The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS

Sharon Maxwell returns (she might hold the record!?) to talk about embracing pleasure with food and bringing fat joy into the new year. Oh and...why body liberation is not dead, they just want us to think it is. Tune in for more on: - Why pleasure matters in healing - How Sharon is learning to savor food, perhaps for the first time - Psychedelics in Sharon's recovery - Finding “glimmers” of joy du...

Because it's the end of the year, I figured we needed this one: Yasmine Cheyenne helps us walk some of our most challenging paths: self-forgiveness, people-pleasing, unhealthy relationships, and comparison. In this revisited episode, we explore: How perfectionism leads to self-abandonment Setting boundaries as protection from burnout How early relational dynamics shape the way we show up in the wo...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com If you’re heading into this season feeling overwhelmed, under-rested, or bracing yourself for the inevitable comments about food, bodies, health, or “being good”… you’re in good company. And you deserve support. Below are the questions I’m answering this month’s community Q&A episode (thinking we should...

Perimenopause often starts quietly. Maybe your sleep gets weird, maybe your cycles change, maybe you just don’t feel like yourself. And when that happens, most of us do the obvious thing: we start looking for information. We want reassurance. We want a roadmap. And that’s where the trap springs. Because the loudest voices don’t talk to you like a human moving through a profound hormonal transition...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Eating disorders have long been treated through talk therapy, nutrition support, and medication, but what happens when these approaches aren’t enough? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Marissa Raymond-Flesch, a leading researcher exploring the potential of psychedelic therapies as a treatment for an...

Deb Benfield, RDN, returns to talk about what it really means to age unapologetically. We explore how diet culture and anti-aging messaging collide in midlife, why our bodies deserve more kindness (not more control), and how to build a relationship with food, movement, and aging that feels spacious and grounded rather than restrictive and punishing. Deb shares practical, compassionate ways to recl...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Living with chronic illness changes everything—energy, trust in your body, and even your relationship with food. In this episode, I answer a listener question about why chronic illness and disordered eating overlap so often. I get personal about: My own experiences with autoimmune flares and how they ma...

Shana Spence, a registered dietitian (who you might know as @thenutritiontea on social media), joins the pod to bust myths about processed foods and to discuss how family, culture, privilege, and societal influences shape our relationship with food. This is a rerun – we recorded this conversation over a year ago, and misinformation about food and ingredients has only intensified. This episode feel...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com I'm joined by Dr. Regina Lazarovich, a clinical psychologist, Health at Every Size (HAES)–aligned provider, and someone with lived experience of binge eating and perfectionism. Together, we unpack the lesser-discussed connection between high achievement, perfectionism, and binge eating, and how shame an...

Oona Hanson, educator and parent coach who supports families navigating diet culture and eating disorders, joins the pod to talk about midlife body challenges as well as the pressures teens are facing around food and weight. Specifically, we get into what it's like to be navigating perimenopause while your kids are hitting puberty. Tune in for more on:* The overlap between perimenopause and pubert...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Ragen Chastain is back to continue our conversation about weight, health, and diet culture — this time answering listener questions about the GLP-1s you’ve been hearing so much about: Wegovy, Ozempic, and other weight-loss drugs. Following up on last week’s episode, Ragen helps us separate hype from rea...

We’ve all heard it: fatness automatically equals poor health. It’s treated like an unquestionable fact, reinforced by headlines, medical guidelines, and cultural narratives. But is it really true? And what does the research actually say about weight and health outcomes? In this episode, I’m joined by the incredible Ragen Chastain — researcher, writer, speaker, and thought leader in weight science...

When we talk about eating disorder recovery, we tend to imagine two extremes: acutely ill or completely healed. You’re either in crisis or you’re “all better.” But what about the space in between? The messy, unglamorous, everyday middle place. That’s where journalist and author Mallary Tenore Tarpley found herself — and it’s what her new book is about. She writes about living in that liminal space...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Sandi James — a registered psychologist and Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach — joins Abbie to talk about her lived experience with both eating disorders and substance abuse, and how her own healing has profoundly shaped her work. Listen in for a compassionate conversation on: - The overlap betwe...

MAHA, diet culture, and toxic fitness ideals...this is the second half of my conversation with Ilya Parker . We go deeper into the toxic roots of mainstream fitness culture and explore how ableism, conformity, and control are built into the system. Ilya draws SO many incredible connections in this episode...between patriarchy, body ideals, the current political climate, and the goals of mainstream...

Ilya Parker , founder of Decolonizing Fitness , joins Abbie to share how gender transition, weight stigma, and ableism shaped their path into fitness and ultimately inspired a new vision for movement. They unpack the toxic culture of mainstream fitness and imagine a world where wellness means compassion, accessibility, and bodily autonomy. This episode is for anyone who’s felt alienated by gyms, g...

In this week’s episode, I sat down with Julie Dillon, an RD who has spent years supporting folks at the intersection of PCOS and disordered eating. And we explore a different path. One that’s rooted in the truth that your body is not broken—and that real care doesn't require body control, food stress, or fear. Tune in for more on: * What PCOS really is (fun fact: it starts in the brain) * Why it i...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com This might be my favorite conversation we’ve had on this podcast. It's a conversation I had with Edie Stark (an ED therapist) and Sharon Maxwell (a fat activist and weight-inclusive consultant), and we’re answering a very important – very hard – listener question. The essence of it is: “I believe in bod...

In midlife, women are often handed diets disguised as wellness. More ways to stay young, stay thin, stay "timeless." Debra Benfield, RDN, joins me for a conversation that sits right at the intersection of diet culture, anti-fatness, and anti-aging. Together we talk about how these forces converge in midlife—often making women particularly vulnerable to disordered eating and harmful messaging at ex...

Dr. Colleen Reichmann—a clinical psychologist, author, and eating disorder specialist—joins me this week to talk about hopelessness and despair in eating disorder recovery. We explore how disordered eating, body shame, and perfectionism can create a landscape of deep emotional pain—and how that pain can lead to thoughts of giving up. Gentle Content Warning: This episode includes a nuanced discussi...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Lately, intermittent fasting has been getting more attention as a possible approach for women in midlife. And as with most health trends, this has sparked a lot of questions — and just as many opinions. Inside this bonus episode, we look at: * What intermittent fasting is and the variations that exist *...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Vinny Welsby (@ fiercefatty ) joins me for a lot of laughs this week, but mostly for a deeply important conversation about the dangers of weight-centric medical care. Tune in this week for more on: * How Vinny discovered fat liberation—and the moment everything started to shift * What food, culture, and...

Nutritionist and eating disorder expert Chris Sandel joins me on the pod to unpack one of the most pivotal (and haunting) studies in nutrition science: the Minnesota Starvation Experiment . We explore the psychological, emotional, and physical impacts of semi-starvation — and how this study helps us better understand modern-day disordered eating, diet culture, and the realities of recovery. Chris...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Abbie is joined by Dr. Rachel Millner — a brilliant, deeply compassionate psychologist and fat liberationist (and return guest!) — to talk about the overlap between GLP-1 use and disordered eating . They explore how these drugs impact the body, including the side effects and mechanisms of action, but al...

What does it mean to live in a body that doesn’t always do what you wish it would? A body that’s unpredictable, maybe in pain, maybe exhausted — a body shaped by chronic illness, disability, or the long echoes of medical trauma? This week on the podcast, I’m joined by the brilliant and deeply compassionate Dr. Jennifer Caspari , a psychologist who specializes in health psychology and lives with ce...