Dietitians Unplugged Podcast

Aaron and Glenys welcomed Elizabeth Ayiku to the Podcast to share her story about her eating disorder experience as well as her work as a filmmaker.  Her current project is a feature film about a woman of color living who is struggling with an eating disorder, going trough treatment while also juggling her career. This independent film is a passion project of Elizabeth's and we are asking out listeners to help support her project to bring this story to light. To contribute to Elizabeth's film: https://fundly.com/me-little-me-a-film-about-recovery Me Little Me Film Official Site: https://www.melittlemefilm.com/ Email Elizabeth at MeLittleMeFilm@gmail.com For More about Elizabeth and her work: https://www.elizabethayiku.com/   To Work with Glenys: https://daretonotdiet.wordpress.com/ To Work with Aaron: http://www.bvmrd.com/ More About Aaron's Men's Group: http://www.bvmrd.com/groups

Aaron and Glenys talk to Queer Fat Femme Bevin of Fat Kid Dance Party about how she's helping people heal from body oppression through fun and accessible dance classes. A childhood of bullying because of her weight kept her off the dance floor until she found body liberation activism, the idea that all bodies are worthy of love no matter what. She has been reclaiming dance floors along with teaching, performing and writing about body liberation for over fifteen years. She is an AFAA certified group exercise instructor and developed Fat Kid Dance Party (For All Sizes to Heal from Body Oppression) to help other folks learn to love their bodies, embrace their awkwardness and open up to self care!  www.fatkiddanceparty.com  *** HAES Care for Diabetes starting Sept 11 and 13  https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/haescarefordiabetes/ Men's Body Trust Group starting Sept 4 http://www.bvmrd.com/groups Work with Aaron www.bvmrd.com Work with Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com      

Aaron and Glenys talk to Cori Rosenthal, a mindfulness-based marriage and family therapist, meditation and mindful eating teacher about introducing mindfulness and self-compassion in your self-care routine. Cori shares with us her experience of dieting since childhood and the critical inner voice she finally came to recognize after practicing mindfulness. She explains the neurobiology of our brains on mindfulness and how it can truly change the way our brains function in a positive way that enhances health and self-cre. We also talk about our current culture of tough love and how it doesn’t support positive self-care, and what we can do about it (spoiler alert: it’s all about mindful self-compassion). This episode will give you some great new tools to add to your self-care tool-box that you can start using today, with only a minute of time.  Find out more about Cori Rosenthal here http://www.corirosenthal.com/ Follow Cori on Instagram @cori_lmft Yale Street Therapy https://www.yalestreettherapy.com/ Hear Cori

Aaron and Glenys dive deep in to a discussion on non-diet, HAES-based care for diabetes with Megrette Fletcher, MEd, RD, CDE. Megrette is a certified diabetes educator who provides non-weight-focused education for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes, and teaches other professionals how to provide this care as well. Founder of the Center for Mindful Eating, Megrette advocates for pleasurable, mindful eating and shame reduction to help manage blood sugars instead of restriction and weight loss. In this episode, she gives us a handy metaphor for understanding how our insulin works and how we can best help our own bodies utilize its insulin. For those who have been scared by or felt shame for a diagnosis or family history of diabetes, we think you’ll find this episode extremely helpful in helping you get your self-compassionate self-care on. Megrette.com Diabetes Counseling and Education Activities (for Professionals) Eat What you Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes 2017 Edition – most recent edition Diabet

Should dietitians talk about body image with their clients? Aaron and Glenys discuss how this can be a difficult topic to broach with clients, but how it is essential to the work of making peace with food. Both share their experiences in talking about body image and weight stigma with clients and how it helps to move the work of finding peace with food forward. Aaron and Glenys also do a quick review of how they ended up at a place of Health at Every Size in their personal lives and in their work and the new perspectives they’ve gained through creating this podcast. Shout-outs in this episode: Marci Evans, RD and Fiona Sutherland, APD for their amazing Body Image Workshop More About Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More About Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com

Ever wonder if you’re addicted to sugar? Or some other kind of food? Aaron and Glenys talk to Tiffany Haug, MS, RD, EDOC, who breaks down the science of addiction and why your diet history makes all the difference in how you approach highly palatable foods. Tiffany also talks about the problem with how food addiction is studied and the problems with the Yale Food Addiction Scale. Find Tiffany Haug here More About Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More About Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com

