Episodes
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Help! My kid has been sent home with a serve of diet culture!
If you recognise this, either as a parent, or as a health professional, you'll love this episode with Gwen Kostal from Dietitians 4 Teachers. Educators, we love you! And we would love to work with you to make our schools and education settings a safer place for more kids.
In this episode, Gwen shares her career trajectory, the intention behind D4T; Dietitians 4 Teachers, how no educator intends to cause harm, what we can offer teachers as we begin to work shoulder-to-shoulder, questions dietitians can reflect on when wanting to work in schools, questions we can ask teachers to learn more about their needs and concerns, an introduction to a helpful change management framework, ‘Best Practice’ for giving school talks and presentations and how we as dietitians can best support our student clients when they are in the classroom/school setting.
Here Fi and Gwen chat about;
Gwen’s trajectory from primary care dietetics into problem solving and the intention behind @Dietitians4Teachers.The importance of working beside teachers and educators and why Gwen’s work is grounded in support and validation. How no educator intends to cause harm, acknowledging the impacts of diet culture on educators and the trouble with ‘health’ and ‘healthy eating’ being assumed knowledge in the classroom.The permission giving statement we can offer teachers and educators in the first instance to reduce shame and defensiveness and the ways in which we can begin to partner and work shoulder-to-shoulder.Important reflective questions we can ask ourselves as dietitians when we have a desire/interest to work in schools.How change work must start with humans and what we must offer teachers to empower change within the classroom/school.The vital questions we can ask teachers when it comes to resources and offerings and how we can encourage resistance and rejection when using existing curriculum and lessons.Change Management Framework’s and an introduction to an effective method; ‘What? So What? Now What?Gwen gently guides us through ‘Best Practice’ for initiating and providing school presentations/talks.How dietitians can best support their school student clients when they notice concerns within the school/classroom settings.Connect with Gwen:
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Grace Wong on inclusive, flexible feeding modalities and how we can bring a more reflective spirit to our work.
In this episode, Grace discusses the ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) umbrella diagnosis and its shortcomings, Responsive Feeding Therapy (RFT); how it was developed. who was part of its curation and its rationale, what each of the 5 interrelated values offers, why moving away from manualised approaches can help more people and how dietitians can use their supervision space well.
In conclusion, Fi and Grace each share how they both engage in their own reflective work.
Here Fi and Grace chat about;
What Grace has been up to since her last chat with Fi on TMD podcast (2017).Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID); Grace explains what the DSM-V diagnosis is, along with its main strength and its shortcomings. Responsive Feeding Therapy (RFT); Grace introduces us to the curated framework developed in collaboration with Dr Katja Rowell, Dr Jo Cormack, and Heidi Moreland and the rationale behind its development.The 5 interrelated values at the core of RFT; Grace provides us with context as to why RFT has been developed in this way.Grace steps us through each value; Autonomy; why this is first and foremost and how autonomy creates safety.Relationship; the harm which can occur when feeding is taken outside of relationships. Internal motivation; how it helps behaviour change to be more sustainable and helpful long-term.Individualised care: how centring our client story can guide us as practitionersCompetence; how this works and is weaved in with RFTMoving away from a one-way model and manualised approach; why not being manualised is the best approach for a whole lot of people. How dietitians can use their supervision space well and how we can unpack in supervision to not get in our clients way.Reflective work; Fi and Grace both share examples of how they carry out their own reflections and how its okay to do this work individually, collaboratively and in supervision.More about Grace:
Grace Wong MSc, RD, CEDS-S is a registered dietitian specializing in feeding and eating disorders. She works with all ages and provides medical nutrition therapy from a weight inclusive lens. Grace is experienced in working with a broad range of eating challenges along with complex co-existing conditions including medical conditions, developmental concerns, mental health concerns, addictions, and trauma. Besides her clinical practice, she provides training and supervision for health professionals in Canada and overseas.
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Naureen Hunani on how the diversity of the human brain, and shifting from shame, to affirmation.
In this episode, Naureen discusses Neurodiversity, Neurodivergence and The Neurodiversity Movement/Paradigm and how they differ from each other, how generalising and stereotypes are unhelpful, why we need to consider all underlying challenges for neurodivergent people when it comes to food, eating and their body, the power of social media and expertise by lived experience for the neurodivergent community, what screening can look like and how dominate autonomic responses can show up for neurodivergent children.
