by admin | Apr 26, 2019 | Body Acceptance, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders During Pregnancy, Eating Disorders Postpartum, Health at Every Size, Mental Health Treatment, Nurtured Mama, Podcast, Weight Stigma
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Dr. Marianne Miller specializes in eating disorder treatment for adults and teens. Marianne has been a practicing therapist for more than 20 years, earning her master’s in marriage and family therapy from Abilene Christian University and her doctorate from Texas Tech. In addition to being a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, she is a member of The International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals Foundation and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Marianne is committed to helping clients with all types of food and body anxiety through her private practice in San Diego.
On this episode of The Embodied & Well Mom Show, Marianne joins us to share the definition of binge eating disorder and discuss its prevalence in the US. She walks us through her approach to working with a client with binge eating disorder, describing several of the coping strategies she teaches to manage emotions and anxiety. Marianne also explains the spiritual aspect of her work with the clients as well as her support of clients in the LGBTQ+ community. Listen in for Marianne’s insight around the impact of weight discrimination and learn why she is an advocate for Health at Every Size!
Key Takeaways
The definition of binge eating disorder
- Eat excessive amount of food regularly
- Feel shame, regret + distress
The prevalence of binge eating disorder
- Became official diagnosis on DSM-5 in 2013
- Impacts 6% of population (more men than women)
- Common in pregnancy, postpartum
Marianne’s approach to supporting someone with binge eating disorder
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy (emotion, anxiety management)
- Family of origin work
- Refer to dietitian who specializes in eating disorders
The spiritual aspect of Marianne’s work with clients
- Tap into client’s faith, spiritual beliefs as resource
- Address harmful beliefs (i.e.: body = shameful)
Marianne’s approach to working with LGBTQ clients
- Validate experiences of discrimination
- Understand coming out journey, build chosen family
Why there’s a higher prevalence of eating disorders in the LGBTQ community
- Gender dysphoria in trans individuals (effort to change body)
- Stress from discrimination triggers eating disorder
Marianne’s insight on the impact of weight discrimination
- Some clients shamed by physician
- Work toward self-acceptance (Health at Every Size)
- Think critically about messages you receive
Connect with Marianne
Marianne’s Website
Marianne’s Blog
Marianne on Facebook
Marianne on Instagram
Connect with Lindsay
Intuitive Eating Moms
Embodied & Well Mom Show on Facebook
Lindsay on Instagram
Lindsay on Pinterest
Lindsay on Twitter
Lindsay on LinkedIn
Resources
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Dr. Marsha Linehan
Health at Every Size
Linda Bacon
Association for Size Diversity and Health
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon
Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor
Center for Discovery
by Ana R | Nov 14, 2017 | Body Acceptance, Body Image, Body Movements, Exercise, Health at Every Size
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MEET THE GUEST:
Gillian Byers is an American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified personal trainer that has never fit in the fit box and won’t ask you to either! She discovered the joy of at-home body and free weight strength training, in her late 20’s, using small steps. She now thrives on personalizing exercises and programs to fit each of her amazing clients, helping them build strength in ways that feel good, safe, fun and supportive! As a highly sensitive extrovert, she loves meeting people and being in tune with the whole person and how that can affect movement and vice versa. After experiencing, and learning from others, the damage that a weight loss focus can cause she is committed to helping people build strength, ease of movement, function, and health without using the scale or measurements. Helping people move towards neutrality and even love for their body brings her joy. She’s also taken courses in Fibromyalgia and Arthritis and enjoys helping people ease into movement as gently as needed. She offers classes and one on one training both online and in person in beautiful Newberg, Oregon.
FIND GILLIAN ONLINE:
Website: www.MindfullyActive.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mindfullyactive
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfully.active/
EPISODE SUMMARY:
- Gillian shares about how she started helping people find movement that feels good and enjoyable. She focuses on “The Feel Good Full Body Warm-Up” as her way of helping clients tune-in and to start listening to their body.
- One of the biggest things that Gillian works on is moving away from using weight loss as a motivator or indicator of progress. According to her (and I agree!), when weight loss is used as a motivator to move, it:
> Creates a barrier in listening to your body
> Makes it hard to get in touch with what your body is asking for – what actually feels good, what level and type of movement is sustainable
>Can impact the ability to take a break or prevent injury
- She also talks about the top challenges she sees clients face when they’re moving away from movements that are driven by the diet culture and weight-loss focused culture.
- She emphasizes kindness to the body and to also be gentle with yourself.
- Gillian also mentioned the importance of taking small steps towards movement and provides examples of how to do this.
