Blog Categories: Ask the RD

Carbs Are Not The Problem- But Your Relationship With Them May Be

Frequently Asked Nutrition Questions

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Ask the RD: So What’s the Deal with Dairy!?

Oh do I have an exciting announcement for you all!

Oh do I have an exciting announcement for you all!!

I now take Cigna in CT through @healingspringswellness!

I am so excited to be taking insurance and removing *some* barriers to getting the treatment needed and deserved.

If you are in CT, have Cigna, and want to work with me for eating disorder treatment or otherwise, please head over to Healing Springs Wellness and schedule an appointment.

If you are able to pay privately, I am always accepting new clients 🤗

Stay tuned for more insurance updates!

Join us for a discussion on the nuances of body im

Join us for a discussion on the nuances of body image amongst BBIPOC (Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Persons of Color) folks and how this can impact disordered eating in these communities! Wednesday, August 24th at 3pm PST/4pm MST/5pm CST/6pm EST. If there are any topics or questions you'd like us to cover, drop them in the comments below. See you there! 🤗

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Description of image: "The desire to alter your body can be a survival skill" is written on a white background.

Taking my chances with a static post 🤞🏾

Have you ever thought about body image in the lense of survival skills?

When we are having these conversations and thoughts, it's important to remember that someone changing their body can open them up to so many more opportunities that they would have not gotten otherwise because of the world we live in including the opportunity to "fit in".

A survival skill is "a technique that someone may use to sustain life in any type of natural or built environment". A black person in a larger body wanting to lose weight is a survival skill to have one less thing that makes them "different" and stand out.

Think about it in the context of trauma. It is a survival skill for someone who went through a traumatic experience looking one way to want to change how they look to and are perceived by society.

Let's dig deeper when we talk about body image.

Thoughts?

Eating disorder providers (and many other clinicia

Eating disorder providers (and many other clinicians for that matter) are so often discussing topics surrounding body image with our clients. In doing this work with our clients, it’s important that we also have a space to process our own relationships with our bodies. Come join @mia.the.rd, @therapywithsheba, @yoursouthasiantherapist, and me for a free one-time, one-hour support group on Monday, July 11th at 7pm EST/ 6pm CST/ 4pm PST. Link in bio to register.

Join us for a one-time virtual nutrition group to

Join us for a one-time virtual nutrition group to discuss why food labeling makes us so mad 😡 #nutritiongroup

Join @yoursouthasiantherapist and I as we have a c

Join @yoursouthasiantherapist and I as we have a conversation around the intersection of religion and eating disorders, how it may impact folks, and how we treat clients with these identities.

#eatingdisordertherapist #nutrition #registereddietitian #eatingdisorderawareness #eatingdisorderdietitian #religion #intersectionality #faith #bodykindness #bipocmentalhealth #BIPOC

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