7. Dismantling Diet Culture with Sammy Previte

In this episode, Deanna sits down with Sammy Previte, a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Certified Personal Trainer, owner of Find Food Freedom, co-host of What The Actual Fork Podcast and host of the Find Food Freedom Podcast.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Deanna and Sammy sit down to discuss food freedom,  dieting and how the last year has been treating her. Sammy gets candid and talks about dealing with infertility, undergoing IVF (2:18)
• The big switch - Sammy shares how she went from being a dietician to an “anti”-dietician, She discusses how her self esteem played into making the switch and feeling like she let down clients (8:42)
• Sammy shares ways you can create a healthy relationship around alcohol and how you can apply the same mentality towards it as intuitive eating. (15:01)
• How Sammy found TikTok “fame” and how it changed her approach to running her practice. She shares ways you can grow your social media platform in 2021 (19:24)
• Sammy's thoughts about critics, the pressure of social media, criticisms about her body and how she handles hard questions and uncomfortable conversations (25:52)
• How you can begin to eat foods without guilt when you start out on the journey of intuitive eating, (38:54)
• A part of Sammy’s brand is doing a “Fuck Diet Friday” post. She shares what is the biggest red flag or the worst offender, and how she gets clients to stay away from that. (41:30)
• Sammy shares her one favorite life tips (43:16)

Connect with Sammy:

Website: www.find-foodfreedom.com 

Instagram: @find.food.freedom

Connect with Deanna:

IG: @dietitiandeanna Website: https://dietitiandeanna.com 

This episode is sponsored by Food Freedom Breakthrough, my three month transformative online group coaching program. Join the waitlist here to be first to know about the next program launching in Jan 2022.