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**Find Your Food Voice**

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Find Your Food Voice–formerly The Love Food Podcast–is a podcast—and a movement—to fix diet culture. Because you don’t need fixing. I’m your host, registered dietitian and food behavior expert Julie Duffy Dillon. Join in as we ditch cookie cutter approaches, expose the lies that society feeds us, and rewrite the rules around food, eating and our bodies. We call this “Finding Your Food Voice,” and it’s vital we do it together. Find YOUR food voice each week here on my website, or listen on your favorite podcast app.

Latest Episodes:

(130) I can't get rid of the urge to binge eat (with Isabel Foxen Duke) Oct 09, 2018

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Do you feel like you've done everything to tackle your struggle with binge eating? Is there a constant battle in your head over cravings? Listen now to hear some solutions on how to overcome this food peace struggle.

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Episode's Key Points:

The recovery process is NOT linear, and it takes TIME.
Isabel Foxen Duke joins to talk about dieting, bingeing, and more!
Physical restriction is NOT THE SAME as emotional and psychological restriction... even if you're eating "enough," bingeing can still occur if you feel mental restriction. Diet mentality is the bigger thing to break down when trying to break free from bingeing!
Cravings are neutral things!! We don't need to feel shame about them.
Emotional eating and binge eating are two different things! Emotional eating is when we eat something in order to make ourselves feel better. It's a coping mechanism to distract, comfort, soothe or avoid a feeling. Binge eating, on the other hand, is a reaction to the diet mentality. Isabel calls is reactionary eating! For example, when you tell yourself you can't have "x" food, all you want is "x" food, and then it results in a binge.
Food is never black and white!
Just because we think we're eating "enough," we actually may not be because we live in a restrictive, diet-culture world.
Diet mentality tells us that there's a right and wrong way to eat. Giving up dieting is giving up an attitude around food that categorizes certain food behaviors as safe and others as unsafe.
"The Don't Binge Eat Diet:" when you're desperately trying to avoid and overcome the urge to binge, which only perpetuates a binge. Think about a bow and arrow... the farther back you pull the bow and the more tension your build, the farther that bow will fly in the other direction when you inevitably let go!
There's NOTHING wrong with emotional eating!! The only reason why people fear emotional eating is because we fear getting fat.
Emotional eating turns into a binge when we decide that the action we're doing is not okay and feel shameful about it.
Quitting dieting doesn't just mean you've put down the calorie counts and the weight loss goals... it means we leave behind the "right" and "wrong" with food.
When we struggle with food, we have to ask, where is the restriction happening?? Where is the diet mentality hiding?
Not dieting is a physical AND emotional issue! 90% of recovering from dieting is about the diet mentality and diet attitudes, and only 10% of it is about the physical.
If you are clinging to ANY kind of wagon, you will inevitably fall off!
Permission to binge is step one!!
It's time to overcome emotional restriction.
You have permission to be where you are right now, and to meet your needs in however you need to.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food’s Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Isabel's video training series, Stop Fighting Food ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #1
Isabel's blog ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #2
Connect with Isabel by getting on her email list!
Eating Disorder Dietitian
Julie Dillon RD blog

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(129) I can't love my body because I hate it. Oct 02, 2018

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You know diets don't work. Do you gravitate toward the body positive message yet hung up on one thing...

You don't love your body because you want to lose weight. You find your body unacceptable.

There is a way through this. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help. Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.
If you feel like a failure because you can't lose weight or keep it off, know you are not to blame. Diets have failed you.
Dieting predicts weight gain.
Dieting promotes the idea of body hate and conditional acceptance.
Does a deeper understanding of diet culture, its toxicity, and manipulation make you angry? Stay with it!
It's ok to not accept your body.
You are acceptable the way you are today. The end. Your body is acceptable no matter what.
Oprah Winfrey joined weight watchers and Julie's mind was blown to see diet culture and its reign make one of the most amazing women also feel not enough.
First step: work on RESPECTING your body.
Challenge the false truths.
Claim your space and find those who agree with body positivity.

Show Notes:

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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(128) I'm afraid of relapse while raising my kids. Sep 25, 2018

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Are you caught up in the mania that is motherhood? Do you find yourself feeling fatigued when it comes to making decisions regarding your kids' food choices? Does it feel as if your own relationship with food is being challenged? You're in the right place. Julie Duffy Dillon provides a heart-to-heart on this rewarding, but often exhausting stage.

