#45: Fat Acceptance & Body Positivity with Virgie Tovar, Author and Activist

#45: Fat Acceptance & Body Positivity with Vi...

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDSChristy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS

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Food-Sensitivity Tests, SIBO, Probiotics, and FODMAPs: Your Evidence-Based Guide

Christy answers an audience question about food-sensitivity tests, SIBO, probiotics, elimination diets, and how to navigate digestive issues in disordered eating without falling into wellness traps. This episode was previously posted on our other podcast, Rethinking Wellness.The ...  Show more

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How to Heal Your Body Image and Feed Kids Without Fear

Body-image therapist Zoe Bisbing joins us to discuss why body image is such a challenging part of disordered-eating recovery, how to deal with our body-focused inner critics, and why many people have such visceral reactions to public figures losing weight. In a deeper dive for pa ...  Show more

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