In this episode, we will be unpacking Alexis’s Diet Free Revolution. We talk about incorporating mindfulness (insert eyeball if you feel like it, we’ll talk directly to you soon) and compassion and why they are so important. We’ll talk about some major problems with diet culture, society’s obsession with wellness and thinness, and how you can break free from the ridiculous standards.

Alexis Conason, PsyD, CEDS-S, is a clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist in private practice in New York City. She is the owner of Conason Psychological Services, a Health At Every Size ®-informed group therapy practice specializing in the treatment of binge eating disorder, disordered eating, and body image. She is the founder of The Anti-Diet Plan, a weight-inclusive online mindful eating program and is the author of The Diet-Free Revolution: 10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet-Cycle with Mindful Eating and Radical Self-Acceptance (North Atlantic Books, 2021). She was previously a research associate at the New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center in affiliation with Columbia University. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, she is a frequent speaker at conferences, and she has been featured widely as an expert on the topics of mindful eating, body image, and diet culture in the media. ​

Welcome to another episode of the Understanding Disordered Eating Podcast. I am so grateful that you are here with me as together, we welcome another year. Today we will be retrospecting as we look back to our journey towards food freedom in the course of 2021 . I will also walk you through what to consider putting in your new year’s resolution, should you decide to make some. Join me, and let’s all reflect on our accomplishments, mistakes, progress, and focus on our goals for the next upcoming chapter of our food journey.

Welcome to another episode of the Understanding Disordered Eating Podcast. In this segment, I speak with Sumner Brooks, a registered dietitian (RDN), mom, and eating disorder specialist who spent 15 years working in nutrition. Her involvement includes providing nutrition therapy for adolescents and adults, public speaking, and pursuing advanced training in trauma-informed, weight-inclusive healthcare.

Today, Sumner shares her knowledge working with clients at all levels of the eating disorder spectrum. Which includes the following: Why she decided to divert into intuitive eating, the journey of writing her book, as well as some tips on how to create a supportive environment that helps support children with their food relationships. I hope that this episode will shed light on your food journey.

Welcome to another episode of the Understanding Disordered Eating Podcast. Today we are joined with Rachel Goodman, a registered dietitian, nutritionist, entrepreneur, public speaker, and a full-time mom. Who aims to empower women by helping them to stop their binge eating habits, diet restrictions and have a guilt/stress-free relationship with food.

Today Rachel will navigate the realms of intuitive eating. She is walking us through the guidelines that will help us untangle the chains of food restrictions and false diet culture. She also highlights the importance of eating consistently, recognizing hunger fullness cues, and redefining one’s health to achieve a happier lifestyle. Tune in to this new episode and find out more!

Welcome to another episode of the Understanding Disordered Eating Podcast. Today, I have the honor to speak with the OG Intuitive Eating Author, Elyse Resch. Elyse is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Beverly Hills, California, with thirty-nine years of experience, specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. She is the coauthor of Intuitive Eating, now in its 4th edition, The Intuitive Eating Workbook, and The Intuitive Eating Card Deck—50 Bite-Sized Ways to Make Peace with Food (upcoming, 2021) 

In this episode, Elyse walks us through how she was able to overcome her own eating disorder when she was younger without enough resources about intuitive eating. She also shares with us her definition of intuitive eating, the importance of honoring our autonomous wisdom, and how deprivation causes all diets to fail. I had such a fun chat with her, I hope you’ll learn and enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Let’s dive in! 

Gila Glassberg is a registered dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, and podcast host of Get Intuit with Gila. Gila is very passionate about building a healthy relationship between her body and food, and today she helps other women reclaim the joy in eating and learn to respect and appreciate their bodies. 

With Thanksgiving and Hanukkah just around the corner, we are talking about food and family during the holidays. While this could be refreshing to most people, to some it can be very stressful. Let’s dive right in into navigating the holidays and eating disorders!

Allie Landry is a non-diet dietitian and she's the owner of Make Life Peachy. Her mission is to help women stop dieting, become confident in their skin, and make healthy eating easy so they can stop dieting and start living their dream life.

In this episode, Allie talks about the idea that a healthy lifestyle doesn't have to be restrictive or complicated and she shares her 4-step framework to being an intuitive eater.

In this episode, Rachel Tuchman shares what health actually means and how it differs for each person. We talk about HAES, anti-diet and body positivity culture, and shares how society has contributed to having poor body image and disordered eating. We take deep dive on how social media has exacerbated these issues. Stay tuned for resources at the end!