Every Body | Reclaiming Body Talk

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 10: Healthy Relationships to Food & Stop Binge Eating - Judith Matz Jun 22, 2017

Show notes

EB010 - Healthy Relationships to Food and Stop Binge Eating with Judith Matz

Judith Matz realized the work she wanted to pursue after seeing the connections between her personal experience with losing weight, her professional experience with people going through Optifast, and the book she read titled Overcoming Overeating. It was made clear that her purpose is to help individuals stop dieting and she made this her mission ever since.

With over 25 years of experience as a therapist, speaker, and author, Judith is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master's degree from the University of Michigan. She is the author of The Diet Survivors Handbook, Beyond a Shadow of a Diet, and Amanda's Big Dream.

She joins me today to discuss binge eating disorders, weight bullying, and how we feed our children. She explains how binge eating gets passed on from generation to generation, and the role of sugar addiction in our society. She also shares the Health At Every Size paradigm, and the social justice aspect of the movement that tries to end discrimination on people based on shape and size.

"We need to acknowledge size diversity - that people come in different shapes and sizes." - Judith Matz

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

Where the "thin ideal" in children lead to and examples of fat-shaming messages
Approximate age that children start to diet and be conscious about their weight and body size
How the diet-binge cycle changes the body's physiology
Damaging effects of weight bullying and how people tend to put the blame on the victims
Child obesity and preconceived notions about it
Why access is important in improving healthcare and healthful behavior
How to teach children to be healthy eaters
The significance of talking about restriction in sugar addiction research
Advantages of having Binge Eating Disorders added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
Manifestations that show how deep the weight stereotypes are embedded in people

Resources Mentioned:

Overcoming Overeating book by Jane R. Hirschmann

Your Child's Weight book by Ellyn Satter
Rethinking Thin book by Gina Kolata
Relationship Between Weight and Health Quiz
3 Common Myths About HAES Handout

Connect with Judith Matz:

Amanda's Big Dream book by Judith Matz
The Diet Survivor's Handbook book by Judith Matz
Beyond a Shadow of a Diet book by Judith Matz
The Relationship Between Health and Weight Quiz
3 Common Myths About HAES

Rate, Share, & Inspire

Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week's episode, head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us spread the word to Every Body!

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep. 09: Secrets from the Eating Lab - Dr. Traci Mann Jun 08, 2017

Show notes

Today's guest, Traci Mann, a professor of social and health psychology and the principal investigator of the Health and Eating Laboratory at the University of Minnesota, sheds light on the truth about self-control and dieting.

She talks about the relationship between dieting and weight gain with the aim to identify and understand the behaviors related to eating and a person's body image. Traci also shares her work at the Eating Lab and how her team studies the mindsets people have about dieting and its effects.

"Weight gain really needs to be thought of, not as an unfortunate screw up after dieting, but it should be looked at as an expected result of dieting."

- Traci Mann

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

What brought Traci to focus on eating for her life's work
Detrimental effects of dieting and its inevitable consequences
How your body responds to keep you in a certain weight range
How historical famines changed people's metabolism to survive
Things that change and problems that occur when you're dieting below a set range
Why it's so hard for people to believe the facts about dieting
The result of a study made by Katherine Flegal that show the link between people's weight and mortality. Read study
Clarifying the obesity paradox and the relationship between people's health and fitness level
Persuasive evidence about obesity being not a good indication of a person's health
The truth about willpower as backed by years of experiments and studies
Effect of removing obstacles when eating healthy foods

Connect with Traci Mann:

Secrets From the Eating Lab book by Traci Mann

Check Out Our Instagram Contest!

Join our contest on Instagram and receive a copy of Dr. Traci Mann's book Secrets from the Eating Lab when you win!

Rate, Share, & Spread the word to Every Body

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep. 08: Fat is a Feminist Issue - Susie Orbach May 18, 2017

Show notes

EB008 Fat is a Feminist Issue with Susie Orbach

Dr. Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist, keynote speaker, and the author of several books including Fat is a Feminist Issue, a trailblazing book addressing compulsive overeating and the toxic diet industry. She is the co-founder of The Women's Therapy Centre in London.

She joins me today to share her views on body image, how social media is effecting the way women and children think and feel about their bodies, and how female body image issues can affect our children and the future generations of our society.

"I don't think the body is like a house. I don't think it needs to be redecorated every minute by moving the walls."