Here Fi and Naureen chat about;
‘A week in the Life of Naureen’; what it encompasses and how Naureen has honoured herself and her own neurodivergence through the type of work she engages in. Neurodiversity, Neurodivergence and The Neurodiversity Movement/Paradigm; Naureen steps us through each term and how they differentiate.The importance of not applying generalisations and stereotypes when working with neurodivergent people.What can show up for neurodivergent people which can impact their capacity around food, eating and their body.Why it’s imperative to look at and consider all the underlying challenges that neurodivergent people face when it comes to living in a body and living in a world where their bodies are constantly violated.How social media has been a powerful tool for the neurodivergent community and why we need to centre and elevate expertise by lived experience.Patterns of food related trauma that can show up for neurodivergent people.What screening looks like and the importance of understanding that these behaviours can often show up before a diagnosis. Flight, Fright, Freeze and Fawn; how these responses can show up for neurodivergent children and why more therapies need to centre consent.More about the courses Naureen has developed and where you can find them!About Naureen:
Naureen Hunani is a Neurodivergent registered dietitian with over 15 years of experience. In her private practice, she treats children and families struggling with various feeding challenges through a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach.
She is particularly interested in the intersection of neurodivergence and feeding differences. Naureen is the founder of RDs for Neurodiversity, an online education platform for RDs and helping professionals.
She has had the privilege of sharing her knowledge and expertise at multiple national and international conferences. She is passionate about supporting pro-justice, HAES®-aligned professionals who are striving to build liberatory practices.
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Supporting today's young people to stay connected with food, eating and their body by building parental confidence.
Links from the episode:
How To Raise an Intuitive Eater; Raising the next Generation with Food and Body Confidence
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About Sumner:
SUMNER BROOKS, MPH, RDN, LD, CEDRD is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) and certified eating disorder specialist (CEDRD) based in Portland, Oregon who has been working with clients on all levels of the disordered eating spectrum for 15 years. Sumner is a mom and has put her knowledge, intuition and parenting skills of Intuitive Eating to the test of real life. She is also the founder of an online training platform for weight-inclusive eating disorder professionals geared toward dietitians, called EDRD Pro.
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Signe Darpinian on life in the diet culture horror of the 1980's and supporting parents to raise teens who feel good in their bodies.
In this episode, Signe Darpinian shares how her sequence of co-authored books came to be, her experienced collaborating with Wendy Stirling and Dr Shelley Aggarwal and beauty of bringing all your experiences to the table, the diet culture horror film that was the 1980’s and the challenges for Gen X parents raising teens, how witnessing has impact, the benefits of boundaries and finding your starting place and Singe’s share the collective hope for parents who read the ‘Raising Body Positive Teens’ book.
Here Fi and Signe chat about;
'No Weigh' and ‘Raising Body Positive Teens’; the books co-authored by Signe and how this sequence of books came to be.Collaborating with our generous community and the beauty in ‘knowing what you know and knowing what you don’t know’.Signe’s love for prankings.Diet culture horror of the 1980’s; Signe and Fi share their recollection of growing up in this era and how witnessing has impact.The complex and multi-layered challenges for Gen X parents, who were teens themselves in the 80’s.The hope for parents who read ‘Raising Body Positive Teens’, who are wanting to do the work and for things to be different. How the pandemic has raised the flag for the important of self-trust and finding our baseline to which we can come back to.The Benefits of Boundaries (Chapter 9 of ‘Raising Body Positive Teens’);What are boundaries?Signe and Fi step us through the starting place for boundaries.Why can boundaries feel so bad?More about Signe:
Signe Darpinian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist. She is the host of Therapy Rocks! a personal growth podcast, and co-author of No Weigh! as well as forthcoming book Raising Body Positive Teens: A Parent's Guide to Diet-free Living, Exercise and Body Image, both with Jessica Kingsley Publishers in London.
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Virgie Tovar on how we lose our sense of body belonging, then how we can make our way back.
In this episode, Virgie shares what fat phobia and diet culture is and how they are linked, the many ways healthcare professionals can bring themselves and others closer to body justice, how people lose belonging of their bodies, the first thing we need to do in the unravelling of fat phobia and diet culture and meaningful lessons from her own journey back to her body.
