Happiness is an Inside Job with Hope Hayes, MEd, RDN, LD Recovery Bites

In this episode, I am joined by Hope Hayes, MEd, RDN, LD, a proud non-diet dietitian and believer in the Health at Every Size philosophy and founder of Nourishing NH, LLC, a weight inclusive private practice in New Hampshire dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders and disordered eating. Hope believes that lived experience is incredibly valuable in this process and that each of us are our own experts about our bodies. As a nutrition therapist, Hope helps clients fight against diet culture and heal from dieting, disordered eating, and finding peace within their bodies. Hope maintains the idea that health is defined differently to each person and the work that she does with her clients respects that diversity.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:
• The body/brain disconnect that happens when someone is struggling with an eating disorder.
• The humanness of the recovery journey.
• Ways in which hunger shows up in the body.
• Finding flexibility and compassion for self throughout the recovery process.
• The use of eating disorder behaviors as a means of communication.
• How one’s inner critic uses comparison negatively.
• How social media can make someone “feel” a range of emotions.
• The idea that intuitive eating is innate and exists within all of us.