[Letter] Struggling with OCD, PCOS, and Intuitive Eating with Abbie Attwood

Find Your Food Voice

Julie Duffy Dillon RDN

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, host Julie Duffy Dillon and guest Abbie Attwood delve into the complexities of food relationships, particularly in the context of OCD and PCOS. They discuss the impact of diet culture, the trauma associated with restrictive eating, and the importance of self-compassion in the healing process. The conversation emphasizes the need for balance in eating habits and offers practical steps for recovery, highlighting that healing is a journey that takes time and patience.

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Keywords: OCD, PCOS, intuitive eating, diet culture, food relationships, self-compassion, eating disorders, recovery, body image, nutrition

Outline:

0:00 Welcome and Show Summary

Intro

Letter

Start of Interview

Follow with these listed here:

03:49 Understanding the Complexity of Food Relationships

06:12 The Impact of Diet Culture and Trauma

08:12 Navigating OCD and Eating Disorders

09:10 Self-Compassion and Healing Steps

12:03 The Journey Towards Balance and Recovery

15:05 Final Thoughts and Resources

Letter back from food

30:05 Bye!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the season 11 premiere and episode 419 of the Find Your Food Voice podcast. Today we are talking about OCD, PCOS, and intuitive eating, struggling with your relationship with food and have special guest, Abby Atwood. Let's get to it.
0:21.1	Hey there, VoiceFinder.
0:22.6	Welcome to this special episode.
0:25.5	I am so glad you're here.
0:27.2	Today is a letter episode.
0:30.0	Well, what does that mean?
0:31.5	I have letters from listeners just like you that I've accumulated over the years.
0:36.2	And some have really done a number
0:39.3	on my heart and made a very special impact. And what I've decided to do for season 11 is to have a
0:47.6	letter featured on every single guest episode. Today's episode, we have special guest
0:53.9	atwood. And we are going to be
0:57.3	featuring a letter from the archives from someone who was struggling with their relationship with food
1:02.3	while also trying to figure out life with late diagnosis OCD, PCOS, and trying to do it with intuitive eating. It's a lot. It's hard, but I know
1:13.7	there's so many people listening and maybe even you who can relate to this. Before we get to this
1:20.3	episode and hear this letter, I want to check in with you about something. Did you watch the
1:26.2	Fit for TV documentary? It's the Biggest Loser
1:30.0	documentary on Netflix. It just came out on Friday this past week, and I had to binge watch it.
1:37.0	Of course, I watched Biggest Loser when it first came out, and I was honestly horrified by the show. And I appreciate that my reaction was not the typical,
1:48.6	but I had been working with people with a complicated relationship with food for years already
1:53.6	at that point. And so it really was showing how in the United States, like how we were really missing the point. And it was also
2:03.7	really offensive to me how much people in higher weight bodies were just kind of used as a ploy
2:10.1	to get ridicule and lots of jokes. And yeah, it made me feel just really uncomfortable and heartbroken. So I have
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