January 2021

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Nancy is the founder of Your Life Nutrition. She has been in private practice for over 25 years and is a nationally recognized pioneer for Health at Every Size and an expert in eating disorder care and recovery. Nancy co-authored the ground breaking book, “Moving Away from Diets” with Dayle Hayes, MS, RDN and Karin Kratina, Ph.D., RDN.

We discuss topics including:

• How Nancy became interested in “play” movement
• The purpose of movement
• What else is there to connect with?
• Exploring what your body can do to enjoy the connection?
• Trauma and Movement

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Kathy Cortese, LCSW, ACSW CEDS has worked as a clinician in the eating disorder field since 1989. Kathy serves as president and editor-in chief of the Gurze/Salucore Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue. Kathy is also the host of the podcast Ed Matters.

We discuss topics including:

• The mistakes that Kathy made when starting the podcast
• Believing in yourself
• Having sincerity when starting a business
• What is the Gurze Salucore ED Resource Catalogue

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Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, Fiaedp, FADA, FAND, is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Beverly Hills, California, with thirty-eight years of experience, specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. She is the co-author of Intuitive Eating, now in its 4th edition, and the Intuitive Eating Workbook and the author of The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens and The Intuitive Eating Journal (upcoming, 2021). She is also a chapter contributor to The Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment and helps patients break free from diet culture through the Intuitive Eating process. Her philosophy embraces the goal of developing body positivity, with the belief that all bodies deserve dignity, and reconnecting with one’s internal wisdom about eating. 

We discuss topics including:

• How Elyse developed the specialization of intuitive eating
• The mistakes of not listening to one’s intuition
• Helping clients not be weight centric
• Not to take intuitive eating literally
• Making foods all emotionally equivalent

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Aridia Vasquez, MD and RDN is an eating disorder specialist, intuitive eating expert and body image healer.  She is the medical director of Renovatus which means Renovation from the inside out in Spanish. This is the first multidisciplinary program in the Dominican Republic for the treatment of eating disorders. Aridia has designed the first eating disorders workshop for primary care physicians in the Dominican Republic which includes a therapeutic dining room. She is also the host of the podcast “Alimento para el Alma” which means “Food for the Soul”.

We discuss topics including:

• The requirement to be a physician and a registered dietitian in the Dominican Republic
• The path to serve physicians on the education of eating disorders
• Mistakes that she has made as a physician
• The importance of having compassion, passion and empathy with the client

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Ashley Lytwyn is a registered dietitian nutritionist and a certified intuitive eating counselor who treats clients in multiple levels of care for eating disorders, addiction, and other co-occurring mental health illnesses. Ashley is the Director of Nutrition and incoming Executive Director at Breathe Life Healing Center in West Hollywood, California. 

We discuss topics including:

• Being creative with clients
• The messages that are picked up early in sobriety around diet culture
• The importance of food exposure
• Timing nutrition education in sobriety
• Abstinence model: Is it helpful or harmful?

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