We had the pleasure of sitting down with the lovely Holly Lowery, an eating disorder recovery coach, an anti-diet advocate, and the host of the Well + Weird podcast. This is a great conversation about finding love for our body, finding health no matter where you fall on the weight spectrum, and embracing exactly who you are + who you’re supposed to be.

It’s also a conversation that a lot of women NEED to have, but are afraid after years of programming telling us that we need to look, eat, or act a certain way – but that’s not the case!

We Chat About:

• When a tornado stopped us from recording
• Healing human body weirdness
• How dieting teaches us not to listen to our intuition + bodies
• The story we’ve been sold about weight
• How perfectionism + wanting to fit in can escalate into disordered eating
• Recovering from disordered eating
• Speaking out loud + finding support
• Signs of disordered eating
• Reaching out to dieticians with experience in eating disorder recovery – NOT someone offering “weight management”
• Why aggressive weight loss or weight maintenance isn’t usually healthier (and doesn’t usually make you happier)
• Aligning your choices with yourself
• Is “feeling fat” or “feeling thin” real?
• The problem with “the war on obesity”
• How body positivity has been co-opted by diet culture
• Holly’s coaching + podcast

Resources:

• Learn more at HollyLowery.com
• Listen to Well + Weird: hollylowery.com/well-and-weird
• Connect with Holly: Instagram | Twitter

Shout Outs:

• Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight by Linda Bacon
• Find an expert at eatright.org
• The Body Is Not an...

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