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The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSThe Concept of "Full Recovery" + Living in the Middle Place with Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Author of "SLIP"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: no longer in “danger” the way she once was, but not walking around with a tidy “fully recovered” bow tied on top either.We talk about:
2025-10-0653 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSRelapse in Eating Disorders, Substance Use, and Treatment Trauma with Sandi James, PsychologistThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comSandi 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 between substance use and eating disorders as coping strategies- Sandi’s early experiences with hush-hush, shame-based treatment in Australia- The impact of COVID, loneliness, and financ...
2025-09-2918 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSFitness as Liberation: Joy, Community, and Care with Ilya Parker (Part Two)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 fitness culture. They ultimately challenge us to reimagine what movement can look like when it’s rooted in compassion, accessibility, and community care.You don't want to miss this one. I promise....
2025-09-2231 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSDecolonizing Fitness with Ilya Parker: Gender, Weight Stigma, and the Toxic Fitness IndustryIlya 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, group classes, or wellness spaces—and anyone who’s curious about how fitness can transform when it’s rooted in care, inclusion, and liberation.Because every minute of this conversation felt sacred, we’re airing it...
2025-09-1533 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSThe PCOS 'Fix' Isn’t Weight Loss or Another Diet with Julie Duffy Dillon, RDIn 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 is misunderstood and so often mistreated* How diet culture sneaks into PCOS care and what it cos...
2025-09-0840 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSPerimenopause, "Belly Fat," and Carb-Phobia: How Wellness Culture Targets Women in Midlife with Deb Benfield, RDNIn 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 exactly the stage when we deserve peace, rest, and joy.Some of the things we get into…* Perimenopause and menopause diet culture messages* Why aging creates heightened vulnerability to diet and...
2025-08-251h 01
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSThe Part of Recovery No One Talks About: Hopelessness and Suicidal Ideation in Eating Disorders with Dr. Colleen ReichmannDr. 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 discussion about suicidal ideation and eating disorders. It is hopeful, and without any graphic detail. That said, please take care while listening, and know that it’s okay to skip this one or come back to...
2025-08-1852 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSDoes Intermittent Fasting Help in Midlife? A Closer Look at the ResearchThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comLately, 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* Common claims about its benefits during menopause* What current research suggests — and where findings are still emerging* The context of aging, well...
2025-08-1110 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSWhen Healthcare Causes Harm: Anti-Fat Bias in Medicine with Vinny Welsby, @FierceFattyThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comVinny 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 identity have to do with our bodies and our healing* The sneaky and not-so-sneaky ways anti-fat bias shows up in healthcare settings* Re...
2025-08-0433 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSThe Science of Hunger: "Semi-Starvation" & the Honeymoon Phase of Dieting with Chris SandelNutritionist 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 shares powerful insights into the biological realities of hunger, why restriction so often leads to feelings of food obsession and binge eating, and why recovery isn't about “willpower” — it's about safety, nourishment, and compassion.We talk about so much...
2025-07-2858 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSGLP-1s and Disordered Eating: What's Not Being Talked About with Dr. Rachel MillnerThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comAbbie 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 also how they stir up old stories of control, restriction, worthiness, and shame.This podcast is ad-free and support comes from your support on Substack. Subscribe HERE.Some of what you’ll hea...
2025-07-2141 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSLiving with Chronic Illness: Why You Are More Than Your Body with Dr. Jennifer CaspariWhat 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 cerebral palsy. Her personal and professional wisdom come together in such a powerful way — this conversation felt like a breath of fresh air in a world that so often a...
2025-07-141h 13
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSWhen a Photo Ruins Your Day (and How to Heal from It)This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, I’m answering a listener question that so many of us have carried, even quietly:Why does seeing a photo of myself — especially in a group — make me want to shrink my body, even though I know better?And so, this episode offers both understanding and tools. A soft landing, and also a gentle nudge toward reflection and repair.Here’s a little of what we explore:* Why photos can feel...
2025-07-0715 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSThe Allure of Empty: Intermittent Fasting, Disordered Eating, and Productivity CultureIf 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 (so you’ve told me) 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 comic relief, as he likes to say. Though I am clearly the funnier of the two of us. I also talk about how fasting show...
2025-06-2342 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSHow Under-Eating Impacts Our Hormones and Long-Term Health with Dr. Nicola SykesThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comWhat happens when a body goes quiet in its own defense? What systems shut down when we’re under-eating? (yes, even when we’re under-eating by “just a little bit”)Maybe you’ve experienced a missing period yourself.Maybe you’re deep in the perimenopause transition.Maybe you’re worried that your past dieting and intense exercise habits are showing up in ways you’re only now beginning to understand.Or maybe you simply want to better understand how our bodies speak...
2025-06-1626 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSThe Pressure to Perform: Body Image and ED Recovery in Female AthletesEating disorders can show up in a multitude of ways in athletes. From how a body “should” look if we play a certain sport, to how we “should” eat for performance, to the inevitable comparison trap of teammates and competitors.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 she recently graduated college.Lex also opens up about her family dynamics...
2025-06-091h 15
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSSex and Body Image: How to Get Out of Your Head and into Your Body with Fat-Positive Sex Therapist Noelle BenachThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comIn this week’s episode (a much-requested topic, by the way!) I sit down with fat-positive sex therapist Noelle Benach to explore the deeply complex terrain of sex, intimacy, body image, and pleasure. The first part of the episode is free for all listeners, and the full episode is available for paid subscribers on Substack. Upgrade to paid right here.Topics We Discuss:How childhood experiences with food and body shape our understanding of intimacy...
2025-06-0232 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSWhy We're Going to Be Okay: Desiree Adaway on Hope, Change, and Getting Better at ConflictDesiree Adaway joins the pod to help us through hard conversations in politics, body liberation, and beyond.She shares her insights on nourishment, the (white) male gaze, workplace equity, community, and why conflict is actually required in personal and societal transformation.* Desiree’s upbringing and why it lacked diet culture* Breakfast as an act of reconnection with self* Why she doesn’t give a s**t about the male gaze* What Toni Morrison taught her about bodies* The role of imagination in liberation* Why change can’...
