It's Just a Cookie
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsExploring food and body image issues, eating disorders, disordered eating and chronic dieting from a Health at Every Size, Fat-Positive and Intuitive Eating framework.
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#15: Mindful Eating with Camerin Ross
January 15, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MBToday I’m talking with Camerin Ross about her journey with letting go of dieting, accepting her body, and embracing mindful eating and Health at Every Size®. Among other things, we talk about how these changes impacted some of her relationships. Camerin has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a licensed facilitator for Am I Hungry? ® Mindful Eating programs. She also completed her coach training with MentorCoach® LLC and is currently finishing the Be Nourished, Body Trust® Provider train...
Season 2 Episode 15 | Mindful Eating with Camerin Ross
January 15, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MBToday I’m talking with Camerin Ross about her journey with letting go of dieting, accepting her body, and embracing mindful eating and Health at Every Size®. Among other things, we talk about how these changes impacted some of her relationships. Camerin has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a licensed facilitator for Am I Hungry? ® Mindful Eating programs. She also completed her coach training with MentorCoach® LLC and is currently finishing the Be Nourished, Body Trust® Provider train...
Mindful Eating with Camerin Ross
January 15, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MBToday I’m talking with Camerin Ross about her journey with letting go of dieting, accepting her body, and embracing mindful eating and Health at Every Size®. Among other things, we talk about how these changes impacted some of her relationships. Camerin has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a licensed facilitator for Am I Hungry? ® Mindful Eating programs. She also completed her coach training with MentorCoach® LLC and is currently finishing the Be Nourished, Body Trust® Provider train...
Let’s NOT Talk About Your Diet with Marcella Raimondo, PhD, MPH
December 31, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes - 98.6 MBThis week I’m talking with Marcella Raimondo, a psychologist in Oakland, California who has been working in the field of multicultural issues in eating disorders for nearly 25 years. She has recovered herself from anorexia nervosa over 20 years ago. We have a high energy exchange about living in a world where certain foods, like sugar and dairy, are highly demonized. We also talk about how frustrating it is to be around folks who constantly want to talk about how much better they feel now ...
#14: Let’s NOT Talk About Your Diet with Marcella Raimondo, PhD, MPH
December 31, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes - 98.6 MBThis week I’m talking with Marcella Raimondo, a psychologist in Oakland, California who has been working in the field of multicultural issues in eating disorders for nearly 25 years. She has recovered herself from anorexia nervosa over 20 years ago. We have a high energy exchange about living in a world where certain foods, like sugar and dairy, are highly demonized. We also talk about how frustrating it is to be around folks who constantly want to talk about how much better they feel now ...
#13: Directing a Fat Dance Troupe with Matilda St. John, MFT
December 12, 2019 08:00 - 42 minutes - 97.6 MBThis week I’m talking to Matilda St. John, the Director of Big Moves, an organization dedicated to getting people of all sizes into the dance studio and up on stage. Big Moves is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and welcomes dancers of all experience levels. When she’s not dancing, Matilda practices psychotherapy in Oakland, CA. Matilda talks about her early love of dance as well as the body-shaming she received as a young dancer. In college, she stumbled upon fat positive zines that bl...
Directing a Fat Dance Troupe with Matilda St. John, MFT
December 12, 2019 08:00 - 42 minutes - 97.6 MBThis week I’m talking to Matilda St. John, the Director of Big Moves, an organization dedicated to getting people of all sizes into the dance studio and up on stage. Big Moves is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and welcomes dancers of all experience levels. When she’s not dancing, Matilda practices psychotherapy in Oakland, CA. Matilda talks about her early love of dance as well as the body-shaming she received as a young dancer. In college, she stumbled upon fat positive zines that bl...
Diet and Wellness Plans are the New Religion with Alan Levinovitz, Ph.D.
