Author: eattypelive
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You don’t need to be an expert to help disordered eating clients
Tackling disordered eating doesn’t need a fancy degree or years of experience – you just need to be equipped with the right framework Recently I called a dietitian colleague because I was seeing a client with a condition I hadn’t worked with before and, well, I was basically freaking out. “I thought about referring her…
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The missing piece in coaching disordered eating clients (and how to find it)
If you’ve ever felt unsure when coaching disordered eating clients, you’re not alone – there’s just a key piece you haven’t been taught yet With two degrees under my belt and having healed my own relationship with food, I thought I’d find working as a dietitian in the community rewarding and meaningful… But I was…
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Intuitive eating won’t work until you fix this first
Dietitian Lucy Cary explains why intuitive eating isn’t something you teach your clients, but the natural end result of healing instead. “Intuitive eating doesn’t work for me. If I listened to my body I’d be eating Tim Tams for every meal!” If you work with clients who have been restricting, binge eating, or yoyo dieting,…
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Overcoming the fear of weight gain
Many clients struggle with the fear of weight gain if they are not restricting food. Here are some practical steps to overcome this. Many of my clients already know they’re stuck in a disordered eating pattern. Talking it through is helpful for them to pinpoint how the restrict-binge cycle is affecting them, but knowing it…
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The unsexy foundation of healing your relationship with food
Forget the inspirational Instagram quotes, the practical first step to healing your relationship with food is actually regular eating. Most people see someone struggling with disordered eating patterns, especially heavily restricting food in the manner of anorexia, and think that it’s a mental problem that manifests itself in the food. So they assume that the…
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3 questions that make your clients question their weight loss goals
Weight loss goals usually aren’t helpful at all. But how can you make your clients realize that? These 3 questions are your new best friend. It happens every day. Your client walks into their initial consultation with you and they say, “I just want to lose weight.” Often it’s a goal they’ve been taught to…
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BMI is broken – and it’s hurting people
BMI is a flawed proxy health measure, but its frequent use can feel out of your control. What can you do to mitigate the harms of BMI? Once upon a time, a woman in her 30s nervously shuffled into her doctor’s office. Her obsession with her weight was at an all-time high and she knew…
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The power of neutral food language
Health professionals have the power to either plant the seed of change, or to reinforce diet culture, with the language they use around food Have you ever caught yourself saying something about food and then low-key regretted it straight away? Maybe you said that chips were your “guilty pleasure”, or that you’d “earned” that slice…
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Disordered eating signs no one taught us
Dietitians, nutritionists and health coaches often get zero training on disordered eating, so not knowing the red flags is actually normal When I was studying, I was told that disordered eating was a specialty and if I wanted to learn more about it, I would have to pursue that myself after I graduated. Considering it…
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Screen-free eating, step by step
Screens have become a frequent meal-time companion. But how we break the habit of eating with our phones and move toward mindful eating? Meals as a family are a treasure-trove of health benefits and building connections – a ritual I adore. But there’s one thing that can ruin it for me, and that’s my phone.…