Dietitians Unplugged Podcast

Episode 84 - Farewell for Now: Hitting Pause on the Podcast Jan 06, 2021

After 5 years, Aaron and Glenys are pressing pause on the Dietitians Unplugged podcast for now. In this episode they talk about what they're currently offering clients (see links below), where they were when they started the podcast, what they've learned along the way, and some of their favorite podcast moments.

Show Notes:

Aaron's Men's Body Trust Group

Glenys and Rebecca's Self-Care for Diabetes online learning and group support program

Keep in touch with the hosts:

Aaron's website and Instagram

Glenys website and Facebook and email list

Episode 83 - Sleep Apnea and Weight Stigma Nov 21, 2020

Aaron and Glenys talk about their personal experiences with sleep apnea. They discussed how weight stigma sadly surrounds this diagnosis, and how they overcame related shame to get appropriate treatment. Also discussed in this episode were:

How better sleep has changed their lives
The importance of good sleep for health
The different levels of weight stigma they experienced in pursuing treatment
Developing a bedtime routine for easier falling asleep
Some of the treatments available for sleep apnea

BONUS: Glenys and Aaron share their latest internet obsessions (ASMR, calming TikTok videos).

Self-Care for Diabetes is available now!! Find out more about this online and group support program created by Rebecca Scritchfield and Glenys Oyston.

Glenys’ favorite ASMR channelsJoJo ASMR GIBI ASMR

Aaron’s favorite TikTok account @hannahbreadtok @kristieflips

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Episode 82 - No Wrong Way to Yoga with Marc Settembrino Oct 21, 2020

Glenys and Aaron welcome Dr. Marc Settembrino to the podcast to talk about his experience with becoming a yogi and creating inclusive yoga classes through Fat Kid Yoga Club.

Marc discussed:-how yoga helped him feel better in difficult times-how there is no wrong way to do yoga-the intersection of LGBTQ+ and fat identities-letting your body be the guide in how you adapt yoga for you

Marc began practicing yoga in 2015. As a fat, queer, yoga practitioner, they understand that starting a new yoga practice can be intimidating. Therefore, they create inclusive yoga classes that are accessible to every-body, regardless of size, shape, age, strength, or flexibility. Their work has been featured by OM Yoga Magazine and Yoga Journal and they're a SuperFit Hero Body Positive Fitness provider. They earned their Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Central Florida in 2013.

Bonus: Aaron and Glenys talk about their recent internet obsessions (reaction videos!) and geek out about their favorite music…to get straight to the interview, skip to minute 9!

Show notes:

Find out more about Marc Settembrino

Follow Marc on Instagram

Support Marc’s Patreon

More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com

More about Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com

Episode 81 - The Fear of Weight Gain Sep 22, 2020

Aaron and Glenys talk about weight. The global pandemic has put many people in a panic about changing weight. For those recovering from EDs and disordered eating, weight gain is often necessary and a part of healing, but hearing weight gain stigmatized constantly can feel like a huge setback. In this episode, our hosts talk about how they support their clients in normalizing weight gain and taking the focus of healing off of weight and put it more on supportive self-care. They also discussed how weight gain IS normal not only in healing but over a life time for most people. How do we help people navigate the mental and physical discomfort they feel in a changing body? Why is going back to “real” clothing such a pain?! Aaron and Glenys also recount (and cringe over) their pasts when they were steeped in diet culture and promoting weight loss, and how we can meet those feelings with compassion and have gratitude for the community they found in HAES® that allowed them to evolve at their own pace.

More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com

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Episode 80 - Caroline Dooner Said "F*ck It!" to Diets Aug 22, 2020

Aaron and Glenys talk with Caroline Dooner, humorist and author of The F*ck It Diet,a book that helps chronic dieters untangle themselves from a dysfunctional relationship with food. She used to be a chronic dieter, fully convinced she was a food addict, until she realized that dieting and body hatred were actually the roots of the issue. Caroline talked about her journey towards true non-diet eating: how she tried to manage her PCOS with diets, her foray into the Paleo Diet, the time she tried to turn intuitive eating into a diet, and the epiphany that finally led her to say “F*ck It!” to diets for good. She discussed how the science around the failure of intentional weight loss helped her realize why dieting was so frustratingly futile and how it led to her eventual binge episodes. Caroline also revealed a little bit about the next book she’s working on.

Show Notes:

Caroline Dooner www.thefuckitdiet.com

The F*ck It Diet book

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

Lindo Bacon’s HAES Research

More about Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com

More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com

Episode 79 - Fat Positive Fertility with Nicola Salmon Jul 16, 2020

Aaron and Glenys invited Nicola Salmon to the podcast to discuss fat positive fertility. In this episode, they discussed:

-Nicola’s experience of having fertility issues and being in a larger body -The lack evidence for weight loss improving fertility -The mixed research on weight-related fertility issues and the development of gestational diabetes in higher weight people -The weight stigma higher weight people face at the doctor’s office -What behaviors actually help to support fertility (hint: there’s no special formula) -The importance of setting boundaries at the doctor’s office to help create a more equal power dynamic

Nicola is a fat-positive fertility coach, feminist and author of “Fat and Fertile”.

She advocates for change in how fat people are treated whilst accessing help with their fertility.

Nicola supports fat people who want to get pregnant using her unique FAT+ve fertility framework to find their own version of health without diets, advocate for their bodies, relearn how to trust their body and believe in their ability to get pregnant in their current body.

Show notes:

Nicola Salmon's website

Nicola on Instagram

Nicola's Facebook group, Fat and Fertile

Episode 78 - Part II: Mindfulness in Traumatic Times with Fiona Sutherland Jun 29, 2020

Aaron and Glenys continue their conversation with their friend and colleague, Fiona Sutherland, Health At Every Size® and non-diet dietitian and director of The Mindful Dietitian in Melbourne, Australia.

Fiona is host of the podcast “The Mindful Dietitian” and teaches across Masters Level Dietetic training programs at several different Universities in Melbourne specifically in Counseling Skills and Weight Inclusive Approaches in Dietetics. Fiona is also a dedicated mindfulness practitioner and Yoga Teacher, bringing a particular emphasis on embodiment, mindful eating and body image into her work and training. She is a great lover of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and trauma-informed approaches to Dietetic work.

In part two, they discuss: -How trauma and chronic stress impacts our bodies and minds -The need for our bodies to feel safe, and how intellectualizing feelings backfires in feeling safety -The brain science behind mindfulness and how it can help integrate body and mind -The importance of a trauma-informed approach to mindfulness -How we can practice mindfulness even when we don’t want to meditate -How becoming more mindful can enable helping professionals to show up better for those in pain

Show Notes:

Visit Fiona at The Mindful Dietitian

Fiona on Instagram

Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

Episode 77 - Part I: Mindfulness in Traumatic Times with Fiona Sutherland Jun 17, 2020

Recorded mid-April of 2020, Aaron and Glenys welcomed their friend Fiona Sutherland, a Health At Every Size® and non-diet dietitian and director of The Mindful Dietitian in Melbourne, Australia. She is host of the podcast “The Mindful Dietitian” and teaches across Masters Level Dietetic training programs at several different Universities in Melbourne specifically in Counseling Skills and Weight Inclusive Approaches in Dietetics. Fiona is also a dedicated mindfulness practitioner and Yoga Teacher, bringing a particular emphasis on embodiment, mindful eating and body image into her work and training. She is a great lover of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and trauma-informed approaches to Dietetic work.