As mentioned in the podcast:
Fatphobia and Diet Culture With Virgie Tovar on The Laverne Cox ShowStudy about restriction, hunger, long term decisions – Glasgow Scotland *did you find this Fi?Dr Cat Pausé, PhD MPH (she/her)Anti-Fat Attitudes Test (AFA)More about Virgie:
Virgie Tovar holds a Master's degree in Sexuality Studies with a focus on the intersections of body size, race and gender. She is a contributor for Forbes where she covers the plus-size market and how to end weight discrimination at work. She started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight and in 2018 gave a TedX talk on the origins of the campaign. Tovar is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat (Feminist Press August 2018) and The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color (New Harbinger Publications 2020). She is the host of the podcast, Rebel Eaters Club.
Connect with Natasha:
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Dr Natasha Larmie (aka "The Fat Doctor") on getting serious about the harms of anti-fat bias in healthcare.
In this episode, Natasha shares her arrival onto the Instagram scene, what the weight stigma research shows, the difference between implicit and explicit biases and how they impact clients and patients, what’s really happening when a doctor prescribes ‘weight loss’, the makings of the ‘Healthcare Professionals Against Weight Stigma Group’ and how you can begin to contribute to the collective dismantling of weight stigma.
As mentioned in the podcast:
Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity. S. M. Phelan, D. J. Burgess, M. W. Yeazel, W. L. Hellerstedt, J. M. Griffin, M. van Ryn Healthcare Professionals Against Weight Stigma Group (UK based) Amanda Lee @mandapaints – Amanda shares her personal lived experience with weight stigma in healthcareMore about Natasha:
I'm a weight inclusive GP with over 20 years medical experience who is campaigning against weight stigma in healthcare. I've been fat for most of my adult life, and I'm only now beginning to realise just how much of an impact anti-fat bias has had on my physical and mental health. In coming to this realisation and embarking on a lifelong learning journey, I began exploring the issues surrounding weight-based discrimination and how they impact the health of my patients. My mission is to educate the healthcare profession and empower the fat community to rid the world of weight stigma – Dr Natasha Larmey.
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Rachel Larkey on her recent research investigating barriers to HAES(R)-aligned Dietetic practice.
In this episode, Rachel shares how her thesis evolved into a research paper recently published in journal of critical dietetics, she shares the three key barriers identified by dietitians when introducing IE and HAES approaches with clients in the community setting and how they showed up, how autonomy can help facilitate the use of IE and HAES in community practice and other ways forward for dietitians working in this space.
As mentioned in the podcast & additional links suggested by Rachel:
HAES dietitians in Community and Public Health Nutrition (Private Facebook Group)“Intuitive Eating and Health At Every Size in community settings – a dietitian’s perspective of practice barriers” research paper.“These are some cool scholarships and groups/orgs that I recommend to my patients frequently, and they could do with some love”
LK Nutrition Scholarship Fund Loveland Therapy FundNalgona Positivity PrideMore about Rachel:
Rachel Larkey, MS, RD, CDN, CLC is a dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor. She currently works full time at a federally qualified healthcare center in New York and sees a limited amount of private clients virtually. She is dedicated to exploring ways to adapt HAES-based care and Intuitive Eating to the needs of public health and community nutrition spaces.
Connect with Rachel:
Website – currently under construction and coming soon!
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Wendy Sterling on using the practical Plate by Plate Approach to support people in healing from an Eating Disorder.
In this episode, Wendy steps us through her career as an Eating Disorder Dietitian and she shares more about historical exclusion of dietitians from the Family-Based Treatment (FBT) model, how the plate-by-plate aims to support FBT and empower parents, practical ways the plate-by-plate approach can be introduced (along with some real talk here!) and how we can move forward and past any difficulties that may arise. We also hear what the plate model aims to do, why it has the ability to heal one’s relationship with food and some new and very exciting news!
As mentioned in the podcast:
Family-Based Treatment (FBT) Model (also referred to as the Maudsley method)How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-by-Plate Approach to Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food (Book) by Casey Crosbie and Wendy SterlingNo Weigh! A Teen’s Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom (Book) by Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, and Shelley AggarwalMore about Wendy:
Wendy Sterling, MS, RD, CSSD, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian Supervisor through IAEDP, and a Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. She is the Team Nutritionist of the Oakland Athletics, and was the former nutritionist for the NY Jets, and Golden State Warriors. She is the owner of Sterling Nutrition, a nutrition private practice in the Bay Area, and utilizes a non-diet, Health at Every Size® approach. She is the co-author of “How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder.” She and her co-author Casey Crosbie, RD, CEDRDS created the innovative approach to refeeding called the “Plate-by-Plate Approach®,” a no-numbers, visual approach, which has been featured in the Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is also the co-author off “No Weigh! A Teens Guide to Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom.” She and her co-authors have an upcoming book, due out late 2021, for parents who want to help their teens with body satisfaction and their relationship to food.
