Body Kindness

#180 - The Switch Witch with Bernie Salazar

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reunion alert! Bernie and I are back with our first podcast in a minute. We actually recorded this October 20, 2022... but evidently the Switch B* (er...

#179 - Treating Your Anxiety with Kindness with The Anxiety Sisters

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guests Abbe Greenberg and Maggie a.k.a. "The Anxiety Sisters" have built a lasting friendship and a thriving online community over their lifelong s...

#178 - What If I'm 'Too Numb' to Connect? with Bernie Salazar

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey, listeners! Bernie and I continue our conversations on 'connection' and 'numbness' as we re-connect to each other after a year or so apart (thanks...

#177 - Bouncing Back from Numbness with Bernie Salazar

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're baaaaaack! Bernie and Rebecca managed to chat one more time before the end of 2021 and it was bittersweet. Tune in and find out what a sh*tstorm...

#176 - Why Intuitive Eating Works for Diabetes Concerns

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is Episode 6 in a special Self-Care for Diabetes series on the Body Kindness podcast, with my guest co-host Dietitian Glenys Oyston. This epis...

#175 - Why Modified Movement Works for Diabetes

04 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is Episode 5 in a special Self-Care for Diabetes series on the Body Kindness podcast, with my guest co-host Dietitian Glenys Oyston. This epis...

#174 - The Truth About Carbs and Diabetes

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special series on the Body Kindness podcast with Dietitian Glenys Oyston.  The #1 thing that people stress about when it comes to diabetes ...

#173 - Busting Myths about Blood Sugars and Diabetes

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special series on the Body Kindness podcast with Dietitian Glenys Oyston.  There is so much misinformation about diabetes… it's no wonder...

#172 - Understanding Weight Concerns and Diabetes Self-Care

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special series on the Body Kindness podcast with Dietitian Glenys Oyston. We want to talk about weight and diabetes because it's a myth that...

#171 - How to Deal with Diabetes Diagnosis Shame

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is Episode 1 in a new mini-series for Body Kindness: Self care for diabetes. We need to talk about diagnosis shame because it's real. Doctors, fa...

#170 - The Body Is Not An Apology with Sonya Renee Taylor

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm so thrilled to welcome Sonya Renee Taylor back to the podcast. We talk about what's different in the second edition of The Body Is Not an Apology ...

#169 - Bernie and Rebecca Discuss Emotional Eating

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today Bernie and I talk about emotional eating. What's normal, what's not, when is it time to make meaningful changes? Tune in and learn all about the...

#168 - Hope in Healing: Blending Psychedelic Medicine with Emotion Coaching with Dr. Adele Lafrance & Dr. Joe Tafur

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the podcast I'm diving into a fascinating topic that's relatively new to me - Emotion Coaching, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), and Ps...

#167 - Body Kindness Backstory with Rebecca Scritchfield and Bernie Salazar

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OMG! We did it. Bernie Salazar and I brushed our hair and did our first video podcast for Body Kindness! We talked about our "origin story" of how we ...

#166 - Why We Need to Brave Body Shame in 2021 with Julie Sweeney

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You aren't born feeling body shame. It's decided for you, conditioned in you, and you become entangled. Dominant culture's body ideals can keep you en...

#165 - You Are MORE Than A Body. How To Heal Your Relationship With Yourself - Doctors Lindsay and Lexie Kite

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Your body is an instrument not an ornament and just in time for the New Year, I'll help you understand what you can do if you want new tools and skill...

#164 - Reflections and Intentions to Learn and Grow with Bernie Salazar

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie Salazar sits down with Rebecca to recap his year parenting a "quarantine baby" navigating his businesses, his health, and personal COVID losses...

#163 - Rebecca and Bernie with Aubrey Gordon, on What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this emotional episode, Bernie Salazar, former "winner" of NBC's The Biggest Loser share his regrets and what he has learned from reading Aubrey Go...

#161 - 2020 Burnout: Saving Our Mental Health for the Greater Good

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a year of testing so much for all of us. Bernie and I catch up on how we're making it through parenting and trying to stay distant (and conn...

#160 - Rage Becomes Her: Why Self-Care Won't Save Us with Soraya Chemaly

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the countdown to the 2020 election I interviewed Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger - an amazing book she wrote...

#159 - Bodies on the Ballot with Jaclyn Friedman, author and activist

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What does your body liberation have to do with voting this year? Everything. Everything is on the line this election, up and down the ballot. Jaclyn F...

