Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhD

This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation with Emiko Davies, Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and cook-book author.  Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Emiko on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Check out Emiko’s blog Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly

Our very first guest on the Can I Have Another Snack? pod is artist Laxmi Hussain whose stunning work depicts the softness of bodies and the tenderness of early motherhood. We talk about her postpartum experience, and how, even as a mother of three, her instincts were undermined and gaslit. We talk about how new mothers (especially pandemic mums) are repeatedly let down and dismissed. Laxmi shares her experiences of sharing her studio with a toddler and how he has become part of her process. We then go on to discuss her family’s food culture and her own relationship to food and appetite. Lastly, we consider all the ways that our kids are told there is something fundamentally wrong with them, and how we as parents can give them the tools to develop resilience to these messages. Also, just a heads up that this will be the final episode coming through the DSMG feed, so make sure to subscribe to the new Can I Have Another Snack? pod to catch all the new episodes! Find out more about Laxmi here Follow her work on Instagram here Buy her art here (and buy one for me while you’re at it!) Follow Laura on Instagram here Check out the Can I Have Another Snack? pod here. Subscribe to the Can I Have Another Snack? Substack here.

Hey Team! You may have noticed that I’ve had a few things in the works lately, and I’m excited to *finally* share my new project with you all. Today I’m sharing the trailer for my brand new podcast - also called Can I Have Another Snack? - inspired, I know. Each week I’m asking my guests two questions - who or what are you nourishing right now? And who or what is nourishing you? Upcoming guests include  Laxmi Hussain, Naureen Hunani, Christy Harrison, Clara Nosek, and Julia MF Turshen (!!!!!!). We explore topics around postpartum bodies, food, sanctimommy culture, neurodiversity, diet-culture, kids, capitalism, anti-fat bias, and so much more. Check out the preview above and catch the first full episode when it drops on Friday! And don't forget - you are listening to this in the Don’t Salt My Game feed so just remember to head over to the Can I Have Another Snack? feed in your podcast player and hit subscribe there - that way you won’t miss an episode. Go do it right now. You can also subscribe to my brand new Substack, also called Can I have Another Snack? - a newsletter, podcast, and community centred around bodies, identity and appetite. Head on over and introduce yourself (everyone is super cool and welcoming, I promise!). See you all there!

Heyo - welcome to the LAST EVER episode of Don’t Salt My Game 🥺 (dw - I have something else very cool in the works and I’ll share details in this podcast feed when it’s ready at the end of summer).  Our final guest is Kelly Fullerton - a nutritionist and primary school teacher from Melbourne, Australia - who is challenging conventional and dogmatic approaches to how we teach kids about food. In this episode we break down: Why traditional nutrition education isn’t developmentally appropriate The unintended consequences of teaching things like grams of fat in cheese or number of sugar cubes in drinks We break down why ‘sometimes’ food and ‘everyday’ foods are just a version of ‘good/bad’ We talk about how kids actually learn about food and how teachers can engage kids’ natural curiosity, their culture, and the broader context that kids eat This was a fun episode to go out on - I hope you’ll share it with parents and teachers in your life! And I’m excited to share lots of cool new things with you soon. Show Notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Kelly on Instagram Kelly’s Website Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Sign up for the Let’s Talk About Snacks, Baby Workshop  Book in for a complimentary 15-minute Discovery Call with Laura Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Edited by Joeli Kelly  

Okay team, this week we’re moving away from the world of child feeding for a hot minute and diving into the world of body confidence and style. And before you start rolling your eyes at the impending “love yourself” mantra, don’t worry, that’s not where we’re heading. This week, I’m joined by Abby Russell, a curve model, fashion content creator and personal stylist who’s MO is to inspire her followers to live authentically, celebrating who they are through personal style. We dive into some of the challenges of figuring out your style after having a baby or becoming a parent. In this episode, we touch on things like; The sneaky and not so sneaky ways that diet culture can show up in so-called fashion rules Where to begin when you’re thinking about putting your wardrobe together post-partum How Abby approaches defining your own personal style and how to fun and get playful with it Answering some listener questions on things like bras for big boobs, when to get rid of clothes that no longer fit, the stress of shopping as a plus-size person in a straight-size world and weirdly aggressive reviewers on vinted I really hope you take something great from this episode, and with Abby’s contagious energy I’m sure you all will!  Show Notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Abby on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Sign up for the Let’s Talk About Snacks, Baby Workshop  Book in for a complimentary 15-minute Discovery Call with Laura Check out this article by Kelsey Miller Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Edited by Joeli Kelly

We’re back with a brand new guest this week on Don’t Salt My Game - the lovely Oona Hanson. Oona spent 25 years in education and now helps parents and guardians raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. As well as her private practice as a parent coach, she also works as a family mentor at Equip and holds a master's degree in educational psychology and a master's degree in English. Her work has been featured widely including on CNN, USA Today, Good Morning America, US News and World Report Today, People and Parents Magazine.  In this episode, we cover some really big and important topics like; The challenges of feeding teens Some of the nuances of using the Division of Responsibility with older kids and teens and why Oona actually doesn't use it at all with her own family  Why language like “hollow legs” and “bottomless pit” are really problematic when talking about bodies and appetites, especially for teenagers Who is allowed to own their appetite and who isn't Red flags for eating disorders and disordered eating The parallels between bodies changing in teenagers, as well as body's changing in midlife amongst parents How we can create a safe environment for normalising body changes.  I really love talking to Oona and really appreciate her work. I know that so many of you are going to resonate with this episode and find it super helpful, and if you do then please share the love and share it with friends and family, and hit subscribe to stay in the loop with new episodes dropping weekly. Show Notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Oona on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Oona’s Website Sign up for the Let’s Talk About Snacks, Baby Workshop  Book in for a complimentary 15-minute Discovery Call with Laura Check out this piece Oona wrote about why Division of Responsibility might not be suitable to use with eating disorders Listen to the Don’t Salt My Game episode with Scott Griffiths talking about muscle dysmorphic disorder Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Edited by Joeli Kelly

Hey team! We're changing things up a little this week on the pod with a solo episode - just with me, and I’m going to be answering questions about feeding your kiddos and anti-diet parenting that were sent in on Instagram. I'm going to touch on things like: The systemic fear of fatness that trickles into our parenting. Genetically determined set point weight. Why your toddler might seem to be eating more foods at the childminder than at home. When "fussy" eating might actually be a feeding disorder and where to find support with this. I hope you found this episode helpful! You can expect some more of this type of ‘sode popping up every now and then, so let me know what you think of this format or drop an email to hello@laurathomasphd.co.uk if you have any questions you’d like answered in the next AMA! Next week we will be back with a brand new guest, so hit subscribe now to stay in the loop! Show Notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Sign up for the Let’s Talk About Snacks, Baby Workshop  Book in for a complimentary 15-minute Discovery Call with Laura Check out the DSMG episode w/ Kristen Scher about what to do if you’re feeling stuck with feeding your kids Check out the episode with Dr. Katja Rowell about when you should worry about your kid’s “fussy” eating Check out my IG post on the red flags to look out for that might indicate you’re dealing with a feeding disorder Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Edited by Joeli Kelly

It’s that time of the week again folks! This week, I’m bringing back one of my all-time favourite episodes with one of my equally favourite people, Nicola Haggett. We recorded this episode back in January 2021 alongside the launch of my second book, How To Just Eat It. If you haven't already heard this episode, then I think it will have a lot to offer you. And even if you have already listened, I bet you'll get something new and different listening to it a second or even a third time around.  Nikki is body liberationist coach and mentor, professionally trained and experienced life coach, certified Body Trust provider and Open Heart Project meditation instructor. Nikki is also a mid-large, fat human whose lived experiences navigating the world as a fat person are a super important part of her work. In this episode, we dive into the world of embodiment, covering things like: How writing our body story can be an act of reclaiming the narratives of our bodies What exactly embodiment is and how we can find examples of it in our lives (babies, kids, cats!) The difference between embodiment and more ‘performative’ or ‘hustle’ self-care How embodiment can help us to feel connected to our bodies without necessarily ‘loving’ or feeling ‘positive’ about them Reclaiming pleasure, appetite, autonomy and more Finding spaces that feel safe to reconnect with your body As always, if you like this conversation, please share the love - give the episode a like on socials or share it with your family and friends, and hit subscribe to stay up to date on new episodes dropping weekly. Show notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Nikki on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Nikki’s Website Sign up for the Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop  Book in for a complimentary 15-minute Discovery Call with Laura Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Edited by Joeli Kelly

I’m SUPER excited about this week’s episode because I am speaking to the G.O.A.T of the child feeding world, Dr. Katja Rowell. Katja is an author and child feeding specialist with a passion for supporting parents in helping their children to do their best with eating and to relate to their bodies in positive ways. In this episode, we cover topics like; The difference between regular old picky eating and look at some red flags for when kids or families maybe need a little more support with eating How if you feel like there’s a problem and you could do with support and reassurance then that in and of itself is enough of a red flag that you should reach out for help Whether or not it’s helpful to pursue a diagnosis around eating difficulties Problems associated with some more conventional feeding therapies or programmes and why Katja and I prefer to work in a way that is less prescriptive and more responsive Values of responsive feeding therapy and talk about what they look like in action Some of the pitfalls perhaps in teaching kids to listen to their tummies, if our agenda is to get kids to eat less. Felt safety, what that means and how we can foster it at mealtimes. Show Notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Katja on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Katja’s Website Sign up for the Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop  Book in for a complimentary 15-minute Discovery Call with Laura Check out Laura’s IG post on how to know if your kiddo needs support with their eating Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Check out the White Paper on the values of Responsive Feeding Get a copy of Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating book Get a copy of  Love Me, Feed Me book Check out the Saved By The Bell Hooks Instagram account Click here for help in choosing the right support Edited by Joeli Kelly

Ready for more? Because part 2 is here people!  Last week, I shared the first part of my conversation with Emiko Davies, Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and cook-book author, so if you missed that then go back and have a listen before you jump into this one. This week I'm bringing you the second part of that conversation. This time, we talked about; Emiko’s experience of parenting a child in a bigger body. Emiko’s experience of having a bigger body as a child. What the science really says about sugar and why we all need to chill out about giving sugar to kids This was such a great conversation – Emiko is a dream. If you enjoy this episode then please don’t forget to share and keep the conversation going over on our socials! Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Emiko on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Check out Emiko’s blog Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly

Hold tight folks, this is a good one! This week, I’m chatting with Molly Forbes, journalist, campaigner, author of Body Happy Kids and founding director of the Body Happy Organisation. Molly gives loads of practical and pragmatic advice for how you can begin to open up conversations with your school to stomp out diet culture and support positive body esteem. It's such a helpful episode for anyone who has wondered whether or not schools are undoing some of the things that you're doing at home to protect your kids' relationship with food and their bodies.  Some of the topics we cover include: How influential schools really are when it comes to supporting/disrupting body esteem.  Where diet culture creeps up in schools in areas like school uniform policy. How we can open up conversations with schools about diet culture, and how teachers can get their schools on board with an anti diet culture policy. How you can begin to tackle food policing policies.  National weight measurement programme and why you should opt your kiddo out.  if you enjoyed today's episode, then you can help the show reach more people by subscribing on your podcast player and sharing it with a friend! Show notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Molly on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Check out Molly’s Instagram post school uniform policies Check out Dieticians 4 Teachers on Instagram Laura’s Website Body Happy Org Website Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Buy a copy of Body Happy Kids Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly

This week, I'm joined by the Dr. Asher Larmie AKA The Fat Doctor. Asher is a transgender, non-binary GP and fat activist who campaigns for an end to medical weight stigma. I really loved this conversation and am so excited for you all to hear it. We cover things like; Why you can't control your child's body and why you shouldn't want to Advice on how you can raise kids who are resilient to body shame What to say when your doctor wants to weight you and you don't consent How they are working to disrupt weight stigma in the medical profession Show notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Asher on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Asher’s Website Check out Asher’s #NOWEIGH campaign Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly

You’re gonna love this one team! This week’s episode is here and this time, I’m joined by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen, AKA @themindsetnutritionist. Jeanette is an anti-diet, Intuitive Eating, fat positive nutritionist and all-round bad-ass in this field. In this conversation, we cover things like; Jeanette’s experience of bumping up against anti-fat maternity policies How leaning into social justice helped her make peace with her body Snapback culture and our experiences of breastfeeding Modeling healthy body esteem to our kids How diet culture shows up in our parenting How raising anti-diet kids is a form of resistance and rebellion  This is such a great conversation ya’ll, so don’t forget to subscribe and give it a share if you enjoyed it! Show Notes: Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Jeanette on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Jeanette’s Website Check out Jeanette’s crowdfunding campaign here  Check out my IG post on where diet culture shows up in your parenting Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Check out Body Happy Org Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly  

