#212: Breaking Free From Restriction and Food Obsession with Alissa Rumsey, Anti-Diet Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Fellow anti-diet dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor Alissa Rumsey shares her experience with intuitive eating personally and professionally, how adopting a Health At Every Size® approach shifted her work with food companies, how stopping exercise helped her examine her relationship with movement and with her body, what she learned when she stopped wearing makeup, and so much more!
Alissa Rumsey MS, RD, CDN, CSCS is a New York City-based registered dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who is passionate about empowering women to reclaim the space to eat and live unapologetically. She is the founder of Alissa Rumsey Nutrition and Wellness, a weight-inclusive private practice that specializes in intuitive eating, body acceptance and disordered eating recovery. Her philosophy is rooted in the anti-diet and Health at Every Size (HAES®) framework, as she believes true health comes from nurturing behaviors to enhance physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Through her virtual one-on-one coaching and online programs, she helps people break the dieting cycle and cultivate a healthy and peaceful relationship with food and their bodies.
Alissa’s expertise is regularly featured on television, online, and in print. She is a monthly contributor to US News and World Report and has appeared in over 100 media outlets including NBC Nightly News, CNN, SELF and Women’s Health. Alissa earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Dietetics and Exercise Science and a Master’s of Science degree in Health Communications. In her spare time, Alissa can be found traveling to far-off countries, and, as a self-proclaimed “foodie,” exploring the expansive New York City food scene. Find her online at AlissaRumsey.com.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Food Psych is brought to you by my online course Intuitive Eating Fundamentals. |
| 0:05.0 | If you're ready to break free from diet culture and reclaim the life it stole from you, |
| 0:09.0 | learn more and sign up at chrissyhererson.com slash course. |
| 0:13.0 | That's chrissyhererson.com slash course. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, health at every size, |
| 0:21.0 | body liberation, and taking down diet culture. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm your host, Chrissy Harrison, and I'm an anti-diet registered dietitian |
| 0:28.0 | certified intuitive eating counselor and author of the forthcoming book, |
| 0:32.0 | anti-diet, reclaim your time, money, well-being, and happiness through intuitive eating, |
| 0:37.0 | which is available for pre-order now. |
| 0:40.0 | Join me here every week as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life |
| 0:43.0 | about their relationships with food and their bodies. |
| 0:46.0 | And by the way, on this show, we bleep out diet culture stuff like weight and calorie numbers, |
| 0:51.0 | but we don't censor swear words or other adult language, |
| 0:54.0 | so listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:58.0 | And I guide revolution with my health at every size, |
| 1:08.0 | with food to my food sign. |
| 1:18.0 | Hey there, welcome to episode 212 of Food Psych. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm your host, Chrissy Harrison, and today I'm talking with Alyssa Rumsy, |
| 1:29.0 | a fellow anti-diet dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor. |
| 1:33.0 | She shares her experience with intuitive eating both personally and professionally, |
| 1:38.0 | how adopting a health at every size approach shifted her work with food companies, |
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