All Episodes

A Rare Diagnosis and Body Trust in Recovery

The Wisdom in Dissociation: When Leaving Your Body Is a Form of Protection with Monika Ostroff, LICSW, CEDS-S

The Chronic Pain and Diet Culture Connection Nobody's Talking About with DK Ciccone, Author of You're Meant to Move

Reclaiming Childfree: Chrissy King & Claire Gould on Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Justice, and Wanting More Than "Fine"

Diet Culture Recovery, OCD, and Size Inclusive Fashion: Viva Voce Founder Kate Zigrang on What Healing Actually Requires (Part Two)

Inherited Body Shame, Disordered Eating, and Learning to Stop Fighting a Body You Were Always Going to Have with Kate Zigrang

Is It OCD, Anxiety, or Disordered Eating? The Overlap, the Misdiagnosis, and Why It Matters for Recovery with Dana Colthart, LCSW

Moving Without Punishment: A Weight-Neutral Approach to Exercise with Anna Maltby

Why Girls Are Struggling With Their Bodies More Than Ever with Dr. Charlotte Markey

Dating in Recovery: On Vulnerability, Diet Culture in Relationships, and Finding Someone Who Can Handle the Hard Stuff (Bonus Episode)

"GLP-1 Marketing is Scorched Earth": On Culture, Ethics, and Starvation States with Virgie Tovar

“It Works Until It Doesn’t”: Under-Eating, Shrinking to Belong, and the Long Game of Taking Care of Your Body with Leslie Schilling, RD (Part Two)

The Dark Side of Discipline: Exercise Dependence, Under-Fueling, and Why Rest Feels So Hard with Leslie Schilling, RD

Can Dogs Heal What Therapy Alone Cannot? On Recovery, Mental Health, and the Human-Animal Bond with Shannon Kopp

Kids, Body Image, GLP-1s, and Disordered Eating: What a Pediatrician Wants You to Know with Dr. Lauren Hartman

How Your Attachment Style Impacts Your Relationship with Food with Therapists Kate Garland and Vanessa Scaringi

When Perfectionism Impacts Our Health, Body Image, and Self-Worth with Dr. Lisa Folden (best of)

This S**t Is So Hard. Is Recovery Worth It?

"I Refuse to Be Good": Women, Bodies, and the Cost of Compliance with Savala Nolan

Fibermaxxing, Protein Hysteria, and the Trap of “More Is Better"

Raising Kids in Diet Culture: Eating Disorder Prevention, Protection, and Real Conversations with Zoë Bisbing, Body Image Therapist

The Hidden Cost of Diet Culture in Endurance Sports with Zoë Rom and Kylee Van Horn, RD

The Weight We Inherit: Dieting and Disordered Eating as Intergenerational Trauma with Therapists Ashley Wilfore and Sarah Louer

The Impact of Chronic Stress on Digestion, Psychological Restriction in Autoimmune Disease, and Feeling Safe with Food Again with Meg Bowman

The Politics of Appetite: GLP-1s, "Food Noise," and the Longterm Impact of Hunger Suppression with Christyna Johnson, MS RD

We Can't Save America with Protein: The New Dietary Guidelines, MAHA Misinformation, and Processed Foods with Anna Sweeney, RD

The Quiet Power of Trusting Your Body + Why Healing Happens in Tiny Glimmers with Sharon Maxwell

The Cost of Self-Abandonment and How to Finally Choose Yourself with Yasmine Cheyenne (best of)

Holiday Q&A: Food Comparison, Friends on Diets, Body Image, Boundary Struggles, and Befriending Rest

Is Perimenopause a Diet Now? Talking Soft Pants and Midlife Wellness Traps with Cole Kazdin

Is Psychedelic Therapy a Future Treatment for Anorexia? Exploring the Research with Dr. Marissa Raymond-Flesch

Forget “Aging Gracefully”: How to Live Fully in a Changing Body with Deb Benfield, RDN

Chronic Illness and the Weight-Food-Body Connection

Why Processed Food Isn’t the Problem and Other Wellness Culture Myths with Shana Spence, RD (best of)

Binge Eating, Perfectionism, and the Myth of Willpower with Dr. Regina Lazarovich

Parenting Through the Perimenopause / Puberty Overlap + Creating a Diet-Culture-Free Home with Oona Hanson

Behind the Buzz of GLP-1s: Side Effects, Long-Term Risks, and Weight Loss at All Costs with Ragen Chastain (Best of)

"But Isn't Being Fat Bad for Your Health?"...Unpacking Weight Science with Ragen Chastain (Best of)

