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SassafrasCastBefriend Your Body, By Gosh! In which I rant about our workaholic, patriarchal society and encourage you to love your body as an act of beautiful rebellion. In today's episode I discuss how hard it is to love our bodies (and ourselves) and suggest a framework of befriending and showing up, rather than forcing ourselves to jump into self-love when it feels false and unattainable. I strongly reject wellness fads that equate health and self care with thinness, culturally sanctioned attractiveness and a "no pain no gain" mentality. Instead we explore being kind to our bodies just as they are, right now. I share practical and...
2022-08-241h 47
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 KindnessHow to Deal with Diabetes Diagnosis ShameThis is Episode 1 in a new mini-series for Body Kindness: Self care for diabetes. We need to talk about diagnosis shame because it’s real. Doctors, family and strangers on the internet make it seem like "it’s your fault" if you get a diagnosis of diabetes or a "warning" of "prediabetes' and it’s especially mean when your weight is to blame. Tune in for our tips on shame resilience and taking meaningful action toward positive change. Visit bodykindnessbook.com/171 for links and show notes. Sponsor: SelfCare4Diabetes.com --- ...
2021-04-0922 minBody KindnessThe Body Is Not An Apology with Sonya Renee TaylorI'm so thrilled to welcome Sonya Renee Taylor back to the podcast. We talk about what's different in the second edition of The Body Is Not an Apology -- which is a New York Times bestseller! We also talk about the forthcoming Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook. Tune in and find out how Sonya started this amazing work and why she is committed to changing how the world thinks about bodies. You can also click through to the show notes to watch the video version - BodyKindnessBook.com/170 --- ...
2021-03-0155 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 Kindness®Podcast 167: Body Kindness Backstory with Rebecca Scritchfield and Bernie SalazarOMG! We did it. Bernie & 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. BodyKindnessBook.com/start for a free starter kit to practicing... [Read More]
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2021-01-1300 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 KindnessWhy We Need to Brave Body Shame in 2021 with Julie SweeneyYou aren't born feeling body shame. It's decided for you, conditioned in you, and you become entangled. Dominant culture’s body ideals can keep you ensnared in your own self-loathing. But what if you want out? Make a pivot and CONNECT to your body, even if you wish it was different. Braving body shame is leaning into your burdens with empathy and compassion, saying "it's OK, I'm here... I want to care for you." My guest Julie Sweeney discusses the virtual conference Braving Body Shame where people share their body stories. Have questions about the ev...
2021-01-0434 min
The Queer CodeS3 E5 - Ladies Who Lunch, Bottoms Who Brunch (w/ Antonio D. Mitchell)In this episode, The Queer Code teams up with the illustrious Antonio D. Mitchell once again to say a final “byeee” to 2020 with our highlights from the year. Important StuffBody Kindness Podcast: https://www.bodykindnessbook.com/podcast/Criterion on Adrienne Kennedy: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6968-a-romance-with-the-screen-theater-legend-adrienne-kennedy-looks-backBeyond the Dick Pic: https://wearyourvoicemag.com/tag/consent/Do the Work: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.comThe CDC on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htmlThe WHO on COVID-19: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen
2021-01-021h 14
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 min
Body KindnessWhy We Need a Culture of Belonging for Collective Well-Being, with Dr. Lindo Bacon author of Radical BelongingDr. Lindo Bacon is fostering a global transformation to a more just world, where all bodies are valued, respected, and supported in compassionate self-care. We discuss their latest book, Radical Belonging, including Dr. Bacon’s painful experience not belonging to their assigned gender, how finding communities of belonging can be personally meaningful, how the forces of oppression create stress in your body, and why commitment to self-care helps you heal your well-being. --- About Lindo Best known for their paradigm-shifting research and advocacy upending the weight discourse, Dr. Lindo Bacon's inspiring message takes us be...
2020-11-181h 01Body Kindness[Repost] Under Pressure - How Anxiety Shows Up for Today’s Teen Girls and How Parents Can Help with Lisa Damour, PhDMost American kids are officially back to school in some way shape or form. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, now we have COVID and our kids well-being to contend with this year. I’m bringing back a personal and fan favorite all about stress and anxiety in girls. Lisa D’Amour is a clinical psychologist, columnist and author and in this episode we discuss her New York Times bestselling book Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls. We discuss what's normal and actually beneficial for teen girls...
