Welcome to the Nourished with PCOS Podcast, the place where we find strength, empowerment, and soothing conversations for our PCOS journey. Today, we’re welcoming a very special guest, Amanda Mittman, a passionate advocate for a positive body image, a registered dietitian, and an intuitive eating counselor.
In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into a topic that often gets overlooked in nutrition counseling — body image. Amanda brings her personal experiences and professional expertise to share why addressing body image should be a priority and how it can influence our relationship with food and self-care practices.
We’ll unfold the nuances of body image work, discuss how our thoughts and feelings can impact our behaviors, and explore the resilience needed to cope with distressing body thoughts. Amanda emphasizes the shift from ‘shoulds’ to purposeful decisions that enhance our well-being, offering an empathetic perspective on navigating the delicate terrain of body acceptance, particularly for those of us living with PCOS.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What exactly body image is
- The role external factors and your support system plays in body image
- How you can feel better in your body
Expect to hear about the importance of advocacy in healthcare, the challenges within the field of dietetics regarding body image, and the emotional side of dealing with PCOS that’s often neglected. As we dissect the complexities of our relationships with our bodies, Amanda imparts wisdom on fostering kindness towards ourselves and preparing for the vulnerable moments that PCOS can bring.
So, stay tuned, and let’s learn how to nourish not just our bodies but also our perceptions and attitudes — because understanding and honoring our body image is a vital step in our journey to health and body kindness.
Connect with Amanda:
Amanda Mittman is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Body Image coach. She is the owner of Happy Valley Nutrition, a group private practice of Registered Dietitians supporting people with disordered eating, eating disorders, body image, and Intuitive Eating from a HAES-lens. In addition to being an adjunct professor at two colleges, she also teaches clinicians how to incorporate body image counseling skills into their practice.
Amanda has worked with hundreds of clients in her career and knows that people throughout each of life’s stages feel so much shame around their body. Whether the client is in college, just had a baby or in midlife and beyond, the conversation around the distress of a changing body is very similar.
It is Amanda’s mission to talk about this topic without shame, guilt, or sense of failure, and to understand the systemic forces that cause us to feel the way we do about our body.
Instagram Accounts: @bitchinbodyimagerd & @happyvalleynutrition
Website: www.happyvalleynutrition.com
