EP91 – SWINGING THE PENDULUM TO FIND YOUR SWEET SPOT WHEN HEALING FROM DIET CULTURE W/ Jes Baker
Friday, October 12th, 2018 by Jess Rann - 1 Comment / Posted in podcast
This week Laura chats to Jes Baker, bad-ass author + unabashed fat chick. They sink their teeth into healthism, compassion + just how god damn hard it is to go from dieting to a more intuitive relationship with food + your body. In this episode they discuss: ✨ Protecting your mental health online ✨ Being gentle with…
HEY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS – WE NEED TO DO BETTER
Thursday, October 11th, 2018 by Laura Thomas - No Comments / Posted in Blog
Image Credit: World Obesity Federation Today is ‘World Obesity Day’ and while I’m not a fan of the day, or the framing of body weight as a disease, I applaud them for raising awareness of weight stigma. However, much of the focus is on the way higher body weight is portrayed in the media images and…
EP90 – Bigorexia – Dudes Get Body Image Hang-Ups Too! w/ Scott Griffiths, Body Image Researcher
Friday, October 5th, 2018 by Jess Rann - No Comments / Posted in podcast
⚠️TW: Eating Disorders. This week Laura chats to Scott Griffiths who’s a male body image researcher at the Uni of Melbourne. They get into the nitty gritty of muscle dysmorphia and how pressures from media + our wider social constructs can affect male body image. In this episode they discuss: ✨ What muscle dysmorphia is +…
EP 89 – Blowing the Lid Off Weight Science w/ Fiona Willer
Friday, September 28th, 2018 by Jess Rann - No Comments / Posted in podcast
This week Laura’s joined by Fiona Willer, HAES dietitian + PhD researcher, director of Health Not Diets + author of The Non Diet Approach Guidebook for Dietitians. They take a deep dive into the current evidence within the weight science arena, pulling it apart to figure out what we can learn from it + improvements…
Bonus Episode: Challenging Body Talk w/ Nadia Craddock
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 by Jess Rann - No Comments / Posted in podcast
As an extra little nugget of podcast gold, we’re releasing this section of Laura’s discussion with Nadia on body talk – “positive” + negative. They discuss: ✨ How best to respond to body talk w/ friends + family ✨ How even “positive” body talk can be unhelpful ✨ What to say when your friend says that they’ve lost…