#158 - Creating Communities Where You Belong with Dr. Joy Cox author of Fat Women in Black Bodies and Co-founder of Jabbie app

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you can't find a community where you belong, make one. That's what my guest Dr Joy Cox is doing with her latest book Fat Girls in Black Bodies, pod...

#157 - Becoming an Embodied Anti-Racist for Collective Trauma Healing with Francesca Marguerite Maximé

20 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk trauma and racism. I found today's guest, Francesca Marguerite Maximé, from her podcast called Re-Rooted on the Ram Das Be Here Now networ...

[Repost] #109 - Under Pressure - How Anxiety Shows Up for Today's Teen Girls and How Parents Can Help with Lisa Damour, PhD

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Most American kids are officially back to school in some way shape or form. As if we didn't have enough to worry about, now we have COVID and our kids...

#156 - Helping Young Adults Explore Their Radical Anatomy with Kelly Jensen

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode I talk with Kelly Jensen about her new book for young adults called Body Talk, which covers the themes of ability and disability, b...

#155 - The Truth About IBS, Anxiety, and Effectiveness of the Low FODMAP "Diet" with Kate Scarlata, RDN

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A diagnosis of IBS can be a real pain in the a**! Seriously, IBS impacts 25-45 million people in the U.S. alone. The treatments for IBS aren't really ...

#154 - How to Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness with Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch authors of Intuitive Eating

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Intuitive Eating is out with a 4th edition and the co-authors Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch are on the show to discuss what you can expect in the new...

#153 - Help with Picky Eating, Is it ARFID? with Rebecca Thomas

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Most "picky eating" in kids and adults is just that -- pickiness. But others can deal with social emotional issues and malnourishment (at any size). J...

#152 - Changing the Value Systems in Yoga with Janessa Mondestin, Yoga Therapist and Director of Culture for Yoga International

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Part 2 of White Supremacy in Yoga series, we discuss the harms and the fixes, including what you can do as a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, student...

#151 - White Supremacy of Yoga with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black Body

14 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join me in conversation with Dr. Sabrina Strings, author of Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. She also is a certified yoga tea...

#150 - Racism Explains the Origins of Fat Phobia and Diet Culture, with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black Body

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was first aired June 2019. Sabrina Strings, PhD is the author of the book Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. In th...

[Repost] #65 - So You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma Oluo

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ijeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race is a great starting point for listening, learning and taking meaningful action.  I also recommend Whit...

#149 - Learn & Grow Part 13 – How to Avoid a "Weight Lecture" at the Doctors with Bernie Salazar

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie Salazar guests with an update on how he is changing the conversation with his primary care doctors. He's better at boundaries and aiming to kee...

#148 - Improve Your "Family System" by Creating "Fair Play" at Home with Eve Rodsky

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

May is mental health awareness month and I'm focused on shows that can help you create a better life and support your well-being.  This [COVID-19] Mo...

#147 - Compassion through Crisis, Stories of Hope & Gratitude for Healthcare Workers

25 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My three guests today speak from the heart about their experiences during COVID-19 as patient advocate (Lara Loverro) and healthcare workers (Shannon ...

#146 - A different type of COVID-19 loss: Pregnancy dreams "on hold" with Fertility Coach Nicola Salmon

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Has your fertility or medical care been delayed or disrupted due to COVID-19? My guest today is Nicola Salmon, author of Fat and Fertile. We discuss h...

#145 - Coping with Anxiety During COVID-19

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My guest is Lara Loverro, a health coach, certified intuitive eating counselor, and she's a professional mentee of mine. Importantly, Lara is a reside...

#144 - Resilience Practices for Anxiety and Body Shame During COVID-19 with Nicola Haggett

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Practicing Body Kindness during COVID-19 is all about resilience skills as we navigate this collective trauma. While some people are finding "humor" i...

[Repost] #117: How to recover from BURNOUT with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

These times are truly unprecedented. For the past month I have been allowing myself to be human, showing up for my family, my clients (many hospital w...

#143 - "I Developed a Restrictive Eating Disorder in Elementary School. Here's Why It Wasn't Diagnosed for Over a Decade" with Gloria Oladipo

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk about eating disorders that are born from culture and hidden in plain sight. My guest to share her personal story is Gloria Oladipo, a 20-y...

#142 - Believe Me: Why trusting women is essential for collective well-being with Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I'm joined by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti editors of a new anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. We discuss why we n...

#141 - How the 4 S's help you "show up" for kids well-being with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD Bestselling Author

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A significant part of the body kindness practice is held in our relationships, especially parents and caregivers to children. As adults we understand ...