HEYO - look who’s back on the pod! Tally first shared her journey with us back in 2019 {listen to that here}. Since then she’s published two books and completely shaken up the fitness industry, challenging the notoriously weight-centric, aesthetics focussed industry to move in ways that feel joyful and to prioritize rest (and not feel guilty about it!). She also joined us in 2021 to break down the principles of Intuitive Movement {you can listen to that here}. This episode was recorded back in January as part of a live Q+A we did (before things got weird). I decided to save this episode to share with you on International No Diet Day because it felt like the perfect way to celebrate! In this episode we cover: - The difference between exercise and intuitive movement- How we can approach rest without feeling guilty- Why I hate the daily mile in schools - Ableism in the fitness space- How to know if movement is motivated by self-care or coming from a place of wanting to control your body and your weight This is such a fun episode - Tally is a dream. If you enjoy this conversation then please don’t forget to share and keep the conversation going over on our socials! *take £50 off any of the LCIE courses for 48 hours only using code NODIETDAY50* - SIGN UP HERE Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide  to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly Follow Tally on Instagram Listen to the Train Happy Podcast Buy Train Happy | The Train Happy Journal 

Kristen is back for round 2 this week! Kristen joined me a couple weeks back to talk about all things child feeding (if you haven’t checked it out yet, you can listen here!). This time round, we’re diving into some of the challenges listeners are facing while feeding your kids and answering questions you submitted about your specific struggle. We’re going to cover things like; What to do if your breastfed toddler is a boob fiend Child led ways to support older kids who are quite particular about what they like and don't like, and are maybe struggling to expand the variety of foods that they're eating How diet culture shows up at the table What to do when a kid starts dropping food or goes through a food jag What if kids aren't interested in foods How you can support a picky or fussy eater If you found this episode helpful and want to stay in the loop with new episodes, hit subscribe now!   Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Kristen on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Kristen’s Website Check out my IG post highlighting the main red flags for requiring more support with feeding kidsCheck out my IG post about “beige” foodsIf you are looking for a professional trained in responsive feeding, you could reach out to myself, Jo Cormack, Julia Wolman, Natalia Stasenko, Katja Rowell or Naureen Hunani Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Sign up for a Learn with LCIE CourseBuy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concernsEdited by Joeli Kelly

I hope you’re buckled in because this one’s a doozy! Today I’m joined by Dr. Martha Deiros Collado, a clinical psychologist with expertise in parenting, child development and paediatric health. In this conversation, we explore how to support kids in building healthy body esteem and preserving a positive experience of embodiment. Some of the topics we cover in this episode include; The necessity of bringing an intersectional lens to conversations about body esteem Why promoting body esteem is about so much more than teaching kids they look good  We cover BIG ideas like agency, autonomy, consent and honouring differences in identity (but don’t sweat - Martha makes these ideas super accessible) We touch on how letting kids have autonomy around food is so critical (and why you should let them blow their own nose!) And lastly, we name some of the power structures and systems of oppression that make us feel as though our bodies are not good enough in the first place If you enjoy this episode then don’t forget to subscribe to get more like this right to your podcast player every Friday! Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Martha on InstagramFollow Don’t Salt My Game on InstagramLaura’s WebsiteMartha’s WebsiteCheck out Episode 134 with Kristen ScherBuy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Sign up for a Learn with LCIE CourseBuy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concernsEdited by Joeli Kelly

In the second episode of DSMG's brand new season, I chat with Nicola Salmon, a fat-positive fertility coach and author of 'Fat and Fertile'. This is such an important conversation to have to support people in relearning how to trust their own bodies and ability to get pregnant. Some of the topics we touch on in this episdode include; Fat-positive fertility Why you don't have to lose weight before starting a family The BS that are BMI cut-offs in assisted fertility Things you can do to support your fertility at any size Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Nicola on Instagram Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Nicola’s Website Check out Nicola’s IG post on the research behind fertility and BMICheck out Nicola’s book ‘Fat and Fertile’ Locate a fat-positive fertility clinic here Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It Sign up for a Learn with LCIE CourseBuy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concernsEdited by Joeli Kelly

Here it is! The very first episode of DSMG’s brand new season - are you ready? In this week’s episode, my guest Kristen Scher and I are diving deep into all things child feeding. Some of the topics we’ll be covering in this episode are; What the Division of Responsibility is and who has what role in the child-feeding relationship Unpacking the parent's job when it comes to feeding - the what, the when, and the where of feeding our kids How diet culture shows up in child feeding and the problems that can cause The importance of unpacking our own issues with food before they trickle down to our kids Don't forget to hit subscribe to keep in the loop with new eipsodes and keep an eye out for part 2 with Kristen, coming in a couple of weeks! Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Pick up a copy of My Body, My Home by Victoria Emanuela and Caitlin Metz Check out Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls show on Amazon Prime Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly

WE’RE BACK. Don’t Salt My Game is back for a whole new run of shows. Check out this short trailer to get a sneak preview of upcoming guests, what to expect from the season and to catch up with what’s been going on for the past year (!). Make sure to hit subscribe in your podcast player to get the first full episode when it drops on Friday 8th April. Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter Follow Don’t Salt My Game on Instagram Laura’s Website Buy a copy of Just Eat It | How to Just Eat It  Sign up for a Learn with LCIE Course Buy an Intuitive Eating friendly guide  to managing different health concerns Edited by Joeli Kelly

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the past several weeks, I have posted two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. Make sure you go back and have a listen. How To Just Eat It is out now!    In today’s episode I’m talking to Kimmie Singh, MS, RD, who is a is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at LK Nutrition, a Health at Every Size® nutrition private practice based in New York City that supports people with eating disorders, disordered eating, and anyone seeking for support in healing their relationship with food and body. Kimmie has a passion for Intuitive Eating and weight-inclusive nutrition and is currently the treasurer for the Association for Size Diversity and Health; as well as an active member of the International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians. In this episode we’re talking about ‘the next steps’ of intuitive eating.   In this episode we talk about:   How we can make Body Positivity and Intuitive Eating more accessible & inclusive Oppressive systems and their part to play in Intuitive Eating Barriers to Intuitive Eating How Intuitive Eating might feel unsafe to some folks The relationship between cultural assimilation and diet culture  Social justice & equality Looking beyond our own personal Intuitive Eating process Clinical vs Emotional understanding   Kimmie shares her insight on the complexities behind making Intuitive Eating more inclusive, as well as sharing advice on why it’s so important to listen to clients on an individual, human-to-human level if they express concern around Intuitive Eating. Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia)   Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository}   Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating   Guest Information: Kimmie Singh - Instagram Website Podcast   Resources Mentioned: Fearing The Black Body - Sabrina Strings The Body is Not an Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor My Black Body Podcast - Rawiyah Tariq and Jessica Wilson, MS. RD.

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 9 of this series will drop on Tuesday 16th Feb!   In today’s episode I’m talking to Paige Smathers RDN, CD is a registered dietitian nutritionist in private practice and podcaster whose work revolves around helping people heal their relationships with food and their body. She specializes in chronic dieting, addiction recovery nutrition, eating disorders and family feeding dynamics. Her approach to nutrition and health is grounded in mindfulness and is rooted in the intuitive eating and Health at Every Size frameworks. In this episode we’re talking all about the final principle of Intuitive Eating; Gentle Nutrition.   In this episode we talk about: How choosing what to eat is like choosing what to wear Unconditional permission to eat; what it is and what it isn’t Why it’s important not to come to Gentle Nutrition before we are ready Food flexibility How mindfulness can support our relationship with food Letting go of ‘food perfection’ Food satisfaction Food curiosity   Paige talks us through how we can start to take the power back into our own bodies to find what feels good for us. Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia)   Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository}   Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating   Guest Information: Paige Smathers - Instagram Website Podcast   Resources Mentioned: Weight Inclusive Guides: https://gumroad.com/lcie

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 12 of this series will drop on Friday 12th Jan!   In today’s episode, I’m talking to Jake Gifford, a personal trainer and doctoral researcher at Brunel University London whose aim is to reframe fitness and what it means to move our bodies. In this episode, we’re talking about the bigger-picture and socio-political considerations that often get left out of the conversations about movement.    In this episode we talk about:   How a lot of public health rhetorics around moving our bodies make oversimplified recommendations  Healthism Some of the problematic discourse around how exercise is described e.g. “exercise is medicine”  Looking at the bigger picture of movement Factors that could stop an individual from engaging in movement Hierarchies of exercise - and why they’re problematic How to make movement more inclusive Issues with movement being associated with morality Structural and social determinants of health   Jake talks us through how movement has historically been associated with moral righteousness and personal responsibility; as well what we can do to shift the narrative so ensure it becomes more inclusive and accessible. Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia)   Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository}   Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating   Guest Information:   Jake Gifford - Instagram   Previous episode with Jake: http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/podcast/ep-jake-gifford/ Podcast episode with Dr. Oli Williams: http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/podcast/oli/

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 11 of this series will drop on Tuesday 9th Feb! In today’s episode I’m talking to Tally Rye. Tally is a London-based Personal Trainer and Content Creator, who specialises in weight-inclusive, non-diet fitness. She is also the Author of the book ‘Train Happy’ and hosts the ‘Train Happy’ podcast.  In this episode we’re talking in-depth about all of the principles of Intuitive Movement. Tally shares her experience and advice on how we can reframe exercise in a way that feels good for us, rather than it feeling like a punishment.  In this episode we talk about: The principles of Intuitive Movement Reframing the way we think about exercise Ways movement can be a tool for self-care The problem with fitness watches/trackers How diet culture has co-opted mainstream fitness Why we might have a complicated relationship with movement Tally shares how one of the biggest benefits of Intuitive Movement is regaining valuable headspace that has been lost to diet culture; through numbers or counting or “rules”, and how we can channel that back into the really meaningful parts of our lives.   Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia)   Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository}   Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating Guest Information: Tally Rye - Instagram Website Book/Podcast

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 10 of this series will drop on Friday 5th Feb! In today’s episode, Laura gives us the run down of Chapter 9 of How to Just Eat It - Feeling your Fullness. Laura gives some useful tips on how we can reframe our negative thoughts when we start to feel uncomfortable with feelings of fullness, as well as why ‘what I eat in a day videos’ need to get to fuck! In this episode we talk about: Feelings of fullness How Diet Culture has distorted our idea of how much food we really need  Why ‘what I eat in a day’ videos are problematic How we can reframe fear mongering language around feelings of fullness  Tips on what to do when struggling with feelings of fullness Laura explains how learning about fullness is a process and something that we don’t need to get ‘perfect’ every time. She reiterates that throughout this journey, self-kindness and compassion are key. Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia)   Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository}   Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating   Laura’s Information: Instagram Twitter Website  

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 9 of this series will drop on Tuesday 2nd Feb!   In today’s episode I’m talking to Jenna Hollenstein (MS, RDN, CDN). Jenna is an anti-diet dietitian who helps heal disordered eating using a combination of Intuitive Eating, mindfulness techniques, and meditation to help her clients move toward greater peace, health, and wellness. In this episode we’re talking about why the pursuit of weight loss is antithetical to Mindful Eating & Intuitive Eating, what Mindful Eating actually is (and what it isn’t) and how you can start to practice it in your daily life.   In this episode we talk about: How Diet Culture has co opted Mindful Eating  Why Mindfulness practice and weight loss are incompatible What Mindfulness really is Acknowledging our thoughts in the moment Meditation Breath awareness Regaining trust in our own bodies Is your desire to be vegan coming from a place of control or compassion Jenna shares her experience, expertise and advice on how to incorporate Mindfulness into our daily lives to help support our Intuitive Eating practices.  Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia)   Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository}   Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating   Guest Information: Jenna Hollenstein - Instagram Website Twitter Book   Resources Mentioned: Jenna’s website: https://jennahollenstein.com/ The Open Heart Project: https://openheartproject.com/ DSMG episode with Fiona Sutherland: Ep 121 - How To Just Eat It - Chapter 1: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 8 of this series will drop on Friday 29th Jan! In today’s episode I’m talking to Devinia Noel, a cognitive behavioural therapist and certified intuitive eating counsellor. In this episode we’re talking about unhelpful thinking styles that show up when we’re working through the intuitive eating process, how we can recognise them and how we can begin to shift them towards more flexible ways of thinking. In this episode we talk about: Black and white, all-or-nothing thinking Mental filters Catastrophization Emotional reasoning  Jumping to conclusions Compare and despair  Labelling Should and must statements Dee shares how we can notice when unhelpful thinking styles show up and how we can begin to reframe them towards thinking patterns that move us away from diet mentality and towards self-compassion. Finally catch another definition for your glossary on page 35/36 of HTJEI - this time from Eliza Khinsoe on ‘healthism’.  Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia) Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository} Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating Guest Information: Devinia Noel - Instagram Website Eliza Khinsoe - Instagram Twitter Website