2025-05-261h 06
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MSThe Crunchy Wellness Spiral: Anxiety, Orthorexia, and the Pressure to Be the "Healthy One" with Anti-Diet Dietitian Leah KernThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comAnti-Diet Dietitian Leah Kern joins the pod to discuss her experience with all the ways that the “crunchy granola identity” can create a funnel into disordered eating, body image struggles, and overall suffering. She and Abbie share their experiences with anxiety, the intersection of spirituality and environmentalism, and how the personal responsibility narrative can become harmful with food choices.Listen to hear more on:- Leah’s experience with disordered eating- Her path to becomi...
2025-05-1934 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS"There Is More to Life Than Hunger" + Exposing Diet Culture Through Fiction with Author Paulette StoutIn this week’s episode, I’m joined by author Paulette Stout, who opens up about her own healing journey — one that moved her from self-judgement and secrecy to self-compassion and rebellion.Her act of radical defiance this year? Buying clothes that fit now. Not in May. Not “once she shrinks.” But in the body she has today. That shift alone says: I deserve to take up space. Right here, right now.Paulette’s new novel centers a character healing from an eating disorder, but it’s not just about the food — it’s about rejoining life.
2025-05-121h 00
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#163: The Wisdom in Dissociation: When Leaving Your Body Is a Form of Protection with Monika Ostroff, LICSW, CEDS-S"Eating disorders are dissociative by nature. It's very difficult to be connected to your feelings while you're engaging in eating disorder behaviors. So it makes a lot of sense that people develop eating disorders as a way of keeping themselves as “safe” as possible." In this special episode, Abbie is joined by the incredible Monica Ostroff, a therapist and eating disorders specialist, to explore Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and its overlooked intersection with eating disorders. They also have a deeper conversation about the relationship between trauma and disordered eating. Monika shares her personal journey, detailing her...
2025-04-141h 06
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#160: What Does It Really Take to Heal? [Abbie Interviewed on Self-Compassion, Health Anxiety, and Reclaiming Body Connection on The Feeling Lighter Podcast]Abbie is on the other side of the mic in this episode -- being interviewed on self-compassion, recovery, body changes, and healing from the toxicity of diet culture. This is an exploration of the importance of trusting your body’s signals—whether it’s hunger, rest, or grief—and how everyday acts of self-kindness can transform your relationship with your body and your whole self. Listen to the episode for more on: self-compassion as the "first step" in recovery societal pressures surrounding body image the illusion of control in diet culture chronic illness and the pursuit of health...
2025-03-2451 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#159: Ozempic, Body Peace, and Eating Disorder Recovery with Activist and Author Amanda Martinez BeckYou're listening to the FREE version of this episode. To hear the FULL episode, upgrade to paid on Patreon! Your support is so deeply appreciated. In this episode, Abbie welcomes Amanda Martinez Beck to the pod. Amanda is a fat activist and educator, and she shares her journey with eating disorder recovery, diabetes, the importance of self-care, and the complexities of growing up in a body that didn't fit societal norms. She also talks openly about parenting, and what it means to her to foster a food-positive and body-inclusive environment at home. Behind the paywall...
2025-03-1742 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#158: "Body Image Touches Everything" with Body Image Researcher Dr. Charlotte MarkeyCharlotte Markey, PhD joins the pod to speak with Abbie about her research on body image and what the evidence really says about what shapes and influences the way we feel about ourselves. As Dr. Markey says in this episode, "body image touches everything." And that’s why it’s so important that we talk about it — not just as a fluffy concept that centers on our appearance, but as a multifaceted concept that influences the way we show up in the world. Listen to hear more about: What’s on Charlotte’s plate Defining bod...
2025-03-1047 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#156: What Are Eating Disorders Really About? A Listener Shares Their StoryThis is a free preview of a bonus episode. You can hear the full conversation when you upgrade to paid on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fullplate In this episode, Abbie sits down with Elizabeth, a long-time listener and passionate reader and baker, to discuss her journey through recovery, how neurodivergence plays a role in EDs, the challenges of unlearning diet culture, and the role of perfectionism in both disordered eating and healing. Elizabeth shares her personal experiences with treatment, the pressure to “get away with” restrictive behaviors, reclaiming baking from diet culture, and how she ultimately found a mo...
2025-02-2415 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#154: Dating in Recovery: Navigating Diet Culture in RelationshipsThis is a free preview of a bonus episode. To hear the full conversation, become a paid subscriber to the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fullplate. Your support on Patreon is what makes this show possible. Thank you so much! Abbie answers a listener question about the challenges of dating and relationships amidst diet culture -- especially while navigating a history of body control, body shame, and disordered eating. Our listener's concerns are about dating men who are overly focused on fitness and diet, and how to know whether those concerns are a reflection of her gu...
2025-02-1013 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#152: Life After Weight Loss Surgery, Finding True Self-Acceptance, and Healing from Over-Exercising with Kimberly RichardsonIn this week's VERY special episode, we are joined by Abbie's client, Kimberly. She speaks from the heart in bravely sharing her body story — from childhood adversity and weight stigma, to the decision to get weight loss surgery, to dealing with the aftermath of that experience, to learning how to create real safety and belonging in her life. Kimberly has magnetic energy, and is an example of why vulnerability is true courage and strength. She doesn’t just talk the talk, she walks the walk, and is a beautiful example of what it looks like to m...
2025-01-271h 05
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#148: Embodiment: What It Is, What It Isn't, and How We Come Home to Ourselves with Relational and Group Psychotherapist, Neathery Falchuk (Revisited)What is alive in you right now? What does it mean to return to your body as the place where you experience life? As we head into a new year, nothing feels more important than staying close to ourselves. Neathery Falchuk (they/them) joins Abbie to talk about the true meaning of embodiment, how it differs from mainstream conversations about body image, and why healing happens in the presence of safety and feeling completely seen and understood. Take a listen to this "best of 2024" episode to hear more about… What's on Neathery's plate (hint: bab...