Wendy received her B.S. in dietetics/nutritional sciences from Cornell University. She earned her Master’s Degree in Nutrition Education at Teacher’s College at Columbia University where she also completed her dietetic internship.
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Connect with the Plate-by-Plate Approach Resources:
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Judith Matz on uncovering the sneakiness of diet culture, how it shows up in healthcare and how we can move forward.
In this episode, Judith shares more about her inspiring and long career, how her first book ‘Beyond the Shadow of a Diet evolved and how it helped her find community, how this work has changed over time, the process of learning and unlearning and the cruciality of the ongoing learning/work, the many sneaky faces of diet culture, more about the Body Positive Card Deck created by Judith and Amy Pershing and Judith’s hope for the future of HAES and anti-diet work.
As mentioned in the podcast:
Beyond the Shadow of a Diet, 2nd Edition (Book), by Judith Matz, LCSW and Dr Ellen Frankel, PhD.The Diet Survivors Handbook, by Judith Matz, LCSWBody Positive Card Deck by Judith Matz, LCSW and Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-IIJess Campbell, HAES student doctor and Nutritionist. Dr Natasha Larmie, The Fat Doctor.Dr Joshua Wolrich MBBS MRCS, NHS Surgical Doctor (HAES).Dr Lisa Erlanger, MDDr Lesley Williams, MD, Author, Physician, AdvocateAbout Judith:
Judith Matz, LCSW is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of diet culture, binge eating, emotional eating, body image, and weight stigma. She is co-author of The Body Positivity Card Deck, The Diet Survivor’s Handbook and Beyond a Shadow of a Diet, and author of the children's book, Amanda's Big Dream. Judith's work has been featured in the media including NPR, New York Times and Psychotherapy Networker, and she has a private practice in the Chicago area. Judith offers a popular full day training (live webinar or digital) for mental health/health professionals: Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: What Every Clinician Needs to Know through PESI, Inc.
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The mic is turned for this one, hosted by Christy Harrison for a discussion about Fi's book "Vitamin A to Z; Your BS-free Guide to Wellbeing"
In this episode, the tables are flipped on Fi and she is interviewed by Christy Harrison about her newly released book, Vitamin A to Z – Your BS-free guide to wellbeing. Fi shares how her book came to fruition, her intention and hope for her book, how the stages of change transtheoretical model was considered and then she delves more into some of the chapters to include Vitamin M = Mindfulness, Vitamin H = Health (redefined) and Vitamin V = Values.
As mentioned in the podcast:
Vitamin A to Z – Your BS-free guide to wellbeing, by Fiona Sutherland, RD, The Mindful DietitianANTI-DIET; Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD.Stages of Change Transtheoretical Model by Prochaska and DiclementeRadical Belonging; How to Survive and Thrive in an unjust world (while transforming it for the better), by Lindo Bacon, PhD.More about Christy:
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN is an anti-diet registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and author of the book Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating (Little, Brown Spark 2019). She offers online courses and private intuitive eating coaching to help people all over the world make peace with food and their bodies. Since 2013 Christy has hosted Food Psych, a weekly podcast exploring people’s relationships with food and paths to body liberation. It is now one of Apple’s top 100 health podcasts, reaching tens of thousands of listeners worldwide each week.
Christy began her career in 2003 as a journalist covering food, nutrition, and health, and she’s written for publications including The New York Times, SELF, BuzzFeed, WIRED, Refinery29, Gourmet, Slate, The Food Network, and many others. Learn more about Christy and her work at christyharrison.com.
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Whitney Trotter on Trafficking, Trauma and coming back to our bodies in Anti Diet work.
In this episode, Whitney shares her goals for 2021 and more about her specialisation as a Human Trafficking Activist to include what defines human trafficking, the most important factors for us to understanding about human trafficking and how we can begin to screen our clients. She also shares more on trauma-informed care in practice and how we can address and prioritise grief in anti-diet work.