Aaron and Glenys were thrilled to welcome to the podcast Gloria Lucas, founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP).  Gloria shares her story of how and why she came to found NPP, which provides eating disorder resources to marginalized communities.  She also talks about how eating disorder communities must learn to do better to include people of color into the discussion and make treatment more available and inclusive of marginalized people. Also discussed: the role of colonialism in historical trauma. Links:  Nalgona Positivity Pride Nalgona Positivity Pride Etsy Store More About Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More About Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com  

We all have an inner critic. Sometimes this little voice can be really helpful in keeping us safe...but sometimes it can hold us back or send us damaging and unhelpful thoughts. Aaron and Glenys talk about their own inner critics, how they manifest, and how they deal with them. This is a truly unplugged (and sometimes unhinged!) discussion that  we're sure you'll enjoy and hopefully will give you a few more tools for your self-care toolbox.    More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com

In this episode, Aaron and Glenys talk to Summer Innanen about body image and finding your value outside of your body. Summer is a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, self-worth, and confidence. She helps women all over the world through her private and group coaching to break out of the diet culture cage and cultivate their inner, rampant untameability so they can wear, say and do what they want. She is the best-selling author of Body Image Remix, creator of the You, On Fire online program, and host of Fearless Rebelle Radio, a podcast dedicated to anti-dieting, body positivity, and feminism. Show notes:  Free workshop Stop Being So Damn Hard on Yourself! You, on Fire *** Dare to Eat Online Program More about Aaron More about Glenys

Glenys and Aaron were thrilled to have a chance to talk to Dr. Anita Johnston, author of the book Eating in the Light of the Moon. This book is an amazing resource for those struggling with eating difficulties of all kinds. Our interview focused on how Dr. Johnston was first exposed to metaphor as a way of healing, and how this can be a source for a deeper understanding of our behaviors.  She also takes a deep dive into the discussing the popular “log metaphor” from her book and why it resonates with so many clients.  Free Handout from Dr. Anita Johnston -www.lightofthemooncafe.com/du Ai Pono Treatment Centers: https://www.aipono.com/ Light of the Moon Cafe: http://lightofthemooncafe.com/ Eating in the Light of the Moon: https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Light-Moon-Relationship-Storytelling/dp/0936077360   More About Glenys: https://daretonotdiet.wordpress.com/ Dare to Eat Online Program  More About Aaron: http://www.bvmrd.com/

Aaron and Glenys were so excited to speak to Radical Dietitian, Lucy Aphramor.  She discussed her journey from traditional dietitian to one who is trauma-informed and emphasizing self-care instead of health behaviors and her new passion, poetry.  As a Radical Dietitian, she's focusing on deep roots of what causes judgement, war and shame. Her use of language is inspiring and we hope that you find Lucy's work as inspiring as we do.   http://lucyaphramor.com/dietitian/ http://lucyaphramor.com/poet/ More about Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com  

We welcome Bruce Sturgell to the podcast to discuss dressing plus size men. Bruce is the founder of Chubstr and has made it his work to help bring a voice to plus size mens fashion. Bruce talks about how he came to found the fashion and lifestyle website Chubstr and the recent advances in large mens' fashion.  Bruce also discusses his new YouTube show SizedUp.  Plus size fashion has had a strong female representation, and now Bruce is helping bring an additional perspective to the world of fashion.  If you (or someone close to you) have been struggling to find mens' clothing that looks good and also fits, this episode is for you. Show Notes: Chubstr Chubstr SizedUp The Winston Box   More about Aaron — www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys — www.daretonotdiet.com

Let’s face it: finding love is not easy, and it can feel even harder – maybe even impossible – when you’re dating while plus-size in a fat-phobic world. That’s why we asked psychotherapist and dating expert Krista Niles to talk with us about the challenges of plus-size dating in this episode of Dietitians Unplugged. Krista gave us the goods on everything: dating profile photos, body image issues, dealing with fat fetishists, weight stigma and fat acceptance stats in dating, first dates, the differences in straight and queer dating, and where and how to get help if you’re struggling in the online dating world. If you’re single and looking, we think this will soon become one of your favorite episodes!   Show notes: Krista Niles Oakland Therapy The Plus-Size Dating Starter Course Curvy Cupid Course   Body Image Programs and Blogs recommended by Krista Virgie Tovar: Babecamp Vivienne McMaster: Be Your Own Beloved Summer Innanen: You on Fire and Body Image Remix Victoria Welsby: Bam Pow Life   Help with Eating Dar