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 7 of this series will drop on Tuesday 26th Jan! In today’s episode I’m talking to Dalina Soto, a Registered Dietitian who specialises in intuitive eating and helping people break free from chronic dieting and food rules. In this episode we’re talking about fears people have when they embark on intuitive eating and letting go of food rules, plus unpacking some of the most common food rules we hear in our nutrition practices.     In this episode we talk about:   Common fears people have about Intuitive Eating like: “I’ll never stop eating! ) “What if I gain weight”  “I can’t control myself” “I will only eat unhealthy foods” And how we can work through them. Plus we unpack common food rules people have like: Not allowed to eat anything that isn’t ‘clean’ Can’t eat more than one type of carb in a meal I can’t have a snack unless I workout No food after X time at night  Can’t have dessert in the house  Plus Dalina’s best advice for people who are struggling to let go of food rules Finally catch another definition for your glossary on page 35/36 of HTJEI - this time from Steph Yeboah  Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith}   Australia {Booktopia)   Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository}   Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating Guest Information: Dalina Soto- Instagram Twitter Website Steph Yeboah - Instagram Twitter Website

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 6 of this series will drop on Friday 22nd Jan! In today’s episode I’m talking to Jess Sprengle, a therapist specialising in disordered eating and eating disorders, who is perhaps best known for her Meme Mondays on her Instagram account @thecrankytherapist. In this episode we’re talking about emotional eating and how we can come to understand it from a more compassionate perspective.  In this episode we talk about: An eating disorder therapist’s take on emotional eating Why we can’t divorce our emotions from eating  Differentiating emotional hunger and hunger due to restriction of food How restriction can show up in different areas of our lives Tapping into our emotional coping toolkit (and how to reinforce the one we already have) And loads more mic drop moments! Plus catch another definition for your glossary on page 35/36 of HTJEI - this time from anti-diet dietitian Christy Harrison.  Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith} Australia {Booktopia) Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository} Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating   Guest Information: Jess Sprengle - Instagram Twitter Website Christy Harrison - Instagram Twitter Website

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It is out now! Episode 5 of this series will drop on Tuesday 19th Jan!   In today’s episode I’m talking to Nicola Haggett, a Body Trust provider and Intuitive Eating counsellor. In this episode we’re talking all about the concept of embodiment as a tool to help us feel more connected to our bodies.    In this episode we talk about: How writing our body story can be an act of reclaiming the narrative of our bodies What exactly embodiment is and how we can find examples of it in our lives (babies, kids, cats!)  The difference between embodiment and more ‘performative’ or ‘hustle’ self-care How embodiment can help us feel connected to our bodies without necessarily ‘loving’ or feeling ‘positive’ about them. Reclaiming pleasure, appetite, autonomy and more.  Finding spaces that feel safe to reconnect with your body.   There’s also a brilliant definition of The Social Determinants of Health from Jake Gifford for your glossary on page 35/36 of HTJEI. Watch out for a whole episode of Jake later in the series.    Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith} Australia {Booktopia) Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository} Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating Guest Information: Nicola Haggett- Instagram Twitter Website Jake Gifford - Instagram Twitter Website

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book (out now!) How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. Episode 4 of this series will drop on Friday 15th Jan!   In today’s episode I’m talking to Olimata Taal, the newest member of the LCIE team and creator behind the Instagram account @wellwitholi. In this episode we’re talking all about learning to honour your hunger. In this episode we talk about: How diet culture teaches us to be distrustful and fearful of our bodies How ignoring our hunger is a form of self-neglect The problem with what I eat in a day videos and comparing what we eat with other people What to do if you feel hungry soon after you’ve had a meal or snack The difference between fullness and satisfaction Treating yourself with love and compassion when things feel difficult The role of racism in making us feel less than and second guessing our choices around food and our body I’m also sharing a visualisation technique to help you get more in touch with your signals around hunger and satisfaction Finally Jess Sprengle is here to tell us the difference between disordered eating and eating disorders. Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith} Australia {Booktopia) Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository} Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Find me on social media: Instagram Twitter  Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating Guest Information: Olimata Taal - Instagram  Jess Sprengle - Instagram Twitter

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It Came out yesterday! Episode 3 of this series will drop on Tuesday 12th Jan!   In today’s episode I’m talking to Nadia Craddock, a body image researcher and host of the Body Protest and Appearance matters podcasts. In this episode we’re talking all about the impact (positive and negative) social media has on our body image. In this episode we talk about: How social media can shape how we feel about ourselves (both positively and negatively) What exactly self objectification theory is and the impact it has on our ability to engage in things that are meaningful to us How we can build a nurturing social media environment How we can learn to ‘zoom out’ and ‘soften our gaze’ when it comes to viewing our own image on social media There’s also a brilliant definition of Fat Phobia for your glossary on page 35/36 of HTJEI from body liberation coach Nicola Hagget. Stay tuned for a whole episode with Nikki soon! Get your copy of How To Just Eat It! UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith} Australia {Booktopia) Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository} Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating   Guest Information: Nadia Craddock - Instagram Twitter Nicola Haggett- Instagram Website Previous podcasts with Nadia Don’t Salt My Game  Part 1 & Part 2 The Body Protest Appearance Matters 

Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It will be released on Thursday 7th January so make sure and pre order your copy now (links below). Episode 2 of this series will drop on Friday! In today’s episode I’m talking to the incredible Fiona Sutherland, a dietitian and yoga teacher, better known as The Mindful Dietitian, who is helping us build our Intuitive Eating Toolkit; a selection of skills and tools that help us lay the foundation for our intuitive eating practice.  In this episode we talk about: What acceptance is and isn’t and common misconceptions about acceptance How we can lean into uncomfortable feelings to help us heal our body image and relationship with food Why acceptance doesn’t mean we are OK with things like fatphobia or racism and other systems of oppression that harm bodies What exactly values are and how they differ to goals How we can find our core values and use them to steer us in the directions we want to move in How diet culture disconnects us from our values and moves us away from acceptance towards dissatisfaction I’m also excited to share a guided created activity by Tasha Bailey that helps us weather emotional storms and a definition for the glossary on page 36 of your book from Christy Harrison     Want to pre order your copy of How To Just Eat It? UK{Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith} Australia{Booktopia) Worldwide with free shipping{Book Depository} Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_ Work with my team at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating Guest Information: Fiona Sutherland - Instagram Twitter Website Tasha Bailey - Instagram Twitter Website Christy Harrison - Instagram Twitter Website

With only a few short weeks left until How To Just Eat It hit book shops, I wanted to check in with my DSMG family to give you a teaser of what to expect from my new book! In this mini-sode I’m walking you through HTJEI, chapter-by-chapter to give you a flavour of what’s covered. I’m also spilling the beans on who some of my guest contributors are (spoiler; they’re all awesome) and letting you in on some of the activities in the book. I’m also sharing details of the upcoming How To Just Eat It takeover of Don’t Salt My Game; new episodes coming JAN! IIf you can’t wait for that though, you can head to @laurathomasphd on Instagram to watch my weekly Instagram lives, the first of which is Thursday 3rd December at 7pm. Want to pre order your copy of How To Just Eat It? UK {Amazon} {Waterstones} {WH Smith} Australia {Booktopia) Worldwide with free shipping {Book Depository} Edited by Bea Duncan - @beaduncan_

This week I'm tackling listener questions with Eliza Khinsoe - a fellow Nutrition Counsellor at London Centre for Intuitive Eating. Eliza shares a little about how she got into weight-inclusive practice, what her responsibilities are at LCIE and her work on the Pantry Party Pod to support students and new grads in the field.  The we go deep into YOUR questions. We cover so much in this episode, but some highlights include: When it’s time for gentle nutrition and how you balance nutrition information with intuitive eating How to learn to respect fullness cues What the deal is with mindful eating and challenging where our ideas around mindful eating have come from – i.e. are they informed by diet culture or are you seeing it more as a process of discovery We talk about comfort eating We also discuss why it’s totally normal in the context of diet culture to want to lose weight with intuitive eating and how you can begin to unpack that desire And why Intuitive Eating invites you to put down the pursuit of weight loss As per, let us know your thoughts on this episode, and if you enjoyed it please drop 5 stars on Apple podcasts! {Follow Eliza on Instagram} {Listen to the Pantry Party Pod} {Eliza's Website} {Work with Eliza or another LCIE team member} {Cake or Death} {Follow me on Bub Appétit}{Our Intuitive Eating & Weight Inclusive Guides to PCOS, IBS and more}{Book in for a 1-off session with a Nutrition Counsellor}{Book in for a discovery call to learn how we can help you}{Sign up to our Raising Intuitive Eaters Course}{Sign up to our Just Eat It; Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit course}{Sign up for our newsletter}{Follow us on Insta!}  

In this week's episode my guest, Isa Robinson and I are digging into some of the common myths and misconceptions around Intuitive Eating - aka - what the gym bros get wrong. We get into the nuance and subtleties of IE as a practice and discuss why it's so much more than the 'hunger and fullness diet'. Some of the topics we cover include: Whether Intuitive Eating really means eating ‘junk’ food all day long If Intuitive Eating is a ‘healthy’ way to lose weight If you can still learn to eat intuitively when your hunger cues have been messed up by diets If Intuitive Eating is compatible with a health condition How to get past the fear that you will 'freefall' or 'spiral' with Intuitive Eating {Isa on Instagram}{Isa’s Website}{Episode with Lindo Bacon}{Episode With Fiona Willer}{Follow me on Bub Appétit}{Our Intuitive Eating & Weight Inclusive Guides to PCOS, IBS and more}{Training for Clinicians}{Book in for a 1-off session with a Nutrition Counsellor}{Book in for a discovery call to learn how we can help you}{Sign up to our Raising Intuitive Eaters Course}{Sign up to our Just Eat It; Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit course}{Sign up for our newsletter}{Follow us on Insta!}

In this episode I'm being interviewed by friend and colleague Sarah Dempster about the pressure that parents face to raise 'perfect' eaters, from fertility and early pregnancy onwards.  In this episode we discuss: ✨The messages we receive around nutrition and how these can add to the idea that there is a right and wrong way to eat for conception, pregnancy and beyond ✨Why feeding littles can be such an emotive topic ✨Why it's not your fault if your kid suddenly stops eating certain foods ✨ The long-term repercussions of such an intense focus on 'perfect' eating in childhood ✨ Why using food to soothe can be part of your emotional coping toolkit ✨Why we need to be critical about the messages we share around food and nutrition ✨ Why we need more person-centred care in nutrition and dietetics {Follow Sarah on Instagram} {Subscribe to Eating Words Podcast}{Sarah’s Website}{Episode 93 of DSMG with Sarah} {Sign up to our Raising Intuitive Eaters Course} {Follow me on Bub Appétit} {Our Intuitive Eating & Weight Inclusive Guides to PCOS, IBS and more} {Book in for a 1-off session with a Nutrition Counsellor} {Book in for a discovery call to learn how we can help you} {Sign up to our Just Eat It; Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit course} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Follow us on Insta!}

HEY-OH – it’s been a minute – a short episode catching you up on where the F I’ve been for the past 6 months, what’s been going on, and what you can expect from DSMG and London Centre for Intuitive Eating in the near future. Plus all the details for the next (mini) season of DSMG.   Show Notes: {Follow me on Bub Appétit} {Our Intuitive Eating & Weight Inclusive Guides to PCOS, IBS and more} {Book in for a 1-off session with a Nutrition Counsellor} {Book in for a discovery call to learn how we can help you} {Sign up to our Raising Intuitive Eaters Course} {Sign up to our Just Eat It; Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit course} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Follow us on Insta!}

