006: Is Diet Culture Gaslighting Us?

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In Is Diet Culture Gaslighting Us, I interview Fiona Sutherland, also known as, The Mindful Dietitian.

Fiona is Director of The Mindful Dietitian and lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has been practising as a Dietitian for over 20 years primarily in the areas of eating behaviour, eating disorders, body image, sports nutrition & education/training. Fiona is a committed Health At Every Size ® and Non Diet Dietitian, and is specifically most passionate about supporting & educating Health Professionals to develop skills and insight into working with clients from a body-inclusive lens. She is host of the Podcast “The Mindful Dietitian” and a Sports Dietitian, consulting at The Australian Ballet School and national sporting organisations. Fiona also teaches across Masters Level Dietetic training programs at several different Universities in Melbourne specifically in Counselling Skills and Weight Inclusive Approaches in Dietetics. Fiona is a dedicated mindfulness practitioner and Yoga Teacher, bringing a particular emphasis on embodiment, mindful eating, trauma-informed approaches and body image into her work and training.

In Is Diet Culture Gaslighting Us? Fiona and I talk about:

Her own history with body image concerns
Diet culture throughout time
The overwhelm women feel at the confusion about what they ‘should’ be eating
How diet culture gaslights us
The stories we tell ourselves about food, food rules and where food rules come from
Black and white thinking about whether food is ‘good, clean, healthy’ or ‘bad, dirty, unhealthy’
Carbophobia; it’s history, whether carbs are bad and why we end up bingeing on carbs
How we can heal our relationship with food through intuitive eating, health at every size, self-compassion and trauma informed yoga

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Jodie Gale is the founder of TraumaWarriors.Online, host of the Trauma Warriors with Jodie Gale podcast, an Eco-Psycho-Spiritual Psychotherapist, Complex Trauma Expert, Mind Body Eating + Plant-Based Nutrition Coach. She is a leading specialist in women’s emotional, psychological and spiritual health and well-being. Over the last 20 years, Jodie has helped women to transform and heal their lives from complex trauma, disordered eating and the trance of unworthiness. She has a private psychotherapy, counselling and life-coaching practice in Manly, Frenchs Forest and Allambie on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Jodie is passionate about helping women befriend, connect and nourish their whole selves: body, feelings, mind and SOUL!

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