Aaron and Glenys talk to their friend, dietitian Robyn Goldberg, about eating disorders and the progression people take to intuitive eating. We discuss learning to connect with body signals, finding satisfaction with food, the challenges of being in a larger body with an ED, the resistance of health care practitioners to Health at Every Size® and more in this informative episode.    Learn more about Robyn at her webiste: AskAboutFood.com Follow Robyn on Instagram: @RobynGoldbergRDN   Glenys' online course that she mentions is availble for a January start at a low price now! Find out more about the Dare to Eat Online Program.   More about Aaron More about Glenys

Aaron and Glenys talk to Dr. Linda Bacon, professor, researcher, acclaimed international speaker, and author of the two best-selling books, Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, or Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight, (co-authored with Dr. Lucy Aphramor), and Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight. Dr. Bacon is changing lives through her teaching, research, writing, and transformative workshops and seminars. In this episode, we talk about her experience teaching from a weight inclusive perspective, creating brave spaces, self-compassion, and building community.   www.lindabacon.org www.lindabaconspeaks.com   More about Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com

Aaron and Glenys spend some time talking to Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD about how she met her business partner Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and how they started Be Nourished.  We also discuss an amazing rant that Dana posted online a while back about how the influence of diet culture permeates our world and infiltrates the discussions of some of those who we look up to for influence and support in our journey to love wholeheartedly.  Along with gems of knowledge about healthism and weigh inclusivity, Dana shares amazing advice for anyone who is going to start to add yoga into their self-care practice. You’ll love this episode! Show notes: Find Dana and Be Nourished at http://www.benourished.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benourishedpdx     More about Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com

Aaron and Glenys talk to former The Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard (season 3). Kai talks about her time on the show and her transformation from diet addict to anti-diet rebel and body positive advocate. She also tells us about how she learned how to advocate for herself with medical professionals in the face of an undiagnosed illness, her body positive inspirations, how anger is a fuel for activism, and her advice for TV networks looking to exploit fat people. Content Warning: discussion of weight loss in the first half of the show (all numbers have been bleeped).   Show notes: Find Kai at https://reallykaihibbard.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaihibbard/   More about Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com

Glenys and Aaron take some time to talk with Julie Duffy Dillon MS, RD, NCC, LDN, CEDRD and she shares her wealth of knowledge about a often misunderstood issue affecting 1 out of 10 women, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).  Julie is an expert in the field and has years of experience working with PCOS. She’s seen first hand how the pursuit of weight loss has had such a damaging effect on women who struggle with PCOS, which is the leading cause of infertility.  It’s a challenging issue in which many women are at risk for developing eating disorders and Julie shares with us specific tools to help as well as discussing an exciting new online program she is launching this month.  You won’t want to miss this episode of Dietitians Unplugged.   Discussed in this episode: PCOS Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCOSandFoodPeaceSupport/ Julie’s Free PCOS Roadmap: PCOSandFoodPeace.com   More about Aaron: www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys: www.daretonotdiet.com

Aaron and Glenys talk with Isabel Foxen Duke about emotional eating, addiction, and yes, sex, in this fantastic episode of Dietitians Unplugged. Isabel is the creator of the free video training program Stop Fighting Food  —a free video training program for women who want to "stop feeling crazy around food." After years of trying to overcome emotional eating, binge-eating and chronic weight-cycling through traditional and alternative approaches, Isabel discovered some radical new ways to get women over their "food issues" once and for all—not just by shifting the mindsets of individuals, but by challenging the dominant diet culture as a whole.  Discussed in this episode: Marc David Book: Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting over 2000 Years Stop Fighting Food Free Video Training Program    More about Glenys    More about Aaron

How do we make spaces more welcoming to more bodies? What are the challenges of exercising while fat? Aaron and Glenys talk to one of their favorite fat activists, Ragen Chastain of the blog Dances with Fat, about how to make exercise more accommodating to more people of all sizes and abilities. She answers these questions and more, and tells us about her experience as a competitive dancer and how she decided to prepare for an Iron Man.     Resources discussed:  Body Positive Fitness Alliance Facebook page and website Fit Fatties Facebook Page and Fit Fatties Forum   Also mentioned: Glenys' Dare to Eat program starts June 19th! Click here to get the details - registration closes 6/16 Work with Aaron -- www.bvmrd.com