HEY OH! We're back with part two of my conversation with sex educator Alix Fox - make sure and check out last week's episode if you missed it!  In part two we answer listener questions and cover: ✨Why people who have a C-section can still experience vaginal pain ✨The impact hormones have on our sex lives post-baby ✨What being sex-positive really means ✨How to talk to kids about sex and teach them not to have shame around sex ✨How to feel body confident when having sex ✨How we internalise shame about our bodies ✨Treating your body with the same kindness you would a child ✨Shaking off negative body thoughts ✨Why the more your body feels good, the more you feel good about your body ✨ Why we need to stop taking sex so seriously  This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body. {Alix On Twitter | Instagram | Unexpected Fluids | Modern Mann} {Sex Positive Families} {Bish Training}{A Parental Primer to "The Talk"} {Sofie Hagen Happy Fat} {Jess Megan} {Natalie Lee Episode of DSMG} {Tenga Toys} {Womaniser Duo Toy} {Bodega Cats of Instagram} {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshops for Nutrition and Health Professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess, Eliza or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week we're switching things up and talking about sexy things with Sex Educator, writer, and presenter Alix Fox. Alix is an advisor on the hit Netflix show 'Sex Education' and is giving us some BTS goss from the show, plus answering some listener questions on sex work and asexuality. Because this was such a massive 'sode, we've broken it down into two parts - Alix will be back answering more listener Qs next week! In part one we discuss: ✨What Alix really thinks about the term 'sexpert' and the need for diversity in this space ✨Her involvement on the Netflix show Sex Education and where we can see her influence ✨What we can expect from Season 2 (no spoilers tho) ✨Why Sex Education seems half British and half American ✨Alix answers a question from a listener who wonders if they are asexual  ✨Depression and libido ✨The spectrum of asexuality ✨Why sexual relationships portrayed in the media might put you off sex ✨Alix shares some thoughts on the complexities surrounding legislation of sex work and why that can't be understood without also looking at the social and economic circumstances surrounding sex work This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body. {Alix On Twitter | Instagram | Unexpected Fluids | Modern Mann} {Sex Education} {Benito Skinner} {Kelsey De Almeida} {Mr Bingo} {Decolonising Contraception}{Close Encounters} {AVEN} {Myles Jackman} {Revolting Prostitutes} {English Collective of Prostitutes} {SWARM} {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshops for Nutrition and Health Professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess, Eliza or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Jake Gifford, a.k.a The Phit Coach. Jake's an experienced personal trainer who's passionate about reframing fitness as a positive, equitable and inclusive experience.    We discuss: ✨ How Jake came across the non-diet, HAES paradigm and the transition into practicing from a weight-inclusive perspective ✨ Challenging fat-phobia in the fitness industry ✨ How to detach movement from diet mentality and punishment  ✨ How fitness professionals can switch their messaging and    ✨ The social determinants of health and how they can shape our health  ✨ Shifting our motivations for movement      This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body. And don’t forget to use the code ‘DSMG50’ to receive £50 off all our online courses between now and 30th September 2019.    {Jake on Instagram | Twitter | Website} {Don't Salt My Game Episode 76 Part 1 and  Part 2 with Dr Oli Williams} {Don't Salt My Game Episode 102 with Poorna Bell} {Poorna Bell - How Weight Training Helped Me Find Inner Strength} {Open Letter to Fitness Instructors - Kathleen Meehan} {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshops for Nutrition and Health Professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Ashlee Bennett, a.k.a. The Body Image Therapist, an art therapist based in Australia.  We discuss: ✨  Why changing your body to try and conform to our society's feminine ideal is not the key to flexible and healthy body image ✨  What internalised fat-phobia and sexism are and how they relate to our body image ✨  How we can start to unpack our internalised beliefs about bodies from diet culture ✨  Tools to help develop positive body image This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body. And don’t forget to use the code ‘DSMG50’ to receive £50 off all our online courses between now and 30th September 2019.  {Ashlee on Instagram | Twitter | Website} {Ashlee's USA Workshop Tour} {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {In-Person Workshops for Nutrition and Health Professionals in London & Edinburgh} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit online course} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Vaughn Darst, a public health dietitian  specialising in paediatric and adolescent nutrition and eating disorders among under-served populations including trans and gender non-conforming youth, children on the autism spectrum and children with special healthcare needs.  We discuss: ✨  Growing up in a world that tells you your body is wrong ✨  Experiencing medical fat phobia ✨  How not being able to express gender identity led to an ED ✨  How common narratives around transitioning often lack nuance  ✨  Discussing the multifactorial aspects of health outside of weight  ✨  The research on disordered eating in GNC and trans people ✨  The complicated reasons that eating disorders develop in these groups  ✨  The unrealistic body image ideals placed on GNC and trans people ✨  Steps providers can take to provide gender affirming care This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body.   {Vaughn on Instagram} {www.allgendernutrition.com} {Vaughn's TEDX talk} {Sand Chang's Book} {Genderqueer} {Kate Bornstein's My Gender Workbook}  {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshops for Nutrition and Health Professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this week's episode, I'm talking to the sensational editor, model and activist, Jamie Windurst about life as a visibly queer person. We discuss: ✨ Why visibly queer people are not public property (and why treating them like they are violates their safety) ✨ Their complicated and beautiful relationship with makeup ✨ How Jamie accidentally fell into an activist role and the fundamental rights they're fighting for ✨ Why feminism doesn't end with women's rights ✨ Why we need to stop demanding free education from the queer community  This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body. {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Jamie on Instagram} {Jamie's Website} {jamie on Twitter} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshop for nutrition and health professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

I'm so excited to have Elyse Resch join us on this week's episode! Elyse is the co-author of Intuitive Eating and the Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens. She's a highly experienced Registered Dietitan specialising in intuitive eating, eating disorders and Health at Every Size. In this fully loaded 'sode we talk about: ✨ How to talk to teens about Intuitive Eating  ✨ Why it's important for adults to do their own work on body image and intuitive eating and connect with their rebellious inner teenager ✨How to integrate IE into eating disorder recovery ✨Why autonomy is essential for good IE counselling ✨How to explain diet culture and weight stigma to teens ✨How the fear of weight gain might mask the fear of growing up ✨How to talk to parents and teachers about intuitive eating This episode is sponsored by Raising Intuitive Eaters, our online course for parents and carers who want to raise kids who have a healthy and happy relationship with food and their body. {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Elyse on Instagram} {Elyse's Website} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshop for nutrition and health professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this week's episode, I'm talking to the sensational Bethany Rutter, journalist and author of the new book 'No Big Deal'. We're  going deep on super important topics around body liberation and fat-phobia and why we need to return to BoPo's radical roots if we are actually going to make a difference. Lean in, because Bethany is this episode is gold and Bethany is dynamite 💥 In this ep, we discuss; ✨Bethany’s awesome new book, No Big Deal, and why Bethany was so passionate about writing a YA novel centering a fat babe✨Why we need to stop putting pressure on fat-representation in popular media to be boiled down to one experience + resonate with everyone all of the time✨Fat-shion + Bethany’s experiment to find a sartorial essential (a plain white tee) on the high street and why this highlights everyday discrimination against fat bodies✨The ‘thin-washing’ of the bo-po movement + why we need to return to it’s radical roots This episode is sponsored by Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit, our online course guiding you through the principles of Intuitive Eating and helping you deepen your practice. Find out more here. {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Bethany on Instagram | Twitter | Website} {No Big Deal on Amazon} {Plus+ - Style Inspiration for Everyone on Amazon} {Navabi clothing} {Loud Bodies clothing} {Tamara Malas clothing} {I Who Have Never Known Men on Amazon} {Mao Chow Restaurant} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshop for nutrition and health professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

Welcome back to season 5 of Don't Salt My Game - our guests today is psychotherapist and Intuitive Eating Counsellor Devinia Noel. In this episode we're exploring common road bumps that people experience when they begin rejecting diet culture and embracing intuitive eating. Devinia shares her own experience of being a fat, black woman in the IE space, as well as advice she might give to clients who are dipping their toes in IE. Topics we cover are: ✨How to talk to your partner or the people around you about IE ✨How to build trust in your body signals ✨How to move past the fear of weight gain ✨Why vulnerability is integral to healing from diet culture ✨The desperate need for diversity in the IE space ✨Not taking up space or centring yourself at the expense of more marginalised people   This episode is sponsored by Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit, our online course guiding you through the principles of Intuitive Eating and helping you deepen your practice. Find out more here. {Get my book!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Devinia on Instagram} {The Diet Boycott} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Workshop for nutrition and health professionals} {Understanding Emotional Eating Edinburgh Workshop} {Just Eat It: Your Intuitive Eating Toolkit} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Laura at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura’s chatting to Dr Amy Slater, body image researcher at University of West England.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ Thin ideal internalisation + its  physical and psychological consequences  ✨ How social media holds certain body types up as the ideal + can leave us feeling dissatisfied ✨ The fact that labelling images as digitally altered is not actually helpful in reducing comparison + dissatisfaction and can actually backfire ✨ How advertising in traditional media + social media can impact body image  ✨ That even positive feedback about appearance impacts negatively on our body image  ✨ What social comparison is + how this has changed with social media ✨ The consequences of viewing fitspiration + self-objectification on Instagram  ✨ How we can curate a social media feed that's supportive of positive body image Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR JUST EAT IT ONLINE COURSE!} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Amy on Twitter | UWE website} {My Brilliant Friend book} {This Girl Can campaign} {Celeste Barber on Instagram} {Who The Hell Is Hamish? podcast} {Bon Appetit on YouTube} {Social Media + Body Image - Appearance Matters Podcast} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura’s teaming up with Jess, Registered Dietitian and clinician here at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating, to tackle some myths that we've seen flying around about intuitive eating.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ What Intuitive Eating is + what it isn't, including a summary of the principles of IE ✨ Whether you need to be hormonally and biochemically "restored" before working on IE   ✨ Why emotional eating isn't inherently a bad thing + what we can learn from it  ✨ Why the idea that IE = "eating what you want when you want" is trash ✨ How working through IE looks different on everyone and will take different people different amounts of time to make peace with food and their bodies ✨ Why IE is actually health-promoting  ✨ How to spot fake IE versus true IE  Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR JUST EAT IT ONLINE COURSE!} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Jess on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook} {The Simple Nutrition Blog} {Guts, Periods + Hormones episode w/ Robyn Nohling} {The Body is Not An Apology - Sonya Rene Taylor} {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura’s speaking to Katherine Kimber, of Nude Nutrition, all about the realities and considerations of freelance life as a Registered Nutritionist or Dietitian.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ Their individual education and career backgrounds before setting up their own private practices  ✨ The nuts and bolts of what it means to go freelance as a nutrition professional ✨ The day-to-day of freelance life  ✨ The importance of peer-to-peer support as well as formal supervision when working privately ✨ The practical considerations to make if you're thinking of starting a private practice Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Katherine on Instagram | Twitter | Website | Facebook} {British Chambers of Commerce} {Female Founders Hatch Enterprise} {Fiverr Freelance Services} {UK Non-Diet Professionals Facebook group} {The Mindful Dietitian Facebook group} {Freelance/Private Practice Dietitians' Facebook group} {Canva} {No Code} {Nutritionist Resource} {Doctify} {Association for Nutrition website} {British Dietetic Association website} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date about our Just Eat It course} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura's speaking to Kirstin Kade, Registered Associate Nutritionist and author of Taste and See Blog. As a mum-to-be, she has become more interested in the area of women's health in recent months - particularly relating to the pre-pregnancy (fertility), pregnancy, and postnatal periods - and hopes to support and encourage others who are curious about or navigating their way through these things themselves.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ How Kirstin's own relationship with food  has evolved through finding Intuitive Eating to finding peace with food and her body and how pregnancy has affected this ✨ How to apply the principles of Intuitive Eating during pregnancy, particularly when navigating sickness, nausea + cravings ✨ How to manage (hopefully well-meaning) but unhelpful comments from others ✨ The effect that pregnancy and motherhood can have on body image + how to navigate this ✨  Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Kirstin on Instagram | Twitter | Website | Facebook} {The Physiology of Breastfeeding - Taste and See Blog} {Latch by Robin Kaplan} {How to Have a Healthy Body Image During Pregnancy blogpost - Crystal Karges} {To The Muma Trying to Accept Her Postpartum Body blogpost - Crystal Karges} {Building a Positive Body Image in Motherhood - Crystal Karges} {Belly Love podcast by Rachel Cole} {Nurture by Erica Chidi Cohen} {How to Handle Diet Chat this Holiday Season - DSMG w/ Jenna Daku} {My Size 24 Body Is Capable of Birthing} {Should You Lose Weight Prior to Pregnancy?} {A Goodbye to My Pre-Pregnancy Body - Kylie Mitchell} {Ep 66 of DSMG w/ Robyn Nohling} {I Refuse To Panic About My Baby's Health - Guardian article}{} {Plus Size Birth website} {Big Birthas website} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date about our Just Eat It course} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

