Nutrition Matters Podcast

I'm stepping outside the box on this podcast episode and bringing you a solo recording. This episode is full of the main things you need to know about intuitive eating. If you've been exposed to the idea of intuitive eating, but you are feeling unsure about what it actually is or how it actually works, this episode is for you! If you yourself understand intuitive eating, but someone in your life doesn't, consider sharing this episode with that person! Intuitive Eating is way more than eat what you're craving—there are powerful principles of IE that can enhance your wellbeing whether you're someone who has chronically dieted in you life, if you have a tumultuous relationship with food, or if you feel you've been a victim of diet culture in any way. Listen in to get a good foundational understanding of the principles of IE. Links mentioned: Buy the Intuitive Eating book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch Join the waitlist for the 2019 Salt Lake City Body Image Resilience Group 10 days of Intuitive Eating Series on Instagram Check out the Positive Nutrition blog for more about intuitive eating Positive Nutrition 101 online course Leave a review for the podcast here. Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Monica Mo, PhD is a brand and media strategist and business coach for health professionals. She shares her process of being involved in the scientific world with models and studies and how she evolved into her professional and personal approach to health. We talk specifically about the power of humanity in the work we do as health professionals. In this episode, Monica shares about her top three values she boils down her health and happiness to. We explore those values, what they mean to her, and why they are health and happiness promoting for her. We talk about how important our feelings are in driving our choices and our self-care and Monica shares her personal story of getting into this space of working with health professionals and why she's passionate about the work she does. We spend the last 15 minutes of this conversation covering nutrition and non-diet messaging and discuss how to convey our messages with more clarity and grace. Links mentioned: Monica's website: https://wellseek.io/ Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!! Leave a review for the podcast here. Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN came on the podcast to talk about her book Born to Eat. We talk about Leslie's guiding philosophy that each of us is truly born to eat. We talk about her unique approach to feeding infants that ultimately helps families find a pattern and rythmn with food and eating that promotes body positivity and food peace from the beginning. In this podcast, we talk about Baby-Led Weaning and self-feeding. We talk about fears and concerns parents have when introducing solids to their infant. We explore the common fear of judgment parents feel when navigating all the complexities of feeding and caring for their child and explore some common mistakes new parents make with feeding their kids. Leslie's guiding belief with food is that we are all Born to Eat and shares her powerful approach to infant feeding in this podcast episode. Links mentioned: Leslie Schilling and Wendy Jo Peterson's book: Born to Eat Leslie's practice website: https://www.leslieschilling.com/ Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!! Leave a review for the podcast here. Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

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

Jessie Hoffman, PhD (c) came on the podcast to talk about why nuance matters when it comes to nutrition, health and science. Jessie is an expert in gut health, so we take some time in this episode to debunk some common myths about gut health since it's all the rage right now. In this episode, she shares her personal story of suffering from an eating disorder. She shares why she initially went into the field of nutrition, but how she found a more balanced and ultimately health-promoting approach to nutrition through time, training and experience. She talks about how she has done her deep dive into the world of nutrition research, she has developed more of a critical mindset and nuanced perspective about food and nutrition. We talk about how powerful stepping away from binary thinking is in developing a healthy, positive relationship with food.We talk about why it's fine to care about nutrition and the science of it, but it can be taken too far. We talk about how to navigate balancing Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating and nutrition science. We promise, there's a way to marry all these concepts! We also are releasing our brand new collaboration: an online course called Positive Nutrition 101—the art & science of nutrition without the gimmicks! We are so excited to bring you this brand new online course, complete with 12 lessons covering topics from why diets don't work, metabolism, macro and micronutrients, gut health, exercise, grocery shopping, meal planning, normal eating, mindfulness and more. The entire course is HAES-aligned and evidence-based and is intended to be a resource for those who are ready to engage in the gentle nutrition part of the intuitive eating paradigm. We are thrilled to offer this unique course diving into the science of nutrition without the typical gimmicks. Links mentioned: Positive Nutrition 101 online course officially RELEASED!!!! Purchase for $50 off through September 3 by using code: nutritionmatters at checkout Leave a review for the podcast here. Episode 81: Gut Health & Elimination Diets with Marci Evans Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