2020-09-1052 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 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 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 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
Mom Genes The Podcast17: Your Body KindnessThe Mom Bod Series We want our Mom listeners to find body peace through education about your genes and learning what it means to treat your body (and jeans) with kindness. So, while we often discuss the lack of control we have with our genetics on this podcast, today we are going to talk about an area that you actually do have control over. Here at Mom Genes, we believe that you have a choice in how you treat your body. We discuss what “body kindness” means to both of us podcast hosts professionally and person...
2020-03-0351 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
No Body Asked For ThisSeason 2, Episode 7: Anti Diet New YearHappy Anti-Diet New Year! First off, a song parody because you always need a song parody. Kendra introduces our upcoming #worthlosing campaign on Instagram. Then, listen in on our conversation with author Rebecca Scritchfield about her book Body Kindness and how to disengage from diet culture in the new year. Are there two types of champagne? You won't get the answer in this episode, but you will learn what actor Megan thinks should play Rebecca in a movie about her life.bodykindnessbook.comhttps://www.bodykindnessbook.com/2019/10/16/podcast-131-actress-lisa-linke-on-diet-culture-fatphobia-in-entertainment-and-healing-her-body-relationship/...
2019-12-3054 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 14Body 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 min
The Problem With PerfectHow to Stop Feeling Guilty about FoodWith the holiday season rapidly approaching, the opportunities to eat, overeat, and beat ourselves up about it will be endless. So, how do we have a healthy physical and emotional relationship with food? How do we recognize if we or someone we love (including our kiddos) is at risk for disordered eating, or even worse, an eating disorder? In this episode, Registered Dietitian and Owner of Bamboo Nutrition, Isabelle Bouchard answers all these questions and more as we work toward loving ourselves and the foods around us. SHOW NOTES:Looking for more podcasts on...
2019-11-0534 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 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 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 Kindness[Repost] Why We All Need Fat Activism with Marilyn Wann, Author of Fat!So? and Creator of the YAY! ScaleI’m replaying a fan favorite (and one of my favorite episodes) of Body Kindness from one of my favorite teachers. What if we all were fat activists? It’s an interesting thought for people who are finally at the place of rejecting diets and a singular (thin) standard for beauty and health. Activism is not always getting angry and standing on the street with a sign screaming. Sometimes it IS that, but there are lots of forms of “activism” if you take a broader definition. You can throw a pool party and rock your swimwear. You can tell...
2019-07-2454 minBody KindnessEliminating weight stigma from medical care with Jennifer Gaudiani MD, author of Sick EnoughWeight stigma is harmful to human health at all sizes. The medical community upholds weight stigma and harms the very people they should be helping by weighing patients without informed consent, blaming weight on non weight related concerns like earaches and wrist pain, and recommending weight loss based on the unscientific BMI measurement. Medicine must work from the inside out to eradicate the problems they have perpetuated. Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani author of the book Sick Enough has made weight inclusive medical care a priority at her Denver based telemedicine clinic and she shares her ideas for why doctors must...
2019-07-2251 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 11 - Why we finally said “I’m sorry” to our bodies and how you can do it tooGrab a pen paper and get ready for some serious healing. It’s time to write about your relationship with your body. No matter how painful your past, you can cultivate what you desire through the power of the pen. Tune in to hear my “sorry body” letter from August 2016 and Bernie’s “peace offering” from July 2019. You don’t want to miss his reading and our reflection. We discuss the abuse he faced as a child and his post traumatic growth. Plus we share our best advice for anyone who wants to do this self reflection work. Need more in...
2019-07-1559 minBody KindnessSex is a Social Skill: How to have open sexual communication with Dawn SerraDawn Serra is a sex and relationship coach who has dedicated her life to helping others orient towards pleasure so that we can heal the shame we carry around sex and deepen the trust we have in our bodies. In this episode, we talk about the historical and very culturally relevant reasons today that women struggle with sex today. You'll learn why sex is a social skill, why it's OK to have a fraught relationship to sex and how to change it, including how to tell your partner if you’ve been faking orgasms. And of course be...
