HAES, Ed Recovery and Weight Stigma with Ashley Seruya

In this episode of the Escape Diet Prison Podcast, I am joined by Ashley M. Seruya.

Ashley is a virtual assistant, social work intern, and content creator specializing in Health at Every Size, eating disorder recovery, and weight stigma. Her work can be found on her website at ashleymseruya.com and on Instagram at @cozibae. Digital prints available for purchase at ashleymseruya.com/shop.

We talk about:

Ashley's own relationship with food and her body

Her journey to becoming an advocate for HAES and fat positivity

Her childhood experience with weight-based bullying

How dieting created a bond with her mother

How her experience at college and her struggle with a violent binge-restrict-cycle made her seek out professional help and what she learned from her time at therapy

Her path to recovery and how she managed to go from understanding what the problem was to really integrating healing into her being

Weight gain, weight stability and weight maintenance in recovery and beyond

Healthism & why health is poorly defined

Why all kinds of body changes are triggering

How best to approach doctor's visits when you're in a fat body

Weight loss surgery as a way to escape oppression

How to put your body in charge again

Why it's important to trust the process in order to trust the process

The importance of community and confiding in people who are in fat bodies and are happy

and so much more!

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Resources we talked about:

Christy Harrison - Food Psych

Kelsey Miller - The Anti Diet Project

Big Girl - How I Gave Up Dieting and Got a Life - Kelsey Miller

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works - by Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch

The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) - by Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch

What to Say at the Doctor’s Office - Ragen Chastain

Weigh Decline Card by Dr. Maria Paredes and Kirsten Ackerman

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