In this week's solo episode, we talk about how your relationship with food impacts you on a physiological level.  We cover:

• How relationship with food impacts digestion and metabolism
• The impact of stress on your body
• Sympathetic versus parasympathetic nervous system

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In this week's solo episode, we talk about the concept of "sugar addiction." We cover:

• The fundamental issue with asserting that sugar is addictive
• Debunking the common arguments made in support of sugar addiction
• The reason why you might FEEL addicted to sugar (or any food).
• The state of the research on sugar addiction 

Meta analysis on sugar addiction

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In this week's episode, we catch up with Lauren, a graduate of my 1:1 coaching program, The Embodied Method. In this episode, we discuss:

• Lauren's story with her long history of dieting and trying to manipulate the size shape of her body 
• How her relationship with food, body, and exercise has changed since doing The Embodied Method and becoming an Intuitive Eater
• How Lauren's self talk has dramatically shifted as a product of doing this work
• How intuitive eating and rejecting diet culture has helped Lauren ton live more in alignment with her social justice values

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

• My mom's relationship with food and body over the years
• How my mom had come to find body acceptance
• Why my mom didn't realize I was struggling with disordered eating
• Her personal experience with intuitive eating and Health At Every Size
• Why I don't like the phrase "everything in moderation."
• My mom's biggest diet culture pet peeve

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In this episode, we are joined by one of my undergrad professors, Dr. Faryl Bertman, PhD, RDN. We discuss: 

• Dr. Faryl’s story with her relationship with food and body 
• The “crunchy hippie” to wellness culture pipeline
• The slippery slope of using systems level thinking as justification for individual food restrictions
• How Dr Faryl’s approach to teaching changed since adopting the IE HAES framework
• The concept of “fed is best” 
• How white supremacy shows up in food systems 
• Approaching intuitive eating while navigating food insecurity

White Supremacy in Food Systems Paper
Previous Shoulders Down Episode- Food Insecurity, Privilege, and Intuitive Eating on a Budget

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In this week's solo episode, we dive into this question:

If weight is not an indicator of health, than how do you explain the "research" suggesting that being fat leads to worse health outcomes? We discuss:

• The fundamental issue with asserting that correlation  equals causation in weight research
• The harms of weight stigma (including medical weight stigma)
• The harms of weight cycling
• How to know if you can trust anti-diet research

Before diving into the episode, I give a quick life update.

Download your Free Anti-Diet PDF Research Guide
Aubrey Gordon's Book- You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People
TikTok Story about medical weight stigma

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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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