2019-07-0850 minBody KindnessFearing the Black Body Part Two - BMI is not just a bogus measure, it is masking medical sexism and racism with Sabrina StringsIn my second interview with Sabrina Strings, PhD, author of Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, we discuss why only white women’s bodies were subjects of control in historical fat phobia. Dr. Strings shares the history of the BMI development and its flaws. We share personal stories for how BMI and weight bias in medicine harms people today. Dr. Strings also shares how she was discouraged from even writing this book. Visit bitly.com/bkind120 for show notes and episode transcript. Listen to Part One of the conversation at bitly.com...
2019-06-1834 minBody KindnessFearing the Black Body Part One with Sabrina Strings PhD - Why Health is about Access, Not WeightSabrina Strings, PhD is the author of the new book Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. In this two-part interview, we discuss how she was able to connect racism with fatphobia, 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 every size. Sabrina String is an Asst. Professor of Soc...
2019-06-1137 minBody KindnessHow to recover from BURNOUT (Part 1) with Emily Nagoski and Amelia NagoskiBurnout is the stress resilience book I’m recommending to friends and clients from now on. This two-part podcast series with Emily and Amelia Nagoski will explain why. We all have stress, but we aren’t all completing the stress cycle, which can have real health consequences. Learn about “human giver syndrome” and why the opposite is not “taker syndrome”— which is what I used to think. Find out how the patriarchy... ughhhh plays a role in women’s burnout. Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., is a sex educator and author of Come As You Are: The surprising new science that...
2019-05-2332 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 10 - How to get the sleep your brain and body really needHow would it feel to get an extra one to two hours of sleep per night? If the thought of that sounds absolutely amazing then you're like most people who don't get enough sleep. (side effects include daytime feelings of being drunk! fatigue! irritability!) Get our real life complaints and realistic advice for mindset and habit shifts that help. --- 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 signed copies and bulk discounts here! ...
2019-05-131h 01Body 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 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 9 - The Upside of Stress (and Emotional Eating)Stress has a function and so does emotional eating. How you relate to stress and frame your views of emotional eating can make all the difference in how you feel about your body. In this powerful Learn and Grow episode, you'll learn why Bernie needed to stop restricting in order to realize that it would help cut back his stress eating even when his life stress continued to rise. SOS: support our show at GoFundMe.com/BodyKindness. Pick up Body Kindness wherever books are sold and start healing your relationship with yourself. Music: A Good...
2019-04-021h 13Body KindnessReflect and Retreat: How has culture informed your relationship with your body? A conversation and performance poetry reading with sociologist and author Kimberly DarkStorytelling is a powerful way to examine how culture constructs beauty standards and upholds appearance privilege. In this episode, Kimberly Dark, author, yoga teacher, and retreat leader performs a reading of her poem about Marilyn Monroe and her mom teaching her how to smile like a woman down to the exact degree angle of the head tilt. Listen as I share how my decision to “reflect and retreat” helped me explore my relationship to my body, heal emotional wounds, and grow in my social justice work. About Kimberly Kimberly Dark is a writer, professor and raconteur, working to r...
2019-03-1826 minBody KindnessNegative body image, depression, and mindful self-care in pregnancy and postpartum with Dr. Jennifer WebbDr. Jennifer Webb is back on the podcast to share outcomes of our Body Kindness research study examining mindful self-care and depressive symptoms in pregnancy and 5 years postpartum. Tune in to learn about the novel outcomes and get some advice you can use -- really it's good advice for anyone -- pregnant or not. We all have a body and we can all heal our relationship to it. Pick up Body Kindness wherever you get books and audiobooks. Get started with Body Kindness for free - bodykindnessbook.com/start About Dr. WebbDr Jennifer Webb studies b...
2019-03-0433 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 8 – How Your Body Fights to Regain Weight After Dieting (Research from The Biggest Loser)Don’t miss this important episode in the Learn & Grow Series. We talk about one of the longest studies on weight cycling and dieting — a study that followed the Biggest Loser contestants from Season 8 for six years. I help Bernie understand the outcomes of the journal article and how he can make peace with his experiences and move forward with body kindness instead of dieting. The study found that their bodies had “fought to regain weight”. Six years after the show: all but one contestant had regained a significant portion of their lost weight – an average of 70% the...