⚠️ TW: discussion of eating disorders. This week on the pod Laura’s speaking to Lauren Newman, HAES US-based registered dietitian, about the intersection between diabetes and eating disorders.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ How Lauren got into working with people with diabetes and disordered eating ✨ The difference between Type 1, Type 2 + gestational diabetes ✨  The various factors which can leave a person with diabetes vulnerable to developing disordered eating  ✨ Busting some myths + misinformation about diabetes including keto, whether sugar "causes" diabetes ✨ What diabulimia is   Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Lauren on Instagram | Website} {Is Your Diabetes Management Disordered? Quiz} {Type 1 Diabetes: The Basics blog post} {How Does Type 1 Diabetes Affect Our Relationship with Food? Instagram post} {Mortality in Concurrent Type 1 Diabetes + Anorexia Nervosa study} {Body Mass Index, Change in Weight, Body Weight Variability and Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (from the ACCORD Trial)} {Food Matters podcast - Mindful Eating + Self Compassion with Diabetes} {Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat on Netflix} {Laura's article on keto for The Guardian} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date about our Just Eat It course} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura's speaking to Poorna Bell - journalist, author + badass. In this episode they discuss: ✨ The impact of the messages we hear about our bodies whilst growing up ✨ How oppressive diet culture + all of it's subcultures are, in that they're designed to keep us physically + metaphorically small  ✨  The amount of time, money + energy that goes into the mental arithmetic of food + exercise preoccupation, and what amazing stuff that could be used for instead ✨ How finding powerlifting helped Poorna to start feeling grounded within her body  ✨ The power can be found in embodiment + viewing our bodies as vessels rather than ornaments Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Poorna on Instagram | Website | Twitter} {Chase the Rainbow - Poorna's first book} {Preorder In Search of Silence - Poorna's new book} {Leave a review for Just Eat It on Amazon} {Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date about our Just Eat It course} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura speaks to Tally Rye - personal trainer, Girl Gains co-founder + host to multiple podcasts. They chat about Tally's relationship with food + her body and how this changed throughout drama school, training to be a PT, through to now. In this episode they discuss: ✨ Comparison + feeling like the odd one out ✨ Broadening our idea of what it means to be fit + healthy ✨ The pressure + toxic messages around bodies at drama school  ✨ Intoxicating external validation that comes from being tied up with 'the fit one' identity + how this is actually unhelpful ✨ The difference between saying the 'right' things online + actually believing it for yourself ✨ The freedom that can be found through self acceptance Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Tally on YouTube | Instagram | Website | Twitter} {Health at Every Size - Linda Bacon} {Big Fit Girl - Louise Green} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura speaks to Natalie Lee, aka Style Me Sunday. They chat about liberating ourselves from the restrictions that diet culture + body shaming impose and how this can impact on so many different areas of our lives. In this episode they discuss: ✨ The challenges to your self worth + identity after becoming a mum  ✨ Fighting against imposter syndrome ✨ Challenging the unrealistic beauty standards that our society imposes on us ✨ How the co-opting of Body Positivity by diet culture is just the same rubbish, different day ✨ Tips for shielding kids from diet culture where possible ✨ The importance of talking to kids, especially girls, about sex + self pleasure Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Natalie on Twitter | Instagram | Website} {Dance Box Website} {The Beauty Myth - Naomi Wolf} {Body Positive Power - Megan Crabbe} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week on the pod Laura speaks to Clemmie Telford, curator of Mother of All Lists + Insta mega-Mum. This episode is super raw + a super great glimpse at what Intuitive Eating work is like for someone who's really in the thick of it. In this episode they cover: ✨ Clemmie's journey of finding Intuitive Eating + working out what that feels like for her ✨ Motherhood + the unrealistic standards for women to 'snap back' to their pre-baby body   ✨ How having her daughter was the impetus to change how she thinks about food + her body ✨ The life that we miss out on because of the 'prison' that diet culture creates in our heads ✨ The joy of uncoupling movement from weight or aesthetic goals ✨ How self care, periods and all that stuff can impact our BI Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Clemmie on Twitter | Instagram | Website} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

The pod is back with a special Just Eat It takeover series! And to kick things off, Laura speaks to Sofie Hagen, comedian, author, podcast host + body liberation activist.  In this episode they cover: ✨ Sofie's relationship with food growing up + her ED history  ✨ Her inability to respect authority + how that was key to learning to love her body ✨ Acknowledging the privilege of being able to question authority + rules  ✨ How emotional + physical deprivation + food insecurity can still influence our relationship/behaviour to food ✨ Sofie's new book + mega stand-up show ✨ The need for self care measures to be in place whilst doing work on your relationship with food + body image Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Sofie on Twitter | Instagram | Website} {Sofie's book - Happy Fat} {Danish Chocolate Slices - ScandiKitchen} {Plus Equals website} {Shooglet on Instagram} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camilla at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this special bonus episode Laura is inviting you to unsubscribe from diet culture this January, once and for all. Listen in to hear details of a special new social media campaign designed to arm you against dit culture and she gives you a special preview of the audiobook version of Just Eat It - out next week!  Full episodes of the pod back next week! Show Notes {Intuitive Eating event - The Rooted Project} {Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camila at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!}

For this one-off festive special, Laura speaks to Jenna Daku, badass disordered eating therapist. They chat about how to handle diet chat at this time of year. In the episode they discuss: ✨What is diet talk/fat talk + how it can reinforce weight stigma and fat phobia ✨Why diet talk is detrimental + can lead to negative physiological + psychological outcomes ✨Why we engage in diet talk and what we're perhaps trying to communicate ✨What is concern trolling/ health trolling ✨External vs. Internal Boundaries ✨A few different options for how to handle weight/food/diet talk ✨Jenna's favourite advice for self-care this holiday season Show Notes {Jenna on Twitter | Instagram} {Festive Self Care Kit - use the code HOHONO at checkout for £5 off} {DSMG episode w/ Marci Evans} {Intuitive Eating event - The Rooted Project} {DSMG episode w/ Nadia Craddock} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this killer ep, Laura is joined by Imogen Fox, aka @the_feeding_of_the_fox.   In this episode they deep dive into: ✨ Holding ourselves back because of our bodies + how to feel empowered to have more autonomy over our bodies ✨ The problems with access to sex ed. (+ healthcare as a whole) when in a disabled body  ✨ Our weird way of valuing worth + productivity in our culture ✨ The Social Model of Disability, rather than the medical model which considers things to be 'wrong' with a person  ✨ The massive head-mess that can come when recovering from an ED, whilst also receiving nutrition through a feeding tube  ✨ How people with more privilege can leverage their privilege to support disabled people As an FYI, Imogen recommended that if you guys want to donate to a charity, to make sure that you know it's run BY and FOR disabled people. Lots of charities that work 'on behalf of' seriously miss the mark in terms of what those marginalised people actually need or want because of their lack of lived experience. Direct involvement is imperative and whilst it might feel like donating to specific impairment charities is useful, often that money doesn't reach any actual people so that's always worth keeping in mind. If you funds are limited, paying someone who's work you know and respect would always be preferable to donating to charity.    Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Imogen on Twitter | Instagram} {Imogen's Blog | Patreon page | PayPal} {How To Be A Better 'Ally' To Disabled People} {Accessibility at Events - Phoebe, Fat Veg Femme} {Phoebe's PayPal} {Scope: The Social Model of Disability} {Babychanco on Insta} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

Maybe grab a cuppa for this super interesting episode as it's kind of a biggie! Laura is joined by Kimberley Wilson, Chartered Psychologist + previous Bake Off bad ass to discuss trauma, resilience + practical tips for helping yourself + others who are having a hard time w/ their mental health.  In this episode they cover: ✨ What we mean when we talk about trauma ✨ Emotional resilience + protective factors to increase resilience ✨ How ED's are a means of coping with various psychological difficulties ✨ How restriction is associated with perfectionism + compliance with the external pressures of the thin ideal ✨ Focussing on the resilience tools that you have at hand Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Kimberley on Twitter | Instagram} {Kimberley’s Website} {DSMG ep. w/ Kimberley - I Got Way Too Much On My Mental} {Open Culture website} {Dietland - Amazon Prime} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

In this killer ep Laura + Sarah, a Registered Nutritionist, jump into the world of child feeding + answer frequently asked parents' questions when it comes to raising intuitive eaters.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ How messages from diet culture + (mostly) well-intentioned friends + family can encourage kids to undermine their internal hunger + fullness cues ✨ Responsive feeding, the Division of Responsibility + how these approaches can help take the pressure of parents + carers ✨ What overt + covert control is + how they can lead to kids eating in the absence of hunger ✨ How to speak to kids about bodies in a helpful way ✨ How to come back from micromanaging kids' eating ✨ The fact that Sarah DOES sometimes take her kids to McDonald's We want to reassure you that this isn't an episode where we tell you everything that you're doing wrong, and that if you have been engaging in some of the less helpful practices that it's never too late to introduce a different way of doing things! Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR RAISING INTUITIVE EATERS ONLINE COURSE} {Sarah's website} {Sarah on Insta | Twitter} {Self Compassion website} {Self Compassion workbook} {The Division of Responsibility - Ellyn Satter Institute} {My World Kitchen} {Bird's Eye ad ft. Scummy Mummies, Hurrah for Gin, Clemmie Telford, Don't Buy Her Flowers + Style Me Sunday} {Nutrition Matters podcast ep w/ Leslie Schilling} {Born to Eat book} {The Body Book - Roz Maclean} {Giraffe's Can't Dance book} {5 Resources to Give to Teachers + Schools} {I Love The Shape Of Me video} {DSMG ep w/ Catherine Lippe} {Cooking on a Bootstrap - Jack Monroe} {Fire + Luxe candles} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week Laura + Alan Flanagan, aka The Nutritional Advocate, dismantle a whole load of stuff that bloggers and influencers have been saying.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ The need to be sceptical of n=1 anecdotal evidence that pops up A LOT on social media + blogs ✨ The dumbf**kery of the carnivore diet ✨ The problems with conflating moral considerations with nutritional benefits when it comes to dairy ✨ The bizarre claim that gluten is "better" in Europe than America ✨ How the nocebo effect is a real thing ✨ Prolonged fasting + how it's so damn dangerous! Show Notes {Alan on Insta} {DSMG episode w/ Fiona Willer debunking the paleo diet} {Laura on Food for Fitness podcast} {Alan Clearing Up the Cow Controversy - Food for Fitness blog} {DSMG Summer Shorts w/ Pixie on carbs} {DSMG w/ Dr Oli Williams} {Nocebo effect in lactose intolerance} {Ken Burns' doc on the Vietnam war - Netflix} {The Handmaid's Tale} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week Laura chats to Jes Baker, bad-ass author + unabashed fat chick. They sink their teeth into healthism, compassion + just how god damn hard it is to go from dieting to a more intuitive relationship with food + your body.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ Protecting your mental health online ✨ Being gentle with yourself when you're starting out with rejecting diet mentality + to try and let go of shame + guilt ✨ That doing a total 180 from dietland to donutland is totally fine + normal  ✨ How it can sometimes be important to take a break from movement when we're transitioning from exercising as part of diet culture to moving for enjoyment ✨ The fact that self compassion is our best friend on this journey of finding peace with food + our bodies Show Notes {Jes on Insta | Twitter} {The Militant Baker website} {Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls} {Land Whale} {THAT Insta post on body currency} {Self Compassion website} {Self Compassion workbook} {Jes' Spotify playlist} {KC Hossack Pottery} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

⚠️TW: Eating Disorders. This week Laura chats to Scott Griffiths who's a male body image researcher at the Uni of Melbourne. They get into the nitty gritty of muscle dysmorphia and how pressures from media + our wider social constructs can affect male body image.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ What muscle dysmorphia is + its various risk factors ✨ Similarities between the driving forces of muscle dysmorphia + anorexia nervosa ✨ The issues with moralising health + the problems with #fitspo ✨ The current limitations of the research in male body image ✨ Signs + symptoms to look out for, especially if you're worried about a friend or family member Show Notes {Scott on Twitter} {Scott's TED talk} {The Adonis Complex book} {Male Body Image - Appearance Matters podcast} {Stuart Murray's case reports} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop} {Follow us on Insta!}

This week Laura's joined by Fiona Willer, HAES dietitian + PhD researcher, director of Health Not Diets + author of The Non Diet Approach Guidebook for Dietitians. They take a deep dive into the current evidence within the weight science arena, pulling it apart to figure out what we can learn from it + improvements that need to be made in research + clinical practice going forward.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ The historical inaccuracy of the paleo diet using Fiona's archeological knowledge ✨ Unpacking the evidence in weight science + how it's so important that we read it critically ✨ What "statistical unicorns" are + the problems w/ the National Weight Control Registry  ✨ Weight bias in the context of Tess Holiday's Cosmo cover + why the term 'weight bias' is probably not very accurate ✨ Nuggets of wisdom for what to do if you know that diets don't work but your doctor tells you to lose weight ... again Show Notes {Fi on Insta | Twitter} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!} {Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop} {Health, Not Diets website} {Unpacking Weight Science} {How to Respond When the Doctor Body Shames You + HCP card} {Critique of the National Weight Control Registry} {Combined Impact of Health Behaviours and Mortality study} {Follow us on Insta!}

