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The Diet Rebel Podcast with Kiki SmithDebunking Diet Myths: What You Need to Know [With RD and Author, Rebecca Scritchfield]Debunking Diet Myths: What You Need to Know (With RD and Author, Rebecca Scritchfield)
There are a lot of diet myths out there. But what's the truth? In this podcast, you get to listen to an amazing live interview with Rebecca Scritchfield and me as we debunk some of the most common diet myths and give you the information you need to make healthy decisions for your body.
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MedicusEp79 I Nutrition and Body Kindness in Medicine with Rebecca Scritchfield, MA, RDN, EP-CIn this episode, Rasa chats with registered dietician, exercise physiologist, author, and fellow podcaster Rebecca Scritchfield about body kindness, intuitive eating, and health at every size and how to incorporate these practices into the art of medicine.
Rebecca Scritchfield (She/Her) is an award-winning registered dietitian nutritionist, certified exercise physiologist, author of the book Body Kindness, now in 4 languages, and host of the Body Kindness podcast. Through her counseling practice, she helps people make peace with food, find the joy in exercise, and create a better life. Her Body Kindness philosophy has been studied at UNC Charlotte...2022-01-2653 min
Body KindnessBouncing Back from Numbness with Bernie SalazarWe're baaaaaack! Bernie and Rebecca managed to chat one more time before the end of 2021 and it was bittersweet. Tune in and find out what a sh*tstorm it has been for us. Bernie shares how his coping mechanisms of shutting down and feeling "numb" have returned and Rebecca helps support a gentle kindness toward re-approaching self-care practices. This is the first in a three episode series. Join us as we go deeper into exploring this feeling of "burnout" and "rock bottom" emotions. How do you "spiral up" when the sh*t is going down? If you want to...2022-01-1019 minBody KindnessBernie and Rebecca Discuss Emotional EatingToday Bernie and I talk about emotional eating. What's normal, what's not, when is it time to make meaningful changes? Tune in and learn all about the protective system of emotion regulation and how Bernie's "inner caregiver" helped him find connection and community.. Check the show notes to watch the video version. --- BodyKindnessBook.com/start for a free starter kit to practicing Body Kindness. --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Read reviews on Amazon and pick up your copy today! Order...2021-02-0950 minBody KindnessBody Kindness Backstory with Rebecca Scritchfield and Bernie SalazarOMG! We did it. Bernie Salazar and I brushed our hair and did our first video podcast for Body Kindness! We talked about our "origin story" of how we met and how the Body Kindness philosophy came to be. Check the show notes to watch the video version. In this episode: Learn how Rebecca and Bernie met (and mistakes we made) Find out how the Body Kindness philosophy came to be. (more mistakes) Hear Bernie describe why he has never been healthier or happier at his higher weight with Body Kindness... and never dieting again! ...2021-01-1348 minBody KindnessReflections and Intentions to Learn and Grow with Bernie SalazarBernie Salazar sits down with Rebecca to recap his year parenting a "quarantine baby" navigating his businesses, his health, and personal COVID losses. Rebecca and Bernie discuss coping with stress, anxiety, and shifting intentions toward 2021. --- Join Rebecca and Bernie in their Virtual Body Kindness Support Group Jan 9th 2021. Register here! Self-care For Diabetes virtual course -- the only anti-diet course that integrates principles of Body Kindness, mindfulness, DBT, and intuitive eating. www.selfcare4diabetes.com Professional supervision "learn and grow" 3-month group begins in February! The only place...2020-12-2340 min
See Life DifferentBody Kindness Diet and Exercise with Registered Nutritionist Rebecca ScritchfieldRebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author of the best selling book, Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again. Rebecca is a freelance writer for The Washington Post and Self magazine, an advisor to Health Magazine (2019) and Diversify Dietetics. Rebecca has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, workshops, and appearances in over 100 media outlets including NBC Nightly News, CNN, the TODAY show, O Magazine, Time, and many others. Living in Washington D.C., She is a super mom of two young girls. ...2020-12-1850 minBody KindnessRebecca and Bernie with Aubrey Gordon, on What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About FatIn this emotional episode, Bernie Salazar, former “winner” of NBC’s The Biggest Loser share his regrets and what he has learned from reading Aubrey Gordon’s new book, What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat. We discuss how anti-fat bias shows up everywhere from air travel to our children’s schools and we envision a new world where higher weight people are treated with respect, kindness, and full humanity. --- Show notes We discuss: Aubrey’s new book The intentional and unintentional ways in which people and culture exclude people based o...2020-12-0154 min
Go Help Yourself: A Comedy Self-Help Podcast to Make Life Suck LessBody Kindness by Rebecca ScritchfieldThis week, Lisa talks with Rebecca Scritchfield, author of Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--And Never Say Diet Again. Rebecca is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author. Rebecca has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, workshops, and appearances in over 100 media outlets including NBC Nightly News, CNN, the TODAY show, O Magazine, Real Simple, Time, and many others. Rebecca is a freelance writer for The Washington Post and Self magazine, an advisor to Health Magazine (2019) and Diversify Dietetics, and a mom of two young girls. In thi...2020-11-1350 minBody Kindness2020 Burnout: Saving Our Mental Health for the Greater GoodIt’s been a year of testing so much for all of us. Bernie and I catch up on how we’re making it through parenting and trying to stay distant (and connected) during COVID, which is relentless. We also discuss the election stress, our self care plans, and why we need to “complete our stress cycles” — something we learned by reading the book Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Get a replay of some key advice from our podcast chat on Body Shame Burnout with the authors originally aired in May 2019, including how the Pa...2020-11-061h 37
