[Letter] How do I control health without a diet using intuitive eating with dietitian Bonnie Roney

Find Your Food Voice

Julie Duffy Dillon RDN

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Julie Duffy Dillon and Bonnie Roney discuss the transition from traditional dieting methods to intuitive eating, emphasizing the importance of self-compassion and community support. They explore the challenges faced by health professionals in balancing client expectations with a weight-inclusive approach, and the emotional journey of embracing change. The conversation highlights the significance of focusing on what is within our control and the necessity of building a supportive community for both clients and practitioners.

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Keywords: intuitive eating, diet culture, health, weight loss, personal trainers, community support, emotional healing, compassion, food relationships, body positivity

Outline:

04:28 This episode’s letter

06:53 About Bonnie Roney

07:46 Answering this Dear Food Letter

09:44 Embracing Change and Finding Support

12:51 Understanding Control in Client Relationships

15:51 Building Community and Emotional Resilience

18:44 Resources for Growth and Healing

21:50 Final Thoughts and Moving Forward

30:44 Food’s Letter Back

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to episode 424 of the Find Your Food Voice podcast.
0:04.3	Today, we are talking about how to control your health and weight without dieting with special guests, Bonnie Rooney.
0:11.4	Let's get to it.
0:14.0	Hey there, VoiceFinder.
0:15.5	I am Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian, and your host of the Find Your Food Voice podcast.
0:22.5	Thank you for joining me today,
0:29.2	and today's episode is a letter episode. What is a letter episode? Well, this is where I have listeners just like you, write in, and they unpack their complicated relationship with food. And today,
0:35.5	I have a letter that's actually an archived letter.
0:38.5	What that means is this is a letter we've answered before in the podcast probably hundreds
0:43.4	of episodes ago, but we are revisiting it because it's just so good and juicy. And this person
0:50.0	who wrote in is someone who works in the health space and is starting to see how harmful dieting
0:56.9	is, but also is trying to run a business on how to help people improve their health as a fitness
1:02.3	trainer and is wondering like how to make this all work.
1:06.5	And I invited Bonnie Rooney, who's a fellow registered dietitian, to join me on this episode, specifically
1:12.4	Bonnie, to answer this letter for a special reason. And we're going to unpack that in this episode.
1:19.0	What I want you to know is that stay for the end, because the very end of this episode is when
1:24.0	food writes back and answers this letter writer It gives us some insight on what to do
1:29.2	next. So be sure you stick around for the end to catch the letter back from food. So if you too
1:33.9	have a complicated history of food, I want to make sure that you know about the Find Your Food
1:37.6	Voice book. Yes, the Find Your Food Voice book came out in March and it is ready to be purchased
1:42.3	anywhere books are sold. and I would love for you
1:45.4	to have your own copy. For just $20, you get access to all the tools that I used over a year
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