Can I Have Another Snack?

I’m super excited to share this conversation with Anjali Prasertong - writer and registered dietitian, focused on food systems and racial equity. In this episode we talk about Anjali’s path towards anti-racism work, why anti-racism work is so badly needed in the field of nutrition and dietetics, and how you can begin to start noticing where white supremacy culture is showing up for you, and how to...

I am SUPER excited to introduce this weeks guest - the fierce and fabulous Virgie Tovar ! Virgie is an author of some really amazing books (which you’ll find linked in the transcript below), activist, and expert on weight-based discrimination and body image. Virgie also has her own pod called ‘ Rebel Eaters Club’ and has her own column at Forbes , where she writes about plus size fashion and also...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit laurathomas.substack.com Last week I shared an essay called Some Reflections on a Changing Body which is a piece of my own body story - it’s a story about grief, about growing another human with your body, it’s about all the sneaky ways that diet culture teaches you to be small, and it’s about learning how to take up space and externali...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Can I Have Another Snack? Podcast. This week is a solo episode where I’m reading the essay that I published earlier this week called Sweet Little Lies - it’s a kinda fun, but also kinda serious and sciency look at some really pervasive misconceptions we have around kids and sugar and just trying to set the record straight. I don’t want to call it myth busting beca...

Today I’m talking to Rachel Millner - a psychologist, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Supervisor, and a Certified Body Trust® provider. Rachel works with people struggling with all forms of eating disorders and disordered eating and those wanting to break free from diet culture. This episode dives into the stickier, messier parts of anti-diet parenting (which I think we can all relate to!...

Today I’m super pumped to be speaking with New York Times bestselling cookbook author Julia Turshen. As well as writing cookbooks Julia is the author of the Keep Calm & Cook On Substack and hosts the Keep Calm & Cook On Podcast , both of which I highly recommend. She also hosts these awesome Sunday cook along classes where you can make recipes in real-time with her from the comfort of your...

This week I’m speaking to Clara Nosek, AKA Your Dietitian BFF. Outpatient dietitian by day, nutrition influencer-disruptor by night. This episode is all about getting to know the ‘new’ you post baby and figuring out this new identity; and finding your main character energy. We touch on so many other topics along the way - pandemic babies, the yes/and of pregnancy, the weird shit our bodies do, the...

When Christy Harrison posted on her Instagram that “giving birth broke me open in every way imaginable” I knew I needed to ask her about it. The anti-diet dietitian and author of Anti-Diet and the forthcoming Wellness Trap tells me about the heartache and joy, tenderness and vulnerability of becoming a new parent. This is the conversation I wish I’d had as a new parent. We also hear about Christy’...

This week I’m talking to a wonderful teacher and colleague - Naureen Hunani . I’ve known Naureen in a professional capacity for a while now, so it was cool to get to sit down with her and talk about some more personal stuff. Naureen and I talk about finding out that you’re neurodivergent later-in-life, the invalidation and gaslighting of being called ‘highly functioning’. Naureen tells us how she...

Our very first guest 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 studi...

Before we get into today’s newsletter, I just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who has subscribed, shared, commented and liked posts since my premature launch on Thursday (tl;dr I accidentally hit send as I was scheduling up a post for next week and had no choice but to just roll with it). After what has objectively been a terrible year, it’s heartening to have such a warm response to...