Zestful AgingRebecca Scritchfield -- What is “Body Kindness” and Why Is It So Powerful?Rebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian, nutritionist, certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, “Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again”. Rebecca has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, workshops, and appearances in over 100 media outlets including “NBC Nightly News”, “CNN”, the “TODAY show”, “O Magazine”, “Real Simple”, “Time”, and many others. Find out more at capitolnutritiongroup.com. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.2020-09-1955 minBody KindnessBODY TALK - Helping Young Adults Explore Their Radical Anatomy with Kelly JensenIn today’s episode I talk with Kelly Jensen about her new book for young adults called Body Talk, which covers the themes of ability and disability, body positivity, fat positivity, tattoos, language, and much more. Tune in for essay readings and a nuanced conversation about intentions vs. impact of the body positivity movement today and where we may be doing more harm than good. Here’s a few items we cover: How yoga has helped her and her yoga students with mental health, self compassion, and non-judgment. Themes and helpful lessons on body poli...2020-08-2055 minBody KindnessThe Truth About IBS, Anxiety, and Effectiveness of the Low FODMAP “Diet” with Kate Scarlata, RDNA diagnosis of IBS can be a real pain in the a**! Seriously, IBS impacts 25-45 million people in the U.S. alone. The treatments for IBS aren’t really that great. The low FODMAP protocol may not even work in about half the people who try them. Worse, if you dare consult “Dr. Google” you’ll find there is conflicting and extreme advice out there that can really throw you off mentally. Today’s guest, bestselling author and gut health dietitian Kate Scarlata, explains why you shouldn’t rely on random food elimination for your IBS and...2020-08-101h 01Body KindnessHow to Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness with Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch authors of Intuitive EatingIntuitive Eating is out with a 4th edition and the co-authors Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch are on the show to discuss what you can expect in the newest edition and we answer listener questions about struggles with intuitive eating. We discussed: The new alignment of Intuitive Eating with “anti-diet” approach. Changes to the specific principles (spoiler alert: they changed one principle to honor your feelings with KINDNESS), and I love this change. It’s even more aligned with the Body Kindness philosophy now. Why co-opting Intuitive Eating for weight loss (looking at you, NOOM) is wrong. ...2020-07-291h 02Body KindnessHelp with Picky Eating, Is it ARFID? with Rebecca ThomasMost “picky eating” in kids and adults is just that -- pickiness. But others can deal with social emotional issues and malnourishment (at any size). Joining me to discuss “supertasters” and challenges with picky eating, Rebecca Thomas, RDN. She is a dietitian and Body Kindness helping pro mentee of mine. She’s a pro at ARFID, disordered eating, and eating disorders. Tune in to get a HAES-informed perspective on support for food-related sensory issues. Here’s a few items we cover: The spectrum of picky eating, extreme picky eating and the eating disorder ARFID. The real fear parents...2020-07-1351 minBody KindnessChanging the Value Systems in Yoga with Janessa Mondestin, Yoga Therapist and Director of Culture for Yoga InternationalIn Part 2 of White Supremacy in Yoga series, we discuss the harms and the fixes, including what you can do as a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, student, or person who cares about anti-racism work. This includes reading books, having conversations, and taking meaningful actions. Here’s just a taste of what we discuss: Cultural appropriation of ayurveda. Diet culture and racism in yoga. How bad teachers can mess up the yoga experience. Systemic and structural White Supremacy in yoga and why we need an overhaul, a power shift in diversity, equity, and inclusion from within wellness organi...2020-06-3054 minBody KindnessWhite Supremacy of Yoga with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black BodyJoin me in conversation with Dr. Sabrina Strings, author of Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. She also is a certified yoga teacher and advocate for inclusivity in yoga. We discuss our experiences with yoga and hope for systemic change. She shares a personal story on racism and body part fetishizing (Michelle Obama arms) she encountered in yoga classes when she was really seeking refuge for grad school stress. Strings was made to feel like she didn’t belong. She explains why yoga is much more than the commercialized Asana and why her recent yoga...2020-06-1458 minBody KindnessRacism Explains the Origins of Fat Phobia and Diet Culture, with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black BodyThis episode was first aired June 2019. Sabrina Strings, PhD is the author of the book Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. In the first part of this interview, we discuss how she was able to connect racism with fat phobia, control of women’s bodies historically and through today’s diet culture, and how medicine’s use of the BMI metric is problematic and harmful. Dr. Strings shares why weight loss should not be part of the health equation and instead we should be seeking access to safe, nutritious food for all people at eve...2020-06-071h 04Body Kindness[Repost] So You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma Oluo Ijeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race is a great starting point for listening, learning and taking meaningful action. I also recommend White Fragility by Beverly DiAngelo to any white person who wants to do better at creating change. So You Want to Talk About Race (Seal Press) she breaks down the barriers and explains, in simple terms and with lively examples, key concepts of privilege, intersectionality, microagressions, cultural appropriation, and more. In our podcast chat, Ijeoma helps us embrace the connections between body positivity, the anti-diet movement, and race and class issues that are...2020-06-011h 01Body KindnessLearn & Grow Part 13 – How to Avoid a “Weight Lecture” at the Doctors with Bernie SalazarBernie Salazar guests with an update on how he is changing the conversation with his primary care doctors. He’s better at boundaries and aiming to keep the focus on medical needs, but the doctors still clearly struggle to understand what it means to provide weight inclusive medical care. He shares his labs with me again because he still wants my “input” (read: validation) that he is justified in his full commitment to practicing Body Kindness and never dieting again. We hope you find this conversation and links below helpful. They are some of our...2020-05-1854 minBody KindnessImprove Your “Family System” by Creating “Fair Play” at Home with Eve RodskyMay is mental health awareness month and I’m focused on shows that can help you create a better life and support your well-being. This [COVID-19] Mother’s Day, women are still providing $10.8 trillion dollars a year of invisible, unpaid labor. My guest this week Eve Rodsky says it’s unsustainable and she used her Harvard degree in organizational management to develop a structure for families to redistribute all it takes to make families work. Fair Play is a bestselling book and card game Eve developed over 7 years of working with families so that collaborative conversa...2020-05-071h 01
And Then Everything ChangedRejecting Diet Culture featuring Rebecca ScritchfieldWhen she developed the body kindness approach Rebecca Scritchfield, a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, and ACSM certified exercise physiologist, ditched diet culture and its fear-based control forever.
