Free Method Podcast

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In today's episode, I'm talking to Laura Deneen, a Nashville-based therapist specializing in working with clients with eating disorders, and co-occurring disorders such as anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and other women's issues.

In this episode, we cover:

• Laura shares more about herself, dealing with her own eating disorder and her professional work [2:07]
• Navigating diet and food culture during the holidays [7:33]
• How to approach conversations with friends and family about your food boundaries [12:43]
• Helpful tips you need to help you deal with food & diet comments during the holidays [17:42]
• Giving yourself permission to embrace your feelings [22:20]

Connect with Laura:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauradeneencounselor/?hl=en

Website: http://www.restoredcoachingco.com/

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• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
• Work with our team

In today's episode, Dylan outlines the 4 types of hunger. You may be familiar with the first type, physical hunger, but maybe you didn't realized there were other types? Tune into today's episode to learn about the 4 types of hunger that we see when we are practicing Intuitive Eating. Links:

• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
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In today's episode, FREE Method RD, Meredith Renshaw sits down with Katie Rosa, a previous FREE Method Academy client. Katie is a full time working mom to a 3 year old son and also a full time grad student. She loves to ride horses, bake cookies, and talk about intuitive eating and why being thin isn't a goal of hers.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Katie stumbled into the Free Method Space and her journey to intuitive eating [4:57]
• The power of community and honest conversations around bodies, food, and healing self-limiting thoughts [9:14]
• Katie shares why we should always stay curious and dig deep into why certain thoughts trigger you [16:37]
• Making the shift from feeling guilt and shame about food to acceptance and peace, Katie shares what she has learned about her negative self-talk [24:08]
• How diet culture affects the medical field and how to protect yourself from fatphobia [33:07]
• Katie discusses why college was the trigger for her disordered eating [39:37]

Connect with Katie:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/littleladykatie__/

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• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
• Work with our team

In today's episode, Dylan dives into the topic of natural vs. added sugar. Curious the difference between the two and if one is "better" than the other - listen to this episode to learn more!

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• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
• Work with our team

In today's episode, Dylan sits down with Kayla Jessop, a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and an approved supervisor. She also completed the intensive training in RO DBT. She owns a private practice in Salt Lake City, Layton, and Ogden, Utah. She offers individual nutrition therapy, RO DBT skills class for adults and adolescents, supervision, group support and much more. Kayla is an expert on Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, and improving people's relationship with food. She is an Anti-Diet registered dietitian who has specialized in helping individuals of all ages regain peace with food and body. Outside of her passions for recovery she loves to spend time outside with her family or relax on the couch with a good book or TV show. Kayla lives in Ogden, UT with her husband Cody, daughter Akari, and dog Mochi.

In this episode you'll hear:

• Kayla shares how she became a registered dietician and explains more specifically how she got into using Radically Open DBT - Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (2:35)
• What does being over-controlled and under-controlled mean in the context of treating people with disordered eating patterns? Kayla explains the major difference between Radically Open DBT to other treatment modalities and what role the therapist plays in helping people overcome disordered eating habits (5:19)
• How can dieticians and therapists bring less rigidity and more spontaneity to our treatment sessions with our clients? Kayla shares the best way therapists can connect and help heal their clients and learning to adapt to the situation (10:34)
• Kayla shares some tangible tools or next steps she would give a client within the RODBT model. She explains how she starts with changing the physiology and social signaling of her clients before moving on to the next steps (14:56)
• Drawing on her own experience, Kayla discusses what she sees as the future of dieticians and the role of RODBT in bettering our own services for our clients (19:51)
• How RODBT can help you prevent treatment drop out and learn how to mend ruptures in your relationship with your clients (24:03)

Connect with Kayla:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/kaylajessopnutrition/

Website: ro4rd.com

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• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
• Work with our team

Diets take us away from connection and trust with our bodies. It's time we rebuild that trust! In today's episode, Dylan shares 4 helpful tips to help you journey towards body trust. Tune into to learn more.

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• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
• Work with our team

In today's episode, Dylan sits down with Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross, physician, international speaker, and author specializing in eating disorders and addictions. She has an online program for people with food addiction, binge eating and emotional eating, and focuses on treating Black women with eating disorders. Carolyn also does antiracism consulting with treatment facilities. And she LOVES carnitas tacos! In this episode you'll hear:

• Dr. Ross shares a little more about what she does, who she helps and how she got involved in the eating disorder side of medicine (2:12)
• So many diseases have a direct relationship to what we eat, and for the most part addiction and nutrition are not taught in depth in medical school. Dr. Ross explains how physicians preach the same old song that you need to lose weight to be healthy, and why this perspective isn't inclusive or very constructive for many people. Instead she has a more lifestyle approach to healthcare and eating because diets do not work (5:36)
• What is binge eating and emotional eating according to Dr. Ross? She shares how the term has received diagnostic criteria in recent years but it is still part of a large spectrum. In her opinion, the root of all eating disorders is situated within childhood trauma and experiences (10:02)
• It is possible to talk about trauma, process it and determine how food fits into your healing process according to Dr. Ross. She shares what traits and experiences her clients have felt when dealing with food and emotions (16:22)
• What helps people reconnect with their emotions? Dr. Ross believes in guided imagery, breathwork, and how you need to reconnect with how your emotions feel in your body. She explains how women are more often than not impacted by this disconnect between food and emotions (20:31)
• How do guilt and self blame come into play with disordered eating patterns? According to Dr. Ross, society tends to echo this narrative of self blame and while medicine doesn't have a magical fix it pill, there is an approach to healing that doesn't focus on weight or size (23:43)

Website: www.carolynrossmd.com Links:

• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
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In today's episode, Dylan discusses the confusion that can arise around Intuitive Eating and the topic of weight loss. She digs into how Intuitive Eating is beneficial for your overall health, and how intentional weight loss pursuits are not sustainable. Tune in to today's episode to learn more.

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• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
• Work with our team

In today's episode, Dylan sits down with Jenna Werner is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) with a passion for health and wellness and shutting down diet culture. Jenna has over 15 years of experience working across the nutrition field in multiple areas including clinical care settings, retail nutrition, management, fitness nutrition spaces and most recently, the private practice space. Jenna started her career very much entrenched in diet culture and through personal growth, self discovery and education has completely shifted her nutrition practice to intuitive eating.

In this episode you'll hear:

• Jenna's experience with being a mom and entrepreneur and how she got into the business of virtual nutrition (2:28)
• The transition to motherhood and how Jenna navigated her healing and postpartum experience (6:55)
• Jenna shares her experience with pregnancy weight and explains how her relationship with fitness and disordered eating in the past impacted how she viewed her body postpartum. (11:47)
• The experience of childbirth and its physical impact and transformation it has on your body and why it's okay to feel vulnerable while you relearn your body. (19:25)
• Verbalizing your need for support from your partner and loved ones and protecting your energy from societal pressure to bounce right back. (21:54)
• It is okay to grieve your life and what your life looked like prior to having a baby. (27:07)

Connect with Jenna:

Website: https://www.happystronghealthyrd.com/

Connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/happystronghealthy.rd/

Connect on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happystronghealthy.rd

Links:

• Spring/Summer Recipe Book
• FREE Method Nutrition on Instagram
• Dylan on Instagram
• Work with our team