*We recommend listening to part 1 before this episode for a better understanding of the concepts discussed
Insecure attachment isn't exclusively a result of your childhood.. We're all becoming a little more insecurely attached and my hope is that in listening to this episode you can feel more comfortable with your discomfort around your peers, seek connection, and heal in community. That said, diet culture IS conducive to community. In other words, we feel we relate to others when we complain about our weight, discuss new diets, and encourage each other to workout. This obviously has its faults, and those who have been harmed by diet culture are desperate for new ways to connect. If this is you, I recommend starting with nutrition counseling and/or eating disorder-informed therapy to become more confident in a non-diet lifestyle so that you don't feel the need to use diet talk as a way to relate to others. A great place to get support is with Vanessa and Kathryn's team at CALM counseling ATX or with me at Aspen Nutrition Therapy!
Book Reference: The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm !
In this episode with Kate Garland and Vanessa Scaringi, therapists and co-owners of CALM Counseling in Austin, we discuss how attachment theory can help in the healing journey of an eating disorder. I could not agree more with Vanessa that it's not about the food, and that the root of the behaviors matter more than the behaviors themselves (with some exceptions). To learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, you can follow them on instagram or youtube. As always, please reach out if you have any questions or comments on the episode! You can reach me, your host and intuitive eating dietitian, through my website or instagram as well.
In this episode, Katy Cox leads us through an IFS session with me as the "client" to demonstrate how this modality works. Katy is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Master of Public Health trained in eating disorders and IFS for dietitians. She provides insights to our behaviors in such a profound way that can allow someone to get unstuck, or atleast meet themselves with more compassion and understanding. If you're interested in working with Katy, you can find her on her website or instagram. She currently also works full time as a dietitian for Within Health and sees private practice clients on the side. You can also find me, Anafer, on my website or instagram for more support, to leave feedback, request a topic, or even just to say hello!
Katy Cox is a registered dietitian, dear friend and colleague, specializing in eating disorders. Katy works intimately with clients to normalize their relationships with food using evidence based strategies. She is Intuitive Eating and Health-at-Every-Size aligned, and is constantly working on growing and evolving herself as a professional and human.
In this episode we discuss how effective dietetics has evolved and why we practice the way we do. Disclosure: Katy's mother is an Eating Disorder Therapist specializing in Internal Family Systems (IFS)
At the end of the episode Katy explains how IFS can be used to explore the conflicting parts in us that keep us stuck in maladaptive coping mechanisms such as an eating disorder.
**Katy states she is not a trained clinician, however she has completed a training on an IFS approach for dietitians by certified Practitioners: Diana Dugan Richards, RDN, LDN and Molly Kellogg, LCSW, CEDRD. Learn more about this training here.
To learn more about IFS and eating disorders, see the following resources:
Contact Katy through her website: kindnessdietitian.com
Get in touch with me, Anafer, at aspennutritiontherapy.com
In this episode, you get to hear from a man who's doing respectable work trailblazing through diet culture to support men, and boys, on the intuitive eating journey. Jeff Ash is a Nutritionist, Personal Trainer, Intuitive Eating Coach, and host of the Men's Intuition Podcast! He is passionate about fitness and nutrition while seeing its limitations, and helps others who fall victim to negative cycles in these realms. You can find him spitting TRUTHS on instagram @intuitive.eating.men, his podcast, linked above, or his website: hopedrivesme.com
I want to support the large, and growing, population of men with the complicated sh*t they endure regarding food and their bodies. I am currently accepting new patients via my website AspenNutritionTherapy.com! For more FREE support, you can also follow me on instagram: @foodwithanafer
Please reach out if you have questions or requests for future topics
& share if you think someone else may find this episode insightful!
El primer episodio en Español (y con video)! Patri es PA (médico asociado) con Maestría de Ciencia Clínica, certificada en Alimentación Intuitiva. Aparte de su experiencia en el campo de la medicina, Patri es multi-cultural y mamá de una hija de 4 años. En este episodio aprenderàs como la cultura impacta nuestros hábitos alimenticios, cómo salirnos de la cultura de dietas y ser màs efectivos en promover la salud en nuestros hijos practicando Alimentación Intuitiva.