As mentioned in the podcast:
RestoreCorps, anti-trafficking organisation co-founded by Whitney Trotter.Body Image: The Missing Piece of Body Healing, by Fiona Sutherland and Marci EvansCourses & Webinars by Whitney Trotter (coming soon)WIND Spring 2021 SymposiumDianne Bondy – Yoga is for Everyone!More about Whitney:
Whitney Trotter: (she/her) is dually licensed as a Registered Dietitian, Nurse, and yoga instructor. Whitney has over nine years of experience working as a registered dietitian serving in the HIV/AIDS community as well as working in the eating disorder field. Whitney also previously worked at a Level One Pediatric Trauma center, as a pediatric emergency room nurse. In addition to working as a RDN and RN ,Whitney served as a member of her county's Rape Crisis Center as a member of their Sexual Assault Response Team. Her work at the Rape Crisis Center equipped her to co-found an anti-trafficking organization Restore Corps, where she now provides medical training to the community focusing on human trafficking response. Whitney is the founder/owner of Bluff City Health, a practice dedicated to embodiment, social justice and eating disorders.
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Unapologetic Eating with Alissa Rumsey
In this episode, Alissa shares her journey from dietitian to author, what it was like writing a book during 2020, how the title of her book ‘Unapologetic Eating’ came to be, she also warmly invites us into her book by stepping us through the main sections; ‘Fixing’, ‘Allowing’, ‘Feeling’ and ‘Growing’ and she also shares her wish for what she hopes the book will leave people with.
Links:
www.alissarumsey.com
instagram.com/alissarumseyRD
From this episode:
Order Unapologetic Eating: www.alissarumsey.com/book
Kelly Diels - We Are The Culture Makers
About Alissa:
Alissa Rumsey, MS, RD, CDN, CSCS is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and the author of Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace With Food and Transform Your Life. Alissa is passionate about advocating for women to reclaim the space to eat and live unapologetically. She is the founder of Alissa Rumsey Nutrition and Wellness, a weight-inclusive nutrition practice that offers virtual counseling and online programs to help people liberate themselves from dieting, cultivate a peaceful relationship to food and their bodies, and live a more authentic, connected life. Her expertise has been featured in hundreds of media outlets and she speaks regularly at events, online trainings, and conferences around the country. She calls New York City home and spends her free time exploring the city’s food scene and searching for patches of green space to sunbathe in.
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Rebecca McConville on breaking down stereotypes and stigma in sport.
In this episode, Rebecca shares her experience from college athlete to sport dietitian and gives us a comprehensive insight into Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) to include how it came to be, the current gaps and room for improvements, an introduction into assessing and screening for RED-S, and the main myths surround the condition. She also shares how we can overcome hesitations from coaches and athletes when it comes to bringing a dietitian onboard and the importance of sports clinicians coming together to create a safer environment for athletes.
Here Fi and Rebecca speak about:
First meeting each other within the sport dietetic sector and what Becca has currently been up toBecca’s experience as a college athlete, to landing her first job as a dietitian and then finding the IE / HAES / non-diet movement.Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S);What RED-S is?How RED-S came to be and how it has evolved – whilst paying homage to the important work of those who have come before us!Where there are gaps, room for improvements and the need for further research. An intro to assessing and screening; what to look out for and how people are presenting.The main myths, stigma and stereotypes surrounding RED-S.What the main hesitations are of bringing dietitians into sporting cultures and ways we can help overcome concerns and get involved. The problematic behaviour of not speaking about and overlooking disordered eating and eating disorders in sports and how we must work towards creating safer environments for athletes.How you can learn to support and impower your athletes by joining Becca’s clinician training program – find out more here!As mentioned in the podcast:
RED-S:
The Female Athlete Triad, Roberta Trattner Sherman PhD, Ron A. Thompson, PhD https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405040200040301Roberta Sherman, PhD, FAED, CEDS, Consulting Psychologist and Co-Founder of The Victory ProgramKathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH, Physician, Sports Medicine Division; Director, Female Athlete ProgramRon A. Thompson, PhD, FAED, CEDS, Consulting Psychologist and Co-Founder of The Victory ProgramThe Mindful Dietitian Podcast Episode 43 with Nicola RinaldiDr Claire-Marie RobertsInPower Masterclass on RED-S by Becca McConvilleFinding your Sweet Spot by Rebecca McConvilleMore about Rebecca:
Becca McConville MS, RD, LDN, CSSD, CEDRD-S is a board certified sports specialist and eating disorder dietitian. In addition to Becca’s private practice, she has served as a consultant to the University of Missouri Kansas City Athletics, Kansas City Ballet, local colleges and previously worked with the Kansas City Chiefs. Becca is also the author of Finding your Sweet Spot: How to Avoid RED-S (Relative Energy Deficit in Sport) by Optimizing Your Energy Balance and the InPower masterclass on RED-S. She is a co-host of a podcast called PHIT for a Queen devoted to female athletes. Co-author with sports psychologist Dr. Mel Streno on a workbook devoted to transition out of sport soon to be released-Spring 2021.
