#89: How to Heal Your Body Image with Vivienne McMaster, Body-Positive Photography Coach

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS

Health, Food, Bodypositive, Antidiet, Recovery, Fat, Dietculture, Weight, Eating, Positivity, Intuitive, Diet, Nutrition, Psychology, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Body

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Body-positive photography coach Vivienne McMaster shares the joy she took in food as a child, how she got pulled into diet culture in adolescence, how food shame manifested at her family dinner table, how she used self-portraiture to heal her relationship with her body, why certain types of photos can be more harmful than helpful in recovery, and lots more!

Vivienne McMaster is a photographer, workshop leader and positive body image advocate from Vancouver, Canada. She who helps folks around the world see themselves with compassion through their own camera lens. Her photographs have been seen in such places as Oprah.com and The Huffington Post. The camera and self-portraiture helped her heal her own negative body image and she's now on a mission share these tools and help folks choose compassion over critique, one photo at a time. You can more about her at beyourownbeloved.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, body positivity, and health at every
0:06.3	size.
0:07.3	I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified
0:11.2	intuitive eating counselor, specializing in weight-inclusive wellness.
0:15.6	Join me as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships
0:19.3	with food.
0:20.3	Hey there, welcome to episode 89 of Food Psych.
0:39.2	I have an amazing guest for you today.
0:41.4	Vivian McMaster is on the show.
0:43.8	She is a body positive photographer and photography teacher whose online courses help you use
0:50.1	photography for body positivity and self-love.
0:53.8	Her courses have helped so many people and I think there's such a unique take on the
0:58.7	whole photography for body acceptance movement because it's more about self-portraiture than
1:05.0	nude selfies.
1:06.0	And so we get into kind of the distinctions and why it's important to sort of look at
1:11.0	yourself from many different angles and also Vivian's story of recovering her body image
1:16.5	and relationship with food partly through photography.
1:20.6	So we'll get into all that in just a moment.
1:22.3	I cannot wait.
1:23.8	But first a couple of quick announcements.
1:26.1	The first is that my online Facebook group, the Food Psych podcast listener crew is really
1:31.5	gaining momentum and is just such a fun place to be.
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