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The fitness industry needs to do a better job at creating safe and inclusive spaces for all bodies. What can fitness instructors do (and not do) in order to better serve our community and do not harm. 

In this weeks solo episode I share my "dirty dozen". A list of 12 things we need to stop doing and/or start doing

In this episode we talk about the things we need to stop doing

• Stop talking about peoples bodies
• Stop assuming ability or fitness level
• Stop assuming weight loss is the goal
• and so much more

If you are a fitness pro this episode is a MUST listen and if you have ideas to share, connect with us on social media or leave a message on our website.

Christine is a Movement Motivator, Body Liberator & Unconventional FitPro
Her mission is to disrupt the industry and destroy diet culture. She is the host of the Breaking Body Biases podcast. She is the creator of FitPro Ed, an online education platform for fitness instructors and she is the own of Pop Fit Studio in the Philadelphia suburbs:  a HAES & weight inclusive studio featuring dance, barre, bounce and bungee workouts.

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How can we rise above the noise of diet culture and be resilient?

On todays episode we talk with Canadian Fit Pro Jenni Morse. Originally from Toronto, Jenni Morse spent 10 years touring Canada and the United States with various contemporary and cultural dance companies. In 2013 she moved to Montreal to further pursue her career in dance. It was there that she discovered Zumba and a newfound passion for bringing joy to people’s lives through movement! Since propelling herself into the fitness industry, she has hosted numerous fitness parties and fundraisers, taught at several of Montreal’s most popular fitness clubs, and helped countless men and women to feel strong, fit, and confident! Jenni is now the founder of Rise with Resilience, an online BODY NEUTRAL fitness program with the focus on how you FEEL, and not how you look.

In this episode we talk about

• how she got into fitness
• Her experience working at a body building gym
• the problem(s) with the fitness and diet industry
• and some actionable tips on how to approach life and fitness from a body neutral perspective

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Diet culture disrupter and change-maker Dr Maggie Landes joins the show to day and we talk about a turning point in Maggies life that made her question her education and go back to school after already being a board certified physical, Weight stigma in health care, How we can raise children in this diet culture world and so much more

Dr. Landes is a physician on a mission, podcast host and most recently received her MPH in Nutrition (and that’s after completing medical school!)

Maggie Landes is a board-certified physician, public health nutritionist, and anti-diet wellness expert. She created her signature getEATfluenced® coaching program to help women who are exasperated with chronic dieting, be able to fix their food overwhelm and live a full and unrestricted life pursuing their personal passions without the distraction of rigid eating behavior.  She is also the creator and host of “The Eatfluencer Podcast” where she and her guests dig into the mindset work required to construct a healthy, complete, and high-quality life unlimited by the oppression of diet culture.

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How can we lead Body Neutral fitness classes? This week we talk with Angelina Shimkus, Group Fitness Instructor, second grade teacher and mom to two spunky young daughters. She is the Founder of Embia Fit. Angelina teaches a variety of virtual fitness classes from yoga and Pilates inspired formats to kickboxing and barre, where she strives to help others use joyful movement to find respect and appreciation for their bodies.

In this episode we talk about

• How she got into fitness
• Her struggles with an eating disorder and body image
• How she has changed the way she leads fitness classes
• And what she would like to see changed in the industry

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This week on the show,  Clinical Psychologist Dr Meghan Gallagher. We talk about eating disorders, emotional eating, body image, body respect and body neutrality.

Dr Meghan Gallagher is a Clinical Psychologist from Integrated Wellness in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In her practice she works with adolescents, adults, couples, and families who are experiencing a range of difficulties related to mental health concerns, interpersonal and relationship problems, and adjustment to major life transitions. Dr. Gallagher has specific interests and extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of Eating Disorders and body image concerns, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Mood Disorders, and adolescent mental health. She is also passionate about Intuitive Eating, working from a HAES approach, and to breaking down diet culture and the “wellness” obsession.

In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Gallagher provides clinical supervision and consultation to regulated health providers. She is also active in providing public education, and training and education to health care providers in the areas of Eating Disorders, body image, and mental health.

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Curious about the various diets out there? This week we have  Mia Greco,  an Anti-Diet Registered Dietitian who specializes in finding peace with food freedom utilizing the principles of Intuitive Eating. 

