UK Registered Dietitian joins to discuss what is weight stigma, how it shows up in healthcare, and how it can be harmful and not just emotionally harmful. She also shares her story about being on the fence of either promoting weight loss or promoting health improvement and how she wanted to be in the middle, but after seeing the harm that can be done and through research, the answer is quite clear that a provider cannot be in the middle and she has found it most impactful to focus on health improvements to improve health (how novel right?). 

We also dig into how promotion of weight loss is promoting weight stigma which goes hand in hand with restriction, which can lead to feelings of deprivation, preoccupation with food, and binging (just to mention a few). This conversation is so timely with the Easter Holiday weekend and gobs of marketing out there trying to tell us all to not have chocolate, even world leaders. 

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Today we discuss the practice of journaling and how it can transform your life in many ways including: staying organized, documenting goals, changing your mood and manifesting your dreams. Journaling is a powerful tool that when used in a positive way can help us define our lives and understand ourselves from the inside out. Grab a pen and move up the emotional scale with us as we share our own experiences. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loveyourfoodloveyourself/support

Family Practice Dietitian Morgan Skatz joins us to discuss how we can model a peaceful relationship with food for the kids in our lives and what the division of responsibility is with feeding children, which supports children to grow up to be an intuitive eater. She also shares her personal story about how her parents did not have all of these tools which may have contributed to her own eating disorder and how every time someone complimented her on her weight loss, it only furthered her eating disorder.

Now in recovery, Morgan’s goal as a dietitian is to end disordered eating to hopefully prevent the start of an eating disorder and see everyone enjoy food again. She specializes in working with families with children of all ages. She empowers parents to raise their children as intuitive eaters and to respect their bodies. She enjoys helping families work through concerns associated with limited food acceptance, baby-led weaning, family meal times, and more! She loves to see disordered eating/eating disorders prevented by putting in positive work as early on as possible. She also works with young adults and adults on Intuitive Eating and hypothalamic amenorrhea recovery. She wants everyone to know how good they have the potential to feel.

Resources mentioned: 

https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/

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Shelly is back and today she and Tammy talk about how life itself can sometimes feel too heavy.  They discuss how human interaction and the healing power of tears and laughter can help us persevere and successfully manage the weight of the world.

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Tammy tells a story about a little girl on the beach who she named Rosa. Her future identity (and ours) is simply a reflection or a mirror of how we grew up and how we thought about ourselves as a child. This identity is created through our experiences and how we interpret those experiences. And from this we create beliefs. Tammy's hope for this girl is that this beach experience with her mom adoring her and modeling being secure in her body is a positive imprint on her for life.  Tammy then digs into what is identity, how that relates to our self-image, and what the Logical Level Model is. Utilizing this type of brain science helps us because everything we do in our current day today is from learned behavior and habit, so without understanding our behaviors and habits, we will never be able to fully make the transformations we are desiring. Everything that happens in your life happens from the inside out and Tammy will share some top thinking tips on how to get out of your comfort box and to not get trapped in a negative thought loop. --- Support this podcast: 

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Tammy digs into what is love, what is the vibration of love, and how does loving your food and loving yourself relate to intuitive eating. As well, she provides a very quick overview of the ten principles of intuitive eating. 

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“Weight”.....what were we talking about again?  Today Tammy and Shelly attempt to delve into the roots of diet culture and the reasons why we are often so unhappy with our bodies.  They share stories about their own experiences, examine the origins of diet mentality and discuss the damage that it does to our psyches and at times our bodies.  They also find out how talking about such a complex and emotional topic can make it hard to stay on track.  Another example of how societal ideals seep into so many aspects of our lives.  This is definitely a subject that will likely be revisited many times.--- Support this podcast: 

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Today Tammy and Shelly take a few minutes to introduce themselves, tell a story of how their friendship began, and explain the inspiration for this podcast. As a registered dietitian and a certified intuitive eating counselor, Tammy shares her passion for inspiring women to love themselves, to challenge the “diet” mentality and to actually enjoy their food. Shelly talks about her own struggle with “food guilt” and low self-esteem and explains how discovering the vulnerabilities of others can lead to self healing. This is the first episode, (hopefully of many), in a series of discussions about food, life, love and friendship. Join free Facebook group: https://bit.ly/lovefoodloveyourself--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. 

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