2024-12-301h 08
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#147: Health Anxiety, Coping with Uncertainty, and How Diet Culture Impacts Our Mental Health with Dr. Diana GordonWe're revisiting this conversation with Dr. Diana Gordon, and it's everything. Big picture, Abbie and Diana discuss how to approach mental health in a sea of diet and wellness misinformation -- including whether or not movement and nutrition have a meaningful impact on anxiety and depression. They get into what it's like to ping pong back and forth between dieting and intuitive eating, how diet culture seizes on our fear of uncertainty to sell us a faulty product, and how to sit with and process our collective health anxiety. Topics discussed... Being an empath in the m...
2024-12-231h 21
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#146: Dealing with Holiday Anxiety, Resting without Guilt, Responding to Food Judgement, and Setting Compassionate BoundariesThis is a free preview of a bonus episode! You can access the full podcast episode here when you support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/fullplate. Abbie’s husband, Jeb, joins the pod (back by popular demand!) to help answer holiday questions from listeners. The questions get at the heart of all the ways the holiday season can impact our thoughts, anxieties, and behaviors around food, body image, and close relationships. Topics include reverting to only eating safe foods when presented with a lot more food than usual, feeling restless with unplanned ti...
2024-12-1616 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#145: The Path from Fitness Influencer to Eating Disorder, and Finding Self-Worth Beyond the Body with Mary Jelkovsky (of @maryscupoftea)Author and podcaster Mary Jelkovsky (@maryscupofteaa) joins us to share her journey about the harms and toxicity of becoming a fitness influencer, how fitness culture pushed her further into an eating disorder, and how she's healed from the damage to her sense of self. We also get into self-love versus self-compassion, confidence versus self-worth, healing from comparison, and why it's so stressful to worry about what other people think of your body. "I prided myself on being this person who didn't give a s**t what anybody thought of her. I was doing this food and body...
2024-12-0953 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#144: Rethinking ARFID as Neurodivergence and Raising "Picky Eaters" with Kevin Green (of @kevindoesarfid)Were you labeled a "picky eater" growing up? Or are you raising a child with sensory preferences, feeding differences, or neurodivergence? In this episode, we’re diving deep into Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), its connection to neurodivergence, and the misconceptions surrounding so-called “picky eaters.” We also discuss the intense pressure parents face from diet culture and social media, the impact of disembodying feeding practices on kids, and why “normal” eating doesn’t exist. You'll hear more about... what is ARFID and how is it diagnosed? the three main subtypes of ARFID Kevin's lived experi...
2024-12-021h 03
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#140: On Election Anxiety, Body Image, and the Importance of Eating and RestingHi, my friends. In this last-minute episode, I am talking to you about election anxiety, and why times of political and personal uncertainty can stir up disordered eating thoughts and behaviors. From control to distraction, we often tend to turn to bodies as a coping tool. Join me for this brief (but hopefully meaningful) conversation about these thoughts, why they surface, and supportive tools to nurture yourself through challenging times. I hope this is a compassionate reminder on why and how we are reclaiming our power when we choose food, rest, and radical self-care. We're in this together -- y...
2024-11-0412 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#139: Should We Really Eat As Much Candy As We Want?This is a free preview of a BONUS episode! To hear the full episode, make sure you're subscribed on Patreon. Your support is what keeps the lights on around here, so, thank you! It's Halloween time. And that means...plenty of candy. Maybe more than usual? Maybe not. In this special bonus episode, I'm answering a listener question about what to do if you feel like you can't eat candy without binge-eating it, how to approach candy with your kids, and whether we can truly give ourselves unconditional permission to eat all that sugar. 👉 Listen to t...
2024-10-2812 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#138: There Is Strength In Letting Go with Nakeia Homer, Author of Habits for HealingAuthor and well-being educator Nakeia Homer joins us to talk about releasing things (habits, people, beliefs) we've clung to for years—sometimes decades. As Nakeia beautifully explains, letting go is rarely about the thing or person itself, but rather what it symbolizes for us. We discuss self-forgiveness, finding our people, making peace with other people’s opinions of us, and what real self-care is all about. Nakeia also walks us through the process of building habits that help us heal; that help us become whole; that help us find ourselves. Things that stood out to me mo...
2024-10-2157 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#137: Childless Cat Ladies, Dating Culture, and Why Thinness Won't Save Us with Chrissy KingChrissy King is BACK for her second round on the pod. This time, we’re diving deep into the intricate ways diet culture, body autonomy, dating culture, and yes, even childless cat ladies, are all connected. I promise there’s a through-line here—and it’s more liberating than any “hot girl summer” meme you’ve ever scrolled past. Some of the things we chat about... What is on Chrissy’s Plate How she is accepting rest as a part of achievement How we can think of rest as a privilege and as freedom Childless cat ladies and being...
2024-10-141h 03
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#135: When Drinking Collides with Diet Culture, and Recovery Without Labels with Lael AtkinsonHave you ever wondered how alcohol fits into diet culture, or how it can intersect with and impact restrictive eating? We're diving into the connection between drinking and diet culture in this episode. Lael Atkinson, a recovery coach, joins Abbie to share their experiences with disordered eating, alcohol, and body image, how these issues have intersected with queerness, and other manifestations of these coping tools in their life. The conversation also explores the differences and similarities between drinking and dieting, how shame and body disconnection can show up in both, the overlap of substance abuse and disordered eating, and...
2024-09-301h 00
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#134: Body Image as We Age: Navigating Perimenopause with Summer InnanenSummer returns for her second (!!) time on the pod to speak with Abbie about the challenges of body image during perimenopause. With the ever-present pressure from diet culture -- preying on our insecurities, selling us anti-aging creams, 'fixes' for menopause symptoms, and endless diets to keep our bodies as small as possible -- it’s exhausting. This conversation takes a deeper look at what's happening as we age out of the beauty standard, the challenges we face with body grief, and how we can truly support ourselves and our changing bodies. We chat about so much in th...
2024-09-2349 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#133: Q&A on Food Addiction, Managing IBS Symptoms, and Celiac DiseaseWelcome to a very special bonus episode, where Abbie hosts a live Q&A call with the Full Plate Patreon community. This is a FREE preview of the conversation, but you can hear the FULL episode right here as a member of Patreon. To join Patreon and hear the episode, as well as all future bonus episodes and newsletters, visit: www.patreon.com/fullplate. In this episode... We discuss whether food addiction is real: how to navigate that feeling through the lens of body autonomy and self-compassion, and the role that diet culture and ant...
2024-09-1615 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#132: The Connection Between Perfectionism, Health Anxiety, and Orthorexia with Natalie Rose, Therapist & CoachNatalie Rose (@wakeupandsmelltherosay), therapist and wonderful human, joins us to share her journey with disordered eating, which began during her high school years due to social pressures and a desire for acceptance. We talk about her struggles with body image that led to a cycle of restriction and binge eating, exacerbated by a heart condition that limited her ability to exercise. Natalie also shares how her mother’s cancer diagnosis reignited her obsession with "healthy eating", pushing her into orthorexia. We explore perfectionism, health anxiety, relationships, and what it actually means to lean into self-kindness over self-hatred (pl...
2024-09-0955 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#131: No Pain, All Gain: Redefining Fitness on Your Terms with Jenna Werner, RDWe're chatting with my friend Jenna Werner (@happystronghealthy on IG), a registered dietitian and intuitive eating counselor, to explore the complexities of our relationship with movement—including her own history with compulsive exercise, the importance of ditching the “all-or-nothing” mentality, and what it means to find peace and attunement amidst the noise of fitness culture. Topics discussed: Jenna’s history of disordered exercising How toxic fitness culture fuels over-exercising A specific incident she had with a trainer The impact of “shedding for the wedding” Disordered exercise and o...
2024-08-2653 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#130: Let's Talk About...Emotional Eating and "Everything In Moderation" (Q&A Episode!)Hello, hello! This is a free preview of a bonus episode. You can hear the FULL episode right here when you subscribe and support the show on Patreon. This week, we're going deep on emotional eating and whether "everything in moderation" is the healthiest approach to food. Here are the questions from our Patrons: Moderation: Hi, Abbie. As someone who has been trying to heal from diet culture, I've heard a lot about the concept of moderation. Can you explain whether practicing moderation with food can actually be helpful or...
2024-08-1909 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#129: No, You Can’t "Eat Your Way" to Diabetes with Erin Phillips, RD & Diabetes SpecialistYou cannot cause diabetes by eating sugar and carbs. And if that sounds wild to you, please tune in. Because today we're debunking common myths about diabetes to give you a deeper understanding of this condition, its connection to disordered eating, how to spot misinformation about nutrition for diabetes management, and ways to care for yourself without diet culture tactics. Erin and Abbie discuss the foundation of a weight-inclusive approach, and address rampant weight stigma and anti-fat bias in the diabetes space. Topics discussed include... Diabetes and insulin resistance (physiology) Risk factors for d...
2024-08-121h 17
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#128: Losing the Weight of Other People's Opinions to Heal from Food and Body Shame with Veronica PerrettiIn the latest episode of Full Plate Podcast, I’m joined by Veronica Perretti (a yoga teacher, astrologer, and client of mine) to talk about how she has been (and continues to) recover from a lifetime of trying to control other people’s opinions of her body. This episode has so much laughter and so much depth, simultaneously. Veronica is incredibly vulnerable in sharing her truth-iest experiences with body shame, the areas of her life where she still struggles to divest from diet culture, the impact her food freedom has had on her marriage, and the crucial compo...
2024-08-051h 10
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#127: How We Find Our Way: Yasmine Cheyenne on Self-Forgiveness, Red Flags, and ComparisonDon't MISS this one! Yasmine Cheyenne joins the pod this week to help us heal as we walk some of our most challenging paths: self-forgiveness, people-pleasing, unhealthy relationships, and comparison. Yasmine helps us navigate the inevitability of the human experience: from how we can make certain choices to prevent ourselves from the suffering that stems from perfectionism, to the red flags that lead to painful and repetitive cycles, and how we can learn to put ourselves first. Some topics we get into: Setting boundaries to protect yourself from burnout Yasmine’s new...
2024-07-2955 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#126: This Sh*t Is Hard: Is Recovery Even Worth It?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comNOTE: This is a free preview of a bonus episode. You can hear the full episode on Substack if you're a paid subscriber. The podcast audio will say Patreon for the paid content, but we’ve moved to Substack!In this special bonus episode, Abbie and her husband talk through a listener question about healing and recovery, and whether all the hardship -- including divesting from diet culture in a world that is still very much steeped in diet cu...
2024-07-2209 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#125: We Can't Do This Alone: Body Grief, Recovery During Pregnancy, and Adult Friendships with Allyson Ford, MA, LPCCThis conversation will heal you. What started as an episode meant to be about recovery during pregancy expanded into one that spans across our lifetime of healing. Allyson Inez Ford, MA, LPCC (also know as @bodyjustice.therapist on IG) joins Abbie in an episode that we all need to hear. Topics include: Navigating body grief, how white supremacy fuels eating disorders, Allyson's experience as a multiracial child, what it looks like to show up for your partner in recovery, the impact of chronic illness on disordered eating and body image, finding support through community, how...
2024-07-1552 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#124: Accidental Disordered Eating & Healing from the Binge-Restrict CycleMany of us stumble into a disordered relationship with food unknowingy -- perhaps thinking we were being "healthy", following a doctor's dieting advice, or having just always had a restrictive mentality from our upbringing. In this revisited episode, Abbie sits down with one of her incredible clients, Dory, to talk about accidental disordered eating, the binge-restrict cycle, and how to keep going when everyone around you seems to be stuck in diet culture. This episode was the first time Abbie had a client on the pod. It's so important that we hear diverse stories and...