In this episode, Laura Thomas, PhD explores the concepts of weight stigma and weight bias in detail, and discuss how sometimes it's about the food but it's not about the food. Laura shares about the importance of not being complacent about how we communicate the science of weight and nutrition. We talk about the frequently-cited statistic that 95% of diets fail, and explore the nuance of the evidence. She gives an inside look into the research world including research bias and observation bias and gives some tips for critically consuming the science and the media around nutrition, weight and health. Laura also shares about her new book coming out in January (in the UK only) called Just Eat It so be sure to follow her on social media to hear about the release of the book near you! Links mentioned: Laura's website: http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/ Laura's podcast: Don't Salt My Game British Medical Journal: Challenging Assumptions in Obesity Research (with the podcast Laura mentioned as well) World Health Organization report about weight bias Episode 113: Exploring Weight Stigma Leave a review for the podcast here. Positive Nutrition Online Course coming soon! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Rahaf Al Bochi is a registered dietitian and owner of Olive Tree Nutrition LLC. She specializes in diabetes prevention and management and intuitive eating. She also has a special interest in the Mediterranean eating pattern and shares about her experience as a registered dietitian and Muslim. In this episode, Rahaf gives insight into Muslim practices around food, culture and beliefs. She explains what the term halal means in terms of food and more broadly. She also talks about Ramadan and the cultural and religious meaning behind the altered food pattern during this time. We also discuss the implications of Ramadan on those with special eating concerns such as diabetes or eating disorders. Links mentioned: Rahaf's website: https://olivetreenutrition.com/ Leave a review for the podcast here. Positive Nutrition Online Course coming soon! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Devrie Pettit, MS, RD is a registered dietitian who has gone through an interesting professional journey from selling meal plans online to supporting a message focused on Intuitive Eating, HAES, and restriction recovery. She and her best friend started an online business a few years ago selling meal plans where they did their best to promote flexibility within their programs. Soon they realized that people who were participating in their programs were rigidly obsessed with the meal plan and not taking the ideas as a framework and guidelines rather than rules and Devrie started to feel like she wanted to make a change with her offerings and focus. She eventually re-branded her business to be more in alignment with her personal philosophy around food and discovered the weight-neutral approach. She still has a soft spot for those who are wrestling with these concepts, and she came on the podcast to talk about her best tips for embracing flexibility with food. In this podcast, we discuss food plans: the good, the bad and the ugly. We talk about how to detect diets in all their sneaky forms and we talk about strategies for incorporating flexibility into your life with food. We discuss why food plans in all the forms can be so seductive and alluring and provide some ideas for moving forward without rigidity. Links mentioned: Devrie's website: https://www.happilyfed.life/ Listen to episode 111: Breaking Down Weight Science with Fiona Willer Leave a review for the podcast here. Positive Nutrition Online Course coming soon! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Nutrition during addiction recovery is an often very misunderstood and mischaracterized element of healing. Healing from addiction requires a multi-faceted approach and nutrition can play an important role. However, it's not the end-all-be-all of wellbeing. In this podcast episode, Tessa Acker, MPH, RD and I talk about our work in the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) world where we both engage in nutrition groups for those in recovery. We talk about why this intersection is so tricky and how the structure of recovery is helpful in so many ways but can often be extremely challenging when navigating food. Tessa Acker is a registered dietitian with a Master's in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, where she focused on underserved and disadvantaged populations. She pursued this field with the belief that nutrition is the foundation for a healthy life and wanted to help others obtain, learn about, and enjoy healthy foods. She began her career working on international nutrition issues with the United Nations and Clinton Foundation in Peru and Malawi, but has since returned to the United States to work with her brother, Ian Acker, at Fit To Recover (FTR). FTR is a community center and gym for people in recovery from SUDs. Tessa is the founder and lead dietitian of the nutrition pillar, Food to Recover, where she aims to help people in recovery see the role nutrition can play during recovery and in their everyday lives, develop and maintain a healthy relationship with food, and gain skills and knowledge to feel confident making their own food and nutrition choices. Tessa is also a certified yoga teacher and enjoys all of the adventures that Utah has to offer. Links mentioned: Fit To Recover website: https://www.fit2recover.org/ Listen to episode 94: Food Addiction—Fact of Fiction Leave a review for the podcast here. For RDs: take A Dietitian's role in SUDs online training. Positive Nutrition Online Course coming soon! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

