Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S, certified eating disorder dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, body image specialist and disabled human joins me for an episode of HeartSpace you don’t want to miss. Anna is a special person, and this is a special episode where we dive into making peace with your body. We talk self-care, shame, ableism, body acceptance, body image, making peace with your body, and so much more. This is an episode that’ll open your heart and mind.
Specifically, we discuss:
- Anna’s story and why she feels so passionate about the work she does
- Feeling invisible
- Her shame spiral and how she moved through it
- Anna’s personal story with MS
- Finding “new normals”
- Why it’s a hard time in the world to have a body
- Unpacking your food and body image story
- How body and food stuff is intergenerational
- How your relationship with your body is fluid
- Self-care
- What a healthy body image actually means
- Why you need to make sure you’re addressing baseline needs before you go on to develop a greater sense of self
- What weight neutrality means
- What set point means
- What inspired and continues to inspire Anna’s work
- Anna’s experience of ableism
- Why there’s nothing wrong with your body
- Body image
- And so much more