In this episode

• Learn why Mia became a Dietitian
• Eating disorders and misconceptions
• Fad diets myths and misconceptions
• Intuitive eating

Mia just recently opened her private practice in September of 2020, Olive Branch Nutrition which provides Medical Nutrition Therapy in a weight inclusive, body positive framework, Mia primarily focuses on disordered eating, chronic dieting, eating disorder recovery, and general preventative nutrition.  Mia is a HAES aligned practitioner.  In addition to providing Medical Nutrition Therapy, Mia also has an Intuitive Eating Small Group Program and offers workshops and presentations. Mia also work at Harper College, in Palatine, Illinois as an adjunct instructor, clinical supervisor and speaker for their wellness department.  Mia enjoys developing nutrition curriculum for her students that includes HAES, intuitive eating and social justice issues that impact people’s nutrition.  Mia is passionate about changing the world of nutrition, wellness and healthcare to be a more inclusive and encompassing space for all people. When not focused on helping people find peace with food and their bodies or educating future dietitians, Mia enjoys spending time with her family, which includes two small children, her husband and dog.  Mia loves practicing yoga, dancing to silly songs with her kids, reading books, and just being present in her life.

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Ditch Body Love and instead learn how Body Peace and Body Trust build a better relationship with yourself

Nina Manolson is a Body-Peace® coach. She helps women end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body. Really at home. The kind of at home where you can run around naked and not worry about what is “good enough” or what others will think. The kind of good that allows you to feel ultimate freedom and body-peace.

Nina is also a Certified Psychology of Eating Teacher, Nationally Board Certified Holistic Health Coach and Certified Body-Trust Guide.

She helps her clients move past the deprivation-diet paradigm and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates deep, long-lasting change in partnership with their body.

Nina works with individuals, groups and writes body-poems – all in service of helping women create a respectful and nourishing relationship with their body. 

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Shreen is a non-diet, body inclusive and Health At Every Size personal trainer, Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor and the owner of Be You Be Free, a non-diet, body positive fitness and wellbeing community based in Sydney, Australia. Shreen struggled with dieting and body image from a young age, but it wasn’t until she migrated to Australia from the UK back in 2010 that her physical and mental health deteriorated, and she developed depression, anxiety and an eating disorder. Shreen's turning point came when her counsellor warned her that she would hospitalise her under the Mental Health Act. This pushed her into recovery, where she discovered intuitive eating, health at every size and the non-diet community and became educated in all areas. The combination of all these elements ultimately led her to a full recovery.  The experience was life changing and this is what inspired her to set up Be You Be Free.

In this episode she shares her personal journey, how to heal your relationship with exercise, how she trains clients to exercise for fun and nourishment, not punishment and how to find the right exercise for you and your body.

Shreen is deeply passionate about promoting body inclusivity and helping women break free from dieting.  She helps women heal their relationship to food, exercise, and their body. But mostly, she helps women exercise from a place of fun and for nourishment, and as a for a tool for self-care and mental health, rather than for punishment.
 
Shreen’s mission is to change the narrative around fitness and diet culture

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What is it like to be a registered dietician in a fat body? In this episode Registered Dietitian Amy Rapone shares her experiences dealing with fat phobia as well as sharing her personal experiences with healthcare and working with eating disorders.

Amy Rapone, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian in the state of Connecticut and owner of RadLove Nutrition, a virtual anti-diet private practice. She completed her undergraduate, dietetic internship and graduate work with the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT. She has dipped her toes in several aspects of the nutrition world, including school nutrition, education with low-income families, and clinical work in a community hospital. Part of her clinical work included working in a specialized eating disorder unit working in a team that helped patients with some of the most difficult cases in the country. She is passionate about providing care that is weight-inclusive, body and fat positive from a Health At Every Size® philosophy. 

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Diet culture harms all bodies. What can we do to prevent harm in the fitness industry and create more inclusive programming? In this weeks episode we talk with JodiAnn Stevenson about diet culture, the harm it does and how to undo diet culture individually and on a larger scale.

JodiAnn Stevenson is a body liberation oriented, HEAS-aligned, weight-neutral certified health coach, personal trainer, yoga instructor, and intuitive eating professional. She currently coaches and teaches out of her online studio, Bad Dog Rebel Fitness & Yoga.

JodiAnn is host of The Real Rebel Health podcast and a founding member of the Rebel Body Collective, a community of body liberation oriented movement professionals. She is also a doctoral student of Transformative Studies exploring the damaging effects of colonized and corporatized approaches to health in mainstream medical and fitness industries.

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