Alarmed by the dangerous degree to which the health and the weight loss industry have become enmeshed and how their messages about body size and sexiness lead to weight cycling, disordered eating, and anxiety, Rebecca rejected her field’s traditional view of what fitness and wellbeing look like. A champion of fat activism and the health at every size movement, her work shines a light on this muc...2020-04-281h 04Body KindnessCompassion through Crisis, Stories of Hope & Gratitude for Healthcare WorkersMy three guests today speak from the heart about their experiences during COVID-19 as patient advocate (Lara Loverro) and healthcare workers (Shannon Hughes and Katy Gaston). We discuss the meaning of compassion “to suffer together” and how the personal and collective traumas we’re experiencing challenge us to reframe our value, how and why we practice Body Kindness for resilience and personal growth. Here’s a glimpse of what what we discussed: Human kindness and how altruism and compassion give people the biological drive to help. Gratitude to healthcare workers, Shannon Hayes a physician assistant and dietitia...2020-04-251h 16Body KindnessA different type of COVID-19 loss: Pregnancy dreams “on hold” with Fertility Coach Nicola SalmonHas your fertility or medical care been delayed or disrupted due to COVID-19? My guest today is Nicola Salmon, author of Fat and Fertile. We discuss how her work as a fat positive fertility coach has changed dramatically in the face of COVID-19. You’ll learn how she is helping people through and it just may help you grieve the losses you’re feeling at this time, fertility or not. Plus she shares insight on her own self-care practices as a higher weight person feeling vulnerable (thank you, crappy weight stigma misinformation and nasty memes). Nicola shares her unwavering comm...2020-04-2146 min
Nourishing Women PodcastYou Can Start Today with Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield RD/NOne of my favorite authors, Rebecca Scritchfield, author of Body Kindness is on the podcast today. Body Kindness is such a great representation of pursuing intuitive eating and health and wellness for authentic intentions and a positive, self loving mindset. Body Kindness encompasses so many beliefs we have at Nourishing Women Podcast and is a critical part of wellness without obsession. You don’t have to love your body to respect it, but let’s not forget that body respect and body kindness are key components of wellness we are often lacking in our culture that obsesses over the thin...2020-04-171h 01Nourishing Women PodcastYou Can Start Today with Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield RD/NOne of my favorite authors, Rebecca Scritchfield, author of Body Kindness is on the podcast today. Body Kindness is such a great representation of pursuing intuitive eating and health and wellness for authentic intentions and a positive, self loving mindset. Body Kindness encompasses so many beliefs we have at Nourishing Women Podcast and is a critical part of wellness without obsession. You don’t have to love your body to respect it, but let’s not forget that body respect and body kindness are key components of wellness we are often lacking in our culture that obsesses over the thin...2020-04-171h 01Body KindnessCoping with Anxiety During COVID-19My guest is Lara Loverro, a health coach, certified intuitive eating counselor, and she’s a professional mentee of mine. Importantly, Lara is a resident of New York and her mother is COVID-19 positive (over two weeks on a ventilator). Her teen son is struggling with anxiety related to the trauma. Lara shares how she and her family are coping and her recommendations for coping with anxiety. About Lara Lara Loverro is holistic health and lifestyle coach. She works with individuals to help them reconnect with food, their bodies and their lives. She is a Certified Health Coa...2020-04-091h 01Body KindnessResilience Practices for Anxiety and Body Shame During COVID-19 with Nicola HaggettPracticing Body Kindness during COVID-19 is all about resilience skills as we navigate this collective trauma. While some people are finding “humor” in memes or chats about social distancing-related weight gain or the supposed “quarantine 15,” these messages are fatphobic and harmful to people struggling with mental health and body image. Nicola Haggett our ideas for setting boundaries, creating self-care plans, and well-being enhancement that can help you cope with fears. About Nicola Nicola Haggett (she/her) is a Body Liberation Mentor and Intuitive Eating Coach. She helps you to heal your relationship with food, unlearn body shame, and live...2020-03-3040 minBody Kindness[Repost] How to recover from BURNOUT with Emily Nagoski and Amelia NagoskiThese times are truly unprecedented. For the past month I have been allowing myself to be human, showing up for my family, my clients (many hospital workers, displaced students, and parents turned home schoolers, many with disordered eating and anxiety exacerbated by the social distancing required). I have been asking Body Kindness book readers and podcast listeners about ways (if anything) I can uniquely contribute to our collective well-being during this pandemic. Mostly, everyone needed permission for things to change, and time to adjust. We are still in this phase of the journey. It’s ok to be here. (We nee...2020-03-2432 min
It's Beyond the Food229 – Eating Intuitively with Diabetes with Rebecca Scritchfield & Glenys Oyston In today's episode, we'll explore eating intuitively with diabetes. Can you blend intuitive eating and diabetes together? I know this may feel counter-intuitive. As a matter of fact, I hear and get this question very frequently because let’s be honest, food restriction and weight loss are what Dr.Google tells us we must do in order to live with diabetes. Unfortunately, as with most health education available on the internet, it’s not the whole truth...or the truth at all. I wanted to create the ultimate guide to help you...2020-02-271h 12Body Kindness"I Developed a Restrictive Eating Disorder in Elementary School. Here’s Why It Wasn’t Diagnosed for Over a Decade" with Gloria OladipoLet’s talk about eating disorders that are born from culture and hidden in plain sight. My guest to share her personal story is Gloria Oladipo, a 20-year-old Black woman who developed an eating disorder in elementary school that went undiagnosed for over a decade. A student at Cornell University, Gloria also works as a freelance writer and has been published in Teen Vogue, Healthline, Wear Your Voice, Bitch Media, Bustle, and other publications. Here’s a short summary of what we discussed and other resources you may find helpful in the topic of eating disorders: Stor...2020-02-241h 13Body KindnessBelieve Me: Why trusting women is essential for collective well-being with Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica ValentiI'm joined by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti editors of a new anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. We discuss why we need a book about believing women’s experiences are as credible and reliable as men. Believing women starts with believing ourselves and caring for our personal well-being. Samantha Irby contributes an essay about her chronic illness which you can read on Elle. Anuradha Bhagwati, author of the memoir Unbecoming, writes about the disbelief of her disability from countless others. Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her, writes about the lack of C-level wom...2020-02-1255 min
Nourished CircleEpisode 20: talking Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield
Rebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again (Workman Publishing), which Publisher’s Weekly calls “a rousing guide to better health” and The New York Times Book Review calls “simple and true”.
Through her weight-inclusive Body Kindness counseling practice, Rebecca helps people reject diets and body shame to create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals to fit individual’s needs and preferences, not society’s unrealistic weight and beauty standards.
Rebecca has influen...2020-01-2949 minBody KindnessHow the 4 S’s help you “show up” for kids well-being with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD Bestselling AuthorA significant part of the body kindness practice is held in our relationships, especially parents and caregivers to children. As adults we understand there were ways in which our childhood needs were not met and with a deep desire to to better, we don’t want to mess it up. But we inevitably do and it’s OK. Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, New York Times Bestselling author of several books including her latest The Power of Showing Up, is here to help me as I get candid about my own difficulties to improve how I parent and care...2020-01-291h 25Body KindnessBoys and Sex: Navigating the new masculinity with bestselling author Peggy OrensteinAuthor Peggy Orenstein is back on the show with her instant New York Times Bestseller, Boys and Sex. Tune in to hear insights from her conversations with over 100 boys from high school to college across the U.S. We discuss why parents aren’t talking to their boys about sex and intimacy even though they really want the space to explore, to be vulnerable, and to figure it out, not just absorb the cultural narrative about masculinity that was created for them. We chat about how this conversation gap, especially between boys and dads, can harm today’s boys and...2020-01-1950 min