#140 - Boys and Sex: Navigating the new masculinity with bestselling author Peggy Orenstein

19 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Author Peggy Orenstein is back on the show with her instant New York Times Bestseller, Boys and Sex. Tune in to hear insights from her conversations w...

#139 - How to experience the joy of movement and the power of moving in community with Kelly McGonigal PhD

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Movement gives us access to the best of ourselves and it has nothing to do with weight or abilities regardless of what the "fitness culture" says, it'...

#138 - Why being "ANTI-diet" is "pro" health with Christy Harrison, HAES dietitian, host of Food Psych podcast and author of Anti-Diet

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As more people become aware of words like "body positivity" and "anti-diet" it opens the door for confusion — what does it actually mean and is it r...

#137 - Listener Q&A: How can teachers help kids with body kindness? What if I'm feeling detached from my body?

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie and I are back with another special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindn...

#136 - Listener Q&A: Can I learn to like exercise? How do I address co-workers food shame?

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie and I are back with another special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindn...

#135 - Take Meaningful ACTion toward change with Steven C. Hayes PhD author of A Liberated Mind

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What if instead of trying to change negative thoughts, judgments, and feelings that come up when practicing Body Kindness, you learned to change how y...

#134 - Listener Q&A: What's the real deal with Intermittent Fasting?

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie and I tackle a listener question on intermittent fasting - is it a diet in disguise and why is it so dang popular? Hoda and Jenna began an IF c...

#133 - Learn & Grow Part 12 – "Dear Panic Attack, Thank You for All You Have Shown Me." (and Other Gratitudes From Body Kindness Readers and Listeners)

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As we enter November, Bernie and I have gratitude on our minds. It's been 3 years since Bernie and I reconnected, and he began practicing Body Kindnes...

#132 - Intuitive Eating: The history, growth and impact with co-creators Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

26 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Created in 1995, Intuitive Eating has exploded in cultural awareness in recent years. In this episode, I sat down with co-creators Evelyn Tribole and ...

#131 - Actress Lisa Linke on Diet Culture, Fatphobia in Entertainment and Healing Her Body Relationship

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Actress and comedian Lisa Linke (Bless the Mess on ABC) joins me to talk about the intersections of diet culture and entertainment. We discuss how soc...

#130 - Empowering teens to find validation within themselves with Angie Manfredi, author of The (Other) F Word

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As a mom I wonder daily how I'm doing at helping my kids make sense of the world and that includes their bodies, other people's bodies, and how we all...

#129 - Listener Q&A – Your Body Kindness Questions, Answered

29 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie and I are back with a special episode of Learn and Grow where we answer questions from people who are reading and listening to Body Kindness. W...

#128 - How time tracking can help you improve your life with Laura Vanderkam, author of Off the Clock

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Feel like your time isn't your own? Author and mom of four Laura Vanderkam has an answer. Track your time. Laura believes that the awareness that come...

#127 - Please Don't Screw Up Our Kids! Part 2: A Conversation About Food, Weight and Body Image with Virginia Sole-Smith of Comfort Food Podcast

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this two-part episode, fellow anti-diet mom Virginia Sole-Smith and I discuss the ways in which culture sabotages parents, especially moms, by upho...

#126: Concerned about your child's weight? Here's how you can help them without harming

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of Episode 125 reacting to WW's Kurbo app, people are asking, "So what do I do then?". That's what I want to help with today. No matter if...

#125 - Kurbo Weight Watchers App for Kids is Upsetting Parents and Professionals

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, parents speak out about why they would not use Kurbo Weight Watchers App to help their kids lose weight or or build "healthy lifestyl...

[Repost] #26 - Be the Expert on Your Body: Intuitive Eating as an act of Body Kindness with Evelyn Tribole, co-author of Intuitive Eating book and workbook

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dieting is unethical. But how do you approach eating if you never want to diet again? By now you probably heard of intuitive eating, but do you see yo...

[Repost] #31 - Intimate Justice & How To Talk To Kids About Sex, with NYT Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein

06 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I'm replaying a fan favorite episode of Body Kindness, with New York Times bestselling author Peggy Orenstein. [Adult content & language] How do we te...

[Repost] #53 - Why We All Need Fat Activism with Marilyn Wann, Author of Fat!So? and Creator of the YAY! Scale

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I'm replaying a fan favorite (and one of my favorite episodes) of Body Kindness from one of my favorite teachers. What if we all were fat activists? I...

