Diet Culture Rebel Podcast

“That safety to talk to your parent about anything, including bodies and appearances, it’s an essential ingredient to then being able to have body confidence.”
I’m joined by Zoë Bisbing, a certified family-based treatment practitioner and founder of Body Positive Therapy NYC, to talk about how we can navigate difficult body image conversations with our kids. We discuss what to say when a child says they feel ugly or fat, why immediately reassuring them may not be the most helpful response, and how curiosity and connection can keep the conversation open. Zoë also shares how to teach kids that their bodies are not the problem when someone makes a hurtful comment, how to talk about body size and differences without reinforcing diet culture, and how these challenging moments can actually help build body image resilience.
✅ What You'll Learn:
Why reassurance isn’t always the most helpful first response
How to stay curious and create space for your child to share what’s really going on
Ways to teach kids that their bodies are not the problem when others make hurtful comments
How to navigate conversations about body size, shape, and differences without reinforcing diet culture
How these difficult moments can become opportunities to build body image resilience and recognize potential red flags for disordered eating

🔗 Resources:
Connect with Zoe on IG @mybodypositivehome
Grab the Hunger & Fullness Scale Guide at DietCultureRebel.com/hungerfullnessscale and take your next step toward building trust with your body and food
Connect with me over on Instagram at @diet.culture.rebel

Struggling with food, but not sure where to start?
You don’t have to feel 100% ready to get support. If you're tired of obsessing over food or feeling stuck in the diet cycle, my team of Registered Dietitians is here to help. We offer one-on-one nutrition counseling—and we accept insurance! Spots are limited, so head to https://dietculturerebel.com/insurance to see if we’re covered in your state and learn how to get started.

“When we approach nutrition from a place of addition rather than restriction, I think it can become so much more approachable, doable, and honestly, fun.”
In this episode, I’m sharing a different approach to nutrition: focusing on what you can add rather than what you should cut out. I walk through three of my favorite ways to add nutrition while emphasizing that eating enough comes before focusing on variety or optimization. I also talk about how healing your relationship with food can give you more freedom to consider nutrition alongside taste and satisfaction, rather than letting calories or diet culture make every decision. The goal is to make nutrition feel enjoyable, flexible, and supportive, not restrictive or rigid.
✅ What You'll Learn:
Why eating enough is the foundation of nutrition before focusing on variety and micronutrients
Simple ways to add plant-based micronutrients to various dishes
How to add more fiber in ways that feel enjoyable and approachable, using every day foods
How smoothies can be an easy and fun way to combine a variety of foods, flavors, and nutrients
Why healing your relationship with food allows you to consider nutrition alongside taste, satisfaction, convenience, preferences, and your body's needs
How to approach nutrition without turning it into another rigid set of rules, tracking system, or source of food guilt and anxiety

🔗 Resources:
My smoothie guide: dietculturerebel.com/smoothie
Sunfiber supplement: https://amzn.to/3X0dtcx
Grab the Hunger & Fullness Scale Guide at DietCultureRebel.com/hungerfullnessscale and take your next step toward building trust with your body and food
Connect with me over on Instagram at @diet.culture.rebel

Struggling with food, but not sure where to start?
You don’t have to feel 100% ready to get support. If you're tired of obsessing over food or feeling stuck in the diet cycle, my team of Registered Dietitians is here to help. We offer one-on-one nutrition counseling—and we accept insurance! Spots are limited, so head to https://dietculturerebel.com/insurance to see if we’re covered in your state and learn how to get started.

"I really tried to pay attention to the messages my body was giving me in terms of my foot’s recovery, and honor every stage of recovery I was at."
After breaking my foot and needing to take an unexpected break from exercise, I realized how much my relationship with food and movement had changed over the years. In this episode, I share five mindset shifts that helped me navigate rest without guilt or spiraling, including understanding my metabolism, finding the positives in slowing down, and listening to my body’s signals. I also talk about how building a healthier relationship with food and exercise has helped me adapt when life changes what my body needs, and why true progress is being able to navigate those unexpected seasons without falling back into old diet culture patterns.
✅ What You'll Learn:
Why understanding metabolism can help us feel more comfortable fueling our bodies when our activity levels change
How finding the positives in rest can shift our perspective when we’re unable to exercise
What body attunement can teach us about when to slow down, ease back into movement, and respond to our bodies’ signals
How building our capacity to tolerate difficult emotions can help us cope without relying on restrictive or disconnected eating behaviors
Why trusting our hunger, fullness, and how food makes us feel can create more confidence around eating
How a healthy relationship with food and exercise can help us navigate unexpected changes without returning to old diet culture patterns

