Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It Came out yesterday! Episode 3 of this series will drop on Tuesday 12th Jan! In today’s episode I’m talking to Nadia Craddock, a body image resear...
Jan 08, 2021•39 min•Season 7Ep. 122
Welcome to this special series of Don’t Salt My Game celebrating the release of my new book How to Just Eat It. For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting two new episodes of the podcast (Tuesdays and Fridays) that correspond with a chapter of the book to help you take your learning further and deepen your intuitive eating practice. How To Just Eat It will be released on Thursday 7th January so make sure and pre order your copy now (links below). Episode 2 of this series will drop on Friday! In...
Jan 05, 2021•58 min•Season 7Ep. 121
With only a few short weeks left until How To Just Eat It hit book shops, I wanted to check in with my DSMG family to give you a teaser of what to expect from my new book! In this mini-sode I’m walking you through HTJEI, chapter-by-chapter to give you a flavour of what’s covered. I’m also spilling the beans on who some of my guest contributors are (spoiler; they’re all awesome) and letting you in on some of the activities in the book. I’m also sharing details of the upcoming How To Just Eat It t...
Dec 03, 2020•13 min•Season 7Ep. 120
This week I'm tackling listener questions with Eliza Khinsoe - a fellow Nutrition Counsellor at London Centre for Intuitive Eating. Eliza shares a little about how she got into weight-inclusive practice, what her responsibilities are at LCIE and her work on the Pantry Party Pod to support students and new grads in the field. The we go deep into YOUR questions. We cover so much in this episode, but some highlights include: When it’s time for gentle nutrition and how you balance nutrition informat...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 6Ep. 119
In this week's episode my guest, Isa Robinson and I are digging into some of the common myths and misconceptions around Intuitive Eating - aka - what the gym bros get wrong. We get into the nuance and subtleties of IE as a practice and discuss why it's so much more than the 'hunger and fullness diet'. Some of the topics we cover include: Whether Intuitive Eating really means eating ‘junk’ food all day long If Intuitive Eating is a ‘healthy’ way to lose weight If you can still learn to eat intuit...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 118
In this episode I'm being interviewed by friend and colleague Sarah Dempster about the pressure that parents face to raise 'perfect' eaters, from fertility and early pregnancy onwards. In this episode we discuss: ✨The messages we receive around nutrition and how these can add to the idea that there is a right and wrong way to eat for conception, pregnancy and beyond ✨Why feeding littles can be such an emotive topic ✨Why it's not your fault if your kid suddenly stops eating certain foods ✨ The lo...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 117
HEY-OH – it’s been a minute – a short episode catching you up on where the F I’ve been for the past 6 months, what’s been going on, and what you can expect from DSMG and London Centre for Intuitive Eating in the near future. Plus all the details for the next (mini) season of DSMG. Show Notes: { Follow me on Bub Appétit } { Our Intuitive Eating & Weight Inclusive Guides to PCOS, IBS and more } { Book in for a 1-off session with a Nutrition Counsellor } { Book in for a discovery call to learn ...
Apr 24, 2020•11 min•Season 6Ep. 116
HEY OH! We're back with part two of my conversation with sex educator Alix Fox - make sure and check out last week's episode if you missed it! In part two we answer listener questions and cover: ✨Why people who have a C-section can still experience vaginal pain ✨The impact hormones have on our sex lives post-baby ✨What being sex-positive really means ✨How to talk to kids about sex and teach them not to have shame around sex ✨How to feel body confident when having sex ✨How we internalise shame ab...
Oct 19, 2019•46 min•Season 5Ep. 115
This week we're switching things up and talking about sexy things with Sex Educator, writer, and presenter Alix Fox. Alix is an advisor on the hit Netflix show 'Sex Education' and is giving us some BTS goss from the show, plus answering some listener questions on sex work and asexuality. Because this was such a massive 'sode, we've broken it down into two parts - Alix will be back answering more listener Qs next week! In part one we discuss: ✨What Alix really thinks about the term 'sexpert' and ...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 6 min
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Jake Gifford, a.k.a The Phit Coach. Jake's an experienced personal trainer who's passionate about reframing fitness as a positive, equitable and inclusive experience. We discuss: ✨ How Jake came across the non-diet, HAES paradigm and the transition into practicing from a weight-inclusive perspective ✨ Challenging fat-phobia in the fitness industry ✨ How to detach movement from diet mentality and punishment ✨ How fitness professionals can switch their messag...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 114
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Ashlee Bennett, a.k.a. The Body Image Therapist, an art therapist based in Australia. We discuss: ✨ Why changing your body to try and conform to our society's feminine ideal is not the key to flexible and healthy body image ✨ What internalised fat-phobia and sexism are and how they relate to our body image ✨ How we can start to unpack our internalised beliefs about bodies from diet culture ✨ Tools to help develop positive body image This episode is sponsore...