WovenWonderfully Made (Part 2)- A Series on Body ImageHappy New Year! We're spending our first four episodes of 2020 on a very popular and requested topic from our listeners- body image. Ever wondered how bathroom scales got in your bathroom? Or who invented the BMI chart? Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN joins us to shed light on the topics of diet culture, our bodies, raising kids who don’t pick themselves apart in front of a mirror, and learning to be nice to ourselves and pursue health in a realistic and, well, healthy way. The interview was so dense and rich that we've split it up into two episodes. We hope yo...2020-01-1438 minWovenWonderfully Made (Part 1)- A Series on Body ImageHappy New Year! We're spending our first four episodes of 2020 on a very popular and requested topic from our listeners- body image. Ever wondered how bathroom scales got in your bathroom? Or who invented the BMI chart? Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN joins us to shed light on the topics of diet culture, our bodies, raising kids who don’t pick themselves apart in front of a mirror, and learning to be nice to ourselves and pursue health in a realistic and, well, healthy way. The interview was so dense and rich that we've split it up into two episodes. We hope yo...2020-01-0759 minBody KindnessHow to experience the joy of movement and the power of moving in community with Kelly McGonigal PhDMovement gives us access to the best of ourselves and it has nothing to do with weight or abilities regardless of what the “fitness culture” says, it’s science! Stanford Professor Kelly McGonigal PhD and author of The Joy of Movement is my guest and she has insight to help you reclaim movement. --- About KellyKelly McGonigal is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. As a pioneer in the field of "science-help," her mission is to translate insights from psychology and neuroscience into practical strategies that suppor...2020-01-061h 00Body KindnessWhy being “ANTI-diet” is “pro” health with Christy Harrison, HAES dietitian, host of Food Psych podcast and author of Anti-DietAs more people become aware of words like “body positivity” and “anti-diet” it opens the door for confusion — what does it actually mean and is it really good for health? What makes something a “diet? Christy Harrison’s book Anti-Diet lays out the historical context of dieting and weight stigma, seeking to explain why not dieting at all is actually better for your health. We discuss why healthcare providers must examine how we oppress people operating in a weight normative model of care and how we can create a better, healthier world when we commit to anti-oppression. About ChristyC...2019-12-3058 minBody KindnessListener Q&A: How can teachers help kids with body kindness? What if I’m feeling detached from my body?Bernie and I are back with another special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindness. In this episode, Bernie Salazar and I respond to three listener questions. Sara says she feels detached from her body as a result of trauma from pregnancy and birth. She wonders where to start with Body Kindness. Melissa, a high school teacher, asks how she can help the vulnerable high school girls with more Body Kindness. Finally, therapist Marina asks about support for her intuitive eating journey. We...2019-12-1946 minBody KindnessListener Q&A: Can I learn to like exercise? How do I address co-workers food shame?Bernie and I are back with another special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindness. In this episode, Bernie Salazar and I respond to two listener questions. Paula says she hates to exercise and though she wants to get moving, she feels “stuck” because her most enjoyable activities are performed in a chair or cozy sofa. We help her think through options without judgment or shame. Then, podcast listener Lytisha works in food justice and is noticing how her co-workers may be unintentionally sham...2019-12-1234 minBody KindnessTake Meaningful ACTion toward change with Steven C. Hayes PhD author of A Liberated MindWhat if instead of trying to change negative thoughts, judgments, and feelings that come up when practicing Body Kindness, you learned to change how you relate to those thoughts and feelings instead? That's exactly what we're discussing in this week's podcast with Steven C. Hayes, the creator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and author of A Liberated Mind. You'll learn all about ACT and how it influenced the Body Kindness philosophy, as well as specific tools and skills you can use to pivot toward a better life and a better well-being by changing how you relate...2019-12-031h 14
Better Sex100: Body Kindness – Rebecca ScritchfieldMy guest Rebecca Scritchfield is an exercise physiologist, nutritionist, author of Body Kindness and host of the Body Kindness podcast. She is a strong advocate for body positivity and healthy standards for eating, living, and self-evaluation.
Rebecca poses the question in this interview: Isn’t your life all that much better when you aren’t worried about the standards of society? Through love, connection, and care, she shares how to be fully committed to yourself and how to have better sex through body kindness. Really valuable advice within. Enjoy!
Being Thin is Not the Best and H...2019-11-2549 minBody KindnessListener Q&A: What's the real deal with Intermittent Fasting?Bernie and I tackle a listener question on intermittent fasting - is it a diet in disguise and why is it so dang popular? Hoda and Jenna began an IF challenge on TODAY show recently. Tune in to hear Bernie break his silence about what drove him to step out of the public and “hide” after The Biggest Loser (spoiler: it’s related to fasting). Plus readers shared their negative experiences with trying IF so you definitely don’t have to. Links mentioned Jenna and Hoda weigh themselves before trying intermittent fasting Podcast 103: Diet and the D...2019-11-2055 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Part 12 – “Dear Panic Attack, Thank You for All You Have Shown Me.” (and Other Gratitudes From Body Kindness Readers and Listeners)As we enter November, Bernie and I have gratitude on our minds. It’s been 3 years since Bernie and I reconnected, and he began practicing Body Kindness. In this special episode, we reflect on the positive changes in his life and self compassion practice over time. We asked listeners to take a pause and share with us “what are you grateful for, big or small”. We also share our original conversation from 2016 where we talk about why gratitude matters to Body Kindness, and how a gratitude practice can be an important key to unlocking your “inner caregiver” voice and...2019-11-041h 10Body KindnessIntuitive Eating: The history, growth and impact with co-creators Evelyn Tribole and Elyse ReschCreated in 1995, Intuitive Eating has exploded in cultural awareness in recent years. In this episode, I sat down with co-creators Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch to talk about intuitive eating’s origins, the evolution toward weight inclusive wellness and why they reworked the material for the newest edition (to be released June 2020) as anti-diet. Plus I read letters from four fellow dietitians at various stages of their careers to share the impact it has made on them personally and professionally. Body Kindness 100% embraces Intuitive Eating as the way to work with your body and heal your relationship wi...2019-10-2659 minBody KindnessActress Lisa Linke on Diet Culture, Fatphobia in Entertainment and Healing Her Body RelationshipActress and comedian Lisa Linke (Bless the Mess on ABC) joins me to talk about the intersections of diet culture and entertainment. We discuss how social media continues to help her on her relationship with her body. Plus she dishes on her podcast Go Help Yourself and a free way you can coax her into doing (legit) silly stuff on Instagram. Visit bodykindnessbook.com/podcast for links and show notes. About Lisa A native of Champaign Illinois, Lisa Linke is a multi-talented actress, writer, improviser and podcast host. She has numerous TV credits under her...2019-10-1554 minBody KindnessEmpowering teens to find validation within themselves with Angie Manfredi, author of The (Other) F WordAs a mom I wonder daily how I’m doing at helping my kids make sense of the world and that includes their bodies, other people’s bodies, and how we all treat each other. Angie Manfredi has collected a powerful book of essays, art, and poems from adults speaking directly to teens who may feel like they don’t belong because they believe “my body is a problem”. The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce reads like empowering “love letters” from the contributors to their younger life versions.... the book they wish they had when they need...2019-10-0855 minBody KindnessListener Q&A – Your Body Kindness Questions, AnsweredBernie and I are back with a special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindness. We answer listener questions about leaving behind the rules of dieting for practicing body kindness, how to help empower our kids with awareness and compassion, plus we help a listener whose "healthy eating" still feels like restriction. Links mentioned Episode 45: Is this a diet too? Why “healthy eating” is so confusing for non-dieters, with HAES dietitian Glenys Oyston Episode 109: Under Pressure – How Anxiety Shows Up for Today’...2019-09-2940 min
Therapist Mom of TwinsEp. 14 - Body Kindness During Pregnancy and Postpartum with Rebecca Scritchfield, RDNRebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again (Workman Publishing), which Publisher’s Weekly calls “a rousing guide to better health” and The New York Times Book Review calls “simple and true”.
Through her weight-inclusive Body Kindness counseling practice, Rebecca helps people reject diets and body shame to create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals to fit individual’s needs and preferences, not society’s unrealistic weight and beauty standards.