As an extra little nugget of podcast gold, we're releasing this section of Laura's discussion with Nadia on body talk - "positive" + negative. They discuss: ✨ How best to respond to body talk w/ friends + family ✨ How even "positive" body talk can be unhelpful ✨ What to say when your friend says that they've lost weight  ✨ Tips on what to do if the temptation to engage in critical self talk arrises.  Show Notes {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!} {Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop} {Nadia on Twitter | UWE} {Centre for Appearance Research on Twitter} {Appearance Matters podcast} {DSMG ep. w/ Anna Kessel} {DSMG ep. w/ Jennifer Rollin} {What to Say Instead of "You're Not Fat" - Kelsey Miller} {The Independent article on THAT Kim Kardashian post} {Follow us on Insta!}

The pod is back for its 3rd season! And this week Laura speaks to Nadia Craddock, one half of the Appearance Matters podcast - the official podcast of the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE. They take a dive deep into the research on body image (BI) - what it currently shows us + what's missing, get into the nitty gritty of the wider social justice piece around body image, and finish off by sharing some practical tips for challenging negative body image.  In this episode, Laura and Nadia discuss: ✨What positive + negative BI is  ✨The consequences of our BI on our sense of self-worth ✨The public health implications of BI ✨The wider social justice issues surrounding BI, including how intersecting marginalised identities can impact on BI ✨ And finally, pointers for developing better BI Show Notes {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!} {Raising Intuitive Eaters Workshop} {Nadia on Twitter | UWE} {Centre for Appearance Research on Twitter} {Appearance Matters podcast} {Queer Eye on Netflix} {Free Being Me} {Confident Body Confident Child website} {Body Confident Mums website} {When Love Stays poem} {Follow us on Insta!}

In the final episode of our Summer Shorts series I'm tackling more of your intuitive eating FAQs - I cover: ✨How to respond when a doctor body shames you ✨How do I stop emotional eating? {spoiler: it's not what you think!} ✨Can intuitive eating help in eating disorder recovery Show Notes {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!} {Work With Us at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating - in person & Skype available} {Can patients with eating disorders learn to eat intuitively? A 2-year pilot study} {Intuitive Eating Book} {BEAT ED charity} {NEDA} {Card to bring to doctor} {Michelle Elman on What to Say at the Doctor's Office} {Dances with Fat on What to Say at the Doctor's Office}

Alright team - getting close to the end of our Summer Short series - today I'm going deeper into Intuitive Eating, answering your next-level IE questions. We cover: ✨Whether Intuitive Eating will help you lose weight ✨If you can practice Intuitive Eating when you have a health condition ✨The Nocebo Effect ✨And what if you don't experience regular hunger & fullness cues because you're on medication, you're neurodivergent or you've just been dieting for a really long time Next week we'll be covering more of your FAQs so stay tuned if your question hasn't been answered yet!  SHOW NOTES {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!} {Health at Every Size Book | Podcast Episode} {Body Respect} {'Overweight' + Lower mortality risk} {Health promoting Behaviours Study} {Meta Analyses 1 + 2} {Nocebo Effect Study} {Work With Us at The London Centre for Intuitive Eating - in person & Skype available} {Find an Intuitive Eating Counsellor near you}

Intuitive Eating; what’s the deal? What is it? How the eff do you do it? What are the benefits? Where do I start? Today, it's just me, covering some of my most frequently asked questions in this week's (not so) Summer Short. I talk about: ✨What exactly is disordered eating and why a definition based purely on behaviours is unhelpful ✨A little of the history of Intuitive Eating ✨Where to start and where to get more support ✨The 10 principles of Intuitive Eating ✨The evidence based benefits of Intuitive Eating Show Notes:{PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles - I'll share international links when they become available!} {Intuitive Eating Infographic} {Intuitive Eating By Tribole & Resch} {Why 'Refined Sugar Free' is not a thing!} {The truth about food addiction post | podcast} {Interview with Evelyn Tribole} {Intuitive Eating Studies: Review, Review, Review, Systematic Review (not a meta-analysis 🙈), Systematic Review}

In this week’s episode of our summer shorts series, Pixie and Laura tackle some myths about carbs, including debunking the one that says that “carbs make you fat” and discussing why this is problematic. In this episode Laura and Pixie discussed: ✨What whole grains are and why we shouldn't sweat eating 'white' grain varieties if we want to ✨Tips for boosting your fibre intake ✨Why carbs don't cause diabetes  ✨That eating a potato is not the same as eating a bowl of sugar   Show Notes {Pixie Turner Nutrition} {Pixie on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook} {The Wellness Rebel} {Ep.71 - But Is It Healthy to Be Fat} {Ep.62 - Overcoming Fat Phobia} {Ep.36 - Challenging the Assumptions of the Weight Normative Paradigm}

In this episode of our summer shorts series, Associate Registered Nutritionist Pixie Turner and Laura sink their teeth into the BBC programme ‘The Big Crash Diet Experiment’. The programme put participants with health conditions on an extremely restrictive very low energy shakes and soup diet.   In this episode Laura and Pixie discuss: ✨The double standard where behaviours that are considered ‘eating disorder behaviours’ in a smaller body are considered healthy and encouraged in someone of a higher weight ✨How programmes like this fail to discuss the importance of mental health ✨The detrimental effects that dieting and fat bias have on people’s health ✨How we can improve our health without going on a restrictive diet   Show Notes {Pixie Turner Nutrition} {Pixie on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook} {Podcast Episode on Food Addiction} {Weight Stigma 101 - The Body is Not an Apology} {The DiRECT Trial}

With wedding season well underway, Laura speaks to Harri Rose about how to stay true to yourself and not get swept up in wedding fever. Harri is a certified health coach who helps people get unf*cked up from diet culture around food and their bodies so that they can live their best life and create their own version of wellness. She has done talks for organisations such as Sony Music and will be at many of the UK’s biggest festivals this summer with the Anti Riot Diet Club. In this episode Laura and Harri discuss: ✨Finding a dressmaker or shop which supports and inspires you to find the right dress/outfit without body-shaming you ✨Choosing your wedding support team wisely ✨Investing in a photographer who makes you feel great ✨How to protect yourself from the diet culture/wedding industry crossover SHOW NOTES {Harri on Instagram | Website} {The Ugly Truth About Wedding Diets} {Wedding Workout for Stress Relief} {8 Ways To Be A Body Positive Bride} {My Wedding Was Perfect - Lindy West} {Rock n’ Roll Bride} {The Skincare Bible} {Anti Diet Riot Club}

For the second episode of the Summer Shorts series Laura speaks to Becky, founder of Anti-Diet Riot Club, about Becky's 5 top tips for cultivating body confidence and self-compassion this summer.  In this episode Laura and Becky discuss:  ✨ How mindfulness helps you to be more present and conscious of your emotions ✨ How social media can encourage us to unconsciously view ourselves as commodities  ✨ The power of curating our social media feeds ✨ Ditching social media first thing in the day could be part of self-care ✨ Tips for buying & wearing clothes that make you feel great and comfortable in your own skin   Show Notes {Anti-Diet Riot Club} {Anti-Diet Riot Club on Instagram | Twitter} {Beauty Redefined} {Grace F Victory on Instagram} {Tess Holliday on Instagram}  {Michelle Elman on Instagram} {Jessamyn on Instagram} {Callie Thorpe on Instagram}   

In the first episode of our summer shorts series, Associate Registered Nutritionist Pixie Turner and I dissect a worrying Cosmo article from the July 2018 issue that feels more like a flashback to the clean eating articles of 2014. The article called 'Choose it or Lose it' promotes unnecessarily restrictive food swaps, demonising perfectly good foods and reads like a 'how to guide to orthorexia'. In this episode we: ✨Discuss why it's unhelpful to focus on the minutiae of detail about nutrition ✨How food rules can lead to and overly restrictive diet and potentially even orthorexia ✨Blow the lid off some nutrition myths ✨How articles like this contribute to food fear Show Notes {Pixie Turner Nutrition} {Pixie on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook} {Refined Sugar Free is Not a Thing} {Coconut Oil is Over} {Can you Boost Your Immune System} {Resources for Orthorexia} {Podcast Episode on Orthorexia} {Social Media and the Rise of Orthorexia} {The Wellness Rebel}

Today I'm speaking with the fantastic Jennifer Rollin, who is a Clinical Psychotherapist and Eating Disorder Specialist based in the US. We’re sharing loads of information about eating disorders, who gets them and why, we’re blowing some stereotypes out of the water, and talking about dos and don'ts if you’re supporting someone with an ED. Then we go on to talk more specifically about body image; how body bashing is a coping mechanism  and ways to develop self-worth and value independent of your body which is  a super important conversation regardless of whether or not you’ve experienced an eating disorder, so listen up! In this episode we cover: ✨What having an ED is like ✨What EDs are and why people get them ✨Why stereotypes of EDs are so harmful and add to the stigma surrounding EDs ✨Warning signs of EDs and how to get help ✨ How best to support people in recovery ✨ How body bashing is a coping mechanisms for dealing with a deeper issue ✨ How to find self worth independent of your body ✨ Finally, we answer some listener questions, including, how can you lose weight while recovering from binge eating disorder Show Notes  {Jennifer's Website} {Jennifer on Instagram | Twitter | HuffPo} {Podcast Episode with Not Plant Based on their experience living with an ED} {BEAT warning signs poster} {BEAT GP letter} {Dieting and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study}{Project Heal Healer's Circle} {The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris} {Landwhale - Jes Baker} {Find a ED counsellor in the UK}

In this week's episode I'm talking to Monica Karpinski, founder of The Femedic, a platform for discussing taboo topics in women's health.  We talk about the parallels between diet culture and the narratives around ‘successful sex’ and how both are systems of control and oppression. How the mainstream portrayal of sex as being predominantly about men’s pleasure takes away from the  control and ownership of female bodies - much like dieting does. How narratives around sex teach women to take up less space and not ask for the things we want or need, a lot like, you guessed it... diet culture. Monica and I also talk a bit about our own formative experiences and some of the weird ideas we had about sex as teenagers, and also some really embarrassing shit that happened to me when I was in high school. It’s actually mortifying.  Show Notes {The Femedic website}  {The Femedic on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram}

Mega excited to talk to the charming Meredith Noble of Made on a Generous Plan. There's something so calming and joyful about Meredith's presence, even when talking about some really heavy things like healing the relationship you have with your body and with self. Not exactly causal topics, but she makes it easy to talk about. If you're new to Meredith then I think you're going to love her, and if you already know her, you'll know how much of a treat it is to have her on the show. We talk about: ✨Building community as a healing space ✨Reclaiming the word fat ✨Body image healing and body acceptance ✨Embodiment as a path to healing ✨Rebuilding relationship with self ✨Internalised fat phobia ✨Grieving the thin ideal Show Notes {Meredith on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook} {Meredith's Website} {Intuitive Eating Workshop} {Training for Healthcare Professionals} {Grieving the thin ideal} {Jes Baker - Landwhale} {Sonya Renee Taylor - The Body is Not an Apology} {Lindy West Wedding | Book | On This American Life} 

In part two of my conversation with academic and activist Dr. Oli Williams, we discuss the work he does via his art collective, Act With Love. The mission of AWL is to translate Oli's research from complex ideas on weight stigma and inequality into artwork that conveys a simple message. In this 'sode we cover: ✨How health is not defined by weight ✨ The problem with using BMI as a measure of health ✨ How weight stigma worsens health outcomes ✨ The moralisation of bodies ✨ Weight bias in the medical community ✨ The lived experience of ‘obesity’ ✨ Social movements and resistance Show Notes {Oli on Twitter | Instagram} {Act With Love} {Resist and Retweet} {Steph Liddle Shop | Instagram}

When we think about what needs to be done to improve population health, we think about things like getting people moving more, and eating plenty of fruit and veg. But what if well intentioned health promoting campaigns (like Change 4 Life, 5-a-day, + the sugar tax) actually didn't improve health, but made the disparities in health WORSE? That's the focus of the conversation between myself and researcher/activist Dr. Oli Williams. This is a really rich conversation and I can't wait for you to hear.  We talk about: ✨ the social determinants of health  ✨the inequality paradox ✨ the social gradient of health  ✨how the best health interventions address underlying inequalities rather than focusing on individual behaviours ✨ how improving standard of living will result in people engaging in healthier lifestyles Show Notes {Oli on Twitter | Instagram} {Act With Love} {When Life's a Drag by Hilary Graham} {Spirit Level - Pickett and Wilkinson} {Public Policy Frameworks For Improving Population Health} {Exercise as a poisoned elixir: inactivity, inequality and intervention} {Unequal Health - The Scandal of Our Times}

