This week Sam shares the difference between pool and beach days when she was entrenched in diet culture vs present day having a pleasant relationship with food and body. If you are struggling to put the suit on and go outside, this episode is for you.

If you liked today’s episode, Sam did a previous episode on this entitled: “How to Feel Comfortable in Your Bathing Suit This Summer” that is another great resource related to all things body image in a bathing suit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-feel-comfortable-in-your-bathing-suit-this-summer/id1561021438?i=1000657878699

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This week, we have Sam on the podcast - one of our incredible clients! Sam shares her honest thoughts and feelings of her experience working with Julie from the Find Food Freedom® team. She shares how her relationship with food and body image transformed throughout the past few years (62+ sessions) of getting 1:1 support (fully covered by insurance) with her Find Food Freedom dietitian!

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In today’s episode Sam shares a personal story about how a complete stranger came up to her at a bar and asked her “are you pregnant?!” Sam compares this experience to when the same thing happened to her back in October. Sam discusses the nuance involved in how this affects those who reside in smaller bodies versus larger bodies.

Podcast Episodes Referenced in Today’s Episode:

My Family Member Asked Me if I was Pregnant: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-family-member-asked-me-if-i-am-pregnant/id1561021438?i=1000676750198

Complimenting Weight Loss is Not a Compliment: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/complimenting-weight-loss-is-not-a-compliment/id1561021438?i=1000666071007

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This week, we have Mattie on the podcast - one of our incredible clients! Mattie shares her honest thoughts and feelings of her experience working with the Find Food Freedom® team. She shares how her relationship with food and body image transformed throughout her journey of getting 1:1 virtual support (fully covered by insurance) with her Find Food Freedom dietitian, Grace!

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Today Sam does a deep dive into the why behind her new What I Eat in a Day series on IG. Some people find these videos controversial so Sam is here to offer a different perspective. Sam refers to this video in the episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKzoHzMuX17/

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Today is another episode in our RD 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: Tory Stroker!

Tory is an anti-diet Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She supports women in all body sizes who are exhausted from dieting and want to feel liberated in their relationship with food and their body.

As a mom of two, Tory’s professional interests have shifted to supporting other mothers in the thick of motherhood (specialties: prenatal/postpartum/infertility/motherhood) navigating how to nourish themselves adequately without a side of diet culture. Moms who are intentional about not passing down generational diet culture. Moms who want better for their kids than they had. Moms who are beginning to process it all seeing little eyes before them. Moms who are sick of hating their bodies and restricting. Tory gets it and is ready to meet moms exactly where they are. In the chaos of it all.

Through an intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, weight inclusive and body image coaching lens, Tory has supported hundreds of women in healing their relationship with food and their body. She is humbled everyday to get to be a part of their life transformation.

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Sam opens up about her funky relationship with movement starting way back in college where she felt like a hamster on a wheel with the ellipital. She shares the two biggests pieces to the puzzle when it comes to making peace with movement: intention and enjoyment.

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This week, we have Lia on the podcast - one of our incredible clients! Lia shares her honest thoughts and feelings of her experience working with the Find Food Freedom® team. She shares how her relationship with food and body image transformed throughout the past year (22 sessions) of getting 1:1 support (fully covered by insurance) with her Find Food Freedom dietitian!

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Sam interviews Vinny Welsby, an anti-fat bias consultant. Sam and Vinny discuss the most common consequences of how anti-fat bias can impact your health outcomes.

Resources mentioned in today’s episode:

Weight Centric Healthcare Cycle (Vinny’s Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/p/DI1_yfKzC2Y/?img_index=1

Fierce Fatty Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fierce-fatty-podcast/id1481565570

Download the ‘Fat in Healthcare’ Survey here: https://fiercefatty.my.canva.site/download-fat-in-healthcare-report

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Sam is unhinged and sharing all about the simple joys in life: press on nails and self tanner. She dives into the latest wellness BS all over social media: #skinnytok, her thoughts on WW going bankrupt, eating watermelon instead of sunscreen…WTAF is going on?!

Additional links mentioned in today’s episode:

Dr. Lauren Hughes: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJp64jhRw2j/?img_index=1

Press on Nails:https://go.shopmy.us/p-17988638

Self Tanner: https://go.shopmy.us/p-18011236

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