One Small Bite

This episode is a must listen! This week on One Small Bite I interview Tai Chi Master Gu and apprentice George Thompson from Tai Chi, Qi Gong & Taoist Academy in Central China’s Wudang Mountains. We recorded this podcast via technology, in different countries on different continents which to me is SO cool!  During our interview Master Gu gives us insight into his story, his lineage, and the philosophies of his teachings; George tells us how he found Master Gu and what lessons he has gained from his learnings; and much more.

Master Gu Shining is the director of Wudang Taoist Culture Centre (WTCC) and headmaster of the Wudang Taoist Wellness Academy (WTWA). Among the martial artists in the Wudangshan area, he is one of the few who was born here, and perhaps the only one who can teach in fluent English. While most institutions focus primarily on movement teaching, Master Gu has been directing his academy to follow the Taoist Way: not only movement but also internal alchemy and cultural exploration.

Gu Shining's Chinese name is Gu Shiyi. Shining is his Taoist name, as he belongs to the 15th generation of Wudang Sanfeng Pai or sect, His shīfu (fatherly feacher) is Grandmaster Zhong Qingwei (Taoist name) or Zhong Yunlong.

Master Gu aims to spread the wisdom and wellness practices of Taoism, and to help all who wish to learn and explore deeper into the Taoist culture. He teaches primarily at the WTWA in the Wudang Mountains, but also teaches abroad when invited.

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, and building positive relationships with food.

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 
 
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One of the main concerns I hear around this time of year is the stress around holiday food. Stress levels are already high for many of us this year, and holiday tasks/events can heighten this, especially during a pandemic. Stress around holiday foods can be connected to fears of overeating or shame. Triggers like listening to a friend or family member talk about diets, weight, or their weight centric New Year resolution may come up.

SO, in this Friday Food Cast episode I provide 6 Secrets to Intuitively Steering Through Holiday Food. These are all One Small Bite we can take to steer through holiday foods in an intuitive way and helps us genuinely enjoy what matters to us. Let lose; take a break; and enjoy time with family and friends.

I can't wait for you to take a listen and let me know what you think. I hope you enjoy.

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Hey, you can now reach me at One Small Bite podcast and drop me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you! Summery

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This episode is a first for me, I interview a husband and wife and it was so much fun! Julie DeLucca Collins, owner of Go Confidently Coaching and her husband Dan are my guests this week, and I discuss what it means to go confidently and so much more! Julie talks about her journey and starting her business. We take a bite out of how the quote “Go Confidently in the direction of your dreams” by Henry Thoreau, has impacted her life and career. Both Julie and Dan share their relationships with food (warning there is diet and weight talk around minute 29-35). We talk about interceptive awareness, reframing mindsets, mindfulness, and how spending time in the past can affect the now. 

 Julie DeLucca-Collins is the Founder and CEO of Go Confidently Coaching and the host of the popular Casa DeConfidence Podcast. Julie is a dreamer, a traveler, a visionary, an adventurer, a risk-taker, a loving wife, daughter, best auntie ever, and doggy momma. Julie has been a lover of books, activist, philanthropist, and, most of all, a supporter of women and their dreams. She has been a successful executive for 20 plus years. Julie started working with a life coach ten years ago and loved how it propelled her further into living a life she loves and had imagined. Her goal is to help others reimagine their life. She has extensive experience in leadership skills, Life Coaching, and a vast history of assisting people in finding success. Her individualized positivism approach helps identify and attain your goals. Julie holds coaching certifications as a Holistic Coach, Cognitive Behavioral Techniques Coach, and Mindfulness coach and meditation teacher certification. She is also certified as a Social Emotional Learning Facilitator and has completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Certification.

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, and building positive relationships with food.

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 
 

Remember - Chop the diet mentality; Fuel Your Body; and Nourish Your Soul

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So, the conversation continues! In part 2, I finish my amazing conversation with guest Tiana Dodson.  As a reminder: Yes, you can be happy and healthy in a fat body––period. Tiana continues to share her story with us and touches on how difficult it is to find, and is to have an identity true to who you are when trying to fit into a society that doesn’t look like you. As our conversation about fat liberation, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, weight inclusivity, and how society shames people for being fat (as if it is a disease) continues. Tiana shares with us some of her self identity struggles and successes, taking us along her journey to figuring out that you can be fat, healthy, and happy.

