Carol and I talk about what this book is about, why we wrote this book and why every teenager and parent should read it. And listen to this podcast.Carol Normand, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, with over 30 years of experience as an individual therapist, speaker, author, and group/workshop facilitator. She holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from UC San Diego and an MS in Counseling from San Francisco State University. Carol is founder of Amrita Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program and co-founder of the nonprofit Beyond Hunger. She has authored It’s Not About Food: End Your Obsession with Food & Weight, and Over It: A Teen’s Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food & Weight. Carol received the Golden Bell Award for her work in developing the Emotional Literacy Program for middle school students.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Truth is our own internal wisdom that defines who we are. Finding our own truth means figuring out the difference between what we’ve been told we should be, versus who we really are. Often times in the past our true feelings, passions, opinions, and experiences were ignored, rejected or just not encouraged. When we can relearn to identify what our own truth is, we are able to put into action what our heart and soul desires. M is a trans/non-binary art therapist, fat activist and artist whose work focuses on body justice, intersectional social justice and treatment equity access. They co-own Rainbow Recovery where they support people through the gender affirmation process, complex trauma recovery, eating disorder recovery and body image issues. M is also an adjunct professor at Albertus Magnus College and serves as part of the board of directors for Project HEAL. Em Reim [email protected]★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

At the heart of every person is a yearning from the deepest part of our souls that must be heard. It is a desire to awaken, embrace our whole selves, and see past the limitations we have put on ourselves. It is the knowing that we are connected with a universal love and a spiritual presence that holds the flame of our true essence of love and light. When we begin to accept that each one of us was born with divine spirit, then we can stop the struggle with defining ourselves as good or bad by our body size or the food we eat. We can then move on to simply expression our true selves.Corinne [email protected] Dobbas, MS, RD is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, and certified intuitive eating counselor with over a decade of experience in Marin County, Ca. Corinne works with adolescents, young adults, and adults with eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, and body image concerns by helping clients break free from the mental, emotional, and physical toll of chronic dieting through a non-weight focused, non-diet approach.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Compassion is the necessary foundation for all healing. When we can have compassion for the parts of ourselves that we dislike the most, we can let go of the debilitating shame and self-hatred we have caried for so long, and use our compassion to bring love, understanding and then, if necessary, change.  Connie [email protected] Sobczak is the author of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!), and Co-Founder of The Body Positive, a nonprofit organization that teaches people to listen to their bodies, learn, and thrive. In Connie’s 2021 TEDx Talk, Embracing Your Critical Voice: The Gateway to Self-Love, she shares her painful yet powerful journey to self-love, and offers ways for others to get there as well.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Acceptance means to honor and respect our body and our self exactly as we are right now, in this moment. When we step into acceptance, we stop struggling and fighting and we begin to make peace with ourselves. This empowers our body and our self to be who we really are in this moment. It takes us out of the obsession of “wanting to be different” and allows us to be more present with ourselves, and therefore better able to meet our needs. Rob Nelson, author of Hacking Reality, is director of Tapping the Matrix Academy, offering EFT training and certification and instruction in the advanced Hacking Reality technique.  Rob has trained hundreds of practitioners and works with clients worldwide via Zoom and Skype.  His website is tappingthematrix.com★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fat thoughts are the kind of thoughts we have when we are criticizing our bodies, calling them too fat, too ugly, too big or too “whatever.” These thoughts are learned from our cultures’ fat prejudice and body hatred. Sometimes when we are young and experience shame or uncomfortable feelings. We change them into body hatred. When we begin to understand that our fat thoughts and body hatred are learned, then we can take the blame off our body, and process the deeper feeling in far more constructive and fulfilling ways.  Julie Norman, BS (nutrition/dietetics), E-RYT (Experienced, Registered Yoga Teacher), ES (Equine Specialist), CHC (Certified Health Coach)Julie delights in guiding others in experiences that foster growth and healing from a place of self-love. She believes this is essential for both individual and collective peace. Her career as a registered dietitian in eating disorders treatment and her own recovery inspired the creation of Body Karma Healing (BKH), her signature yoga program that guides women to peace with their bodies and food for authentic empowerment. Julie has two book offerings; Poems From The Path of Peace, Volumes 1 & 2 that share musings from her own healing journey. She's available for public speaking engagements, coaching and consulting on yoga, horses as healers, creativity, eating disorders, body image, mindful eating, stress management and wellness. Julie Norman, BS, E-RYT, ES, CHC Wellness and Equine Specialist https://JulieNormanYoga.com Phone: 330-524-9448★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Reparenting is the action of taking care of the small child within all of us who has feelings and needs. Many times the pain beneath the struggle with food and weight is linked to emotional needs that weren’t met when we were children. This is understandable since it is impossible for a parent to meet every emotional need a child experiences. However, as an adult we can learn to meet our own needs and be our own parent. We do this by being compassionate, loving, attentive and responsible to ourselves. Janna Barkin, [email protected] an author, educator, and mother. Her youngest is transgender. She has worked as a preschool teacher/director and is now a certified yoga instructor with over a decade of experience.Janna currently supports transgender youth and their families as facilitator of parent support group at The Spahr Center in Marin County, Ca, as a workshop presenter, and as a parent coach. Her book “He’s Always Been My Son” (August 2017 Jessica Kingsley Publishers) was a #1 bestseller on Amazon and continues to be a valuable resource.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

When we stop dieting and obsessing about food and weight, we set a boundary that allows us to start living our lives and meeting our own needs. Setting boundaries is a way to protect our integrity. By setting limits or saying no we are able to make choices based upon our own unique truth, instead of what we believe we “should” do or “should” eat or “should” weigh.Kathleen Bishop is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Gorski-trained Relapse Prevention Specialist. In private practice, she specializes in eating and body image problems. Kathleen is also a body-positive and size diversity activist who promotes Health At Every Size(R) principles to end stigma and mistreatment associated with weight in our culture. Follow her on Instagram.com/body_peace_liberation. [email protected]★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Reparenting is the action of taking care of the small child within all of us who has feelings and needs. Many times, the pain beneath the struggle with food and weight is linked to emotional needs that weren’t met while we were children. This is understandable since it is impossible for a parent to meet every emotional need a child experience. However, as an adult, we can learn to meet our own needs and be our own parent. We do the by being compassionate, loving, attentive, and responsible to ourselves.Marcella Cox LMFT, CEDS-SMarcella Cox is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in treating eating disorders in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the Founder of Kindful Body, a collaboration of seasoned eating disorder professionals who provide online therapy and nutrition counseling throughout California. She is also Co-founder and Executive Director of the IFS Telehealth Collective, a multi-state mental health group practice dedicated to providing high quality-Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Expressing our feeling and ourselves is the only way to live our truth in our bodies, hearts and souls. Many times, we have been taught that to express our feelings is harmful to others and ourselves, but if we learn how to express our feelings honestly and constructively it is beneficial to everyone.M Reim Ifrash MAAT, REAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, NCC, RMT, CLATM (they/them) is a fat, non-binary, Art therapist and eating disorder specialist who own Rainbow Recovery, a queer owned and operated healing collective committed to the recovery of the LGBTQ+ community.  They believe in the power of authenticity, being real and creating safe spaces for all in the world. M is also a board of directors member for Project HEAL and the founder of Eating Disorder Therapists for Intersectional Social Justice. When not working they enjoy spending time with their cats, dogs and bunnies, creating art and working on their tattoo project called The Tattooed Goddex.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★