In the first of this two-part episode they discussed:

Fiona’s story of becoming an anti-diet, weight inclusive dietitian
Her early experiences working with diverse populations in different countries
How working in a weight loss setting awakened her to the realities of weight cycling and diet failure
The cognitive dissonance she experienced working in eating disorder, weight loss and sports nutrition settings, and how one behavior was treated in one group but prescribed in another
The need for more weight inclusive training in dietetics education
What mindfulness is and isn’t, and how she came to incorporate mindfulness into her practice
How current events challenge our fundamental need to be safe and sound

Show Notes:

Visit Fiona at The Mindful Dietitian

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programs

Full Catastrophe Living by John Kabat-Zinn

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler

Episode 76 - Eating Disorders, Orthorexia and Aging with Meg Bradbury May 21, 2020

Aaron and Glenys welcomed Meg Bradbury to the Dietitians Unplugged podcast! Meg Bradbury is a Certified Body Trust Provider®, anti-diet nutritionist, Accessible Yoga® Teacher, and registered Yoga Alliance yoga and meditation teacher. Meg is in private practice working with individuals, groups, and families, advocating for body acceptance, eating disorder/disordered eating/body shame recovery, freedom with food, joyful movement, and stillness/breathwork. She also co-leads the Elderqueer project, an online gathering space for 40+ queers to connect and build community through conversations about aging in body, relationships, emotions, transitions, trust, and cultural relevance. Meg’s practice is fat positive, weight neutral, and LGBTQIA+ affirming. As an eating disorder survivor, Meg’s work is centered in the tenets of Relational Cultural Therapy; she holds space for clients of all ages with compassion, empathy, and humor.

In this episode, they discussed:

Meg’s experience of developing an eating disorder
What is orthorexia, and how it took over her life
Why orthorexia has become so pervasive in our culture
The effects of aging on eating disorders
The tyranny of the anti-aging industrial complex
Using breath and yoga to connect with the body

Find Meg here

Elderqueer

Instagram: lamplight.space

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Episode 75 - Body Image, Anxiety, and Food Stress during COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020

Aaron and Glenys reach out to you from home during the global COVID-19 pandemic. This is a time of stress and fear for everyone, and it can really bring up a lot of distress around body image, food insecurity and scarcity, and eating in general.

In this episode they discuss:

Their personal experiences of navigating scarcity at the grocery stores and the emotional roller coaster they’ve both been on
The hard work and ingenuity their clients and so many others are putting into their healing while stuck at home
The uptick in body image issues and how many of us use worries about food and body as a way to control anxiety and distract from bigger worries
Dealing with anxiety and difficult feelings during this time
How we can use this time to feel better about our bodies
How some people actually find themselves thriving in the slowed pace
How diet culture doesn’t go away even in extreme times of uncertainty and worry

Show notes:

Virtual meal support on Instagram: @covid19eatingsupport

Article: Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure – great advice for dealing with traumatic times

Headspace is offering free support during the global pandemic

Other meditation apps: Insight Timer, Calm

Episode 74 - Being Okay with Discomfort with Jessica Wilson Mar 16, 2020

Jessica Wilson, MS, RD joined Aaron and Glenys to generously share her wisdom about how we need to create more inclusivity in the non-diet, Health at Every Size and eating disorder worlds. She talked about the inadequacy of dietetics education around trauma and what real nutrition looks like (vs the “calories in/calories out” paradigm). She also discussed her past involvement with the Health at Every Size Movement and the challenges with there, including an early lack of inclusivity beyond body size, and what needs to happen to continue to help create forward movement in the area of social justice.

Jessica Wilson is a Registered Dietitian working in private practice, and with the college population. In private practice she works with clients to learn to eat without having a road map for their choices, and instead to learn to become fun and flexible in their eating habits. In her consultation she drives progress and advancement in the eating disorder field by fostering curiosity, building capacity for change, and inviting constructive challenge. She centers and elevates the narratives and lived experiences of individuals with marginalized identities and honors that our bodies and our histories inform how each of us show up and share space.

Show notes: Learn more about Jessica Wilson

Follow Jessica on Instagram!

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Episode 73 - Trust Your Body with Whitney Catalano Feb 17, 2020

Aaron and Glenys are joined by Whitney Catalano, RDN. In this episode we discuss what it means to trust our body and how to work on tackling the difficult issue of emotional and binge eating. Whitney also shares amazing information on how to deal with the stigma that often shows up when visiting medical providers.

Learn more about Whitney Catalano

Trust Your Body Project Podcast

Get on the list for announcements: Self-Care for Diabetes

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Episode 72 - Dismantling Diet Culture with Christy Harrison Jan 23, 2020

Aaron and Glenys are joined by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, author of the book Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating and host of the popular podcast Food Psych. They discuss Christy's origin story and her evolution towards the Health at Every Size philosophy, how diets cause harm, the need for the "honeymoon phase" with restricted foods, how weight gain isn't about what you think it is, and the value in reclaiming the word "fat".

Show notes:

Learn more about Christy Harrison

Book: Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating

Aaron's Men's Body Trust Group starts 1/28/2020

Get on the list for announcements: Self-Care for Diabetes

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Episode 71 - Building Fat Positive Community with Dr. Rachel Millner Dec 24, 2019

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

Dr. Rachel Millner's website

Follow Dr. Millner on Instagram

Be the first to hear about the Self-Care for Diabetes program (Launching in early 2020)

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Episode 70 - Emotional Eating, Overeating and Holiday Eating Dec 03, 2019

Aaron and Glenys talk about the issues that are on people's minds at this time of year - emotional eating, overeating and how all that ties into holiday eating. What is emotional eating? Is overeating okay? How do we get through the holidays when food is such a challenge for us? BONUS: Aaron gives his tips for flying while fat.

Show notes:

Investigate the best seats on Seat Guru

Ragen Chastain has written about fat discrimination by airlines, and what can help

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Episode 69 - Clinical Coaching with Mollie Birney Nov 26, 2019

Aaron and Glenys welcome Mollie Birney, Clinical Coach and Recovery Consultant with a specialization in the area of Eating Disorders and compulsive behaviors around food. She holds a Masters in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Addiction and Eating Disorders from Antioch University in Los Angeles, and has been in the field of mental health and addiction recovery since 2009. She has worked as a therapist with groups and individuals at all levels of care including inpatient, residential and outpatient treatment programs, as an interventionist for families in crisis, and as a private coach for high-performing individuals grappling with transitions and behavioral change. Her coaching style is deeply influenced by the principles of narrative therapy, and aims to arm her clients with strategies for challenging ingrained, and often trauma-informed belief systems. She has been in recovery from her own ass-kicking bulimia since 2007.

Find out more about Mollie at her website: https://www.molliebirney.com/

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Episode 68 - Cults and Diet Culture with Dr. Natalie Feinblatt Nov 03, 2019

Has diet culture become a cult? Aaron and Glenys welcome therapist Dr. Natalie Feinblatt to the show to talk about the similarities between cults and diet culture. As a therapist who specializes in working with people who have left cults, Dr. Feinblatt compares and contrasts cults with dieting, and leaves us with some useful tools to assess if we are caught up in the cult of dieting. This was a fascinating and interesting angle on diet culture and we learned so much in this episode. We think you will too!

Dr. Natalie Feinblatt is a licensed clinical psychologist who sees clients in Los Angeles and virtually. She specializes in treating addiction, trauma, co-occurring disorders, LGBTQIA clients, and former cult members. She's been working in the field of mental health for over 15 years at all levels of care, and earned her doctorate at Pepperdine University. You can learn more about her practice at her website, drnataliefeinblatt.com.

Show Notes:

Dr. Natalie Feinblatt's website

Dr. Natalie Feinblatt on Instagram

Book: Diet Cults by Matt Fitzgerald

More about Aaron bvmrd.com

More about Glenys daretonotdiet.com

Episode 67 - Exploring Exercise Dependence and Avoidance with Lauren Anton Oct 08, 2019

Aaron and Glenys welcome their friend Lauren Anton, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, CPT to talk about all things exercise! Our relationship to movement and our bodies can be complicated by eating disorders or a lifetime of dieting. While some people experience life-interrupting exercise dependence, others might be feeling a complete avoidance to movement, even when they want to. Lauren explains what we can do to address these issues and begin to heal our relationship to movement. She also talks about what intuitive eating can look like for athletes or the regular exerciser.

Lauren is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian, iaedp™-approved Supervisor, and Certified Personal Trainer helping people to break free from diet culture using a weight-inclusive, HAES® approach. She has hands-on experience working with eating disorders from residential through outpatient levels of care and currently works with clients out of her Los Angeles-based private practice. She also supervises fellow dietitians and runs a monthly supervision group. Lauren has spoken nationally on athletes and ED, adolescents and ED, and weight stigma and has presented her own research examining the effects of intuitive eating–based nutrition education on adolescent female cross country runners. Lauren is currently in process for certification as a Body Trust® provider. She has also been quoted in publications such as The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, and the Huffington Post.

Lauren's website

Follow Lauren on Instagram

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Episode 66 - Embracing Imperfect Eating with Laura Westmoreland Sep 28, 2019

Aaron and Glenys welcome Laura Westmoreland, LMFT to the show to help talk about about challenging our perfectionist tendencies, especially when it comes to eating. Many of us come to this work with a strong drive to get it "right", to get a gold star and become the perfect intuitive eater. Laura helps us unpack this belief and learn to truly embrace our beautifully imperfect lives. If you find yourself fighting to be the perfect non-dieter, then this show is for you. Forget the black and white thinking and leap into the gray!

Laura Westmoreland is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in private practice, in Century City, California. The focus of her practice is to help clients identify limiting beliefs that hold them back from leading the life they desire. Laura helps clients explore what no longer serves them to uncover their authentic self. Laura works with trauma, anxiety, depression, relationships, body image & body shame, and eating disorders. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and a Certified Body Trust® Provider.

Show notes:

Learn more about Laura: https://www.laurawestmoreland.com/

Follow Laura on Instagram

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Episode 65 - What you Should Know About Weight Loss Surgery with Lisa DuBreuil Sep 10, 2019

Aaron and Glenys welcome Lisa DuBreuil, LICSW to the podcast to discuss how she works with people who are considering weight loss surgery, or who have already had it. She talks about what the medical community isn't doing well when preparing people for bariatric surgery, the possible long-term consequences, and how the HAES® principles can help in building good self-care after surgery.

Lisa DuBreuil, LICSW is a mom, wife, fat activist, and clinical social worker. Since 2003 she has been a psychotherapist doing individual and group work in an outpatient hospital-based clinic, treating people with co-occurring substance use disorders and eating disorders and more recently people with new-onset SUDs and compulsions following weight loss surgery. She also has a private practice in Salem, MA where she treats people diagnosed with binge eating disorder and people dealing with various problems following weight loss surgery. Lisa helps people live peacefully in their bodies by improving self-care skills and teaching how to navigate our challenging body culture.

Lisa's website

Lisa on Twitter

Men's Body Trust Group starts Sept 17!

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Episode 64 - Will I Ever Stop Gaining Weight? Aug 20, 2019

Aaron and Glenys tackle an oft-heard fear from many of their clients: "I'm afraid I'll never stop gaining weight!" Thanks to societal weight stigma, we understand why anyone would have this fear. And we know, both professionally and personally, that there are also real differences between smaller bodies and larger bodies, from movement to clothes shopping, from sweating to knee pain. In this episode, we offer our compassion for this fear and also some real-life solutions to some of the challenges of living bigger.

Show notes:

Undersummers Slip Shorts https://www.undersummers.com/

Other anti-chafing solutions: https://www.buzzfeed.com/nataliebrown/best-anti-chafing-products-save-your-thighs

Coach Cinder Ernst offers Plus Size Knee Pain Solutions

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Episode 63 - Challenging Unhelpful Beliefs with Kristina Bruce Aug 05, 2019

Aaron and Glenys welcome Kristina Bruce to the show to help our listeners challenge negative, unhelpful beliefs about themselves and their bodies. Kristina is a certified Integrative Life Coach, Body Acceptance Coach and Certified Body Trust® Provider and a strong advocate for Health at Every Size®. She employs Byron Katie's method, The Work, to help clients question beliefs that cause them stress and to help see those beliefs for what they are - thoughts, not reality. Kristina shared an important tool to help do this work and this episode will be pivotal for anyone hoping to get free from the negative beliefs they feel about their body.

BONUS: Our sponsor, Ori, is offering FREE SHIPPING to our listeners until the end of August. Make sure you use this link: www.wearori.com/unplugged.

Visit Kristina Bruce at her website

Kristina's Instagram

Kristina's YouTube Channel

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Get on this list to be the first to hear about HAES Care for Diabetes when it launches this fall!

Episode 62 - A Buddhist Framework for Eating Recovery with Jenna Hollenstein Jul 22, 2019

We welcomed Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RDN, CDN, author of the book Eat to Love: A Mindful Guide to Transforming your Relationship with Food, Body, and Life, to the podcast to talk about her framework, which is based in Buddhism, for healing disordered eating.

In this episode, she explains the six Paramitas (generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation and wisdom) and how we can apply them in approaching intuitive eating. Her compassion-based framework asks us to see ourselves as a beloved other in learning how to listen to our inner wisdom and bring about sustainable, positive self-care.

Show Notes:

Find Jenna Hollenstein:

www.eat2love.com

Instagram @jennahollenstein

Facebook

Learn more about Aaron's Mens Body Trust Group

Learn more about Glenys Dare to Not Diet

Sign up for updates about the upcoming HAES Care for Diabetes Program

Episode 61 - Grieving the Thin Ideal for Body Acceptance with Meredith Noble Jul 11, 2019

Glenys and Aaron invite Meredith Noble of Made on a Generous Plan to the show to discuss a blog post she wrote a while back that our hosts love and refer to frequently. Meredith, a Certified Body Trust® Provider and coach who helps plus-size and fat-identifying people find food and body peace and fat liberation, wrote a poignant essay about how grieving the thin ideal is essential in our body acceptance journey. Glenys and Aaron have been sharing this article with clients for a long time so it was such a pleasure to have Meredith come on the show and take a deep dive into this work and what it looks like. Meredith also shared her number one tip for improving your body image. You won't want to miss this episode.

