In this episode, we are joined by one of my very dear friends, Jamie. In this episode we cover:

• A brief timeline  of the drug Ozempic + a summary of the facts
• Jamie's story with her relationship with food and body
• What led Jamie to go on Ozempic for weight loss
• Jamie's lived-experience on the drug including side effects
• Whether or not Jamie saw  results on the drug
• Why Jamie ultimately decided to go off Ozempic
• What Jamie would share with someone considering going on Ozempic

CONTENT WARNING: Explicit disordered eating behaviors are discussed in this episode. If hearing details accounts of disordered eating behaviors would be triggering for you at this point in your journey, perhaps this is an episode that you chose to skip. 
 

Resourced mentioned:

Ragen Chastain's series on weight loss drugs-
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Novo Nordisk receiving consequences for their deceptive marketing tactics


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In this episode, we are joined by Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and personal trainer, Jeff Ash. In this episode, we discuss:

• Jeff's story with his relationship with food and body
• How to know that we can trust IE research over diet research
• Actionable tips for men in heterosexual relationships on how to support their female partners on their IE journey
• How your partner can support you on your IE journey even if they're not fully onboard with IE themself
• Advice for men trying to divest from conventional “bro gym culture”
• How to still have performance goals for exercise while staying within the IE framework 

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In this episode, we are joined by certified eating disorder RD and Somatic Experiencing practitioner, Anastasia Nevin. In this episode, we discuss:

• Anastasia's story with her relationship with food and body
• How Anastasia decided to pursue Somatic Experiencing work
• Somatic Experiencing as a tool for healing relationship with food and body
• Practical self-regulation SE tools to get through distressful body image spirals
• IE as a spiritual framework

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In this episode, we are joined by certified personal trainer and HAES aligned fitness expert, Kira Onysko.  In this episode, we talk about: 

• Kira's story with her relationship with food and body
• Why using exercise for weight loss is ultimately not sustainable
• How to move past using exercise to attempt weight loss
• Getting back into movement after healing from a disordered/ abusive relationship with movement.
• How to spot red flags in an exercise teacher or personal trainer
• What to do if you fear that you'll never intuitively crave movement
• How to check your intentions behind movement

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In this episode, we are joined by clinical social worker, certified intuitive eating counselor, and HAES aligned therapist, Kate Morris.  In this episode, we talk about: 

• Kate's story with her relationship with food and body
• Ellyn Satter’s division of responsibility model and how it can help parents raise intuitive eaters
• Things Kate does in her own family to help her kids maintain an anti-diet, intuitive eating approach to food 
• What to do when your kids bring home diet-culture they learned from outside the home
• The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) recent guidelines on childhood "obesity" and why they are going to do harm
• Kate's biggest diet culture pet peeve relating to moms

Connect with Kate on Instagram @amongthetreescounseling
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In this episode, we are joined by  Jordan Quinn. In this episode, we talk about: 

• Jordan's story with his relationship with food and body
• Disordered behaviors  in wrestling culture
• Why Jordan struggles with the term intuitive eater
• Challenges men face when it comes to body image and disordered eating
• Connecting with your authentic identify in recovery
• How Jordan's relationship with his body has changed since he quit bodybuilding

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This week I'm flying solo to bring you a special episode to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of  Shoulders Down podcast! In this episode, I'm sharing my whole, unfiltered story about my own struggles with disordered eating. I talk about:

• What my relationship with food and body was like from childhood up until present day
• My rock bottom moment in diet culture
• How I discovered Intuitive Eating for the first time 
• What my journey to becoming an intuitive eater looked like
• The parts of healing my relationship with food that took the longest for me
• How my relationship with my body and exercise has changed over the years

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In this episode we are joined by my dad! We talk about: 

• My dad's relationship with food and body over the years
• Whether or not my dad considers himself an intuitive eating
• How my dad would explain Intuitive Eating to someone if asked
• What's really underneath my dad's desire to lose weight
• Society's definition of success versus dad's definition
• What intuition means to dad and how he experiences it

My dad is incredibly vulnerable in this episode and I am very grateful o him for coming on the pod. Thanks dad, love you!!

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In this episode, we are joined by my yoga teacher while I was living in NYC, Erica Stanzione. In this episode, we talk about: 

• Erica's story about how listening to her intuition led her to take a massive leap in  following her dream
• How Erica knew when it was time to take this leap
• Dealing with inevitable judgment when going against the grain
• Yoga as a tool to enhance connection to intuition
• Navigating body comparison during yoga class
• Erica's biggest pet peeve in the yoga industry
• What intuition means to Erica and how it manifests for her

Connect with Erica on Instagram @ericastanzione
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In this episode, we are joined by fellow anti-diet dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, Claire Chewning.  In this episode, we talk about: 

• Claire's story with her relationship with food and body
• The most common nutrition myths Claire see's being spread on TikTok
• How she handles the inevitable TikTok trolls 
• How holding certain identities impacts the response from strangers on social media
• Our reactions to recent developments on a shared favorite podcast involving some problematic diet culture messages
• How to decide when to stop engaging  with a creator's content 

Connect with Claire on Instagram @clairechewning
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