The Concept of "Full Recovery" + Living in the Middle Place with Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Author of "SLIP"

Relapse in Eating Disorders, Substance Use, and Treatment Trauma with Sandi James, Psychologist

Fitness as Liberation: Joy, Community, and Care with Ilya Parker (Part Two)

Decolonizing Fitness with Ilya Parker: Gender, Weight Stigma, and the Toxic Fitness Industry

The PCOS 'Fix' Isn’t Weight Loss or Another Diet with Julie Duffy Dillon, RD

"What If I'm Just Uncomfortable Being Fat?" with Therapist Edie Stark and Fat Activist Sharon Maxwell

Perimenopause, "Belly Fat," and Carb-Phobia: How Wellness Culture Targets Women in Midlife with Deb Benfield, RDN

The Part of Recovery No One Talks About: Hopelessness and Suicidal Ideation in Eating Disorders with Dr. Colleen Reichmann

Does Intermittent Fasting Help in Midlife? A Closer Look at the Research

When Healthcare Causes Harm: Anti-Fat Bias in Medicine with Vinny Welsby, @FierceFatty

The Science of Hunger: "Semi-Starvation" & the Honeymoon Phase of Dieting with Chris Sandel

GLP-1s and Disordered Eating: What's Not Being Talked About with Dr. Rachel Millner

Living with Chronic Illness: Why You Are More Than Your Body with Dr. Jennifer Caspari

When a Photo Ruins Your Day (and How to Heal from It)

The Whiteness of Wellness, the Truth About Health, and Rewriting the Story of Our Bodies with Jessica Wilson, RD

The Allure of Empty: Intermittent Fasting, Disordered Eating, and Productivity Culture

How Under-Eating Impacts Our Hormones and Long-Term Health with Dr. Nicola Sykes

The Pressure to Perform: Body Image and ED Recovery in Female Athletes

Sex and Body Image: How to Get Out of Your Head and into Your Body with Fat-Positive Sex Therapist Noelle Benach

Why We're Going to Be Okay: Desiree Adaway on Hope, Change, and Getting Better at Conflict

The Crunchy Wellness Spiral: Anxiety, Orthorexia, and the Pressure to Be the "Healthy One" with Anti-Diet Dietitian Leah Kern

"There Is More to Life Than Hunger" + Exposing Diet Culture Through Fiction with Author Paulette Stout

Making Body Image "Less Gross" + Processing Overwhelming Feelings with Deb Schachter, Body Image Therapist

Are We Anti-Protein, Anti-Health, and Anti-Vegetable Now?

Cutting Carbs Is Not a Diabetes Treatment Plan with Dietitian & Diabetes Specialist Janice Dada

#163: The Wisdom in Dissociation: When Leaving Your Body Is a Form of Protection with Monika Ostroff, LICSW, CEDS-S

#162: "I'm In Recovery In Every Sense of the Word": How Gender, Sobriety, Disordered Eating, and Chronic Illness Intersect with Recovery Coach Jo Walduck

#161: The Myth of "Flattering": Clothing and Body Acceptance with Anti-Diet Personal Stylist Dacy Gillespie (Best Of)

#160: What Does It Really Take to Heal? [Abbie Interviewed on Self-Compassion, Health Anxiety, and Reclaiming Body Connection on The Feeling Lighter Podcast]

#159: Ozempic, Body Peace, and Eating Disorder Recovery with Activist and Author Amanda Martinez Beck

#158: "Body Image Touches Everything" with Body Image Researcher Dr. Charlotte Markey

#157: Why You Feel Like You're Never Enough (And How to Change It) with Beatriz Albina, NP

Neurodivergence, Perfectionism, and Eating Disorders

#156: What Are Eating Disorders Really About? A Listener Shares Their Story

#155: Healing with Chronic Pain: On Grief, Hyperactive Nervous Systems, and Reimagining Movement for All Bodies with DK Ciccone

#154: Dating in Recovery: Navigating Diet Culture in Relationships

#153: The Great Protein Debate and Nutrition Through Menopause with Dr. Jenn Huber, RD / ND

#152: Life After Weight Loss Surgery, Finding True Self-Acceptance, and Healing from Over-Exercising with Kimberly Richardson

#151: The Weight We Inherit: Dieting and Disordered Eating as Intergenerational Trauma with Therapists Ashley Wilfore and Sarah Louer

#150: Medical Care Without Weight Stigma with Size-Inclusive Physician, Dr. Mara Gordon

#149: “Restriction Just Isn’t An Option Anymore”: Shira Rosenbluth on Being a Plus-Size Bride, Recovery in a Fat Body, and Harm Reduction with GLP-1s