Learn more about Meredith Noble

Merideth's Essay - Body Acceptance Begins with Grieving the Thin Ideal

Jeanne Courtney's Article that inspired this work

Kate Harding's "The Fantasy of Being Thin"

Learn more about Aaron's Mens Body Trust Group

Learn more about Glenys Dare to Not Diet

Sign up for updates about the upcoming HAES Care for Diabetes Program

Episode 60 - Nike Plus-Size Mannequin Does NOT Promote Obesity Jun 26, 2019

Nike recently unveiled a new plus-size line of athletic clothing and with it, a plus-size mannequin on which to display the clothing. One journalist railed against this move as "promoting obesity." In this episode, Aaron and Glenys talk about the reaction to the mannequin, both good and bad, how promoting obesity is not actually "a thing", and the role that internalized weight stigma may have played in this reaction.

Show notes:

We're not linking to the original article because it's bias AF, and you can google the Tanya Gold article. Instead, here are some great articles clapping back. Telegraph's Fatphobic Take On Nike's Plus-Size Mannequins Receives Backlash

Nike’s plus-sized mannequins don’t ‘promote’ obesity – they reflect reality. Why on earth is that an issue?

The Real Issue With Nike's Plus Size Mannequins

Dances with Fat: Nike’s Plus Size Mannequins Uncover the Truth About Weight Stigma

Study showing lower mortality in "overweight" category (referenced)

More about Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com

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Episode 59 - Fat TV Reviewed: Shrill, Dietland Jun 11, 2019

Aaron and Glenys have been watching TV and want to tell you all about it. Our hosts discuss the most recent TV shows that seem tailor-made for those of us craving fat-positive entertainment, specifically the TV shows Dietland (season 1 now streaming on Hulu) and Shrill (also on Hulu). They breakdown what worked, what didn't, what they liked, and what they're hoping for more of. They also discuss the return of The Biggest Loser, which seems to be co-opting the movement-of-the-moment, and a TV show they didn't watch, Insatiable, and why they won't be watching it in the future. The episode contains spoilers of both Dietland and Shrill!

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Episode 58 - This is Body Liberation with Jes Baker May 30, 2019

Aaron and Glenys are excited to welcome to the podcast Jes Baker, author of the books Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living. 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 image 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. In this fantastic episode, she tells us about her revelation that she hadn't been a fat child, turning insults into cool nicknames, and how talking about mental health can be healing.

Learn more about Jes Baker

Read Jes' writing at The Militant Baker

Check out Jes' books Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls

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Episode 57 - What is Emotional Eating? with Jennifer McGurk May 17, 2019

Glenys and Aaron welcome registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist Jennifer McGurk to the show to discuss the topic of emotional eating. In this episode, we talk about the differences between emotional eating and binge eating, and also what they both have in common. While eating is almost always done with some sort of emotion, when does that become a problem, and when does emotional eating become a binge? We also talk about the importance of having many coping tools in your toolbox in addition to eating. We think you will love this episode that gets into the nitty gritty of the emotional side of eating!

Find out more about Jennifer McGurk

Pursuing Private Practice for Intuitive Eating (Affiliate link: a portion of purchases from this link will go to support the Dietitians Unplugged Podcast)

Feel Fabulous About Food

For all of the above courses, Jennifer is offering a 20% off coupon for our listeners with this coupon code: MAKEITHAPPEN

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Episode 56 - Sick Enough with Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani Apr 23, 2019

Aaron and Glenys were thrilled to talk to Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani of the Gaudiani Clinic in Denver, CO which provides in-person and telehealth care to people with current or a history of eating disorders. Dr. G is also the author of the book Sick Enough, a Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders. She talked to us about her journey to becoming a HAES-aligned doctor, and how she realized that HAES is the only ethical way to treat patients, especially those in larger bodies. She explains her "house on fire" analogy which helps those who struggle to understand that they are already sick enough with their eating disorder. We think everyone will benefit from listening to this podcast - patients and doctors alike.

Gaudiani Clinic

Sick Enough, a Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders

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Episode 55 - Getting Back to Our Bodies with Tracy Brown, RDN Apr 08, 2019

Aaron and Glenys dive deep into the body with Tracy Brown, RDN, LD/N. Tracy is a somatic nutrition therapists who helps her clients reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies through the principles of Intuitive Eating. Glenys, Aaron and Tracy discuss the effects of trauma on the body, how "feeling fat" isn't really about body size at all, how the fight/flight/freeze reflex can keep us trapped in the diet cycle and how reconnecting with the body can help end the cycle. Bonus content: Witness Glenys' spectacular demo of how disconnection with the body can lead to total brain meltdown!

Learn more about Tracy Brown, RDN

Check out Tracy's Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/tracybrownrd/

Here is a great blog post explaining the Window of Tolerance

Sign up for updates for HAES Care for Diabetes

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Episode 54 - What We Mean By "Thin Privilege" Mar 26, 2019

Aaron and Glenys discuss a talk they gave in they discussed the term "thin privilege" which was perceived to mean "thin shaming" by some members of the audience. But is mentioning thin privilege the same as thin-shaming? Is thin-shaming even a thing anyway? And what does it mean to have such a negative response to the concept of thin privilege? They discuss these questions and more in this episode!

Melissa Fabello's Article on Skinny Shaming - https://www.self.com/story/skinny-shaming-is-not-the-same-as-fat-phobia

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Episode 53 - What BED Relapse Looks like with Sunny Sea Gold Mar 13, 2019

Aaron and Glenys talk to Sunny Gold, a longtime health journalist and former magazine editor who is in recovery from binge eating disorder. She wrote a book for young women who binge eat, called Food: The Good Girl's Drug that came out in 2011. In this episode, she generously shares her story of a relapse back into her eating disorder after trying weight loss diets again, and what she learned from that experience about body acceptance. If you want to keep up with her, follow her on Instagram (at)sunnyseagold, where she shares about binge eating and body acceptance.

Sunny Sea Gold can be found here and here

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Episode 52 - Is There a Size Limit for HAES? Feb 28, 2019

Aaron and Glenys answer a listener's question about how they address the health of very large clients. Is there a size limit to HAES, and do they still feel HAES is appropriate for even the largest bodies? Or is there a size at which they start recommending weight loss?

Visit the ASDAH website to learn more about HAES

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Episode 51 - When Caring About Food Becomes Orthorexia Feb 14, 2019

Aaron and Glenys tackle the topic of orthorexia. Orthorexia, while not an official eating disorder, describes the the obsessive behavior that some people develop in pursuing a "healthy" diet. Like any eating disorder, it can be complex and involve other mental health issues, such as anxiety disorders. And while most people don't have orthorexia, your hosts see more and more people showing up in their practices who are suffering from symptoms of orthorexia linked to years of chronic dieting - and it's not helping their health in any way.

Show notes:

Read the blog that inspired this episode

Need help with diabetes management from a HAES perspective? Register now for HAES Care for Diabetes, starting in March!

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Episode 50 - Finding Fat Friendly Providers on Ample with Alissa Sobo Jan 24, 2019

Is it Ample? Aaron and Glenys talk to Alissa Sobo, the creator of Ample, the first app that rates businesses specifically on their accessibility and inclusiveness towards marginalized bodies (fat, trans, people of color and more). In this episode, Alissa talks about her origin story of being fat-shamed at the doctor when she was pregnant and why she decided she needed to create a review site for people in marginalized bodies whose needs are just not being met. She also explains how this amazing resources works and how we can all help build on it. This is something all our listeners can help contribute to and we can't wait to introduce you to Ample! BONUS CONTENT: stay tuned to the very end to listen to our first bonus content!

Show notes:

Check out Ample

HAES Care for Diabetes starting soon - get on the mailing list!