2024-07-081h 38
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#121: Belonging Versus Conforming: Your Body Is Not Your Forever Project with Savala NolanOn a revisited conversation -- one that left a lasting impact on me -- the incredible Savala Nolan joins us to talk about belonging versus conforming, understanding the body as our home, and how to walk away from a lifetime of disordered eating. Savala is warm, funny, kind, smart as hell, and she will blow your mind open when she explains really hard, complex, and nuanced topics. I felt so at home speaking with her, and I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did. Our conversation covers… Growing up with many du...
2024-06-171h 24
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#120: Weight Loss, Self-Acceptance, & Reclaiming MovementThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To listen to the full conversation, support the show on Patreon! In this week's VERY special episode, I am joined by my client, Kimberly. She speaks from the heart in bravely sharing her body story — from childhood adversity and weight stigma, to the decision to get weight loss surgery, to dealing with the traumatic aftermath of that experience, to learning how to create real safety and belonging in her life. Kimberly has magnetic energy, and is an example of why vulnerability is true courage an...
2024-06-1029 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#119: Anxiety, Coping Strategies, and Therapy Red Flags with Edie Stark, MSc LCSWTherapist Edie Stark joins the pod to chat all about anxiety, perfectionism, disordered eating, red flags to look out for when finding or working with a therapist, and how to protect our peace on social media. Edie has become a dear friend of mine, and I had so much fun chatting with her about her lived experience with mental health and learning differences, what drove her to become a therapist, and coping strategies to create calm and safety in our lives. Most importantly, we discuss chocolate chip cookies for a good ten minutes at the start of...
2024-06-031h 18
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#118: How Diet Culture Impacts Your Career and Your Values with Rachel Garrett, Career & Leadership CoachHave you ever thought about how diet culture has impacted your professional life, the career path you've chosen, or how you've been able to show up in that area of your life more generally? In this conversation, Abbie is joined by career and leadership coach Rachel Garrett (who is also a client of Abbie's!). We explore Rachel's story with her body and food -- from childhood influences and coping mechanismsm, to her ongoing struggle with self-acceptance, and the constant pursuit of aligning her life with her values. In particular, we focus on the intersection between...
2024-05-271h 04
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#117: The Truth About Weight-Loss Drugs: Q&A on GLP-1s with Ragen ChastainThis is a free preview of a bonus episode. To listen to the full conversation, you'll need to be a paid supporter on Patreon. Join the Full Plate Patreon right here! Ragen Chastain is back for part two with us this week. This time, we continue our "is being fat bad for your health?" conversation by answering your questions about GLP-1s. We chat about the current hype around weight-loss drugs, how they "work" (or don't), and the truth about their risks and side effects. If you haven't listened to part one of...
2024-05-1305 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#116: "But Isn't Being Fat Bad for Your Health?": Unpacking Weight Science with Ragen ChastainThe idea that fatness and weight gain are synonymous with poor health has become a seemingly incontestable truth in our society. So much so that you have undoubtedly heard that “we’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic”. But where did this claim originate? And what does the research actually say about the relationship between weight and health outcomes? These two things may be connected, but not in the way we’ve been led to believe. This week, I am joined by the incredible and incomparable Ragen Chastain — who is a groundbreaking researcher in weight sci...
2024-05-0655 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#115: ADHD, Binge Eating, and Processed Foods with Becca King, RDYou're in for a treat! This week on the pod we’re chatting with the incredible Becca King (who you may know as @adhd.nutritionist on Instagram), a registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor who specializes in helping folks with ADHD heal their relationship with food. Becca is an ADHDer herself, so we chat about her personal experience with disordered eating, the interplay of neurodivergence with the binge/restrict cycle, and how she approaches nutrition now for herself and for her clients. Becca is here to help us bust myths about nutrition for ADHD as we de...
2024-04-291h 04
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#114: Fat-Positive Parenting and Supporting Your Child's Body Image with Debbie SaroufimThis is a free preview of a bonus episode! You can hear the full episode at patreon.com/fullplate. This week, I’m joined by body image coach and children’s book author, Debbie Saroufim. We delve into why it's vital to adopt a fat-positive, anti-diet perspective when it comes to children's well-being, and how parents can take an active role in supporting their children’s body image. We also discuss practical strategies to help kids foster body acceptance, navigate conversations about weight and health, and cultivate body autonomy with food. Listen to hear mor...
2024-04-2215 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#113: We Don't Need to "Define a Waist" with Dacy Gillespie, Anti-Diet Personal Stylist"Dress for your body type", "define your waist", and "only wear what is flattering". How about...no. As our bodies change (as they will continue to do throughout our life), many of us are met with barriers to body acceptance. And our clothes are a massive part of that. But they can also be a pivotal part of our liberation. Tune in to this week's episode to hear my conversation with Dacy Gillespie, a weight-inclusive anti-diet personal stylist. We untangle the mess of our closets, dismantle from patriarchal ideas of fashion, and challenge our sense o...
2024-04-151h 05
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#112: When Religion and Diet Culture Collide with Leslie Schilling, RDOn this week's episode, we're joined by Leslie Schilling, registered dietitian and author. We focus on themes in her second book, Feed Yourself, which explores the intersection of diet culture and religion — how diet culture shows up in the safest spaces, including places of worship. We discuss interrogating the church, and how diet culture is perpetuated through its messaging and ideologies. From weight to food choices, to health and morality, to the lies that instill shame and guilt – specifically when it comes to our bodies. I’ve really admired and respected Leslie for years. We’re conne...
2024-04-081h 01
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#111: All About Acid Reflux & Supporting Your Digestive System Without RestrictionThis is free preview of a paywalled episode, which is available to our wonderful supporters on Patreon. To listen to the full episode, you can upgrade to paid on Patreon! This episode is an answer to a question submitted on Patreon from Erica, who asked: “How can I manage my acid reflux without restriction? I've been told over and over that I should eliminate certain foods, but just thinking about restricting is triggering me. Other than limiting my caffeine intake I'm really trying not to cut out any specific foods because honestly I kno...
2024-04-0109 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#107: Intermittent Fasting and MenopauseThis is a free preview of a paid episode, which is available to our wonderful supporters on Patreon. To listen to the full episode, you can upgrade to paid on Patreon! If you’ve ever been curious if intermittent fasting’s claims about health benefits during menopause are true, this is the episode for you. This week on Full Plate, we're digging into the claims, the science, and debunking the myths around intermittent fasting during this season of life. If intermittent fasting has been something you've tried, have considered trying, or seem to find...
2024-03-0410 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#103: Meal Planning Is Pulling Me Back Into RestrictionThis is free preview of a paywalled episode, which is available to our wonderful supporters on Patreon. To listen to the full episode, you can upgrade to paid on Patreon! This episode is an answer to a question submitted on Patreon from Andy, who asked: How can we approach meal planning without falling into old patterns? Every time I start to think about meal planning or meal prep, it triggers me, and reminds me of dieting. But as a parent, I know I’ll go nuts if I don’t have some kind of plan to g...
2024-02-0510 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#102: "The Doubt Disorder": Overcoming OCD with Jenna Overbaugh, LPCThe co-occurence of OCD and disordered eating is a topic we've wanted to cover for some time now. It was a big part of Abbie's lived experience, and something that comes up consistently with clients in her practice. It's a common overlap that isn't discussed enough, and when it is, it rarely comes through an anti-diet culture lens. This episode features guest Jenna Overbaugh, LPC, who specializes in OCD and anxiety. Together, Abbie and Jenna discuss the misconceptions, steriotypes, and assumptions that do a disservice to those with OCD, and unearth the truths about what it means to live...
2024-01-291h 06
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#101: The Epidemic of Disordered Eating & the Myth of Full Recovery with Cole Kazdin, Author of "What's Eating Us?"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 ever possible, or if disordered eating is more of a chronic condition that ebbs and flows throughout life. Tune in to hear more, including... What led Cole to...
2024-01-221h 09
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#100: Debunking Myths About Hydration & Fast Food + Whether Body Checking is Ever HelpfulThis 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 listen to the FULL episode, upgrade to paid to support the show on Patreon! Here are the listener questions discussed on this episode:
2024-01-1515 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#99: Overcoming Health Anxiety, Coping with Uncertainty, + How Food and Movement Impact Mental Health with Dr. Diana GordonDr. 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 culture seizes on our fear of uncertainty to sell us a faulty product, and how to sit with and process our collective health anxiety. Topics discussed... Being an e...
2024-01-081h 22
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#98: The Truth About Self-Love and Body Liberation with Chrissy King, Author of "The Body Liberation Project"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 oppressive systems that continue to exist despite our personal healing. Topics discussed: Chrissy's experience with dieting and her body image growing up Getting wrapped up in fitness culture and t...
2024-01-011h 12
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#97: Dr. Anita Johnston on Being a Highly Sensitive Person & How Authenticity Heals UsAs 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 to be most vulnerable to eating disorders, and how to use those gifts as superpowers. Topics covered: How being highly sensitive impacts disordered eating and healing The safety and security that...
2023-12-181h 14
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#96: Disordered Eating in Runners: Carb-Phobia, Weight and Performance, and Learning to Be Happy AgainI 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 food and running. Eating disorders can show up in a multitude of ways in athletes. From how a body “should” look if we play a certain sport...
2023-12-111h 12
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#94: Food Won't "Fix" This: Safety, Community, & Belonging in a Trans BodyWhat 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". What is missing from the conversation about body dissatisfaction and disordered eating? A lot. But in a big way, the current narrative leaves out marginalized communities and in particular the prevalence...
2023-11-271h 22
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#93: BONUS: Surviving Diet Culture Over the HolidaysWell, 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 also preparing ourselves for what has always been. This episode is part holidays tips, part holiday pep talk. To hear t...
2023-11-2012 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#91: Living with Chronic Illness in the Age of Wellness CultureChances 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 other chronic health conditions. This week, I'm speaking with a truly incredible woman (Lacey!) who was part of one of my group programs. Lacey speaks to her experience with Crohn's disease, the path to...
2023-11-061h 27
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#89: How Not to Lose Your Sh*T Over Halloween CandyThis 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 Patreon! We dig into... How do we stop feeling so "out of control" around candy? How do we deal with the fear and anxiety of h...
2023-10-2312 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#88: Building Diet Culture Resilience & Preventing Eating Disorders in Teens with Oona HansonOona 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 Anti-fat phrases we need to retire from our vocabulary Why being an athlete means having a higher likelyhood of developing an eating disorder How coaches can su...
2023-10-161h 17
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#87: The Truth About Intermittent FastingIf 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 comic relief, as he likes to say. Though I am clearly the funnier of the two of us. I also talk about how fasting showed up in my...
2023-10-0950 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#86: From Conforming to Belonging: Your Body is Not Your Forever Project with Savala NolanThe 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 around. Savala is warm, funny, kind, smart as hell, and she will blow your mind open when she explains really hard, co...
2023-10-021h 21
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#85: Grieving a Changing Body & Hypothalamic AmenorrheaIn 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 is also asking about healing from hypothalamic amenorrhea (the loss of a menstrual cycle), and I think this part of the conversation adds an...
2023-09-2514 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#84: Anxiety, Trauma, & How to Feel Safe in Our Bodies with Stephanie Mara FoxCalling 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 all of this an so much more. We get into somatics and body awareness, how to release tension and conjure calming thoughts, and how to use coregulation to promote feelings of calm and safety -- especially when d...
2023-09-181h 14
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#83: Our Mothers, Our Bodies, & Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture with Virginia Sole-SmithWelcome 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 messed up relationship with food, but I also don’t want them to be fat” The...