#148: Embodiment: What It Is, What It Isn't, and How We Come Home to Ourselves with Relational and Group Psychotherapist, Neathery Falchuk (Revisited)

#147: Health Anxiety, Coping with Uncertainty, and How Diet Culture Impacts Our Mental Health with Dr. Diana Gordon

#146: Dealing with Holiday Anxiety, Resting without Guilt, Responding to Food Judgement, and Setting Compassionate Boundaries

#145: The Path from Fitness Influencer to Eating Disorder, and Finding Self-Worth Beyond the Body with Mary Jelkovsky (of @maryscupoftea)

#144: Rethinking ARFID as Neurodivergence and Raising "Picky Eaters" with Kevin Green (of @kevindoesarfid)

#143: "What If I'm Just Uncomfortable Being Fat?" with Therapist Edie Stark and Fat Activist Sharon Maxwell (Part Two)

#142: Is Ozempic the End of Body Liberation? (Reasons to Stay Hopeful) with Therapist Edie Stark and Fat Activist Sharon Maxwell

#141: Processed Foods, Nutrition Misinformation, and the Elitism of Wellness with Shana Spence, RD (@thenutritiontea)

#140: On Election Anxiety, Body Image, and the Importance of Eating and Resting

#139: Should We Really Eat As Much Candy As We Want?

#138: There Is Strength In Letting Go with Nakeia Homer, Author of Habits for Healing

#137: Childless Cat Ladies, Dating Culture, and Why Thinness Won't Save Us with Chrissy King

#136: Coping with Photos That Trigger Body Shame & Comparison

#135: When Drinking Collides with Diet Culture, and Recovery Without Labels with Lael Atkinson

#134: Body Image as We Age: Navigating Perimenopause with Summer Innanen

#133: Q&A on "Food Addiction," Managing IBS Symptoms, and Celiac Disease

#132: The Connection Between Perfectionism, Health Anxiety, and Orthorexia with Natalie Rose, Therapist & Coach

#131: No Pain, All Gain: Redefining Fitness on Your Terms with Jenna Werner, RD

#130: Let's Talk About...Emotional Eating and "Everything In Moderation" (Q&A Episode!)

#129: No, You Can’t "Eat Your Way" to Diabetes with Erin Phillips, RD & Diabetes Specialist

#128: Losing the Weight of Other People's Opinions to Heal from Food and Body Shame with Veronica Perretti

#127: How We Find Our Way: Yasmine Cheyenne on Self-Forgiveness, Red Flags, and Comparison

#126: This Sh*t Is Hard: Is Recovery Even Worth It?

#125: We Can't Do This Alone: Body Grief, Recovery During Pregnancy, and Adult Friendships with Allyson Ford, MA, LPCC

#124: Accidental Disordered Eating & Healing from the Binge-Restrict Cycle

#123: Dr. Whitney Trotter on Body Identity as an Athlete, Disordered Eating in BIPOC, & the Impact of Intergenerational Trauma

#122: Virginia Sole-Smith on Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

#121: Belonging Versus Conforming: Your Body Is Not Your Forever Project with Savala Nolan

#120: Weight Loss, Self-Acceptance, & Reclaiming Movement

#119: Anxiety, Coping Strategies, and Therapy Red Flags with Edie Stark, MSc LCSW

#118: How Diet Culture Impacts Your Career and Your Values with Rachel Garrett, Career & Leadership Coach

#117: The Truth About Weight-Loss Drugs: Q&A on GLP-1s with Ragen Chastain

#116: "But Isn't Being Fat Bad for Your Health?": Unpacking Weight Science with Ragen Chastain

#115: ADHD, Binge Eating, and Processed Foods with Becca King, RD

#114: Fat-Positive Parenting and Supporting Your Child's Body Image with Debbie Saroufim

#113: We Don't Need to "Define a Waist" with Dacy Gillespie, Anti-Diet Personal Stylist

#112: When Religion and Diet Culture Collide with Leslie Schilling, RD

#111: All About Acid Reflux & Supporting Your Digestive System Without Restriction

#110: From Weight-Loss Surgery Dietitian to Anti-Diet Dietitian with Kirsten Ackerman Morrison, RD

#109: "Good for a Girl": Lauren Fleshman on Building a Better Future for Female Athletes

#108: Nourishing an Anti-Diet Pregnancy with Bri Custer

#107: Intermittent Fasting and Menopause

#106: PCOS Without Shame: A Non-Diet & Trauma-Informed Approach with Kimmie Singh, RD

#105: Embodiment: How to Come Home to Yourself with Neathery Falchuk, LCSW-S, CGP

#104: The Autism-Eating Disorder Connection and Understanding Healthism with Emma Green, PHD

#103: Meal Planning Is Pulling Me Back Into Restriction

#102: "The Doubt Disorder": Overcoming OCD with Jenna Overbaugh, LPC

#101: The Epidemic of Disordered Eating & the Myth of Full Recovery with Cole Kazdin, Author of "What's Eating Us?"

