LPP #51 Honoring Hunger, Body Shaming, & Feeling Safe In Your Body with Paige Smathers

Paige Smathers is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. She’s also the host of the Nutrition Matters Podcast (highly recommend). And she works with clients to find ways to make peace with food and body in a weight-neutral, non-dieting way. Her mission is to provide a safe space and to  support each client to find positive solutions to the questions and struggles they’re experiencing with food and/or body image.   IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: How dieting cultivates a negative relationship with food and our bodies & how this behavior mimics that of being in an abusive relationship Mindless eating: or eating when we aren’t necessarily hungry or to satisfy a craving Disconnecting from ourselves through food, using food as a way to numb Identifying hunger & fullness as cues from our body + degrees of hunger and fullness Fear of hunger and Fear of fullness For someone in a larger body there can be an additional layer of shame or guilt about honoring their hunger Every single person – no matter what your body looks like – deserves the right to leave a meal feeling satisfied and energized. Why both Paige and I do the work […]

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