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Stefanie Michele (she/her) joins Abbey on this week's episode! Stefanie shares her struggles with disordered eating for 20+ years and her decision to challenge diet culture and heal her relationship with food/ body image on her 40th birthday. We discuss how scary stepping out of diet culture can feel, recovering from eating disorders, and the frustration of feeling like "nothing is working".

Stefanie is a Certified Coach, Occupational Therapist, Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner IT with a background in Human Development and Mental Health Psychology. 

Connect with Stefanie: website, @iamstefaniemichele Instagram, blog

Ashantis Jones (she/they), MEd, QMHP, CPT joins Abbey on today's episode! We talk about the oppressive systems embedded in diet and fitness culture that perpetuate eating disorders, desire for weight loss, and negative body image. Ashantis shares how taking intersectional approach can help not only meet clients where they are at, but help them to reach their goals without guilt or shame. Tune into this episode to hear more on how fitness doesn't have a "look", average clothing size in the US, the Aerie campaign, and more.

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Work with Ashantis  - Ashantis is a Master’s level Counselor, Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, Educator, & Digital Creator. She is a queer, cis(ish)-Black woman with AuDHD & fibromyalgia. 

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Lindley Ashline's (she/her) body liberation photography is revolutionizing the way we see bodies in media and stock photos. Lindley is changing the way we see fat and other marginalized bodies. She rejects the concept that fat people are only beautiful when their bodies look as close as possible to thin people's. Lindley fights weight stigma by giving fat people space and a safe place to explore how their bodies look on camera and by increasing representation of marginalized bodies in photography, advertising, fine art, and the world at large.

 We discuss how her photography and work challenges societal norms, conventional "beauty" standards, and oppressive systems (anti-fat bias, racism, ableism, healthism, ageism).She offers free journal prompts, a blog, weekly body liberation guide, body positive and inclusive stock photos, holds body liberation photography sessions, fine art..and so much more. Enjoy this week's episode!

Connect with Lindley on her website, free weekly Body Liberation Guide, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.

Other podcasts with Lindley:

FOOD PSYCH #152: HOW TO MAKE PEACE WITH PHOTOS OF YOURSELF WITH LINDLEY ASHLINE 

All Fired Up: Body Liberation Through Photos With Lindley Ashline

Trauma Warriors: BODY LIBERATION WITH LINDLEY ASHLINE

Fat Joy: Revolutionary Fat Positive Photos – Lindley Ashline 

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Association for Size Diversity and Health - HAES Principles 

Are you neurodivergent and struggle with food and eating? In this episode, Abbey breaks down each of the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating and adapts them to be more applicable for the neurodivergent person. Neurodivergence includes but is not limited to: ASD, ADHD, OCD, and more. As someone with ADHD and has struggled with eating disorders, Abbey understands many of the ways food can be difficult. As always, she shares personal experiences and the same compassionate support she offers clients. Tune into today's episode to learn how to make peace with food, challenge the food police, feel fullness, honor hunger, and more as a neurodivergent person.

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Health "experts" are sharing viral videos and tips that are incorrect and harmful surrounding the relationship between health and weight. In today's episode, we discuss why the "obesity epidemic" is likely not what you think it is. Abbey speaks about the BMI scale, weight stigma, anti-fat bias, and (of course) diet culture. '

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Do you struggle with negative body image or body dissatisfaction? Have you ever started your day feeling neutral or positive with your body image, but then suddenly it's like a switch flipped and you feel negative or uncomfortable in your body? In this episode, Abbey covers all the ways our experiences affect and impact body image. We talk about the differences between body positivity, neutrality, and acceptance. Abbey shares perspectives and tips on how to reach body neutrality and acceptance.

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If you have ever felt like the exception or said, "If I stop dieting I'm going to lose all of my control" then this episode is for you. In today's episode, Abbey shares practical tips and experiences on how to overcome the fear of weight gain (in recovery from an eating disorder, disordered eating, or dieting). We challenge fatphobia, become curious with thoughts/feelings, and begin to shift our mindset around weight.

As always, if you have questions, concerns, or want support: email me [email protected].

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If you have the New Years Scaries, you are not alone. It's 2024 and Abbey is feeling the pressures of new year resolutions. If you consider yourself a perfectionist and feel stuck in the loop of beating yourself up or always feeling like a failure, this episode is for you. Abbey shares her own experiences with perfectionism in school and sports. We discuss how this arises within desires for weight loss, dieting, body image, and movement. Let's start our new year with learning how to be kinder to ourselves, identifying diet culture's BS, and finding our authentic self. 

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How do I find my set point weight? Can I change my set point weight? Can I diet to get to my set point weight? In this episode, Abbey answers all of these questions, and then some. We discuss how to determine if you are above/ below, what it is, and ways to get curious about reframing your relationship with size, weight, and shape.

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You may be feeling this if you’re new to the health at every size, weight neutral, intuitive eating space. Or maybe you’ve been following fat positive content creators and working with an non-diet dietitan for years. You’re quiet confident and understand why diets don’t work. But, despite that, you still feel like you want to try one more diet. You can’t figure out why. This is a conversation I often have with my clients. And this makes so much sense. Tune into the episode to find out why.

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