#100: Debunking Myths About Hydration & Fast Food + Whether Body Checking is Ever Helpful

#99: Overcoming Health Anxiety, Coping with Uncertainty, + How Food and Movement Impact Mental Health with Dr. Diana Gordon

#98: The Truth About Self-Love and Body Liberation with Chrissy King, Author of "The Body Liberation Project"

#97: Dr. Anita Johnston on Being a Highly Sensitive Person & How Authenticity Heals Us

#96: Disordered Eating in Runners: Carb-Phobia, Weight and Performance, and Learning to Be Happy Again

#95: The Truth About the Mediterranean Diet & How to Be Antiracist in Your Approach to Nutrition with Anjali Prasertong

#94: Food Won't "Fix" This: Safety, Community, & Belonging in a Trans Body

#93: BONUS: Surviving Diet Culture Over the Holidays

#92: Shedding the Weight of Perfectionism & Dismantling Our Beliefs About Health with Dr. Lisa Folden

#91: Living with Chronic Illness in the Age of Wellness Culture

#90: How ED Treatment Fails BIPOC & the Impact of Intergenerational Trauma with Whitney Trotter, RD/RDN

#89: How Not to Lose Your Sh*T Over Halloween Candy

#88: Building Diet Culture Resilience & Preventing Eating Disorders in Teens with Oona Hanson

#87: The Truth About Intermittent Fasting

#86: From Conforming to Belonging: Your Body is Not Your Forever Project with Savala Nolan

#85: Grieving a Changing Body & Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

#84: Anxiety, Trauma, & How to Feel Safe in Our Bodies with Stephanie Mara Fox

#83: Our Mothers, Our Bodies, & Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture with Virginia Sole-Smith

(Revisited) #55: "Atypical Anorexia" and Weight Stigma in ED Treatment with Shira Rosenbluth

#82: Unintentional Under-Eating, Food Allergies, & Physical Therapy Exercises

(Revisited) #52: The Connection Between ADHD and Disordered Eating with Aleta Storch, RD & Mental Health Counselor

(Revisited) #48: Introversion, Anxiety, and Disordered Eating with Dr. Colleen Reichmann

(Revisited) #46: The Messiness of Body Acceptance & Unlearning Negative Beliefs with Kristina Bruce

#81: How Do We Feel About Fitness Trackers?

#80: The Fatal Flaws of Fitness Culture with Jonny Landels

#79: Partnership & Values in Healing from Diet Culture with Lauren Cadillac, RD @feelgooddietitian

#78: Over-Exercising, Orthorexia, and the Mental Toll of Restriction

#77: Can We Be "Addicted" To Sugar? (Revisited)

#76: What's On My Plate: Food, Anxiety, & Big Moves!

#75: Can Intentional Weight-Loss & ED Recovery Coexist? [+ The NEDA ChatBot] with Sharon Maxwell

#74: Healing When Your Partner Is Still Paleo

#73: "Healthy Is Not A Flavor" & How Intuitive Eating Can Fall Short with Clara Nosek, @yourdietitianbff

#72: The Pressure To Freeze Your Body In Time [Diet Culture & Aging] with Debra Benfield, RDN

#71: Taking Up Space & Managing Chronic Illness When Your Body Has Always Felt "Wrong"

#70: Ask Abbie: Social Media Boundaries, Protein Bars, and Almond Moms

#69: Healing In Spite of Yourself & Raising Kids Who Trust Their Bodies with Dr. Rachel Millner, Eating Disorder Psychologist & Fat Activist

#68: How Wellness Culture Steals Our Well-Being with Christy Harrison, Author and Registered Dietitian

#67: Finding Your Authentic Self In Eating Disorder Recovery with Dr. Anita Johnston

#66: HUNGER: What It Is, What It Isn't, & How We Can Learn To Trust It

#65: The Truth About Emotional Eating & How We Can Heal Through Internal Family Systems with Dr. Kim Daniels, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

#64: Eating Disorders Don't Have A "Look" with Sharon Maxwell, Fat Activist and Mental Heath Advocate

