Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

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Anxiety Dieting, Disordered Eating, and the Crunchy-Granola-to-Wellness Pipeline with Leah Kern

Anti-diet dietitian Leah Kern joins us to discuss how struggling with anxiety made her susceptible to a wellness diet that promised safety and longevity, how that diet quickly spiraled into full-on disordered eating, how being eco-conscious and “earthy” can easily lead into welln ... Show more

. 56min 42sec

How to Handle the Onslaught of Diet Culture This New Year

Christy offers 5 tips for dealing with diet evangelists and diet-culture messaging this time of year. This episode originally aired in January 2023.If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online cour ... Show more

. 22min 38sec

The Elusiveness of “Full Recovery” from Disordered Eating with Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Journalist and professor Mallary Tenore Tarpley joins us to discuss her new book Slip and the realities of life in the middle of eating disorder recovery. She shares how losing her mother as a young girl led to disordered eating, why residential treatment was beneficial (and not) ... Show more

. 33min 42sec

How to Feed Picky Eaters (Without Diet Culture) ft. Katja Rowell, M.D.

Katja Rowell, M.D. joins us to discuss responsive feeding, picky eating, and how to parent without passing diet culture norms on to your kids. We also explore the science behind a few common misperceptions from parents and doctors including: why playful or gamified tactics to cha ... Show more

. 31min 4sec

Neurodivergence and Nutrition: Separating Myths from Facts with Dietitian Jackie Silver

Registered dietitian Jackie Silver joins us to discuss nutritional approaches that are helpful for neurodivergence, why neurodivergent people are often the targets of wellness and diet culture, the kinds of wellness-culture messages she’s gotten as a person with a disability, and ... Show more

. 25min 54sec