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S5 Ep5 : Our Dream Menus - Podcast Finale! 49:28

20d ago49:28

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For our last podcast episode ever we enter the Dream Restaurant and share our dream menus. With a format ripped directly from our all time favourite podcast Off Menu. Lots of special foods and restaurants mentioned...not necessarily in this order. "A margarita" meme Sonoma bakery - Seeded sourdough baguette or mission bread Ripples Milson's point B…

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S5 Ep4 : Everything is connected 53:45

27d ago53:45

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Today we chat gut health. We explore the different things that impact out gut, why jumping straight to restriction or elimination of certain foods or a low FODMAPs diet is not recommended. We touch on prebiotics, probiotics and the impact of trauma or out emotional state on our gut functioning. A couple of gut health specialist dietitians we like a…

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S5 Ep3: Are you scared by Halloween lollies? 37:31

1M ago37:31

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Today we chat Halloween. Celebrating Halloween continues to grow in popularity and both Meg & Susan have had some positive community experiences that have changed their minds a bit on Halloween. We share how we deal with lolly overload in our homes, talk about our favourite sweets and as always share the best thing we've eaten this week. Resources …

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S5 Ep2 : Don't Let Diet Culture Ruin Your Cultural Foods 32:32

1M ago32:32

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Today we chat cultural foods and how diet culture undermines and devalues enjoyment, culture, nostalgia, connection when it comes to food. This was as close as we got to finding the original source for the Thai/Swedish research that we talk about. We mention 'Your Latina Nutritionist' who talks a lot about this and it great to follow. We chat about…

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S5 Ep 1 : We're Back For One Short Final Season 35:07

2M ago35:07

35:07

We're back and we have some news. After 2 years creating, podcasting and running courses we have decided to stop...for now. We're not sure how long but we both need a bit more time back to focus on our other commitments. We've loved this adventure and hope it has been helpful to thoses who have come along with us. Favourite things this week - Recip…

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Bonus episode : Your Fat Friend Film chat 19:19

2M ago19:19

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Popping back for a bonus episode to give you a nudge to get along to a screening of 'Your Fat Friend'. The story of Aubrey Gordon (of Maintenance Phase podcast) who first rose to some recognition for her anonymous work blogging as yrfatfriend. The movie delves into the lived experience of living life in a fat body. The impact on relationships, espe…

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S4 Ep11 : When 'Weightloss experts' try to talk about body dissatisfaction (Part 2) 59:44

2M ago59:44

59:44

Today we go through in depth a summary of the webinar that we watched on body dissatisfaction. The good, the bad and the dangerous. Unfortunately we simply can not recommend this webinar for parent needing help helping their kids with poor body image. Much of it was not about body image at all but about how to improve nutrition quality and get kids…

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S4 E10 When 'Weightloss Experts' try to talk about body dissatisfaction (Part 1) 19:58

3M ago19:58

19:58

Just s short episode today, we squeezed in recording this just before watching a webinar on body dissatisfaction. Entitled ' What to do When Kids Don't Like their Bodies' you would think as Eating Disorder Dietitians we'd be thrilled that more people are talking about this issue. We usually would be. Unfortunately the 'Special Guest Expert' is not …

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S4 Ep9 Weighing kids in school? Hard no. 44:29

3M ago44:29

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You may have seen in the news that a report has been released by the Australian College of Nursing making the recommendation put more nurses in school (great) to weigh kids (not great.) Thankfully the pushback has been swift, clear, measured and evidence based and we share our thoughts on the idea. We thought Dr Kyla's response and The Embrace Hub …

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S4 Ep8 : Non-Diet Social Media Struggles 40:12

3M ago40:12

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We love a lot of the non-diet content we see on social media. It's such a great way for people to feel connected and less alone and is often the first introduction people have to a different way of relating to food. But, it can leave people feeling a bit stuck or uncertain. So we chat about what can get missed and some options for ridging the gap. …

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S4 Ep7 : Life's Too Short To Watch "Shockumentaries" in School 29:34

