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Putting Weight Loss On The Back Burner

Last week, I started training at a ninja gym. Not the masked guys in all black sneaking around assassinating people with throwing stars, obstacle course…

Jeff Ash December 15, 2021

A Weight-Neutral Approach to Health

Focusing on weight loss in and of itself can be problematic so, maybe it’s time to look into how a weight-neutral approach can bring health…

Jeff Ash December 14, 2021

Can the Scale Change How You See Your Body?

Does the number on the scale change how you see your body? When I first heard this question, it really made me think. I don’t…

Jeff Ash December 13, 2021

Men's Intuition

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Vanessa Preston about trauma and its impact on various aspects of our lives including our relationship with food.

Vanessa is a Mental Health Social Worker, Psychotherapist, and Nutritionist in Australia (originally from Kentucky). She has provided assessment and therapy services for 14 years and specializes in treating posttraumatic stress disorder and complex trauma. Vanessa is the Body and Food Freedom Program creator and the host of the Body and Food Freedom Podcast where she supports women to make peace with food and their bodies. Vanessa’s group program focuses on self-compassion, shame resiliency, body image healing, and intuitive eating.

Some of the topics we discussed include:

Vanessa provides a fantastic description of what trauma is and how it impacts us in a variety of ways including our relationship with food.
How men are often less inclined to express hurts and emotional struggles and how this can impact our eating habits and behaviors even when the traumatic experience has nothing to do with food directly.
How dieting negatively impacts those who are trying to work through their trauma.
How non-diet approaches like Intuitive Eating address the needs of those who are recovering from trauma.

If you'd like to connect with Vanessa and her work or if her Body and Food Freedom Program sounds like it might be a good fit for you (if you're a woman) or a woman in your life:

Instagram: @vanessa_preston_
Web: greenlifepsychology.com
Facebook: Vanessaprestonglp

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If you'd like to contact me to work together, provide feedback on the podcast, ask clarifying questions, provide a suggestion for a guest or future episode, or for any other reason you can find me at:

IG: @intuitive.eating.men
Web: hopedrivesme.com

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