Rebecca has influenced millions through her wr...2019-09-2947 minBody KindnessHow time tracking can help you improve your life with Laura Vanderkam, author of Off the ClockFeel like your time isn’t your own? Author and mom of four Laura Vanderkam has an answer. Track your time. Laura believes that the awareness that comes with time use tracking helps you find the correct narratives about your life rather than defeatist narratives you may have. For example, the fears “if I work full time I’ll never see my family” or self care “I’m tired so I never get enough sleep.” In Body Kindness we know that our thoughts can get the best of our emotional well being and lead to downward spirals. Laura wants you to see tha...2019-09-1654 min
Intuitive Bites PodcastEP46 - Body Kindness with Rebecca ScritchfieldFor this week's episode, I'm chatting with Rebecca Scritchfield about her book Body Kindness. She goes into depth explaining this philosophy she created. You aren't going to want to miss this episode! Find Rebecca on Instagram @rebeccascritchfield and online at bodykindnessbook.com/start. You can also listen to Rebecca's podcast, Body Kindness.2019-09-0841 minBody KindnessPlease Don't Screw Up Our Kids! Part 2: A Conversation About Food, Weight and Body Image with Virginia Sole-Smith of Comfort Food PodcastIn this two-part episode, fellow anti-diet mom Virginia Sole-Smith and I discuss the ways in which culture sabotages parents, especially moms, by upholding unhelpful beliefs about food and weight. Tune in where we discuss how to handle unwelcome comments about our kids’ bodies or food choices, what to do when they say “fat,” and how to model body positivity. Plus I share some of my best tips for parents in setting boundaries with love and kindness. You’ll also hear me talk about the “back off” Lunch Box card by The Feeding Doctor, Katja Rowell, MD and I share my e...2019-09-0342 minBody KindnessConcerned about your child's weight? Here's how you can help them without harmingIn the wake of Episode 125 reacting to WW's Kurbo app, people are asking, "So what do I do then?". That's what I want to help with today. No matter if you're a parent or you have a job or community service that interacts with kids, we can all advocate for the well-being of all kids and we use our voices to stop the harm and speak out against making weight loss the goal for growing kids. I share the practical steps I recommend for approaching kids' health, including: Centre the wellbeing of the child and affirm...2019-08-271h 19
Escape Diet Prison Podcast“Your body tries to talk to you – are you listening?” with Rebecca ScritchfieldIn this episode of the Escape Diet Prison Podcast, I am joined by Rebecca Scritchfield.
Rebecca is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again, which Publisher’s Weekly calls “a rousing guide to better health” and The New York Times Book Review calls “simple and true”.
Through her weight-inclusive Body Kindness counseling practice, she helps people reject diets and body shame to create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals. She has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, wor...2019-08-2240 minEscape Diet Prison Podcast“Your body tries to talk to you – are you listening?” with Rebecca ScritchfieldIn this episode of the Escape Diet Prison Podcast, I am joined by Rebecca Scritchfield.
Rebecca is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again, which Publisher’s Weekly calls “a rousing guide to better health” and The New York Times Book Review calls “simple and true”.
Through her weight-inclusive Body Kindness counseling practice, she helps people reject diets and body shame to create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals. She has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, wor...2019-08-2240 min
Escape Diet Prison by Anne-Sophie Reinhardt“Your body tries to talk to you – are you listening?” with Rebecca ScritchfieldIn this episode of the Escape Diet Prison Podcast, I am joined by Rebecca Scritchfield.
Rebecca is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again, which Publisher’s Weekly calls “a rousing guide to better health” and The New York Times Book Review calls “simple and true”.
Through her weight-inclusive Body Kindness counseling practice, she helps people reject diets and body shame to create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals. She has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, wor...2019-08-2240 minBody KindnessKurbo Weight Watchers App for Kids is Upsetting Parents and ProfessionalsIn this episode, parents speak out about why they would not use Kurbo Weight Watchers App to help their kids lose weight or or build “healthy lifestyles”. Tune in to hear their heart wrenching stories of their own struggles with body shame and diets. Plus you’ll hear me share what I found deeply concerning about the Kurbo when I used it for just a few days— and perhaps most important, I’ll share inspiring insights for what you can do if you are a parent concerned about your kids health and weight. Links mentioned Please sign...2019-08-191h 19Body Kindness[Repost] Be the Expert on Your Body: Intuitive Eating as an act of Body Kindness with Evelyn Tribole, co-author of Intuitive Eating book and workbookDieting is unethical. But how do you approach eating if you never want to diet again? By now you probably heard of intuitive eating, but do you see yourself eating intuitively and feeling happier about your relationship to food? The co-creator of Intuitive Eating, Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD wants people to understand what intuitive eating is and is NOT. One big NOT… intuitive eating is not a diet or weight loss plan (though it has been co-opted as such “lose weight with intuitive eating!” (NOPE! Run far and fast from that if you see it advertised.) On t...2019-08-1342 min
Delivering Miracles®121: Body Kindness and Healing Body Image Postpartum with Rebecca ScritchfieldBody image issues are common for girls during the adolescent and teen years, but do things improve at all for women in the postpartum? It’s exhausting and demoralizing to compare yourself to what you see on TV and in magazines--and know that your body does NOT look like what you see. It’s time for us to have real conversations about what our bodies look like after giving birth. Rebecca Scritchfield is an award-winning “health at every size” dietitian and exercise physiologist. She’s the author of Body Kindness: Never Say Diet Again and host of The...2019-06-2048 min
Comfort FoodPlease Don't Screw Up Our Kids, Part 2! A Conversation About Food, Weight & Body Image with Rebecca Scritchfield of Body KindnessThis week, we're teaming up with Rebecca Scritchfield's Body Kindness Podcast for a very special cross-over episode. Rebecca is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified exercise physiologist and author of Body Kindness. She and Virginia decided to dive deep into how to handle unwelcome comments about our kids' bodies or food preferences, what to do when they first use the word "fat," and how we can model body positivity... even on days when we're not feeling totally positive about our own bodies. Listen here, then check out episode 116 of Body Kindness for the other half of this important conversation. J...2019-05-0234 minBody KindnessListeners ask us about orthorexia, coping with weight regain after stress and anxiety, and body kindness when everyone is pursuing weight lossIn this episode listeners ask us what is the most difficult thing in leaving diet culture for the Body Kindness philosophy, how to practice self-compassion when feeling body shame, what to do about stress and anxiety related weight loss, and how to handle the fear of weight gain with intuitive eating. Rebecca shares her concerns for the disordered eating patterns with advice and encouragement to move forward. Links mentioned Loving Kindness meditation podcast Kristen Neff website EDRDpro website Sharon Salzberg website Taylor Wolfram Vegan Dietitian (and mentee of Rebecca's) Body Kindness Mentor Program Intuitive...2019-04-1534 min
