Harriet Brown is an electric, curiosity-driven, nationally-acclaimed writer, speaker, and Syracuse University professor. Her journalism pieces have been featured in The New York Times Magazine, O, Prevention, and many other publications. She shares deep reflections from her childhood, experiences that have changed her, and how she used all these things to develop a career based on the complex relationships between weight and health.

For podcast details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-112-nutrition-food-and-eating-should-not-be-inextricably-tied-to-weight/

On this week’s episode, Clancy speaks with registered dietitian and chef, Alicia Connor. Alicia does cooking classes, demonstrations, meal planning strategy sessions, and more. She has a YouTube series called “Quick and Delish” where she uses simple ingredients to make food that satisfies.

For more podcast details and resources, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-111-accessible-nutrition-lets-not-complicate-food/ 

As nutrition professionals, we give advice to all our patients. But, are we providing the right solutions? In this episode, Naureen Hunani, registered dietitian and neurodiversity expert, gives you a peek inside her practice. She asks us all to focus on appreciating the diverse backgrounds of our clients, giving them the freedom to choose their own eating goals, and delivering tips on how to dismantle ableism. For podcast details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-110-a-registered-dietitian-and-expert-in-neurodiversity/ 

Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, Ashley Carter and Jasmine Westbrooks noticed there needed to be a stronger bridge between nutrition education and cultural competence. As a result, they started a nonprofit called, Eatwell Exchange Inc. They center culture in their nutrition education, food access supports, and culinary programs around the world.

For more podcast details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-109-culturally-focused-nutrition-a-todays-dietitian-spring-symposium-feature/  

Part two of Clancy's conversation “Trauma-Informed Nutritional Security” is with Kristi Mollner. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at Maricopa County Public Health and as a private contractor, Kristi has over 10 years of experience working with various government food programming and other child and community nutrition programs. In every part of her work, she centers trauma-informed care.

For more podcast details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-108-trauma-informed-nutrition-security-part-2-a-todays-dietitian-spring-symposium-feature/ 

“Trauma-Informed Nutritional Security” is a term coined by the organization Leah’s Pantry. We’re lucky enough to have their Executive Director, Adrienne Markworth, on the show today explaining what that term means. Adrienne’s work recognizes how stress affects everyone’s health and behavior, avoids shaming folks for their choices and circumstances, and pushes for resilience.

For more details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-107-trauma-informed-nutrition-security-part-1-a-todays-dietitian-spring-symposium-feature/

The idea of “food as medicine” is seen as controversial. Nationally renowned media and nutrition expert, Kathleen Zelman and Clancy dig into what this term truly means, its impact on food access and health programming, and more.

For episode details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-106-food-as-medicine-a-todays-dietitian-spring-symposium-feature/ 

It’s challenging to know how to rebuild mentally and physically during and after cancer. With over 20 years of experience in this realm, Shayna Komar knows exactly how to help her patients through this process. She is a dietitian at the Thomas F. Chapman Cancer Wellness Center at Piedmont Hospital and provides individual nutrition counseling, cooking classes and group lectures for cancer patients and caregivers.

For more podcast details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-105-dignified-cancer-care-a-todays-dietitian-spring-symposium-feature/ 

Suzanne Kapral and Clancy’s conversation will give you life right now. It’s not all roses, but instead about the beauty of coping with trauma. Suzanne is development and marketing director at Hillside Farms, a 412-acre, nonprofit, educational dairy farm located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The farm's mission is to teach life choices that are healthy, logical, and sustainable.

For podcast details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-104-youre-not-worthless-youre-worth-this/ 

This episode is something special. Harmon Lim is an Analyst at the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Health and Nutrition Services. Their work and trajectory focus on addressing communities' basic needs through policy, with a recent shift towards nutrition policy. As a recent college graduate, mixed-race and non-binary identifying person, and survivor of abuse, they look towards centering a trauma-informed and intersectional lens in the future policy decisions shaping our food system.

For episode details, visit: https://fooddignitymovement.org/podcast/episode-103-healing-ourselves-makes-us-whole-and-empowers-others/