2019-02-251h 17Body KindnessUnder Pressure - How Anxiety Shows Up for Today’s Teen Girls and How Parents Can Help with Lisa Damour, PhDI'm loving this show today, all about anxiety and girls with bestselling author Dr. Lisa Damour. Her new book has just been released: Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls. We discuss what's normal and actually beneficial for teen girls when it comes to stress and anxiety, when you should worry, as well as the options available for talking with girls and young women to reduce their stress and anxiety on everything from embracing their bodies, dating to setting boundaries. We also get into an important conversation on microaggressions and racism...
2019-02-1152 minBody KindnessLearn and Grow Pt 7: The Biggest Loser Did Not Exist to Create Better Lives with Bernie Salazar a former “winner” of the showBernie Salazar has been a student of the body kindness philosophy for over two years. But early on in his practice, The Biggest Loser was still a popular show and Bernie was still trying to make sense of what it meant to be healthy. Though he was deeply concerned about the well-being of the contestants, he still had his own self love and compassion “work” to do. His original “Loser letter,” which you’ll hear again in this show, still had some disordered logic and diet talk. Now, we come full circle in this episode with a deep refle...
2019-01-1554 minBody KindnessTrauma Resilience: How Body Kindness is Helping Me HealIn the last segment of our series featuring readers sharing their powerful stories, we hear from two trauma survivors, one who was abused and spent most of her life with an undetected eating disorder and one who experienced trauma from dieting on weight watchers, including needing two back surgeries from running injuries sustained while being encouraged to do more and push harder to reach her weight goal. Don’t miss these emotional testimonials about the power of Body Kindness in taking back your life. --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books an...
2019-01-0743 minBody KindnessAn Anti-Diet New Year: Body Shame Out, Body Kindness InHappy New Year! We are talking with readers about how they used Body Kindness as a way to break free from years of dieting and body shame. Tune in and get inspired as you contemplate your next step in healing your relationship with food, movement, and self care. You can’t hate yourself healthy but with Body Kindness you can create a better life. Body Kindness is available everywhere books are sold including on Audiobook! For special offers visit BodyKindnessBook.com/presale --- The Body Kindness audiobook is out now! Get Body Ki...
2019-01-011h 07Body KindnessBody Kindness Reader Stories – How I Finally Ditched Diets and Learned How To Love MyselfHappy Holidays! We are closing out 2018 by talking with readers about how they used Body Kindness as a way to break free from years of dieting and body shame. Tune in and get inspired as you contemplate your next step in healing your relationship with food, movement, and self care. You can’t hate yourself healthy but with Body Kindness you can create a better life. --- Body Kindness is available as an audiobook from December 25th, 2018! Get Body Kindness as an audiobook on Audible and wherever audiobooks are sold. Click here to order wit...
2018-12-2457 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 6 - Creating New Habits Takes Serious Effort. Here Are Your Tools.You already know that it’s not easy to make changes to your habits. At all. It requires serious effort and a compassionate mindset as you try, mess up, and try again. In the next episode of our "body kindness for beginners" Learn and Grow series, Bernie and I discuss what is usually missing from the "new habit equation" and we share our own struggles with habits and how we’re working our way through them. --- Get started with Body Kindness If you’re ready for more Body Kindness, the book is a g...
2018-12-101h 08Body 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 3 - Reflections on Intuitive Eating from Principles to PracticeIn the third episode of our Body Kindness for Beginners podcast series “Learn and Grow” Bernie and I reflect on ways in which the practice of intuitive eating has helped him reject dieting and we discover new growth opportunities going forward. Tune in if you’ve ever felt confused about what the heck intuitive eating is and why it may be exactly what you need in your life. (Hint, the goal is to heal your relationship to food, not lose weight). --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold...
2018-10-151h 29Body 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 15Body KindnessRaising HAES: Body Kindness in the FamilyThree parents with five kids between them (age ranges 2-12) gather to discuss what it’s like to parent with body kindness, endure a child’s body shame at the doctors office, re-educate your child after the school’s health class taught diet tricks, what to say when your kid first says “fat” — as early as age three! And other things you need to know about raising kids with body kindness. About Kristy: Kristy Fassio is a former kindergarten teacher turned fitness professional turned counselor in training. She believes in joyful movement, the beauty of fat bodies, tapping into...