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

This podcast episode dives deep into some of the most critical and core concepts within the realm of health and healing. I spoke with Dr. Lilia Graue, who is both a physician as well as a psychotherapist, to dive into the distinctions between performative health versus embodied wellbeing. Lilia Graue, MD, LMFT, is an eating disorders specialist and clinical supervisor; mindfulness, compassion and mindful eating instructor; and Certified Body Trust® Provider. With 18 years of clinical experience, she is intimately familiar with bodies and minds and our healing processes, and how we relate to, nourish and take care of ourselves and our bodies in ways that bring us closer to wholeness, radical presence, fierce embodiment and joy. Lilia practices at the intersection of different healing modalities, centering lived experience and the body as a source of knowing. Her own life experiences with developmental and complex trauma, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and a healing journey through psychotherapy and mind-body practices, have shaped her approach. Her practice is trauma informed, and rooted in intersectional feminism. She is Mexican and provides services in both English and Spanish. Lilia loves working with providers navigating the challenges of advocating bravely for body liberation, embodiment and freedom from performative health who wish to cultivate and honor boundaries that allow for their self-care and replenishing empathy and compassion. Lilia is an avid amateur cook, baker, and foodie. She and her partner share their home with their beloved cats, Thomas and Ziggy. In this podcast, we explore what the word "holistic" actually means and talk about the power of reclaiming words that get co-opted by gimmicks. We also discuss the concepts and frameworks of performative health versus embodied wellbeing and explore metaphors of how to distinguish between these two approaches. We talk about the incredible work of Niva Piran and her work on the theory of embodiment. We warn against approaching health and wellbeing with an all-or-nothing mindset. And, we close the conversation by exploring the power of joy and pleasure in health. Links mentioned: Lilia's coaching website: https://www.fiercelyembodied.com/ Mindful Eating Mexico website: https://mindfuleatingmexico.com/ Niva Piran's Amazon page. If you're interested in accessing Niva Piran's papers, feel free to email Lily at [email protected]. Leave a review for the podcast here. Check out the brand new Positive Nutrition 101 online course! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in private practice? Have you wondered about how it works to be an entrepreneur who is offering a counter-cultural approach to food and nutrition? Jessi Haggerty, RD is a fellow dietitian in private practice who also has a podcast, and joined me on the podcast to answer the most common questions we get about our work. We go through the following questions and more: How we got started What we were most afraid of when we started How we finally made the leap of faith What happened when we started to take our businesses seriously and started making commitments Our process of how to organize your business What to consider when getting started with private practice How to network and get referrals How to decide about insurance Why we both started enforcing our policies (especially cancelation policies) and why it's hard to do it sometimes How to keep yourself accountable to finish tasks and stay on schedule with due dates Attracting clients with a HAES and non-diet approach Getting over the fear and taking the plunge How to deal with impostor syndrome Whether or not it's true that you should get clinical experience before opening a private practice How to navigate branding and marketing EHR (electronic health records) versus paper charting Whether or not we get sick of talking about food and body image all the time Links mentioned: Jessi's website and podcast A Dietitian's Guide to Starting a Private Practice Leave a review for the podcast here. Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

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

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

Can mindfulness and mindful eating work with a diabetes diagnosis? Is the compassionate approach to health—Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating paradigms—in alignment with diabetes management and treatment? Megrette Fletcher, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, joined me on the podcast to discuss this very important intersection between mindful eating and diabetes. We talk about mindfulness-based nutrition therapy can improve health outcomes with a diabetes diagnosis. LINKS MENTIONED For individuals: Am I Hungry - Diabetes https://amihungry.com/programs/mindful-eating-for-diabetes/ Am I Hungry - Handouts to get you started https://amihungry.com/programs/mindful-eating-for-diabetes/resources/ Am I Hungry - Webinar training https://amihungry.com/marketplace/mindful-eating-for-diabetes-online/ For individuals interested in weight neutral diabetes care: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X9v86aK7anFjPwKo5yp2Ct9QMBPMQtWi For Professionals: For professionals interested in weight neutral diabetes care: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EbMDm53sSMOnJI-f4lkPo8eRY85tTa5q Diabetes Counseling and Education Activities https://megrette.com/diabetes-counseling-education/book/ Weight Neutral for Diabetes Care - Professional Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/WN4DM/ The Core Concepts of Mindful Eating http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Megrette Mindful Eating Resources: Improving Blood Sugars (recorded webinar for individuals) https://www.thecenterformindfuleating.org/Improving-Blood-Sugars Finding Your Health Weight - Marsha Hudnall MS RD https://www.thecenterformindfuleating.org/Healthy-Weight For the Podcast: Leave a review for the podcast here. Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

