Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

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Nutrition #79

Helping people make peace with food since 2013. Registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS talks with guests and answers listener questions about making peace with food, healing from disordered eating, learning body acceptance, practicing intuitive eating, escaping harmful wellness culture, and more--all from a body-positive, anti-diet perspective. Along the way, Christy shares her own journey from disordered eater and dieter to food writer and anti-diet dietitian. This podcast challenges diet culture in all its forms--including the restrictive behaviors that often masquerade as wellness and fitness. Food Psych® is designed to offer safe and non-triggering support for listeners in recovery from eating disorders, weight stigma, and body shame. Subscribe for new anti-diet inspiration every week! Learn more and get full show notes and transcripts at christyharrison.com/foodpsych(Disclaimer: All content in this podcast, including medical opinion and any other health-related information, is for informational purposes only and should not be considered to be a specific diagnosis or treatment plan for any individual situation. Use of the information contained in this podcast does not constitute a doctor-patient relationship.)

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  • Innovativelearner
    Best podcast ever!!!
    This podcast has totally changed my life. There are heaps of good books out there on Health at Every Size and related topics, but listening to these amazing interviews has given me so much depth of understanding and empowerment. I wish everyone would listen to this podcast!!! Thank you Christy, team and guests for all the amazing work you do to make the world a better place.
  • Cramp_Bot
    This podcast changed my life!
    Highly recommend :-)
  • dan321123
    Annoying
    The host comes off very condescending and at least 15 minutes every episode are devoted to cash grabbing through multiple advertisements of both her own course and other sponsors.
  • c.footnote
    Great tool for recovery
    I love everything about Food Psych. It was an integral part of my journey into intuitive eating and eating disorder recovery. The guests are always so interesting and diverse, the research is well done and the questions Christy asks are great. So much useful information in these episodes.
  • My nickname is spade
    feels like coming home...
    after years of suffering from an eating disorder, and having a terrible relationship with food, exercise and my body, this podcast has been instrumental in helping me to start to heal. it’s so comforting to listen to others stories and their relationship to food and their bodies, it makes me feel like i’m not alone.
  • smileysafa
    Lovely content
    Conversations are full of great knowledge and insight. Thank you for sharing! For some constructive feedback, I feel there are too many repeated points between the host and guest - it feels like key points become really long winded and frustrating as a listener. I also find it difficult to follow conversations with a lot of spoken reference to “quote unquote”
  • Alison Dawn Claire
    Thankyou
    I am so grateful for your anti diet work and messages. You have helped me so much on my road to recovery. I couldn’t have done it without you Christy 😘 Congratulations on your new book. I cannot wait to read it.
  • van_esther
    Have you looked into Ayurveda and the body?
    Love the podcast! Always a great listen, very interesting and validating. Have you looked into the so-called health advice coming from Ayurveda? Given that it’s a fashionable, yoga-related, “wellness” thing at the moment, it might be quite relevant to many listeners. Personally, I’ve studied and received a lot of Ayurveda treatment in the past 3yrs, yet am concerned with the way this *ancient knowledge is being blended with diet culture in order to sell it to westerners. Would love to hear you discuss this topic with an expert! (*authentic Ayurveda medicine is several thousand years old)
  • Lunasparrow
    Highly recommend
    As a qualified counsellor who specialised in eating and body image issues, I can’t recommend this podcast highly enough for anyone in recovery from or struggling with these issues.
  • Nakamba1
    Great podcast
    Listening each day has changed my whole perspective... love the format and the way she shares her insights
  • Dr Anne LR
    Brilliant
    This podcast changed my life. I had thought I was recovered from my eating disorder, but listening made me realise that I was still stuck in extremely punitive patterns of restriction, food obsession and over-exercising. As a result, I began to seek treatment and now my relationship with my body has been transformed. My entire life is better for listening to this podcast. Thank you so much!!
  • EmBe555
    Literally life changing
    I never usually describe things as ‘life changing’ but this podcast has been absolutely instrumental in helping me feel more comfortable in my own skin, as well as far more comfortable with my food choices. If I could put this into the ear buds of everyone on Earth, I would. We all need this message.
  • Fizzy Pineapple
    Inspiring
    Found this podcast after reading health at every size. This has helped expand on the book and keep me motivated and inspired to learn more and keep myself focused on being compassionate. Super entertaining as well as educational. Thank you 😊
  • gracesarah92
    Love!!