2018-08-271h 13Body KindnessYou Have the Right to Remain Fat (and be a fat ally) with Virgie TovarThis week I’m talking to author and fat activist Virgie Tovar about her new book You Have the Right to Remain Fat. Tune in as Virgie shares her manifesto for standing up to diet culture. Virgie Tovar is an author, activist and one of the nation's leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. She is the founder of Babecamp, a 4-week online course designed to help women who are ready to break up with diet culture, and started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight. Virgie has been featured by the New York Times, Tech...
2018-08-201h 05Body KindnessBody Kindness in Postpartum Women Body Image, Postpartum Depression, and Disordered Eating with Lindsay Stenovec, Creator of The Nurtured MamaWomen who are pregnant or postpartum should not be dieting and yet, many women do, thanks to diet culture and weight stigma. In this episode, I chat with Lindsay Stenovec, certified eating disorder dietitian about the pressures women face to “get their pre-baby body back.” We share personal experiences with postpartum depression and weight stigma during pregnancy as well as research that shows 93% of women who engage in disordered eating and dieting behaviors are not screened for eating disorder symptoms. About Lindsay Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD, CLEC is the founder of The Nurtured Mama and...
2018-07-2653 minBody KindnessWeight and Body Conversations in the MediaBernie is back and we chat about weight and body conversations in the media, including my latest Washington Post story “What if doctors stopped weighing their patients? Healthcare might improve.” and the amazing Self digital issue on weight. All the stories in the package are worth the read, starting with the letter from the editor who said “the way we talk about weight and health is broken” (yes, it is!). Several of the writers were guests on Body Kindness and if you’re ready to catch up, I have the link to their Self stories and their podcast in...
2018-07-0345 minBody KindnessDoing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick with feminist author Maya DusenberyAs part of my women’s health series, I chat to Maya Dusenbery about her new book, Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick. We spend our conversation talking about the book and all that she discovered about the history of ignoring and/or disbelieving women’s pain and the deep, systemic problems that underlie women’s experiences of feeling dismissed by the medical system. Editor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with doctors and researchers, and person...
2018-06-1953 minBody KindnessBody Image Flexibility: Insights from Self-compassion and Positive Body Image Research with Jennifer Webb, PhDDr. Jennifer Webb studies body image in women as part of her research at UNC Charlotte. Webb’s lab is currently investigating body image in pregnant and postpartum women with my book Body Kindness. Get insights from Dr. Webb’s current and recent work on Self-compassion and Body Image Healing in this episode. We’re looking for female Body Kindness readers living in the U.S. who are either pregnant OR who have at least one child 5 years or younger. Visit www.BodyKindnessBook.com/research to learn more and find out how you can get a free e-book...
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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 KindnessDiets Can Kiss My A** with Jes Baker author of Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat GirlsIn her latest book, a memoir aptly titled Landwhale (you’ll find out why in the show), Jes Baker, covers important topics in the body positivity and fat liberation space that need to be discussed in the mainstream culture and she does it all through beautiful writing from her personal experience with a liberal dose of blunt honesty and humor. Jes and I discuss her evolving relationship with her body and how to deal with HAES “trolls”. Plus we discuss why dieting is the greatest scam of them all from her chapter on “Have you ever thought of dieti...
2018-05-0848 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 minBody KindnessYour Body Is Not an Apology, with Author, Poet, and Activist Sonya Renee TaylorAre you in need of some radical self-love? This is your Body Kindness episode. Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of two books, including The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Se...
2018-04-0355 minBody KindnessIt’s Good to be "RAD" Why radical dietetics is a good thing for health enhancement with Dana Sturtevant of Be NourishedDana Sturtevant had a wake-up call when she realized her diet and weight-centered nutrition research work wasn’t really helping improve health and well-being. She co-founded Be Nourished, a community outpatient clinic and professional training institute. Recognized as one of America’s top radical dietitians, Dana encourages movement toward a compassionate, weight-inclusive model of self-care to address body oppression, heal body shame, and disrupt patterns of chronic dieting and disordered eating. About Dana: Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a trainer, mentor, yoga teacher, and dietitian specializing in Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating. She is the co-fo...
2018-03-2156 minBody KindnessHow we can all MEND our relationship with ourselves with Rosie Molinary, author of Beautiful YouRosie Molinary and I are thrilled to bring you this BONUS podcast about our new virtual workshop called MEND - radical self-acceptance with Body Kindness. In this episode, you'll hear Rosie and I discuss the intersections of shame, perfectionism, and what it means to radically accept ourselves JUST AS WE ARE. We hope listening to our conversation gives you a taste for our interactive conversational approach we bring to our workshop. In addition to the video content, the workshop includes reflection tools and resources, meditations, poems, a Facebook group and live call with us to...
