The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS

Cole Kazdin, author of  What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety, joins us to explore, what it would mean to truly be free of disordered eating. Not just the behaviors -- but the constant mental chatter, the critical voice, and the restrictive thoughts. We ask the tough questions about whether full recovery possible, and how for much of her life, Cole wondered if freedom was...

This is a free preview of a paid Q&A bonus episode, which is available on Patreon ! Three listener questions are covered, all submitted by Patrons of the show. We're talking about what the science actually says about hydration (how much water do we REALLY need?), how eating fast food impacts our health, and whether we can engage in body checking without it being harmful to our body image. To liste...

Dr. Diana Gordon joins us today, and you don't want to miss this conversation. It's everything. Big picture, we're discussing how to approach mental health in a sea of diet and wellness misinformation -- including whether or not movement and food have a meaningful impact on anxiety and depression. We get into what it's like to ping pong back and forth between dieting and intuitive eating, how diet...

I can't think of a better conversation through which to enter the new year. We're revisiting a fan-favorite with Chrissy King, author of "The Body Liberation Project", who joins the pod to talk about her journey through and away from the harms of diet and fitness culture. This is a conversation about loving ourselves, reclaiming our power and purpose in this world, and how to navigate the oppressi...

As we close out this year, we are revisiting a fan-favorite and incredibly healing conversation with Dr. Anita Johnston. Listen in as we discuss the magic of metaphors and story-telling in ED recovery, and how we can return home to our authentic selves to find lasting freedom from food restriction and body dissatisfaction. Abbie and Anita discuss why highly intuitive and deeply feeling people tend...

I can't wait for you to hear this episode, because I'm joined by Lex, a client I've worked with for many years now. She is incredibly special to me. We began working together when she was in high school struggling with an eating disorder and unable to participate in the sport she loves, and now she's a college athlete -- working through the nuances of recovery and reclaiming her relationship with...

Anjali Prasertong joins me on this week’s episode to explore what it means to approach nutrition through the lens of culture, antiracism, and food equity. Tune in as Anjali helps us think through social justice in food systems, debunk white-washed fantasies of the “perfect” diet, and examine how cultural appropriation shows up in the culinary world. Topics discussed include… Cultural influences on...

What does safety in our body mean? How can we create inner safety, even amidst external barriers? And when we talk about healing our relationship with our body, what does that mean in the context of chronic illness or having a marginalized identity? Our current eating disorder landscape only caters to the young, white, cis, able-bodied archetype. Often, the method for recovery is "just eat more"....

Well, well, well. Hello, Holiday season. It's time for aunt Sally to talk about her January Whole30, and your cousins are probably off sugar this year, and maybe your mom comments about your weight or the food on your plate. Hopefully, none of this happens; but for most of us, it's a reality that has yet to see a miraculous revisioning, even when we hold out hope.  So, perhaps...we hold hope while...

Dr. Lisa Folden joins us on the pod this week, and we go deep on perfectionism — specifically how it shows up in the worth and value we tie to our appearance, health, and achievements. We also bust open many myths about weight and health, including whether weight actually causes joint pain, if diabetes is preventable, and the long-term damage of intentional weight-loss. More specifics on what you'...

Chances are that either you -- or someone you love dearly -- has a chronic illness. As I've shared on the pod before, so much of my mental health conditions and disordered eating was driven and perpetuated by multiple chronic illnesses. And, perhaps not-so-ironically, disordered eating itself does a number on us both physically and psychologically, only worsening (if not creating) autoimmunity and...

The incredible Whitney Trotter (RD / RN) joins us to talk about intersectionality, trauma-informed care, and how eating disorder treatment fails BIPOC communities (plus, of course, what needs to be done to improve access and approaches to care).  Whitney’s experience as a black college athlete How college athletes are impacted by diet culture How "eating for performance" affects body image Body gr...

This is a BONUS episode. I've been flooded with questions about candy and sugar these past few weeks as we approach Halloween (and of course, the holiday season is around the corner!). So, this week, we're digging into the fears associated with candy, plus how to help your kids (and yourself) navigate sweets when eating those foods is riddled with stress and guilt.  Listen to the full episode on P...