Note, I did not edit out the cursing.

These two episodes with Tiana Dodson are the introduction to a series of anti-diet, compassion focused nutrition, Intuitive Eating, and Health At Every Size conversations that I will have with several dietitians and guests in the next episodes. Stay tuned for some extremely thought-provoking conversations and radical acceptance regarding what it means to be healthy. 

A little about Tiana Dodson. Tiana is a fat, Body Liberation Coach and Facilitator who’s out to destroy the belief that you have to be skinny to be happy and healthy, loveable, or worthy. Through her work with the Fat Freedom Foundation program, she guides people feminine-of-center to reconnect with their bodies, destigmatize fatness, and learn about the harms of health being a measure of worth... all while finding how they can live their best fat lives.

Links to find Tiana

• Website: www.tianadodson.com
• Instagram: @IAmTianaDodson
• Facebook: @TianaTheCoach
• Twitter: @IAmTianaDodson

Missed part 1 of this interview from Wednesday? don’t worry go check out Part 1. Please stay tuned and subscribe to the One Small Bite podcast for more every week. 

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about health at every size, and building positive relationships with food.

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 

Remember - Chop the diet mentality; Fuel Your Body; and Nourish Your Soul

Want to go deeper?
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Alimentar is a community for men who want to feel better in how they eat, move, sleep, and connect, one small bite at a time. No shame, no extreme rules, just real habits and real brotherhood.
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Here’s a radical thought – thinness is NOT next to Godliness! Yup, that’s right, and in this two-part series you’ll hear my next guest talk about her approach to having a healthy and happy life in a fat body. Yes, you can be happy and healthy in a fat body––period. This has been one of the most amazing interviews I’ve done with any guest. Tiana Dodson is a person that is living, and has experience all the weight stigmatization and weight centered beliefs that you have to lose weight to be healthy, yet she wasn’t unhealthy to begin with. We talk about fat liberation, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, weight inclusivity, and how society, and our own personal convictions, shames people for being fat, as if it is a disease.

Also, a small disclaimer, in this episode we talk about topics that can be very controversial and triggering. I did not edit out the cursing and we also talk about abortion, so please be advised.

This interview with Tiana Dodson represents a continuation of the discussions I’ve had with previous guests about Social Determinants of Health and the lack of diversity in healthcare. These two episodes will also help introduce a series of anti-diet, compassion focused nutrition, Intuitive Eating, and Health At Every Size conversations that I will have with several dietitians and guests in the next episodes. Stay tuned for some extremely thought-provoking conversations and radical acceptance regarding what it means to be healthy.

For right now, let me tell you a little about Tiana Dodson. Tiana is a fat, Body Liberation Coach and Facilitator who’s out to destroy the belief that you have to be skinny to be happy and healthy, loveable, or worthy. Through her work with the Fat Freedom Foundation program, she guides people feminine-of-center to reconnect with their bodies, destigmatize fatness, and learn about the harms of health being a measure of worth... all while finding how they can live their best fat lives.

Links to find Tiana
Website: www.tianadodson.com
Instagram: @IAmTianaDodson
Facebook: @TianaTheCoach
Twitter: @IAmTianaDodson

Part 2 of this interview comes out this Friday, Dec 11, 2020. So please make sure to stay tuned, subscribe to the One Small Bite podcast so that the episodes are updated automatically to your device.

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about health at every size, and building positive relationships with food.

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 

Remember - Chop the diet mentality; Fuel Your Body; and Nourish Your Soul

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Alimentar is a community for men who want to feel better in how they eat, move, sleep, and connect, one small bite at a time. No shame, no extreme rules, just real habits and real brotherhood.
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In this episode registered dietitian nutritionist Tamara Melton with Diversify Dietetics, speaks to us about how she is increasing the racial and ethnic diversity in the field of nutrition by empowering black nutrition leaders of tomorrow. This is vital as over 81% of registered dietitian nutritionist are white, and only 3% are black, which is a huge disparity to health equity.