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Episode 49 - Why Your Weight Loss Diet is a Bad Idea Jan 04, 2019

It’s the new year and self-improvement is on the minds of many. For some, that translates to going on a diet and weight loss. Aaron and Glenys are here to tell you why that might not be such a great idea, and what you can do instead. They discuss the failure rate of weight loss diets, why the body’s biology and psychology fight weight loss, and how diet culture upholds body oppression. This rant will get you fired up for the year and ready to take on self-care from a place of true self-compassion.

Show notes:

12 Reasons to Ditch the Diet Mentality on Huffington Post

This is a great blog post by our last guest, Dr. Linda Baggett: 10 Reasons to Ditch Dieting in 2019

Aaron’s Men’s Body Trust Group starts January http://www.bvmrd.com/groups

Glenys’ HAES for Diabetes Group starts in March – get on the list for updates straight to your inbox https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/haescarefordiabetes

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Episode 48 - Sex and Body Image with Dr. Linda Baggett Dec 24, 2018

Aaron and Glenys get to the topic you’ve all been waiting for: SEX. More specifically, sex and body image. In this episode, they speak to Dr. Linda Baggett, a licensed psychologist with a Ph.D. in counseling psychology and an expert in the intersections of gender, body image, sexuality, and trauma. They discuss all things sex and body image: the embarrassment many feel of being seen naked, the cult of secrecy around female genitals, the role of patriarchy in sexual relations, how sexual orientation intersects with body image, and so much more. Linda currently is part of a group practice called Thrive Psychology where she helps people learn to have healthy, pleasurable relationships with themselves, others, and their bodies, overcoming weight stigma, trauma, and repressive sexual and gender norms. She provides online therapy to residents of California.

Learn more about Linda Baggett

Men’s Body Trust Group starts January http://www.bvmrd.com/groups

Self-Care for Diabetes https://www.selfcare4diabetes.com

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Episode 47 - Binge Eating Disorder: A Journey to Recovery and Beyond with Chevese Turner and Amy Pershing Nov 16, 2018

In this episode, Aaron and Glenys interviewed two leaders in the Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and Health at Every Size® community, Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner to discuss their new book Binge Eating Disorder: A Journey to Recovery and Beyond. They discuss the book and share valuable insights into the treatment and recovery from BED. These two people have so much wisdom and this is a must listen for any clinician or individual who wants to know more about the treatment of BED.

Binge Eating Disorder: A Journey to Recovery and Beyond website www.bedrecovery.com

Amazon link to buy the book

NEDA Website www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

Amy Pershing's Bodywise Program www.thebodywiseprogram.com

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Episode 46 - Exploring The Eating Instinct with Virginia Sole Smith Oct 29, 2018

Aaron and Glenys talk to journalist Virginia Sole-Smith, author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Elle and many other publications. She’s also a contributing editor with Parents Magazine and co-host of the Comfort Food Podcast. The Eating Instinct begins with the story of how Virginia’s daughter lost the ability to eat by mouth and then delves deep into a profound exploration of how food and diet culture make eating so difficult for so many of us. You will not want to miss this episode (and we recommend the book highly too!).

Show notes:

Find Virginia on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and at virginiasolesmith.com

The Eating Instinct is available for pre-order now

Check out Virginia’s Comfort Food Podcast

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Episode 45 - We Discuss Tess Holiday on Cosmo, SELF Magazine, and being Anti-Diet Dietitians Oct 10, 2018

Aaron and Glenys get together to talk about the sensation and then backlash of Tess Holiday of Cosmo; SELF magazine’s recent evolution toward Health at Every Size; how we help our clients define “health” for themselves; and what being a non-diet dietitian means to us.

Show notes:

Why Piers Morgan sucks

SELF Magazine’s Weight Issue (HAES friendly)

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Episode 44 - Changing the Narratives of Eating Disorders with Filmmaker Elizabeth Ayiku Aug 22, 2018

Aaron and Glenys welcomed Elizabeth Ayiku to the Podcast to share her story about her eating disorder experience as well as her work as a filmmaker. Her current project is a feature film about a woman of color living who is struggling with an eating disorder, going trough treatment while also juggling her career. This independent film is a passion project of Elizabeth's and we are asking out listeners to help support her project to bring this story to light.

To contribute to Elizabeth's film: https://fundly.com/me-little-me-a-film-about-recovery

Me Little Me Film Official Site: https://www.melittlemefilm.com/

Email Elizabeth at MeLittleMeFilm@gmail.com

For More about Elizabeth and her work: https://www.elizabethayiku.com/

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Episode 43 - Healing through Dance with Queer Fat Femme Bevin Aug 09, 2018

Aaron and Glenys talk to Queer Fat Femme Bevin of Fat Kid Dance Party about how she's helping people heal from body oppression through fun and accessible dance classes. A childhood of bullying because of her weight kept her off the dance floor until she found body liberation activism, the idea that all bodies are worthy of love no matter what. She has been reclaiming dance floors along with teaching, performing and writing about body liberation for over fifteen years. She is an AFAA certified group exercise instructor and developed Fat Kid Dance Party (For All Sizes to Heal from Body Oppression) to help other folks learn to love their bodies, embrace their awkwardness and open up to self care!

www.fatkiddanceparty.com

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Episode 42 - Practicing Mindful Self-Compassion with Cori Rosenthal, LMFT Jul 26, 2018

Aaron and Glenys talk to Cori Rosenthal, a mindfulness-based marriage and family therapist, meditation and mindful eating teacher about introducing mindfulness and self-compassion in your self-care routine. Cori shares with us her experience of dieting since childhood and the critical inner voice she finally came to recognize after practicing mindfulness. She explains the neurobiology of our brains on mindfulness and how it can truly change the way our brains function in a positive way that enhances health and self-cre. We also talk about our current culture of tough love and how it doesn’t support positive self-care, and what we can do about it (spoiler alert: it’s all about mindful self-compassion). This episode will give you some great new tools to add to your self-care tool-box that you can start using today, with only a minute of time.

Find out more about Cori Rosenthal here http://www.corirosenthal.com/

Follow Cori on Instagram @cori_lmft

Yale Street Therapy https://www.yalestreettherapy.com/

Hear Cori on the Evenflow meditation app https://www.evenflow.io/

Self-Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff http://self-compassion.org/

HAES Care for Diabetes Virtual Groups https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/haescarefordiabetes/

Body Kindness Research for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/research/

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Episode 41 - Mindfulness for Diabetes Self-Care with Megrette Fletcher Jul 11, 2018

Aaron and Glenys dive deep in to a discussion on non-diet, HAES-based care for diabetes with Megrette Fletcher, MEd, RD, CDE. Megrette is a certified diabetes educator who provides non-weight-focused education for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes, and teaches other professionals how to provide this care as well. Founder of the Center for Mindful Eating, Megrette advocates for pleasurable, mindful eating and shame reduction to help manage blood sugars instead of restriction and weight loss. In this episode, she gives us a handy metaphor for understanding how our insulin works and how we can best help our own bodies utilize its insulin. For those who have been scared by or felt shame for a diagnosis or family history of diabetes, we think you’ll find this episode extremely helpful in helping you get your self-compassionate self-care on.