Episode's Key Points:

Parenting often triggers many forms of stress.
Finding ways to complete tasks in more efficient ways can help relieve some of this anxiety.
If you have a history of an eating disorder or disordered eating, you may find these old behaviors and ways of coping return as you are dealing with the challenges of parenthood.
Eating for comfort and emotional eating are both very normal human ways of coping.
It is not the food choices that are concerning but rather the self-shaming thoughts and feelings we have around the choices we make. When these thoughts come up, call them out for what they are and provide self-compassion.
Connecting with a therapist provides a safe space to process your concerns.
Gather support from fellow mothers and intuitive eating mom experts.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Lindsey Stenovec's Intuitive Eating For Moms-->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
Lindsey Stenovec's podcast: The Embodied and Well Mom Show--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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(127) My dad criticized my mom's body. Sep 18, 2018

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Have you been on a diet for as long as you can remember? Do you find yourself feeling confused about food and your body because of mixed messages you received from your family? Are you looking to break free from an endless cycle of dieting and bingeing? Special guest Melissa Toler provides a compassionate voice alongside your Food Peace journey.

Episode's Key Points:

Special guest Melissa Toler, former wellness coach turned writer, speaker, and educator.
Our relationship with food and our bodies often is based off of our early childhood experiences.
Making peace with food and your body is an ongoing process. Rest assured, you are not doing it wrong.
Writing can be a therapeutic tool that allows you to hear your own voice over the external voices that we often hear regarding our bodies.
Filter your book collection to include fat positive and non-diet messages.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology-->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
Melissa Toler's Write to Get Free course--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
Melissa Toler's blog---->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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(126) I have no willpower. Sep 11, 2018

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Do you feel like you have no willpower when it comes to food? Does it seem like you will never get out of the cycle of dieting and bingeing? Are you even wondering if you may have a food addiction? Listen along as Julie Duffy Dillon provides insight on your next steps.

Episode's Key Points:

Nutrition Myth: Calories in, calories out is the key to weight loss.--->Fat phobia is actually at the root of this false message
Intuitive Eating will help bring about peace with food and your body through rebuilding connections with your body and allowing food to be consumed for both fuel and pleasure.
Taking steps to dismantle our fat phobic system and move towards body liberation is key to promoting health for us all.
Our worldview of bodies is broken, not our bodies.
Research shows that diets don't work for most people.
Saying someone is addicted to food is like saying they're addicted to oxygen, water, warmth, and sleep --->we need all of these to stay alive; "We can't be addicted to something we need to survive" --Amy Pershing
Connect with as many fat positive people as you are able in order to help move towards body autonomy and body liberation.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology-->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
Other podcasts promoting food and body peace: Christy Harrison's Food Psych, Paige Smathers' Nutrition Matters--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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(125) I feel guilty when I eat (with Amanda Martinez Beck) Sep 04, 2018

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Do you ever feel guilt for eating certain foods? Do you fear judgement about what other people will think about your body or food choices? Do you ever catch yourself labeling food "good" or bad?" Are you finding it difficult to feel at home in your aging body? Listen along to this week's episode as Amanda Martinez Beck helps provide meaningful reflection.

Episode's Key Points:

Special guest: Amanda Martinez Beck, co-host of the Fat and Faithful podcast
Typically, we feel shame when we feel as though we have failed at meeting some type of expectations.
When processing body shame, it is often helpful to turn the conversation to, "What is the purpose of my body?" and being able to shift our understanding of its purpose from being a means to control life's uncertainties to being a bridge of connection to other people.
Quote to live by: "All bodies are good bodies"--because all types of bodies can form connections with others.
Our aging bodies tell our stories and reflect ours and our ancestors' journeys.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Fat and Faithful podcast--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
Amanda Martinez Beck's Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me (releasing December 6, 2018) --->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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(124) My relationship with food is dark (with Corrie Van Horne and Melissa Preston) Aug 28, 2018

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Have you been trying to recover from your eating disorder yet constantly slipping back in? Been in and out of treatment? We hope you know you are not alone. Check out this week's featured Dear Food letter and listen to the wise and compassionate wisdom from Corrie Van Horne and Melissa Preston.

