Nov 25, 2020 · 29 min
NM
Health & Fitness
Nutrition Matters Podcast
Paige Smathers, RDN, CD
Join Paige Smathers, registered dietitian nutritionist, as she explores popular topics in nutrition, interviews experts in the fields of wellness and health, and celebrates the successes of people who have overcome eating disorders, weight struggles, and food issues.
- 20 episodes
- Updated Nov 25, 2020
Episodes20
- NMAug 31, 2020 · 1 hr 8 min
181: Intuitive Exercise & How to Train Happy
"If exercise had zero impact on your weight and appearance, would you still work out? If you answered 'yes', would you work out differently from how you do now? Would you do more or less?" These are the first lines of Tally's Rye's book Train Happy and a very important set of questions to consider as you navigate your relationship with exercise. Tally and Paige dig into these questions and more all about cultivating more peace with exercise and movement. Tally Rye is a Personal Trainer, podcaster and author from London, England working in fitness for 5 years. Through experiencing her own complicated relationship with food and exercise, she is passionate about changing the fitness landscape to help others avoid the pitfalls of diet culture within a fitness setting. She is a advocates for ditching diet culture, reconnecting with our bodies and cultivating intuition. Links mentioned: Tally's website: http://tallyrye.co.uk/ Train Happy book by Tally Rye Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a podcast subscriber Positive Nutrition Blog
- NMAug 17, 2020 · 55 min
180: Eating Disorders & the Higher Level of Care
In this episode, Paige and Amy Hanneke discuss the higher level of care for eating disorders: how to know if it's the right choice for your treatment, what to expect, how to get the most out of the experience and tips for family members/support people who love someone in treatment. Links mentioned: Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a podcast supporter and receive 3 additional exclusive podcast episodes per month for $5/mo Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMAug 3, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
179: Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch on Intuitive Eating Fourth Edition
Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch, authors of the revolutionary book Intuitive Eating, join Paige to talk about the newest edition of the book. Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D., is an award-winning registered dietitian with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, CA. She was the nutrition expert forGood Morning America and was a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association for six years. Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Beverly Hills, CA, with over thirty-eight years of experience specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. Links mentioned: Purchase the new edition of Intuitive Eating: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-4th-Anti-Diet-Revolutionary/dp/1250255198/ Learn more about the Intuitive Eating framework: https://www.intuitiveeating.org/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a podcast supporter and receive 3 additional exclusive podcast episodes per month for $5/mo Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMJul 20, 2020 · 47 min
178: Rest, Play, Humor & our Health
Shana Spence joins Paige to talk about the importance of challenging productivity beliefs and embracing rest, play, creativity and humor as we engage in our health and wellbeing. Shana is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist based in New York in the public health. She promotes a weight-inclusive approach to health and nutrition and is passionate about helping people find a healthy relationship with food. Links mentioned: Shana's website: https://www.thenutritiontea.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a podcast supporter and receive 3 additional exclusive podcast episodes per month for $5/mo Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMJul 6, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min
177: What to do if You're Afraid of Food
Amee Severson joins Paige to talk about her own history of fearing food and explains how she worked through it. Amee is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist whose work focuses on body positivity, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social justice lens. With a mission to break the stereotype that all RD's live in small bodies and only eat certain foods, Amee cultivates rebellion and liberation on social media, showcasing the possibility for health and happiness in any body. Amee encourages the belief that food can be enjoyed without guilt or shame. She believes that recovery from disordered eating is possible for everyone and that every person deserves to feel trust in their body. Amee doesn't believe in one-size-fits-all nutrition and health, so she works with clients to make health and nutrition fit into their current life, not the other way around. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Links mentioned: Amee's website: https://www.prospernutritionandwellness.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a podcast supporter and receive 3 additional exclusive podcast episodes per month for $5/mo Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMJun 22, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
176: Menopause—Weight, Health, Changing Bodies and Eating Disorders in ages 50+
Erica Leon is a registered dietitian who is passionate about speaking up about the changes that occur with bodies, weight, food, relationships, etc. during menopause. She and Paige explore the science behind menopause and body changes and talk about how to avoid the pitfalls of diet culture unique to this time. Erica Leon is the owner of Erica Leon Nutrition, an outpatient group nutrition practice in White Plains, NY. With more than 30 years of experience, she and her team help individuals develop a positive relationship with food and work tirelessly to treat and prevent eating disorders and disordered eating in adults, adolescents, children and families. She is certified as an eating disorder dietitian with The International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals, and as an Intuitive Eating Counselor. She has taken a special interest in recent years to create more resources and spaces for women experiencing menopause and body changes that accompany this time of life. Links mentioned: Erica's website: https://ericaleon.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a podcast supporter and receive 3 additional exclusive podcast episodes per month for $5/mo Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMJun 8, 2020 · 56 min