Megrette.com

Diabetes Counseling and Education Activities (for Professionals)

Eat What you Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes 2017 Edition – most recent edition

Diabetes Virtual Counseling Group: HAES Care for Diabetes with Glenys Oyston, RDN and Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN

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Episode 40 - Body Image Work is Crucial May 21, 2018

Should dietitians talk about body image with their clients? Aaron and Glenys discuss how this can be a difficult topic to broach with clients, but how it is essential to the work of making peace with food. Both share their experiences in talking about body image and weight stigma with clients and how it helps to move the work of finding peace with food forward. Aaron and Glenys also do a quick review of how they ended up at a place of Health at Every Size in their personal lives and in their work and the new perspectives they’ve gained through creating this podcast.

Shout-outs in this episode:

Marci Evans, RD and Fiona Sutherland, APD for their amazing Body Image Workshop

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Episode 39 - Is Sugar Addiction a Real Thing? with Tiffany Haug May 15, 2018

Ever wonder if you’re addicted to sugar? Or some other kind of food? Aaron and Glenys talk to Tiffany Haug, MS, RD, EDOC, who breaks down the science of addiction and why your diet history makes all the difference in how you approach highly palatable foods. Tiffany also talks about the problem with how food addiction is studied and the problems with the Yale Food Addiction Scale.

Find Tiffany Haug here

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Episode 38 - ED Treatment for Marginalized People with Gloria Lucas Apr 16, 2018

Aaron and Glenys were thrilled to welcome to the podcast Gloria Lucas, founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP). Gloria shares her story of how and why she came to found NPP, which provides eating disorder resources to marginalized communities. She also talks about how eating disorder communities must learn to do better to include people of color into the discussion and make treatment more available and inclusive of marginalized people. Also discussed: the role of colonialism in historical trauma.

Links:

Nalgona Positivity Pride

Nalgona Positivity Pride Etsy Store

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Episode 37 - Aaron and Glenys Tackle Their Inner Critics Apr 02, 2018

We all have an inner critic. Sometimes this little voice can be really helpful in keeping us safe...but sometimes it can hold us back or send us damaging and unhelpful thoughts. Aaron and Glenys talk about their own inner critics, how they manifest, and how they deal with them. This is a truly unplugged (and sometimes unhinged!) discussion that we're sure you'll enjoy and hopefully will give you a few more tools for your self-care toolbox.

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Episode 36 - You are More than Your Body with Summer Innanen Mar 19, 2018

In this episode, Aaron and Glenys talk to Summer Innanen about body image and finding your value outside of your body. Summer is a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, self-worth, and confidence. She helps women all over the world through her private and group coaching to break out of the diet culture cage and cultivate their inner, rampant untameability so they can wear, say and do what they want. She is the best-selling author of Body Image Remix, creator of the You, On Fire online program, and host of Fearless Rebelle Radio, a podcast dedicated to anti-dieting, body positivity, and feminism.

Show notes:

Free workshop Stop Being So Damn Hard on Yourself!

You, on Fire

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Dare to Eat Online Program

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Episode 35 - Metaphors & Storytelling in healing Eating Disorders with Dr. Anita Johnston Feb 26, 2018

Glenys and Aaron were thrilled to have a chance to talk to Dr. Anita Johnston, author of the book Eating in the Light of the Moon. This book is an amazing resource for those struggling with eating difficulties of all kinds. Our interview focused on how Dr. Johnston was first exposed to metaphor as a way of healing, and how this can be a source for a deeper understanding of our behaviors. She also takes a deep dive into the discussing the popular “log metaphor” from her book and why it resonates with so many clients.

Free Handout from Dr. Anita Johnston -www.lightofthemooncafe.com/du

Ai Pono Treatment Centers: https://www.aipono.com/

Light of the Moon Cafe: http://lightofthemooncafe.com/

Eating in the Light of the Moon: https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Light-Moon-Relationship-Storytelling/dp/0936077360

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Dare to Eat Online Program

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Episdoe 34 - Healthism vs. Self-Care with Lucy Aphramor Feb 05, 2018

Aaron and Glenys were so excited to speak to Radical Dietitian, Lucy Aphramor. She discussed her journey from traditional dietitian to one who is trauma-informed and emphasizing self-care instead of health behaviors and her new passion, poetry. As a Radical Dietitian, she's focusing on deep roots of what causes judgement, war and shame. Her use of language is inspiring and we hope that you find Lucy's work as inspiring as we do.

http://lucyaphramor.com/dietitian/

http://lucyaphramor.com/poet/

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Episode 33 - Dressing the Plus Size Man with Bruce Sturgell Jan 22, 2018

We welcome Bruce Sturgell to the podcast to discuss dressing plus size men. Bruce is the founder of Chubstr and has made it his work to help bring a voice to plus size mens fashion. Bruce talks about how he came to found the fashion and lifestyle website Chubstr and the recent advances in large mens' fashion. Bruce also discusses his new YouTube show SizedUp. Plus size fashion has had a strong female representation, and now Bruce is helping bring an additional perspective to the world of fashion. If you (or someone close to you) have been struggling to find mens' clothing that looks good and also fits, this episode is for you.

Show Notes:

Chubstr

Chubstr SizedUp

The Winston Box

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Episode 32 - Plus-Size Dating with Krista Niles Jan 02, 2018

Let’s face it: finding love is not easy, and it can feel even harder – maybe even impossible – when you’re dating while plus-size in a fat-phobic world. That’s why we asked psychotherapist and dating expert Krista Niles to talk with us about the challenges of plus-size dating in this episode of Dietitians Unplugged. Krista gave us the goods on everything: dating profile photos, body image issues, dealing with fat fetishists, weight stigma and fat acceptance stats in dating, first dates, the differences in straight and queer dating, and where and how to get help if you’re struggling in the online dating world. If you’re single and looking, we think this will soon become one of your favorite episodes!

Show notes:

Krista Niles Oakland Therapy

The Plus-Size Dating Starter Course

Curvy Cupid Course

Body Image Programs and Blogs recommended by Krista

Virgie Tovar: Babecamp

Vivienne McMaster: Be Your Own Beloved

Summer Innanen: You on Fire and Body Image Remix

Victoria Welsby: Bam Pow Life

Help with Eating

Dare to Eat Online Program with Glenys (starting Jan 8!)

Isabel Foxen Duke: Stop Fighting Food

Fat Positive Conferences

The Curvy Con

The Curvy Fashionista Style Expo

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Episode 31 - From Eating Disorder to Intuitive Eating with Robyn Goldberg, RD Dec 16, 2017

Aaron and Glenys talk to their friend, dietitian Robyn Goldberg, about eating disorders and the progression people take to intuitive eating. We discuss learning to connect with body signals, finding satisfaction with food, the challenges of being in a larger body with an ED, the resistance of health care practitioners to Health at Every Size® and more in this informative episode.

Learn more about Robyn at her webiste: AskAboutFood.com

Follow Robyn on Instagram: @RobynGoldbergRDN

Glenys' online course that she mentions is availble for a January start at a low price now! Find out more about the Dare to Eat Online Program.