2023-09-111h 14
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#82: Unintentional Under-Eating, Food Allergies, & Physical Therapy ExercisesMailbag 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.patreon.com/fullplate Here are the questions covered: 1) “How can I spot ways I might be accidentally under-feeding myself? In an episode Abbie mentions past di...
2023-08-2825 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS(Revisited) #52: The Connection Between ADHD and Disordered Eating with Aleta Storch, RD & Mental Health CounselorThis 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 few episodes from last year. Whether you've heard them before or not, they're worth the listen! -- Aleta Storch joins the pod...
2023-08-211h 04
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#81: How Do We Feel About Fitness Trackers?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 love to hear most about. We're talking about how to examine your relationship with your fitness tracker, and answering the question: "Are these harmful or helpful?".
2023-07-3111 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#79: Partnership & Values in Healing from Diet Culture with Lauren Cadillac, RD @feelgooddietitianLauren Cadillac, @feelgooddietitian, joins Abbie on this one, and it's truly a full plate of goodness. We touch on so much in this episode as we dig into Lauren's story, but a few specific topics include: An ode to cheese What happens when we convince ourselves we're intolerant to a food Pregnancy and wellness culture How our partners can impact our ED recovery Using things outside of yourself to motivate you to heal your relationship with food Lauren's experience with bodybuilding and how it affected her body image and relationship with food The mental and emotional toll of r...
2023-07-171h 09
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#77: Can We Be "Addicted" To Sugar? (Revisited)Let’s chat about SUGAR (diet culture's favorite food to fear-monger). We're revisiting a favorite episode and digging into the concept of “sugar addiction”. As the summer holidays begin, and we're surrounded by others' diet talk, the question of sugar and desserts is always one that comes up. This topic has been requested countless times, and it's no wonder why: Diet and wellness culture have both demonized sugar in a myriad of ways, leaving so many of us to feel like we “can’t control ourselves” around sweet foods, or fearful of what those foods will do to our bodie...
2023-07-0339 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#76: What's On My Plate: Food, Anxiety, & Big Moves!Today, we're getting into what's on my plate (and, briefly, Jeb's!). From food, to a big move happening in our life, to some real talk about the fear and anxiety brought on by change of any kind. Abbie talks about her experience with anxiety, how it was a risk factor and cause of her ED, and how it plays a role in her life now. Plus: a metaphor for explaining anxiety to loved ones in your life, ways to cope without maladaptive coping tools (like restriction, exercise, and anything else diet culture pushes our way). Thank you for hanging...
2023-06-2637 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#75: Can Intentional Weight-Loss & ED Recovery Coexist? [+ The NEDA ChatBot] with Sharon MaxwellThis is an episode you CANNOT miss. It encompasses the core of what we are doing on this show -- in divesting from diet culture, examining anti-fat bias, healing our relationship with food, and reclaiming body autonomy through weight-inclusive and fat-positive recovery. Sharon Maxwell joins Abbie to talk about weight stigma in the medical field, in eating disorder treatment, and most importantly, what has been happening in the media with NEDA (the National Eating Disorder Association). We unpack a lot of definitions upfront: what is weight stigma, how does it present in the eating disorder...
2023-06-191h 12
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#74: Healing When Your Partner Is Still PaleoToday we're exploring a really common (and very hard) situation through the lens of a listener question: When you're healing from a complicated relationship with food, but your partner is still dieting, or may not think they're dieting, but are deeply steeped in beliefs that are informed by wellness culture and diet culture. How do you cope? What do you do? How do you protect yourself while honoring their needs? This episode will also be helpful for navigating friendships or other family relationships (anyone who is important to you!). Abbie provides some thoughts on: H...
2023-06-1239 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#73: "Healthy Is Not A Flavor" & How Intuitive Eating Can Fall Short with Clara Nosek, @yourdietitianbffCome for the dietetics hot takes, stay for the memes and reality TV advice. Clara Nosek (@yourdietitianbff) joins Abbie to talk about how she navigates the discussion of "healthy foods" with her kids and family, why we need more diversity in dietetics, what gives her the biggest "ick" on social media in the anti-diet spaces, intuitive eating as a tool that isn't built for everyone, why she uses humour and memes to convey complex and nuanced topics in nutrition, and how we can all get better at trusting our own "ick". Abbie also gets all the advice on where...
2023-06-051h 18
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#70: Ask Abbie: Social Media Boundaries, Protein Bars, and Almond MomsToday's episode is a grab-bag of topics! Abbie answers two listener questions -- one about whether protein bars are "diet culture", and the other about the "Almond Moms" trend. She also talks about social media in the context of mental health, sharing her own relationship with Instagram (posting, scrolling, and engaging), and some tips on how to create a safe space in your own feed. Topics discussed: Abbie's relationship with Instagram Following accounts that support your mental health Are protein bars "diet culture"? The hyper-fixation on protein in diet culture How to approach foods you ate...
2023-05-1534 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#66: HUNGER: What It Is, What It Isn't, & How We Can Learn To Trust ItWe're REALLY getting into it today with this one. Hunger, as a broad topic, is something that I continue to receive the most questions on. We will likely have a part two to this episode in the future, so stay tuned! FAQs covered: What even is hunger? What is the physiology and psychology behind it? What are the signs of hunger that we might be ignoring? Why do we lose our hunger, or become disconnected from the hunger cues themselves? What happens to our appetite and hunger as a result of dieting, accidental under-eating, and / or...
2023-04-1751 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#65: The Truth About Emotional Eating & How We Can Heal Through Internal Family Systems with Dr. Kim Daniels, Licensed Clinical PsychologistAbbie chats with Dr. Kim Daniels, a licensed clinical psychologist and emotional eating coach, about the biospychosocial components of eating disorders, the diagnosis of binge eating, and how so many factors come together to create our relationship with food and our bodies. Topics discussed: What’s on Kim’s plate right now as a mother, and her current favorite snack Kim's relationship with food and her body as a child How our experience of puberty impacts body image Working in bariatric surgery prior to finding the weight-inclusive approach Binge eating as a diagnosis Assumptions in ED trea...
