Diet Culture Rebel Podcast
Bonnie Roney
Ready to eat without guilt, support your actual health, and start giving diet culture the middle finger? You’re in the right place.
The Diet Culture Rebel podcast is your trusted space for breaking free from food rules, healing your relationship with your body, and learning how to eat without shame, stress, or obsession - while honoring your health in a way that actually feels good.
Hosted by Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Bonnie Roney, each episode delivers straightforward, no-BS guidance to help you ditch diets for good. Through expert interviews and solo deep dives, Bonnie brings you health-promoting, mindset-shifting insights that leave you feeling empowered - not overwhelmed.
“I’ve learned what’s happening inside my brain and body, and [Bonnie] gives incredible suggestions and insights on how to start the process of healing my relationship with food.”
- Diet Culture Rebel listener
With over 200 episodes and thousands of weekly listeners, this podcast is your permission slip to trust your body, reject diet culture, and take your power back - one episode at a time.
Subscribe now and listen every Wednesday.
👉 Connect with Bonnie on Instagram @DietCultureRebel
👉 Learn more about working with the DCR team at DietCultureRebel.com
The Diet Culture Rebel podcast is your trusted space for breaking free from food rules, healing your relationship with your body, and learning how to eat without shame, stress, or obsession - while honoring your health in a way that actually feels good.
Hosted by Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Bonnie Roney, each episode delivers straightforward, no-BS guidance to help you ditch diets for good. Through expert interviews and solo deep dives, Bonnie brings you health-promoting, mindset-shifting insights that leave you feeling empowered - not overwhelmed.
“I’ve learned what’s happening inside my brain and body, and [Bonnie] gives incredible suggestions and insights on how to start the process of healing my relationship with food.”
- Diet Culture Rebel listener
With over 200 episodes and thousands of weekly listeners, this podcast is your permission slip to trust your body, reject diet culture, and take your power back - one episode at a time.
Subscribe now and listen every Wednesday.
👉 Connect with Bonnie on Instagram @DietCultureRebel
👉 Learn more about working with the DCR team at DietCultureRebel.com
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 29, 2023 • 31min
How Noom Uses Anti-Diet Language to Sell a Dieting Program
In today’s episode, Bonnie does a Noom deep dive and shares her professional take on it as a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor! Resource listed in episode: It’s time to reject dieting like the Diet Culture Rebel you’re ready to become! Click this link or go to https://dietculturerebel.com/3-ways-to-give-diet-culture-the-middle-finger to download our free guide. Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
Mar 22, 2023 • 37min
How to Set Realistic Expectations When Healing Your Relationship with Food with Dr. Rachel Millner
In this week’s episode, Bonnie is joined by psychologist and fat activist, Dr. Rachel Millner, Psy.D. In today’s episode Bonnie & Rachel will discuss: realistic expectations to set when healing your relationship with food ups and downs that come with healing work the most important thing to look for when finding a therapist the most common driver contributing to disordered eating & eating disorders how healing your relationship with food can feel so rewarding and so much more! Connect with Dr. Rachel: Website: http://www.rachelmillnertherapy.com Instagram: @drrachelmillner Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
Mar 15, 2023 • 35min
It's Time for Fat Liberation with Jessica Wilson
In this week’s episode, Bonnie is joined by Registered Dietitian, Jessica Wilson. Jessica is a clinical dietitian, consultant and author, whose experiences navigating the dietetic fields as a Black, queer dietitian have been featured on public radio shows and in print media, including the New York Times, Bustle, and Cronkite News. In today’s episode Bonnie & Jessica will discuss: How dismantling diet culture isn’t enough; we need fat liberation Use of the word fat & why there is a reclaiming of it Where the body positive movement falls short Benefits of moving towards fat liberation Risks of not moving towards fat liberation What’s at the root of many weight gain fears and so much more! Connect with Jessica: Website: jessicawilsonmsrd.com Book: It’s Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies Instagram: @jessicawilsonmsrd Instagram accounts mentioned in podcast: @rds_for_neurodiversity @whitneytrotter.rd @antiracistrd Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here. Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Submit your questions at dietculturerebel.com/podcast.
