#91: Becoming an Anti-Diet & HAES Dietitian with Jennifer McGurk, Eating-Disorders Specialist
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2017
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Body-positive dietitian Jennifer McGurk shares her history of body shame and disordered eating, her journey to recovery, how her career evolved alongside her own relationship with food, why she's fighting to make Health at Every Size training part of the academic requirements for dietitians and other healthcare professionals, how pregnancy changed her relationship with her body, and lots more!
Jennifer McGurk, RDN, CDN, CDE, CEDRD is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist whose mission is to help people heal from diets, and find peace and balance with their food choices. She is the owner of Eat With Knowledge in Nyack, NY. She leads a team of dietitians who support the philosophy, “Feel fabulous about food!”
As a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian, Jennifer combines her expertise in medical nutrition therapy, psychology, and physiology to help clients understand their eating behaviors, and gain the insight needed to make positive changes for their health. She is an expert in the field of eating disorders and also supervises other Registered Dietitians.
Jennifer has created the business Pursuing Private Practice, along with authoring a book series of the same name, to help other healthcare professionals reach their goal of owning their own business. Pursuing Private Practice: 10 Steps to Start Your Own Business was released in January 2016, and Pursuing Private Practice: 10 Steps to Grow Your Own Business was released in April 2016. She is working on an e-course that will be out April 2017. Find her online at EatWithKnowledge.com or PursuingPrivatePractice.com, and be sure to sign her HAES petition!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, body positivity, and health at every |
| 0:06.2 | size. |
| 0:07.2 | 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. |
| 0:15.3 | Join me as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships |
| 0:19.3 | with food. |
| 0:21.3 | Hey there, welcome to episode 91 of Food Psych. |
| 0:38.8 | I am your host, Kristi Harrison. |
| 0:41.2 | And today I'm talking with Jennifer McGurk, who is a fellow body positive and health |
| 0:45.4 | at every size dietitian. |
| 0:47.2 | She specializes in helping people recover from disordered eating, and she also has a business |
| 0:52.6 | helping other dietitians launch their private practices. |
| 0:56.3 | We had a great conversation about building a body positive and health at every size private |
| 1:01.2 | practice about the problems with dietitian training in general and why we need more |
| 1:07.1 | health at every size education for dietitians. |
| 1:10.4 | Pregnancy and the body changes that go along with it and the need for support around pregnancy |
| 1:15.6 | and a whole lot more. |
| 1:16.6 | So we really had a nice, far-ranging conversation touching on a lot of topics that I think |
| 1:21.0 | are important in the health at every size movement, and I can't wait to share that with you |
| 1:25.2 | in just a moment. |
| 1:26.8 | But first, a couple of quick announcements. |
| 1:29.1 | The first is that my online Facebook group, the Food Psych podcast listener crew, is |
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