to discuss her personal story with transitioning into motherhood and how her relationship with food changed during this transition in her life. We also discussed her eventual recovery from orthorexia and what eating and self-care in general look like for her now as a mother and dietitian. We talk about her experiences with pregnancy and how this has affected her own recovery and body image. We also dive into strategies for caring about your health and your eating without caring too much and how to honor the wisdom of your cravings. Share this episode with friends and family who might benefit! Links mentioned:

Emily's website: http://www.emilyfonnesbeck.com/
Emily on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyfonnesbeck_rd/
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91: Incorporating Intuitive Eating with a Chronic Illness Nov 29, 2017

Tori Smedley is a registered-dietitian-to-be and a University of Utah student pursuing a degree in nutrition. In this podcast, she shares her personal story with navigating health concerns and a chronic illness while finding intuitive eating and body positivity. She shares her own eating story of the intersection between a chronic health condition and eating disorder recovery. You'll love her story and will benefit from her personal wisdom around the ideas of how to incorporate intuitive eating and trusting your body even when it may feel like its betrayed you. Links mentioned:

Follow Tori's educational journey on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/torird2be/
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90: Exploring Normal Eating Nov 22, 2017

It's that time of year! I wanted to publish this conversation right before the holiday season because the end of the year tends to bring chaos and nervousness around food and eating for many people. This time of year can also bring seemingly incessant diet talk and weight loss talk. I wanted to provide a resource for getting through the holidays (and the rest of the year, too) and to provide ideas for developing a skill set around normal eating. So, how do you approach food and eating without all the shoulds and shouldn'ts of dieting? What does 'normal eating' actually look like? Luckily for us, many brilliant thinkers have tackled these questions and there's good research to back up the benefits of learning the art of eating competence and normal eating. Today on the podcast, Katherine Zavodni, MPH, RDN, CD and I discuss Ellyn Satter's definition of normal eating and explore the concept of Eating Competence. Links mentioned:

Eating competence: http://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/other/ecsatter.php
Ellyn Satter’s definition of normal eating: https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-eat/adult-eating-and-weight/
Study about how you absorb nutrients: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/851082
Milkshake study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21574706
Katherine's website: https://www.kznutrition.com/
Katherine on Facebook
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89: Fat: An Evolving Story Nov 17, 2017

Is fat our friend or our foe? Listen as I interview Thunder Jalili, PhD, Associate Professor and director of the Nutrition Sciences Department at the University of Utah’s Division of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology about the history, current research, and controversy surrounding this macronutrient. We talk in depth about the diet heart hypothesis and take a close look at cholesterol, fat intake in general, and heart health. You’ll finish this episode with a deeper understanding the politics that sometimes surround research and policy about nutrition.

Links mentioned:

Nutrition Matters Podcast community on FB
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Educate, Embrace, Empower online course
Follow Paige for more info on the upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop in Salt Lake Spring 2018

88: Exploring Weight Neutrality Nov 10, 2017

Sumner Brooks, MPH, RDN, LD and I discuss how providers, family members and communities can change the conversation about weight. We discuss the term "weight neutrality" and do our best to explore it in a way that will help listeners be able to not only apply this paradigm in their own life, but also in a way that listeners might be able to share this episode with friends and family who may not understand why you approach food and your body neutrally. To us, weight neutrality is a way of moving throughout the world that doesn't judge others by the way they appear. It's also a way of approaching ourselves with love and gentleness, allowing yourself to really tap into learning how to take the best care of yourself in a way that's right for you. It's also a way that providers can approach their patients and clients in a manner that is ethical, evidenced-based and effective. Sumner's work as a registered dietitian revolves around not only helping people make peace with food individually, but also in providing continuing education for dietitians through her online symposium and membership site, EDRDpro. If you're a wellness professional looking for more training in eating disorders and disordered eating, check it out! Links mentioned:

Sumner's practice website: https://eattolivehappy.com/
EDRDpro symposium:https://edrdpro.com/
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Check out Paige's online course: https://www.paigesmathersrd.com/course
Apply to work with Paige long-distance here: https://www.paigesmathersrd.com/individuals
Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/151307215407026/

87: Pregnancy Nutrition Questions Answered Nov 02, 2017

In this episode, I'm sharing a podcast I recorded with the host of the Birds and Bees podcast all about nutrition during pregnancy. We take a different look at the information and discuss the common difficulties women have during pregnancy from nausea to body image concerns. Women who are thinking about pregnancy, currently pregnant, or who recently had a baby—listen up! This is a great resource to help get on the right foot nutritionally and body image-wise before, during and after pregnancy. Enjoy!

86: Building Body Trust and Better Health through the Little Things Oct 25, 2017

Tracy Brown, RD, LD/N is a somatic nutrition therapist, intuitive eating coach and embodiment teacher. She helps people come home to themselves through their bodies by healing their relationship with food and weight as well as feel safer and less frazzled in their bodies. For eleven years, she has guided people in healing from disordered eating and chronic dieting, as well as stress-related conditions. In this episode of NMP, Tracy and I discuss her own story of how she was a sensitive and highly feeling-oriented kid. A wide variety of factors led to Tracy eventually struggling with an eating disorder and eventually finding ultimate peace with food and a healthy relationship with it. Tracy and I discuss not only her personal story with food, but also define what gentle nutrition really is, we outline what a session with a dietitian looks like, and we talk about how the little things we do add up to help build trust within ourselves and our body. Links mentioned:

Tracy's website
Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB
Paige's online course
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85: From Anorexia to Eating Disorder Dietitian Oct 18, 2017

Reba Sloan suffered from an eating disorder as an adolescent and young adult. She was able to recover fully and eventually went on to become one of the pioneers in the eating disorder world, working to provide hope for many individuals to heal their relationship with food. In this episode, she shares her perspective on food, health, nutrition, weight and body image and I'm sure you'll love what she has to say.

Links mentioned:

Reba's website
National Eating Disorder Association
Orthorexia information
Ellyn Satter's work

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