Mar 8, 2023 • 27min
Q&A: Blood Sugar Management, Dealing with Casual Dieting Conversations, and More Book Recs
In today’s episode, Bonnie answers questions about: how to manage blood sugars without dieting tips to positively deal with people in your life who are constantly talking about dieting and bodies Intuitive Eating book recommendations Resources mentioned in podcast: Free guide: 3 Easy Ways to Give Diet Culture The Middle Finger Intuitive Eating book recommendations Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
Mar 1, 2023 • 32min
When Diet Culture & Pregnancy Advice Collide with The Prenatal Nutritionist Ryann Kipping
In this week’s episode, Bonnie is joined by Registered Dietitian, Ryann Kipping. Ryann is the owner and founder of The Prenatal Nutritionist, a resource for evidence-based pregnancy nutrition information. In today’s episode Bonnie & Ryann will discuss: Diet culture in the pregnancy space Pregnancy nutrition misinformation on social media & google Deciphering fact vs. fiction when looking for pregnancy nutrition information How to use social media positively and so much more! Connect with Ryann: IG: @prenatalnutritionist Website: new.theprenatalnutritionlibrary.com Resource mentioned in podcast: Free guide: 3 Easy Ways to Give Diet Culture The Middle Finger Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
Feb 22, 2023 • 42min
What Exactly IS Intuitive Eating?
Applications for the March 2023 Group Coaching Cohort are officially open! You don’t want to miss this cohort because it’s the LAST cohort you can join until late summer! If you’re ready to stop quick fix diets and create a healthy, longterm and sustainable relationship with food, go to dietculturerebel.com/group-coaching and apply. After you apply, Bonnie will personally review your application and send you an email with next steps and how to secure your spot. In today’s episode Bonnie discusses: What Intuitive Eating is Why just choosing to not diet & eat all the foods is not Intuitive Eating 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating How Intuitive Eating can help you create a healthy relationship with food and so much more! Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here. Resources referenced in episode: https://www.intuitiveeating.org/definition-of-intuitive-eating/ http://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/ Intuitive Eating books
Feb 15, 2023 • 51min
Stopping the Self-Blame... And the Dieting with Former Client Hayley
Applications for the March 2023 Group Coaching Cohort are officially open! You don’t want to miss this cohort because it’s the LAST cohort you can join until late summer and we are only accepting 10 clients! If you’re ready to stop quick fix diets and create a healthy, longterm and sustainable relationship with food, go to dietculturerebel.com/group-coaching and apply. After you apply, Bonnie will personally review your application and send you an email with next steps and how to secure your spot. In this week’s episode, Bonnie is joined by former group coaching client Hayley who shares steps she took to create a healthier relationship with food. In today’s episode Bonnie & Hayley will discuss: Why Hayley stopped dieting How Hayley made food hold less power over her Making peace with food Weight stigma in healthcare Thinking about food less Gentle nutrition without dieting and so much more! Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
Feb 8, 2023 • 23min
Listener Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Food Addiction, Guilt, and Weight Gain!
In this week’s episode, Bonnie is answering juicy listener questions about: sugar addiction moving away from food guilt how she is doing with pregnancy weight gain Grab Diet Culture Rebel’s NEW and FREE guide: 3 Easy Ways to Give Diet Culture The Middle Finger here Want to submit a listener question? Go to www.dietculturerebel.com/podcast and submit yours! Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
Feb 1, 2023 • 49min
Your Body Image Is How You Value Yourself, Not How You View Yourself
In this week’s episode, Bonnie is joined by Dr. Lindsay Kite who was on Dr. Phil!! Dr. Lindsay has her PHD in the study of female body image and coauthored her book, More Than A Body, Your Body Is An Instrument Not An Ornament, with her twin sister Lexi. In today’s episode Bonnie & Dr. Lindsay discuss: Biggest misconceptions about body image Why the “all bodies are beautiful” strategy isn’t a longterm solution to develop positive body image Body image resilience How to challenge negative body image How to feel confidence & empowerment in your body and so much more! Connect with Dr. Lindsay: Book: More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament (2020, HarperCollins) Instagram: @beauty_redefined Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
Jan 18, 2023 • 40min
Busting Gut Health Myths and Misinformation with Beth Rosen
In this week’s episode, Bonnie is joined by Beth Rosen who is a weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian specializing in GI nutrition and disordered eating. In today’s episode Bonnie & Beth will discuss: What gut health really is How dieting impacts gut health Foods to support a diverse and healthy gut microbiome Removing a food as a nutrition intervention vs. diet culture The key to daily healthy poops Gut health misinformation in wellness culture and so much more! Connect with Beth: Instagram: @bethrosenrd Website: www.BethRosenRD.com Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.
