Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhD

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Ep 141 - Stomping out Diet Culture in Schools w/ Molly Forbes May 27, 2022

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Hold tight folks, this is a good one! This week, I'm chatting with Molly Forbes, journalist, campaigner, author of Body Happy Kids and founding director of the Body Happy Organisation.

Molly gives loads of practical and pragmatic advice for how you can begin to open up conversations with your school to stomp out diet culture and support positive body esteem. It's such a helpful episode for anyone who has wondered whether or not schools are undoing some of the things that you're doing at home to protect your kids' relationship with food and their bodies.

Some of the topics we cover include:

How influential schools really are when it comes to supporting/disrupting body esteem.
Where diet culture creeps up in schools in areas like school uniform policy.
How we can open up conversations with schools about diet culture, and how teachers can get their schools on board with an anti diet culture policy.
How you can begin to tackle food policing policies.
National weight measurement programme and why you should opt your kiddo out.

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Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter
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Check out Molly's Instagram post school uniform policies
Check out Dieticians 4 Teachers on Instagram
Laura's Website
Body Happy Org Website
Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It
Buy a copy of Body Happy Kids
Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course
Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns
Edited by Joeli Kelly

Ep 140 - Why your child's body will do whatever it wants to do May 20, 2022

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This week, I'm joined by the Dr. Asher Larmie AKA The Fat Doctor. Asher is a transgender, non-binary GP and fat activist who campaigns for an end to medical weight stigma. I really loved this conversation and am so excited for you all to hear it. We cover things like;

Why you can't control your child's body and why you shouldn't want to
Advice on how you can raise kids who are resilient to body shame
What to say when your doctor wants to weight you and you don't consent
How they are working to disrupt weight stigma in the medical profession

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Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter
Follow Asher on Instagram
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Laura's Website
Asher's Website
Check out Asher's #NOWEIGH campaign
Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It
Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course
Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns
Edited by Joeli Kelly

Ep 139 - Raising Anti-Diet Kids as a form of Rebellion w/ Jeanette Thompson-Wessen May 13, 2022

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You're gonna love this one team! This week's episode is here and this time, I'm joined by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen, AKA @themindsetnutritionist. Jeanette is an anti-diet, Intuitive Eating, fat positive nutritionist and all-round bad-ass in this field. In this conversation, we cover things like;

Jeanette's experience of bumping up against anti-fat maternity policies
How leaning into social justice helped her make peace with her body
Snapback culture and our experiences of breastfeeding
Modeling healthy body esteem to our kids
How diet culture shows up in our parenting
How raising anti-diet kids is a form of resistance and rebellion

This is such a great conversation ya'll, so don't forget to subscribe and give it a share if you enjoyed it!

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Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter
Follow Jeanette on Instagram
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Laura's Website
Jeanette's Website
Check out Jeanette's crowdfunding campaign here
Check out my IG post on where diet culture shows up in your parenting
Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It
Check out Body Happy Org
Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course
Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns
Edited by Joeli Kelly

Ep 138 - Bringing Joy Back Into Movement w/ Tally Rye May 06, 2022

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HEYO - look who's back on the pod!

Tally first shared her journey with us back in 2019 {listen to that here}. Since then she's published two books and completely shaken up the fitness industry, challenging the notoriously weight-centric, aesthetics focussed industry to move in ways that feel joyful and to prioritize rest (and not feel guilty about it!). She also joined us in 2021 to break down the principles of Intuitive Movement {you can listen to that here}.

This episode was recorded back in January as part of a live Q+A we did (before things got weird). I decided to save this episode to share with you on International No Diet Day because it felt like the perfect way to celebrate!

In this episode we cover:

- The difference between exercise and intuitive movement- How we can approach rest without feeling guilty- Why I hate the daily mile in schools - Ableism in the fitness space- How to know if movement is motivated by self-care or coming from a place of wanting to control your body and your weight

This is such a fun episode - Tally is a dream. If you enjoy this conversation then please don't forget to share and keep the conversation going over on our socials!

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Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns

Edited by Joeli Kelly

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Ep 137 - If you're feeling stuck with feeding your kids, listen to this! w/ Kristen Scher of Embodied Kiddos Apr 29, 2022

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Kristen is back for round 2 this week! Kristen joined me a couple weeks back to talk about all things child feeding (if you haven't checked it out yet, you can listen here!). This time round, we're diving into some of the challenges listeners are facing while feeding your kids and answering questions you submitted about your specific struggle. We're going to cover things like;

What to do if your breastfed toddler is a boob fiend
Child led ways to support older kids who are quite particular about what they like and don't like, and are maybe struggling to expand the variety of foods that they're eating
How diet culture shows up at the table
What to do when a kid starts dropping food or goes through a food jag
What if kids aren't interested in foods
How you can support a picky or fussy eater

