Join Vanessa Preston, Mental Health Social Worker and Psychotherapist and I as we have a candid conversation about  trauma, shame and building self-compassion. What you’ll learn by listening: How Vanessa's professional and personal experiences have influenced her passions in supporting women to cultivate healthy relationships with food and bodyThe prevalence of shame in diabetes and some associated statistics from Diabetes Australia...

Join me and special guest Jolyn Martin as we chat about the toxicity of fitness culture, and the increasing normalization of disordered movement behaviours.   What you'll learn by listening: Why Jolyn moved from a traditional personal trainer to a non-diet trainerThe problematic messages promoted by fitness culture and how they've impacted us personally and culturallyWays we can begin checking in on our relationship with movement and how we can begin making changes to support our whole body...

The desire to be healthy is ubiquitous in our cultural climate, but especially so within the diabetes space.    This need to pay even closer attention to health, because of diabetes can create more hyperconsciousness surrounding food choices and other associated health behaviours.  Behaviours, that for some can turn into an obsession,  leading to the development of disordered eating and eating disorders, including orthorexia.    Given the prominence of diet culture within our cultural...

Balancing your plate.  Eating foods in a certain order.   Is it diet culture or can it be intuitive eating aligned?  Let's chat about it. What you'll learn by listening: I celebrate my 5 years of being diet freeWhat balancing your plate means and why it is often encouragedIf order of food eaten can impact blood glucose and the implicationswhat if these approaches feel icky? the value in getting curious,taking back your autonomy and agency,the role of gentle nutrition,internal connection...

It's that time of year again where goals, intentions, resolutions (if you are a resolution making kind of person) are in full swing, but before you start planning out this year's goals, join me for this episode as I outline why SMART goals fail us, and discuss how we can approach goals differently. What you'll learn by listening: What are SMART goals?6 reasons why SMART goals fall shortWhy SMART goals parallel diet culture idealsHow our intuitive eating journey/food freedom/health habits ...

Unlike the average intuitive eater who can stop counting, tracking, or measuring all food, those of us living with diabetes (especially those of us using insulin) don't have the same luxury of swearing off such measures, and as such, it can feel especially challenging to leave the dieting mindset behind.   So what can we do?  Let's talk about it! By listening you'll learn: The challenge of separating carb counting from our dieting pastCan carb counting be approached with more flexibility?The...

On this episode we chat about how we can navigate diet, food, weight and body talk over the holiday season. What you'll learn by listening: The role of perspectiveWhy where you are in your food freedom journey may influence your approachSome approaches you can take when confronted with triggering/unsettling commentsHow to handle the 'play back' trap with more kindness and self-compassionThe value of boundary settingHow to Connect with Lindsay: Questions or show ideas, email:...

Join me for this solo episode where I chat about the slippery slope of using exercise (movement) as a blood sugar management tool. On this episode you'll learn: My history with exercise and how I found myself in a disordered relationship with itThe problematic nature of normalizing and encouraging behaviours like stopping to squat, walking, etc to lower blood sugars when above targetExamples of disordered thinking/behaviours surrounding exerciseQuestions to explore as you navigate changing...

Pregnancy, type 1 diabetes, and balancing blood sugars without restriction - can it be done??? Yes!!!!!  Join Lemma Brown, RDN and I as we discuss how we can approach pregnancy without falling back into restrictive eating patterns.  Lemma also shares her pregnancy journeys and what she learned along the way through the lens of a dietitian living with type 1 diabetes. What you 'll learn by listening: What inspired Lemma to become a registered dietitianHow her relationship with food has...

The goal of diabetes care is not to lose weight! - Megrette Fletcher M.Ed., RDN, CDCES .  Megrette joins the podcast today to discuss the problem with diet culture and weight stigma in diabetes care, and why focusing on weight can sabotage diabetes care.   About Megrette: Megrette Fletcher is a registered dietitian, diabetes care and education specialist, public speaker, and author. She is a member of the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists and served on the ADCES inclusion...

Trigger warning – eating disorder content ahead.  Please skip this episode if this material may be triggering.  Women and girls with  diabetes are more likely to develop an eating disorder and their non diabetes peers (https://www.eatingrecoverycenter.com/conditions/diabulimia/facts-statistics), and today we are talking about the diabetes specific eating disorder diabulimia with Recovery Mentor and Coach Natalie Swanson.  Natalie Swanson is a Recovery Mentor and Coach who specializes in the...

If you are asking yourself - what is trauma informed nutrition, and why does it matter for my health,  diabetes care or my relationship with food?  This episode is a must listen. On this episode special guest Kathleen Putnam, MS RD, a.k.a The Trauma Dietitian and I sit down and explore the concept of  trauma informed nutrition and its value. By listening to this episode you’ll learn: Kathleen's story of how she became a trauma dietitianHow common trauma isThe value and goal of trauma...

