Ep36: Healing Your Relationship with Food & Overcoming Disordered Eating with Anna Sweeney

01/06/20 • 49 min

Anna Sweeney is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Specialist and owner of Whole Life Nutrition. Anna is an expert in the treatment of individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and emotional eating. She combines her knowledge of the science of nutrition and experience in the treatment of eating disorders with direct, compassionate, and heartfelt care to help her clients realize the pleasures of living a Whole Life. Anna’s goal is to help her clients to heal their relationships with food and body, trust their own wisdom, appreciate self-care, and to enjoy every bite along the way.
In this episode, Anna and I discuss:
* My experience with an eating disorder
* The reason Anna specialized in eating disorders
* Anna’s attempt to heal her multiple sclerosis through nutrition
* The value and power of intuitive eating
* How diet culture puts food on a pedestal
* Packaging old nutrition concepts as groundbreaking “new science”
* Challenging the idea of food rules
* How to learn to incorporate “challenge foods”
* Disordered eating behaviors that are culturally praised vs. shamed
* Biological causes of binge eating
* The reason you’re feeling preoccupied by food
* How to know if you’re being restrictive with food
* The guideline of 3’s
* How to work through your fears surrounding food
* The importance of getting support to heal
* The fact that health exists at any size, in a wide variety of bodies (HAES)
* Devastating effects of weight stigma & discrimination
* Thin privilege
* Genetic diversity of bodies
* How diet culture hijacks “health” terms and buzzwords
* The danger of trainers making specific nutrition recommendations to clients
* That there’s no magical cure in nutrition
* Anna’s relationship to her body having MS
* The importance of modifying programs for all body sizes
Learn more about Anna and Whole Life Nutrition: wholeliferd.com
Follow Anna on Instagram: @dietitiananna

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Ep35: Osteopathy & A Holistic Approach to Performance with Gus Kandilas

Gus is an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner for Toronto FC and the Canadian National Kickboxing Team. Gus is a graduate from the University of Windsor as well as Indiana State University. In 2003, he completed his Doctorate in Osteopathy Manual Practice from the Canadian College of Osteopathy. As an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner and Athletic Therapist, he uses both skills in his private practice and with professional athletes. Gus has taught for over 20 years at York University in the Athletic Therapy/Kinesiology and Health Sciences Department.
In this episode, Gus and I discuss:
* The practice of osteopathy
* “Natural, holistic, hands-on approach to healthcare”
* Searching for the true CAUSE of a problem
* Helping the body heal itself
* Prioritizing the body’s systems
* Working with athletes
* Looking at the body as a whole
* Why a body might require the same adjustments over and over again
* Helping the client understand WHY
* Understanding fascia
* Getting buy-in from clients
* Osteopathic adjustments
* Having a rib out of place and the cascade of effects
* Treating athletes with performance pressures
* Why he loves teaching
* Lifelong learning
* Other treatment modalities such as laser and ultrasound
* Following up treatment with training
* Working with trainers
* Establishing a network of practitioners
* Getting Eriq to buy in to osteopathy
* How he was drawn to the practice
* What sets the best practitioners apart from others
Learn more about Osteopathy in Ontario and Find a Practitioner: osteopathyontario.org
Learn about Athletic Therapy at York University: yorku.ca/athletic-therapy-certificate

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Ep37: BEST and WORST of the Decade: Fitness, Nutrition, Wellness and More with Cassie Day

Cassie Day is a functional strength coach and the founder of All Day Fit in Toronto, ON.
In this episode of the podcast, Cassie and I discuss our opinions on:
* The best & worst fitness trends of the decade
* Social media trends of the decade
* The best apps of the decade
* The best artist of the decade
* The best movie of the decade
* The best & worst nutrition trends of the decade
* The best TV show of the decade
* Wellness trends of the decade
* The most influential women of the decade
* Our favorite moments of the decade
Find All Day Fit at alldayfit.com or follow @alldayfit.co on Instagram.
Find Cassie @cassiedayyy on Instagram.