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

Hormonal health is a trendy topic right now. But, how can we navigate figuring out what's fact versus fiction when it comes to hormones? I invited the fabulous Robyn Nohling, FNP, RD, MSN who is both a registered dietitian and board certified family nurse practitioner who specializes in women's health along with eating disorders and disordered eating to tack the topic of hormones with me on the podcast. We talk about her philosophical and treatment approach evolution throughout her career so far, explore some of the flaws in our current healthcare system, and talk in-depth about hormone physiology. We also talk about how hormone dysfunction manifests in various disease states and talk about some practical steps you can take to start putting the puzzle pieces together if you're concerned about your hormone health. We end the podcast with a brief discussion about menopause and its hormonal implications. If you've ever wondered whether all the hype about hormones is grounded in science, you'll enjoy this conversation with Robyn! Links mentioned: Robyn's blog: https://www.thereallife-rd.com/ Robyn's practice website: https://www.reallifewomenshealth.com/ Leave a review for the podcast here. Substance use disorders webinar for 1.5 CPEs for RDNs. Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop on June 23, 2013 in SLC! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Hippocrates famously declared: "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." While this sounds nice and seems harmless, there are important nuances to explore about whether or not food is medicine. There are real implications that this philosophy can bring, and this podcast episode outlines where seeing food as medicine can be a slippery slope and where it can actually lead to poorer health outcomes. Katie Davis, RDN, CD joined me on this episode to share her very personal story of how she struggled—and continues to manage—with her health. She explains her story of an acute battle with severe neurological symptoms and how her unexplained health struggle created personal guilt and shame with food. Was she causing her symptoms? Was it something she was eating? Through years of navigating her health issues, she shares her story of how she sees food now and how she approaches the question of whether or not food is medicine. Links mentioned: Make an appointment with Katie. Leave a review for the podcast here. Substance use disorders webinar for 1.5 CPEs for RDNs. Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop for Dietitians on June 23, 2013 in SLC! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

In this episode, Jenn Hand—food and eating coach—and I talk about food rules and their sneaky tendency to create perfectionistic thinking and chaos with food. We dive deep into the practical ways you can let go of rules and "shoulds" with food and instead find ways to feed yourself in ways that are both satisfying and nourishing. We talk about the importance of awareness of your true intentions as you begin this process. We outline some things you can do today to start moving toward food freedom and give practical ways you can re-frame your food rules and rigid thinking. Links mentioned: Jenn's website: http://jennhand.com/ Leave a review for the podcast here Substance use disorders webinar for 1.5 CPEs for RDNs. Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop for Dietitians on June 23, 2013 in SLC! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Dr. Stephanie Waitt specializes in treating eating disorders at her practice, Texoma Specialty Counseling. In her work, with people she helps men and women find balance, peace, confidence, and happiness with their bodies, relationships and life. She emphasizes the importance of self-care and encourages people that being a little selfish is a really good thing. Stephanie is also an online recovery coach. In her recovery coaching Stephanie helps people learn to find peace with their bodies and ditch dieting. She helps people find confidence and the power to live the life they want right now! In this episode, Stephanie talks about her experiences with struggling with orthorexia and using it to manage and cope with a very difficult and demanding career. She has a powerful story of how she worked to find her own sense of identity and self-worth beyond food, dieting and her body image. Her own personal experience enhances her ability to effectively treat folks who are struggling in similar ways. She brings a unique perspective—both personally and professionally—to the idea of how powerful and important it is to discover who she is beyond food. Links mentioned: Dr. Stephanie Waitt's website: https://www.texomaspecialtycounseling.com/ HAES and ED recovery FB group Leave a review for the podcast here Substance use disorders webinar for 1.5 CPEs for RDNs. Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop for Dietitians on June 23, 2013 in SLC! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Tamara Melton, MS, RDN, CPHIMS and Deanna Belleny, MPH, RDN are the co-founders of a new non-profit, Diversify Dietetics which is a a community to attract, encourage and empower students and young professionals of color who were seeking careers in the field of nutrition and dietetics. Diversify Dietetics provides mentorship opportunities to students and young dietitians of color, spotlights RDs of color in the work they do, and provides training and resources for internship directors in efforts to provide support and training to increase diversity and strengthen the field of dietetics. Even if you aren't a dietitian, you're going to love Deanna and Tamara's passion for nutrition and health and their new project, Diversify Dietetics. Links mentioned: Diversify Dietetics website: https://www.diversifydietetics.org/ Diversify Dietetics on Instagram and Facebook Leave a review for the podcast here Substance use disorders webinar for 1.5 CPEs for RDNs. Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop for Dietitians on June 23, 2013 in SLC! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Have you heard the term "weight stigma" and wondered what it's all about? Even if you're a seasoned expert with this concept, you're going to love this episode with Ashlee Bennett, MAT, aka @bodyimage_therapist where we dive deep into the research and theory of weight stigma and internalized weight stigma and how it affects all of us. Ashley is a truly gifted researcher, therapist, and emerging researcher on the topic of weight stigma and does an incredible job building bridges between the health sciences world and the realm of social justice and social sciences. We're seeing a shift in the research from asking questions about what makes us well, rather than always asking what makes us sick. Learning about weight stigma and how to develop resilience from it is an essential step for all of us to take. Weight, health and bodies are more complicated than we've been taught. Links mentioned: Ashlee's website: http://www.bodyimage-therapist.com/ Power Flower exercise (find on positive-nutrition.com site's post about this podcast episode) Leave a review for the podcast here Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop for Dietitians on June 23, 2013 in SLC! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Donate to the podcast here