Couch to ActiveBody Kindness by Rebecca ScritchfieldBody Kindness Rebecca Scritchfield is the author of Body Kindness. In this episode, we discuss the Biggest Looser white paper that shed light on why so many contestants regained the weight. It is a message of compassion that helps us understand how our weight on the scale is so much more complicated than just calories in and calories out. She also shares practical strategies of how to reset your relationship with food and life. Her book is one of the most beautiful books on the market. I've caught myself thumbing through the pages in awe of how much care was put i...2019-04-1459 min
Speaking of Sex with The Pleasure MechanicsBody Kindness With Rebecca ScritchfieldWhat if we could all be a little kinder to our bodies? Rebecca Scritchfield believes in the power of self kindness and self compassion to change our lived experience in and with our bodies. Check out Rebecca Scritchfield’s book Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out–And Never Say Diet Again and online resources! […]2019-02-0149 min
Sluts and Scholars088 Body Kindness with Rebecca ScritchfieldHow are YOU doing with your New Year’s goals and resolutions? If you have been getting down on yourself because of diets, weight, and body image, we hope you will tune in to this amazing conversation with author, nutritionist, and coach Rebecca Scritchfield. We talk diet culture, body acceptance, health and well-being, and how to battle your inner self critic. Also included: Nicoletta admits her hot sauce “problem;” sociocultural messages about body expectations. Find Rebecca: https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/ FOLLOW US Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: ...2019-01-1746 min
Food Sleuth RadioRegistered dietitian, Rebecca Scritchfield, discusses “Body Kindness” and the pitfalls of dieting.Did you know that most diets are doomed to fail? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Rebecca Scritchfield, Registered Dietitian, certified exercise physiologist, and author of “Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out – and never say diet again.” Scritchfield discusses the pain of weight stigma, and the pitfalls of our diet culture. She provides suggestions and strategies on how to make peace with food and accept our natural diversity of body sizes.Related website: www.RebeccaScritchfield.com2019-01-1128 min
The Body Image PodcastBody Kindness in a Dieting Obsessed Culture with Rebecca ScritchfieldRebecca Scritchfield, well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again, joins HeartSpace Podcast, and we're so happy to have her. We think you will be too. Inside the show we talk, her very personal story of writing Body Kindness and feeling not good enough, how to stop obsessing about weight and what to focus on instead, fat activism, oppression & weight stigma, removing your worth from external forces, trauma from diet culture, self-compassion and common humanity, and so much more!2018-12-111h 06Body KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 5 - How Mindfulness Helps You Handle Bad EmotionsIf you’re new to #BodyKindness our podcast mini-series, Learn and Grow, was made for you. Bernie Salazar and Rebecca Scritchfield reflect on Bernie’s early days saying “bye-bye” to his relationship with The Biggest Loser and diet culture forever! In Episode 5, you’ll hear us discuss mindfulness and the beautiful and subtle ways in which Bernie has been able to embrace mindfulness and emotion regulation skills in his life. --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Read reviews on Amazon and pick up your copy today! Order sign...2018-11-121h 24Body KindnessLearn & Grow Part 4 - You don’t have a food addiction. You need permission to eat (and eat emotionally)If you’re new to #BodyKindness our podcast mini-series, Learn and Grow, was made for you. Bernie Salazar and Rebecca Scritchfield reflect on Bernie’s early days saying “bye-bye” to his relationship with The Biggest Loser and diet culture forever! In Part 4, you’ll hear us discuss emotional eating, feeling like you’re addicted to food, and why it’s probably NOT the case. Tune in to this pivotal episode if you’d like to learn how to get a better grasp on emotional eating. --- Get started with Body Kindness If you’re ready for more Bod...2018-10-291h 51Body KindnessBody Kindness Learn & Grow Part 2 - Extreme Exercise is UnnecessaryAre you a “Body Kindness beginner?” This new mini-series will boost your hope and confidence in leaving diets behind. In the second episode Rebecca and Bernie process his unhealthy experience with exercise as a contestant on The Biggest Loser. Tune in to hear an honest conversation about why extreme exercise is unnecessary. If you’re new to Body Kindness and would like help in finding that point where better mind-body health intersect, this is it. --- Get started with Body Kindness If you’re ready for more Body Kindness, the book is...2018-09-261h 15
The Modern Mom SocietyS1E39: Rebecca Scritchfield Discusses Body Kindness And How To Ditch Diets For GoodIn Rebecca Scritchfield's interview we discuss: Rebecca's story of body kindness for herself Her recommendations on how to ditch diets for good and feel good about the food choices you are making The difference between guilt and shame as it relates to your relationship with food and making healthy food choices Rebecca's concept of spiraling up rather than spiraling down Tuning into your body and determining what it really wants versus turning to diet philosophies and others as experts on what you should be eating The importance of having fun in your life and how it relates to body kindness...2018-08-2947 min
The Eating Disorder Recovery PodcastRebecca Scritchfield 2018: Body Kindness and postpartum body image
Rebecca Scritchfield is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified exercise physiologist, author of the book Body Kindness, and host of the Body Kindness podcast. Through her weight-inclusive counseling practice, she helps people make peace with food, find the joy in exercise, and create a better life with workable goals that fit individual interests. Central to all her work, Rebecca aims to develop self-compassion in place of shame by rejecting the rules of diet culture and the pervasive myth that to achieve better health one must lose weight.
Using her Body Kindness philosophy, Rebec...2018-06-0946 minBody KindnessPracticing Body Kindness with the Loving-Kindness MeditationIn this solo episode Rebecca shares how mindfulness and mindful eating connect to the practice of Body Kindness. She also reads an excerpt from Body Kindness where she describes why meditation is so important (even when it’s hard). Rebecca closes by guiding you through one round of her favorite — The Loving Kindness meditation. --- Are you an RDN or Therapist embracing intuitive eating & a HAES-informed approach? There's just 3 places left for my June 4-week intensive supervision group starting next week. You’ll get my client case studies, client forms and tools I find in...2018-05-3021 minBody Kindness'My doctor suggested weight loss surgery without even asking about my habits' - Weight stigma in medicine with Bernie SalazarBernie is back on the Body Kindness podcast and he brings news from the doctor’s office that makes Rebecca lose it (you’ll notice the bleeps!) Tune in as they discuss the insidious nature of weight stigma in medicine and what to do about it. Bernie and Rebecca also discuss Bernie’s reluctance to fully step into and embrace an identity with the word fat. You may also like to listen to Bernie’s last visit with the doctor that actually went well. What a difference the year makes. Here’s a great blog and handou...2018-05-0149 min
Living Over LosingEp 10: "Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield"Today I am talking with Rebecca Scritchfield, registered dietician, certified health and fitness specialist and author of Body Kindness. Rebecca is incredibly knowledgable and has helped many around the world. In this episode we chat about: Rebecca’s personal journey to body kindness, giving up dieting and the scale for good, how Rebecca took what she learned in school for nutrition and her own experience to create the Body Kindness Philosophy, intuitive eating and how this can sometimes be a diet in disguise, exercising to feel good, the inclusion of everyone in body acceptance, de-stigmatizing the word “fat”, and much more.
