Body Justice

Tune into episode 10 of Body Justice to hear my interview with anti-diet dietician in training Shikha Advani as we discuss her personal struggle with orthorexia and how Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating has been healing for her recovery journey. Shikha identifies as South Asian (Indian) and shares how her ethnicity has shaped her relationship to food and her body over the years. Shikha is also very passionate about integrating social justice in her career as a dietician. Find me on IG @bodyjustice.therapist and find Shikha @nutrition_by_sa 

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Find out more about my work and therapy practice via my website: ⁠⁠⁠www.eatingdisorderocdtherapy.com⁠⁠⁠ - we work with clients seeking recovery from eating disorders or OCD in CA, WA, UT, TN, MD & FL. We also provide virtual eating disorder recovery coaching worldwide!

This podcast is not a substitute for personal therapy. This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

Tune in to episode 8 of Body Justice to listen to the amazing, prolific, New York Times best selling author, Sonya Renee Taylor as she discusses radical self love, default bodies, body terrorism and her second edition of the NYT best selling book, Your Body Is Not an Apology and Your Body is Not an Apology workbook.

Sonya identifies as a fat, black, queer woman who is passionate about radical self love and what it takes to get there. This is not a conversation about self esteem- as radical self love reaches far beyond self esteem or self confidence. You DON'T want to miss this episode rich in wisdom, passion and honest discussion on what it takes to dismantle systems of oppression that impact us all. 

You can find out more about Sonya's work through her books and courses (https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/shop-latest/) as well as on IG @sonyareneetaylor and @thebodyisnotanapology and website: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/ 

As always, you can find me on IG @bodyjustice.therapist and my therapy practice via my website: ⁠⁠www.eatingdisorderocdtherapy.com⁠⁠ - we work with clients seeking recovery from eating disorders or OCD in CA, WA, UT, TN, MD & FL. We also provide virtual eating disorder recovery coaching worldwide!

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This podcast is not a substitute for personal therapy. This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

Tune into episode 7 of Body Justice to hear my interview with anti-diet dietician Maria Koerner as we discuss her mixed race experience, the cultural erasure in diet culture and how intuitive eating can help heal your relationship to food. Maria identifies as Korean, Mexican and German and became passionate about dietetics after her own experience with diet culture. We discuss how intuitive eating is the path to food freedom and reconnects us to our bodies. 

Find me on IG @bodyjustice.therapist and find Maria @cultural.food.freedom as well as her website: www.daybydayrd.com

Find out more about my work and therapy practice via my website: ⁠www.eatingdisorderocdtherapy.com⁠ - we work with clients seeking recovery from eating disorders or OCD in CA, WA, UT, TN, MD & FL. We also provide virtual eating disorder recovery coaching worldwide!

Tune into episode 6 of Body Justice to hear my interview with therapist Lacey Raley as we discuss some of the unique challenges that folx living with chronic illness and eating disorder issues face. Lacey specializes in this population and also shares some of her lived experience. She brings the special awareness and consideration this marginalized population deserves and needs! We discuss what chronic illness/autoimmune issue are, how to balance individualized dietary restrictions with an intuitive eating mindset, how the wellness industry takes advantage of this population and what body image healing might entail for folx living with chronic illness. We also touch on her other specialty area- media trauma (but more on this to come in a later episode)!Find me on IG @bodyjusticetherapist and find Lacey @laceyraleytherapy as well as on clubhouse!

Find out more about my work and therapy practice via my website: ⁠⁠⁠www.eatingdisorderocdtherapy.com⁠⁠⁠ - we work with clients seeking recovery from eating disorders or OCD in CA, WA, UT, TN, MD & FL. We also provide virtual eating disorder recovery coaching worldwide!

This podcast is not a substitute for personal therapy. This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

Tune into this episode to add some coping skills to your recovery tool box. A huge part of recovery is learning how to regulate strong emotions that eating disorders and disordered eating keeps us numb from. Often when people start to recover and let go of controlling food as a way to cope; alllll the underlying emotions emerge. It can be scary and uncomfortable. You might think you are doing something wrong because of how foreign it feels. That is not the case! Your emotions are real, valid, and a natural part of the human experience. Tune into learn how to cope with them and find more peace in your recovered life. 

Find out more about my work and therapy practice via my website: ⁠⁠⁠www.eatingdisorderocdtherapy.com⁠⁠⁠ - we work with clients seeking recovery from eating disorders or OCD in CA, WA, UT, TN, MD & FL. We also provide virtual eating disorder recovery coaching worldwide!

This podcast is not a substitute for personal therapy. This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

Tune into episode 4 of Body Justice to listen to my interview with eating disorder activist, Julissa Minaya @julissas.recovery to hear about her recovery experience and the importance of amplifying BIPOC representation in the ED Recovery and mental health world.  Be sure to follow her IG for awesome and inspiring recovery content and please share our episode to continue amplifying marginalized voices.

Find my on IG @bodyjustice.therapist and my website:

https://www.eatingdisorderocdtherapy.com - we work with clients seeking recovery from eating disorders or OCD in CA, WA, UT, TN, MD & FL. We also provide virtual eating disorder recovery coaching worldwide!

This podcast is not a substitute for personal therapy. This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

Tune into episode 3 of Body Justice to learn about decolonizing relational practices that have the power to enrich our own well-being as well as our connections with others. In this episode, psychologist Dr. Twiss will talk about her own experience with intersecting identities, relationships and body justice. We cover topics including: moving through white guilt and call out culture with compassion and curiosity, sexism and objectification, secure vs. insecure relationships, ways to defy harmful cultural messages and much MORE.  Ways to connect with Dr. Twiss: https://www.drchelseatwisscounseling.com/ IG: @healthruconnection And of course, you can find me on IG @bodyjustice.therapist Support my podcast! Subscribe for an minimum amount to help me continue to create wonderful, educational content: https://anchor.fm/bodyjustice-allyson/support Want help with the audio/music production on your podcast?! Check out my super talented friend, Maxwell Tretter based in CO, who does excellent, high quality professional music production: IG @maxwelltrettermusic

Find me on IG @bodyjustice.therapist and my website: www.allysonfordcounselingservices.com