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Episode 30 - Dr. Linda Bacon Talks Body Respect Dec 04, 2017

Aaron and Glenys talk to Dr. Linda Bacon, professor, researcher, acclaimed international speaker, and author of the two best-selling books, Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, or Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight, (co-authored with Dr. Lucy Aphramor), and Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight. Dr. Bacon is changing lives through her teaching, research, writing, and transformative workshops and seminars. In this episode, we talk about her experience teaching from a weight inclusive perspective, creating brave spaces, self-compassion, and building community.

www.lindabacon.org

www.lindabaconspeaks.com

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Episode 29 — Dana Sturtevant and the Rant Heard Around the World Nov 20, 2017

Aaron and Glenys spend some time talking to Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD about how she met her business partner Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and how they started Be Nourished. We also discuss an amazing rant that Dana posted online a while back about how the influence of diet culture permeates our world and infiltrates the discussions of some of those who we look up to for influence and support in our journey to love wholeheartedly. Along with gems of knowledge about healthism and weigh inclusivity, Dana shares amazing advice for anyone who is going to start to add yoga into their self-care practice. You’ll love this episode!

Show notes:

Find Dana and Be Nourished at http://www.benourished.org

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benourishedpdx

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Episode 28 – Kai Hibbard Celebrates the End of The Biggest Loser Oct 04, 2017

Aaron and Glenys talk to former The Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard (season 3). Kai talks about her time on the show and her transformation from diet addict to anti-diet rebel and body positive advocate. She also tells us about how she learned how to advocate for herself with medical professionals in the face of an undiagnosed illness, her body positive inspirations, how anger is a fuel for activism, and her advice for TV networks looking to exploit fat people. Content Warning: discussion of weight loss in the first half of the show (all numbers have been bleeped). Show notes: Find Kai at https://reallykaihibbard.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaihibbard/ More about Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com

Episode 27 - PCOS, HAES and Eating Disorders: Interview with Julie Duffy Dillon Sep 11, 2017

Glenys and Aaron take some time to talk with Julie Duffy Dillon MS, RD, NCC, LDN, CEDRD and she shares her wealth of knowledge about a often misunderstood issue affecting 1 out of 10 women, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Julie is an expert in the field and has years of experience working with PCOS. She’s seen first hand how the pursuit of weight loss has had such a damaging effect on women who struggle with PCOS, which is the leading cause of infertility. It’s a challenging issue in which many women are at risk for developing eating disorders and Julie shares with us specific tools to help as well as discussing an exciting new online program she is launching this month. You won’t want to miss this episode of Dietitians Unplugged.

Discussed in this episode:

PCOS Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCOSandFoodPeaceSupport/

Julie’s Free PCOS Roadmap: PCOSandFoodPeace.com

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Episode 26 - Isabel Foxen Duke Teaches us How to Stop Fighting Food Aug 21, 2017

Aaron and Glenys talk with Isabel Foxen Duke about emotional eating, addiction, and yes, sex, in this fantastic episode of Dietitians Unplugged. Isabel is the creator of the free video training program 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.

Discussed in this episode:

Marc David

Book: Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting over 2000 Years

Stop Fighting Food Free Video Training Program

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Episode 25--Ragen Chastain & Exercise for ALL Bodies Jun 13, 2017

How do we make spaces more welcoming to more bodies? What are the challenges of exercising while fat? Aaron and Glenys talk to one of their favorite fat activists, Ragen Chastain of the blog Dances with Fat, about how to make exercise more accommodating to more people of all sizes and abilities. She answers these questions and more, and tells us about her experience as a competitive dancer and how she decided to prepare for an Iron Man.

Resources discussed:

Body Positive Fitness Alliance Facebook page and website

Fit Fatties Facebook Page and Fit Fatties Forum

Also mentioned:

Glenys' Dare to Eat program starts June 19th! Click here to get the details - registration closes 6/16

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Episode 24- Aging in an Anti-Aging World with Michelle Vina-Baltsas May 29, 2017

Let's face it: we're lucky if we get old. Yet there's so much stigma in our culture around aging. Aaron and Glenys talk with food and body relationship specialist Michelle Vina-Baltsas about what it's like to get older in a world that is stridently anti-aging, and how we can fight against the stigma of aging by continuing to be relevant as all hell. You can find Michelle on her website and in her Facebook group, The No Diet Sisterhood.

Link to article discussed: http://www.feministcurrent.com/2015/03/10/aging-while-female-is-not-your-worst-nightmare-2/

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Episode 23 - What is Wellness? What we really wanted to say May 12, 2017

Aaron and Glenys discuss their recent adventures being filmed for a mini-documentary for Vice UK, and then ending up on the cutting room floor. They cover privilege, exclusion, and the question, "What is wellness?" Plus, a question about Health at Every Size® and wellness from a listener is answered!

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Episode 22 - There Will Be Rants Mar 16, 2017

Episode 22 is here and your hosts, Glenys and Aaron just need to rant a little bit. They discuss some current research over "obesity" and cancer and examine flaws with studies like this and how it perpetuates fat-phobia. Glenys and Aaron also take time to discuss with public weight loss experiences of Gabby Sidibe and Chrissy Metz. Buckle up, and enjoy the bumpy, wild ride.

Links Discussed in this episode

Research article discussed (must have Medscape login to read) http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j477

Food Psych Podcast interview with Alan Levinovitz — https://www.christyharrison.com/foodpsych/4/how-to-leave-the-religion-of-dieting-with-alan-levinovitz

Chrissy Metz Weight Loss — http://www.refinery29.uk/2016/11/130418/this-is-us-chrissy-metz-lose-weight-contract

Gabby Sidibe Interview — http://people.com/bodies/gabourey-sidibe-weight-loss-body-positivity-quotes/

Virgie Tovar -- http://www.virgietovar.com/

Ragen Chastain -- https://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/blog/

Marilyn Wann -- http://www.fatso.com/

Episode 21 - Rebecca Scritchfield Teaches Us Body Kindness Feb 24, 2017

Aaron and Glenys welcome Rebecca Scritchfield, RD to the podcast. Rebecca just finished writing a fabulous new book, Body Kindness and she discusses her personal journey that inspired her to write on this topic. Rebecca also shares her thoughts on how we can improve the training for future RDs to include a more weight neutral approach toward nutrition education. You won't want to miss this amazing episode. Learn more about Rebecca Scritchfield in these links: Body Kindness Book, and RDs for Body Confidence. Also, the TED talk with Dr. Peter Attia that we discussed can be seen here.

Episode 20 - Hilary Kinavey: How To Include Our Partners on our HAES® Journey Jan 31, 2017

Glenys and Aaron are back with Episode 20. They invited Hilary Kinavey from Be Nourished to come on the podcast to help answer two questions from our listeners. Both questions deal with how can the people closest to us support our Intuitive Eating and HAES® journey. One listener asks for tips in explaining Intuitive Eating and HAES® to her partner and the second question deals with working with a spouse or partner who is still steeped in diet culture and might not support our exploration of HAES®.

They also recommend reading the book Body Respect which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Respect-Conventional-Health-Understand/dp/1940363195

Episode 19 - Melissa Toler wants to change the body positivity conversation Jan 13, 2017

Glenys and Aaron are back (better than ever) after a month and a half hiatus. In Episode 19, they interview certified health & wellness coach, Melissa Toler about her work in helping women heal their relationship with their bodies and discover food freedom. The discussion covers Melissa's story of how she arrived at this work, her progression from weight loss coaching to a weight-neutral approach and the intersection of fat phobia, race and social justice. It is a wide-ranging, thoughtful discussion that you will get you to see body positivity from a new perspective.

Episode 18 - Binge Eating Disorder Conference Live Report Nov 04, 2016

This episode might be short, but it's well worth your time. Aaron and Glenys give their impressions from a great couple of days of learning at the 2016 Binge Eating Disorder Conference which was held in San Francisco. They reflect on some of the sessions, meeting some of their idols in the field and getting to connect with many HAES and Intuitive Eating professionals. You won't want to miss this episode.