On this episode Mila Clarke Buckley joins me and we chat about her diabetes misdiagnosis, her evolving relationship with food after her diabetes diagnosis, and her passion for advocating against diabetes stigmas and misconceptions, and how she works to bring the joy back to food by creating a variety of options. Mila Clarke Buckley is an author, speaker, diabetes advocate and founder of HangryWoman.com Hangry Woman aims to take away the shame and stigma that comes with a diabetes diagnosis...

On this episode we are breaking down  yet another barrier that can keep so many from trusting their ability to leave the dieting mindset behind and embrace this whole intuitive eating thing, especially while living with diabetes -  "But what if I can't stop eating?". On the show we discuss: where this belief may come from the role of restrictionthe dieting dilemmahow we may be restricting without even realizing it and how this impacts our cravings around foodthe benefits of being able to...

Drop the food restrictions and improve blood sugars...SAY WHAT??? I know it can feel logical to want to restrict and even remove those foods that impact our blood sugars more than others BUT in doing so we need to ask ourselves - what will be the impact, beyond those immediate blood sugars?  And - how will this support my health and my relationship with food long term? On this episode you will learn: Why diets and restriction fail the majority of us The impact of the dieting dilemma5 ways...

Diet mentality....can we opt out?  Even if living with diabetes? Today's episode is all about looking at the first principle of intuitive eating - reject the diet mentality.  We will explore this topic from a food, body, and diabetes lens.  On this episode you will learn: what is diet mentality?How does diet mentality show up in our life?How does it influence the decisions we make?And how do we FEEL about those decisions?Mentioned in show: https://www.lindsaysarson.com/work-with-me note: ...

Replay: Diets....Do you ever take a moment to consider how necessary diets really are, even for those of us living with diabetes?  Are they helping support our well being or are there signs that just maybe, they are hindering it? On today's episode we are talking about  dieting and outline signs that diets just aren't working for you anymorecommon fears that come with letting go of dieting when diabeticintuitive eating - what is it and why this approach is supportive of greater health - and...

On today's episode we explore the power of our closet in keeping us stuck in diet culture and how we can begin cultivating better body image today - even if we've just realized our summer clothes don't fit anymore. What you'll learn by listening: - how our closet is one of the major inputs of diet culture - how to do a closet detox - how to do a closet retox - how to learn more about and reserve your spot for a NEW group program - The Body Ease Project Mentioned on the show: The Body Ease...

Join me today as we explore  emotional health, diabetes burnout,  and the use of art therapy with special guest Fi George.  Fi George is a Therapeutic Peer Coach who works with women living with T2D to help them work on diabetes burnout prevention, management & recovery. Fi believes in the power of using lived experience, the expressive arts and her professional knowledge to create transformative experiences that encourage exploration, growth and healing. Fi is a trained Social Worker...

Are you familiar with the term diet brain?  On today’s episode with special guest, Stephanie Dodier we unpack this concept and discuss why understanding it is so important in being able to reject diet culture, and change our relationship with food, body and diabetes -  and wow, there are so many ways diet brain intersects with diabetes. Stephanie Dodier is a Clinical Nutritionist, an Intuitive Eating Specialist, and the host of the Beyond the Food Show whose integrative and comprehensive...

"I think we forget sometimes that we are actually making culture.  That's what humans do.  There is no culture outside of what humans create, and so we literally can create something new", Kimberly Dark. Kimberly joins the podcast today to discuss some thought provoking and empowering concepts to help unearth the power that we have as humans to be social creators and make cultural change, including how we can create empowered experiences socially and at the doctor's office.  Kimberly is a...

It is no secret that diet culture is hugely influential  in the ways in which we approach our health AND the ways in which our health care is delivered, and so if you are feeling  a little unsteady in your food freedom journey or maybe feeling a little internally and externally pressured to give that 'seems too good to be true' diet a go - this is the episode for you. On this episode we explore what to do when diet culture has you considering another diet/'lifestyle'  and I unpack 7...

Do you ever find yourself ‘overeating’ when treating a low blood sugar?  On today’s episode we are unpacking why you may be experiencing this,  and the impact that restriction may be having on these responses.  On this episode we discuss: the impact of low blood sugar typeshow you may be responding biologically versus psychologicallyhow to address biologically driven 'overeating' versus the psychological impact of restrictionthe value of creating emotionally neutral foods in low blood sugar...

 On today's episode we are unpacking the concept of body food choice congruence, a component of gentle nutrition.  This concept is all about making food choices based on health and body functioning, as well as pleasure.  Something that can feel especially nuanced when living with diabetes, and learning to disentangle diet culture influences, and pressures of the numbers in making your food choices.  On this episode you'll learn: What is body food choice congruenceHow blood sugars bring this...