Ep. 27 - The Racism of Diet Culture: Lean into Discomfort with Shelby Gordon (Part 2)

Today Vanessa interviews Shelby Gordon.Shelby is a retired professional dieter who broke the chains of restriction, excessive exercise and body hatred to embrace Body Trust. She helps professionals and organizations to collaborate and ignite their awareness of the intersection of insidious racism and dehumanizing diet culture.For today's interview, I recommend staying open minded, curious and to lean into discomfort.In this interview: -Shelby discusses the body positive movement and how it's currently been co-opted- leaving out the very people who developed it. -Shelby shares about the racist roots of diet culture and some of it's history. -Shelby shares ways to become a co-conspirator and do your own anti-racism work- unpacking your own internal biases and beliefs.Overall Shelby is an amazing speaker, has a great sense of humor and is so worth listening to!She can be found at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fit.flexible.fluid/ Email: [email protected] Apply for the Body and Food Freedom Project/Book discovery Callhttps://bit.ly/3zzFpZs Get your free guide to managing the not good enough voice https://mailchi.mp/280ed5288217/ollcm0j9yiConnect with Vanessa! Links: https://linktr.ee/greenlifepsychology Website: https://greenlifepsychology.com/ Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenlifepsychology/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/green_life_psychology/Disclaimer:This podcast represents the opinions of Vanessa Preston and her guests to the show. Vanessa is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and abides by ethics of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). The content here should not be taken as medical or therapeutic advice. The content here is for informational purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions.