The Food Therapy Podcast

The New Year is always exciting as it presents a new opportunity to have a fresh start. With that being said, many take this opportunity to adopt weight-focused and weight-driven resolutions that put unnecessary pressure on your body and your self-esteem. While it is okay to want to lose weight, it's important to explore where that focus is coming from and if there is another way to shift that att...

Fat shaming is unfortunately commonplace in today's society, but it can be especially harmful to pregnant women, and larger women trying to get pregnant. Shaming affects not only their physical health but also their mental health - especially when some women opt not to seek medical advice or support for fear of shame or discrimination. However, weight stigma and pregnancy is still a new avenue of...

It's crazy to think just how far our lives have come with the advent of social media. Social media can impact us as humans in general, including our mental health and the unrealistic ideals supported by social media. We live in a day and age of instant access, constant scrolling, and double-tapping it almost seems impossible to leave it all behind.    In today's episode, we speak on the impact soc...

Anti diet culture and intuitive eating always seems like something that applies to adults only, but the reason this exists is that as children we were most likely exposed to a mindset or an experience that forced us into an unhealthy food and body image relationship. In order to prevent damage in the future, what can we do for the next generation? Enter Diana Rice, a registered dietitian and the o...

For most people, one of the hardest things to adjust to once adopting an intuitive eating lifestyle is weight gain.  It's not easy to make sense of this completely normal change to your body after having restrictive eating patterns for so long.    Societally it's not "acceptable" to gain weight, and this can lead to feelings of shame, guilt, anger and may even push you to readopt habits that place...

While we know our food habits are formed by our experiences growing up, what happens when your food habits are so deeply attached to your profession? In this episode, we talk to Rachel Fine, a former professional dancer turned registered dietician nutritionist who found Point Nutrition in 2013. Rachel specializes in nutrition education to dancers of all ages and levels, and focuses on combining th...

The holidays can be a really great time of the year, but it can also be a tricky time for people who are in the process of healing their relationship with food.    That's because during the Christmas season, people love to engage in diet talk, whether that be nosey relatives commenting on your food choices or a friend commenting on how "great" you look despite all of us living through a global pan...

*Trigger warning: Content of this episode includes topics such as eating disorders and suicidal ideation* In today's episode, we interview Juliet James, a queer, pansexual, fat babe who writes about mental health, eating disorders and the social and emotional challenges of being fat in a thincentric culture. You can read more of her work on Medium .  In this episode, you'll hear: Juliet's experien...

In this episode you'll hear: Brittany and Lauren talk about anxiety and romantic relationships. How does anxiety show up and what do the different attachment styles look like? Lauren shares her own personal experience with anxiety and relationships (including friendships) and how she had to learn to trust herself (2:23) Brittany opens up about dealing with an emotionally abusive relationship when...

In today's episode, we interview Maggie Landes, a board-certified physician, public health nutritionist, and anti-diet wellness expert. She created her signature getEATfluenced® coaching program to help women who are exhausted with chronic dieting, be able to fix their food overwhelm and live a full and unrestricted life pursuing their personal passions and attain optimal health without the distra...

In this episode you'll hear: Brittany and Lauren talk about all things Halloween- the candy, the guilt, and the narrative around Halloween sweets. They share their favorite sweets, what it was like growing up to consuming Halloween treats and why there is so much fear around Halloween candy? (1:47) Why do we feel more in "control" when we restrict and/or binge on certain foods? Brittany shares her...

In today's episode, we interview Susan Warner Susan is an educator, wife and mother. Her journey is a perfect example of  life's contradictions.  A storybook marriage of 38 years and two magnificent children, she existed in the comfort of an extraordinary cocoon of family and friends. Enter the devasting suicide of her 34 year-old son and then the subsequent death of her husband 6 months later of...

In today's episode, we interview Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, a Columbia, SC-based nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert who is passionate about helping others rediscover the joy of eating and foster a healthier relationship with food. She is the founder of Rachael Hartley Nutrition, a weight-inclusive practice where she specializ...

In this episode you'll hear: Why it's okay to want to lose weight and how you can still adopt intuitive eating patterns without focusing on the end goal of weight loss as the only goal to self-acceptance. (0:55) Destigmatizing weight loss as a normal human desire without needing to feel bad about it. Brittany and Lauren share their experience with intuitive eating and how they reached a point of a...

In today's episode, we interview Brynta Ponn, a body confidence influencer and social media powerhouse from Toronto represented by Shine Talent Group , the leading influencer talent management agency. Brynta is encouraging people to live unapologetically and embrace their bodies through honest conversation and comedic content. She was a speaker at The BodCon 2021 , the first-ever virtual body conf...

In this episode you'll hear: What is meal preparedness and does it have the ability to help you with intuitive eating?   (1:01) A big piece of satisfaction and sustainability that comes from intuitive eating is making sure you're switching your meals up (5:52) Feeling frustrated about thinking about food? Brittany and Lauren share some advice on dealing with the hunger, food stress and food scarci...

In today's episode, we interview Julie Duffy Dillon, a Fat Positive Registered Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert partnering with people with PCOS on their Food Peace Journey™️. You can hear on her weekly podcast, Love Food. Learn more about her work including courses for PCOS at JulieDillonRD.com. In this episode you'll hear: What PCOS is and how it is diagnosed (3:58...

In this episode you'll hear: Brittany and Lauren debunk what really goes in your brain when you deal with an addiction. What's the science behind being addicted to food? (1:46) How is food associated with reward neurons in our brain, in addition to hormones like dopamine? (4:07) Brittany and Lauren discuss how a Yale study that dealt with addiction in rats is flawed and not based in proper clinica...

In today's episode, we interview Brianna (Bri) Campos is a licensed mental health counselor based in New Jersey. As a body image educator and the founder of Body Image With Bri, she's passionate about all things body image and practices through the lens of Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating. Utilizing a weight-inclusive approach, she combines her clinical skills and lived experience to tea...

In this episode you'll hear: Brittany and Lauren explore a range of issues under the idea of "mindful movement." What is mindful movement, why do people get turned off by exercise after years of chronic dieting? What are some of the mental and physical benefits of movement? (2:13) Brittany and Lauren shares what their relationship with exercise looked like in the past, as as child and as they grew...

In today's episode, we interview Gabi Kahn, non-diet dietitian and owner of Methodd Nutrition. She works with moms who struggle with the vicious diet cycle and want to create a healthy relationship with food and their body in order to help themselves and protect their young daughters from a lifetime of dieting.    In this episode you'll hear: Gabi shares why her niche is on food relationships betw...

In this episode you'll hear: Morality and how we label food has a profound impact on our psyche  (1:55) Brittany and Lauren share their experience with food guilt and restrictive eating (4:34) There are different forms of guilt associated with food and our own beliefs (7:32) Where do our food behaviors and guilt stem from? (9:12) Recognizing our thoughts are not necessarily facts and digging into...

In today's episode, we interview Becca King, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist from Charlotte, North Carolina. As an adult with ADHD who struggled for years with disordered eating, Becca is passionate about helping other adults with ADHD who struggle with binge eating, chronic dieting, and body image issues find food freedom and improve their self-esteem. She uses the Principles of Intuitive Eat...

In this episode you'll hear: Many clients come to Brittany and Lauren with a fear of carbs because they are afraid they will make them gain weight (2:40) Teaching clients how food is broken down and utilized (6:26) Our brains can't store glucose, we actually need carbs to help out (8:29) Workouts that aren't properly fueled harm our body (9:31) What happens when we don't eat carbs (13:06) What is...

In today's episode, we interview Marissa Miluk, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Binge Eating Coach. Marissa works with individuals who struggle with their relationship with food and body image. When Marisa hit rock bottom she realized that her pursuits of becoming an actress were clouded by diet culture and the industry wasn't what she thought it was. (8:36) One of the biggest pieces in re...