– Dr. Susie Orbach

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

Fat is a Feminist Issue book and how the diet culture is so destructive in our society
How the dieting industry has changed over the last 40 years and its lasting impact
The underlying messages in new media and how they can manifest into different psychological concerns regarding eating, food, and body image
The impact of our visual culture on children and young adults in today's society
How anxiety about self-body image manifests and impacts the physical and emotional relationship between parents and their children
Her Endangered Bodies initiative groups around the world
Petition to stop plastic surgery apps marketed to children.
Her "bodyography" process – finding the history of how you come to understand your body
The cultural state of "pleasure" eating and intuitive eating
Her response to the critics of her work.

Dr. Susie Orbach's Words of Wisdom:

Get informed and act against diet culture

Look at pictures of yourself from a year or two ago. They provide information about yourself.
Explore hunger, when you are hungry, when you are full, get in touch with your body

Rate & Share

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep. 07: "Fat Femme" Yogi - Jessamyn Stanley May 05, 2017

Show notes

EB007 Fat Femme Yogi with Jessamyn Stanley

Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher, activist, and author of a newly released book: Every Body Yoga. She was launched into the limelight with Instagram, almost by accident. Her initial intention with her Instagram account was to have a way to document her yoga practice and use it as a way to check her at-home progress over time.

Jessamyn joins me on the show today to share her in-depth knowledge and insight on what yoga truly is – a practice about truth and authenticity. She shares her own challenges and conflicts with her own body image throughout her childhood and early adulthood. She shares how she overcame these challenges and improved her self-image and confidence and why she feels so strongly about identifying herself as a "fat femme" and what that term means to her.

"Yoga, while it obviously encourages body positivity – yoga is also a lot bigger than body positivity."

– Jessamyn Stanley

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

The conflict she had with herself, her body image, and how she overcame it.
Why she significantly reduced posting images of her private yoga practice on Instagram
The advantages and disadvantages of live yoga classes
How childhood media images impacted her body image and her recovery process
Why she believes body image problems are a product of the world we live in now
The process that helped her come to terms with her body image problems
How you feel vs how you look
Dealing with negativity and trolling from other people
How school bullies helped her learn to cope with negative people and trolls
What authenticity means to her and why she makes a conscious decision to be authentic

Jessamyn's Tips for Getting Started with Yoga:

Take online classes

Connect with Jessamyn Stanley:

Grab her latest book: Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body

Additional Resources:

YogaGlo

Rate, Share, & Inspire Others to LoveEvery Body

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep. 06: Fat Shamed at the Doctor - Evette Dionne Apr 28, 2017

Show notes

Download

EB006 Fat-Shamed at the Doctor with Evette Dionne

What would you do if your doctor fat-shamed you? Would you go back? Evette Dionne, senior news and identity editor at the Revelist, explains in an article titled I Got Fat-shamed at the Doctor – and They Completely Missed the Problem her story.

Her voice is an important one and on today's episode, she shares her intersectional feminist insights on the Body Positivity Movement, how Beyoncé has inspired the young black feminist movement and so much more.

"One of the biggest things is that doctors are treating fat. They are trying to figure out a way to make fat people permanently thinner."

– Evette Dionne

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

Her experience being fat-shamed by a doctor
Where doctors get their ideas of pathologizing women's bodies
Why she has a complicated feeling about the Body Positivity Movement
Ways in which the intersection of race, gender, ability plays out in our culture
The ways Beyoncé has contributed to black feminism
How she keeps trolls out of her life

Evette's Words of Wisdom

Body positivity is a journey. Your experiences and the way you feel about yourself from day to day is simply a small part of the bigger journey. It doesn't derail the path to loving yourself fully – it's just part of the journey.

Rate & Share Every Body

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep. 05: Body Postive Instagram Celebrity - Megan Crabbe Apr 28, 2017

Show notes

Body Positive Instagram Celebrity Megan Crabbe

CONTENT WARNING:

Eating disorder behavior and weight conversation.

My guest today is Megan Crabbe. Megan is an Instagram body positivity celebrity working to address the body negativity issues through her Instagram account. Former anorexic and self-loather, Megan is passionate about debunking the myths and lies within the diet industry. She joins me on the show today to share her personal journey through body positivity and eating disorders. She shares the story of being admitted into the hospital due to her disorder and how she ultimately recovered from it and began feeling better about herself. We also discuss how eating disorders are strongly linked to psychological concerns and her experiences with therapy.