Tamara is the co-founder and Executive Director of Diversify Dietetics, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to increase the racial and ethnic diversity in the field of nutrition by empowering nutrition leaders of tomorrow. At Diversify Dietetics Tamara oversees programming that provides resources such as mentors, application preparation, academic course remediation, scholarships and more to BIPOC dietetics students, interns and young professionals. Tamara also leads the development and delivery of trainings for dietetics educators and preceptors. These trainings teach strategies and skills needed to support diverse students in dietetics programs. Tamara’s personal area of dietetics practice focuses on providing culturally-sensitive care for Black women, who are the health matriarchs of their families. Through her online platform, Tamara’s Table, she provides practical and culturally-sensitive, evidenced-based nutrition education programming that celebrates the African diaspora.

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, and building positive relationships with food.

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 

Remember - Chop the diet mentality; Fuel Your Body; and Nourish Your Soul

Want to go deeper?
Visit orozconutrition.com for nutrition counseling, cooking demos, appointments, and resources to help you eat well without the stress.

Join the Alimentar Men's Program
Alimentar is a community for men who want to feel better in how they eat, move, sleep, and connect, one small bite at a time. No shame, no extreme rules, just real habits and real brotherhood.
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I often get asked: "David, what are the foods that are going to enhance my health?"  To which I reply that a person's health is determined by more than just what they eat. So before we start judging what we eat - and let me tell you, we can be quite critical with our own eating habits - stop thinking that you can outsmart your health by just eating kale, shiitake mushrooms, or green tea. Those foods are great, but it won't miraculously cure your cancer, yet so many people ignore their own bodies and skip meals, live on coffee for breakfast and wine for dinner. Ah yea, that ain't going to work.

Therefore, for this episode I asked my good friend Michelle Gooden, MS, RDN, FAND to talk to us about health equity, and the Social Determinants of Health (or SHOD for short). One of the best definitions of SDOH comes from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which defines SDOH as "the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks." They point out that there are five (5) main domains that determine these conditions:

5 Main Domains of SDOH

• Economic Stability
• Education Access and Quality
• Health Care Access and Quality
• Neighborhood and Built Environment
• Social and Community Context

Social and Emotional Justice
Michelle helps explain the injustices that exist in our society, and how marginalized populations are greatly affected by the health disparities that exist today in various aspects of our lives. From the five domains of economic stability, access to education, and quality health care to the neighborhoods and social constructs in our lives. She uses a simple yet practical analogy of Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream effects of these five main pillars to point out the health inequalities in our society.

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about health at every size, and building positive relationships with food.

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 

Remember - Chop the diet mentality; Fuel Your Body; and Nourish Your Soul

Want to go deeper?
Visit orozconutrition.com for nutrition counseling, cooking demos, appointments, and resources to help you eat well without the stress.

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Alimentar is a community for men who want to feel better in how they eat, move, sleep, and connect, one small bite at a time. No shame, no extreme rules, just real habits and real brotherhood.
👉 Learn more and join: 

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One of the most common concerns I hear during Thanksgiving is around the guilt or shame that occurs from all the eating and food. The irony is that part of the reason we love this holiday is because of the food. Yes, it's of course also because it's the one time of year we slow down, give grace, and thanks for all the bounty we are so fortunate to have. To be grateful for the people in our lives. Yet, afterwards there's such guilt or shame about how it ruins our so-called diets, or we fill our thoughts with how it might make us fat. Is that you? Are you spinning your wheels thinking about how to famine before the feast to then famine because of the feast all over again?

Well, in this BONUS Friday Food Hack episode I provide one key way to avoid all that guilt and shame. It's one small thing we can all do during Thanksgiving that helps us truly pay attention to what really matters. To be grateful and present with all we have in this world - especially  here in the US!

I can't wait for you to take a listen and let me know what you think. I hope you enjoy.