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In this episode, Kirsten shares her career trajectory to becoming an anti-diet content marketer and dietitian, how can find our target audience and engage and connect with them, understanding the beauty of imperfect content marketing, how testing and tracking our content engagement can help us do better, why we don’t have to be on all the platforms to be efficient and effective content marketers, how we can thoughtfully integrate social justice ideas into our content, the concept of values priming and how we can connect with others through intrinsic values.
Here Fi and Kirsten speak about:
Kirsten’s career pathway; from working as a journalist for 20+ years, to returning to study to become a dietitian, to establishing herself as an anti-diet content marketer and dietitian. How we can begin to start finding our target audience – a key part for anybody looking to get strategic in their marketing work!Beginning to communicate foundational ideas and embracing imperfection when testing out new things. Engagement; what it really means to ‘engage’ and how we can connect genuinely and meaningfully with our target audience.The importance of having a consistent anti-diet message.Why testing, monitoring and tracking how others respond to our content online allows us to shift and be flexible and do better work and how go-to topics and things like content calendars and content planning can help us feel less overwhelmed.Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest and your business website / blog – there are so many! Kirsten gives her insight into how you know which platforms you should be using! Plot reveal; you don’t have to be on them all (PHEW).More on embracing imperfection in our content marketing and tips for people who feel anxious about getting up close and familiar with imperfection and their own personal blooper reel.How we can be thoughtful about integrating social justice ideas into our content creation. The concept of ‘Values Priming’ and how we can connect with the intrinsic values of other people, genuinely and strategically, in our marketing.As mentioned in the podcast:
The Transtheoretical Model or Stages of Change Model by Prochaska & DiClemente.Body Liberation Photos with Lindley AshlineMore about Kirsten: Fi to input
Kirsten is a wearer of many hats.
Anti diet dietitian. Anti diet content marketer. Digital projects manager for an eating disorder organisation.
What ties all of these roles together is her deep sense of purpose to bring down diet culture and help folks heal their relationship with food and body.
Kirsten’s anti diet work started during her dietetics studies (2015-2019) and as a former journalist and with a 15+ year career in marketing and communications, Kirsten used her writing background to gain work experience creating content for several Non Diet Dietitians in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Regardless of which hat Kirsten is wearing, she is determined to make a meaningful contribution towards dismantling diet culture and creating connected, inclusive communities.
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In this episode, Safeena and Gurneet share what justice means to them, how privilege can manifest in health care, ‘calling in’ Dietitians of Canada, their hopes for greater diversity within the profession, the extension of Diversify Dietetics USA into Canada, the need for new HAES and Weight-Inclusive frameworks to ensure consideration of race, ethnicity and culture and how we can begin to make our practice more inclusive – right now!
