NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing with Cherie Miller

12/27/21 • 46 min

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma WarriorsTM.

In NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Cherie Miller, MS, LPC, talks to us about the diet NOOM.

Cherie is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas. She is founder and owner of Food Freedom TherapyTM, a group practice of therapists and coaches who help people make peace with food and their bodies. Cherie has 15 years years of experience as an eating disorder therapist, mentor, speaker, educator, and advocate. She is also a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (IAEDP) and the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH).

What brought Cherie to this work
What is NOOM?
Where is NOOM?
Cherie's experience free trialing NOOM
How many people use NOOM?
What are the two main claims of NOOM
Is NOOM a diet? They say NO, we say Yes!
What's wrong with NOOM?
NOOM and being deceptive
NOOM , colour coding and counting calories
Intentional weight loss
Splitting: Good and bad foods
95% diets don't work but NOOM claims life long results
Is NOOM's evidence correct?
What's wrong with weighing oneself daily?
Obsessive behaviour, disordered eating and eating disorders
Should therapists support their clients to participate in NOOM or other intentional weight loss?
The use of the term 'obesity' and the obesity epidemic
Weight oppression, bias and stigma of clients in bigger bodies
The Health at Every Size at movement
Grieving the loss of the fact that weight loss doesn't work
Developing a healthy and trusting relationship with your body
Cherie’s top tips for women at home
Be intentional about your social media feed

For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/045-noom-the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma WarriorsTM.

In NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Cherie Miller, MS, LPC, talks to us about the diet NOOM.

What brought Cherie to this work
What is NOOM?
Where is NOOM?
Cherie's experience free trialing NOOM
How many people use NOOM?
What are the two main claims of NOOM
Is NOOM a diet? They say NO, we say Yes!
What's wrong with NOOM?
NOOM and being deceptive
NOOM , colour coding and counting calories
Intentional weight loss
Splitting: Good and bad foods
95% diets don't work but NOOM claims life long results
Is NOOM's evidence correct?
What's wrong with weighing oneself daily?
Obsessive behaviour, disordered eating and eating disorders
Should therapists support their clients to participate in NOOM or other intentional weight loss?
The use of the term 'obesity' and the obesity epidemic
Weight oppression, bias and stigma of clients in bigger bodies
The Health at Every Size at movement
Grieving the loss of the fact that weight loss doesn't work
Developing a healthy and trusting relationship with your body
Cherie’s top tips for women at home
Be intentional about your social media feed

For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/045-noom-the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/

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Healing Trauma with Music Therapy with Maya Benattar

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma WarriorsTM.

In Healing Trauma with Music Therapy, Maya Benattar talks with us about all things music therapy.

Maya Benattar, MA, MT-BC, LCAT is a music therapist and psychotherapist in private practice in Midtown Manhattan and online throughout NY state. Her specialties include anxiety, developmental/intergenerational trauma and highly sensitive people (HSP). In addition to her clinical work, Maya offers supervision/consultation for other therapists, provides professional development and wellness workshops, and offers restorative workshops for helpers and healers. Maya received her master’s degree from New York University, and has completed extensive postgraduate training in vocal psychotherapy, creative arts therapies in healing trauma treatment, and music and imagery.

In Healing Trauma with Music Therapy, Maya also talks about:

What it was that brought her to this work
What is music therapy?
What types of music would someone use in music therapy?
Do people have to be musical to go to music therapy?
Why would someone come to music therapy?/What symptoms are they struggling with?
Disordered eating, trauma (CPTSD), attachment trauma and music therapy
Coming back to the body
How can music therapy improve our mental health and help us heal and grow?
What does a music therapy session look like?
What is vocal psychotherapy?
Inside Out, Psychosynthesis, parts and subpersonalities (training)
What happens in a music therapy workshop?
Maya's favourite piece of music

For the show notes, go to https://www.thesoulcentre.online/044-healing-trauma-with-music-therapy/

Next Episode

How Therapists Reinforce Unworthiness When They Support Intentional Weight Loss with Allison Puryear

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma WarriorsTM.

In How Therapists Reinforce Unworthiness When They Support Intentional Weight Loss, Allison Puryear, talks specifically to therapists about supporting clients who come wanting to lose weight.

In How Therapists Reinforce Unworthiness When They Support Intentional Weight Loss, Allison also talks about:

What brought her to this work
Are eating disorder patients hard to work with?
Trauma and eating disorders
Why this episode is specifically for therapists
What's wrong with supporting clients with intentional weight loss?
We are a field based on science, until it comes to weight loss
Weight stigma and fatness
Feeling like a personal failure
90% of diets fail
Socio economic inequalities and intentional weight loss
What gets missed when we focus on client's weight?
Shame and weight loss
Eating disorders work!
Thin privilege and being a therapist
What is fat phobia?
Cheryl Fuller on fat phobia
Fat, fat, fat, fat, fat - Allison says fat about a million times ;)
Neutralising fat phobia
Discrimination against fat people
Why we use quotation marks when we talk about "obesity"
Do you want to contribute to the development of an eating disorder?
Deprivation and restriction
There is a whole other world out there when we stop dieting
What is the work that therapists need to do?
Intuitive eating
Demonizing foods
Recommended books: Intuitive eating, Anti-Diet, Health At Every Size, Body Respect
Health at Every Size
Mourning the loss of being thin
Eating disorder training
Refer out if necessary
Find a therapist who will not support intentional weight loss
Invisalign and disordered eating