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Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Kristen on Instagram Follow Don't Salt My Game on Instagram Laura's Website Kristen's Website Check out my IG post highlighting the main red flags for requiring more support with feeding kidsCheck out my IG post about "beige" foodsIf you are looking for a professional trained in responsive feeding, you could reach out to myself, Jo Cormack, Julia Wolman, Natalia Stasenko, Katja Rowell or Naureen Hunani Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Sign up for a Learn with LCIE CourseBuy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concernsEdited by Joeli Kelly

Ep 136 - Preserving positive body esteem in kids w/ Dr. Martha Deiros Collado Apr 22, 2022

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I hope you're buckled in because this one's a doozy! Today I'm joined by Dr. Martha Deiros Collado, a clinical psychologist with expertise in parenting, child development and paediatric health. In this conversation, we explore how to support kids in building healthy body esteem and preserving a positive experience of embodiment. Some of the topics we cover in this episode include;

The necessity of bringing an intersectional lens to conversations about body esteem
Why promoting body esteem is about so much more than teaching kids they look good
We cover BIG ideas like agency, autonomy, consent and honouring differences in identity (but don't sweat - Martha makes these ideas super accessible)
We touch on how letting kids have autonomy around food is so critical (and why you should let them blow their own nose!)
And lastly, we name some of the power structures and systems of oppression that make us feel as though our bodies are not good enough in the first place

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Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Martha on InstagramFollow Don't Salt My Game on InstagramLaura's WebsiteMartha's WebsiteCheck out Episode 134 with Kristen ScherBuy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Sign up for a Learn with LCIE CourseBuy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concernsEdited by Joeli Kelly

Ep 135 - You don't need to diet to have a baby w/ Nicola Salmon Apr 15, 2022

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In the second episode of DSMG's brand new season, I chat with Nicola Salmon, a fat-positive fertility coach and author of 'Fat and Fertile'. This is such an important conversation to have to support people in relearning how to trust their own bodies and ability to get pregnant. Some of the topics we touch on in this episdode include;

Fat-positive fertility
Why you don't have to lose weight before starting a family
The BS that are BMI cut-offs in assisted fertility
Things you can do to support your fertility at any size

Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Nicola on Instagram Follow Don't Salt My Game on Instagram Laura's Website Nicola's Website Check out Nicola's IG post on the research behind fertility and BMICheck out Nicola's book 'Fat and Fertile' Locate a fat-positive fertility clinic here Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Sign up for a Learn with LCIE CourseBuy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concernsEdited by Joeli Kelly

Ep 134 - A deep dive into what, when and where to feed kids w/ Kristen Scher Apr 08, 2022

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Here it is! The very first episode of DSMG's brand new season - are you ready? In this week's episode, my guest Kristen Scher and I are diving deep into all things child feeding. Some of the topics we'll be covering in this episode are;

What the Division of Responsibility is and who has what role in the child-feeding relationship
Unpacking the parent's job when it comes to feeding - the what, the when, and the where of feeding our kids
How diet culture shows up in child feeding and the problems that can cause
The importance of unpacking our own issues with food before they trickle down to our kids

Don't forget to hit subscribe to keep in the loop with new eipsodes and keep an eye out for part 2 with Kristen, coming in a couple of weeks!

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Pick up a copy of My Body, My Home by Victoria Emanuela and Caitlin Metz

Check out Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls show on Amazon Prime

Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns

Edited by Joeli Kelly

We're back! Apr 06, 2022

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WE'RE BACK. Don't Salt My Game is back for a whole new run of shows. Check out this short trailer to get a sneak preview of upcoming guests, what to expect from the season and to catch up with what's been going on for the past year (!).

Make sure to hit subscribe in your podcast player to get the first full episode when it drops on Friday 8th April.

Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter

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Laura's Website

Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It

Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns

Edited by Joeli Kelly

Ep 133 - How To Just Eat It - Chapter 12: Where We Go From Here Feb 16, 2021

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Welcome to this special series of Don't Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the past several weeks, I have posted two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. Make sure you go back and have a listen. How To Just Eat It is out now!

In today's episode I'm talking to Kimmie Singh, MS, RD, who is a is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at LK Nutrition, a Health at Every Size® nutrition private practice based in New York City that supports people with eating disorders, disordered eating, and anyone seeking for support in healing their relationship with food and body. Kimmie has a passion for Intuitive Eating and weight-inclusive nutrition and is currently the treasurer for the Association for Size Diversity and Health; as well as an active member of the International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians. In this episode we're talking about 'the next steps' of intuitive eating.

In this episode we talk about:

How we can make Body Positivity and Intuitive Eating more accessible & inclusive
Oppressive systems and their part to play in Intuitive Eating
Barriers to Intuitive Eating
How Intuitive Eating might feel unsafe to some folks
The relationship between cultural assimilation and diet culture
Social justice & equality
Looking beyond our own personal Intuitive Eating process
Clinical vs Emotional understanding

Kimmie shares her insight on the complexities behind making Intuitive Eating more inclusive, as well as sharing advice on why it's so important to listen to clients on an individual, human-to-human level if they express concern around Intuitive Eating.

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Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_

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