"It's terrifying to consider dropping everything you've ever believed about food weight your body your value and think maybe I've had it wrong all these years. "

– Megan Crabbe

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

How your psyche and mindset about yourself and your body image plays a role in body positivity
The misconceptions and misunderstandings of what eating disorders are and when a person is fully recovered
How Instagram helped Megan achieve body positivity
The Body Positivity Movement – what it is and what it's all about, and the problems
What the "Don't Hate the Shake" movement is
Dealing with Instagram trolls
Recent criticisms about the Body Positivity Movement and what needs to be done to overcome the criticism
Misleading messages and misconceptions within the fashion industry
How Instagram is helping body people change the landscape of what people see in the world regarding body positivity

Megan's Body Positivity Advice:

Understand that body positivity is something very personal. It's something you have to figure out for yourself.
Be willing to do the research, learn from others, and put in the work to change your mindset. You will get there!

Rate & Share

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep. 04: Neuroscientist explains "Why Diets Make Us Fat" - Sandra Aamodt Apr 28, 2017

Show notes

Download

Neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt Explains Why Diets Make Us Fat

Every year, millions of Americans turn to diets to lose weight, but an increasing number of studies are showing that dieters are more likely to gain more weight over the next two to 15 years than those who don't diet. Many people hear phrases like "diets don't work" and "diets make you fat," but rarely believe these concepts are true – until they experience it themselves.

On today's episode, I'm talking with neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt. Sandra serves on the board of The Center for Mindful Eating and is the author of the recently published book – Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss. She joins me today to share her journey through dieting, starvation, and explains what happens in the brain when we diet.

"Low fitness, smoking, high blood pressure, low income, and loneliness are better predictors of early death than obesity when considered individually."

– Sandra Aamodt

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

Our culture's "amazing brainwashing job" regarding dieting and weight loss
What long-term diet studies reveal
The physiological effects of losing weight
How human evolution and food availability has impacted our body's natural weight regulation process
Genetic disposition and environmental factors influencing our body's natural weight regulation process
Sandra's personal journey with dieting, when she chose to stop dieting, and her results
Shifting your mindset around exercise
Study conclusions on health and weight connections
Defining what a "healthy diet" really means
Society's impact on dieting and the money-making aspect of it
New, exciting research studies becoming known in the industry
Encouraging children to eat healthy without dieting
Sandra's experience as a Ted Talk speaker and its success
Marketing shifts around the words "health" and "diet"

Sandra's Advice to Dieters:

Do not pay attention to short-run studies.
Eat plenty of vegetables. Avoid processed foods.
Find ways to seek pleasure in moving your body.

Rate & Share Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week's episode, head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us spread the word to Every Body!

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep 03: Lose Hate Not Weight - Virgie Tovar Apr 28, 2017

Show notes

Download

Lose Hate Not Weight with Virgie Tovar

Virgie Tovar is a fierce fashionista, feminist, and fat activist. She is an expert on fat discrimination and body image, and has a Master's in Human Sexuality with a specific focus on body size, race, and gender. She is also a writer and the founder of BabeCamp, a course designed to help people "break up" with the diet culture.

Virgie joins me today to share her story of dealing with fat discrimination and body image issues. She explains how she has had to cope with body image problems and fat discrimination from people all her life – even as young as five years old. She shares how the discrimination of others, especially from boys, had started her journey and experimentation with starvation dieting, which later lead to scurvy.

Virgie also shares her turning points – when she began to accept her body for what it is and accept herself for who she is, and the transformation that came from this acceptance process. She shares her thoughts and insight on why today's society discriminates against fat people.

"Shame is anger turned inward. Shame is the engine of dieting."

– Virgie Tovar

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

Childhood emotional abuse vs bullying
How her childhood and early adulthood experiences fueled her passion as a writer and fat activist
Her experience with starvation dieting and scurvy
Breaking through fat phobia
Her experience with fat activism
Political statements through fashion
Fat phobia and fat discrimination as a means of oppression
The socially constructed standards and fat-negative attitudes of people in the United States vs other cultures
How fat phobia affects men and their idea of masculinity
How social media has changed fat discrimination and the diet culture – for better and for worse
Debunking dieting and health myths
Having "health goals" that are divorced from weight-loss goals
What's on the horizon for Virgie Tovar

Virgie Tovar's Words of Wisdom:

"All bodies are good bodies. Your body is beautiful. You don't have to change it. You don't have to change your diet. You can live your life and do whatever you want at your current size."