    I receive so much support and insight from the podcast, Thank you SO much for the work you are doing in the world!! ❤️🙏
  • kellytaylor18
    This podcast will change how you look at the world
    After listening to multiple podcasts I finally was motivated to get help for my eating disorder and am slowly working on towards more intuitive eating - it has helped change my world so much - truely grateful 💕
  • _Batbie_
    Incredible
    This will literally change your life! It opened my eyes to the fake health and wellness wave we are living through! I will never ‘diet’ again. Everyone needs to hear this.
  • Char111209
    Love it
    Love this podcast, fabulous guests great content. Always look forward to the next one. ❤️ Thank you
  • ajwarrior37
    The best of the best.
    Christy Harrison and her incredible Food Psych podcast and work have been so instrumental to me through my relapse recovery. Yes, I'm suffering again, but hearing her speak, hearing her guests speak, and learning from her has been a truly valuable experience, and I genuinely wish I lived in America so I could visit her and receive help from her personally. Food Psych is seriously my pick of the crop for recovery, health, and wellbeing podcasts. Christy is a true gem.
  • Alison 222
    Love this podcast
    It is so great to hear other peoples experiences with food and their bodies. There are so many common themes and it is very healing to know that I'm not alone. I have learnt so much from listening to this podcase that has helped me to fight back against diet/beauty culture. I am taking what I have learnt and I am teaching it to my 3 daughters so that hopefully their story will be very different. Thank you Christy the work you do is so valuable.
  • Allyphant42
    Incredibly important
    Everyone should listen to this podcast. It has changed my life for the better in so many ways.
  • Olmexico
    This podcast changed my life!
    This was my first introduction to intuitive eating and HAES. Took a little while to get my head around it but now I’m a full convert and my life is soooo much better for it. Thanks for creating another avenue via which to find this community as I don’t think I would have found it otherwise!
  • CourtieT
    Love this podcast, so happy i found it!
    I love this podcast and it has been a real eye opener for me on my journey to healing from my complicated food journey and i love the language that Christy uses regarding disordered eating and body image and how positive the messages are. Her guests and information are always easy to listen to and great for when I am in the car or walking the dog! Look foward to the new updates each week!
  • Pearl3539
    Has introduced a new normal!
    I've been a long term podcaster and started off listening to weight loss podcasts, looking for motivation which then turned to nutrition podcasts as I turned to an interest in 'health' (but still secretly wanted weight loss) however finding Food Psych was an absolute revelation! It's been such a releif to find something new and which makes so much sense! It seems like a beacon in a world where I am still surrounded by media, friends and family members who have never heard of intuitive eating and daily I have to confront the shame I have always felt about my body and 'out of control' desires around food - this podcast gives me strength to ignore the discourse and focus on letting go of hang ups that are deeply entrenched
  • bel_hat
    A safe place to love your body
    A nourishing podcast to heal and celebrate your relationship with your body.
  • jomeagher
    Changing my world
    I am so glad I stumbled across this podcast. It is also thanks to this podcast i have found other podcasters who speak about body positivity and eating psychology. These podcasts are changing my thinking and changing my world. Thank you SO much.
  • MikeX-27
    Informative and inspirational
    Excellent HAES and Body Positivity podcast
  • Cat8616O
    Highly Recommend
    Fantastic podcast focused on ditching diets that have taken away your internal cues for hunger/fullness/food enjoyment, and then helping to reacquaint yourself with your own mind and body when it comes to eating. Inspiring and uplifting, I can not recommend this highly enough. It has helped me on days where I have felt alone on this journey. Topics include Health At Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Body Positivity and so many more!
  • S.Rose52
    Fantastic
    Amazing info & very relevant to anyone that has struggles with food/overcominh disordered eating or an eating disorder.
  • ashrichards93
    Life changer
    I've always had an issue with diet and losing weight and fitting in with the 'norm'. Listening to this podcast and researching everything that Christy does made me realize that I have to stop. Stop dieting, stop trying to fit in with other people and to just love myself. Once I started loving myself I became happy and started having a healthy relationship with food. All I can say is this girl.. is incredible. The people that she talks to have also influenced me to becoming a better person.
  • Trtjade
    Amazing
    As a sufferer of anorexia I have found this podcast incredible ❤️
  • ShakruS
    Life changing
    This podcast introduced me to health in every size & intuitive eating. Has completely changed the way I look at food and health. Message needs to be shared. Thank you so much Christy for your wonderful podcast.
  • Mackyism
    One of my favourites
    This is a podcast I always listen to first when a new episode comes out. Thought provoking commentaries and wonderful guests, Christie really knows how to get the best out of her interviews. Definitely a must for anyone who wants to know more about health at every size, intuitive eating, eating disorder recovery and the social constructs that surround us in diet culture.
