Diet Culture Dropout

By Atheana Brown RD

Diet Culture Dropout aims to break down the pervasive cultural narrative that revolves around dieting and disordered relationships with food and body image. By dropping out of diet culture we can cele... more

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How many episodes does Diet Culture Dropout have?

The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.

Diet Culture Dropout episodes:

May 17, 2023 42. Healing Your Relationship to Movement with Jessie Mundell
Today I am joined with a fitness professional Jessie Mundell. She is sharing her personal journey about how her relationship with fitness and her body has dramatically changed over the years. Jessie is a fitness coach for pre and postnatal women helping them build strength, recover and embrace all the body changes throughout this time.

Here is what we chat about:
Jessie shares about why she pursued fitness at university and further went on to complete her masters. Exploring her intention at that time. Her education and training experience that was saturated in diet culture and fatphobia.
Reviews how she started working with clients and the shift she took to transform this from a non-diet space.
Talk about the shifts that are happening in the gym and sport culture to be more body-inclusive.
She shares her advice for anyone curious to get back into movement after having bad past exercise experiences rooted in diet culture.
Strategies for anyone working to repair their relationship with movement.
Ideas for people who reside in higher weight bodies to navigate the fitness world while being able to advocate for themselves.

Resources mentioned:
To Birth and Beyond Podcast: Episode 253: Making Exercise Adjustments for Folks with Larger Bodies

Connect with Jessie by:
Her website or on Instagram @jessiemundell or her podcast To Birth and Beyond
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May 03, 202341. Covert Factors to Food Battles with Rosanne Robinson
This week's episode we are exploring all the covert factors that may arise when feeding your kids. These factors may not be as obvious when managing food battles at the table. We all know dinner time would be more enjoyable without the constant struggle some families face. Tune in to learn more about the commonly missed factors and how we can get to a place of connection and enjoyment. I am joined with Rosanne Robinson a pediatric Registered Dietitian to discuss the matter.

Here is what we discuss in the episode:
- How to describe a food battle
- Review some of the more common reasons parents and kids get into food battles
- Review more complicated factors that could be contributing to meal time battles for the adults, parents or caregivers
- Discuss experiences that may make it difficult for our kiddos to be settled at a meal
- How families can work through these factors to set up a “safe as possible” space at meal times
- Tips for navigating a more peaceful mealtime experience

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
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You can contact Rosanne by:
Website

Instagram

Private Facebook Group

Email at: [email protected]
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41min
April 19, 202340. Challenges in Raising an Intuitive Eater
This week ok the Diet Culture Dropout Podcast I am sharing an interview I gave on the Motivation Made Easy Podcast with Dr. Shawn Hondorp. We chatted about the challenges in raising an intuitive eater. Challenges many families face in the world of social media, diet culture and school curriculum. We can not always shield our kids from diet culture but we can work on building resilient kids to it's harmful effects.

In this episode we discuss:
The various challenges that exist for parents working on raising intuitive eaters

How we need to be self-compassionate when trying a new thing

Discuss how to manage your child sneaking food

Review some ways you can role model for your kids a positive relationship with food and your body

How intuitive eating is applied for different ages of chidlren and teens
f you are a parent working on your relationship with food this is an episode you do not want to miss.

Join the podcast community here⁠! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
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50min
April 05, 2023 39. RED-s (Relative Energy Deficit in Sport) with Cara Kasdorf
Joined today on the podcast is Cara Kasdorf a sports Registered Dietitian located in Waterloo Ontario. She has dedicated her practice to sports nutrition and quite often is helping clients with this unique syndrome RED-S. Today we talk and define what RED-S (Relative Energy Deficit in Sport) is. Please know this can impact all types of athletes from recreational to professional level.

This episode we chat about:
Defining what RED-S is
Review how common it is amongst athletes
Discuss red flags a athlete would see this syndrome presenting
Along with red flags for coaches, loved ones in families to recognize
How other allied health professionals can screen or ask questions to assess if this is impacting their client
How can we try our best in the competitive or recreational sport environment to prevent this from happening to athletes
What treatment looks like for athletes

Connect with Cara Kazdorf by:
Her website or Instagram at @blueprintnutritionsport

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
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33min
March 22, 2023 38. How to Manage a Bad Body Image Day with Atheana Brown
Here is a supportive solo podcast on how to manage your bad body image day or moment.
Have you been having a hard time with you’re here and now body? Feeling the urge to try that next diet or “fix it” solution to solve all your body problems? But know that it is not a solution because it has never worked in the past.
The thing with body image work is that it is not about the body at all. It is all about the work we do within our head and our mindset.

