Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Actor, food blogger, and body-image activist Lynn Chen shares how getting teased in childhood led her to develop binge eating disorder, how becoming an actor affected her body image, and lots more. In 2013,  Marie Claire Magazine  called Lynn one of The New Change Agents. She is a Spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) as well as Skype's Acting Ambassador. In additio...

Kelsey Miller ( Big Girl , Refinery29's Anti-Diet Project) returns to discuss The 67 Percent Project , Refinery29's new initiative to increase representation of plus-size bodies to match the actual percentage of American women who are plus-size. She shares why it's so important for people to see larger bodies in the media, how other content creators can get involved with this effort, w...

Psychotherapist and fellow podcaster Megan Bruneau shares her story of eating disorder recovery, learning to love her body, dealing with trauma, taking big risks in life, and lots more! PLUS, we're going weekly again--tune in next week for another new episode!! Megan Bruneau is a mental health therapist, wellness coach, writer, and podcast host. She has a master’s in counseling psychology, a b...

Season 4 premiere! Fellow Health at Every Size dietitian and food behavior expert Julie Duffy Dillon, RD shares how she managed to escape dieting and body shame growing up, how fertility issues in adulthood challenged her body image, and lots more! Julie Duffy Dillon is a food behavior expert who helps people enjoy eating again. Award winning with her progressive approach, Julie was featured in TL...

Body Image Coach Summer Innanen shares her history of weight obsession, how she finally came to terms with her disordered eating, why she gave up her career as a nutritionist to become a body-positivity professional, how to push back against diet culture, and lots more! We'll be on vacation for the next 2 weeks, but check back here on September 13 for our Season 4 premiere!  Summer Innanen is...

Body-positive dietitian Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, shares how she achieved her decades-long recovery from eating disorders, why she gravitated toward Health at Every Size and intuitive eating in her work, how she teaches clients to change their thoughts about their bodies, and lots more!  A registered dietitian nutritionist, Marsha has been a voice of reason for the last three decades in helping peop...

Writer and therapist Akirah Robinson shares the experiences that led her to diet for the first time, why she started on the path to intuitive eating, what it's like to be married to a chef, and lots more! Akirah Robinson is a licensed social worker who helps women heal their hearts and deepen their self-worth. As a relationship writer, her work has been featured in numerous publications, and s...

Fellow Health at Every Size dietitian Aaron Flores, RDN, shares his experience of adolescent body image woes, an early career focused on weight loss, breaking free from diet culture and making the shift to intuitive eating, and lots more. Plus, Christy shares an exciting announcement about the podcast! Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutritionist and the owner of  Balance Variety and Modera...

Christy talks with psychologist and pediatric eating disorders expert Kelsey Latimer, PhD. about ways to prevent eating disorders in children, how to heal families affected by eating disorders, why it's so important to include body positivity in eating disorder prevention and treatment, and lots more!  Kelsey M. Latimer, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in the Center for Pediatric Eating Disord...

Christy talks with food writer and culinary pro Hannah Howard about how her career has helped in her recovery from an eating disorder, why the support of a community is so important in developing a healthy relationship with food, and lots more! Hannah Howard is a writer and food expert who spent her formative years in New York eating, drinking, serving, bartending, cooking on a hot line, flipping...

Christy discusses why self-compassion and self-care are so important for a healthy relationship with food, answers a listener question about how to eat intuitively while managing a food allergy, and shares some bonus content from her new online intuitive eating course!  Check out our website for the resources mentioned in this episode . Ready to make peace with food? Join Christy's  intuitive...

Christy talks with Amie Roe, a psychotherapist and improv comedy performer, about diet culture, getting in touch with your body, and how using your intuition about food spills over into everything else in life. Amie Roe is an improviser, therapist, and highly expressive face based in New York, NY. Her work is inspired by her experience as a performer, her training as a trauma therapist, and her co...

In our live episode (co-hosted with Katie Dalebout of The Wellness Wonderland Radio and author of Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling ), we talked with FOUR amazing guests about body positivity, eating disorder recovery, and lots more: Kelsey Miller (Refinery29 staff writer, author of  Big Girl , and a previous Food Psych guest); Caroline Dooner (comedian, body-image coach, and also a previou...