On this important episode of The Mindful Dietitian, Fi chats to Safeena Jabar and Gurneet K. Dhami, Dietetic Students and RD’s-to-be based in Canada, we hear;
What justice means to Gurneet; from what it is to fit in, to the lack of diversity in dietetics and questioning; why are these conversations being centred now?What justice means to Safeena; from being asked the hard questions, to her lived experience, and understanding; that with our personal privileges, comes power.Gurneet and Safenna step us through the origins, definitions and meaning behind the term; white privilege, and ways privilege can manifest in health care. ‘Calling in’ Dietitians of Canada;Safeena and Gurneet share how their cowritten statement to Dietitians Canada came about and the current developments brought about by it. Their hopes for how the statement might start a shift towards racial and ethnical diversity within the dietetic profession.How in response to the statement, extensions of diverse groups and communities have been built and why we need to power groups and movements that are already happening, rather than reinventing the wheel.HAES and Weight Inclusive Practice and the ways in which we are not including race and culture into the framework;Safeena shares her experience finding HAES and weight inclusive practice and her difficulty and discomfort in trying to reconcile HAES with her culture identity. She also shares how a new HAES framework can become more inclusive and applicable to all different types of people.Gurneet shares her experience learning about HAES, the challenge of putting it into practice (as it stands) with a consideration for culture and race and why we need to understand all the intersections at play. She also shares the need to meet clients where they are at to ensure client-centred care and why we need to continue to have these messy and mucky conversations.In finishing up, Safeena and Gurneet graciously offer us additional ways in which we can begin to enhance our practice to ensure it is truly inclusive.As mentioned in the podcast:
Safeena Jabar - IGTV unpacking privilegeDietitians of CanadaDiversify Dietetics Diversify Dietetics Canada ChapterBook: White Fragility - Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngeloSafura Syed, MSc. Applied Human Nutrition (c) and Dietetic InternKimberlé Crenshaw, Civil rights advocate Stephanie Yeboah, author, content creator, lifestyle and fashion blogger Hunter Shackelford Sonya Renee Taylor Sabrina Strings, author of fearing the black bodyThe Rosy Nutritionist, by Rosie MensahNutrition Positive, by Julia Lévy-NdejuruExercises to work through our privilege:
Flower power exercise: http://lgbtq2stoolkit.learningcommunity.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/flower-power-exercise.pdfPeggy McIntosh - White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdfPeggy McIntosh - Extending the Knapsack: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02703149.2015.1059195Checking Your Privilege with the Social Determinants of Health: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAx8TC6AKaR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkSocial Location Wheel Exercise: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/sample-activities/social-identity-wheel/Weight inclusive RDs that are incorporating justice into their practice:
Vincci Tsui (vinccird): http://vinccitsui.com/Grace Wong: https://www.facebook.com/gracewongrd/Rosie Mensah (@therosienutritionist): https://therosienutritionist.com/Jessica Wilson (@jessicawilson.msrd): www.jessicawilsonmsrd.comChristyna Johnson (@encouragingdietitian)About Safeena Jabar:
Safeena Jabar is a dietetic intern completing her Master’s degree in Nutrition Communication at Ryerson University in Toronto. After a turbulent time navigating nutrition information in her adolescence, Safeena committed to becoming a Registered Dietitian in order to gain a deeper, scientific understanding of nutrition and the body. She aims to provide a safe space for clients to discuss their goals and concerns while dispelling common myths. She is passionate about working with people to improve and maintain their wellness from an anti-diet, Health At Every Size®-informed approach. Safeena has a special interest in the impact of food on wellbeing based on her knowledge of complex historical and institutional factors that have shaped our food landscape. Health and social inequities persist through these systems, so Safeena is advocating for change through educating and empowering her fellow health care practitioners, local communities, and national organizations to ensure a future where all people have equitable access to appropriate healthcare.
About Gurneet Kaur Dhami
Gurneet Kaur Dhami is a South Asian, Sikh woman travelling between Toronto to Halifax, where she is completing an MSc in Applied Human Nutrition at Mount Saint Vincent University. Her emerging thesis work focuses on the experiences of racialized dietitians navigating dietetics using Critical Race Theory. Gurneet is both a researcher and social activist, as she partakes in food justice work by working on food security projects and being involved in the student food movement. As a youth leader she hopes to further dialogue on race, reconciliation and equity beyond our kitchens t
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Professor Margit Berman on acceptance-oriented approaches in weight inclusive practice.
About Margit:
Margit I. Berman has a Ph.D. in counseling and social psychology from the University of Minnesota. She is currently Program Director and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Augsburg University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns: The Accept Yourself! Framework (Routledge, 2018) and A Workbook of Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns: The Accept Yourself! Framework (Routledge, 2018). She was a recipient of the 2015 Hitchcock Foundation Scholars Career Development award for her research and development of the Accept Yourself! intervention for women with obesity and depression. She is past chair of the Society for Counseling Psychology’s Section for the Promotion of Psychotherapy Science, and is on the editorial boards of The Counseling Psychologist and the Journal of Counseling Psychology. She is a feminist, cognitive-behavioral therapist who trains clinicians in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and self-acceptance based interventions throughout the U.S.
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Chevese Turner & Amy Pershing on the power of advocacy, much over-due community call-ins and making sense of Binge Eating Disorder.