3M ago29:34

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This week's episode features Susan's middle and youngest daughters, and their takes on watching That Sugar Film in PE. In a shocking turn of events Susan's youngest daughter got in the car one day last week after school and said "Guess what WE watched today" and sure enough it was That Sugar Film. Argh, this film refuses to disappear. A heightened …

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S4 Ep6 : The 'real' history of the Mediterranean Diet 17:09

3M ago17:09

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We have a short (and high energy) chat for you today. We took the opportunity of being in the same room to record an episode straight off the back of our live "Diet Culture Spring Clean" webinar. We chat about an episode of the 'The Rest is History' podcast about the history of Italian food which is very different to the myths and assumptions that …

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S4 Ep5 : Stopping Intergenerational Diet Culture 28:04

4M ago28:04

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Today we chat about how important it is that we don't continue to pass down diet culture from generation to generation but make a change. We have some practical suggestions on how to do this (cough, cough, come to our FREE Diet Culture Home Detox Webinar tonight!) and share some wins that we have experienced or heard about. We are opening doors to …

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S4 Ep4 : Olympic Bodies 35:30

4M ago35:30

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At this goes out we are halfway through the Paris 2024 Olympic games. There's bodies on display and a lot of body commentary. Some of it is great, positive, inclusive and recognising that 'fit' doesn't have look and celebrating all the amazing things that different bodies can do. But unfortunately, a lot of it is awful. Objectification of both men …

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S4 Ep3 : Ramble Chat 46:22

4M ago46:22

46:22

This is what happens when we haven't caught up in a while and don't have a topic planned. We hope you enjoy our chat today, we talk food, cottage cheese getting out of it's scope of practice by pretending to be a wrap and then go off on many tangents. This is the butter chicken recipe Meg loves even more than 'the one in the book' and this is the b…

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S4 Ep 2 Life's too Short for Food Myths To Run The Show with Dr Emma Beckett 44:58

4M ago44:58

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We're thrilled to bring you today's chat with the fabulous Dr Emma Beckett. Food Scientist and Nutrition Scientist, Science communicator and all round excellent human. We chat about Emma's new book "You are More than What You Eat", how she got into food and nutrition science, her excellent food print clothing style and much more. You can find Emma …

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S4 Ep 1 We're Back! It's Dry July for many so we chat about alcohol. 29:37

5M ago29:37

29:37

Welcome back to Season 4. Today we chat about dry July and alcohol consumption in general including the weird rise of 'low carb or low calorie' alcohol beverages being marketed with a 'health halo', cultural factors influencing alcohol consumption and some tips for reflecting on your own relationship with alcohol. We have a really big few months co…

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S3 Ep27 Season Finale - Revisiting Boring Selfcare 41:27

5M ago41:27

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Back for the final episode before we take a little break we thought it was a good time to revisit 'Boring Self Care'. We last spoke about this in October last year but in winter and summer we often need different ways to look after ourselves. From skin checks to bulk cooking, from deciding between early morning movement and a bit of extra sleep, we…

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S3 Ep 26 We Watched so You Don't Have To 36:42

6M ago36:42

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Today we share our reflections after watching 'That Sugar Film'. Yep, we sat down and donated 90 minutes of our life so you don't have to. It was even worse than we expected. Please do not let your kids watch this movie. If you haven't signed the petition to get this awful movie out of Australian schools please do that here. This was the restaurant…

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S3 Ep25 "That Sugar Nightmare" 24:26

6M ago24:26

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If you listened to last week's episode you'll know that we have started a change.org requesting ACARA to remove 'That Sugar Movement' from the list of resources in the Australian Curriculum. Recently there has been some great changes to the food and wellbeing curriculum resources with the inclusion of eating disorder organisation's recommendations …

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S3 Ep 24 Dietitians Unite? 49:40