#124 - Eliminating weight stigma from medical care with Jennifer Gaudiani MD, author of Sick Enough

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Weight stigma is harmful to human health at all sizes. The medical community upholds weight stigma and harms the very people they should be helping by...

#123 - Learn & Grow Pt 11 - Why we finally said "I'm sorry" to our bodies and how you can do it too

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Grab a pen paper and get ready for some serious healing. It's time to write about your relationship with your body. No matter how painful your past, y...

#122 - Sex is a Social Skill: How to have open sexual communication with Dawn Serra

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dawn Serra is a sex and relationship coach who has dedicated her life to helping others orient towards pleasure so that we can heal the shame we carry...

#121 - How we feel about Nike's fat mannequin with Bernie Salazar and Ragen Chastain

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie Salazar, former NBC Biggest Loser "winner" and frequent guest for my series Learn and Grow, joins me to rant on the Nike Fat Mannequin debacle....

#120 - Fearing the Black Body Part Two - BMI is not just a bogus measure, it is masking medical sexism and racism with Sabrina Strings

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In my second interview with Sabrina Strings, PhD, author of Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, we discuss why only white women...

#119 - Fearing the Black Body Part One with Sabrina Strings PhD - Why Health is about Access, Not Weight

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sabrina Strings, PhD is the author of the new book Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. In this two-part interview, we discuss ho...

#118 - Burnout Part 2: Changing Your Relationship to Your "Madwoman in the Attic" with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of my series on BURNOUT, which is also the title of a new book by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, we're discussing why you should stop fighting ...

#117 - How to recover from BURNOUT (Part 1) with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Burnout is the stress resilience book I'm recommending to friends and clients from now on. This two-part podcast series with Emily and Amelia Nagoski ...

#116 - Learn & Grow Pt 10 - How to get the sleep your brain and body really need

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How would it feel to get an extra one to two hours of sleep per night? If the thought of that sounds absolutely amazing then you're like most people w...

#115 - Please Don't Screw Up Our Kids! Part 1: A Conversation About Food, Weight and Body Image with Virginia Sole-Smith of Comfort Food Podcast

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this two-part episode, fellow anti-diet mom Virginia Sole-Smith and I discuss the ways in which culture sabotages parents, especially moms, by upho...

#114 - Listeners ask us about orthorexia, coping with weight regain after stress and anxiety, and body kindness when everyone is pursuing weight loss

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode listeners ask us what is the most difficult thing in leaving diet culture for the Body Kindness philosophy, how to practice self-compa...

#113 - Learn & Grow Pt 9 - The Upside of Stress (and Emotional Eating)

02 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Stress has a function and so does emotional eating. How you relate to stress and frame your views of emotional eating can make all the difference in h...

#112 - Reflect and Retreat: How has culture informed your relationship with your body? A conversation and performance poetry reading with sociologist and author Kimberly Dark

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Storytelling is a powerful way to examine how culture constructs beauty standards and upholds appearance privilege. In this episode, Kimberly Dark, au...

#111 - Negative body image, depression, and mindful self-care in pregnancy and postpartum with Dr. Jennifer Webb

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jennifer Webb is back on the podcast to share outcomes of our Body Kindness research study examining mindful self-care and depressive symptoms in ...

#110 - Learn & Grow Pt 8 – How Your Body Fights to Regain Weight After Dieting (Research from The Biggest Loser)

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don't miss this important episode in the Learn & Grow Series. We talk about one of the longest studies on weight cycling and dieting — a study that ...

#109 - Under Pressure - How Anxiety Shows Up for Today's Teen Girls and How Parents Can Help with Lisa Damour, PhD

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I'm loving this show today, all about anxiety and girls with bestselling author Dr. Lisa Damour. Her new book has just been released: Under Pressure: ...

#108 - How Weight Stigma Harms Culture and Excludes Higher Weight People from IVF, Hip Replacements and More, with Fiona Willer

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why do higher weight folks get denied treatment for hip replacements, IVF, and even adoption? Find out the ways our culture excludes fat people even w...

#107 - Learn and Grow Pt 7 - The Biggest Loser Did Not Exist to Create Better Lives with Bernie Salazar a former "winner" of the show

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie Salazar has been a student of the body kindness philosophy for over two years. But early on in his practice, The Biggest Loser was still a popu...

#106 - Trauma Resilience: How Body Kindness is Helping Me Heal

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the last segment of our series featuring readers sharing their powerful stories, we hear from two trauma survivors, one who was abused and spent mo...

#105 - An Anti-Diet New Year: Body Shame Out, Body Kindness In

01 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! We are talking with readers about how they used Body Kindness as a way to break free from years of dieting and body shame. Tune in and...