PRODUCT:
Online training and classes tailored according to each client’s preferences and needs. http://www.mindfullyactive.com/offerings/
Free awesomeness from Gillian! http://www.mindfullyactive.com/free/
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by Ana R | Oct 31, 2017 | #stoptheshame, Body Acceptance, Breastfeeding, Dieting, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders During Pregnancy, Eating Disorders Postpartum, Emotions & Food, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, Nurtured Mama, Podcast, Postpartum, pregnancy, Weight Shame, Weight Stigma
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MEET THE HOST:
Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD, CLEC is the founder of TheNurturedMama.Club – an online body positive wellness community for moms and moms-to-be and the owner of Nutrition Instincts
– a San Diego-based nutrition private practice specializing in eating disorders, intuitive eating, maternal wellness and family feeding. Her mission is the help women and mothers reduce stress and guilt around food and movement by restoring their trust in their bodies, taking weight obsession out of the equation and re-defining health and self-care so that each woman, mother & family can thrive. She is the host of The Nurtured Mama Podcast and creator of Eat. Be. Nurture – An online program that helps mamas eat with joy, live in the moment and nurture their inner power. Lindsay lives in San Diego with her husband and 3-year old son. She’s happy to share that she is expected baby boy #2 in early 2018.
FIND LINDSAY ONLINE:
www.instagram.com/thenurturedmama
www.facebook.com/thenurturedmama
www.twitter.com/thenurturedmama
www.pinterest.com/lindsay-stenovec
www.nutritioninstincts.com
www.thenurturedmama.club
EPISODE SUMMARY:
In this solo podcast, Lindsay dives into the topic of diet culture and the impact it has on a mother’s wellness before, during and after baby. From a very young age, a foundation is laid for us in Western culture – your body can’t be trusted, your weight determines your health and worth and, particularly as women, you should spend large amounts of time distracted by food and body “stuff.” This episode looks at how this foundation sets us up for challenges with food and body before, during and after pregnancy and why we must challenge these messages. You CAN opt out of diet culture!
PRODUCT:
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by Ana R | Oct 24, 2017 | Body Acceptance, Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders During Pregnancy, Eating Disorders Postpartum, Emotions & Food, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Nurtured Mama, Podcast, Postpartum, Postpartum Wellness Series, pregnancy, Support for Moms, Your Tribe
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MEET OUR GUEST:
Dr. Linda Shanti McCabe holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of California. She has worked in the field of Eating Disorder, Chemical Dependency, and Codependency Recovery since 1999, in residential, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of care. Her doctoral research focused on re-image-ing the body using expressive arts with women recovering from bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating. She is a Licensed Soulcollage facilitator trained by Seena Frost, MFT, and am certified in Postpartum International’s Perinatal Mood and Anxiety components of care.
She knows the terrain of eating disorder recovery and “new mommy bootcamp” because she has been there. She recovered herself twenty years ago. She is a therapist that truly believes
“you can’t keep it unless you give it away, but you can’t give it away unless you have it.”
FIND LINDA ONLINE:
Website: DrLindaShanti.com
Twitter: @DrLindaShanti
FB: Recoverymama
Blog: Recoverymama.com
TRANSITION TO MOTHERHOOD:
Dr. Shanti shared a quote:
“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother — NEVER. A mother is something absolutely new.”
The quote itself summarizes some of her transitions into motherhood. According to Shanti, the transition was like a whole new journey. As an individual in eating disorder recovery, it was like “a recovery beyond her wildest dreams, totally different in ways that she could never imagine.”
EPISODE SUMMARY:
- She discovered experientially the many overlaps in the journey of new motherhood and recovery for eating disorder: body image, shifts in recovery in new motherhood, sleep, food, hormones and mood, career transitions, relationships and partner transitions, identity transformation.
- She describes the feeling after pregnancy as like having a whole new self that has elements of your old self.
- Linda highlights the various support systems that can help mothers in their recovery after pregnancy. According to her, support may come in a lot of different ways. In some cases that may have to deal with a medical or psychological condition, seeking professional support would definitely be part of that.
- Another support that she mentioned is about being part of motherhood support groups that are tailored according to your situation. (Ex: corporate mom, stay at home moms, part-time working moms, etc…)
- Linda also encourages moms to find their “Mom Tribe.” Try to make new friends. And if you haven’t, give yourself time. She provides some great tips on how to test out new friendships and decide who you’d like to pursue deeper relationships with.
