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Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

#162: Self-Esteem and Diet Recovery with Victoria Welsby, Body-Image Activist

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Mental Health

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Body-image activist Victoria Welsby joins us to discuss the connection between self-esteem and intuitive eating, how to heal from trauma related to food and body, fighting back against internalized fatphobia and body shame, setting compassionate boundaries, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to dissuade kids when they begin to subscribe to diet culture and body shaming.

Victoria is a body image activist, confidence expert, Adjunct Professor at UBC and TEDx speaker. She went from being homeless, abused with self esteem that was achingly low into the courageous fat activist and change maker she is today. Victoria helps people fall in love with themselves and is dedicated to changing the way society views fat bodies. Find her online at BamPowLife.com, and join her free webinar "The 4 Steps I Took to Go from Meek and Mild to Courageous and Confident" (our affiliate link).

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of Food Psych is brought to you by my online course in two

0:03.0

of the eating fundamentals. If you're ready to leave diet culture behind and

0:06.5

reclaim the life at Stole From You, learn more and sign up at

0:09.6

christiharrison.com slash course. That's christiharrison.com slash course.

0:14.7

Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, health and

0:18.4

every size, body liberation, and taking down diet culture. I'm your host

0:22.8

christiharrison and I'm an anti-diet registered dietitian and certified

0:26.1

intuitive eating counselor offering online courses and programs to help

0:29.6

people all over the world make peace with food. Join me here every week as I

0:33.5

talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their

0:36.4

relationships with food and their bodies.

0:38.2

I remember I was teething, little gums bleeding,

0:44.4

cry day evening, it was all about eating. When I became a teen, it was all about

0:49.4

beef and now ready for the world. Try and sink my teeth in. Stacking it.

0:53.9

Hey there, welcome to episode 162 of Food Psych. I'm your host christiharrison and

0:58.6

today I'm talking with Victoria Wellsby, the body image activist and

1:02.1

confidence coach whom you may know from her brand and her social media handles

1:06.0

Bam Pow Life. We talked about the connection between self-esteem and intuitive

1:10.3

eating, how to heal from trauma related to food and body,

1:14.3

fighting back against internalized fat phobia and body shame and a whole lot more.

1:18.8

So that's coming up in just a moment. It's a really great one and she has

1:21.8

overcome so much in her life. She has such an inspiring story so I can't wait to

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