#104 - Body Kindness Reader Stories – How I Finally Ditched Diets and Learned How To Love Myself

24 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Holidays! We are closing out 2018 by talking with readers about how they used Body Kindness as a way to break free from years of dieting and bod...

#103 - Diet and the Disease of Civilization with Dr. Adrienne Rose Bitar

16 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The first historical study of diet books, Dr Adrienne Rose Bitar's book Diet and the Disease of Civilization examines how four popular plans -- Paleo,...

#102 - Learn & Grow Pt 6 - Creating New Habits Takes Serious Effort. Here Are Your Tools.

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You already know that it's not easy to make changes to your habits. At all. It requires serious effort and a compassionate mindset as you try, mess up...

#101 - Worried about being called fat? Anticipated weight stigma harms health with Dr. Angela Meadows, PhD

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Weight stigma, problems with our culture and the biases we carry about higher weight people harms their health. One pathway is through internalized st...

#100 - Diet Culture Exists Because We Don't Want to Die with Michelle Allison the Fat Nutritionist

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Psychology research in terror management theory has shown that when people are primed with thoughts of mortality, their behaviors change, but not nece...

#99 - Learn & Grow Pt 5 - How Mindfulness Helps You Handle Bad Emotions

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you're new to #BodyKindness our podcast mini-series, Learn and Grow, was made for you. Bernie Salazar and Rebecca Scritchfield reflect on Bernie's ...

#98 - Understanding Weight Stigma Research Part One - with Jeffrey Hunger, PhD

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a short series looking at research and weight stigma, I talk to Dr Jeffery Hunger, a postdoctoral scholar in Health Psychology at UCLA...

#97 - Learn & Grow Part 4 - You don't have a food addiction. You need permission to eat (and eat emotionally)

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you're new to #BodyKindness our podcast mini-series, Learn and Grow, was made for you. Bernie Salazar and Rebecca Scritchfield reflect on Bernie's ...

#96 - Why Dieting Doesn't Usually Work with Neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt, PhD

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week I'm speaking at the Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo here in Washington DC, together with neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt. Our session is cal...

#95 - Body Kindness Learn & Grow Part 3 - Reflections on Intuitive Eating from Principles to Practice

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the third episode of our Body Kindness for Beginners podcast series "Learn and Grow" Bernie and I reflect on ways in which the practice of intuitiv...

#94 - Body Kindness Learn & Grow Part 2 - Extreme Exercise is Unnecessary

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Are you a "Body Kindness beginner?" This new mini-series will boost your hope and confidence in leaving diets behind. In the second episode Rebecca an...

#93 - Body Kindness Learn & Grow Part 1 - Ditching 'Diet Brain' for Body Kindness

11 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you're new to the Body Kindness philosophy, breaking free from diets, and Health at Every Size (HAES) our new podcast series is made for you! Body ...

#92 - Talking About Food and Bodies in the Home with Anna Lutz, RDN

04 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I'm talking about Body Kindness in the family with a fellow HAES dietitian and mom, Anna Lutz. You'll hear us chat about topics like ...

#91 - Raising HAES Body Kindness for families with Kristy Fassio

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Three parents with five kids between them (age ranges 2-12) gather to discuss what it's like to parent with body kindness, endure a child's body sham...

#90 - You Have the Right to Remain Fat (and be a fat ally) with Virgie Tovar

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week I'm talking to author and fat activist Virgie Tovar about her new book You Have the Right to Remain Fat. Tune in as Virgie shares her mani...

#89 - Body Kindness in Postpartum Women: Body Image, Postpartum Depression, and Disordered Eating with Lindsay Stenovec, Creator of The Nurtured Mama

26 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Women who are pregnant or postpartum should not be dieting and yet, many women do, thanks to diet culture and weight stigma. In this episode, I chat w...

#88 - Why Women Fake Orgasms with Emily Nagoski, PhD author of the bestselling book Come As You Are

17 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing my women's health series, today we're talking about sex. My guest is one of my favorite "sexpert" authors Emily Nagoski, sex educator and ...

#87 - Weight and Body Conversations in the Media

03 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bernie is back and we chat about weight and body conversations in the media, including my latest Washington Post story "What if doctors stopped weighi...

#86 - Racial Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes with "The Radical Doula" Miriam Zoila Pérez

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing my women's health series, I'm excited that my guest is writer and activist Miriam Zoila Pérez. In 2016, Miriam gave a TED Talk: How Racis...