#270: Big News About the Pod, Plus Weight Stigma, Money in Diet Culture, and the Evolution of Health At Every Size with Nancy Ellis-Ordway, HAES Therapist
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Health At Every Size® therapist Nancy Ellis-Ordway joins us to discuss weight stigma in education, healthcare, and beyond; why individual health behaviors are less important than they’re made out to be; the evolution of HAES® over time; the role of money and industry in perpetuating diet culture; and so much more. Plus, Christy shares some big news about her next project and the future of the podcast.
Nancy Ellis-Ordway, LCSW, PhD, is a psychotherapist with thirty years' experience, specializing in treating eating disorders, body image issues, stress, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. She offers individual, couple, and family therapy through her private practice in Jefferson City, MO. In addition to a Master of Social Work degree from Washington University, she has completed the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. She has written chapters for four books, as well as numerous articles for professional and general publications. Her book, Thrive At Any Weight; Eating to Nourish Body, Soul and Self Esteem was published in 2019. She also teaches classes for professional continuing education. She has a Ph.D. in Health Education and Promotion from the University of Missouri. Find her online at neomsw.com.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Food Psych is brought to you by my book, Anti-Diet, |
| 0:04.0 | Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, |
| 0:08.5 | which is available wherever books are sold. |
| 0:11.0 | Just go to ChristyHarrison.com slashbook to order it now. |
| 0:15.0 | That's ChristyHarrison.com slashbook. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, |
| 0:22.0 | health at every size, body liberation, and taking down diet culture. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm your host Christy Harrison, and I'm an Anti-Diet Registered Dietitian, |
| 0:31.0 | Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Author of Anti-Diet. |
| 0:35.0 | Join me here every week as I interview interesting people from all different backgrounds |
| 0:40.0 | about their paths toward peace with food and their bodies. |
| 0:43.0 | And by the way, on this show, we bleep out diet culture stuff like weight and calorie numbers, |
| 0:49.0 | but we don't censor swear words or other adult language, so listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:20.0 | Hey there, welcome to episode 270 of Food Psych. |
| 1:23.0 | I'm your host Christy Harrison, and today I'm talking with Health at Every Size Therapist Nancy Ellis Ordway |
| 1:30.0 | about weight stigma and education, healthcare, and beyond. |
| 1:34.0 | How a focus on weight and individual responsibility distracts from addressing |
| 1:39.0 | more important systemic issues. |
| 1:42.0 | The evolution of health at every size over time, the role of money and industry |
| 1:47.0 | in perpetuating diet culture and so much more. |
| 1:50.0 | I can't wait to share our conversation with you in just a moment. |
| 1:53.0 | It's a really good one with someone who's been in the field for a very long time, |
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