175: Exploring what Healthy Really Means and Reclaiming it for Good
The word 'healthy' gets thrown around all the time, but what does it actually mean? And, is the concept actually helpful for us? Meghan and Paige unpack these ideas and explore ways we all can reclaim the true meaning of health for good in our lives. Meghan Kacmarcik is a registered dietitian and nutrition therapist based in Boston, MA. She works locally in the Boston area and is the owner of New Moon Nutrition, a virtual practice where she helps people unlearn diet culture, recover from disordered eating, and heal their relationships with food and their body. Her practice is rooted in Health at Every Size and she uses intuitive eating as a guidepost in all her work. In addition to dismantling diet culture and fighting for a more weight-inclusive world, she enjoys reading good books, drinking good coffee, and snuggling with her cat Potato. Links mentioned: Meghan's website: https://newmoonrd.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a podcast supporter and receive 3 additional exclusive podcast episodes per month for $5/mo Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMMay 25, 2020 · 58 min
174: Pregnancy & Postpartum Body Image
Catie Lynch Shockey, LCSW is an eating disorder and body image therapist located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is a licensed clinical social worker who graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South and Tulane University. After recovering from her own eating disorder, Catie began to specialize in eating disorders and body image concerns. She is a mother of two girls—a two year old and an infant. Having girls has made dismantling diet culture and creating peace around food even more important to Catie. Catie joined Paige to talk about pregnancy and postpartum body image. They discuss what the struggles are, why it's important to work on body image at any phase of parenthood (aka it's not too late wherever you are right now!), and some practical ideas to work toward more peace with your body. Links mentioned: Catie's website: https://www.catielynchlcsw.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Donate to the podcast Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMMay 11, 2020 · 53 min
173: Finding Your Authentic Voice in Challenging Diet Culture
Cara Harbstreet is a Kansas City based Intuitive Eating Registered Dietitian and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert, author, and consultant. In 2016, Cara founded her private practice and began focusing on sports nutrition, intuitive eating, and applying the Health At Every Size model for clients in the Kansas City area. She is passionate about helping people rediscover joy in eating deeply nourishing meals without restriction or fear, and enjoys candid conversations about the food system, nutrition, and cooking. Cara is also an active volunteer in the dietetics field and has transitioned her business to a media and communications focus to help spread an anti-diet message to more diverse audiences. Find her on social media or learn more about her work at www.streetsmartnutrition.com. Cara joined Paige to talk about Cara's process in finding her authentic voice and how her experiences can inform our own process with healing our relationships with food and body. Links mentioned: Cara's website: www.streetsmartnutrition.com Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Donate to the podcast Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMApr 27, 2020 · 53 min
172: Medical Nutrition Therapy & Intuitive Eating: How Nutrition Improves with Connection & Kindness
Click here to support the podcast and receive 3 extra episodes per month! Kirsten Ackerman is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Registered Dietitian and proud anti-diet advocate. During the day, Kirsten works as a renal dietitian, helping patients with end stage renal disease navigate their eating while receiving life-saving treatments. Outside of her day job, Kirsten hosts the Intuitive Bites podcast, puts out phenomenal content on social media and is currently writing a book. Kirsten joined Paige to talk about a common question they both get as intuitive eating dietitians. Together, they explore the common sticking point of wondering if medical nutrition therapy and intuitive eating go together. In other words, they explore how intuitive eating and other non-diet frameworks enhance nutrition and health and are inherently pro-health interventions. Links mentioned: Kirsten's website: https://www.theintuitiverd.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMApr 13, 2020 · 1 hr
171: Fat-Phobia in the Eating Disorder Treatment Community
Shira Rosenbluth, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in New York City. She has a passion for helping people feel their best in their body at any size and specializes in the treatment of disordered eating, eating disorders, and body-image dissatisfaction using a weight-neutral approach. She's also the author of TheShiraRose.com, a popular body positive style blog with inclusive sizing and you can find her on Instagram, @theshirarose. Links mentioned: Shira's fashion blog: http://theshirarose.com/ Shira's professional website: https://www.shirarosenbluthlcsw.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Donate to the podcast Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMApr 6, 2020 · 50 min
170: Navigating our New Normal—Adjusting to Social Distancing
Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige and Shannon Ricks, LMFT discuss common themes that are coming up with their clients going adjusting to the pandemic and social distancing. Links mentioned: Shannon's website: https://www.moderneve.org @comamosjuntxs on Instagram @covid19eatingsupport on Instagram eatingdisorderhope.com Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Donate to the podcast Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMMar 31, 2020 · 44 min
169: Ditching Diets and Practicing Body Acceptance in the Latina Community
Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige interviews Dalina Soto about her passion and commitment for increasing awareness of intuitive eating and weight inclusive philosophies. Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, is founder and bilingual registered dietitian at Nutritiously Yours, based in Philadelphia. Dalina received her bachelor's in nutritional sciences from Penn State University and completed her master's and dietetic internship at Immaculata University. Throughout her career, Dalina has worked in the community of Philadelphia as one of the only Spanish Speaking RDs helping clients ditch diets and eat healthy. Through instagram she has been able to expand and reach Latinas all over the world and has helped them ditch the diets and practice body acceptance. Links mentioned: Dalina's website: https://www.nutritiouslyyoursllc.com Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Donate to the podcast Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMMar 23, 2020 · 32 min
Coronavirus Thoughts — What a Year this Week has Been
Hi Friends! I'm coming to you again this week as a human (read: not an expert) with some thoughts about the coronavirus pandemic. Many of you reached out last week letting me know last week's check-in was helpful so I decided to record another episode. In this episode, I talk about how #nuancematters in our current situation. I talk about some of the things I'm noticing as I've had more time adapting to this new normal. I share what's been working for me and answer I common question I've been getting from family and followers about carbs, cravings in quarantine. I explore how there's no right or wrong here, and how we can continue to nourish ourselves in a very challenging time. At the end of the episode, I invite all of you to send in a short essay or mp3 clip of you explaining what the gift of time or boredom has been teaching you so far. Send the email to: hello@positive-nutrition.com Helpful links: Make an appointment (I have openings!): https://www.positive-nutrition.com/appointments Support the podcast Follow Paige on Instagram for regular updates about coping with our current situation
- NMMar 16, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min
168: The Role of Intention, Flexibility, & Self-Compassion in Gentle Nutrition
Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige and Rachel Goodman discuss gentle nutrition. Links mentioned: Rachel's website: https://rachelgoodnutrition.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Donate to the podcast Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMMar 15, 2020 · 27 min
We're in this Together — Mindset & Practical Ideas for Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hi Friends, I want to use my platform for good. I wanted to provide some thoughts and resources during this time. In this episode, provide some mindset ideas as well as practical thoughts for navigating working from home while also homeschooling kids. I share some ideas I have for involving grandparents and community members in sharing the burden of making all of this work. I hope you enjoy this and I hope it's helpful. I'll continue to update regularly about how things are going on my Instagram feed. Feel free to follow me there. Here's my initial schedule for homeschooling my kids (Kindergarten and second grade) Some helpful resources: Making Sense Podcast episodes answering questions about COVID-19: https://samharris.org/podcasts/190-respond-coronavirus/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/191-early-thoughts-pandemic/ Joe Rogan (I haven't listened to this personally, but many close to me have listened and enjoyed): http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/michael-osterholm
- NMMar 2, 2020 · 56 min
167: Intuitive Eating and Weight-Inclusive Care in Black Communities
Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and you'll get exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, nutrition lessons and guided meditations. In this episode, Paige interviews Ayana Habtemariam about her passion and commitment for increasing awareness of intuitive eating and weight inclusive philosophies in black communities.
- NMFeb 17, 2020 · 57 min
166: Shame Spirals & Wounded Healers
Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige and Linda go deeper into the concept of Enoughness as a follow up from episode 158. Linda Tucker is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Body Image Coach. She "helps people walk away from diet culture" while learning how to care for themselves using compassion and kindness rather than fear and/or shame. Linda uses insight from own disordered eating recovery, while also trying to manage her chronic illnesses, to create a space of curiosity, empathy, and radical acceptance. Links mentioned: Linda's website: http://www.lindatuckercoaching.com/ Self Compassion Info: https://self-compassion.org/ Brene Brown Shame Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame?language=en Episode 158: Exploring Enoughness in Eating and Beyond Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram
- NMFeb 3, 2020 · 1 hr 13 min
165: What One Doctor Wished Every Doctor Knew About their Patients with Eating Disorders
Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month and receive exclusive access to monthly Q&A episodes, guided meditations about food and body, and a monthly nutrition lesson. All exclusive content is available directly in your podcast player in audio format for easy, on-the-go learning. Click here to support the podcast: https://glow.fm/nutritionmatters In this episode, Paige interviews Dr. Stefani Reinold about what she wished fellow physicians knew about their patients with eating disorders. Dr. Stefani Reinold is a board certified psychiatrist, eating disorders specialist and perinatal mental health expert. She is author of the book, Let Your Heart Out, creator of the HEART Method® and podcast host of the show, It's Not about the Food where she discusses all the reasons we struggle with food and our bodies because, as the title implies, "it's not about the food." As a long survivor of an eating disorder herself, she is passionate about helping women ditch dieting, heal emotionally, and reconnect with their real selves- the self that diet culture stole from them. Links mentioned: Stefani's website: https://www.stefanireinoldmd.com/ Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars Become a supporter of the podcast for $5/month Positive Nutrition Blog Follow Paige on Instagram