The SeasonED RD

Dr. Phillip Mehler, MD, CEDS Eating disorders are mind-body Illnesses and are curable. “Remember, I’m a medical provider not a mental health provider”, however, medical providers can help reduce shame You can no longer applaud any weight loss – medical complications are happening at all sizes. This field is burgeoning – there are new opportunities, new research, and new findings all the time.   Dr...

Delaney Wesselink, PT, DPT, CEDS *Sometimes just being with our patients and listening is what's needed *This patient population is fragile - forward fold to compression fractures? *Evidence based activity for eating disorders is discussed and isn't for everyone *Assessing strength, balance, fall risk. *Listen to pause and rethink common phrases we use to motivate patients *empathy - "It's so hard...

Sumner Brooks, MPH, RDN, CEDRD Topics include: Always remember there’s more that we don’t know.  We're always making mistakes. How many people are suffering?!? – Weight loss (or requiring kids to eat vegetables) will never be the answer to well-being and happiness. 3 keys in " How to Raise an Intuitive Eater " Unconditional love and support for your child’s body - emotional implement flexible and...

Em Palmerton, RD    What massage therapy and yoga taught this ED RD.  Em’s RED-S revolution  Eating disorder informed nutrition care is for all RDs  Listen in for Em’s response to Abbi’s question to clients seeking weight loss  Dietitians are well-equipped to work with ambivalence.  Social Media makes it so much harder.    Amanda Mellowspring’s episode (Cant webinar all the time)    Em’s Seasoning...

Dr. Shayla Sullivant, MD    I care, and you matter.  About half kids who have had suicidal thoughts have parents who didn’t know  People actually don’t want to die, they want suffering to end  It’s is a HARD discussion for all clinicians – lean into the discomfort  We have frank discussions about suicide and improving comfort levels of clinicians  “I can help you”  Share with teens the famous peop...

Dr. Brad Zehring Does food matter if we can just give meds?  What are Dr Zehring’s two pillars that we need for meds to work?  The starved brain becomes anxious/obsessive, team using the same language is important  The focus is to get nutritional rehabilitation first  Bio-Psycho- Social-Spiritual   Empowering clients to open up teaches us so much  The “Core Four” – primary care, therapy, dietitian...

Royce Diamond, Abbi Brown, Beth Harrell   Join us for this continued conversation about wrapping up this podcast as we know it.    “Why is Taylor Swift on my Spotify Wrapped?” Abbi    Cancel Culture, shifting professional focus, clients who leave the room, Royce’s answer’s to our icebreakers and more.    And rolling out soon, Supervision Membership - $5/month with exclusive content that I want to...

Join us for this conversation that marks the beginning of this podcast and the plans to move into a different phase of our lives.   I didn't know Royce was recording the first part, so it's definitely UNplugged!   We talk about how the podcast was started, and what has been going on for us during the past couple of years, and eventually we will get to the reason and the season – stay tuned.    Wha...

Supervision Groups Forming Now – January-June cohort  Supervision Membership – stay tuned As always, Supervision Freebies  (January Freebie is updated!) How to Stay Energized and Eager to Do This Work. With your host Beth Harrell   IG   @beth.harrell.cedss      

Janice Baker MBA RDN CDCES CNSC BC-ADM From Janice Baker’s bookshelf to our ears, Janice is one of the greatest teachers for me, especially when it comes to diabetes care and the intersections of diet culture, weight focus and eating disorders.  Weight-centric care is "baked into" our trainings, but is getting better.  What do we do when someone needs to pay attention to carbs and dosing insulin,...

Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS This thing (eating disorders) was just a fad.  Listening to women’s stories is how I come up with book topics  It IS possible to be attached to the meaning of hair  Hair is the forgotten aspect of body image  Perfection feels like the answer – and it doesn’t exist  Perfection is the the death of our soul  This goes way beyond the eating disorder population.  Fathers ar...

Cait Scafati, LCSW (she/her)   Connecting with others who are also always learning is a key  Gender identity and body image in eating disorders  Who Is The Expert? As a cis-gender person, we can’t know it in this way  Trans and gender non-conforming clients are at much higher risk for eating disorders and treatment options have been limited  Hold client as expert but not in the role of educating o...

Katy Harvey, MS, RD, LD, CEDS   As we prepare for the holidays, Katy shares how she helps her clients navigate food and family and friends.    See what she says about coping vs numbing, and how regret is different from guilt.    But most importantly, your body knows what to do.   A “Do No Harm” Thanksgiving - Follow my Lead  SesonED RD Podcast episode.   Katy’s Seasonings:  Rebuilding Trust With Y...