6M ago49:40

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Today we chat about a recent Dietitians conference that we attended. It was a mixed bag and the ongoing clash of weight centric and weigh inclusive ways of practicing was obvious once again. We also talk about our change.org petition we have just started to make some noise and try to have 'That Sugar Film' removed from being showed in classrooms ac…

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S3 Ep22 That is not Tiramisu 28:03

6M ago28:03

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Is it rage bait or disordered eating? Today we chat about social media....again! Yep, it's a constant source of topics, interest, joy and well, rage. The constant trend of people trying to make 'healthy' versions of classic food. This week it was a horrible looking concoction of rice cakes, yoghurt and cocoa to make 'Tiramisu'...no thanks! . But wh…

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S3 E21 : Carnivore is over but the harm continues 35:45

6M ago35:45

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********* We're really pleased to announce doors are open to Lifeguards : The Non-Diet Way for Parent's of Teens. Use the code LGPOD for 20% of the course price. You can find more information and sign up here https://www.megandsusan.co/lifeguards Doors close midnight Sunday! ********** Ever since it first emerged in 2018 'The Carnivore Diet' was th…

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S3 Ep20 : I can't eat in front of you 44:32

7M ago44:32

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We're really pleased to announce doors are open to Lifeguards : The Non-Diet Way for Parent's of Teens. Use the code LGPOD for 20% of the course price. You can find more information and sign up here https://www.megandsusan.co/lifeguards Today we dive into the troubling but seemingly growing phenomenon of teenage students not eating at school. There…

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S3 Ep19 What Food Stories (Lies?) Are In your Head? 36:33

7M ago36:33

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Today we chat about the stories we can tell ourselves about our food behaviour, and how food and body comments, especially about appetite, can get sticky and create harmful beliefs and stories, especially for kids. We share some examples of times we have heard things come out of our own mouths that on reflection could potentially be unhelpful for o…

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S3 Ep 18 Holiday Food and Season changes 38:23

7M ago38:23

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We're back after a little school holiday break. Today we chat mostly about the food we enjoyed over the break and then dig into a bit of how we mange food once the evening sport activities are back and the change from summer to winter. We also chat about our 'Instant Pots' and what we have used them for so far.…

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S3 E17 : Why it matters who is talking about the non-diet approach. 35:09

8M ago35:09

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Today we chat about our day today when we headed to the University of Wollongong to run a 2 hour workshop on the non-diet approach and weight inclusive care. We also address a couple of articles recently criticising or critiquing the non-diet movement despite clearly not understanding the approach at all. You can check out Fiona Sutherland's (The M…

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S3 E16 Is not pursuing weight loss 'doing nothing'? 38:43

8M ago38:43

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Off the back of Meg's interview on The Happy Families Podcast we dive into some of the nuances of how we see weight inclusive care 'working' in the real world. There was a good question and some discussion on Justin's facebook page that we thought worth exploring. It was a question about a child in a larger body with low strength and fitness. Few r…

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S3 Ep 15 How can I reduce UPFs without triggering scarcity mentality 30:39

8M ago30:39

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We got a fantastic listener question this week. "Hi Meg & Susan, I really enjoyed your perspective on Ultra Processed Foods. It did make me reflect how our family is eating and I was surprised at how high the proportion of these foods is. I'm not worried about them but would like to reduce them but unsure how to do it without feeling restricted or …

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S3 Ep 14 : Ultra Processed Foods and Meg goes to Costco 1:03:57

9M ago1:03:57

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Today we dig into the topic of Ultra Processed Foods or UPFs. There's been a lot of noise and chatter on social media and a lot of scary headlines on the back of a large review paper that was published in late February finding associations between UPFs and a wide range of physical and mental illnesses. So what defines a food as an UPF? To answer th…

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S3 Ep14 : Meg's Recipetin Eats Cookbook Challenge 1:10:09

9M ago1:10:09

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Today we spend the whole episode chatting about Meg's Recipetin Eats Challenge and it's a long one. In 2023 Meg cooked every single recipe in Nagi Maehashi's incredible debut cookbook 'Dinner'. Nagi's website was already a favourite 'go to' place for recipes for both of us, it's super accessible, has an amazing variety of cuisines and meals and THE…