– Virgie Tovar

Connect with Virgie Tovar:

VirgieTovar.com

Rate & Share

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep. 02: Religion of Thinness - Michelle Lelwica Apr 28, 2017

Show notes

Download

Religion and Thinness with Dr. Michelle Lelwica

Dr. Michelle Lelwica is a religious scholar who proposes a connection between eating, weight, and our spiritual need and how an obsession with food or one's weight may mask a deeper, more spiritual need.

In her book, The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers Behind Women's Obsession with Food and Weight, she outlined her research and today, she joins me on the show to share her findings and insight on the connection between our spirituality, religious beliefs, and how we view foods and weight in today's society. She also shares her personal story as a "devotee" during her indoctrination, her experience with bulimia, and the turning point in her life that began her journey to truly connect with her body and it's needs.

"Oftentimes, we don't realize that the voices in our head reflect the messages from the outside that we have internalized."

– Dr. Michelle Lelwica

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

Feature similarities of religions and our culture's manic devotion to thinness
The connection between the decline of millennials attending church and their views and beliefs around becoming thin
As much as one-third of the millennial population in the United States identifies as not religiously affiliated
How social media impacts society's views on appearance, thinness, and our connection with our bodies
The history of thinness
How the desire for thinness is racially and ethnically coded
The "schizophrenic attitude" and competing messages our culture has toward eating
Society's migration toward a "fit ideal"
Why rituals are important and their primary function
The most common ways rituals become ritualistic in the religion of thinness
Spiritual fasting rituals vs fasting to achieve thinness
The body's needs and society's association with those needs, impurities, and sin

Counter Strategies to the Religion of Thinness:

Find rituals that allow you to connect with your body rather than control it
Find images and role models that are worthy of your devotion and inspire you to be your best self
Find communities that are counter cultural and will do the cultural criticism with you
Find a new salvation myth. What is your life really about?

Additional Resources:

Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture book by Amy Erdman Farrell

Connect with Dr. Michelle Lelwica:

Grab her latest book: Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Improvement

Rate & Share

Don't forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!

Ep 01: National Eating Disorders Awareness - Claire Mysko Interview Apr 28, 2017

Show notes

Download

Ep 01: National Eating Disorders Awareness - Claire Mysko

EB001 National Eating Disorders Awareness with Claire Mysko This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness week. In the United States, about 30-million people suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Of that number,it is estimated that 10-million are men, and 20-million are women. My featured guest this week is Claire Mysko. Claire serves as the CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association. She is internationally recognized as a leader in eating disorder advocacy and education and she joins me to share her personal story of overcoming an eating disorder, why she is so passionate about educating the public and debunking the myths and misconceptions of these disorders, and how her personal journey has led to her passionate career in educating and advocating on this epidemic.

"One of the great joys of recovery is that you can find your voice and you can connect with what you are truly passionate about, and really make a difference in the world."

-Claire Mysko

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

Research surrounding early intervention success rate for people with eating disorders.
The rock-bottom turning point for Claire in her journey to overcome an eating disorder.
How activism has played a role in her recovery.
The Supergirl Dilemma study, its focus, and the unsurprising results.
The intense focus on obesity prevention and its effects on eating disorders in children.
The myths, misconceptions, and false images of eating disorders and their cultural effects
The difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating.
The mental mindset shift recovering women experience during and after pregnancy.
What National Eating Disorders Awareness Week means and its mission.

Connect with the National Eating Disorders Association:

NEDA Helpline:(toll-free) 1-800-931-2237
Click-to-Chat:MyNEDA.org
Screening: NEDA Eating Disorder Screening Tool
Advocacy: NEDA Advocacy Program
Prevention: The Body Project

Additional Resources:

You're Amazing book by Claire Mysko
Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat? Book by Claire Mysko and Magali Amadei

Rate & Share

Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week's episode, head over to iTunes , subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us grow the podcast. Don't forget to visit our website , follow us on Facebook , Twitter, and Instagram , and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode! http://www.clairemysko.com http://nedawareness.org

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Every Body | Reclaiming Body Talk

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected