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The Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching055 - Pit Pony Jeanette Thompson-Wessen - Classroom to ADHD Nutritionist - Part 2In Part 2 of our conversation with Jeannette Thompson-Wessen, the story turns even darker. After being shouted at while pregnant, ignored during risk assessments, and breaking down in front of students, Jeannette was left utterly broken. She describes a period of severe depression, suicidal thoughts, and the moment a school chose to send a parental complaint - on the very day she’d shared her mental health crisis.But this episode is also about survival and the long road to recovery. Jeannette opens up about rebuilding her life, her family’s support, and the power of leavi...2025-05-2759 minThe Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching054 - Pit Pony Jeanette Thompson-Wessen - Classroom to ADHD Nutritionist - Part 1In this powerful first part of our conversation with Jeannette Thompson-Wessen, we hear how a passionate, dedicated food technology teacher went from being earmarked for leadership to being bullied, ignored and broken. After returning from maternity leave, the praise disappeared, the support vanished, and the treatment became so toxic it pushed her to the brink.Jeannette shares her early love of teaching, her impact on students in a deprived area, and how it all began to unravel – from sudden hostility to being shouted at while heavily pregnant. This episode is a raw and unfiltered look at what ha...2025-05-2745 min
Fats on FilmWhat We Do In The Shadows (2019-2024) with Jeanette Thompson-Wessen"This is just how we talk in Tuscon, Arizonia."🎙️ Episode SummaryIn this episode of Fats on Film, we sink our teeth into the FX series What We Do in the Shadows and its refreshingly positive fat representation. From the effortlessly suave Lazlo to Guillermo’s evolving arc, we explore how these characters defy fatphobic stereotypes and bring nuance to fat storytelling on screen.Joining me is the brilliant Jeanette Thompson-Wessen, an anti-diet, fat-positive, and ADHD specialist nutritionist. Together, we discuss the intersections of fatness, media, and identity, breaking down why representation like this matters and how it...2025-02-281h 27
Zeitwellen: Weniger Stress mit Leben & Tod324 Ego-Plan vs. göttlicher Plan: Die richtige Stimme wählenEs ist so eine Sache mit den Plänen. „Ich habe einen Plan.“ Diese Worte hört man doch so oft. Aber hast Du jemals darüber nachgedacht, wessen Plan das ist? In einem Gespräch mit einer Klientin kam die Idee auf, dass das Ego ein kleines "go" ist, wohingegen Gott das große "Go" darstellt. Wie genial ist das denn? Folgst Du dem kleinen Go, dem Ego, verirrst Du Dich. Folgst Du dem großen Go, dem Göttlichen, ist alles klar und leicht.
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Not Another Mummy PodcastJeanette Thompson-Wessen: Ditching diet culture and eating intuitivelyHow much do you listen to what your body is telling you, when it comes to hunger and eating? My guest on this episode really got me thinking about how little listening I do to my body vs how much listening I do when it's other people sharing opinions.Jeanette Thompson-Wessen aka The Mindset Nutritionist is a nutritionist and intuitive eating coach and we discuss a lot, from diet culture and how we're all walking pound signs when it comes to the diet industry... to whether the ‘obesity crisis’ is an actual thing or is it just...2024-09-0550 min
Fat Joy with Sophia ApostolSome Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Jeanette Thompson-WessenA bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.2023-11-3005 min
Fat Joy with Sophia ApostolIs Intuitive Eating Accessible? -- Jeanette Thompson-WessenInspired by a question from a Fat Joy listener, Jeanette Thompson-Wessen (she/her) shares how to be an intuitive eater whist on a fixed income. And then she expands the conversation into whether intuitive eating is actually accessible and whether that’s even the right question to be asking ourselves. She also shares useful tools to help us navigate our full health in ways that are useful, flexible, and compassionate.Jeanette Thompson-Wessen is a fat nutritionist with a degree in Human Nutrition who has a passion for helping people learn how to reconnect with their bodies and fe...2023-11-281h 05
Thunder Thighs & Bedroom Eyes: A Fat PodcastThunder Thighs and Bedroom Eyes, Ep. 9 - See? We Told You Weight Stigma Was The Problem! Dr. Asher Larmie and Jeanette Thompson Wessen Set The Record StraightWelcome to a new episode of Fat and Fucked, hosted by Dr. Krista Nabar and Suzy Hooker. We are so glad you made it since this is THE EPISODE you need to hear! We have two incredible guests joining us for an extremely valuable conversation. Dr. Asher Larmie (he/they) and Jeanette Thompson-Wessen (she/her) settle the score on why fat liberation PROMOTES health rather than detracts from it. Jeanette and Asher share their intimate connection with fatness and fat liberation, and their paths to becoming outspoken advocates of fat liberation. One of t...2023-10-251h 18