🔗 Resources:
Grab the Hunger & Fullness Scale Guide at DietCultureRebel.com/hungerfullnessscale and take your next step toward building trust with your body and food
Episode 218: What Decades of Overexercising Taught Me About Rest
Connect with me over on Instagram at @diet.culture.rebel

Struggling with food, but not sure where to start?
You don’t have to feel 100% ready to get support. If you're tired of obsessing over food or feeling stuck in the diet cycle, my team of Registered Dietitians is here to help. We offer one-on-one nutrition counseling—and we accept insurance! Spots are limited, so head to https://dietculturerebel.com/insurance to see if we’re covered in your state and learn how to get started.

“Okay, if these people believe in me, then I need to maybe learn to believe in myself, even just a little bit, or at least have hope that things can change.”
In this episode, I'm joined by registered associate nutritionist and author Joshua Hills for a heartfelt conversation about how his mom's decades-long battle with anorexia shaped their family, and how recovery has transformed their lives. Together, we explore the far-reaching impact of food struggles, the role diet culture plays in fueling shame and disordered eating, and why healing is about so much more than food. Joshua shares powerful lessons about compassion, open conversations, and hope, reminding us that no matter where we fall on the spectrum of food struggles, recovery can lead to greater freedom, deeper connection, and a life filled with joy instead of fear.
✅ What You'll Learn:
Why food struggles affect far more than just what we eat
How opening up about food struggles can create connection, reduce shame, and become a powerful step toward healing
What recovery can make possible, from enjoying family meals and social events to rediscovering excitement for life and food
How to approach difficult conversations with loved ones about food using compassion, empathy, and healthy boundaries
The role diet culture plays in reinforcing food guilt, body judgment, and the belief that food must be earned

🔗 Resources:
Connect with Joshua @joshuhillsnutrition
Read Joshua’s book You Can Eat That
Grab the Hunger & Fullness Scale Guide at DietCultureRebel.com/hungerfullnessscale and take your next step toward building trust with your body and food
Connect with me over on Instagram at @diet.culture.rebel

Struggling with food, but not sure where to start?
You don’t have to feel 100% ready to get support. If you're tired of obsessing over food or feeling stuck in the diet cycle, my team of Registered Dietitians is here to help. We offer one-on-one nutrition counseling—and we accept insurance! Spots are limited, so head to https://dietculturerebel.com/insurance to see if we’re covered in your state and learn how to get started.

“We need food to survive. We become more food-seeking when our access to food is limited.”
What if some of the things you believe about food, metabolism, and your body aren't facts at all, but messages you've absorbed from diet culture? In this episode, I unpack five nutrition truths that challenge common misconceptions about metabolism, calorie needs, hunger, and body diversity. You'll learn why eating enough supports your metabolism, why restrictive dieting often backfires, and how recognizing diet culture beliefs can help you build a more trusting, peaceful relationship with food.
✅ What You'll Learn:
Why your metabolism is working around the clock, and what that means for your body's energy needs
How eating enough and eating consistently supports a healthy metabolism
Why the popular 1,200-calorie diet is not enough for most adult women and how diet culture has normalized undereating
What really happens when you go too long without eating, including why intense hunger, food cravings, and rebound eating are normal biological responses
Why eating and exercising exactly like someone else will never guarantee the same body, and how embracing body diversity can help you build trust with yourself

🔗 Resources:
Grab the Hunger & Fullness Scale Guide at DietCultureRebel.com/hungerfullnessscale and take your next step toward building trust with your body and food
Connect with me over on Instagram at @diet.culture.rebel

Struggling with food, but not sure where to start?
You don’t have to feel 100% ready to get support. If you're tired of obsessing over food or feeling stuck in the diet cycle, my team of Registered Dietitians is here to help. We offer one-on-one nutrition counseling—and we accept insurance! Spots are limited, so head to https://dietculturerebel.com/insurance to see if we’re covered in your state and learn how to get started.