Diet Culture Dropout – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode of Deet Culture Dropouts, host welcomes Sarah Berneche, a registered nutritionist and somatic experiencing student, to discuss the complex relationship between food and trauma. Sarah shares her journey into nutrition, inspired by her own struggles with disordered eating and the normalization of unhealthy food relationships in society.

She delves into how trauma can affect eating habits and overall health. Sarah also explores intuitive eating in the context of trauma survivors, explaining the importance of a regulated nervous system for developing a healthy relationship with food. The conversation includes practical strategies for nervous system regulation and the significance of 'glimmers'—positive, grounding experiences. This episode serves as a comprehensive guide on how trauma can impact food choices and offers gentle practices for healing and fostering internal freedom.

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Website: sarahberneche.com

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In this solo episode of Diet Culture Dropout, we explore the social determinants of health and highlight the multifaceted factors that contribute to an individual's well-being. Starting with an inspirational quote about not judging people based on appearances, the discussion delves into the various components that impact health, which include individual behaviors (36%), physical environment (7%), medical care (11%), genetics and biology (22%), and social circumstances (24%). The episode stresses that many factors affecting health are beyond individual control and underscore the importance of not placing blame on individuals for their health conditions. Listeners are encouraged to apply self-compassion and consider the broader structural factors that influence health.

✨Do you need personalized and inclusive nutrition support? Book a ⁠⁠⁠free 20 minute discovery call ⁠with Atheana Brown today to get supported on healing your relationship with food + body.

➡️ You can also join the monthly newsletter to keep yourself updated on the latest podcast episodes, freebies, workshops and food freedom tips. You can ⁠⁠join the community here!⁠

Joined today with Lindsay Miedama exploring the sense of safety eating disorders bring to people. She is a therapist who specializes in eating disorders.

Eating disorder behaviours serve many roles for people. Each very unique to the individual. They can feel very safe and comforting especially in times of stress, challenges or uncertainty.

Tune in to hear our full conversation about: The different roles disorder eating behaviours serve for people

How applying a self-compassionate lens can be very supportive

What can be uncovered when looking at the function an eating disorder can be

Explore how eating disorders become maladaptive for people

Why taking a trauma informed approach is necessary

Resources mentioned in the episode:

Book: Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnston 

You can connect with Lindsay Miedama by:

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Psychology Today link

In the world of diet culture conversations, a particular perspective has been underrepresented is the Indigenous viewpoint.

Joined today on the podcast is Deyowidron’t. A Haudenosaunee woman from Six Nations of the Grand River. Sharing her knowledgeable on the perspective of Indigenous foods and diet culture.

The conversation covers:

• The cultural importance of food for Indigenous communities
• Deyowidron’t 's backstory of the journey into the field of dietetics
• Explore the intersections of diet culture for traditional land owners and how it is so layered
• Unpack how Eurocentric diets have impacted Indigenous people and communities
• Understand how her community thrived during COVID when managing the unreliable food systems
• Review the relationship of water to food systems
• Deyowidron’t shares insights on providing traditional foods in healthcare facilities and larger systems and structures
• Lastly, she shares the importance of involving kids and getting them connected to the land to foster cultural preservation.

Connect with Deyowidron’t Teri Morrow, RD MA

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Instagram @ogwayadodogehsdoh_align

A lot of people who engage in dieting fall into two cycles pretty hard. A binge eating cycle which involves lots of guilt, shame and morality towards food. Or a restriction cycle that is all about control, willpower and following rules to keep you "in control."

This episode explores the two cycles and the outcomes and intentions behind both. It also provides a third way to relate with food that is rooted in intuitive eating, neutrality and flexibility.

Check out this podcast to see where you are in your eating journey.

Joined today with Dana Etherington a mental health Occupational Therapist. Today we are exploring how parents can support their teen in improving their body image.

Here is what we discuss in this episode: Dana explains what a mental health Occupational Therapist is.

Explore how body image is unique for teens these days.

Understand some ways parents may be able to understand if their teen is struggling with their body image.

She shares some ways parents can gently start these first conversations with their teen. Reviews ideas for parents of young kids of things they can do now to prevent these in the future.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Book: Your Body Is Not An Apology by Sonja Renee Taylor

To connect with Dana do so here:

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How Has Dieting Interfered with Your Life?

Join Atheana as she explores the not so bragged or talked about outcomes of dieting. The aftermath that is very real for anyone that engages in dieting or "lifestyle interventions." We will be zooming way out and looking at how it has impacted health physically, socially, psychologically and behaviourally.

If you are having any ambivalence around letting go of dieting and the structure it provides take a listen. But please do it with some curiosity and a dose of self-compassion.

Postpartum is a time when self-care is needed at an all time high. But the feasibility, capacity, lack of energy and demands of the new tiny human make it difficult.

Tune in to this week’s podcast episode where I share what worked for me. I dive into my three very unique postpartum experiences and explore what self-care looked like at each stage in this motherhood journey.  

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Upsizing a wardrobe for most comes with a lot of feelings of grief, body shame and frustration. Because our society has made it this big taboo that any body that changes is a major problem. Today I am joined with an east coaster Amanda Hanson who is a Feminist Style Coach. She helps people build an intentional and sustainable wardrobe that supports how they want to feel, that fits the current body they are in and that supports all aspects of their life.

Here is what we discuss in this episode: How our mentality towards dressing ourselves in ill fitting clothes keep people stuck in bad body image spirals

Amanda shares her advice for anyone in this place of body change

Review various tips in navigating how to dress your body with more self-compassion, gentleness and success

Explore advice for people wanting to wear more “risky items” like shorts, bikini, tank top etc with more confidence and ease

Lastly Amanda shares her top tips for helping people confidently dress themselves

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Today I am joined with Kyla Balderson a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist having an important conversation around mom guilt, shame and self-care.

Here is what this episode is about:

• Unpack the difference between mom guilt and shame.
• Explore what contributes to this systemically and individually for mom's.
• Discuss how common it is for women postpartum.
• Review how these feelings are different for the primary versus secondary parent
• Get some tangible take home tips if you are in this space.
• Unpack how important is self-care is for parents.

Resources mentioned:

Kristin Neff's Work 

Brene Brown's Work

You can connect with Kyla by:

Website

Instagram

Psychology Today

Join the podcast community here⁠⁠⁠⁠! A safe non-diet space that keeps you updated on the latest episodes.

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