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Therapists Uncut Podcast"Raising Body Positive Teens" with Co-Authors Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, and Shelley Aggarwal Nikki Young and Alyssa Najera talk food, movement, weight, and body image with co-authors of the book "Raising Body Positive Teens." Join the conversation as Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, and Shelley Aggarwal crush "diet culture and weight stigma" by breaking down common myths about food and eating, offer tips on how to talk with your child about media and body image, and explore how to develop a friendship with food and your body. Guest Bios Signe Darpinian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, and host of Th...
2022-08-1545 min
Therapy Rocks!Raising Body Positive TeensSigne is joined by her two co-authors, Dr. Shelley Aggarwal and Wendy Sterling to talk about their newly released book Raising Body Positive Teens: A Parent's Guide to Diet-Free Living, Exercise and Body Image. They talk about the importance of taking the morality out of movement, morality attached to weight, and how it seeps into medical care, what sleep has to do with sport performance and Shelley gets up close and personal as she reflects on the writing process for this book as a first generation immigrant who grew up in a taller/larger body.
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2022-06-2629 min
Sunny Side Up NutritionRaising Body Positive Teens with Dr. Shelley AggarwalAnna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport chat with Shelley Aggarwal, a board certified pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist, about weight-inclusive care for teens and young adults. Dr. Aggarwal speaks on the importance of challenging diet culture in schools, at home, and in healthcare settings, and what parents can do to help their teen build a positive relationship with food and body. We discuss: The cultural factors that influence food choices and can shape food exposures for teens. How well-meaning adults and medical providers can inadvertently say things that leave teens feeling bad about themselves. How common pop culture messaging a...
2022-03-2821 minSunny Side Up NutritionRaising Body Positive Teens with Dr. Shelley AggarwalAnna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport chat with Shelley Aggarwal, a board certified pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist, about weight-inclusive care for teens and young adults. Dr. Aggarwal speaks on the importance of challenging diet culture in schools, at home, and in healthcare settings, and what parents can do to help their teen build a positive relationship with food and body. We discuss: The cultural factors that influence food choices and can shape food exposures for teens. How well-meaning adults and medical providers can inadvertently say things that leave teens feeling bad about themselves. How common pop culture messaging a...
2022-03-2821 min
The Mindful Dietitian - Snack Sized Insights1980‘s Diet Culture Horror Meets Raising Body Positive Teens with Signe DarpinianSigne Darpinian on life in the diet culture horror of the 1980's and supporting parents to raise teens who feel good in their bodies.
In this episode, Signe Darpinian shares how her sequence of co-authored books came to be, her experienced collaborating with Wendy Stirling and Dr Shelley Aggarwal and beauty of bringing all your experiences to the table, the diet culture horror film that was the 1980’s and the challenges for Gen X parents raising teens, how witnessing has impact, the benefits of boundaries and finding your starting place and Singe’s share the collec...
2021-12-071h 01The Mindful Dietitian - Snack Sized InsightsPlate by Plate to Recovery with Wendy SterlingWendy Sterling on using the practical Plate by Plate Approach to support people in healing from an Eating Disorder.
In this episode, Wendy steps us through her career as an Eating Disorder Dietitian and she shares more about historical exclusion of dietitians from the Family-Based Treatment (FBT) model, how the plate-by-plate aims to support FBT and empower parents, practical ways the plate-by-plate approach can be introduced (along with some real talk here!) and how we can move forward and past any difficulties that may arise. We also hear what the plate model aims to do, wh...
2021-04-0957 min