Si buscas ayuda con tus chiquitos, sigue a Patri en los redes:
Tik Tok: @empoweredeaters
Instagram: @empowered.eaters
Pagina: http://www.empoweredeaters.org
Si te interesa aprender a comer saludable usando los principales de la Alimentación Intuitiva, si tienes riesgos de salud relacionados a la dieta, O quieres aprendera dejar las dietas, connectate conmigo (Registered Dietitian Nutritionist) para aprender cómo te puedo apoyar!
Instagram y Tik Tok: @foodwithanafer
Pagina: AspenNutritionTherapy.com
Las dos estamos aceptando clientes nuevos y comentarios/preguntas!
Queremos saber que mas les interesa aprender para discutirlo en un futuro episodio!
Sasha Williams is hands down one of the most fascinating women I've ever spoken with. Raised in a small town in Colorado, she has a rich cultural background coming from immigrant parents and having lived in Ukraine, Maui, and even Japan. In the episode, Sasha provides compelling personal accounts of her upbringing - a parallel to the stories I have heard from countless clients of immigrant families - how it led her to trying harmful diets for 'health' or weight loss, and ultimately how she's come to approach fitness. Sasha was a powerlifting coach, certified personal trainer turned ski instructor and now ski patroller on Aspen Mountain. She is graceful with her prose, vulnerable with her ongoing efforts, and super freaking fun to learn from.
If you're a Roaring Fork Valley local and want to take a free powerlifting class with her this summer, you can message me on my website and we will fill you in on the details!
If you are looking for a weight-inclusive coach, therapist, or dietitian, I encourage you to visit my website at aspennutritiontherapy.com, and check out the following sources discussed in the episode:
Book: The Obesity Paradox : When Thinner Means Sicker and Heavier Means Healthier
Danish Study: Change in Body Mass Index Associated With Lowest Mortality in Denmark, JAMA (2016)
Buzzfeed vid: Health Nuts Swap Diets With Junk Food Addicts. American video, Indian video
Agency and autonomy are key to health and resilience, especially for the ADHD population. Try and follow along as 3 ADHDers explain how this can support you in your pursuit of ditching diets and harnessing your own intuitive eater!
Claire Weiman, LCSW can be found through her website: https://www.evo-life.com/
And Eliza Barach, PhD can be found on hers: https://www.neural-revolution.com/
As for me, if you're looking for nutrition therapy, give me a shout on instagram: @foodwithanafer or email me at anaferbarrera@gmail.com as I'm currently going through a website transition!
Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDS-S, Fiaedp, FADA, FAND, is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Beverly Hills, California, with forty years of experience, specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. She is the co-author/co-creator of Intuitive Eating.
Elyse also authors The Intuitive Eating Workbook, and The Intuitive Eating Card Deck—50 Bite-Sized Ways to Make Peace with Food, The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens and The Intuitive Eating Journal—Your Guided Journey for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food, and is a chapter contributor to The Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment. You can find her pretty much anywhere in this space, but I'll link her Instagram and website here.
If her story strikes a cord in you the way it did in me, a good place to start is with the ORIGINAL IE Book! Or head to the Counselor directory to be guided and supported by certified Intuitive Eating counselors.
I hope you love the episode as much as I did!
In the first episode of this new season, I interview Michelle Cross, an Intuitive Eating-aligned therapist and dietitian, on the complex intersection between eating behaviors and mental health! Michelle can be found on her website or through her new ED consulting platform: Eating Disorder Consultants.
If you, or someone you love is struggling to make peace with food or their body, I am accepting new international clients as of January 2023, or you can visit the following resources for additional support:
Goodbye Rach, hello Guests!! Rachel is moving on to other things, such as two jobs, more time with her husband and cats, and her new youtube channel!!
Looking ahead, we have more conversations about non-diet health, intuitive eating, the psychology of eating from the lense of registered dietitians and therapists, and eating disorders/disordered eating. I (Anafer) also plan to bring on past and current clients to share their story in hopes to spead a sense of common humanity that we are all experiencing in diet culture.
CAN. NOT. WAIT. TO. DIVE. IN!
Two dietitians cover the topic of consistency in Chew On It’s second episode: You Are What You Repeat. For most of us, there's dissonance between our current self and how we envision our future self to be. How do we bridge that gap? Rachel and Anafer discuss the impact that our values and support systems have on our health behaviors. We hope it give you something to chew on.