100% Healthy-ish

Why Weight Goals Need to Stop Being the Marker of Full Recovery.

This is the 6th episode of Beyond Weight - a NEW series that asks the question “how can we manage health concerns without focusing on weight loss, food restriction, and body shame?”.

Today, Jill is speaking with Elizabeth Jackson, MS, RDN, LDN - a Licensed and Registered Dietitian specializing in eating disorders, child and family feeding issues, management of eating and weight-related illness and co-occurring/substance use disorders. Together they're talking about the limitations of conventional thinking about Eating Disorders, when we do need to think about weight and meal plans, and how to do those things while holding a higher ideal for recovery. We also talk about the issue with weight goals - how it can lead to misdiagnosis, misunderstanding, and only partial eating disorder recovery.

In this episode, we discuss:

Links:

https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/prof-web-bodypositive/

TW: In this episode, we loosely discuss weight, calories, and a few diet plans are mentioned. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues , you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

Making peace with chronic conditions and working WITH the body.

It’s the fifth episode of Beyond Weight - a NEW series that asks the question “how can we manage health concerns without focusing on weight loss, food restriction, and body shame?”.

Today, Jill's talking with Laura Burns and Julie Duffy Dillon of @pcosbodyliberation. These two powerhouses have teemed up to bust PCOS myths and fight for a more compassionate, joyful, truly healing approach to the long-term management of PCOS. They have so much experience and knowledge to share. Enjoy!

In this episode, we discuss:

Find Laura and Julie on Instagram: @pcosbodyliberation

We can’t ignore the genetic reality of disease.

Yes, there are things you can do to support your health - but it sure isn’t dieting.

It’s the fourth episode of Beyond Weight - a NEW series that asks the question “how can we manage health concerns without focusing on weight loss, food restriction, and body shame?” and today, Jill is speaking with Glenys Oyston - a dietician from Los Angeles who helps people recover from eating and body images issues created by toxic diet culture through the Health at Every Size® and non-diet eating approaches. Glenys works with metabolic conditions like Type II diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol - and today we are going to chat about a new model for managing these illnesses.

In this episode, we discuss:

Links:

To sign up for information about the launch of Self-Care for Diabetes:

https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/haescarefordiabetes/

Glenys' website:

https://daretonotdiet.com/

Making peace with food, our 40s, and our hot flashes.

It’s the third episode of Beyond Weight - a NEW series that asks the question “how can we manage health concerns without focusing on weight loss, food restriction, and body shame?” and today Jill is speaking with Dr. Jennifer Salib Huber, ND - a dietician and naturopath who strongly believes that women need to come together to normalize the collective experience of peri-menopause, embracing food, our bodies, and mid-life… so that we can live life to the fullest.

In this episode, we discuss:

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Jennifer’s online program "The Thinking Woman's Guide to Peri/Menopause" can be found on her website here: https://www.jennsalibhuber.ca/online-group-programs

It’s the second episode of Beyond Weight  - a NEW series that asks the question “how can we manage health concerns without focusing on weight loss, food restriction, and body shame?” and today, Jill's speaking with Lauren Newman - a Registered and Licensed Dietitian located in Houston, TX who’s passionate about helping individuals with Diabetes make peace with food and their bodies. Together they explore the myths about diabetes and a more kind and compassionate approach to managing this chronic illness.

In this episode, we discuss:

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Get on the waitlist for Lauren’s Virtual Diabetes and Disordered Eating Waitlist: https://www.laurennewmanrd.com/eddmgroup

Beliefs about weight in the medical field and the barriers to approaching health in a weight-neutral way.

It’s the first episode of Beyond Weight - a NEW series that asks the question “how can we manage health concerns without focusing on weight loss, food restriction, and body shame?” - and in it Jill is speaking with Dr. Lesley Williams-Blackwell, a board certified family doctor and certified eating disorder specialist. She’s an advocate for diversity and inclusivity in healthcare and today she’s talking about Health at Every Size in the medical field - the archaic beliefs and the barriers to doing things differently. Lesley also has some fantastic ideas on how to shift a medical practice to be more weight neutral and the way forward for the profession, in general. She's also the author of the lovely children's book - Free to Be Me: Self Love for All Sizes!

In this episode, we discuss:

Links:

https://lesleywilliamsmd.com/

It's here! The latest podcast series on The Food Freedom/Body Love podcast has arrived!

We're calling it: Beyond Weight - and we're asking the question “how can we manage health concerns without focusing on weight loss, food restriction, and body shame?”.

Today, Jill is giving you the inside scoop on this new series and the exciting episodes to come. 

In this episode, Jill wraps up the Sessions series with a conversation about weight stability and the values we uphold when it comes to food and bodies.

In this session, Jill discusses:

This is it for the summer! We'll meet you back here in the fall. Email Jill ([email protected]) if you're ready to work together or if you have questions/comments. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes!

See you in a few weeks!

In the ninth (and FINAL!) episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with a nutritional therapist who started her practice offering up sugar detoxes but has now shifted into coaching others on how to adopt a model of trust for eating and feeding. She wonders where her nutrition background fits in to all of this - like, is it ever okay to talk about balancing blood sugar or regulating digestion or whole foods? When? How?

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.

In the eighth episode of Sessions - a NEW series on the Food Freedom/Body Love podcast where you get to listen in on 1:1 conversations between Jill and those struggling with food, body image, weight, and health - Jill talks with an intuitive eating practitioner whose work focuses on those transitioning through menopause. As she coaches other to eat intuitively and accept their aging, changing bodies - she is confronted with her own feelings about her aging, changing body. She wonders if working on her own relationship with food and body will ever end and - if it doesn't - should she be coaching others on their journey?

In this episode, we discuss:

TW: All of these sessions are recorded live and only moderately edited - numbers (weight, calories, etc) may come up as well as the "O" words (overweight, obese) and the mention of specific diet plans or food philosophies. It's the nature of working 1:1 in this way. Please listen only if these topics aren't triggering for you. Also - these sessions are designed to educate and entertain. They are not prescriptive. If you are struggling with food and body image issues, you should reach out to your primary care provider for individual advice before self-diagnosing or treating.