2018-03-081h 01Body KindnessWeight Watchers, Diet Culture and Our Kids: Four Adults Chat it OutHappy March and National Nutrition Month! This month the podcast will bring conversations about nutrition and body image. (Speaking of: check out MEND, my course on radical self acceptance with author of Beautiful You, Rosie Molinary) Bernie is back this week and we have two guests on the show! You’ll hear fellow dietitian Whitney Hightower talk about what it was like to be complimented for dieting because it made her body smaller and criticized for gaining weight when she stopped dieting. Then our very own podcast producer Shauna Reid comes on...
2018-03-051h 26Body KindnessAthletes at Every Size and The Plight of the “Fit Fatty” with Ragen Chastain, Guinness World Record Holder, Speaker, and Fat ActivistGet the inside details of what it takes to certify a Guinness World Record from Ragen Chastain, a speaker, writer, and Certified Health Coach. Ragen is the heaviest female to complete a marathon. She is healthy. She is fit. She is fat. In this podcast Ragen will help inspire you to reframe exercise in your life away from body shame and weight loss goals -- at any size! Tune in to learn some of the unspoken ways we are excluding higher weight people from movement as a society and how we can change. ...
2018-02-281h 04Body KindnessSo You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma OluoIjeoma Oluo wants us to talk about race. In her new book, 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 aren’t often discussed in these important spaces. Regarding intersectionality, she says “It’s the nature of privilege to prioritize the people at the top, whose needs are almost met. Inters...
2018-01-161h 00Body 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 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 KindnessGet 'Unscrewed' in this #MeToo world with Jaclyn Friedman, activist and author of UnscrewedPolitics, Hollywood, and your neighborhood. Sexual abuse is happening everywhere and people are speaking up. And finally we’re believing them. If you’re shaking your head at Charlie Rose, Roy Moore, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey (and others) you’re probably wondering what you can do about it. There’s a new book out by author and activist Jaclyn Friedman, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All. She's my guest on the show today. About Jaclyn: Jaclyn Friendman’s work has redefined the concept of “healthy sexuality” and popularized the “yes means yes” sta...
2017-11-191h 20Body 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 minBody KindnessThe Perfect Body For Movement… Is YOURS. How to Build Self-compassion Through Yoga with Anna Guest-Jelley of CurvyYoga.comWe're practicing yoga daily the month of September to explore how yoga can help you connect to your body through breath and build the self-compassion you need to live with Body Kindness. (Important reminder: Connection is one of the three Body Kindness pillars… Connection to your body and connection to other people, places, and things that make up your world.) Anna Guest Jelley has connected yoga to many people who would have otherwise found yoga to be "not for them" because a crucial need was not met -- the instructors were not teaching for all si...
2017-09-1153 minBody KindnessIntuitive Eating For Families, With Elyse Resch, Co-Author Of Intuitive EatingElyse Resch knows all about Intuitive Eating because she is the co-author of the Intuitive Eating book and workbook, along with previous podcast guest Evelyn Tribole (Episode 26). In this episode, we talk about Intuitive Eating in the family dynamic. We are all born with an internal wisdom, but we get pulled away by diet culture and external regulation of eating - even as young kids with well-intentioned parents. Elyse gives a plethora of tips to raising Intuitive Eaters on this show, including some things I haven’t heard yet like food preferences being brain based and...
2017-08-0951 minBody KindnessStrong is the New Pretty - Celebrating Girls Being Themselves with Author & Photographer Kate T ParkerKate T Parker is known for her viral photos of strong girls just being themselves, which is now compiled into a book, Strong is the New Pretty. This beautiful book celebrates girls for who they are, not their appearance or shape. Growing up Kate was always encouraged to be herself -- messy hair, muddy knees, and all! As a mom herself, she passes this empowering mindset on to who kids and she challenges the cultural labeling of what girls “should” be in order to be a girl. In this podcast we discussed how she got into photography (hint...
