 Welcome to our segment here on the Find Food Freedom® Podcast entiled: @#$%! Diet Culture Friday! We will be releasing an episode the first Friday of the month to cover the latest diet trends and fads, of course without the diet culture BS!  In today's episode we are breaking down the Optavia, if you are genuiely looking to improve your health and your relationship with food.  Please know there is NO hate or shame if you have done or are currently on the Optavia We all have a diet history, and if you are reading this right now we invite you to get curious about how the Optavia has shaped your relationship with food and body.  If you happen ditch the Optavia after this episode, shoot us a DM over on Instagram to let us know!  Follow Find Food Freedom®:  Instagram: @find.food.freedom  Website: https://find-foodfreedom.com/  TikTok: @findfoodfreedom  Pinterest: Find Food Freedom  Join the FFF Membership and you can use code 'IWANTFOODFREEDOM' for 3 months free, join here: https://findfoodfreedommembership.com  For more food freedom resources visit: https://www.findfoodfreedomresources.com & don't forget to grab your free gift!

@#$%! Diet Culture Friday: Optavia

The Find Food Freedom Podcast is hosted by Sam Previte, registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, and certified intuitive eating counselor. Sam is also the co-host of the What The Actual Fork Podcast. The Find Food Freedom Podcast was created to help you take simple steps towards food freedom and body respect. Diet culture has taught you to distrust your body; it's time to dismantle that together!

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 In this episode, Sam gives you 3 tangible tips to walk away with if you are a parent or caregiver trying to raise an intuitive eater or body positive child! She shares her favorite resources, tips on where to start with your own relationship with food/body, and leaves you will a challenge that you can implement today!  ALL things Find Food Freedom®:   Get your Insurance Benefits Checked: https://bit.ly/FFFinsurance     Instagram: @find.food.freedom  TikTok: @findfoodfreedom  Website:https://find-foodfreedom.com/   Join the FFF Membership and you can use code 'IWANTFOODFREEDOM' More resources here: https://linktr.ee/findfoodfreedom

How To Raise an Intuitive Eater

 Mother's day can bring up a lot of mixed feelings and emotions. Did you grow up with a parent who was always dieting? Did that parent often make comments on your food choices or body? In this episode, we talk about how to navigate your relationship with this parent when you are trying to heal your own relationship with food and body. We give specific tips and tricks on how to set boundaries to keep yourself safe and your relationship with food and body image progressing in the direction you want it to go.  This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth! Go to https://cozyearth.com/ and use code FREEDOM to get 35% OFF! ALL things Find Food Freedom®:   Get your Insurance Benefits Checked: https://bit.ly/FFFinsurance     Instagram: @find.food.freedom  TikTok: @findfoodfreedom  Website:https://find-foodfreedom.com/  Join the FFF Membership and you can use code 'IWANTFOODFREEDOM'

Navigating your relationship with your almond mom

 Today is another episode in our 'Meet the Team Series' where you will get to hear Sam interview the amazing providers that make up the Find Food Freedom® Team! Today we are featuring: Claire Dean! Claire is a registered dietitian specializing in eating disorder recovery, disordered eating recovery, Intuitive Eating, and an anti-diet, Health At Every Size (HAES) approach to nutrition counseling. She helps both adults and adolescents (14 years and older) build healthy, nourishing relationships with food and their bodies. Claire has extensive experience working in PHP and IOP levels of eating disorder treatment as well as in the critical care hospital setting. Claire supports clients at Find Food Freedom® through 1:1 virtual counseling and is accepting new clients!  ALL things Find Food Freedom®:    Get your Insurance Benefits Checked: https://bit.ly/FFFinsurance     Instagram: @find.food.freedom  TikTok: @findfoodfreedom  Website:https://find-foodfreedom.com/    Join the FFF Membership and you can use code 'IWANTFOODFREEDOM' for 3 months free, join here: https://www.findfoodfreedommembership.com More resources here: https://linktr.ee/findfoodfreedom

Meet Claire: How to not pass diet culture onto your kiddos

 In this episode, Sam expands on last week’s episode related to her fertility journey! She shares the physical, mental, and emotional hardships that come with pregnancy and how to cope with comments from others after going through infertility/pregnancy. Sam is currently 35+ weeks pregnant with her second IVF baby and has lots of thoughts and feelings she wants to share with you in hopes of validating what you are experiencing on your own fertility journey!  This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth! Go to https://cozyearth.com/ and use code FREEDOM to get 35% OFF!  Resources mentioned:  Natalie Crawford, MD IG: https://www.instagram.com/nataliecrawfordmd/  IVF Podcast: https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/thepodcast/epis…   Mom’s in The Making Fertility Support Group IG: https://www.instagram.com/momsinthemaking/   ALL things Find Food Freedom®:   Get your Insurance Benefits Checked: https://bit.ly/FFFinsurance     Instagram: @find.food.freedom  TikTok: @findfoodfreedom  Website:https://find-foodfreedom.com/   Join the FFF Membership and you can use code 'IWANTFOODFREEDOM'

The physical & emotional hardships of pregnancy

 In this episode, Sam shares her fertility journey that led her and her husband to a positive pregnancy test. She talks about what it’s like going through 3 rounds of IVF, how to stay hopeful during your infertility journey, and how to support a loved one going through it.  Resources mentioned:  Kari Von Goeben, MD IG: https://www.instagram.com/karivongoebenmd/  Natalie Crawford, MD IG: https://www.instagram.com/nataliecrawfordmd/ IVF Podcast: https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/thepodcast/epis…  Mom’s in The Making Fertility Support Group IG: https://www.instagram.com/momsinthemaking/ Factor Meals for sponsoring the podcast! Head to https://factormeals.com/freedom50 and use code freedom50 to get 50% OFF!  ALL things Find Food Freedom®:   Get your Insurance Benefits Checked: https://bit.ly/FFFinsurance     Instagram: @find.food.freedom  TikTok: @findfoodfreedom  Website:https://find-foodfreedom.com/   Join the FFF Membership and you can use code 'IWANTFOODFREEDOM'

@#$%! Diet Culture Friday: Optavia

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