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Grace & Grit PodcastEscaping Diet Prison w/ Rebecca Scritchfield, RDNThis week, I am super honored to be hosting Rebecca Scritchfield, a registered dietitian nutritionist and exercise physiologist on the show, for the second time. I adore this woman’s energy, philosophy, and fierce passion for helping rescue women from “diet prison”. Rebecca appropriately refers to herself as the anti-diet dietitian. She is the author of Body Kindness, which I have gifted to MANY of my clients and she is just an all-around awesome human who is doing important work in the world in the realm of women’s health. So if you are someone who is t...2018-04-2157 min
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food HeavenE31: Body Kindness with Rebecca ScritchfieldToday we’re chatting with national nutrition expert @rebeccascritchfield on body kindness, health at every size, addressing white/thin/affluent privilege, why BMI=BS, what the research has to say about weight loss dieting, & other more! We got so much from our convo with Rebecca & hope you do too! Check out the show notes here: https://foodheavenmadeeasy.com/body-kindness-w-rebecca-scritchfield/
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2018-02-211h 06It's Beyond the Food117-Soothing with Body Kindness Instead of Food with Rebecca ScritchfieldImagine a graph with two lines. One indicates happiness, the other tracks how you feel about your body. If you’re like millions of people, the lines do not intersect. But what if they did? It's normal to feel and experience an array of emotions which sometimes trigger a downward spiral. What if instead of reaching for food we practice Body Kindness. From downward spiral to upward spiral, Rebecca Scritchfield, RD teaches us to use radical self-acceptance and Body Kindness to never diet again! In this episode I discuss Why you should focus on well-being, not wei...2018-02-1857 min
Sound Bites A Nutrition PodcastBody Kindness – Rebecca Scritchfield“Happiness is a health issue. This is the founding principle of my first book which aims to teach women how to work with their bodies, treat themselves with empathy, and embrace this truth: You cannot be on a diet and be kind to yourself at the same time.” – Rebecca Scritchfield Rebecca Scritchfield is a registered dietitian, certified exercise physiologist, author of the book Body Kindness: Transform Your Health From the Inside Out—and Never Say Diet Again, and host of the Body Kindness podcast. She runs a non-diet private practice focused on well-being enhancement in Washington, DC. After co...2018-01-231h 02Body KindnessGoal Digging for an Anti-Diet YearRebecca and Bernie welcome 2018 by kicking diets to the curb. They share their personal goals for creating a better life in 2018. And they officially launch the Body Kindness "Spiral Up" Club -- a year-long membership program focused on a diet DETOX and building up a positive, caregiving mindset with compassion, not shame. Then later in the show, they discuss the basics of "HAES" (health at every size) and answer listener questions about how to advocate for size diversity in their life. --- Health At Every Size explainers and resources - Research study from...2018-01-0154 min
Roots to RoamBody Kindness with Rebecca ScritchfieldRebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, and certified health and fitness specialist. Through her weight-neutral Body Kindness practice, she helps people create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals. She has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, and appearances in over 100 media outlets including NBC Nightly News, CNN, the Today show, the Washington Post, O Magazine, Health, Shape, and many others.' Read more from her website, BodyKindnessBook.com On this episode, I sit down with Rebecca to talk about taking down the lies we've been fed by the health and wellness industry...2017-12-3152 minBody KindnessBody Kindness Book Turns 1 and Our Favorite Episodes, RevisitedRebecca and Bernie recount some of their favorite and most popular episodes of 2017. With 62 episodes in two seasons, Body Kindness has big plans for 2018. Tune in to reflect back, catch up on shows you may have missed, and help Rebecca celebrate her first “book baby” turning one. Learn how you can evolve in your Body Kindness practice, with an exclusive limited time offer to work with Rebecca on “spiraling up” and ditching diets once and for all - www.bodykindnessbook.com/spiralup for more. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the...2017-12-2754 minBody KindnessRebecca's (Solo) Birthday Party and Self-ReflectionIn her first solo episode, Rebecca reflects on the past few years of "birthday manifestations" and shares her intention for 2018. She also spills the beans on upcoming workshops, retreats, and body kindness programming. Stay in the loop by becoming a Body Kindness Insider. You'll get a free e-course, check-ins from me and in invitation to join our free group on Facebook! To support the podcast production in 2018, visit GoFundMe.com/bodykindness --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast...2017-12-2037 minBody KindnessRebecca and Bernie catch up - A rare face to face recording in Chicago!I finally got a chance to record with Bernie in person. I shared some frustration with the education sessions at FNCE (aka dietitian prom). The dietetics profession is riddled with weight stigma and I realized we have such a long way to go to disentangle health and well-being from diet culture. Bernie gets really upset when I share the “disaster preparedness” content in the Whole 30 program. He has family in Puerto Rico. Plus we get a surprise visit from a guest that really warms my heart and Bernie shares some personal news about a new business venture he’s...2017-12-1252 minBody KindnessIt's Never Just About the Hair- Metastatic Breast Cancer and Resilience with Bare Short Film Director Kerith Lemon and Co-Writer Rebecca HallRebecca Hall was only 25 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s been a long and challenging road for her, and Rebecca wants other women, especially young women with metastatic breast cancer, to know “you are not alone.” Tune in to hear us talk about Rebecca’s journey. Watch Bare, the film she co-wrote with director Kerith Lemon at www.BareShortFilm.com, and share it with anyone who needs to hear this powerful story. Find out more about Bare: Watch the film | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Help fund metastatic breast cancer treatment r...2017-10-3141 minBody KindnessYoga Farts, Crazy Sweat, and Weight Concerns with Bernie SalazarI've been helping my friend, former chronic dieter, and former "winner" of The Biggest Loser Bernie Salazar practice Body Kindness for nearly two years. (It's a process, folks!) Bernie has been stepping on the scale again and asking his doctor about his weight. He's looking for some advice from me. We spend a big chunk of this episode getting to the core of his concerns. He wants to have more energy for his daughter and he doesn't put the time into his self-care he wants to or he thinks he "should". We disentangle the "inner critic voice"...2017-09-2658 minGrace & Grit PodcastBody Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield, RDNSometimes I think we have come so far in the conversation of what it means to be a healthy woman, and other times it feels like we are having the same exact conversation we have always had using different words. We have gone from: Atkins to Ketogenic Diets Aggressive cardio to aggressive strength training Cosmopolitan Magazine to Instagram “Skinny is sexy” to “Strong is the new sexy” (as my friend, Steph Gaudreau would say, “No! Strong is just strong.) The platforms for these conversations may be new, but the und...2017-09-0953 min
Intentional PerformersRebecca Scritchfield on Body KindnessToday, we talk with Rebecca Scritchfield. Rebecca is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, and certified health and fitness specialist. Through her weight-neutral Body Kindness practice, she helps people create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals. She has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, and appearances in over 100 media outlets including NBC Nightly News, CNN, the Today show, the Washington Post, O Magazine, Health, Shape, and many others.