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about health at every size, and building positive relationships with food.

Hey, you can now reach me at One Small Bite podcast and drop me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you! 

Want to go deeper?
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Join the Alimentar Men's Program
Alimentar is a community for men who want to feel better in how they eat, move, sleep, and connect, one small bite at a time. No shame, no extreme rules, just real habits and real brotherhood.
👉 Learn more and join: 

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Do you know someone that won't touch a fruit or a vegetable? Maybe it's your kid, or maybe it's a friend or yours. Or, is that picky eater you? Well in this episode of the One Small Bite Podcast do I have the solution for you! Chef Asata Reid from Small Bites Adventure Club (by the way, I just love their name) is going to tell you how you can convert kids into life-long fruit and veggie lovers - and probably you as well. 

Listen in as Chef Reid tells you how Small Bites offers a simple but brilliant kit filled with mystery and freshness. As they describe it in their mission, they help children discover, eat and love fruits and vegetables. Small Bites offers turn-key hands-on kits to schools, clubs and preschools, and now directly to parents, that make nutrition education easy and fun for educators. They now have developed a Farm to Home-kit that will be launching to parents later this month, November 2020!

I just love this organization, and not just because of their name. I love Small Bites because they align so well with everything I believe in, and what this podcast is about - building a positive relationship with food, anti-dieting approaches to nutrition, and enjoying all food. We also talk…

Discovery – how to peak kids curiosity and explore new foods
Minority farmers – how Small Bites uses at least 50% are minority or female owned 
Building autonomy – how to get kids to learn and trust their own decisions to choose 
Kit contents - pictures, fruit and vegetable, facts, fund guides, recipes, and more
Videos – and they also have a YouTube channel with fun videos for everyone to learn

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of a community that’s chopping diet culture, asking thought provoking questions about health at every size, and building positive relationships with food.

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 

Want to go deeper?
Visit orozconutrition.com for nutrition counseling, cooking demos, appointments, and resources to help you eat well without the stress.

Join the Alimentar Men's Program
Alimentar is a community for men who want to feel better in how they eat, move, sleep, and connect, one small bite at a time. No shame, no extreme rules, just real habits and real brotherhood.
👉 Learn more and join: 

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You gotta listen in to this episode! My good friend and grillmaster Ed Gaile from Ed Gaile BBQ is on the show to talk about everything grilling. Listen as he gives us great advice about what grilling vessels to use - gas grills, ceramic grills, smokers, and more. He gives insights on what it takes to compete as a grillmaster or just grilling for family and fiends. Ed also tells us what are the must have essential tools to use when grilling, and tips on how to make the best rubs and sauces. Spoiler alert - it's easier than you think.

Nothing brings people together like good food. For Ed Gaile, no food does that better than BBQ. Slow smoked meats steeped in tradition and homemade sides that will make your taste buds do a dance. BBQ is the great equalizer, where people of all backgrounds can sit down together and enjoy each other’s company.

Ed Gaile fueled his love for BBQ on the barbecue competition circuit where he won a number of awards in the backyard category. He is a perpetual student of classic and new BBQ techniques. In 2018, Ed started a successful catering business, Ed Gaile BBQ. He bottles and sells his homemade bbq sauces and garlic dill pickles. He enjoys teaching and looks forward to getting back to that soon once the pandemic settles down. Ed also is a Kamado Joe Dealer and sells their red ceramic smokers, accessories, and charcoal.

Have you heard about the new One Small Bite Facebook community? Come and join the great conversation and be a part of people who are chopping diet culture and making peace with food.   

If you want to reach me, please go to One Small Bite podcast website at that link and leave me a 90sec or less audio message. Or, feel free to reach me at [email protected] I'd love to hear from you. 

Want to go deeper?
Visit orozconutrition.com for nutrition counseling, cooking demos, appointments, and resources to help you eat well without the stress.

Join the Alimentar Men's Program
Alimentar is a community for men who want to feel better in how they eat, move, sleep, and connect, one small bite at a time. No shame, no extreme rules, just real habits and real brotherhood.
👉 Learn more and join: 

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