  • cgbp_
    So good
    Great interviews and information, body positive, thought provoking
  • Seanos70
    Awesome resource
    This podcast is a must for every person who endures a difficult relationship with food. It is informative, compassionate and uplifting and the quality of guest speakers is exceptional. I can't recommend it highly enough.
  • VicJdav
    Love your work
    It's great how you cover so many angles to food obsessions and eating disorders, body image and recovery. The people you are interviewing are also amazing. Jane, Melbourne Australia.
  • Elke Kora
    Developing self respect
    Each podcast I gather more insights understandings to better live and incorporate intuitive living. Breath of fresh air finally talk about respect for all bodies
  • OmIllusion
    Unexpected (to me) gem of a podcast
    I stumbled upon this podcast when one of Christy's guests posted their episode on Instagram. What a revelation! I didn't know there were people doing this kind of work out there! I love everything about what Christy is doing. She and her podcast are wonderful :)
  • JessekaLeigh84
    Excellent Podcast
    This podcast is such a joy to listen to. It is so relevant for many women and it is such a relief to listen to other people’s journeys and know firstly that you aren't alone in your struggles and that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
  • C_ranky
    Fantastic
    I love this podcast!! Really interesting and diverse guests with an incredibly important and powerful message.
  • Thericka
    I’m Eternally Grateful For Christy
    Christy is an empathetic, intelligence, witty, strong host and overall, a wonderful and eloquent communicator. Listening to this podcast has allowed me to get my life back and break the chains of dieting culture and unattainable societal expectations. When I was unable to find a therapist or doctor who understood my struggle, I found solace in this podcast and Christy’s words. At times, it can be confronting to listen to content expressed in his podcast but I feel that listening to Food Psych is cathartic because Christy’s guests are open about the nitty-gritty details of surviving an eating disorder and Christy demands (with a very loving approach) that her listeners be honest about their own thoughts and behaviours. I also love that all mention of numbers is bleeped out. Christy has gone to great lengths to foster an inclusive, accepting and loving atmosphere in her podcasts. I love your work, Christy!
  • KLM888
    Thank you Christy!
    I love listening to your podcast. Body positivity, health at every size, no diets and intuitive eating completely resonates with me. While I'm only at the beginning of my journey toward this mindset, I already feel more at peace and filled with hope. I always look forward to your weekly podcast!
  • BinVFA
    Fantastic!
    Christy has a way of speaking that makes you feel safe and nurtured and she also really knows her stuff. She has the most amazing guests on every week, each of whom has an interesting story and new insights. If you have ever been interested in Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, body positivity or just wondered why all this 'dieting' doesn't seem to ever get you anywhere, this is a podcast you should definitely give a listen to.
  • Caughtkneehope
    In love with this Podcast!
    This Podcast is incredible and extremely eye opening! I only discovered it two weeks ago and I've been devouring the episodes ever since, and already I can feel the changes it's making to the way I view the diet mentality. I have shared it with several friends so far and everyone has fallen in love with it as much as I have.
  • Andrea dietitian
    Pure brilliance
    I absolutely love this podcast. I work as a dietitian and going through university we were very much taught the traditional 'weight loss' methods. It never quite made sense to me and listening to this podcast (as well as doing other readings) has really helped me understand why dieting doesn't work and what we can do instead. The things I have learnt listening to this podcast have resulted in changes in the way I practice. It's also had flow on effects for the way I personally relate to food and my body. Thank you so much Christy your work is fabulous
  • Maileylou
    Body positive movement
    Inspiring podcast with insightful interviews and content. For anyone who is looking for an alternative to diet culture. Spreading the health at every size movement.
  • Stupid-app
    Love love love!!
    Absolutely love this podcast- Christy and her guests are helping me heal the relationship I have with food and my body.
  • Kazetka
    My favourite podcadt
    Love Food Psych!!! So helpful on my journey <3
  • Taysialouise
    Real talk
    I love this podcast! Christy (the host) is one of the most down to earth and genuine interviewers I've heard and you can feel the connection with her and her guests in each episode. There's just something so refreshing about this podcast and I have evolved my whole relationship with food and my body from what I've learnt here and the other people I've been introduced through these interviews. I don't think I would be half as happy and healthy as I am today without this show as it really helped pull me out of a very confusing time!
  • Kaylarhiannon
    Amazing podcast
    Fantastic body positive/recovery oriented content. You have helped me get through some tough times! Thanks 😃
  • EleanorBrianna
    Really important message
    I love this podcast! Each episode has a refreshing take on health that is missing in the wider media. I especially enjoy the focus on self-acceptance and enjoying life regardless of what you look like.
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