PRODUCT:
UPCOMING BOOK:
Good Enough Mama: Taking Care of Your Self and Your Recovery During Pregnancy and Postpartum
REFERENCED ON THE SHOW:
- Moms Helping Moms – http://www.momshelpingmomsfoundation.org/
- 4th Trimester Bodies Project – http://www.4thtrimesterbodiesproject.com/
- Mid Drift Movement – https://www.middriftmovement.com/
by Ana R | Oct 16, 2017 | Body Acceptance, Emotions & Food, Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Nurtured Mama, Podcast
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MEET OUR GUEST:
Jen McLellan is a published author and founder of Plus Size Birth and the Plus Mommy blog. She helps women navigate the world of plus size pregnancy, shares tips for embracing your body, and laughs her way through the adventures of motherhood. Jen has grown a community of over 178,000 via the Plus Mommy Facebook page. Her work has been featured in major publications such as Yahoo Shine, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, and International Doula. She authored My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide and co-wrote the Amazon bestseller, The Peachie Moms Guide to Body Love for Moms. Jen is also a childbirth educator, skilled patient advocate, professional speaker, wife, and mother to a charismatic 7-year-old.
Find Jen Online:
https://plussizebirth.com
https://plusmommy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/plusmommyblog
https://www.instagram.com/plusmommy/
https://www.pinterest.com/plusmommy/
https://twitter.com/plusmommy
Pluz Size Pregnancy Bundle
https://plussizebirth.com/my-plus-size-pregnancy-bundle/
TRANSITION TO MOTHERHOOD:
Seven years ago, Jen discovered that she is pregnant. Upon browsing the internet, she read about various medical conditions that made her feel devastated instead of being excited of her pregnancy. It was hard for her to find positive information about being plus-size pregnant online.
Jen shared about her experience of hiring a doula and how she was very grateful for making that decision. According to her, her doula was the first person who validated and supported her with realizing her size really didn’t prohibit her from having a healthy pregnancy and delivery.
Jen talks about how she had a completely healthy pregnancy. She started to develop a new relationship with her body as well as during this time. Because of that, she decided to tell her story. Overall, Jen summarizes her transition to motherhood is also her journey to becoming a birth professional and really doing advocacy for people of size around pregnancies and beyond.
EPISODE SUMMARY:
- Jen talks about how she started her blog Plus Size Mommy Memoirs — from being a blog about her experiences to a movement about empowering plus size women to seek size-friendly care and pursue the pregnancy and birth they want.
- As a childbirth educator, Jen not educates moms but also birth professionals, especially for doulas and midwives. She works to break down the increased risk and how they can help people to learn about the risk but not in a biased and scary way.
- Jen talks about the possibility of developing gestational diabetes for plus-size women, pre-eclampsia, bigger baby, and also the possibility of giving a cesarean birth.
- After six and a half years, Jen found out that there are 3 keys for helping people to have a healthy pregnancy when they are plus-size (hint: They’re similar to what a non-plus size women would do!):
> Eat nutritious foods.
> To be physically active in whatever way that they can be possibly able to be active.
> To connect with the size-friendly care provider.
- When Jen was asked about the things a plus-size pregnant woman can do to start embracing and feeling good about her pregnancy:
a. Finding a good care.
b. Hiring a doula and learning what a doula is.
c. Start connecting to a size-friendly dietitian.
d. Being physically active.
PRODUCT:
RESOURCE:
by admin | Aug 29, 2017 | Body Acceptance, Body Image, Dieting, Health at Every Size, Nurtured Mama, Podcast, pregnancy, Self Care, Support for Moms, Uncategorized, Weight Gain, Weight Shame, Weight Stigma
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In this solo podcast, Lindsay dives into the topic of pregnancy weight gain in a way you likely haven’t heard. Questions answered include: How much control do we have over weight gain during pregnancy? Where do pregnancy weight gain guidelines come from? Is there anything I can do to make sure I’m gaining the weight my body needs me to during this time? What does pregnancy weight gain tell us about the health of a pregnancy? How can I positively impact my health during pregnancy?
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BIO:
Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD, CEDRD, CLEC is the founder of TheNurturedMama.Club – an online body positive wellness community for moms and moms-to-be and the owner of Nutrition Instincts: – a San Diego-based nutrition private practice specializing in eating disorders, intuitive eating, maternal wellness and family feeding. Her mission is the help women and mothers reduce stress and guilt around food and movement by restoring their trust in their bodies, taking weight obsession out of the equation and re-defining health and self-care so that each woman, mother & family can thrive. She is the host of The Nurtured Mama Podcast and creator of Eat. Be. Nurture – An online program that helps mamas eat with joy, live in the moment and nurture their inner power. Lindsay lives in San Diego with her husband and 3-year old son.
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