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
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20min
March 08, 2023 37. Baby Steps Towards Body Acceptance with Kayla Stansberry
Joined today with Kayla Stansberry a fat positive therapist from Maryland USA. She shares some tangible ways people can move towards more body acceptance.

Here is what we chat about:
Begin by describing what body acceptance is
Kayla shares how this process usually starts to unfold for people
Discuss some elements that help support people move from body hate to body neutrality and/or body acceptance?
Shares her best tips on moving towards a body liberated place
Ways one would know when they are moving along the trajectory towards body liberation
Ideas for parents on how they can start this work in the home for their kids

Connect with Kayla Stansberry by:
Instagram @fatpositivetherapist
TikTok @fatpositivetherapist
Or her websites Body Image Coaching (Worldwide) or for Therapy in the US

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
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29min
February 22, 2023 36. Physical Activity and Disordered Eating with Nicole Otto
Today's interview is with Nicole Otto which is exploring disordered eating and how it relates to physical activity and sport culture.

Here is what we review:
Discuss how common are disordered eating is for athletes and the general population.
How sport culture influences disordered eating and in many ways normalizes it.
Review the types of activities or sports that are “more common" for having disordered eating issues.
Explore how a coach, loved one, or parent would recognize disordered eating behaviours for themselves or in their child.
Discuss how an athlete would identify an unhealthy relationship with food.
Strategies parents can take to help their child.
Some key nutrition interventions to support healing from disordered eating.

Resources mentioned:
Rock Climber Instagram account Drew Hulsey @drewclimbswalls

Connect with Nicole by:
Her website OR Instagram @nickyottord OR Facebook at Nicky Otto Dietetics

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.

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37min
February 08, 202335. Eating Disorders 101 with Brittaney Berendsen
This week's episode is all about Eating Disorders 101. We are honoring National Eating Disorder Awareness week which is celebrated from Feb 20-26 2023. Joined today with Brittaney Berendsen who is an eating disorder dietitian in Ontario.

Here is what we discuss:
Statistics of how prevalent eating disorders are before the pandemic and now

The various types of eating disorders, their prevalence and age of onset

Brittaney shares the most common misconceptions around eating disorders

Some truths and facts about eating disorders

How someone struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating can go about seeking support

Review some resources, programs and organizations that can help support recovery

Resources mentioned:
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)

Connect with Brittaney Berendsen by: her website here

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
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33min
January 25, 2023 34. What is the Eating Behaviour Spectrum?
In this solo episode I review the eating behaviour spectrum. Which is the diverse eating behaviours a person can have. I explore how a person's relationship with food can ebb and flow throughout their life.

You will learn more about:
The different areas on the spectrum from intuitive eating, disordered eating and clinical eating disorders
What these three areas look like in terms of behaviors, thoughts and food patterns
Defining diet culture and the wellness industry
How diet culture fits it's way into this spectrum
I review how your relationship can change overtime into different spaces on the spectrum
When you can begin to identify if you are engaging in disordered eating or intuitive eating.

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
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22min
January 11, 2023 33. Postpartum Bounce Back Culture with Surabhi Veitch
Today I have the pleasure of talking with Surabhi Veitch a passionate physiotherapist located in Toronto Ontario. We talk about the much needed topic of postpartum bounce back culture. If you are a mom, mom to be or a mom deep into her postpartum journey this episode is a must for you.

Here is what we chat about in the episode:
Surabhi shares her perspective of toxic cultural expectations of what postpartum should look like.
Reviews the various elements that contribute to this “ridiculous idea”.
Discuss how the medical community feeds into this bounce back culture.
How this goal can this be harmful from a physiotherapist point of view.
Explores how women can be safe when returning to movement.
What women can do when they are triggered by social media, someone making a comment or a body-based inner comment comes up.

Connect with Surabhi Veitch by:
Instagram @thepassionatephysio
By email at [email protected]
Her workshops and free resources check them out here
You can also book a free alignment call here

Join the podcast community here! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.
Follow along the podcast on Instagram at @dietculturedropoutpodcast
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59min

FAQs about Diet Culture Dropout:

How many episodes does Diet Culture Dropout have?

The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.