Millennial Body Image Project

On this week's episode we dive into: what is a normal relationship with food? How is that different from an optimal relationship with food? Where does the nutrition jungle play a role in this? And while new years' diets are co-opting anti-diet and intuitive eating language, which may make you feel like you can get to a 'good' relationship with food by following their diet…we know that's not true. So what can we do about it?

• Red Flags on your health journey with Brenna O'Malley
• Self-compassion for eating disorders and autoimmune disease with Jessica Flanigan Brown
• Help! I'm failing at Intuitive Eating
• How to reconcile wanting to lose weight and intuitive eating

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On today's episode Dana and Cristina discuss how to navigate the chaos of January if you're in the "I broke up with dieting...now what?!" camp! How do you navigate eating to fuel yourself in a sustainable way without it being a diet? We know January can be a really stressful month with all the diet and fitness culture BS floating around, so our theme for the entire month is going to be how to survive January without going down a diet/reset culture hole. Today we discuss some issues with the polarizing anti-diet messaging on social media, and how the journey of healing our relationship with food can have a necessary pendulum swing.

• What is non-diet?
• The Whole-Hearted Eating Guide to non-diet meal planning
• De-bunking TikTok nutrition trends & gentle nutrition with Claire Chewning
• #200! Gentle Nutrition and Spotting Fake Intuitive Eating

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

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On this week's episode we have Fiona Sutherland, also known as the Mindful Dietitian in the social media space. Our conversation today is fantastic for both health practitioners and of course of all non-practitioner listeners who are looking for a safe space to work through their own physical and mental health concerns. They discuss - what is trauma-informed nutrition & dietetic care? How does regulation and awareness of the nervous system come into play in our sessions, and how does it play a key role in creating safe spaces for healing? How can this impact our healing journey with body image and relationship with food? Fiona also gives a quick nervous system & activation 101 breakdown!

• Instagram: @the.mindfuldietitian
• Website: https://www.themindfuldietitian.com.au/
• Podcast (on hiatus): The Mindful Dietitian
• Being in Relationship: a 5 Part Course for Dietitians
• Course for practitioners: Trauma-informed dietetic care

Bio: Fiona Sutherland is a dietitian in Australia who works with Dietitians & health professionals to bring body & food healing messages to the world. She has over 20 years of experience in Eating Disorders, Body Image & Counseling Skills, and is committed to Mindfulness & Self Compassion practices that help both the practitioner and client.

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Course for Dietitians
• Marci Evans
• How gut issues are influenced by your relationship with food, with Marci Evans
• The effect of holiday stress and perfectionism on the nervous system, with Victoria Albina
• Dr. Deb Dana - Anchored

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On today's episode Cristina interviews Alegra about the OCD and eating disorders connection. They dive into the biggest myths and misunderstandings about OCD, and the relationships between OCD and orthorexia, binge eating, ARFID, and more. They also discuss the relationship between body dysmorphic disorder and OCD, body dysmorphia vs. body image issues, and how body checking and body dysmorphia isn't just insecurity-driven; that ocd can play a big role in this!

Trigger warning for today's episode: talk of violent intrusive thoughts in connection with OCD.

Bio: Alegra Kastens is Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) who specializes in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Eating Disorders. Her clinical work focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure & Response Prevention, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness skills training for adults, adolescents, and children.

• Instagram: @obsessivelyeverafter
• Website: Allegrakastens.com
• Contact Allegra if you need an OCD therapist referral in your area!

• Non-Diet Nutrition for ADHD and binge eating with Becca King
• How nutritional chaos leads to disordered eating and gut issues, with Dr Jillian Lampert
• Self-compassion for eating disorders and autoimmune disease with Jessica Flanigan Brown
• Red Flags on your health journey with Brenna O'Malley

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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• @millennialbodyimageproject
• @danamonsees_cns
• @cristinahoytnutrition

Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

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Dr. Alise Parrish, a Doctor of physical therapy and founder of Ally Wellness, joins Dana for today's episode. Alise's mission is to help folks feel good in their bodies. They provide sliding-scale Physical Therapy, Personal Training, and Wellness services in a safe and affirming environment. On today's episode Alise and Dana (me) are discussing the problems of the 'traditional' PT environment, and how it alienates and disproportionately affects people in marginalized bodies. We're also addressing the #1 thing most people have heard when they go to PT - "you need to lose weight to fix the pain" - how this is inaccurate in evidence-based practice, how this doesn't actually help clients manage their pain (even if they do lose weight), and what we can do instead by treating the body you're currently in.