Rebecca also wrote the book, Body Kindness, which takes a holistic approach to nutrition. The book really reflects Rebecca's philosophy that health transformation occurs from the inside out. ...2017-09-051h 41
Eat, Drink, Live LongerBack-to-School Fuel with Rebecca Scritchfield, RDNWelcome back to another fun and food-filled episode of Liz’s Healthy table! School is back in session, or it will be soon, and it’s time to start thinking about ways to fuel your family with healthy foods to get them through the school day. Today, I have my friend Rebecca Scritchfield on the show. We are going to discuss the ways that you can feed your family with healthy food that is simple and stunning. Rebecca is a dietician and a mom of two beautiful girls, ages 3 and 5. Rebecca knows that it can be a b...2017-08-1645 min
Fearless Fabulous YouRebecca Scritchfield, RD & Lisa Ximenez"Happiness is a health issue," says Registered Dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield who discusses the importance of emotional well-being as well as physical self-care in her book, "Body Kindness- Transform Your Body from the Inside Out and Never Say Diet Again." Inventor-Entrepreneur Lisa Ximenez, aka The Goddess of Gadgets, talks about the process of creating simple products to solve everyday problems including her "Bump It Off," a reusable silcone scrubber.This show is broadcast live on Monday's at 4PM ET on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.co...2017-04-0450 min
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison#93: The Truth about Dieting & Health at Every Size with Body-Positive RDs Rebecca Scritchfield & Julie Duffy DillonFellow body-positive RDs Rebecca Scritchfield and Julie Duffy Dillon return for a special episode in honor of NEDA Week and National Nutrition Month! We discuss our new joint campaign #ChangeTheGame, why the nutrition field often plays right into diet culture, why we need to stop prescribing one thing to people with diagnosed eating disorders and another thing to the rest of the population, how dieting messes with your mind, and lots more! Julie Duffy Dillon is a food behavior expert who helps people enjoy eating again. Award winning with her progressive approach, Julie was featured in TLC’s...2017-02-271h 06
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison#93: The Truth about Dieting & Health at Every Size with Body-Positive RDs Rebecca Scritchfield & Julie Duffy DillonFellow body-positive RDs Rebecca Scritchfield and Julie Duffy Dillon return for a special episode in honor of NEDA Week and National Nutrition Month! We discuss our new joint campaign #ChangeTheGame, why the nutrition field often plays right into diet culture, why we need to stop prescribing one thing to people with diagnosed eating disorders and another thing to the rest of the population, how dieting messes with your mind, and lots more! Julie Duffy Dillon is a food behavior expert who helps people enjoy eating again. Award winning with her progressive approach, Julie was featured in TLC’s...2017-02-271h 06
Dietitians Unplugged PodcastEpisode 21 - Rebecca Scritchfield Teaches Us Body KindnessAaron and Glenys welcome Rebecca Scritchfield, RD to the podcast. Rebecca just finished writing a fabulous new book, Body Kindness and she discusses her personal journey that inspired her to write on this topic. Rebecca also shares her thoughts on how we can improve the training for future RDs to include a more weight neutral approach toward nutrition education. You won't want to miss this amazing episode. Learn more about Rebecca Scritchfield in these links: Body Kindness Book, and RDs for Body Confidence. Also, the TED talk with Dr. Peter Attia that we discussed can be seen here. 2017-02-2458 min
The BodyLove Project with Jessi HaggertyEp. 009: Rebecca Scritchfield on Body KindnessIt took Rebecca several years in the field to establish her body kindness approach. She started her career in nutrition using methods such as meal planning, calorie counting, fitness tracking, and good ol’ fashioned motivation to help her clients achieve their weight loss goals. After a few years in the business, her weight-centered approach became less motivational and more problematic as she began to notice that her clients believed they were in complete control of the number on the scale. She quickly realized that weight loss was not the answer to her clients problems, but instead the cause. This mo...2017-02-151h 20
Find Your Food VoiceEp 052: If I love myself right will I finally lose the weight? (With Rebecca Scritchfield) Do you struggle with perfectionism? Have you tried to ditch the diet, but still find yourself obsessing over eating "right?" Do you have a hard time letting go of the weight loss goal, even if you are far into your intuitive eating journey? Does food feel like an all or nothing experience for you, either eating for pleasure or restricting for weight loss? Listen now for some advice on how to work through these issues. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. Key Points: It's National Dieting Month! Be sure t...2017-01-0933 minBody KindnessIt's My #BookBirthday, Let's Celebrate Body KindnessDecember 27, 2016 is a day I won’t soon forget. It’s the official “due date” of my “book baby” (yes, we all lovingly refer to “her” as a member of our family). This book is my voice. It’s also my life experiences that shaped the Body Kindness philosophy and who I am today. Filled with tools and exercises I have been using in my counseling practice for years, this book will take you through the necessary steps to reject dieting, make peace with food and your body, and set new goals to create meaningful change in your life. In this podc...2016-12-2737 min
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison#84: Body Kindness Secrets with Rebecca Scritchfield, Author and Health At Every Size DietitianFellow Health At Every Size dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield shares how her family's identity as "emotional eaters" led to their embrace of diet culture, how childhood poverty and food insecurity affected her relationship with food, how she finally discovered the anti-diet movement after starting to work as a dietitian, how she developed the idea for her new book, Body Kindness, why the concept of kindness is so essential in relating to your body, why weight loss isn't a path to health, and lots more! Rebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, certified health and fitness specialist...2016-12-261h 22Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison#84: Body Kindness Secrets with Rebecca Scritchfield, Author and Health At Every Size DietitianFellow Health At Every Size dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield shares how her family's identity as "emotional eaters" led to their embrace of diet culture, how childhood poverty and food insecurity affected her relationship with food, how she finally discovered the anti-diet movement after starting to work as a dietitian, how she developed the idea for her new book, Body Kindness, why the concept of kindness is so essential in relating to your body, why weight loss isn't a path to health, and lots more! Rebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, certified health and fitness specialist...2016-12-261h 22
The Mindfluence Revolution059: Rebecca ScritchfieldToday’s guest asks what you would do if you treated your body with kindness. She also says that health begins by being good to yourself. Listen in for an important conversation with nutritionist, and health and happiness connection expert, Rebecca Scritchfield. Make sure to also catch the Mindfluence Challenge of the week to help you take some of these ideas and turn them into actions and results.
Key Takeaways:
[1:24] There is no such thing as insignificant effort. The risk is in doing nothing.
[3:03] Rebecca talks on the connections between health and...2016-04-2000 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Part 5 - How Mindfulness Helps You Handle Bad EmotionsOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. If you’re new to #BodyKindness our podcast mini-series, Learn and Grow, was made for you. Bernie Salazar and Rebecca Scritchfield reflect on Bernie’s early days saying “bye-bye” to his relationship with The Biggest Loser and diet culture forever! In Episode 5, you’ll hear us discuss mindfulness and the beautiful and subtle ways in which Bernie has been able to embrace mindfulness and emotion regulation skills in his life. Here’s what we talked about... What is mindfulness? It is awareness. It’s about being...2016-03-071h 24