Ep 139 - Raising Anti-Diet Kids as a form of Rebellion w/ Jeanette Thompson-Wessen

You’re gonna love this one team! This week’s episode is here and this time, I’m joined by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen, AKA @themindsetnutritionist. Jeanette is an anti-diet, Intuitive Eating, fat positive nutritionist and all-round bad-ass in this field. In this conversation, we cover things like;

• Jeanette’s experience of bumping up against anti-fat maternity policies
• How leaning into social justice helped her make peace with her body
• Snapback culture and our experiences of breastfeeding
• Modeling healthy body esteem to our kids
• How diet culture shows up in our parenting
• How raising anti-diet kids is a form of resistance and rebellion 

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Show Notes:

• Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter
• Follow Jeanette on Instagram
• Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram
• Laura’s Website
• Jeanette’s Website
• Check out Jeanette’s crowdfunding campaign here 
• Check out my IG post on where diet culture shows up in your parenting
• Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It 
• Check out Body Happy Org
• Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course
• Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns
• Edited by Joeli Kelly