16. When Your Support System is Still Stuck in Diet Culture

Brittany Modell joins me for today’s episode. Brittany is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, co-host of Food Therapy Podcast, and founder of Brittany Modell, Nutrition and Wellness, INC, a virtual nutrition and body image coaching practice. Brittany uses a non-diet approach to nutrition and health and practices from a HAES (Health at Every Size) perspective.

Brittany is currently planning her wedding, and shares how she is not letting diet culture as a bride-to-be steal her joy from this experience as well as her journey as a weight inclusive dietician. She also shares about diet culture in our everyday lives, including “wellness” apps, social media, and influencers. She also unpacks a lot of great advice for what to do when you have a family and support system who don’t understand your journey of finding peace with food and your body, which can be an obstacle to truly moving on from disordered eating.

Tune in to hear:

How diet culture steals from life experiences
The importance of authenticity and core values.
The problem with disordered eating being normalized by society
How to validate your own body
Weight bias and discrimination and its impact on health
The disturbing truth about funding weight loss research
Brittany’s advice for building a safe community of support

Connect with Brittany:

Brittany Modell, MS, RD, CDN is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and founder of Brittany Modell, Nutrition and Wellness, INC, a virtual nutrition and body image coaching practice. She is also a co-host of Food Therapy Podcast, which explores the intersections of food freedom, diet culture and mental health. Brittany uses a non-diet approach to nutrition and health and practices from a HAES (Health at Every Size) perspective.

Brittany helps her clients break the cycle of chronic dieting by cultivating a healthy relationship with food and helping them to reconnect their mind and body. Brittany takes a self-care approach and focuses on all aspects of health and wellbeing, including food, movement, body image, stress management, and sleep.

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