Episode 17 - Intuitive Eating and Weight Gain Oct 20, 2016

In this latest episode of Dietitians Unplugged, Aaron and Glenys answer a listener's question on whether Intuitive Eating promotes weight gain? It is a common question that comes up and Aaron and Glenys were happy to take time to talk about it.

In addition to this great discussion, Aaron and Glenys also share some of news and inspiring stories they are coming across these days.

Dare to Not Diet Society Facebook Page

BuzzFeed Body Positive Article

Samantha Geballe's Gastric Bypass Photo Series (NSFW)

Episode 16 - Teaching Kids the Truth: Weight Stigma and Body Image Sep 26, 2016

Aaron and Glenys team up with Carmen Cool, MA, LPC and Julia Kohn, a very wise teen with a lot of things to say about how problems with body image begin at a young age, and are often unwittingly reinforced by adults. How can adults do better? Listen and find out. This episode was created as a part of Binge Eating Disorder Association's Weight Stigma Awareness Week, happening September 26-30, whose theme this year is Teaching The Truth to Kids.

Episode 15 - Virgie Tovar is a Fierce Fat Babe Sep 12, 2016

Glenys and Aaron were thrilled to get the opportunity to interview Virgie Tovar, who has inspired them to be more active in the community. It is a great discussion that touches on everything from her path to becoming a leader in the fat activist world to her thoughts on how we all can become fierce fat babes! You'll want to check out her program Babe Camp for sure.

We ran into some technical issues around minute 37 and we apologize to Ms. Tovar and to the rest of you for this glitch.

Episode 14 - Dani Mathers Fat Shaming Discussion Aug 22, 2016

Aaron and Glenys take some time to discuss the recent fat shaming incident that involved former Playboy Playmate, Dani Mathers. What she did was truly horrible and violates all sorts of privacy standards. But to be honest, her incident was very public, but is it really any different than what happens to fat people everyday in our society? Listen to this episode to find out what Glenys and Aaron think.

Episode 13 - Andrew Walen Interview Aug 01, 2016

Aaron and Glenys interview psychotherapist Andrew Walen. They discuss eating disorders and body image for the male perspective. Andrew is an expert in the field and his personal story will enlighten you and his professional work gives hope for those struggling with eating disorders and body image issues. You can learn more about his work at The Body Image Therapy Center and his Facebook page.

Episode 12 - This American Life: Tell Me I'm Fat Jul 13, 2016

Aaron and Glenys take an extended look into a recent episode of This American Life, "Tell Me I'm Fat" They discuss each chapter of the episode and share their thoughts on some of the themes and messages that are covered. It is was a controversial subject for some in the fat acceptance world and so Glenys and Aaron share their unique perspective on the topic.

Episode 11 - Tips for Living a Non Diet Life Jul 01, 2016

In this latest episode of Dietitians Unplugged, Glenys and Aaron answer a listener's question, "If you are going to stop dieting, how are you going to eat normally again?" Glenys and Aaron will give you some valuable tips to help you stop living a life based on dieting and food rules and start your non-diet approach to eating. They offer you a variety of different tips that are sure to get you going and learning to trust your body and make peace with food.

Episode 10 - Vivienne McMaster of Be Your Own Beloved Jun 07, 2016

Aaron and Glenys interview someone they have admired for quite some time, Vivienne McMaster. She created a program called Be Your Own Beloved which is an online program to help people make peace with how they see themselves in photos. We discuss how she came to develop the program and what she's learned through this process. If you are looking at ways to help improve your body image, this episode is for you!

Episode 9 - Why We Hate The Biggest Loser Jun 02, 2016

Glenys and Aaron let it all out as they discuss a show that epitomizes our diet culture, NBC's "The Biggest Loser". They start by reviewing an article in the New York Times that reviews some of the latest research on how contestants' metabolisms have yet to recover even six years after being on the show. Glenys and Aaron also discuss this article from the New York Times about why you should never diet again. Lastly, they were so happy to quote one their favorite HAES® colleagues, Deb Burgard in this great article. Take a listen to this very important episode -- it might be the one you need to hear before you consider going on your next "diet"

Episode 8 - The Beach Body Episode May 04, 2016

Glenys and Aaron explore the "Beach Body" message and body image issues so many of us struggle with. They share some of their own experiences with accepting their bodies and why they advocate for "body neutrality" rather than just "body positivity". Lastly, they issue very special challenge that involves embarrassing-yet-hilarious consequences for your hosts...will you be up for it?

Episode 7 - Made Peace with Food? Now Make Peace with Exercise Apr 25, 2016

After spending a few episodes talking about making peace with food, Glenys and Aaron turn their attention to another important part of our diet culture, exercise. They discuss their own personal history with exercise as well as what has helped improve their relationship with this behavior. They also give insights to the popular fitness trackers that so many of us are using these days. Is there such a thing as Intuitive Exercise? You'll have to listen to find out.

Episode 6 - Clean eating or Toxic Ideas? Mar 14, 2016

In this episode of Dietitians Unplugged, Glenys and Aaron take a closer look at the clean eating craze. This discussion all started after reading this article from the Daily UK. Other topics that come up are, Ellyn Satter and the very interesting book, Blessings of a Skinned Knee. We hope you enjoy this latest episode.

Episode 5 - 2015 Dietary Guidelines Feb 08, 2016

Aaron and Glenys examine the latest Dietary Guidelines that were released earlier this year through the lens of Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size®. In addition, they offer their own suggestions for future guidelines that they'd love to see in future releases.

Episode 4 - Will I ever lose weight as an intuitive eater? Jan 12, 2016

In this episode, Dietitians Unplugged hosts, Aaron and Glenys explore the common question , "Will I ever lose weight as an intuitive eater?" It's something many people wonder about and this episode will help you understand why weight is not a central goal of Intuitive Eating. Aaron and Glenys also give a brief update on Oprah's partnership with Weight Watchers which was discussed in detail in Episode 3.

Episode 3 - Oprah and Weight Watchers Dec 14, 2015

In our latest episode of Dietitians Unplugged, we discuss the recent partnership between Oprah Winfrey and Weight Watchers. We share our thoughts on why this agreement comes as such a surprise to us especially given Oprah's most recent attempts to help empower women in such a profound way.

Episode 2 - Why Diets Really Don't Work Nov 18, 2015

Welcome to the Dietitians Unplugged Podcast with Aaron Flores and Glenys Oyston. Join us as we explore the idea of health and wellness from a new perspective. Each episode we will discuss topics that we hope to help you improve your health, body image and fitness without obsessing on the scale or counting calories. We believe in Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, and body positivity and we want to help you build the confidence to ditch the scale, and embrace your health without shaming your body.

In our second episode we review the book, "Secrets from the Eating Lab" by Traci Mann Ph.D.

Episode 1 - Introducing the Dietitians Unplugged Podcast Sep 27, 2015

Welcome to the Dietitians Unplugged Podcast with Aaron Flores and Glenys Oyston. Join us as we explore the idea of health and wellness from a new perspective. Each episode we will discuss topics that we hope to help you improve your health, body image and fitness without obsessing on the scale or counting calories. We believe in Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, and body positivity and we want to help you build the confidence to ditch the scale, and embrace your health without shaming your body.

In this episode, we are going to learn more about each other and introduce you to our philosophy as dietitians.

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