“Weight bias often predates degree completion, for doctors, and one study showed 67% of medical students exhibited overt (explicit) bias against patients in larger bodies, calling them “lazy, unmotivated, noncompliant, and unhealthy” (source).  It’s no wonder so many people I meet with have such little desire to go to the doctor. Today’s episode is an interview with weight inclusive medical doctor, Mara Gordon.  Mara gives us hope that there is another way to look at health, that has nothing to do with the size of our bodies. Mara and I talk about everything from weight stigma and bias as a whole, the future of weight inclusive care, and how the increased populariy of weight loss medicaitons fit into our culture’s push towards body acceptance.

Work with me using your insurance by emailing [email protected]

My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

Read some of Dr. Gordon’s work here.

Check out Dr. Gordon’s newsletter, Chief Complaint, for reflections on medicine, parenting, gender, and fatphobia.

https://weightinclusivemedicine.org  

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With the holidays quickly approaching, I find myself being more concerned about my kid’s sugar intake. I’m all about allowing my kids to enjoy sweets and desserts, but this time of year sugar is ubiquitous, it’s everywhere they go!  Today’s episode is a repost from last year’s interview with Kids Eat in Color’s Jennifer Anderson.  Jennifer has some very practical tips for how to handle ALL the SUGAR!

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My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

@kids.eat.in.col

Kids Eat In Color

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Do you meal plan? I sure do! The key, for me, is to keep it simple. My meal planning system take about 10 minutes. It’s more likea template for the week ahead. Tune in to hear how my meal planning comes together each week, as well as some helpful meal planning app suggestions for those who prefer to “find an app for that!”.

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My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

Mealime.com

Plan To Eat

Emeals

BudgetBytes

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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode briefly discusses trauma.  Please take care of yourself and to another episode if this topic is in anyway triggering for you.

Are you starting or hoping to start a body acceptance journey? Today I talk with dietitian and Certified Body Trust® provider, Aaron Flores, about the importance of owning up to stigmas and biases, as part of that journey. Does having stigma and bias about those in larger bodies make you a bad person? No, it makes you someone who has grown up in a culture where that exists. But, what can you do about it? Join me!

Work with me using your insurance by emailing [email protected]

My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Men Unscripted

Instagram

Reclaiming Body Trust book

19 Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey

Last episode with Aaron Flores

My Favorite HAES and Intuitive Eating Books

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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains a lot of diet and body composition talk.  If this is at all triggering for you, please take care of yourself and go to another episode.

From Johns Hopkins University, Weight-centric thinking is the conventional–and arguably outdated–approach to health that suggests weight and weight management (primarily weight loss) are the primary determinants of health. 

Today I have a civil debate about weight neutral vs. weight centric care.  Honestly, this could have been more in depth, but I felt an hour was long enough, for now.  My good friend and dietitian, Casey Lewandowski, is a wonderful dietitian who uses an approach not too dissimilar to mine.  She meets people where they are at and she helps them change their health behaviors in a sustainable way. The difference? She and her clients often use weight and other body composition measurements as a measure of success. As a weight neutral RD, I do not, and never will use weight or body composition as a measure of success, EVEN IF research suggests a correlation between certain body fat percentages and health.  Why? I feel like the stress of keeping weight off outweighs the affect that weight “may have”.  In order to keep weight off for good, you have to follow certain rules and restrict certain foods, and live a certain lifestyle, forever.  Not just temporarily, but forever (near impossible, and often leads to guilt when you can’t stick to it).  I often find even after weight loss, people are still not happy.

What are we doing to ourselves? Join me as Casey and I dive into our own methods of helping clients. In the end, we both agree to disagree. Guess what? That’s ok.  YOU can decide what YOU want to do and what method YOU want to use in your personal life or your dietetics practice.  There are no rules. Take a listen.

Show Notes

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My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

If you’re interested in Casey’s approach, check here out here

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You look in the mirror and hate what you see. You try on clothes and want to scream. The feelings that can overcome you in these situations are hard to handle, but they don’t need to take you over. Learning more about what these feelings are, what they mean, and how to handle them in the moment, can help you on your journey of body acceptance. Join me as I speak with body image coach, Brianna Campos, to break down these moments of distress and discomfort, and talk about how grounding, curiosity, and body connection can help.

Show Notes

Work with me using your insurance by emailing [email protected]

My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

Brianna’s website  (find all of Brianna’s continuing education courses here!)

Follow Brianna on Instagram: @bodyimagewithbri

Unshrinking, By Kate Mann

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Do you have a morning routine?  If not, it’s time to start one!  Join me as I lay out the pros of having a morning routine (because, there are no cons) and some simple tips for jumpstarting one.  Good news, it doesn’t have to be long!

Very Well Mind – morning routine

Very Well Mind – Mental Health Benefits of Making Your Bed!

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Feeling out of control around food can feel incredibly scary and uncomfortable. Often we blame ourselves; “I have no control! What’s wrong with me?!”.  But feeling out of control doesn’t have to feel so isolating. Maybe there is a better way to feel better around food, and maybe it has little to do with control, and more about self-compassion and permission.

Show Notes

Work with me using your insurance by emailing [email protected]

My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

My Body Connection Retreat

Kristin’s website

Kristin on Instagram: @KristingrimesRDN

Kristin on TikTok: @Dietitian_Kristin

S’more cookies (I would use the more flat marshmallows!)

Fourth of July S’more dip

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TRIGGER WARNING: Just a warning some of the content may be triggering if you are sensitive to certain weight related topics. Please take care of yourself.

Intuitive Eating work is about permission, body trust, self-compassion and satisfaction, but can this work be done while also trying to lose or maintain weight? The short and long answer, well, listen to today’s episode!

SHOW NOTES

Work with me using your insurance, by emailing [email protected]

My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

My Body Connection Retreat

Episode with Aaron Flores, Doing Intuitive Eating Work with thin privilege 

Episode describing the Ten Principles of Intuitive Eating

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Disclaimer: This episode contains discussion about weight and weight loss. If this type of discussion is at all triggering to you, please take care of yourself and skip it. Thank you.

Today I take you on my journey as a dietitian.  I had big dreams starting out as a dietitian, and I wonder, where would I be now if my dreams had actually come true? Hint: I’m glad they didn’t. Starting off at a weight loss clinic (you read that right) and making my way to the University setting, I’ve learned quite a lot in the past twenty years. I never would have guessed I’d end up where I am now, as a weight-neutral dietitian.  I’m happy where I am, and I know I would never be here if I hadn’t had some of the professional experiences I’ve had.

Show Notes

Work with me using your insurance!

My Website (one-on-one Intuitive Eating coaching) 

Nicole’s Cookbook

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It’s been a while since Paige has been on the podcast! Now she’s 9, going on thirteen, can you believe it? Today we are doing a taste test to help you find some new quick and convenient summertime snack ideas.  Just a warning, there is a lot of “gas talk”, as Paige politely pointed out […]

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