This Is (Not) About Your BodyThis Is Not About Your Body | Eating & Thriving in a Fat Body with Jeanette Thompson-Wessen | S2E32Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! Today I'm joined by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen who is a nutritionist and fat content creator who specializes in intuitive eating, fat joy, and helping fat people become intuitive eaters so they can live their best, nourished, and fulfilled lives! Find more from Jeannete on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themindsetnutritionist/ - - - - - - My book, "Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues" is OUT NOW! Pick up a copy from your favorite retailer today! I've also released a new course which pairs nicely with the...2023-09-261h 06
The Joyful + Nourishment Podcast#5 - Why do I have to let go of dieting?In this week’s Voice Note from Linn I am talking about why it is necessary to let go of dieting in order to move towards a more peaceful relationship with food, eating and your body.I also talk about how this is not the same thing as still wanting to lose weight or make your body smaller, it is ok to still hold these desires if you do. But that doesn’t mean you have to actually act on them.This is a short ramble on the topic of dieting, Diet Culture and...2023-06-3015 min
The Fat Doctor PodcastWhy the American Academy of Pediatrics is WRONG (part 1)Send us a textThere is a CONTENT WARNING for stigmatizing language, medical weight stigma/ trauma and s**icide. Asher is joined by regular guest Jeanette Thompson-Wessen (she/her), Anti-diet Nutritionist, Intuitive Eating and Body Acceptance Coach. Together they discuss the recently published American Academy of Pedicatrics (AAP) guidelines on the management of childhood & adolescent oB*siTy, in particular the evidence (or lack of evidence) that supports their advice that:Children as young as 12 should be offered weight loss drugsChildren as young as 13 should be offered weight loss surgeryThank you for listening...2023-01-181h 08
Hoovering with Jessica FostekewHoovering - Episode 227: Jeanette Thompson-WessenWelcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Get on instagram and follow Jeanette THE MINDSET NUTRITIONIST and check out the amazing ALL BODIES RECOVERY that she’s part of the team behind. An incredible initiative to help people in all sorts of marginalised bodies to recover from eating disorders. This podcast is largely funded on PATREON where if you join up you’ll have access to masses to exclusive and advance content from guest recipes to personal mentions and one-to-one virtual meet ups with me.Come and see WENCH London’s SOHO THEATRE fro...2022-12-3047 min
Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhDEp 139 - Raising Anti-Diet Kids as a form of Rebellion w/ Jeanette Thompson-WessenYou’re gonna love this one team! This week’s episode is here and this time, I’m joined by Jeanette Thompson-Wessen, AKA @themindsetnutritionist. Jeanette is an anti-diet, Intuitive Eating, fat positive nutritionist and all-round bad-ass in this field. In this conversation, we cover things like; Jeanette’s experience of bumping up against anti-fat maternity policies How leaning into social justice helped her make peace with her body Snapback culture and our experiences of breastfeeding Modeling healthy body esteem to our kids How diet culture shows up in our parenting How raising anti-diet kids is a form of resistan...2022-05-131h 14
The Fat Doctor PodcastWeight Stigma and diet (with Jeanette Thompson-Wessen)Send us a textIn this episode of ‘The Fat Doctor Podcast’, Dr. Natasha Larmie is joined by Non diet nutritionist and secondary school teacher, Jeanette Thompson-Wessen. Jeanette is a qualified nutritionist who specialises in intuitive eating and body image, and also happens to teach during the week. She is known as The Mindset Nutritionist, and is one of the co-founders and directors of Health Professionals Against Weight Stigma (HPAWS). She is also mum to two girls (for now!) and lives in Kent with her husband.Together Natasha and Jeanette discuss:How...2021-09-1651 min
Relatively FitMindset and Intuitive Eating with Jeanette Thompson-Wessen aka The Mindset NutritionistIntuitive eating, what is it and what has eating got to do with your thought process and how you feel about your body? Confused? Our guest this episode is Jeanette Thompson-Wessen, a nutritionist, body positivity and intuitive eating specialist explains it all!Inspo of the week: Louise Green. Louise is an advocate for fitness being attainable at any size and is steadily trying to help women find their inner athlete and take pride in what their bodies can do, even though they may not fit the conventional mould of what an athlete should look like, and pushes f...2021-08-061h 14
Just Eat Normally: Eating Disorder RecoveryEp 12: Why diets don’t work for long-term weight lossWe've pretty much all been on a diet, lost the weight, and then regained it back (plus more)! But why don't these diets help us to lose weight for good? I'm joined by nutritionist and Health at Every Size advocate Jeanette Thompson-Wessen. In this episode we discuss
- what is the evidence that diets don't work for weight loss long-term?
- why might people regain the weight lost through a diet?
- what is Health at Every Size, fat-phobia and weight stigma?
- how to speak to a health professional who s...2021-03-071h 03