#27 What is "Gentle Nutrition?"

09/21/21 • 6 min

In this week’s episode, Jessica receives a question from a member from her Facebook community group, The Comfy Spot, about what is Gentle Nutrition and how that can be applied to someone who has or had actively engaged in dieting behaviours. Furthermore, Jessica speaks on being mindful of ourselves, giving ourselves the time for self care when needed.

Does raincouver ever give off a chilling vibe? Sort of like how we can get an uneasy feeling about our bodies from the judgement and shaming of eating. We don’t need to feel this way if we could regress to a time where we felt self-love and care for our bodies from food, and more of this is talked about in the podcast!
For more, Join us at The Comfy Spot - a Facebook community group filled with lovely people who support those who struggle with binge and emotional eating. Find encouragement from several people and more.

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#26 Impact of Diet Culture on School-aged Kids

The school year is upon us which raises several questions on the adversities that adolescent students deal with. As a student, these questions pop in and out throughout the school year, and in particular one question that is often on people’s minds is how do I perceive my relationship with food?

In today’s episode, Jessica brings Jen, who is a student counsellor, onto the show to discuss how school-age children perceive their relationship with food in the body.
Additionally, they also traverse the realms of sexualization seen on social media. Both highlight not only the milestones that sexualization has achieved, but also points out regressive downturns.

Also, check out the Connected Eating program! This program is intended to get members off diet restrictions and back to healing with food. If you’re feeling hesitant, or have any questions, feel free to set up a phone consultation through our email: [email protected]

Join us at our Facebook group: The Comfy Spot. We’re a supportive community with a focus on eating healthy and wellness. NO diets whatsoever. Not to mention we’ll also be reading The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. I’ll see you in there!

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#28 Are Some Foods Addictive?

Hello!
One topic that has been frequently discussed for a long time has been the myth of food addiction. As a note, addiction is a large subject on its own and the current studies are somewhat nebulous on how it could affect our relationship with food.
Despite this, Jessica discusses the question of how to practice eating intuitively if one feels like they have a food addiction. Jessica references several literature sources on what is addiction (see the transcript), and hypotheses on food addiction’s etiology. Take with a grain of salt that this episode scratches the surface on the topic of addiction but is tailored from a food lens.
If you haven’t already, hop on into the community Facebook group: The Comfy Spot. You’ll never have to feel alone struggling with food when you have the support of not only the comfiest group, but also the people in it!
Feel free to drop any questions for or ask to be featured on the podcast at [email protected].