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S3 Ep 13 : Social Media: a beach full of sharks and rips 34:01

9M ago34:01

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Today we dive back into the ocean of social media. What are the common sharks and rips, what can we do to protect ourselves while still enjoying a swim? Check out our 'Detox your metaverse' downloadable guide here. Join the waiting list for 'Lifeguards: The Non Diet Way for Parents of Teens" or sign up for immediate access to our "Helping your teen…

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S3 Ep 12 : When 'Healthy Eating' leads to Poorer Health and Wellbeing 35:16

9M ago35:16

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Today we chat about a phenomenon that we have both seen in our practice. And that is when the drive for the "perfect diet for health" actually completely undermines health and wellbeing. Whether trying to get to the bottom of unpleasant symptoms, achieve a particular aesthetic or to 'be in the best health possible' when people head down a path of e…

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S3 Ep11 : A Ham Storm in a Teacup 37:40

10M ago37:40

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You may have seen on the news this week a lot of chatter about a 'ham ban' and a 'fairy bread ban' in Western Australian and South Australian schools. We've done some digging to get to the bottom of the headlines, what the actual situation is, why changes have been made and what it means. (Spoiler alert - ham is not even banned!) For more backgroun…

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S3 Ep10 : Life's Too Short to Pressure New Mums to 'Lose The Baby Weight' 42:02

10M ago42:02

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Today we chat with Dietitian and PhD Candidate Melissa Eaton. Melissa is a Mental Health Dietitian with Keeping the Body in Mind (Primary) located at UNSW (currently on extended maternity leave), an NSA Registered Nutritionist, and a former dancer and teacher - having completed a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics, a Bachelor of Science (Food and Nu…

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S3 Ep9 : Being Your Teen's Lifeguard on Diet Culture Beach 40:45

10M ago40:45

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This week we chat more about the challenges of parenting teens in a culture obsessed by weight and dieting. We suggest some eating disorder and body image red flags and some strategies to get ahead of things before they become entrenched and how to be your child's lifeguard. Helping them learn to swim and develop their endurance and strength, under…

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S3 Ep 8 Life's too Short to Measure your Life in Numbers with Mari Harrison 42:27

10M ago42:27

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Today we chat with fellow dietitian Mari Harrison. Mari is a non-diet dietitian with lived experience of Type 1 diabetes working with people with eating challenges with diabetes, chronic dieting and after bariatric surgery. If Mari's 'best thing I ate this week', Joulutorttu, sounds good, check out the recipe she developed especially for our podcas…

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S3 Ep7 : Managing (surviving) holidays, food & routine...or lack of! 41:53

10M ago41:53

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Back to 'regular programming', we hope you enjoyed out Movement Mini Series, let us know if there is a different 'mini series' topic you'd like us to do. Today we have a bit of a rambling chat that reflects our headspace by this stage of the holidays. We have loved holidays but we are ready for a return to routine and to some alone time! We chat ab…

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S3 Ep 6 : Life's too Short to Have a Terrible Relationship with Exercise with Nathasha Korbut 59:59

11M ago59:59

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*******Movement Mini Series******** Welcome to the final in our Movement Mini-series. It's peak 'New Year New You' / New Year's Resolution Season and the diet culture vultures are out in force. So we thought it the perfect time to provide another perspective. In this series we speak with 5 wonderful Australian Fitness Professionals to provide some …

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S3 Ep 5 Life's too Short to Have a Terrible Relationship with Exercise with Shreen El Masry 42:46

11M ago42:46

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*******Movement Mini Series******** Welcome to the fourth episode in our Movement Mini Series. It's peak 'New Year New You' / New Year's Resolution Season and the diet culture vultures are out in force. So we thought it the perfect time to provide another perspective. In this series we speak with 5 wonderful Australian Fitness Professionals to prov…

