149: Interview with Dana Sturtevant

Episode 149: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Dana Sturtevant.

Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a nutrition therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, writer, and activist specializing in chronic dieting, disordered eating, and body acceptance. A Certified Kripalu yoga teacher, Dana draws from her yoga teaching experience to incorporate mindfulness and self-acceptance practices into her conversations about food, body shame, health, and healing. After becoming a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers in 2002, Dana has traveled around the country training thousands of helping professionals in the art and science of behavior change counseling. As a speaker and writer, Dana advocates for compassionate, weight-neutral self-care and offers supervision, training, and consultation for helping professionals. Her work has been featured in Self, Real Simple, Huffington Post, and The New York Times.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

4:45: A brief intro to Dana

7:30: What was food like her for growing up?

16:00: What exercise was like for her when she was young

19:45: How Dana got interested in nutrition and dietetics

22:45: How her eating changed when she went to college

30:30: What finally convinced her to leave the weight loss field

34:15: How she met her current business partner

36:45: How Dana first discovered motivational interviewing

38:25: What exactly is motivational interviewing?

41:45: Her initial reaction to motivational interviewing

44:45: How she uses it in her every day life

46:00: What is body trust?

Here’s how you can connect with Dana Sturtevant:

Website

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

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