12 - A Doctor's Journey to Food Freedom and Body Acceptance Through Intuitive Eating With Dr. Kayla

"That's diet culture in a nutshell, it takes away that trust in your own body." - Dr. Kayla

In this episode, I am sitting down with Dr. Kayla where she talks about her journey growing up, how a comment that her swim coach made kind of set her down the path of food restriction, and the ways in which her rigidity with food was praised and encouraged. She also talks about how she stumbled across intuitive eating and what a huge difference it has made in her life, and some really brilliant insight from her perspective as a physician. It's so interesting to hear her talk about the culture and training of doctors and how important the therapeutic relationship between a doctor and patient is! So grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea and settle in for my conversation with Kayla.

[00:01 - 10:19 ] Dr. Kayla's Body Acceptance Journey

• Dr. Kayla shares a little bit about her background
• Her relationship with food growing up
• Realizing that she wanted to change her body during her teenage years
• How compliments about her body led her to the diet culture

[10:20 - 23:49] Dieting and Its Impact to Relationship with Food

• How diet culture took away the trust in her own body
• Realizing that she has to stop dieting
• Being kinder to herself and allowing herself to enjoy food
• Finally being able to listen to her body and nourishing it
• The impact of conforming to societal norms to our perception of our body

[23:49 - 32:40] Dieting from a Doctor's Point of View

• Intuitive eating from a medical practitioner's standpoint
• Supporting patients especially those in larger bodies as we should
• Consequences of a weight centric paradigm includes avoidance of health care

[32:41 - 42:34] Wrapping up!

• Advice for those who are new to Intuitive Eating
• Current favorite snack
• Favorite book
• Cat vs. Dog
• Favorite way to recharge
• Favorite board game
• How to deal with bad body image day

Key Quotes

"That's diet culture in a nutshell, it takes away that trust in your own body." - Dr. Kayla

"It's tough, especially when you're battling all of those societal norms of what we 'should look like', and you're trying to dismantle this thing that's only robbing you of joy." - Dr. Kayla

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