November 20, 2019 08:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBToday I’m talking with Alan Levinovitz, Ph.D., about the surprising connection between current wellness and dieting trends and religion. Alan is an associate professor of religious studies at James Madison University, where he specializes in Chinese philosophy and the intersection of religion and science. His first book, The Gluten Lie, explores modern food fears as religious taboos. He is currently working on another book, Natural, that explains how we turn nature into God. Alan talks...
#12: Diet and Wellness Plans are the New Religion with Alan Levinovitz, Ph.D.
November 20, 2019 08:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBToday I’m talking with Alan Levinovitz, Ph.D., about the surprising connection between current wellness and dieting trends and religion. Alan is an associate professor of religious studies at James Madison University, where he specializes in Chinese philosophy and the intersection of religion and science. His first book, The Gluten Lie, explores modern food fears as religious taboos. He is currently working on another book, Natural, that explains how we turn nature into God. Alan talks...
30 Years in the Size-Acceptance Movement with Jeanne Courtney, MFT
November 06, 2019 08:00 - 40 minutes - 92.6 MBToday I’m talking with Jeanne Courtney, a psychotherapist in private practice in El Cerrito, California, specializing in LGBTQ issues, anxiety, depression and body image from a Health at Every Size® perspective. She’s the author of a paper published in the Journal of Lesbian Studies called Size Acceptance as a Grief Process: Observations from Psychotherapy with Lesbian Feminists. Jeanne was first introduced to the size acceptance movement over 30 years ago and we talk about what changes sh...
#11: 30 Years in the Size-Acceptance Movement with Jeanne Courtney, MFT
November 06, 2019 08:00 - 40 minutes - 92.6 MBToday I’m talking with Jeanne Courtney, a psychotherapist in private practice in El Cerrito, California, specializing in LGBTQ issues, anxiety, depression and body image from a Health at Every Size® perspective. She’s the author of a paper published in the Journal of Lesbian Studies called Size Acceptance as a Grief Process: Observations from Psychotherapy with Lesbian Feminists. Jeanne was first introduced to the size acceptance movement over 30 years ago and we talk about what changes sh...
Listening to Your Body with Charis Stiles, LCSW
October 17, 2019 18:36 - 36 minutes - 83.5 MBToday, Charis Stiles and I discuss how connecting to your body can be a portal to heal not just food and body image issues, but to heal all of your life. She uses somatic practices and re-parenting techniques to help her clients move through emotional and physical pain and leads us through a 3-minute affectionate breathing exercise about two-thirds of the way through this episode. You might want to be sitting down in a quiet place to get the full benefit from this loving practice! Char...
#10: Listening to Your Body with Charis Stiles, LCSW
October 17, 2019 18:36 - 36 minutes - 83.5 MBToday, Charis Stiles and I discuss how connecting to your body can be a portal to heal not just food and body image issues, but to heal all of your life. She uses somatic practices and re-parenting techniques to help her clients move through emotional and physical pain and leads us through a 3-minute affectionate breathing exercise about two-thirds of the way through this episode. You might want to be sitting down in a quiet place to get the full benefit from this loving practice! Char...
#9: What Does Your Inner Eye See? With Dr. Shelia Addison, LMFT
October 09, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 96.5 MBDr. Shelia Addison joins me to discuss her personal journey around body acceptance as well as her clinical work with folks in a variety of marginalized bodies. Raised by a feminist single mother in the Midwest, Dr. Sheila Addison, LMFT was taught early on that women deserve equal opportunities. In her training as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Addison expanded her perspective on social justice to include intersections of gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability,...
What Does Your Inner Eye See? With Dr. Shelia Addison, LMFT
October 09, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 96.5 MBDr. Shelia Addison joins me to discuss her personal journey around body acceptance as well as her clinical work with folks in a variety of marginalized bodies. Raised by a feminist single mother in the Midwest, Dr. Sheila Addison, LMFT was taught early on that women deserve equal opportunities. In her training as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Addison expanded her perspective on social justice to include intersections of gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability,...