In this episode, Kara Lydon of the Foodie Dietitian Blog talk about her evolution of healing her relationship with food. We also then discuss how all-or-nothing thinking can get in the way of so much joy and connection with food and our bodies and explore this common cognitive distortion we see in our practice as dietitians with clients. Kara shares how her work and her blog is a resource for folks seeking a balanced and nuanced approach to health-promoting eating. She's worked hard to embrace nuance and gray with food and eating, and promotes that balance on her blog and in her work. Links mentioned: Kara's blog: https://karalydon.com/blog/ Blog post mentioned about mindfulness: https://karalydon.com/mindfulness/how-to-practice-self-compassion/ Leave a review for the podcast here Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop for Dietitians on June 23, 2013 in SLC! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Donate to the podcast here

Fiona Willer, AdvAPD is a dietitian and academic who has devoted her career to empower health professionals to adopt weight neutral practice by providing support and training in how and why to do so. In short, she wants to destroy the perception and practice of 'dietitian as food police.' She does this though online and in-person training and is in the final stretch of completing her PhD. She is such an asset to the dietetics field! In this podcast episode, Fiona and Paige discuss the history of weight research. Fiona breaks down the concept and history of BMI and dispels myths that have been perpetuated for decades about weight. She also gives an incredibly valuable insight into the biases in the research world. If you've ever wondered about the research that supports a weight-neutral approach to health and nutrition, listen in! Links mentioned: Fiona's website: http://www.healthnotdiets.com/ Fiona's podcast: https://www.unpackingweightscience.com/ Low fat versus low carb study discussed in this episode Leave a review for the podcast here Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Webinar: A Dietitian's Role in Addiction Recovery (April 18, 11am) Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Donate to the podcast here

Tiffany Roe is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, teacher, speaker, social media influencer, podcaster, & the owner of Mindful Counseling LLC in Orem, Utah. She passionately helps her clients remember they are enough. Tiffany has focused her career on treatment for women navigating eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, poor body image, poor relationships with themselves and food, substance abuse, anxiety, and low self-worth. She feels called to work with women and to help them find their purpose and self-worth. Tiffany believes you can love yourself, your mind, your body, and your relationship with food. She came on Nutrition Matters Podcast to talk all about a topic that is at the crux of so many of our struggles with food, body image and self-worth: feeling our feelings. You're going to love this episode! She walks us through why it's hard to feel what we feel and what beliefs often stand in our way. She also walks you through a guided meditation teaching you grounding skills to help you feel your emotions. She is brilliant, passionate, down-to-earth, relatable and so very good at her job as a therapist! Links mentioned: Tiffany's website: https://mindfulcounselingutah.com/ Tiffany on Instagram Therapy Thoughts podcast Leave a review for the podcast here Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Webinar: A Dietitian's Role in Addiction Recovery (April 18, 11am) Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Donate to the podcast here

Jennifer Ball struggled with an eating disorder for many years. Her struggle morphed from restriction to bingeing and everywhere in between. When she sought treatment, she was ready to tackle her struggles with bingeing, but she was hell-bent on maintaining her restriction behaviors. This is a fascinating look at something we don't talk about enough with eating disorder treatment—the fact that bingeing and restricting are both worth recovering from. And, restriction is often what is behind bingeing. So, if you're unwilling to work on your restriction, chances are very good that you will continue to struggle with bingeing. Jennifer talks in this episode about what finally clicked and how she went from hell-bent to not recovery to full-blown eating disorder recovery advocate. Links mentioned: Leave a review for the podcast here Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Webinar: A Dietitian's Role in Addiction Recovery (April 18, 11am) Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Donate to the podcast here

