63 episodes
Diet Culture Dropout Atheana Brown RD
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- Health & Fitness
Diet Culture Dropout aims to break down the pervasive cultural narrative that revolves around dieting and disordered relationships with food and body image. By dropping out of diet culture we can celebrate all bodies and work towards dismantling weight stigma. Together, let's stop the transgenerational trauma of body shame and dieting.
Atheana takes a non-diet, Health At Every Size and Intuitive Eating approach. This is a safe space for exploration, mindful moments and take-home practices for anyone looking to find food and body peace for themselves or their family.
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64. Navigating Menopause Without Diet Culture with Dr. Jenn Salib Huber
In this episode Dr. Jen Salib Huber a Canadian naturopathic doctor and registered dietitian discuss thriving through menopause while untangling from diet culture.
Dr. Huber shares her journey into focusing on hormone health and menopause, having gone through early menopause herself, and how it propelled her towards exploring and advocating for intuitive eating.
They discuss the commonality of disordered eating and body image issues among women in midlife, emphasizing the importance of preparing and educating individuals about this life stage.
Dr. Huber debunks nutrition myths targeted at menopausal individuals, promotes a plant-forward diet, and speaks on how maintaining muscle mass and bone health are necessary for longevity.
Additionally, they touch on the importance of community support, changing household language around food, and redefining the narrative about menopause from one of loss to an opportunity for renewal and confidence.
The episode is a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to navigate the changes menopause brings without succumbing to the pressures of diet culture.
Connect with Jenn on Instagram @menopause.nutritionist or her on her website.
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63. Getting to Know your Hunger with Atheana
In this solo podcast, the Atheana dives into the topic of hunger. Exploring what this body cue is all about. Connecting with individual hunger signals, which seems daunting for many people.
What is covered:
She discusses how diet culture tends to demonize
hunger, causing people to employ various mechanisms to suppress or avoid it.
Explores the different ways people experience hunger from stomach rumblings to headaches, poor concentration, mood shifts, and even physical lethargy.
Explore mindfulness and intuition to understand these signals better and emphasizes that the process is subjective and unique to each individual.
Shares about the challenges people with neurodivergent brains may face in attuning with their bodies.
Leaves you with some gentle ways to start connecting to your hunger cue
Of course as mentioned there is absolutely no 'perfect' way to experience hunger.
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62. How Eating Disorders Keep People Feeling Safe with Lindsay Miedama
Joined today with Lindsay Miedama exploring the sense of safety eating disorders bring to people. She is a therapist who specializes in eating disorders.
Eating disorder behaviours serve many roles for people. Each very unique to the individual. They can feel very safe and comforting especially in times of stress, challenges or uncertainty.
Tune in to hear our full conversation about:
The different roles disorder eating behaviours serve for people
How applying a self-compassionate lens can be very supportive
What can be uncovered when looking at the function an eating disorder can be
Explore how eating disorders become maladaptive for people
Why taking a trauma informed approach is necessary
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Book: Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnston
You can connect with Lindsay Miedama by:
Instagram
Psychology Today link
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61. Indigenous Foods and Diet Culture with Deyowidron’t
In the world of diet culture conversations, a particular perspective has been underrepresented is the Indigenous viewpoint.
Joined today on the podcast is Deyowidron’t. A Haudenosaunee woman from Six Nations of the Grand River. Sharing her knowledgeable on the perspective of Indigenous foods and diet culture.
The conversation covers:
The cultural importance of food for Indigenous communities
Deyowidron’t 's backstory of the journey into the field of
dietetics
Explore the intersections of diet culture for traditional land owners and how it is so layered
Unpack how Eurocentric diets have impacted Indigenous people and communities
Understand how her community thrived during COVID when managing the unreliable food systems
Review the relationship of water to food systems
Deyowidron’t shares insights on providing traditional foods in healthcare facilities and larger systems and structures
Lastly, she shares the importance of involving kids and getting them connected to the land to foster cultural preservation.
Connect with Deyowidron’t Teri Morrow, RD MA
Website
Instagram @ogwayadodogehsdoh_align
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60. Are you in the Binge or Restrict Cycle? With Atheana Brown
A lot of people who engage in dieting fall into two cycles pretty hard. A binge eating cycle which involves lots of guilt, shame and morality towards food. Or a restriction cycle that is all about control, willpower and following rules to keep you "in control."
This episode explores the two cycles and the outcomes and intentions behind both. It also provides a third way to relate with food that is rooted in intuitive eating, neutrality and flexibility.
Check out this podcast to see where you are in your eating journey.
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59. How Parents Can Support Their Teens Body Image with Dana Etherington
Joined today with Dana Etherington a mental health Occupational Therapist. Today we are exploring how parents can support their teen in improving their body image.
Here is what we discuss in this episode:
Dana explains what a mental health Occupational Therapist is.
Explore how body image is unique for teens
these days.
Understand some ways parents may be able to understand if their teen is struggling with their body image.
She shares some ways parents can gently start these first conversations with their teen.
Reviews ideas for parents of young kids of things they can do now to prevent these in the future.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Book: Your Body Is Not An Apology by Sonja Renee Taylor
To connect with Dana do so here:
Website
Instagram
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