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S3 Ep 4 : Life's too Short to Have a Terrible Relationship with Exercise with Chloe Sutton 45:05

11M ago45:05

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*******Movement Mini Series******** Welcome to the third episode in our Movement Mini Series. It's peak 'New Year New You' / New Year's Resolution Season and the diet culture vultures are out in force. So we thought it the perfect time to provide another perspective. In this series we speak with 5 wonderful Australian Fitness Professionals to provi…

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S3 Ep 3 : Life's Too Short to Have a Terrible Relationship with Exercise with Ellen Masson 50:26

11M ago50:26

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*******Movement Mini Series******** Welcome to our Movement Mini Series. It's peak 'New Year New You' / New Year's Resolution Season and the diet culture vultures are out in force. So we thought it the perfect time to provide another perspective. In this series we speak with 5 wonderful Australian Fitness Professionals to provide some support in na…

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S3 Ep 2 : Life's Too Short To Have a Terrible Relationship With Exercise with Shelley Lask 47:05

11M ago47:05

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*******Movement Mini Series******** Welcome to the first episode in our Movement Mini Series. It's peak 'New Year New You' / New Year's Resolution Season and the diet culture vultures are out in force. So we thought it the perfect time to provide another perspective. In this series we speak with 5 wonderful Australian Fitness Professionals to provi…

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S3 Ep 1: Welcome to Season 3! 43:57

11M ago43:57

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We're back for 2024! Thanks for joining us, we hope you have had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year. Apologies for the audio glitch at about the 30 minute mark, we get it sorted so please stick with it. Today we chat about a bit about exercise particularly about the trickiness of The New Year period as diet culture get's it's tendrils in to advert…

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Season Final : Our 'Christmas Food' chat 32:14

12M ago32:14

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Happy Christmas! Today we are chatting Christmas food. Mostly just talking about what we love and how we celebrate with food at this time of year. We also touch on some of the food things we know are challenging for lots of people at this time of year. Things we mention... This beautiful podcast episode with singer song writer Gregory Porter. We ge…

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Episode 30 : Life's too Short to Not Keep Backyard Chickens with CJ Steedman 1:01:01

12M ago1:01:01

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Today's episode is a bit different. Mostly a good excuse for Meg to pick CJs brains about homesteading and chicken keeping. We're not tackling a lot of diet culture issues but having a fun, light hearted chat about food, farming, homesteading and backyard chicken keeping with Farmer CJ Steedman. We chat about different ways to attend to your own fo…

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Episode 29 : Keeping eating disorder triggers out of the classroom 43:08

1y ago43:08

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Today we chat about the activities and tasks done in schools that our clients have identified as triggering, reinforcing or fanning the flames of their eating disorders. We talk about why we bang on about safe nutrition education, where the risks lie, what to look out for and what to do instead. We have also developed a resource for teachers so hea…

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Episode 28 : Life's too short to police kids' lunchboxes with Kelly Fullerton 43:37

1y ago43:37

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Total we talk to School teacher and nutritionist Kelly Fullerton aka 'The Curious Nutritionist'. Kelly is an experienced primary teacher who has completed further training in nutrition and feeding therapy. She has combined her education and nutrition knowledge to cultivate curious conversations about food with school communities. Kelly advocates fo…

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Episode 27 : Talking Body Image with Tweens and Teens. 38:43

1y ago38:43

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We started working together, doing this podcast and building courses to have a greater impact in the eating disorder space. We love our one on one work, but it's so limited and we want to reach more people. Recently, Meg has had the opportunity to do this having been invited to get in front 195 primary and high school students in one day running 3 …

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Episode 26 : Life's too short to waste time "selling" non-diet living on social media, with Nina Mills 38:53

1y ago38:53

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Total we talk to Non-Diet, fat positive dietitian Nina Mills. Nina is both a fantastic clinical dietitian but also founded 'Butter Digital' to help other non-diet, weight inclusive health professionals to build their website and online brand. We chat a bit about her clinical work especially with client who experience Binge Eating Disorder and the t…

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