After 5 1/2 years, I'm ending the podcast! It's been so rewarding to put this podcast on, but the time has come for me to move on. This last episode of the podcast gives context for this decision and hopefully helps you know how grateful I am to you for listening through the years! Consider joining one of the courses in the Positive Nutrition Academy: https://www.positive-nutrition.com/academy

Nutrition Matters Podcast

182: Goodbye — context, thank you, parting advice and some social commentary

181: Intuitive Exercise & How to Train Happy

180: Eating Disorders & the Higher Level of Care

 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 

179: Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch on Intuitive Eating Fourth Edition

 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 

178: Rest, Play, Humor & our Health

 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  

177: What to do if You're Afraid of Food

 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 

176: Menopause—Weight, Health, Changing Bodies and Eating Disorders in ages 50+

 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 

175: Exploring what Healthy Really Means and Reclaiming it for Good

 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 

174: Pregnancy & Postpartum Body Image

 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 

173: Finding Your Authentic Voice in Challenging Diet Culture

 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 

172: Medical Nutrition Therapy & Intuitive Eating: How Nutrition Improves with Connection & Kindness

 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 

171: Fat-Phobia in the Eating Disorder Treatment 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 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 

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 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 

169: Ditching Diets and Practicing Body Acceptance in the Latina Community

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 

Coronavirus Thoughts — What a Year this Week has Been

Join Paige Smathers, registered dietitian nutritionist, as she explores popular topics in nutrition and interviews experts in the fields of wellness and health. Paige explores questions in nutrition that really matter and uncovers the practical ways you can see food and your body in a whole new way.