2023-04-101h 07
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#63: Supporting A Partner (Or Anyone) Through RecoveryAbbie's husband, Jeb, is back on the pod again! They discuss how to support a partner (or friend, loved one, family member) through their recovery. This episode is focused on recovery from chronic dieting and disordered eating, but we also talk a lot about recovery from addiction, given that it Jeb's background. Topics discussed: What is "recovery", and how can we think about "full" recovery? How Abbie feels about the language of "recovery" and "recovered" Ways Abbie and Jeb have supported one another's healing Communication and boundaries in recovery Asking for support and expressing your needs C...
2023-03-2753 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#61: Accidental Disordered Eating, the Binge-Restrict Cycle, and Ditching a Lifetime of DietingToday's episode is extra special, because it's the first time Abbie has had a client on the pod. It's so important that we hear diverse stories and the real talk from people who are "in it". Dory joins the pod to talk about her experience with disordered eating (even though she didn't know it at the time), how she always thought that she was just a binge eater and had to use "will power", the diet that ended her dieting, her experience with healing through community and group coaching, and so much more. If you...
2023-03-131h 36
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#60: Recovering When You Have a Food Budget and Meal Planning Without Diet CultureHave you been curious about whether an anti-diet / intuitive eating approach can coexist with a food budget, or whether it's possible to meal plan without it being rooted in diet culture? In this episode, Abbie does a deep dive into both of these questions from listeners. Question 1: Hi Abbie! I’d love to know what you recommend for eating intuitively on a budget. I’ve made so much progress with releasing guilt with food, and incorporating so many things that used to be off-limits, but I’m having trouble approaching it without some financi...
2023-03-0641 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#57: Elimination Diets, Emotional Eating, and Orthorexia: Whole30 Part TwoWe're baaaack! Abbie's husband, Jeb, returns to do Whole30 part two. If you haven't listened to part one, make sure to start there. Topics discussed: What Abbie and Jeb are fighting about Does dairy cause inflammation, skin issues, hormone imbalances, and digestive issues? Reintroduction of dairy and symptoms "The Pancake Rule" and emotional eating Are elimination diets safe? IBS and elimination protocols Orthorexia and disordered eating in wellness culture Studies / links mentioned: Episode on Sugar Addiction Episode on Whole30 [Part One] Dairy does not increase markers of inflammation Dairy may be anti-inflammatory Restrained eating a...
2023-02-131h 05
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#54: The Truth About Whole30 (Part 1)Whether or not you’ve done a Whole30, this episode goes through how this diet is a specific example of wellness culture – the new version of diet culture, where restrictive eating is disguised as “health”. Abbie’s husband Jeb joins to keep her from going on a 3-hour tangent, which trust us, is a good thing. Topics discussed: Wellness culture and healthism as a new form of diet culture Abbie’s experience with Whole30 Using “elimination protocols” outside of medical supervision Why Whole30 is popular and seductive Is Whole30 a “diet”? Food morality and sneaky weight-loss language What’s the d...
2023-01-231h 09
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#51: How to Avoid New Year's Diet Culture Traps [AKA: How Not to Panic-Diet!]In this episode, Abbie answers a listener question from Patreon and talks about the seduction of diet culture in the New Year. You’ll hear about how you can challenge the diet culture mindset using self-compassion rather than comparison, a values-based framework, and the body of evidence on "weight management". This episode is an important reminder of ways to navigate the feeling of wanting to do a “reset”, and how to take tangible action to approach those feelings and desires without spiraling. Diet and wellness culture is STRONG in January, but you are stronger. The question in this e...
2023-01-0235 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#47: SUGAR: "Addiction", Cravings, & Making Peace With SweetsLet’s chat about sugar – specifically the concept of “sugar addiction” and what the science says. This topic has been requested countless times, and I can absolutely understand why. Diet culture has demonized sugar in a myriad of ways, leaving so many of us to feel like we “can’t control ourselves” around sweet foods. If you’ve ever felt like you are addicted to sugar (or food, for that matter), tune in to this one. Abbie talks through the scientific research on sugar addiction, including: How it impacts the reward centers in our brain What it means that it...
2022-12-0540 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#45: Holiday Q&A: Food Guilt, Over-Eating, and Mental RestrictionTime for some holiday Q&A! In this episode, Abbie answers two listener questions relating to food guilt, over-eating, and general anxiety about holiday food festivities. You'll hear about common causes of guilt with eating and how to rethink guilt in the context of diet culture. These questions also take us on a bit of a road trip through mental restriction and physical restriction and how those impact our experience of over-eating. Question 1 - Sarah asks: How do you learn to approach holiday meals with a no-guilt mindset? Question 2 - Em asks: Hi Abbie! Thank y...
2022-11-2147 min
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#35: Addiction, Sobriety, and Disordered Eating: An Interview With Abbie & Her HusbandIt’s a husband episode! Abbie and her husband Jeb are interviewed about how they have navigated, and continue to navigate, their relationship with Jeb being a recovering addict and Abbie having recovered from an eating disorder. This episode is full of helpful thoughts and tips for anyone who is in a relationship or friendship where mental health is central to the partnership (so, all of us!). We discuss: Jeb’s story with addiction and how he got sober How Abbie and Jeb met and what dating looked like How th...
2022-09-121h 28
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#2: Abbie's StoryThis episode is Abbie’s backstory - hear about her history and what led her to teaching about diet culture today. While not every part nor the full length of her story is possible to fit into a reasonable amount of time for a podcast, this show is intended to provide context and help you get to know her better. Our first three episodes are not the typical format we’ll be following. Episode 4 is the most representative of what our typical format will be. So, if you want to jump to that, feel free. Episodes 1-3 are to help...
2022-01-311h 14