IFD is health coach, creator of the Stop Fighting Food programme and all round BA. Today she shares her story of being a chronic dieter and how she recovered from 'compulsive overeating'. Isabel has tried every diet in the book, and all the diets pretending not to be diets. She even turned Intuitive Eating into a diet (which she doesn't recommend). In this episode, Isabel shares some of the insights that made her stop feeling crazy around food, and some things that might help you! In this episode we discuss: ✨ Why control + willpower aren't what helps you break out of the diet-binge cycle ✨ Why you can't fall off the wagon if there is no wagon ✨ Why learning about set point weight theory, Health at Every Size and Fatphobia are important in recovering from disordered eating ✨ The 'love yourself thin' diet you need to watch out for  ✨ How not to turn intuitive eating into a diet ✨ How hunger, fullness, and 'overeating' are pathologised by diet culture Show Notes {IFD Website} {IFD on Instagram | Twitter} {IFD's Stop Fighting Food Course} {My Food Fight Course} {Virgie Tovar's Guide to Fat Girl Living}

Have you been told that you need to lose weight and cut carbs to manage your PCOS symptoms? That's the advice a lot of people get, problem is, that can be super triggering for anyone who has a history of disordered eating or who wants to build a healthy relationship to food. But don't sweat, I'm joined by non-diet dietitian and PCOS genius Julie Duffy Dillon to talk about how to manage your PCOS from a non-diet, non-restrictive perspective. In this episode we discuss: ✨ What PCOS is ✨ Why dieting and cutting carbs don't work for PCOS ✨ What the research does (and doesn't!) show ✨ Which supplements and medicine can be helpful ✨ How to handle cravings w/o getting into a binge restrict cycle ✨ The importance of sleep + stress management ✨ Inflammation + omega 3s ✨ Movement + exercise ✨ Protein, carbs, + gentle nutrition Show Notes {Julie on Instagram | Twitter| Facebook} {Julie's Website} {PCOS + Food Peace Support Group} {Love, Food Podcast} {PCOS + Food Peace} {Ovasitol Supplement} {What to Say at The Doctor's Office} {Bubble Clay Mask} {Flow Magazine} {Guts, Periods + Hormones Episode}

I'm SO PUMPED to share this episode with you, I think you're going to love it! Today I'm talking to Evelyn Tribole, registered dietitian and co-author of Intuitive Eating. Yup, Evelyn is the OG creator of the Intuitive Eating concept, and evidence based approach to building a healthier relationship to food. Evelyn has such a depth of knowledge and incredible insight into the IE process, she is so awesome and I can't wait for you to listen! In this episode we talk about: ✨ The history of Intuitive Eating ✨ What Intuitive Eating is (and isn't!) ✨ The research (evidence base) behind IE ✨ How IE is being co-opted by diet culture and what we can do about it ✨ How reframing 'screw ups' as learning experiences can help facilitate the IE process ✨ How to reject the food police and practicing food neutrality ✨ Common fears about IE ✨ How essential gentle nutrition is as an anchor for the process and why it shouldn't be introduced too early ✨ How diet culture undermines your trust in your body, but every time you honour your hunger or appetite you help rebuild that trust Show Notes {Evelyn on Twitter} {Evelyn's Website} {Intuitive Eating Facebook Support Group} {Intuitive Eating Website} {Intuitive Eating Book} {Intuitive Eating Workbook} {David Whyte Poem}

HEY OH! Look who's back. Coming in with a book update, followed by a conversation that desperately needed to be had, and I couldn't think of a more perfect guest for it than dietitian Paige Smathers (of the Nutrition Matters podcast). Paige and I are addressing some recent criticisms made about the non-diet movement like we're a) telling everyone to eat doughnuts all day long and b) shaming people who want to lose weight. This is in response to an article that was published recently which criticised the non-diet movement without appreciating some of the subtleties or nuance of the approach. Paige and I are discussing the concerns, doing a little reflecting, and trying to figure out how we can make the approach more accessible. We discuss: ✨ Why it's important not to jump into nutrition too fast or too hard ✨ Knowing your audience and protecting the most vulnerable ✨ Why it's important to expose people to a variety of foods ✨ How we can bring make out message accessible to people without alienating others ✨ Why we need to be critical of the non-diet approach to help it move forward ✨ Why being critical of the non-diet approach doesn't mean you're for diets ✨ Why you shouldn't feel ashamed for wanting to lose weight or being on a diet BUT ✨ Why it's also important to understand the forces working on us that make us feel like we need to lose weight to he healthy, happy, or comfortable in our bodies ✨ Why doing the work of a non-diet advocate is HARD and why I had to delete Twitter the other week Show Notes {Paige on Instagram | Facebook} {Nutrition Matters Podcast} {Paige's Website} {Long-term weight-loss maintenance: a meta-analysis of US studies} {Ineffectiveness of commercial weight-loss programs for achieving modest but meaningful weight loss: Systematic review and meta-analysis} {The National Weight Control Registry: A Critique} {Sofie Hagen's Made of Human Podcast} {Sofie Hagen's Shimmer Shatter Show (Highly recommend)} {Is the Anti-Diet Movement Leading us Astray?}

On this week's 'sode I'm talking to Dr. Charlotte Cooper, psychotherapist and author of fat activism; she is punk, witchy, queer, and fat, and one of the coolest people I've ever met. This is potentially one of my favourite episodes ever. We talk about the euphimising and watering down of fat phobia by the medical establishment. We talk about how the 'War on Obesity' and organisations like the WHO are responsible for creating the problem of fat phobia in the first place and how they are now trying to  clean their own mess and STILL GETTING IT WRONG. We talk about why using person first language in relation to obesity is still problematic. We talk about maintaining power structures through constructing fat bodies as problems that need solving and so much more. It's a really rich conversation. I highly recommend you read Charlotte's book and follow her work. Show Notes {Charlotte's Website} {Charlotte on Twitter} {Cat Pousé podcast} {Fat Activism} {Fat & Proud} {A walk around Fat Activist London} {Nothing About Us Without Us: Fat People and Research Justice by Dr Charlotte Cooper} {Obesity Time Bomb} {Sabrina Falco Massage} {Amanda LaCount} {LADA}  

Happy New year team! Today I'm talking to the incredible Marci Evans about body image, self-acceptance, and food 'addiction'. Marci is a certified EDRD, a body image healer, and intuitive eating counsellor. Our conversation is a great antidote to all the diet culture BS you're seeing everywhere right now. We talk about why it's so challenging to develop positive body image, what real body positivity actually means and thin privilege. We also look more closely at self-acceptance and self-compassion and why developing practices around these concepts can help you heal your body image. Finally we go deep on the science around the idea of food 'addiction' and discuss what the evidence really means; plus some ideas on how to help build a healthier relationship with foods you feel you might be addicted to.

In the final episode of 2017, we're talking to the sensational Fiona Sutherland, non-diet dietitian & yoga teacher, about how to navigate the holidays around food, body image, and diet chat. We discuss everything from how to cope with food guilt & anxiety, to how to stop food FOMO, breaking the binge/restrict cycle, and how to deal with diet chat and the food police. This is probably my favourite episode of the whole year; Fiona is a total babe, so warm and compassionate but doesn't take any crap. Exactly our kind of people. I really think you're going to love this episode.  SHOW SPONSOR This episode is Sponsored by the London Centre for Intuitive Eating - This Christmas give the gift of a healthy relationship to food with a gift certificate to my Food Fight programme. 10% of each course sold will be donated to Help Refugees.  Show Notes {Body Positive Australia | Facebook}  {Fiona on Twitter | Instagram} {The Mindful Dietitian} {Yoga Body Image Coalition}  {Yoga & Body Image} {Australian Kelpie} {Self Compassion Activities} {HIIT to Help donation page} {The Rooted Project on Instagram}

This Black Friday we're celebrating the little guys; the indie makers, creators, designers and small shops in our That's My Jam Christmas Gift Guide Special. Emily Beeson, the blogger and creative soul at Young Gold Teeth shares her favourite independents where you can find that really special gift for that hard-to-buy-for person in your life. Whether they're the nester/homebody type, the foodie, or you just need a secret santa gift that doesn't suck, we got you. Emily also shares where to find Christmas crackers that don't suck, pretty Christmas cards, and experiential gifts that aren't your average trashy Groupon. We also talk about Emily's extensive knowledge of celebrity animals (and why you need them in your Insta feed). PLUS, she smack talks Drake ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ P.S. neither Emily or I are judgey about shopping on the high street (Amazon is my lifeline), we just wanted to big up some of the little guys who don't get enough air time. Show Sponsor This episode is Sponsored by the London Centre for Intuitive Eating - This Christmas give the gift of a healthy relationship to food with a gift certificate to my Food Fight programme. 10% of each course sold will be donated to Help Refugees. SHOW NOTES {Emily on Instagram | Twitter} {Young Gold Teeth} {Emily for The Papergang Blog} GIFTS FOR THE HOME {Luks Linen - throws, blankets, Turkish towels and linens I’m loving}{Copper & Solder - handmade concrete and copper accessories}  {Smug - for plants and pots}  {The Future Kept - (We talked about them last year but if I had to pick one, TFK would be my favourite shop. They have a whole gift category for the home filled with handmade ceramics and candles that are really beautiful and all have a story to tell.)} BEAUTY GIFTS {Bybi by Clean Beauty Co - for skincare} {Sister and Co -  for body treats}  {LA EVA  - for bath and shower gifts}  DO STUFF GIFTS {Outdoors workshops with Axe and Paddle (not for everyone but a great team of inspiring people)}{Range of creative workshops at The Forge, Bristol} {Silver ring making workshops with The Workbench}{Range of lovely workshops at &Hobbs, Surrey} FOOD + WELLNESS GIFTS {Caro x Chocolate Society bars}{Honest Brew Craft Beers} -  (also Salthouse Bottles, my local beer shop){The Goodness Project hampers}  GIFTS FOR BIG READERS {Papersmiths for beautiful books (Do Book Co and coffee table books especially)} {Magculture for magazines (my favourites are 91, Hole & Corner, Huck and Frankie & Cherry Bombe)}{School of Life for deep thinking and life lessons} SHOP OFFLINE: INDIE STORES TO VISIT {Homage Shop, Brighton}{Midgely Green, Clevedon}{Maud’s House, North Yorkshire} {Future + Found, London} CHRISTMAS CHEER GIFTS {Ohh Deer for Secret Santa gifts} {The Hambledon for crackers and cards}{West Elm - juniper fox tree decoration (doesn’t say on the British West Elm site but proceeds go to ASPCA) there are four decorations based on Insta-famous animals}{Thornback & Peel screen-printed Christmas collection}  Celebrity Animals You Should Follow {Juniper Fox} {Smoothie the cat}  {Pumpkin the Raccoon} {Dogs Being Basic}

This week we're talking to Michelle Elman, the 'grammer behind two of my fave Insta accounts; Scarred not Scared and Body Positive Memes. We talk about her WILD medical history, including 15 surgeries, a brain tumour, and a near death experience. WHOAH. Plus, how to cultivate body positivity when your body has been through SO MUCH STUFF. Plus we talk about Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, and why you deserve to take a break BEFORE you break down.    Show Sponsor Switch up your lunch game with our great new sponsor, MealPal - get out of the lunchtime funk, discover new places, and save money. BOOM.   Show Notes {Michelle Elman} {Michelle on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook} {Body Positive Memes} {YouTube} {Preorder Michelle's Book}

Today we're talking to Catherine Lippe, a Registered Nutritionist who specialises in paediatric and maternal nutrition, about how to raise intuitive eaters. The things we say, how we act, and what we *think* kids should do can all influence how kids relate to food, and sometimes we do or say things with the best of intentions, that can totally backfire. Catherine shares her tips for things to look out for and we share a model for child feeding that helps take the pressure off parents, and helps the kid build a sense of autonomy and independence around food. The goal here is to help kids preserve their innate hunger and fullness cues and have a healthy relationship to food. We also discuss why restriction of certain foods might actually lead to eating MORE of those foods in the long run, and why it might not be the best idea to use creative coercion tactics to get kids to eat their veg! We just scratched the surface of things to talk about related to raising kids who have a happy, healthy relationship to food, so make sure you check out the show notes for more resources. SHOW SPONSOR Switch up your lunch game with our great new sponsor, MealPal - get out of the lunchtime funk, discover new places, and save money. BOOM. SHOW NOTES {Catherine's Website} {Catherine on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook} {Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility in Feeding} {Ellyn Satter's Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family} {The Body Book} {I Love the Shape of Me} {The Child Feeding Guide}

If you experience digestive issues or period problems, then this is the episode for you. Today I'm joined by Robyn Nohling, a Nurse Practitioner & Registered Dietitian based in NYC who specialises in eating disorders and women's health. We talk about how restricting food to try and solve your digestive issues might be self-defeating, and could cause more stress and functional problems if you're not addressing the underlying causes. We discuss the gut-brain axis and the role stress plays on our digestive system and how just thinking a food is bad for you might cause a negative physiological response (the nocebo effect). Plus the best ways to support your digestive health if you're recovering from restrictive eating. Then we switch things up and talk about periods, hormones, and what the heck is causing your period to disappear, aka hypothalamic amenorrhea. Plus what to do to help you get your period back, and what the big deal is with it being gone in the first place!