On Being a Fat Athlete with Carolyn Moore
October 02, 2019 07:00 - 40 minutes - 92.5 MBCarolyn Moore is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering counseling in her San Francisco office and by video. Her work focuses on positive body image from a feminist perspective, incorporating intuitive eating and Health At Every Size principles. She also helps highly independent people learn how to receive and create more satisfying connection in their lives. Carolyn and I discuss her path towards embracing her larger body and how early exposure to feminist critiques of beauty stand...
#8: On Being a Fat Athlete with Carolyn Moore
October 02, 2019 07:00 - 40 minutes - 92.5 MBCarolyn Moore is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering counseling in her San Francisco office and by video. Her work focuses on positive body image from a feminist perspective, incorporating intuitive eating and Health At Every Size principles. She also helps highly independent people learn how to receive and create more satisfying connection in their lives. Carolyn and I discuss her path towards embracing her larger body and how early exposure to feminist critiques of beauty stand...
#7: Happily-Ever-After is Now with Abby Krom
September 18, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 96.7 MBAbby Krom, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles, CA. Abby specializes in anxiety, perfectionism, and disordered eating. In addition to seeing individual clients, she presents on these topics in corporate and community settings. Listen in as Abby and I discuss how she grew up surrounded by dieters and dieted for many years herself. She talks about how perfectionism dovetails with constantly trying to lose weight and exercise harder. Abby talks about finding...
Happily-Ever-After is Now with Abby Krom
September 18, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 96.7 MBAbby Krom, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles, CA. Abby specializes in anxiety, perfectionism, and disordered eating. In addition to seeing individual clients, she presents on these topics in corporate and community settings. Listen in as Abby and I discuss how she grew up surrounded by dieters and dieted for many years herself. She talks about how perfectionism dovetails with constantly trying to lose weight and exercise harder. Abby talks about finding...
#6: Why You Should Butter Your Cornbread with Aaron Flores
August 28, 2019 13:00 - 40 minutes - 92.7 MBToday I’m talking with Aaron Flores, a registered dietician nutritionist and certified Body Trust provider based out of Los Angeles. Aaron works with individuals healing from disordered eating and runs groups specifically geared towards men. He is also the co-host of the popular podcast Dietitians Unplugged. Listen as Aaron discusses his shift from focusing on weight-loss to embracing the principles of Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size, how to enjoy eating, and movie metaphors ...
Why You Should Butter Your Cornbread with Aaron Flores
August 28, 2019 13:00 - 40 minutes - 92.7 MBToday I’m talking with Aaron Flores, a registered dietician nutritionist and certified Body Trust provider based out of Los Angeles. Aaron works with individuals healing from disordered eating and runs groups specifically geared towards men. He is also the co-host of the popular podcast Dietitians Unplugged. Listen as Aaron discusses his shift from focusing on weight-loss to embracing the principles of Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size, how to enjoy eating, and movie metaphors ...
#5: Not Radical Enough with Lily Sloane
August 14, 2019 13:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBThis week I’m talking to Lily Sloane, MFT, a San Francisco-based psychotherapist with a background in treating eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image issues. She is also a composer/independent audio producer and creator of the podcast A Therapist Walks Into a Bar and the community radio show Radical Advice on BFF.fm. Listen to Lily discuss the role the inner critic plays in disordered and the lure of dieting as a means to fixing life’s more complicated problems. Show Hi...
Not Radical Enough with Lily Sloane
August 14, 2019 13:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBThis week I’m talking to Lily Sloane, MFT, a San Francisco-based psychotherapist with a background in treating eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image issues. She is also a composer/independent audio producer and creator of the podcast A Therapist Walks Into a Bar and the community radio show Radical Advice on BFF.fm. Listen to Lily discuss the role the inner critic plays in disordered and the lure of dieting as a means to fixing life’s more complicated problems. Show Hi...