Sep 20, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 113
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to Vaughn Darst, a public health dietitian specialising in paediatric and adolescent nutrition and eating disorders among under-served populations including trans and gender non-conforming youth, children on the autism spectrum and children with special healthcare needs. We discuss: ✨ Growing up in a world that tells you your body is wrong ✨ Experiencing medical fat phobia ✨ How not being able to express gender identity led to an ED ✨ How common narratives aro...
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 112
In this week's episode, I'm talking to the sensational editor, model and activist, Jamie Windurst about life as a visibly queer person. We discuss: ✨ Why visibly queer people are not public property (and why treating them like they are violates their safety) ✨ Their complicated and beautiful relationship with makeup ✨ How Jamie accidentally fell into an activist role and the fundamental rights they're fighting for ✨ Why feminism doesn't end with women's rights ✨ Why we need to stop demanding fre...
Aug 23, 2019•54 min•Season 5Ep. 111
I'm so excited to have Elyse Resch join us on this week's episode! Elyse is the co-author of Intuitive Eating and the Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens. She's a highly experienced Registered Dietitan specialising in intuitive eating, eating disorders and Health at Every Size. In this fully loaded 'sode we talk about: ✨ How to talk to teens about Intuitive Eating ✨ Why it's important for adults to do their own work on body image and intuitive eating and connect with their rebellious inner teena...
Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 110
In this week's episode, I'm talking to the sensational Bethany Rutter, journalist and author of the new book 'No Big Deal'. We're going deep on super important topics around body liberation and fat-phobia and why we need to return to BoPo's radical roots if we are actually going to make a difference. Lean in, because Bethany is this episode is gold and Bethany is dynamite 💥 In this ep, we discuss; ✨Bethany’s awesome new book, No Big Deal, and why Bethany was so passionate about writing a YA nov...
Aug 09, 2019•54 min•Season 5Ep. 109
Welcome back to season 5 of Don't Salt My Game - our guests today is psychotherapist and Intuitive Eating Counsellor Devinia Noel. In this episode we're exploring common road bumps that people experience when they begin rejecting diet culture and embracing intuitive eating. Devinia shares her own experience of being a fat, black woman in the IE space, as well as advice she might give to clients who are dipping their toes in IE. Topics we cover are: ✨How to talk to your partner or the people arou...
Aug 02, 2019•57 min•Season 5Ep. 108
This week on the pod Laura’s chatting to Dr Amy Slater, body image researcher at University of West England. In this episode they discuss: ✨ Thin ideal internalisation + its physical and psychological consequences ✨ How social media holds certain body types up as the ideal + can leave us feeling dissatisfied ✨ The fact that labelling images as digitally altered is not actually helpful in reducing comparison + dissatisfaction and can actually backfire ✨ How advertising in traditional media + soci...
Mar 15, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 107
This week on the pod Laura’s teaming up with Jess, Registered Dietitian and clinician here at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating, to tackle some myths that we've seen flying around about intuitive eating. In this episode they discuss: ✨ What Intuitive Eating is + what it isn't, including a summary of the principles of IE ✨ Whether you need to be hormonally and biochemically "restored" before working on IE ✨ Why emotional eating isn't inherently a bad thing + what we can learn from it ✨ Why t...
Mar 08, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 106
This week on the pod Laura’s speaking to Katherine Kimber, of Nude Nutrition, all about the realities and considerations of freelance life as a Registered Nutritionist or Dietitian. In this episode they discuss: ✨ Their individual education and career backgrounds before setting up their own private practices ✨ The nuts and bolts of what it means to go freelance as a nutrition professional ✨ The day-to-day of freelance life ✨ The importance of peer-to-peer support as well as formal supervision wh...
Mar 01, 2019•1 hr 58 min•Season 4Ep. 105
This week on the pod Laura's speaking to Kirstin Kade, Registered Associate Nutritionist and author of Taste and See Blog. As a mum-to-be, she has become more interested in the area of women's health in recent months - particularly relating to the pre-pregnancy (fertility), pregnancy, and postnatal periods - and hopes to support and encourage others who are curious about or navigating their way through these things themselves. In this episode they discuss: ✨ How Kirstin's own relationship with f...
