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Making Your Clinical Practice More Weight Inclusive

I’ve been doing a few trainings lately to help therapists, psychiatrists, and dieticians make their clinical practices more weight inclusive. This means finding new language to talk about body size diversity, navigating conversations about eating and exercise, and accommodating a variety of bodies in their physical offices.

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For My Fellow Fat Therapists

I’m writing this for my fellow fat folks, especially my fellow fat therapists. You’re not alone in resisting the intense wave of weight loss talk. It’s feeling extra lonely for those of us that remain fat, and those of us that are intentionally working towards fat acceptance and fat liberation.

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ADHD and Relationships

Common issues for people with ADHD in relationships.

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Do I Have Food Rules or Sensory Sensitivities? Assess Your Intuitive Eating Journey

It’s helpful to discern what is causing the restriction- of course looking to see if there are body shaming thoughts happening, or if there is heightened anxiety leading to searching for control. And sometimes, it’s still holding on to food rules and food hierarchies. And sometimes, it’s legit sensory sensitivities.

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Dating While Fat: the Emotional Consequences of Anti-Fatness

Tips for healing emotional wounds so you have an easier time dating, no matter your body size!

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ADHD in Femmes and Thems: How ADHD Can Look Different in Women and Nonbinary Folks

How ADHD can look differently for women and nonbinary folks.

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Therapist Suggestions for Getting Through the Political Shock and Chaos (and how therapy can help your activism!)

Therapy can aid in your activism! Learn more of how you can develop inner skills and interpersonal skills to engage in community organizing.

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How Therapy Prepared Me for Postpartum Challenges

How my experiences in therapy helped me get through postpartum with my mental health intact!

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My Fat Pregnancy (so far)

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How I Find Fat Community, and Why It’s So Important

It’s powerful to find community with others on a fat liberation journey!

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Do’s and Don’ts for Thin Allies

What to say and NOT say to your fat friends.

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Codependency and Neurodivergence

Exploring the nuance between codependency and neurodivergence.

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Weight Loss Injectables- What I’ve Observed So Far

I respect that living in this world as a fat person is really damn hard- I mean, I live it every day so I get it! The solution isn’t to make our bodies smaller. The solution is to reduce medical anti-fatness, to create spaces that accommodate a wide array of bodies and abilities, to abolish the BMI and medical gate keeping, to increase clothing inclusivity, and so on and so on. When I talk to clients about why they want to shrink, these are the things that come up. They want to live more comfortably in a world that is biased against them. What we’re being served as a solution is individual- potentially harm yourself to make yourself as small as possible. The real solutions are way bigger than that.