045 It's Just a Cookie Health At Every Size With Marielle Berg, MFT

Nov 5, 2019

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TITLE

It's Just a Cookie—Health At Every Size (HAES)

GUEST

Marielle Berg, MFT

EPISODE OVERVIEW

Marielle Berg, MFT, host of the podcast It's Just a Cookie, talks about fat phobic language, body shaming, weight stigma and the false belief that body size is an indicator of psychological and emotional health. Marielle talks about the challenges of healthism, and labeling foods as healthy/unhealthy, which can result in compensatory eating. Marielle talks about the importance of having satisfaction and pleasure when eating, and learning to ask, "What am I hungry for?" We also talk about joyful movement vs. exercise and why this shift can be transformational.

HIGHLIGHTS

Our culture uses fat-phobic language
We discuss body shaming
The language we use—fat overweight or people in larger bodies
Often body size is used as an indicator of psychological or emotional health
98% of people who lose weight gain it back; if it was just about the weight, this number wouldn't be so high
Gaining weight is not necessarily due to poor self-esteem or trauma
If dieting worked, we'd be thin by now
12-step programs talk about eating as a spiritual problem
Compensatory eating is a reaction to restricting foods
Healthism talks about what is healthy or not healthy. Some foods are off limits which can lead to compensatory eating
In the therapy world often a fat client is infantilized, and it is organized around need and intake
There is a false belief that we are all meant to be thin
It's ok to get comfort from food—maybe that's chicken soup or birthday cake. Either is acceptable
We need to ditch the diet mentality
We want to look at intuitive eating
With food, we want permission, satisfaction and pleasure
How hungry am I?
What am I hungry for?
Intuitive eating is a process
We want to look at joyful movement vs. exercise
If you're interviewing a therapist or a nutritionist you want to ask
- Is it weight loss or weight management
- How do they feel about weight loss
- You want someone who has a weight neutral point of view
- You might want someone who is certified in intuitive eating

GUEST BIO

Marielle Berg is a psychotherapist and a coach who works with people healing from eating disorders, disorder eating and body shame through a Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating lens.

PODCAST HOST

Patricia Young hosts the podcast Unapologetically Sensitive, and works with Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) helping them to understand their HSP traits, and turning their perceived shortcomings into superpowers. Patricia is passionate about providing education to help HSPs and non-HSPs understand and truly appreciate the amazing gifts they have to offer. Patricia works globally online with HSPs providing coaching. Patricia also facilitates online groups for HSPs that focus on building community and developing skills (identifying your superpowers, boundaries, perfectionism, dealing with conflict, mindfulness, embracing emotions, creating a lifestyle that supports the HSP, communication and more).

LINKS

Marielle's Links

www.cookierevolution.org

www.bayareadbtcc.com

Podcasts—

Food Psych https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych

Dieticians Unplugged https://dietitiansunplugged.libsyn.com/

It's Just a Cookie https://cookierevolution.org/podcast/

https://benourished.org

https://www.intuitiveeating.org/

Books--

Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight by Linda Bacon