#154: The Truth About Recovery with Jes Baker, Author of "Landwhale"
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2018
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Body-liberation activist and author Jes Baker joins to talk about her new book, Landwhale; the value in all kinds of coping mechanisms and why we need to stop demonizing so-called “emotional eating;” the transmission of body negativity, body dysmorphia, and chronic dieting through family members; the swinging pendulum between Dietland and Donutland; and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to deal with family members commenting on your snack choices, and whether intuitive eating really requires us to eat entirely without distractions.
JES BAKER is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She believes in the importance of body autonomy, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language.
When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world, working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties. Find her online at TheMilitantBaker.com
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| 1:20.1 | Hey there, welcome to episode 154 of Food Psych. |
| 1:23.3 | I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and today I'm talking with the amazing activist and author, |
| 1:27.8 | Jess Baker, for her second appearance on the pod. We talked about her new book Land Well and what |
| 1:33.2 | it was like to write that. The value in all kinds of coping mechanisms and why we need to stop demonizing |
| 1:38.8 | so-called emotional eating. The transmission of body negativity, body dysmorphia, and chronic |
| 1:44.0 | dieting through family members. The difference between intellectually understanding health at every |
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