2017-07-2648 minBody KindnessOur 'Sexperiment' MonthIn this episode, Bernie and I finally catch up on the mind-blowing podcast episodes from “masturbation month” in May. We also discuss the stigma we faced growing up around body pleasure and we share our passion for helping our kids grow up with better sexual health as part of their overall well-being. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn...
2017-06-1541 minBody KindnessIntimate Justice & How To Talk To Kids About Sex, with NYT Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein.[Adult content & language] How do we teach our daughters to respect their bodies, while still being curious about their sexuality? What do you say to a 2 or 3 year old in the bath? Would you tell a 10-year-old what the clitoris is for? If you’re squirming in your chair, so am I, but this is important issue if we really want our kids to normalize sex. Body liberation and sexual liberation go hand in hand. Find out why Peggy Orenstein, bestselling author of Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape and Cinderella Ate My Daughter, thinks we al...
2017-05-0151 minBody KindnessCookies And Calendars - Our Highs And LowsIt's time for an update with my friend, parent, and fellow (former) chronic dieter turned body kindness advocate Bernie Salazar. In this episode we share each other's highs and lows of the last month. Bernie fills us in on his most favorite dessert he was able to find in Chicago and I let Bernie know about how I had to transform my schedule to find a little bit of peace. And you won't want to miss the end of the podcast where I give Bernie his exciting assignment for this next month. And he's inviting you to get in...
2017-04-2730 minBody KindnessCulture Jamming And Mindful Healing With Jes BakerJes Baker gives two proud middle fingers to our culture that dictates what is valuable and beautiful. Through her blog, The Militant Baker, her book, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, speaking engagements, and social media spaces, Jes has disrupted the “thin ideal” by challenging marketing of clothes, perfume, and more showing that fat bodies get to enjoy all the things thin bodies can enjoy. Jes calls in (not calls out) the fat phobic nature of the current body positivity movement and challenges all of us to become aware of intersectionality issues around body positivity as well...
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Body KindnessWhy Moderation Isn't As Sexy As Eliminate, with Nutrition Diva Monica ReinagelWhy is moderation not as alluring in the food world as the idea of "eliminate"? In this episode, I chat with licensed nutritionist and professionally trained chef Monica Reinagel, host of the long-running hit podcast Nutrition Diva. We talk about moderation, how the constant nutrition noise we're served up by the media makes eating well confusing, and how our unique lived experiences with food can make moderation challenging. Monica's podcast was the first I ever listened to, and she shares her journey from professional opera singer to nutrition expert and podcasting diva. --- ...
2017-03-1039 minBody KindnessFacing A Fear - Bernie Sees The DoctorIn today's episode we fill you in on Bernie’s progress from chronic dieter to Body Kindness champ. Find out what happens when his labs surprise him. We discuss the myths vs realities of health, behavior, and weight. Learn about how we uncovered a root problem that may be impacting his mental health. If you have difficulty separating health behaviors from size or if you ever had a horrible weight-shaming visit at the doctor, this podcast will speak to you. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please ra...
2017-02-2730 minBody KindnessWhy Loving Food is Good for You, with Registered Dietitian Julie Duffy DillonJulie Duffy Dillon wants everyone to love food again so much that her podcast is devoted to "Love Letters" from food to the people who are struggling with having a healthy relationship to food. In this podcast, we discuss our transformation from weight loss focused dietitians to weight inclusive dietitians. We also chat about diet culture, size diversity, and what “non-diet” actually means (hint, it’s not eating a bag of Oreos or a tub of ice cream). Get to know Julie Duffy Dillon Julie is a registered dietitian and food behavior expert who wants to hel...
2017-02-1342 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Part 13 – “Dear panic attack, Thank you for all you have shown me” (and other gratitudes from Body Kindness readers and listeners)Our original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. 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 grat...
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Launching Your Daughter26: Creating Healthy Relationships with FoodToday's guest is Jennifer McGurk a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified eating disorder registered dietitian. Her practice is located in Nyack, NY. Jennifer believes that every client has different nutrition needs and what's right for one person may not be right for another. She believes in intuitive and mindful eating, and structures her sessions based on lifestyle changes, behavior modifications with food, and creative and realistic meal planning strategies. In this episode you will learn: Jennifer works with adults and teens who have an unhealthy relationship with food or they want to change the relationship they h...