Dr. Shaun Riebl, PhD, RDN   Claiming victories at each step  Using Body as a Resource  Neuroception, Polyvagal theory  Snake example – that’s my system trying to protect me  How can we get nutrition into the thinking brain?  Show up for the client and come into THEIR world with compassion    Shaun helps Beth with a little bit of supervision  Safe and Sound Protocol   Fully Claiming Victories  TWIN...

Beth Hartman McGilley, Ph. D., FAED, CEDS-S   The Relationship Is The Secret Sauce  How feeling fat, dumb and ugly can teach us  Find a supervisor, find a therapist who will help you stay attuned to the relationship in which that healing is happening.   Insight isn’t curative but it’s essential  Saw myself in the textbook - At least 30% of us in the field with lived experience with ED- it was RADI...

   Katie Grubiak, RDN “It’s so hard to sit down with a raging eating disorder”  FBT (Family Based Treatment) allows a place for the eating disorder to emote and parents to be empowered  3 Phases of FBT are described  Phase 1 is a hard sell   How do we support caregivers it if we’re the only FBT informed practitioner on the team  Someone needs to lead it  These parents are hearing higher weights th...

Margit Berman, Ph. D., LP Listen in to hear how Dr. Bermin became interested in the psychology of women and the psychology of gender.  Her interest in eating disorders was borne through seeing how body image concerns robbed women of achieving beautiful and amazing things in life.    ACT helps us let go of the unproductive struggle   Join in her excitement  - “The world has evolved, culture has com...

  Janice Poplack, LCSW-S, ACSW Brandi Powell, MS, RD, LD, CEDS-S Jill Sechi, MS, RDN, CEDS-S, LD & Theresa Fassihi, PHD, FAED, CEDS-S   Today's episode we talk about: Virtual caregivers support for eating disorders - parent's often feel helpless. Find out not only what every professional and parent should know, but "What every human should know"    Ways we can help caregivers with the ups and down...

Parenting Through Eating Disorders   “I’ll never let my toddler throw a fit in public” – the truths we learn about parenting after we become a parent  Find your community of other parents   Professional guidance - Let Us Teach You – Let Us Be With You – You’re Not Alone   Guilt is a huge theme parents feel – constantly questioning decisions during treatment.  YOU’RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY NOT RE...

  Haley Goodrich, RD, LDN, CEDS-S  The word HATE  What is Healthism? – We are taught by the media and in school what health is supposed to look like. Look at our story of how we were trained  Identities described  Clinician body image -examining ourselves  Intense - What is your human response?  How does it feel?  We don’t have to know all the answers  PAUSE  Regulate our own nervous system    Hal...

  Nuggets from Sondra (The “Oldest Nutritionist on the Planet”):  Food is so much more than it’s nutritional value  Overcoming being on the outside of healing circles just because of her profession  Proving that people get better when therapy and nutrition are paired  Recovery is Flexible, Balanced, Spontaneous  Comparison as a scale to measure self worth  How the field is always evolving and the...

Brooke Butler, RD, CEDRD-S How to understand goal weight (including transgender) Growth Charts are vital It all comes back to fear – “I’m afraid my kid will relapse, I’m afraid we’re pushing them too hard” – the relapse factor is much more prevalent if we leave them at a weight that is not appropriate for their body. The eating disorder places a lot of distress on the number Body distress is inver...

Val Schonberg MS, RDN, CSSD, LD, NCMP, FAND Val talks about the neurobiology of hormones, body image and menopause. What do I need to change in my diet to avoid gaining weight during menopause? Or after “This body is shaped differently now” Yes, it’s ok and important for dietitians to talk about body image. Midlife and women and hormones and eating disorders. What does menopause have to do with ea...

Carolyn Costin MFT MA, MEd, LMFT, CEDS, FAED   Find out how Carolyn determines if coaches or therapists are ready to do this work  “I’m recovered from this and so can you”.    Hope and motivation – sober coaches and ED coaches need to be TRAINED.  Carolyn “requires” disclosure of lived experience and listens to every training session.    She shares how to avoid comparisons  Advises to never talk a...

Elyssa Toomey, RDN, CEDS-S, RYT So many people (physical therapists, yoga instructors, personal trainers) can be brought into the web of people that are trying to help clients be connected and create a peaceful relationship with food and their body How do we hold space for our clients as dietitians, especially virtually? What are the non-negotiable things I need as a clinician as a human, so that...