#4: Crash Course in Fat Studies with Angelina Moles
July 31, 2019 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBToday I’m talking with Angelina Moles, a Critical Fat Studies theorist and performance artist with a Master of Art's degree in Communication Studies. They use both she/her/ hers and they/them/theirs pronouns when being referred to. Angelina is a fat activist whose work is centered in critiquing/unpacking white supremacy, thin privilege, and the medical industry for their creation and contribution to fatphobia and anti-fat stigma. She is currently working on creating a website dedicate...
Crash Course in Fat Studies with Angelina Moles
July 31, 2019 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBToday I’m talking with Angelina Moles, a Critical Fat Studies theorist and performance artist with a Master of Art's degree in Communication Studies. They use both she/her/ hers and they/them/theirs pronouns when being referred to. Angelina is a fat activist whose work is centered in critiquing/unpacking white supremacy, thin privilege, and the medical industry for their creation and contribution to fatphobia and anti-fat stigma. She is currently working on creating a website dedicate...
#3: Dietitian Glenys Oyston Wants You to Know It’s OK to be Fat
July 16, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBOur guest today is Glenys Oyston, registered dietitian, and food therapist who co-hosts the podcast, “Dietitians Unplugged”, with fellow anti-diet dietitian, Aaron Flores. Listen in as Glenys and Marielle talk about fat-positivity, body acceptance and eating intuitively instead of dieting. While we are all born with the ability to sense our internal hunger and fullness signals if you have a history of chronic dieting or disordered eating you may have lost touch with these signals. There i...
Dietitian Glenys Oyston Wants You to Know It’s OK to be Fat
July 16, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBOur guest today is Glenys Oyston, registered dietitian, and food therapist who co-hosts the podcast, “Dietitians Unplugged”, with fellow anti-diet dietitian, Aaron Flores. Listen in as Glenys and Marielle talk about fat-positivity, body acceptance and eating intuitively instead of dieting. While we are all born with the ability to sense our internal hunger and fullness signals if you have a history of chronic dieting or disordered eating you may have lost touch with these signals. There i...
Your Relationship to Food and Your Body is a Microcosm of All Your Relationships with Abby Thompson
July 15, 2019 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBWelcome to Episode 2 of It’s Just a Cookie! Marielle talks with Abby Thompson MFT who specializes in helping people heal their relationship to their body. Like most people, Abby grew up surrounded by dieters. Eventually, Abby was exposed to the ideas of Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating and learned that she could move her body and eat foods that made her feel good for the sake of it instead of for the sake of getting smaller. While researching body image for her Master’s thesis, A...
#2: Your Relationship to Food and Your Body is a Microcosm of All Your Relationships with Abby Thompson
July 15, 2019 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBWelcome to Episode 2 of It’s Just a Cookie! Marielle talks with Abby Thompson MFT who specializes in helping people heal their relationship to their body. Like most people, Abby grew up surrounded by dieters. Eventually, Abby was exposed to the ideas of Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating and learned that she could move her body and eat foods that made her feel good for the sake of it instead of for the sake of getting smaller. While researching body image for her Master’s thesis, A...
#1: Introducing It's Just a Cookie
July 10, 2019 03:39 - 4 minutes - 4.22 MBWelcome to this introductory episode of “It’s Just a Cookie” a podcast exploring all things related to food and body image. I’m your host, Marielle Berg, and this podcast will take a critical look at issues related to food, weight, eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, and healthism. I’ll talk with healers and activists regarding food and body image issues from a Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating perspective, so you can learn to have a cookie be just a cookie. ...
Introducing It's Just a Cookie
July 10, 2019 03:39 - 4 minutes - 4.22 MBWelcome to this introductory episode of “It’s Just a Cookie” a podcast exploring all things related to food and body image. I’m your host, Marielle Berg, and this podcast will take a critical look at issues related to food, weight, eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, and healthism. I’ll talk with healers and activists regarding food and body image issues from a Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating perspective, so you can learn to have a cookie be just a cookie. ...