Today’s guest expert Dr. Lindo Bacon is here to foster a more just world where all bodies are valued and respected and supported in compassionate self-care. Lindo’s inspiring message takes us beyond size, to shape a culture of empathy, equality, and true belonging.
Dr.Lindo Bacon is a nutritionist, researcher and author. They have a doctorate in physiology and master’s degrees in exercise science and psychotherapy.
Tune into episode #25:
In this episode:
- – Lindo shares the story behind how Health at every size became a book and the science behind the program
- – How our ideas of weight are wrong and not supported in science
- – Lindo got a Ph.D. doing original research in testing the theory against what is commonly told to people about weight and why it’s not
- – Why diets and weight loss programs don’t work, why most people are stuck in an internal struggle
- – Why this is not just an inside job, and how we can address the cultural problem with weight, we see there are real advantages in this world if you are a certain size, it’s not just in our head we are told to be a certain size
- – The problem with fatphobia and why we need to drop the fear of being fat and discriminating people for being a certain size
- – The details around the Health at Every Size program and the science behind it – the pain and struggle that people in the program bonded over and how they recognized it wasn’t working and they didn’t want to keep doing the same thing and working against their bodies – the dramatic health improvements in the non-diet group
- – The research behind the diet group, how they lost weight but most gained it all back a year later
- – How we are taught to hate or dislike our bodies and how to work against it or think that there is something wrong with it
- – Why we need to adopt body diversity and celebrate our bodies more
- – Why we need to stop bonding over diets and focus on bonding over celebration and connection
- – FInding the divinity within ourselves and listening to the wisdom of our bodies
- – Taking back our own power and realizing we have the innate ability to take really good care of ourselves – connecting with our inner divinity
- – What inspired Lindo to co-author Body Respect and the message behind the book
- – In radical belonging the message is going beyond weight, and how all of us have difficulties living in our bodies and how cultural power accepts or denies us based on looks and how that causes trauma
- – If you feel like eating beyond comfort, it’s not something wrong with you it’s your body’s way of looking for something
- – The myth of willpower
- – How to begin to heal and the importance of healing and connection
- – How can we listen more, have the hard conversations to create a more just world
- – How to welcome in discomfort and turn it into a growing and learning experience
- – Why we need to find more compassion and find space to be there for people despite their inadequacies, stop giving up on people so easily
- – How can you practice more unconditional love towards yourself and the people around you and so much more!
With Love,
