The Art & Science of Eating Jessica Begg

The Art & Science Podcast is taking a break!  But don’t worry, you can still reach out to Jessica at jessica@shiftnutrition.com if you have any questions.  You can also work with her individually. 


Keep working on fighting diet culture!!  Keep finding new ways to love your body and food. 

Hello and welcome back to the Art & Science of Eating podcast! Grab a blanket and find a comfy space to tune into today’s episode with Dr. Kelly Kessler.

Dr. Kessler is a licensed physical therapist and certified Strength and Conditioning specialist in the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). However, her story originally started with shaping her body through her personal workout routine and ultimately developing an eating disorder. In healing and caring for her body, Dr. Kessler’s take on enjoying life pivoted from a focus on weight loss to enjoying what she loved to do the most. 


Get to know more about Dr. Kelly Kessler over on her website, and if you haven’t already come join us over on our Facebook emotional support group the Comfy Spot!


I’ll see you there!

Victoria Evans is an Intuitive Eating coach that uses her experience with disordered eating, to help others find their own food freedom.  In this episode we hear her story of how and why her eating disorder developed and what steps she took to recover.  


You can learn more about her here: https://www.victoriaevansofficial.com/

Victoria’s favourite book recommendation is The Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges. 

Welcome back to the Art & Science of Eating podcast!

It’s a huge step to reach out to a professional for help, because being vulnerable can be scary!  Jessica’s goal with her clients is to create a safe place where people can explore ways to heal from disordered eating, emotional eating and binge eating without shame, without useless “helpful hints”, but understanding you as a human being with needs and a need for unconditional support.

In this week’s question, Jessica answers an interesting question: how does she approach working with her clients? After working as a dietitian and clinical counsellor for 15 years, it's become so natural to collaborate with clients that it feels like the answer to this question is to follow the natural flow. Other points featured in this week’s podcast include:



How Jessica got into working with others as a dietitianThe disempowerment that clients feelHow could we approach clients in a comfortable and secure manner
If you would like to work with Jessica or are searching for a dietitian that does consultations similar to Jessica, feel free to send an inquiry through Jessica@shiftnutrition.com, or Support@shiftnutrition.com. 

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 support@shiftnutrition.com.

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.