Oona Hanson joins us today to talk about the prevalence of disordered eating in our teenage years. Whether you are raising a teen or not, we were all teens ourselves once, and this episode explores all the different risk factors and red flags for body shame and restrictive eating in that very vulnerable season of life.  Some of the topics we chat about include... Risk factors for EDs in teens  Ant...

If you’ve been intrigued by all the benefits that intermittent fasting claims to offer, you are not alone, and this week’s podcast episode is for you. I’m joined by a special - and beloved returning guest - my husband, Jeb! Jeb gives his own thoughts on the research behind intermittent fasting, his personal experience with addiction and how it reflects some of the same behaviors, and provides the...

The incredible Savala Nolan joins us on this week’s episode of the Full Plate podcast to talk about belonging versus conforming, understanding the body as our home, and how to walk away from a lifetime of disordered eating. I recorded this conversation while I was on my August hiatus from the pod, so I actually got the chance to listen back to the episode and it hit me even harder the second time...

In this week’s bonus episode of the Full Plate podcast, we're walking through the stages of grief and how they show up in the process of accepting our body. The FULL episode is exclusive to our Patreon community . You'll be able to hear the question and the beginning of my answer in this sneak preview! This episode is in response to a listener question that came through on Patreon. This listener i...

Calling all highly sensitive, anxious humans with lots of digestive symptoms...this one is for you. Correction: this episode is for everyone -- for anyone who has experienced trauma, emotional dysregulation, an overwhelmed nervous system, and / or mental health conditions (particularly those that both led to and resulted from restrictive eating habits).  Stephanie Mara Fox joins us to chat about a...

Welcome to SEASON 2! This episode is so good. And it deals with a lot of nuance, because we get into how our relationship with food and our body is shaped and influenced by our parents. I have Virginia Sole-Smith here and I couldn’t be more thrilled for you to listen to this episode.   We chat about… Hard questions and conversations that led to Virginia's new book “I don’t want my kid to have a me...

This is the last episode of the season break, and oh my goodness, is this one of my all-time favorites. Shira Rosenbluth (@theshirarose) joins for a conversation that we all need to hear, and that the ED treatment world truly needs to put into action. You really don't want to miss this one.  We talk about so much, including: What’s going on for Shira in this moment of life with her recovery and he...

Mailbag episode! This is part of a bonus episode that was released on Patreon many months back, and I thought it would be a good one to air during my August hiatus. It's full of fantastic listener questions, submitted by the brilliant Patreon community. To support the show, have access to full bonus episodes, and submit your own questions for future episodes, join the Patreon community here: www.p...

This was a very special episode for me, as someone who has OCD, and a husband with ADHD (fun relationship combination, highly recommend). Aleta is wonderful, and I loved every second of our conversation. For the month of August, I'll be taking a bit of time reset, rest, and reflect on this season of the pod before kicking things off again in September. And in the meantime, we'll be revisiting a fe...

I loved recording this episode, and I adore Colleen. She is doing such important work in the eating disorder field.  For the month of August, I'll be taking a bit of time reset, rest, and reflect on this season of the pod before kicking things off again in September. And in the meantime, we'll be revisiting a few episodes from last year. Whether you've heard them before or not, they're worth the l...

For the month of August, I'll be taking a bit of time reset, rest, and reflect on this season of the pod before kicking things off again in September. And in the meantime, we'll be revisiting a few episodes from last year. Whether you've heard them before or not, they're worth the listen! This week is a revisited episode with Kristina Bruce, who is a body acceptance coach.  We talk about how our t...

Whether you call them smart watches, wearables (as Jeb informs us), fitness trackers, or something else...these gadgets are everywhere. How do they impact our relationship with movement? What about food? Or our body image overall?  You can listen to the FULL episode by joining Patreon: www.patreon.com/fullplate This was a topic that was voted on by the folks on Patreon as one of the episodes you'd...