2016-10-2526 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 11 - Why we finally said “I’m sorry” to our bodies and how you can do it tooOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. Grab a pen paper and get ready for some serious healing. It’s time to write about your relationship with your body. No matter how painful your past, you can cultivate what you desire through the power of the pen. Tune in to hear my “sorry body” letter from August 2016 and Bernie’s “peace offering” from July 2019. You don’t want to miss his reading and our reflection. We discuss the abuse he faced as a child and his post traumatic growth. Plus we share our best advice fo...
2016-08-2259 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 10 - How to get the sleep your brain and body really needOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. How would it feel to get an extra one to two hours of sleep per night? If the thought of that sounds absolutely amazing then you're like most people who don't get enough sleep. (side effects include daytime feelings of being drunk! fatigue! irritability!) Get our real life complaints and realistic advice for mindset and habit shifts that help. --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Read reviews on Amazon and pick...
2016-07-201h 01Body KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 9 - The Upside of Stress (and Emotional Eating)Our original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. Stress has a function and so does emotional eating. How you relate to stress and frame your views of emotional eating can make all the difference in how you feel about your body. In this powerful Learn and Grow episode, you'll learn why Bernie needed to stop restricting in order to realize that it would help cut back his stress eating even when his life stress continued to rise. SOS: support our show at GoFundMe.com/BodyKindness. Pick up Body Kindness wherever books are...
2016-06-201h 13Body KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 8 - How Your Body Fights to Regain Weight After Dieting (Research from The Biggest Loser)Our original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. Don’t miss this important episode in the Learn & Grow Series. We talk about one of the longest studies on weight cycling and dieting — a study that followed the Biggest Loser contestants from Season 8 for six years. I help Bernie understand the outcomes of the journal article and how he can make peace with his experiences and move forward with body kindness instead of dieting. The study found that their bodies had “fought to regain weight”. Six years after the show: all but one cont...
2016-05-101h 17Body KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 7 - The Biggest Loser Did Not Exist to Create Better Lives with Bernie Salazar, a former “winner” of the showOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. Bernie Salazar has been a student of the body kindness philosophy for over two years. But early on in his practice, The Biggest Loser was still a popular show and Bernie was still trying to make sense of what it meant to be healthy. Though he was deeply concerned about the well-being of the contestants, he still had his own self love and compassion “work” to do. His original “Loser letter,” which you’ll hear again in this show, still had some disordered logic and diet t...
2016-04-1854 minBody KindnessLearn & Grow Pt 6 - Creating New Habits Takes Serious Effort. Here Are Your ToolsOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. You already know that it’s not easy to make changes to your habits. At all. It requires serious effort and a compassionate mindset as you try, mess up, and try again. In the next episode of our "body kindness for beginners" Learn and Grow series, Bernie and I discuss what is usually missing from the "new habit equation" and we share our own struggles with habits and how we’re working our way through them. --- Get the Body Kind...
2016-03-211h 08Body 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...
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Body KindnessLearn & Grow Part 4 - You don’t have a food addiction. You need permission to eat (and eat emotionally)Our 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. We 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 the Body Kin...
2016-02-221h 51Body KindnessLearn & Grow Part 3 - Reflections on Intuitive Eating from Principles to PracticeOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. In the third episode of our Body Kindness for Beginners podcast series “Learn and Grow” Bernie and I reflect on ways in which the practice of intuitive eating has helped him reject dieting and we discover new growth opportunities going forward. Tune in if you’ve ever felt confused about what the heck intuitive eating is and why it may be exactly what you need in your life. (Hint, the goal is to heal your relationship to food, not lose weight). So what is intuit...
2016-02-081h 29Body KindnessLearn & Grow Part 2 - Extreme Exercise Is UnnecessaryOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. In the second episode of Learn & Grow, Bernie and I 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 the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Read reviews on Amazon and pick up your co...
2016-01-251h 15Body KindnessLearn & Grow Part 1 - Ditching 'Diet Brain' for Body KindnessOur original interview was released in 2016 and replaced with this update. Welcome to Body Kindness! If you're new to the Body Kindness philosophy, breaking free from diets, and Health at Every Size (HAES) our new podcast series is made for you! Body Kindness Learn & Grow is a podcast series that will boost your hope and confidence in leaving diets behind from exactly where you are today. Think of it like “Body Kindness for beginners.” Today is the first episode in our new series where Bernie and I reflect on our personal growth in the...
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