We all want the same things for our kids—happiness, health and overall positivity. After spending years listening to adults talk about the formative messages they received about their body and food during childhood, I have some strong opinions on how adults portray messaging about food and bodies with children. We mean well, but often our best efforts at nutrition messages are unhelpful at best and harmful at worst. This is what we're covering in this episode of Nutrition Matters Podcast. We're taking a good look at the nutrition messages we give our kids and breaking down why certain ways of talking about food aren't advised. I invited my friend Dana Snook on to talk about this topic who is is a registered dietitian who specializes in pediatric nutrition and family feeding dynamics. We talk about why it's best to talk less about and show/do more when it comes to food and kids. We talk about what is actually effective in helping kids to develop healthy eating patterns and an overall healthy relationship with food. We dive deep into action items parents and teachers can do to help kids navigate food and bodies in a mentally healthy and physically healthy way. Links mentioned: Dana Snook's website The lunchbox cards from The Feeding Doctor Leave a review for the podcast here Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Upcoming Webinar: A Dietitian's Role in Addiction Recovery (April 18, 11am) Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Donate to the podcast here

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

Beauty Refined is a passion project of twins Lindsay and Lexie Kite who both have PhDs from the University of Utah and specialize in body image. Their nonprofit helps girls and women improve their body image and self-worth through online activism, online courses, and in-person speaking events. In this episode, we discuss how they got started in this work, how their relationship as twins affected their career paths and what they wished women and girls knew about bodies, body image and self-worth. Links mentioned: Beauty Redefined website: https://beautyredefined.org/ Beauty Redefined body image resilience training Lindsay's TedTalk BR on Instagram Leave a review for the podcast here Positive Nutrition online course coming soon! Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Donate to the podcast here

The body positive movement has so many elements to love about it. Not only is it making significant headway politically, but we are also seeing more and more research being conducted to look at weight stigma and other impacts on health beyond nutrition. More and more research is mounting against the dieting and weight manipulation paradigm and in support of pursuing health, not diets. One of the questions I get most often about the concept of body positivity is the idea of how to embrace body positivity if you feel like that's not in the cards for you. People all too often reject the paradigm outright because body positivity can feel overwhelming or impossible. This podcast episode explores one woman's journey toward self-acceptance. Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, CDN, CEDRD-S is an eating disorder registered dietitian who lives in a disabled body. She talks about her struggles with accepting her body and it's limited ability to perform certain tasks. She talks about how her disability affects the work she does with clients trying to find body positivity and shares her own journey of how she's moved toward acceptance. Her story is a powerful look at resiliency and positivity. Links mentioned: Anna's website: http://www.wholeliferd.com/ Follow Anna on Instagram Leave a review for the podcast here Paige's online course Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB

Jessica Clayton, RD, IBCLC is an international board certified lactation consultant and has a passion for helping new moms figure out breastfeeding. She came on the podcast to talk about the work she does with new moms, sharing insight and wisdom about the science of breastmilk, and best practices for having a successful experience with feeding your new baby. Links mentioned: Jessica's website: http://breastfeedingbond.wixsite.com/lactation Leave a review for the podcast here Paige's online course Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB

Pursuing health and well-being is completely natural and understandable. It can be incredibly positive and life-enhancing. The trouble is, though, that true wellness has been reduced down to lists of foods to eat and foods to avoid, packaged up and commodified and sold back to us by the dieting industry. What can start out as a completely earnest and well-intentioned pursuit of health, can turn into problematic and disordered eating, all thanks to the many messages about health we're wading through all day every day. And, ironically, sometimes our pursuit of health can actually lead to poorer health outcomes, not better. This is especially true and especially tricky in our diet and thin-obsessed culture. Colleen Reichmann, PhD and Paige chat about the slippery slope of wellness culture. They discuss how our earnest attempts at wanting to feel good and take great care of ourselves can turn into more than that, and in the worst cases, full blown eating disorders. Listen in to learn how to be a critical consumer of wellness and health advice and how to stay grounded and truly well in the process. Links mentioned: Colleen's website: http://www.colleenreichmann.com/ Dr. Reichmann's recent article about The Slippery Slope of Wellness Culture Follow Dr. Colleen Reichmann on Instagram Harvard study on happiness Leave a review for the podcast here Paige's online course Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB

Clare Sheehan started an Instagram account about a year ago to document her journey in recovery and discovering body positivity. In this episode of Nutrition Matters Podcast, she shares her personal story of becoming body positive and the complexities and struggles in her ongoing journey. Clare talks about how her definition of body positivity has changed throughout the years and months of diving into the research, culture and movement behind it. She shares how growing up in a larger body and the associated stigma affected her life, self-love and her approach to food and her body and talks about what has helped her progress in her own personal journey. This episode is a fascinating look at one woman's story of what has resonated with her in the process of uncovering her own sense of self-love and how she has used her platform to advocate more widely in the body positive movement. Links mentioned: Follow Clare on Instagram Article by Kelsey Miller on Refinery 29 Leave a review for the podcast here Paige's online course Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB

What would happen if you all of a sudden gave yourself permission? Permission to eat what you want, permission to be your authentic self, permission to move your body in a way that feels good (rather than exercising out of a sense of body manipulation)? These are powerful questions to explore in your journey toward a healthier relationship with food and your body. Haley Goodrich, RDN is a dietitian and nutrition therapist who specializes in helping her clients create effective strategies and individualized solutions to nourish a happier and healthier life. On the podcast today, we discuss the concept of permission and explore it's powerful ability to transform our approach to food and self-care in general. Links mentioned: Haley's website: https://www.inspirdnutrition.com/ #INSPIRDtoSEEK Facebook group for professionals Follow Haley on Instagram Leave a review for the podcast here Paige's online course Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB Check out the Mindful Eating Workshop on April 7

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

So, you've decided to stop dieting. But now, all of a sudden you are hearing dieting messages and diet talk all around you! How do you navigate social situations where people are constantly talking about their diets? Listen in as I chat with registered dietitian nutritionist, Hannah Turnbull, all about the mistakes we've made with our own experiences, and what we suggest you think about when it comes to navigating diet talk. Overall, we both believe strongly that you have a choice in how you engage, if you engage at all. You don't have to always ignore or stay silent, but you also don't have to constantly advocate and exhaust yourself in the process. We encourage you to look inward for the answers that are right for you in these tricky situations. Links mentioned: Hannah's website: https://healthyhanny.com

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

Have you ever walked away from dieting only to find yourself right back in there a few months or weeks later? Dieting is intoxicating and alluring—we can find ourselves in situations where we're more vulnerable to go back to dieting, even when we intellectually understand why it's not working. And, going back to dieting when you know it doesn't bring you what you really want, can bring up all kind of shame and guilt. So, why does this happen? I sat down and talked about this question with Dr. Maria Paredes. We discuss how diet culture is like an abusive relationship and we talk about what the science says about the process of walking away from it for good. Links mentioned: Maria's practice website: https://www.threebirdscounseling.com/ Maria on FB: https://www.facebook.com/BodyPoliticsWithDrParedes/ All Fired Up podcast about dieting as an abusive relationship: http://untrapped.libsyn.com/diet-culture-is-an-abusive-relationship Leave a review for the podcast here Paige's online intuitive eating course Mindful Eating Workshop coming up April 7, 2018!!

The shifts in identity, roles, responsibilities and every other aspect of life during motherhood can really throw a person for a loop. Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD has created a supportive and body positive community for moms and moms-to-be to discuss the challenges and joys of motherhood. Today on the podcast, Lindsay and I discuss her own journey to motherhood and valuable lessons she learned about her relationship with food and her body as well as her mental health as she transitioned to motherhood. Links mentioned: Lindsay's website: https://nutritioninstincts.com/ The Nurtured Mama FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurturedmamacommunity/ The Nurtured Mama podcast: https://thenurturedmama.club/podcast/ Leave a review for the podcast here Mindful Eating Workshop info: https://mindfuleatingworkshop.com/ Educate, Embrace, Empower online intuitive eating course

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

Have you ever wondered if your struggles with food should or could be characterized by the food addiction label? Marci Evans, MS, CEDRD, cPT is a renowned eating disorder expert and nutrition therapist. She not only runs a very successful nutrition consulting business but also teaches at two universities and supervises dietitians in their clinical practice. She sat down to discuss food addiction theory and provides practical tips about working through struggles with food. We discuss in depth the science and theory behind food addiction and talk about why this is a controversial issue within the scientific and healthcare community. Links mentioned in this episode: Marci's website: www.marcird.com One of the studies mentioned about food addiction Marci's blog post about food addiction Paige's online course Leave a review for the podcast here More info about the upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop

Have you ever felt like your process of ditching dieting has become another all-or-nothing pursuit where you used to do things one way when you dieted, and now you are doing the complete opposite? This is a common experience where you reject one paradigm, militantly embracing an opposing one, but don't feel as fulfilled as you imagined. Often the answers of how to behave and think lie somewhere in that gray area where you are landing in a place that's right for you. Some might think that this sounds like you should straddle paradigms, keeping one foot in the dieting world. This is not what is intended by the "gray" of intuitive eating, and shouldn't be misunderstood to mean that I or my guest Leah Kirschbaum, RD, CD are recommending. But, as dietitians who work with individuals to hep them heal their relationship with food, we often see on a practical level how people struggle when intuitive eating and/or body positivity becomes an all-or-nothing pursuit. In this episode, Leah and I discuss how you will know when you've found that sweet spot with intuitive eating that's right for you and the dangers of all-or-nothing thinking can cause to your relationship with food, whether the all-or-nothing thinking is directed toward dieting or not. Links mentioned: Leah's IG: https://www.instagram.com/bodymeetsfood/ Paige's online course: https://www.paigesmathersrd.com/course Leave a review for the podcast here

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

Tori Smedley is a registered-dietitian-to-be and a University of Utah student pursuing a degree in nutrition. In this podcast, she shares her personal story with navigating health concerns and a chronic illness while finding intuitive eating and body positivity. She shares her own eating story of the intersection between a chronic health condition and eating disorder recovery. You'll love her story and will benefit from her personal wisdom around the ideas of how to incorporate intuitive eating and trusting your body even when it may feel like its betrayed you. Links mentioned: Follow Tori's educational journey on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/torird2be/ Leave a review for the podcast here Educate, Embrace, Empower online course

It's that time of year! I wanted to publish this conversation right before the holiday season because the end of the year tends to bring chaos and nervousness around food and eating for many people. This time of year can also bring seemingly incessant diet talk and weight loss talk. I wanted to provide a resource for getting through the holidays (and the rest of the year, too) and to provide ideas for developing a skill set around normal eating. So, how do you approach food and eating without all the shoulds and shouldn'ts of dieting? What does 'normal eating' actually look like? Luckily for us, many brilliant thinkers have tackled these questions and there's good research to back up the benefits of learning the art of eating competence and normal eating. Today on the podcast, Katherine Zavodni, MPH, RDN, CD and I discuss Ellyn Satter's definition of normal eating and explore the concept of Eating Competence. Links mentioned: Eating competence: http://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/other/ecsatter.php Ellyn Satter's definition of normal eating: https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-eat/adult-eating-and-weight/ Study about how you absorb nutrients: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/851082 Milkshake study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21574706 Katherine's website: https://www.kznutrition.com/ Katherine on Facebook Leave a review for the podcast here Educate, Embrace, Empower online course

Is fat our friend or our foe? Listen as I interview Thunder Jalili, PhD, Associate Professor and director of the Nutrition Sciences Department at the University of Utah's Division of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology about the history, current research, and controversy surrounding this macronutrient. We talk in depth about the diet heart hypothesis and take a close look at cholesterol, fat intake in general, and heart health. You'll finish this episode with a deeper understanding the politics that sometimes surround research and policy about nutrition. Links mentioned: Nutrition Matters Podcast community on FB Leave a review for the podcast on iTunes Educate, Embrace, Empower online course Follow Paige for more info on the upcoming Mindful Eating Workshop in Salt Lake Spring 2018

Sumner Brooks, MPH, RDN, LD and I discuss how providers, family members and communities can change the conversation about weight. We discuss the term "weight neutrality" and do our best to explore it in a way that will help listeners be able to not only apply this paradigm in their own life, but also in a way that listeners might be able to share this episode with friends and family who may not understand why you approach food and your body neutrally. To us, weight neutrality is a way of moving throughout the world that doesn't judge others by the way they appear. It's also a way of approaching ourselves with love and gentleness, allowing yourself to really tap into learning how to take the best care of yourself in a way that's right for you. It's also a way that providers can approach their patients and clients in a manner that is ethical, evidenced-based and effective. Sumner's work as a registered dietitian revolves around not only helping people make peace with food individually, but also in providing continuing education for dietitians through her online symposium and membership site, EDRDpro. If you're a wellness professional looking for more training in eating disorders and disordered eating, check it out! Links mentioned: Sumner's practice website: https://eattolivehappy.com/ EDRDpro symposium:https://edrdpro.com/ Leave a review for the podcast here Check out Paige's online course: https://www.paigesmathersrd.com/course Apply to work with Paige long-distance here: https://www.paigesmathersrd.com/individuals Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/151307215407026/

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

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

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