Feb 22, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 104
⚠️ TW: discussion of eating disorders. This week on the pod Laura’s speaking to Lauren Newman, HAES US-based registered dietitian, about the intersection between diabetes and eating disorders. In this episode they discuss: ✨ How Lauren got into working with people with diabetes and disordered eating ✨ The difference between Type 1, Type 2 + gestational diabetes ✨ The various factors which can leave a person with diabetes vulnerable to developing disordered eating ✨ Busting some myths + misinform...
Feb 15, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 103
This week on the pod Laura's speaking to Poorna Bell - journalist, author + badass. In this episode they discuss: ✨ The impact of the messages we hear about our bodies whilst growing up ✨ How oppressive diet culture + all of it's subcultures are, in that they're designed to keep us physically + metaphorically small ✨ The amount of time, money + energy that goes into the mental arithmetic of food + exercise preoccupation, and what amazing stuff that could be used for instead ✨ How finding powerli...
Feb 08, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 102
This week on the pod Laura speaks to Tally Rye - personal trainer, Girl Gains co-founder + host to multiple podcasts. They chat about Tally's relationship with food + her body and how this changed throughout drama school, training to be a PT, through to now. In this episode they discuss: ✨ Comparison + feeling like the odd one out ✨ Broadening our idea of what it means to be fit + healthy ✨ The pressure + toxic messages around bodies at drama school ✨ Intoxicating external validation that comes ...
Feb 01, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 101
This week on the pod Laura speaks to Natalie Lee, aka Style Me Sunday. They chat about liberating ourselves from the restrictions that diet culture + body shaming impose and how this can impact on so many different areas of our lives. In this episode they discuss: ✨ The challenges to your self worth + identity after becoming a mum ✨ Fighting against imposter syndrome ✨ Challenging the unrealistic beauty standards that our society imposes on us ✨ How the co-opting of Body Positivity by diet cultu...
Jan 25, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 100
This week on the pod Laura speaks to Clemmie Telford, curator of Mother of All Lists + Insta mega-Mum. This episode is super raw + a super great glimpse at what Intuitive Eating work is like for someone who's really in the thick of it. In this episode they cover: ✨ Clemmie's journey of finding Intuitive Eating + working out what that feels like for her ✨ Motherhood + the unrealistic standards for women to 'snap back' to their pre-baby body ✨ How having her daughter was the impetus to change how ...
Jan 18, 2019•58 min•Season 4Ep. 99
The pod is back with a special Just Eat It takeover series! And to kick things off, Laura speaks to Sofie Hagen, comedian, author, podcast host + body liberation activist. In this episode they cover: ✨ Sofie's relationship with food growing up + her ED history ✨ Her inability to respect authority + how that was key to learning to love her body ✨ Acknowledging the privilege of being able to question authority + rules ✨ How emotional + physical deprivation + food insecurity can still influence our...
Jan 10, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 98
In this special bonus episode Laura is inviting you to unsubscribe from diet culture this January, once and for all. Listen in to hear details of a special new social media campaign designed to arm you against dit culture and she gives you a special preview of the audiobook version of Just Eat It - out next week! Full episodes of the pod back next week! Show Notes { Intuitive Eating event - The Rooted Project } {Follow Laura on Instagram | Twitter } { Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess or Camila...
Jan 01, 2019•7 min•Season 4Ep. 97
For this one-off festive special, Laura speaks to Jenna Daku, badass disordered eating therapist. They chat about how to handle diet chat at this time of year. In the episode they discuss: ✨What is diet talk/fat talk + how it can reinforce weight stigma and fat phobia ✨Why diet talk is detrimental + can lead to negative physiological + psychological outcomes ✨Why we engage in diet talk and what we're perhaps trying to communicate ✨What is concern trolling/ health trolling ✨External vs. Internal ...
Dec 13, 2018•44 min•Season 3Ep. 96
In this killer ep, Laura is joined by Imogen Fox, aka @the_feeding_of_the_fox. In this episode they deep dive into: ✨ Holding ourselves back because of our bodies + how to feel empowered to have more autonomy over our bodies ✨ The problems with access to sex ed. (+ healthcare as a whole) when in a disabled body ✨ Our weird way of valuing worth + productivity in our culture ✨ The Social Model of Disability, rather than the medical model which considers things to be 'wrong' with a person ✨ The mas...
Nov 09, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Maybe grab a cuppa for this super interesting episode as it's kind of a biggie! Laura is joined by Kimberley Wilson, Chartered Psychologist + previous Bake Off bad ass to discuss trauma, resilience + practical tips for helping yourself + others who are having a hard time w/ their mental health. In this episode they cover: ✨ What we mean when we talk about trauma ✨ Emotional resilience + protective factors to increase resilience ✨ How ED's are a means of coping with various psychological difficul...
Nov 02, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 94
