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The Midlife Feast#174: How to Rebuild Your Habits in Midlife: A Kinder, Science-Backed Approach with Signe Darpinian, LMFTSometimes the routines that feel the hardest to change are the ones that once helped us cope. In this episode, therapist and eating-disorder specialist Signe Darpinian breaks down how those patterns get wired into the brain, why diet culture reinforces them, and how midlife is actually an ideal time to reshape habits with clarity and compassion.We dig into what it really takes to unwind the patterns that feel automatic, especially the ones that show up at the end of a long day or week. You’ll hear how small, well-timed shifts can loosen the grip of ol...
2025-12-0850 min
The Lisa ShowTalking To Your Partner About Their Body - Body Image, Part 10In most of our relationships, when it comes to bodies the best idea is just to not worry about things that don't pertain to us. It's their body, their health, and it's not our place to judge. But with our romantic partner, there's no escaping how our bodies play a role in the relationship. We're there for the highs and lows, the good body image days and the bad, and we all want to feel loved, desired, confident, and safe. So how do we build our romantic connection on a foundation of healthy body image? In this installment of The...
2023-03-2826 min
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
Sunny Side Up NutritionBoundary Setting and Parenting Your Teen with Signe DarpinianAnna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Signe Darpinian, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, about the importance of boundaries and trust when it comes to helping our children cultivate a peaceful relationship with food and body. Signe is also the co-author of No Weigh! A Teen’s Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom as well as the forthcoming book How to Raise Body Positive Teens: A Parent's Guide to Diet-Free Living, Exercise and Body Image. They discuss: The juxtaposition between an overall increase in ea...
2022-07-0435 minSunny Side Up NutritionBoundary Setting and Parenting Your Teen with Signe DarpinianAnna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Signe Darpinian, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, about the importance of boundaries and trust when it comes to helping our children cultivate a peaceful relationship with food and body. Signe is also the co-author of No Weigh! A Teen’s Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom as well as the forthcoming book How to Raise Body Positive Teens: A Parent's Guide to Diet-Free Living, Exercise and Body Image. They discuss: The juxtaposition between an overall increase in ea...
2022-07-0435 min
The Body MythRaising Body Positive Teens featuring Signe DarpinianSigne Darpinian joins the Body Myth for a conversation about catching changes in behavior before they become eating full blown eating disorders, how body image is contextual, the social media-parent-peer effect on teens, helping kids become critical viewers of the media, and treating our bodies with respect even when we don’t like them very much.
Also in this episode:
-how parent diet history affects teens
-the trouble with wellness culture
-nurturing a friendship with our bodies
-Ryan Reynolds
Signe Darpinian is a Licensed Marriage and...
2022-04-1945 min
The Burnt Toast Podcast"If My Daughter Wanted to 'Eat Healthier,' I Would Respond Like She Wanted to Smoke Cigarettes."Teens have the ability to know how much they need to eat. And when we interfere with that, as parents, we start to break down their natural ability. When we model that we trust our children to listen to their bodies, that they are in charge of their bodies, it also models consent.Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I’m chatting with Signe Darpinian who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, certified eating disorder specialist, and host of Therapy Rocks, a...
2022-02-2438 min
The Burnt Toast Podcast"If My Daughter Wanted to 'Eat Healthier,' I Would Respond Like She Wanted to Smoke Cigarettes."Teens have the ability to know how much they need to eat. And when we interfere with that, as parents, we start to break down their natural ability. When we model that we trust our children to listen to their bodies, that they are in charge of their bodies, it also models consent.Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I’m chatting with Signe Darpinian who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, certified eating disorder specialist, and host of Therapy Rocks, a...
2022-02-2438 min
The Burnt Toast PodcastWhat Thin Fashion Designers Don't Know About Fat Bodies.I have only recently put my foot down and said, “No, I deserve to be here and I will be here and I’m staying here,” and I’ve been in the industry almost 10 years. It’s taken a really long time to not only convince people that I have the talent and the staying power, but also convince myself.Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I am chatting with Kyeshia Jaume, a senior apparel designer for Forever21. She’s also one of the only working...
2022-02-1740 min
The Burnt Toast PodcastWhat Thin Fashion Designers Don't Know About Fat Bodies.I have only recently put my foot down and said, “No, I deserve to be here and I will be here and I’m staying here,” and I’ve been in the industry almost 10 years. It’s taken a really long time to not only convince people that I have the talent and the staying power, but also convince myself.Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I am chatting with Kyeshia Jaume, a senior apparel designer for Forever21. She’s also one of the only working...
2022-02-1740 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
Grabbin' The Mic with Nikki & KeriOkay...We Need to Talk About Eating Disorders with Signe DarpinianThis week's guest is Signe Darpinian, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), as well as a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. Listen as Signe and Kristen discuss eating disorders, diet culture, relationships with food, and much more.-Grab some Grabbin' the Mic merch before it's gone at DGFGLLC.com/shop!Follow us on Instagram: @dogood.feelgreat & @grabbinthemicpodcastFollow Nikki on Instagram & Tik TokLike us on Facebook: Do Good Feel GreatView our homepage at DGFGLLC.com-Listen to Signe's personal...
2021-03-3057 min