In this episode, Amy and Chevese share their lived experiences with an eating disorder and how it has influenced and enhanced their work. We discuss the pervasive myths, assumptions, stigmatisations and biases surrounding Binge Eating Disorder (BED), what it was like starting a non-for-profit organisation and having BED recognised in the DSM-5. Amy talks about why and how making sense of BED can support healing, more about the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and how Health At Every Size (HAES) (R) can change and define ones practice.
On this episode, you’ll hear;
Chevese’s experience and observations of the myths, assumptions, stigmatisations and biases surrounding Binge Eating Disorder - see Chapter 4 of their book "Binge Eating Disorder; The Journey to Recovery and Beyond"The pervasive & disturbing fat phobic attitudes of the eating disorder community; why it unfortunately reflects the illness and how some of the community need help to come along, in order to not cause harm. Amy’s own personal lived experience with an eating disorder and what she heard when entering treatment for the first time.Why making sense of Binge Eating Disorder supports healing and recovery – see Chapter 2 of their book.More about the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model that can be used withing eating disorder treatment How IFS can support healing and recovery through creating a safe space so clients and practitioners can go ‘within’ - safely – see Chapter 3 of their book. Chevese’s lived experience; from being born a political advocate, to obtaining her political science degree, working as an advocate in the health care space and continuing her own treatment for her eating disorder.How Chevese she came to be an advocate for Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and her journey to start a non-for-profit organisation. The critical point of having BED recognised in the DSM-5 and the needed validation and utility it provided.Health at Every Size: how the framework has solidified Amy’s personal and professional work and how it has changed and defined her practice and work with clients.As mentioned in the podcast:
Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond, Book by Amy Pershing and Chevese TurnerDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5)Chapter 4 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; The Epic Myths About Your Body That Keep You Stuck (and How to Give Them Up)Chapter 2 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; How BED Happens and Why it Makes Sense: Moving Forward by Healing the PastChapter 3 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; Taking Your POWER BackHealth at Every Size Book by Dr Lindo Bacon, PhDIntuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works, Book by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole
Connect with Amy:
Website: The Body Wise Program
The Body Wise Program on Facebook
The Body Wise Program on Twitter
Connect with Chevese:
Instagram
Facebook
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Amee Severson on Trauma Informed care and raising Intuitive Eaters
In this episode, Amee makes a very exciting announcement (which might just involve a book and a partnership with the amazing Sumner Brooks!!), how she found her voice (which includes crossing paths with body positive leading advocate; Lindo Bacon), every dietitians responsibility when working with human beings, more on the weaponizing of words, how dietitians are so much more than ‘food managers’, what trauma informed care really is and how to have thoughtful and empathic conversations with fat / larger bodied clients and self-care on social media.
Here Fi and Amee speak about:
What Amee has been up to; from working online at home to finishing her final semester of grad school and becoming a body trust provider.
Amee’s new and exciting project with Sumner Brooks and how it evolved; YES, you heard right! It’s an intuitive eating book for kids (geared towards parents and caregivers)!
How Amee and Sumner are working to ensure the book is inclusive, HAES aligned and informed by social justice.
Amee’s personal growth and evolution; how she found her place and how she found her voice – and it includes an informative car ride with the inspiring Lindo Bacon!
Every dietitian’s responsibility when working with human beings.
The weaponizing of words and how the words we use really, really matter!
Understanding how our role is so much more than ‘food managers’ and ‘just listening’ to clients.
The essential need for ongoing unlearning and relearning.
Trauma-informed care; what it really means and what it isn’t.
How smaller bodied dietitians can be alongside, and have truly thoughtful and empathic conversations with fat / larger bodied clients.
Self-care on socials; Amee shares how she cares for herself whilst communicating on social media and how you can too!
As mentioned in the podcast:
Sumner Brooks, MPH, RD, LD – you can also hear Fi and Sumner chat on Ep. 6 of The Mindful Dietitian podcast, find it here!
Ellyn Satter Institute – Division of Responsibility
Lindo Bacon, PhD, Author, Researcher and Advocate
More about Amee:
Amee is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in private practice in Bellingham, Washington and has also worked with students at Western Washington University. Amee’s work with individuals focuses on repairing relationships with food and body for all of her clients. She found this work after recovering from an eating disorder herself. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is completing her Master’s of Professional Practice from Iowa State University. She is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and has received training under the Original Intuitive Eating Pro’s Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole. She is undergoing certification as a Body Trust Provider. Amee has written articles for Healthline, Greatist, and the Scientific American blog.
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