Dana, Hilary, and Sirius are joined by eating disorder dietitian Anna Sweeney (Dietitian Anna) to discuss chronic illness, eating disorders and wellness grifters.

Anna shares her path into dietetics, and the professional unlearning and repair involved in her work. The conversation explores body grief, disability and ableism and feeling betrayed by the body. Anna critiques wellness grifters, “root cause” marketing, anti-inflammatory cure diets, and current GLP-1 weight-loss culture, linking these to capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. She describes her course Chronically Nourished, focused on ending outsourced body wisdom and building body relationship.

RESOURCES

Anna Sweeney / Chronically Nourished / Instagram

Anna’s IG post on Detoxes

Anna’s IG post on The Freshman 15

Anna’s IG post on Root Causes

Anna’s IG post on Gut Health

Anna’s IG post on Food Sensitivity Tests

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Dana, Sirius, and Hilary return from their sabbatical to share personal updates—creative projects and rest, a major home remodel, travel to Minneapolis and San Francisco, and reflections on making space to think. In Fat Liberation Month, They discuss Fat Liberation Month, fat joy and discrimination, the cultural normalization of extreme thinness and disordered eating, and the debate about commenting on people’s bodies; emphasizing nuance, context, and the harms of casual “Ozempic” language as a verb/adjective. They announce an October 16 webinar, “GLP-1 and Kids: What Ethical Care Requires Now,” co-facilitated with Regan Chastain.

RESOURCES

Reclaiming Body Trust

Our Groundwork Training

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)

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October 16, 10 a.m. to noon PDT

GLP-1 and Kids: What Ethical Care Requires Now
with Regan Chastain and Rachel Petersen Nguyen

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In this rerun of episode 43 Hilary, Sirius and Dana welcome Center for Body Trust program coordinator and coach Meg Bradbury to discuss orthorexia. Meg shares their background and describes growing up with body shaming, prior eating disorder histories, and how “healthy eating” escalated into orthorexia. The hosts unpack the overlap orthorexia has with influencer culture, toxic masculinity, and white-supremacist-coded “purity” narratives, and warn about restrictive medical/naturopathic food advice. Meg underscores the importance of recovery support by way of community, patience and non-linear healing.

02:52 Meg discussing their journey to Body Trust

11:10 Meg shares how their Orthorexia developed and escalates

31:43 The impact of Influencers and Wellness Culture on orthorexia

41:38 Medical Nuance and Restriction Risks

44:37 ED Risks Beyond Size

45:51 Food Advice and Performative Health

01:06:48 MAHA and co-opting body liberation language

01:08:41 How To Start Healing

RESOURCES

How White Nationalists Infiltrated the Wellness Movement

Orthorexia & Diet Culture in the Family (Meg with her daughter Carson)
Healthism: The Desire to be Healthy Gone Wrong

Coaching with Meg Bradbury

Certified Body Trust Provider Directory

Are you tired of “weighting” to live your life? Our beloved No More Weighting program is a self-paced e-course to introduce you to Body Trust. It is available for purchase now! Learn more here.

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