Christy talks with Simi Botic, a corporate attorney turned body-positive health coach, who shares the fascinating story about her journey from body negativity to disordered eating and finally to recovery—and the massive career change that followed. We discuss the myths equating weight loss with happiness, the perils of external validation, and lots more. Simi is obsessed with coffee, beach vacatio...

Ragen Chastain ( Dances with Fat , body-positive speaker, writer, and dancer) shares how she repaired her relationship to food after a long period of dieting, how we can improve healthcare for people in larger bodies, why diet culture and weight stigma are much more harmful to your health than being fat, and lots more. Ragen Chastain is an internationally recognized thought leader in the fields of...

Writers Ama Scriver and Kirthan Aujlay discuss the intersections of food, fat, and feminism, why it's important to be part of a body-positive community, how to handle online trolls, how to push back against weight stigma and diet culture, and lots more!  Amanda (Ama) Scriver is a passionate storyteller, community builder, and activist based in Toronto. She is a full-time writer for several pub...

This week marks three years that we've been making the podcast! To celebrate, Christy talks with her colleague and mentor Melainie Rogers, founder of Balance Eating Disorder Treatment Center in New York City. Melainie shares how growing up in a farming family influenced her relationship to food, how she developed and recovered from an eating disorder, why she began sharing her recovery story w...

Special bonus episode for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2016! Writer and body-image activist Nicole Rohr Stephani ( http://www.mybodyboop.com ) shares how childhood teasing contributed to her development of an eating disorder, how treatment and a serendipitous relationship with a food professional helped her recover, why she started a website devoted to body image recovery, and lots mor...

Christy talks with Jessica Raymond, founder of Recovery Warriors, about her chaotic relationship to food in childhood, how she overcame an eating disorder, why she started working to revolutionize treatment for others, and lots more. Jessica Raymond is the founder and director of Recovery Warriors. When she is not dreaming up her vision of the ultimate recovery platform, working on the Rise Up + R...

Writer Kat Kinsman ( Tasting Table , CNN , Hi, Anxiety ) discusses mental illness in the food industry, how anxiety and depression have influenced her eating, how she's learned to cope with the physical demands of writing about food for a living, and lots more. Kat is the Editor at Large and former Editor in Chief of  Tasting Table . She recently founded  Chefs with Issues , a website devoted...

Author and life coach Chris Cole shares his troubled history with dieting, how mental illness and substance abuse tied into his relationship to his body, how he's helping his sons become intuitive eaters, and lots more. Chris Cole has authored a memoir of his personal journey through mental illness and addiction, titled  The Body of Chris: A Memoir of Obsession, Addiction, and Madness . He is...

Writer Kelsey Miller (Big Girl; The Anti-Diet Project) discusses her long history of dieting and body shame, what made her finally give up the fight to lose weight, how discovering intuitive eating changed her life, what it was like to write a book about that process, and lots more! Kelsey Miller is the author of  BIG GIRL: How I Gave Up Dieting & Got A Life , and the Senior Features Writer at...

Recovery coach Alicia Melgoza explains how she developed an unhealthy relationship to exercise and eating at a difficult time in her childhood, and shares the self-compassion practices that helped her recover. Alicia Melgoza, MSW, MA, founder and creator of Taking Healthy Back™, is a Health Nut + Fitness Junkie Recovery Coach. Through her private coaching practice, she helps both men and women bre...

Fellow anti-diet dietitian Glenys Oyston, RD, joins us to discuss how pursuing weight loss made her miserable, how she learned to pursue nutrition for its own sake instead, why she's on a mission to help other people break free from diet culture and body shame, and lots more. Glenys Oyston is a Health at Every Size® (HAES®) dietitian. She believes people's relationships to food are more im...

Comedian, actor, and body-image coach Caroline Dooner shares how she overcame her food issues and learned to love her body, AND she sings some funny songs about it! This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the People's Improv Theater in New York City. Caroline Dooner is an actress, singer, writer, comedian, and body-image coach. She lives in New York City (and sometimes Philade...