Are you ready to shut down some beauty myths? Because consultant dermatologist Dr. Anjali Mahto is here to SHUT 👏 THEM 👏 DOWN 👏 - do you really need eye cream? What about double -cleansing? And do oil based serums actually help with acne? Anjali distills down what we really need in our bathroom cabinets, and what's just junk. Plus we talk about the unrealistic beauty standards placed on women and how dermatologists need to step up and take responsibility when they suspect body dysmorphia. Plus why we need to celebrate the wisdom and experience of older women instead of trying to erase them from consciousness. So much great stuff in this episode, LEAN IN. Show Sponsor Switch up your lunch game with our great new sponsor, MealPal - get out of the lunchtime funk, discover new places, and save money. BOOM. Show Notes - full notes at laurathomasphd.co.uk {Anjali on Instagram | Twitter} {Anjali on Huffington Post} {Preorder Anjali's Book} {Anjali's Clinics: Skin 55 | Cadogan Clinic} {Dr Pimple Popper} {CTPA} Anjali's Skincare Recommendations: Sun ScreenHeliocare 360 gel oil-free SPF 50 Facial CleansersOily skin: La Roche Posay Effaclar foaming wash Jan Marini bioglycolic cleanser Medik 8 Pore cleanse gel Sensitive Skin Avene extremely gentle cleanser lotion Antioxidant Serums The Ordinary Resveratrol 3% + ferulic acid 3% Skinceuticals Phloretin CF Skin brightening agents (ingredients to look out for): Arbutin Kojic or mandelic acid Glabridin (licorice) Azelaic acid Retinoid or Vitamin A based products: The Ordinary 2% advanced retinoid Skinceuticals retinol 0.5%

YOU GUYS, this episode is 🔥🔥🔥 Megan Crabbe, aka BodyPosiPanda, BoPo warrior, author, and earth angel is back on the pod for round 2 (go back and listen to my first ep with her - #4). In this episode we talk about Megan’s experiences writing the book, and how that was for her in terms of her mental health. We talk about anxieties, insecurities,  imposter syndrome and the comparison game. So yes, even one of the most influential body positivity advocates on Instagram has bad days and I’m so grateful to Megan for being so honest with us about her mental health. We also talk about what happens when you are learning to eat intuitively and some of the challenges of that process and how to deal with the fear that you may never stop eating. You guys sent me a bunch of questions on this so I’ve tried to work them in. We talk about some common questions that come up around health and body positivity, Megan shuts down diet culture, we talk about how to deal with diet mentality, and why representation and diversity of bodies is so important. We talk about thin privilege, and soooo much more. And then Megan leaves us with her top tips for body positivity, aside from buying her book, which, if you don’t have it yet, then what are you doing with your life?

So excited to share this interview with Anna Kessel which was recorded live at the London Podcast Festival (which is why we sound like we're underwater at some parts 🐡). Anna is a sports journalist and author who advocates for gender equality in sports, but don't stress, she's not preachy about it. Having spent her formative years dodging PE like the rest of us, Anna developed a relationship with sport a bit later in life. We talk about how that relationship has changed over the years, especially now she is a mother. We also discuss how movement can ground us in our bodies and help us develop a better body image instead of being outside and looking at it more critically. However, this is pretty antithetical to the message we get from the #fitspo and #noexcuses movements which use punitive messaging to shame people into working out, or prey on our insecurities about our physical appearance. We also talk about campaigns that get it right and really empower women, like This Girl Can. Plus why it's so important that little girls have options besides party shoes for wearing to school. We also have some great questions from the audience at the end. Enjoy! Show Notes {Anna on Twitter | Instagram} {Eat Sweat Play} {Maureen Lipman BT Advert} {This Girl Can Old & New Ads} {Anna on Girls' school shoes} {Why is #Fitspo a beauty contest?} {Women's Sport Trust} {Hannah Witton on Youtube} {What to say instead of "you're not fat"} {Eff Your Fitspo} {Happy Healthy 50}

In part two of my conversation with Steph Yeboah we discuss the idea that certain bodies dominate the body positive conversation, further marginalising the people who stand to gain the most from the movement and how the media have so much to answer for in terms of promoting certain more 'acceptable'  bodies over others.  We also talk about the damaging stereotypes that black women live with on a daily basis and how to be an ally for POC by listening, sharing their experiences and supporting their work. Finally we talk about how to build body confidence and be unapologetically yourself. Join in our #bodyapology challenge too.  Show Notes {Nerd About Town Instagram | Twitter} {Nerd About Town Blog} {Tess Holliday} {Body Positive Power} {The Slumflower} {Being Unapologetically Yourself} {A Letter to my Body} {Milk & Honey} {MohDoh} {R. Kelly's Cult} {A Victim of R.Kelly's weird cult comes forward}

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: This episode may not be suitable for people with an active eating disorder or for those who feel vulnerable. In this week's 'sode I'm talking to Steph Yeboah - aka Nerd About Town. Steph shares her experiences of being at the receiving end of fat phobia and bullying, and the subsequent self harm and disordered eating she went through. As Steph explains, she’s gone to really extreme measures to try and get the 'perfect body'. We talk about this really painful place to be in where society & people around you are telling you that your body’s a problem, but you can’t change your body so it really becomes a radical act to accept your body, accept your size and begin to love and respect your body. I also go off on a massive tangent about how the idea of healthy or sensible weight loss in a false economy and explain a bit of the weight science behind it (papers in the show notes for HCPs). Anyway, after we take a little detour into weight science, we got back to talking about body image and more specifically where the body positivity movement is at the moment and why Steph identifies more strongly with fat acceptance and fat positivity rather than body positivity. This is such a great episode, I can't wait to share part 2.  Show Notes:  {Nerd About Town Instagram | Twitter} {Nerd About Town Blog} {Sign up for FOOD FiGHT} {Don't Salt My Game at the London Podcast Festival} {Taylor Swift & Donald Trump} {Stigma & Perpetuation of Obesity} {Weight Bias in Health Care Settings} {The Ironic Effects of Weight Stigma} {Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality}

Laura Stageman is the founder of cruelty free & sustainable fashion watch brand Votch. Today she's sharing her wild story of withdrawal from topical steroid addiction - a painful condition that occurs when an eczema sufferer weans off of their steroid creams. She tells us why  feeling the pain of losing her own skin led her to vow never to wear the skin of another being ever again. We talk about how her debilitating condition left her in the bath for 20 hours a day and the excruciating pain of letting her skin heal. Her story has a happy ending though, and we get talking about ethical, sustainable, and (most importantly) cool vegan fashion. We talk about the struggles of building a brand that goes against the status quo and the creative and innovative solutions for faux leather that are even better than the real deal. Laura shares her favourite brands who are shaking off the idea that vegan shoes, clothes, and accessories are for crunchy hippies, and bringing us cool, fashion forward, compassionate designs. 

I’m really excited to introduce you to disordered eating dietician Haley Goodrich. Both Haley and I suffer from anxiety and Haley shares some great advice on how she deals with that, as well as her perfectionist tendencies that in her college days manifested as issues with food and over exercise. We discuss how they can morph and show up in other ways even when you've developed a healthy relationship to food. We also talk about the experience of being a nutrition student and how that can really fuel weirdness around food if you have perfectionist tendencies or are predisposed to it in some way. There's also a level of cognitive dissonance where on one hand you’re trying to be the perfect nutrition student, but on the other hand you want to drink beer and eat cake; something that intuitive eating is flexible enough to incorporate but traditional nutrition and dietetics models are way too rigid for which can again cause a lot of anxiety if you’re a perfectionist. Haley is also a total nutrition boss and she shares some advice for really anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur but especially people who want to work within the health at every size, intuitive eating, and non-diet paradigm. Show Sponsor: Symprove probiotics are offering Don’t Salt My Game listeners a 12 week supply for £120, so just a tenner a week, saving yourself almost 40 quid! To order, just call them up on 01252 413600 and quote DSMG and they ship it right to your door. Show Notes: {Haley's Website} {Haley on Facebook |Instagram| Twitter} {Inspird to Seek} {Baby Goats} {Pumpkin The Racoon} {Helping Hurricane Harvey victims} {Food Fight Intuitive Eating Course}(Use code 'DONTSALTMYGAME') {The London Podcast Festival Tickets}

Today I'm talking to body positive yoga teacher and writer, Lily Silverton about the myths surrounding what a 'yoga body' should look like and how the narrow version of yoga, stemming from the beauty myth and propagated by diet culture, fails to make room for for people who deviate from this oppressive norm. We also talk about the concept of Ahimsa and how Lily interprets this to mean making her classes a safe, body positive space for her students. Lastly we talk about how owning your own privilege doesn't mean you can't be body positive, but it does mean that you can be critical of how diet culture has co-opted this term and how it suppresses the voices of already marginalised people. It's about holding ourselves accountable & fighting for diversity & representation of ALL bodies, not just the ones that are already visible, not just the ones we find pretty. We also talk about how, like all social change, fighting for true body positivity, equality, and diversity is slow and we are only at the beginning and how conversations like these are necessary to chip away at the status quo. Lastly, Lily shares some of her favourite bopo yoga accounts to follow. This feels like a heavy conversation in a lot of way - probably because checking our privilege feels uncomfortable, but I hope we can all learn from this. I by no means am suggesting I'm close to perfect in how we talk about these issues, but I want to learn alongside you guys, and use this podcast to learn and grow together ✌️  Show Sponsor: Symprove probiotics are offering Don’t Salt My Game listeners a 12 week supply for £120, so just a tenner a week, saving yourself almost 40 quid! To order, just call them up on 01252 413600 and quote DSMG and they ship it right to your door. Show Notes: {Lily on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter} {All Body Yoga} {The Myth of the Yoga Body} {Amputee Yoga} {Skinny Shaming & Thin Privilege} {Lily's Interview w/ BodyPosiPanda} {My Interview w/ BodyPosiPanda}  {Naomi Wolf - The Beauty Myth} {Stoner Yoga} {Yours Truely Melly on Body Positivity} {Dana Falsetti} {Jessamyn Stanley} {Yoga Bodies Book} {Big Gal Yoga} {Morning Gloryville} {Omazie} {Body Positive Power} {The London Podcast Festival Tickets} {Thrive Festival Tickets} {Lily is an ambassador for the Choose Life Mat Project}

Alright guys, buckle in, it's a long one. Today I’m joined by NHS specialist Dietitian and everyone’s favourite RD, Nic Whitehead as we debunk all the weird crap that bloggers say on their blogs and social media. We talk about the detox myth, activated charcoal, apple cider vinegar, and discuss the whole ‘refined sugar free’ thing. Plus fruit sugars, ‘clean’ plant based milks, and nutrition for acne. We also talk a bit more broadly about developing a healthy relationship with food that doesn’t unnecessarily eliminate or restricts foods and why food is for pleasure, enjoyment, and satisfaction, and that nutrition is never all or nothing.So much great stuff in this 'sode, think you're gonna enjoy it 👾 Show Sponsor:  Symprove probiotics are offering Don’t Salt My Game listeners a 12 week supply for £120, so just a tenner a week, saving yourself almost 40 quid! To order, just call them up on 01252 413600 and quote DSMG and they ship it right to your door. Show Notes: {Nic’s Blog} {Nic on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube} {The Rooted Project Acne Post} {The Rooted Project Med Diet} {Mindful Eating} {The Angry Chef} {The Gut Health Doctor} {What The Fruc(tose)?} {Rosie Saunt Smoothie Post} {Refined Vs. Unrefined Sugar} {Stop Pretending Your Chocolate Cake is Salad} {Food Shaming Post} {Coco Mint Bounce Balls} {Oh K! Coffe Hydragel Mask} {Emily’s Fruit Crisps}