We’ve got a wonderful guest for you in this episode! Dr. Alexis Conason joins us to talk about how she found the anti-diet approach after beginning her career in the weight-centric model, the ways she uses mindfulness with her clients as a form of healing from diet culture, and how self-acceptance plays such a central role in our relationship to food and body image. She also busts some myths about weight and health. We loved this conversation and know that you will too!

Alexis Conason, Psy.D., CEDS-S, is a clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist in private practice in New York City. She is the owner of Conason Psychological Services, a weight-inclusive therapy practice specializing in the treatment of binge eating disorder, disordered eating, and body image. She is the founder of The Anti-Diet Plan, an online mindful eating program and is the author of “The Diet-Free Revolution: 10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet-Cycle with Mindful Eating” and “Radical Self-Acceptance” (North Atlantic Books, 2021). Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, she is a frequent speaker at conferences, and she has been featured widely as an expert on the topics of mindful eating, body image, and diet culture in the media.

You can find Alexis on social media @theantidietplan

We’ve cited this research before, but it might be a helpful resource for anyone interested in digging deeper into the problems with weight-loss as an intervention, including how physical activity can improve health markers regardless of weight:

Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift

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In this episode:

• • Introducing our guest, Dr. Alexis Conason [1:34]
  • Mindful eating [11:50]
  • Elimination diets as an introduction to disordered eating [19:03]
  • Self-acceptance [30:48]
  • Final tips from Dr. Conason [41:24]

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