#63: Supporting A Partner (Or Anyone) Through Recovery

#62: When Self-Love Isn't Enough: How We Can Cultivate Joy & Freedom In Our Bodies with Chrissy King, Author of "The Body Liberation Project"

#61: Accidental Disordered Eating, the Binge-Restrict Cycle, and Ditching a Lifetime of Dieting

#60: Recovering When You Have a Food Budget and Meal Planning Without Diet Culture

#59: Stress, Disease Management, and Medications in Endocrinology with Dr. Gregory Dodell, Endocrinologist

#58: Fat Phobia In Medical Diagnoses, Righteous Anger, and Reparenting Ourselves with Kelsie Jepsen, Fat Activist and Body Acceptance Coach

#57: Elimination Diets, Emotional Eating, and Orthorexia: Whole30 Part Two

#56: Body Shame and the Whiteness of Wellness with Jessica Wilson, Registered Dietitian and Author

#55: "Atypical" Anorexia and Weight Stigma in Eating Disorder Treatment with Shira Rosenbluth, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

#54: The Truth About Whole30 (Part 1)

#53: Fitness, Food, & Body Image: How We Can Un-Complicate That Sh*t with Kira Onysko Jones, Non-Diet Personal Trainer

#52: ADHD and Disordered Eating Recovery with Aleta Storch, Anti-Diet Dietitian and Mental Health Counselor

#51: How to Avoid New Year's Diet Culture Traps [AKA: How Not to Panic-Diet!]

#50: The Connection Between Body Image & Self-Worth with Summer Innanen

#49: Diet Talk: How To Navigate Body & Food Comments From Family & Friends

#48: Eating Disorder Recovery, Infertility, & Fighting Diet Culture in Motherhood with Dr. Colleen Reichmann

#47: SUGAR: "Addiction", Cravings, & Making Peace With Sweets

#46: Body Acceptance: Kristina Bruce on Unlearning Negative Beliefs & Finding Our Truth

#45: Holiday Q&A: Food Guilt, Over-Eating, and Mental Restriction

#44: Satisfaction: The Secret Sauce of Food Freedom

#43: Food Rule or Food Preference?

#42: Is Anti-Diet Anti-Nutrition?

#41: (Revisited) Will I keep gaining weight forever?

#40: Yes, You Can Eat More Than Your Partner!

#39: “It’s Not A Diet, It’s About Health”

#38: Mindful Eating, Self-Acceptance & Elimination Diets with Dr. Alexis Conason, Author of "The Diet-Free Revolution"

#37: No Diet, Now What? How To Eat Without The Rules

#36: Why The F*ck Can’t We Feed Ourselves?!

#35: Addiction, Sobriety, and Disordered Eating: An Interview With Abbie & Her Husband

#34: No Appetite, Now What? Navigating Eating When You Don’t Feel Hunger

#33: Racism, Cultural Foods & Diet Culture with Dr. Kera Nyemb-Diop (@black.nutritionist)

#32: Exercise! How to Approach it With an Anti-Diet Mindset

#31: Q&A - Handling “Diet & Exercise” Advice for a Medical Condition

#30: Q&A - Diet Culture Boundaries & Getting Weighed at the Doctor’s Office

#29: Q&A - Losing Weight, Cravings, & Fitness Goals

#28: 3 Ways to Feel Better in Your Body Today

#27: Q&A - All About Hunger

#26: Let’s Talk About…Macros!

Bonus Episode #1: Q&A - Nutrition in Intuitive Eating, Diabetes, & Emotional Eating

#25: How Do I Stop My Emotional Eating?

#24: How to Break a Food Rule

#23: Handling Autoimmune Flares Without Diet Culture

#22: Let's Talk About... Paleo!

#21: Raising Intuitive Eaters with Nicole Cruz

#20: What If a Certain Diet “Worked” For Me?

#19: Things We Used to Believe (Part Two)

#18: Things We Used to Believe (Part One)

#17: 3 Things Keeping You Stuck In Diet Culture

#16: Can I Lose Weight with Intuitive Eating?

#15: Is Your “Lifestyle Change” Another Diet?

#14: Body Acceptance Beyond the Thin Ideal with Kelsie Jepsen

#13: How to Set Boundaries (part 2)

#12: Let's talk about boundaries (part 1)

#11: Special guest, food blogger Madeline Tague & her anti-diet journey

#10: What if anti-diet sounds extreme?

#9: Will leaving diet culture bring me joy?

#8: What is body grief?

#7: Will I keep gaining weight forever?

#6: How do I overcome my fear of weight gain?

#5: What does it mean to be anti-diet?

#4: What is diet culture?

#3: Diane's Story

#2: Abbie's Story

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