Episode's Key Points:

Special guests: Corrie Van Horne and Melissa Preston, both Licensed Professional Counselors (Corrie is a candidate) and Registered Dietitians, co-founders of Omni Counseling and Nutrition.
Many with eating disorders find themselves going in and out of various levels of treatment throughout their recovery journey.
Transitioning out of a higher level of care where there is fairly constant support can be challenging in many ways, particularly when it comes to "normalizing" one's relationship with food.
Oftentimes, our relationship with food and how we perceive it, mirrors other relationships and forms of oppression in our life.
Autonomy and self-compassion are both powerful tools in healing both our relationship with individuals and food.
Good self-reminder: Food is essential to life. It is okay (and necessary) to want to and need to eat.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Omni Counseling and Nutrition's Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
Omni Counseling and Nutrition Blog---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
Kristin Neff's Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
Tara Brach's Radical Acceptance---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #4
Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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(123) My past trauma keeps me bingeing (with Amy Pershing) Aug 21, 2018

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Have you been been making steps towards body acceptance, but find yourself stuck when it comes to letting go of certain eating behaviors? Perhaps, you are one of many of those with an eating disorder who has suffered from trauma? Listen to this week's episode with special guest Amy Pershing as she helps guide listeners along their recovery journey so that they can begin their healing process from trauma.

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The transcribed episode can be found here.

Episode's Key Points:

*Content Warning: discussion of sexual abuse

Special guest Amy Pershing, licensed clinical social worker and founder of the Body Wise binge eating disorder recovery program and the Hunger Wise program as well as author of Binge Eating Disorder-The Journey to Recovery and Beyond.
Many individuals who experience eating disorders have a history of trauma.
Our culture has not recovered from its own eating disorder. When we are capable of making some steps forward in our culture's recovery from its eating disorder (and acceptance of all bodies), we can begin creating space to process our individual trauma so that healing can happen.
Trauma, particularly sexual trauma, makes an individual feel as though their physical being is not okay.
We must begin challenging cultural narratives that perpetuate body hate/fat phobia, such as that an individual's size predicts their health (spoiler alert: NOT true), in order to allow this trauma work to be able to take place.
Additionally, filter your environment/social media: "If an image makes you feel bad, don't consume it." ~Amy Pershing
Healing from an eating disorder includes honoring what the eating disorder/food behaviors has done for an individual's survival as well as adding tools, in addition to food, to one's toolbox for coping.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Dr. Laura Brown's Not the Price of Admission ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
Amy Pershing's Binge Eating Disorder-The Journey to Recovery and Beyond---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
Amy Pershing's Website #1 and Website #2---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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(122 Season 2 Finale) I think about food all day long (with Heidi Schauster) Jun 04, 2018

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Have you struggled with a complicated relationship with food, and all its twists and turns, for way too long? Maybe your family taught you body hate and ways to diet instead of enjoying food and pleasurable movement. This week's letter writer has really tried to heal their relationship with food yet can't stop thinking about food, bingeing, obsessing, and hating on their body. Can things change? Can they show their young family a different way?? Listen now for Season 2 finale with special guest Heidi Schauster, author of Nourish.

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This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace™. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

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The transcribed episode can be found here.

Episode's Key Points:

Special guest Heidi Schauster, registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist of A Nourishing Word
As human beings, we are designed to think about food--on average, about 200 times per day.
When thoughts about food interfere with your relationships and connecting to joy in your life, this is called food preoccupation.
A restrictive mindset (and/or actual food restriction) often goes hand-in-hand with food preoccupation, leading to particular foods becoming "charged" and transformed into binge foods.
Non-judgmental observation of the thoughts and feelings you have around your daily food choices and interactions with food is an important first step in neutralizing food and healing your relationship with these "charged" foods.
If possible, seek out a registered dietitian who specializes in disordered eating. Avoid dietitians that label foods "good" or "bad" or prescribe limitations of foods.
Healing from food preoccupation means leaning into your own internal cues and not relying on external methods for food choices.
Your body does not need to be fixed. Our culture is what is broken.

Show Notes:

Julie Dillon RD blog
Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
Heidi Schauster's Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
Heidi Schauster's Blog/Website---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue!

Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.

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