• Instagram: @allywellness_phl
• Website: https://www.ally-wellness.com
• Email for questions: https://[email protected]
• Free consultation: https://calendly.com/alise-parrish/20-min-free-consultation

• Working through limiting beliefs with weight-neutral strength training, with Mark Breedon
• Health over aesthetics and how to fuel your body for training with Kelsea Hellyar
• 81 | Learn to embrace taking up space and getting strong with Steph Gaudreau

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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• @millennialbodyimageproject
• @danamonsees_cns
• @cristinahoytnutrition

Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

• Book Dana HERE – https://l.bttr.to/RggiP
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On this week's episode with Dr. Crystal Frazee, Cristina and Dana dive into burnout recovery, and why we're all so burned out! We talk about how to assess your "body battery", what's draining it, and how to recharge your battery in a replenishing way. Spoiler alert: increasing your productivity doesn't actually improve burnout. Crystal talks about her somatic attunement method, and how to lean into body wisdom to improve your energy and resilience.

• Instagram: @drcrystalfrazee
• The Stress and Overwhelm Relief Plan
• Website: https://crystalfrazee.com/

• Burnout, self-care and pandemic flux syndrome
• Boundary setting for self-care with Jocelyn Hamsher
• Burnout and learning to train with your cycle with Jenni Hulburt
• How to manage burnout, and the whitewashing of adaptogens with Lopa Van Der Mersch

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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• @millennialbodyimageproject
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• @cristinahoytnutrition

Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

• Book Dana HERE – https://l.bttr.to/RggiP
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Dana and Cristina discuss how they interpret "non-diet" in a Whole-Hearted Eating way, versus how the term is being co-opted by weight loss focused practitioners taking advantage of peoples' vulnerabilities. What is non-diet, really? What's a wolf in sheep's clothing? And what's the big deal about this anyway? Let's get into it.

• Can you manage chronic health conditions without food restriction?
• Help! I'm failing at Intuitive Eating
• How to reconcile wanting to lose weight and intuitive eating
• Why we're not Intuitive Eating Coaches

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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• @millennialbodyimageproject
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• @cristinahoytnutrition

Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

• Book Dana HERE – https://l.bttr.to/RggiP
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Dana and Cristina chat about how sometimes, in order to repair your relationship with food or exercise, you need to repair your relationship with stress. We commonly think we have to control or remove our stress to 'manage' it, and when we feel like we can't control it, a lot of people turn to food and/or exercise. This is when your relationship with food and body image can be a red herring that become their own deeper problems! Food for thought: Are the things you're using to complete your stress cycle actually depleting you?

• A neuroscience based approach to managing stress with Alyssa Chang
• How mineral imbalances contribute to hormone issues and chronic stress with Amanda Montalvo
• Retraining the nervous system to heal stress eating and disordered eating, with Elisabeth Kristof
• The effect of holiday stress and perfectionism on the nervous system, with Victoria Albina

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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• @millennialbodyimageproject
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• @cristinahoytnutrition

Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

• Book Dana HERE – https://l.bttr.to/RggiP
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Jessica Flanigan Brown joins Dana today to talk about self-compassion eating disorders and autoimmune disease! Jessica is a clinical nutritionist and author of The Loving Diet who specializes in gut restoration, and her coaching practice specializes in disordered eating, especially in mid-life. We dive into how restrictive protocols are not the key to healing autoimmune disease, how self-compassion and emotional resilience work impacts our mental and physical health, and the presentation of our symptoms. We also talk about how Intuitive Eating is not the answer for everyone, even if you have an eating disorder, and why it's so hard for some people to intuitively eat.

• Instagram: @thelovingdiet
• TikTok: @thelovingdiet
• www.thelovingdiet.com

• ACE quiz
• Interoceptive awareness scale
• Dr. Ashley Gearhardt and an interview about her study from APA

• A neuroscience based approach to managing stress with Alyssa Chang
• the Impact of Restrictive Diets on your Healing and Relationship with Food with Kelsey Kinney, RD
• Breathwork for stress, anxiety, and trauma healing with Jen Broyles
• Can you manage chronic health conditions without food restriction?

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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• @millennialbodyimageproject
• @danamonsees_cns
• @cristinahoytnutrition

Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

• Book Dana HERE – https://l.bttr.to/RggiP
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There's a reason no one complains about binge eating arugula. In this episode, Cristina and Dana dive into binge eating and the holidays. We discuss how the beliefs we carry about certain foods and what we think those foods say about us lead to binging behaviors (and full blown binge episodes!). With the holidays fast approaching, we know this is on everyone's mind. We get real practical about why we feel binge-y about certain foods and what you can do in preparation for those tricky holiday meals

• Preparing for holiday food and body talk
• Freebie: How to navigate tough holiday conversations
• Our Whole-Hearted Eating Holiday Table
• Am I overeating?
• How to stop overeating and build body trust

Join our Patreon community to get access to TWO+ years of bonus episodes, exclusive resources, and access to the final episode of each month. You'll also get behind the scenes bonus content and a safe space community to discuss the nuance of body image and food! Check it out at – https://www.patreon.com/millennialbodyimageproject

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• @millennialbodyimageproject
• @danamonsees_cns
• @cristinahoytnutrition

Looking for 1×1 Nutrition counseling? Book a free 15-minute intro call:

• Book Dana HERE – https://l.bttr.to/RggiP
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