Ali and Hannah are sitting down with Heather Lasco, a registered dietitian specializing in eating disorders and the founder of Confidentially Nourished. In this powerful conversation, Heather opens up about her experience battling an eating disorder during her dietetics education and early career, and how that journey now drives her passion for supporting others with eating disorders, especially those facing weight stigma in healthcare.

Ali and Hannah are thrilled to welcome Juliet James, a fierce fat activist and writer who writes about mental health, eating disorders and the social and emotional challenges of being fat in a thincentric culture which makes her the perfect next guest for the one about stories. Juliet doesn’t hold back as she unpacks her experiences growing up in a fat body, reflecting on the wild ways diet culture has shaped her life, and what life’s really been like after bariatric surgery.

Hannah and Ali are excited to welcome their trusted colleague Dr. Gregory Dodell. Gregory is an endocrinologist based out of NYC and also happens to be married to past guest and friend of the pod @theantidietplan’s Alexis Conason so you know these 3 had LOTS to talk about. Over the years, Gregory has transformed his practice from a more restrictive, weight-centric approach to a weight-inclusive practice, where his focus is on helping his patients feel good, encouraging freedom with food and not focusing on a certain number on the scale.

Ali and Hannah spend time with fat-positive health coach and body liberation facilitator, Tiana Dodson. From her beginnings as a mechanical engineer to becoming a passionate advocate for body liberation, Tiana’s journey has led to a career all about helping people discover how personal, community, and global liberation are interconnected.

Ali and Hannah are hanging out with the ultimate hype woman, Kelsey Ellis! Kelsey is an award-winning, body-positive, anti-diet health and fitness expert, who’s all about helping people break free from diet culture, unapologetically embracing what their bodies can do, and finding confidence in themselves and their curves! In this episode, Kelsey dives into her journey from buying into diet culture’s false promises to spotting the MASSIVE red flags it waves. From reminiscing about growing up in the body obsessed 90s/2000s and looking back at Pinterest boards from that time laughing now at the absurdity of how we are all supposed to want to look the same!?! Through her unlearning and with the help of Intuitive Eating she embraced the idea of letting go of the numbers and outside metrics when it comes to movement, finding compassion for yourself and refocusing on the why behind moving your body in a connected way.

Ali and Hannah are especially excited to sit down with Nicola Salmon, a leading voice for fat folks seeking fertility support. As an evidence based fertility coach and author of the groundbreaking book Fat and Fertile, Nicola brings a fresh, fat-positive perspective to her work. Nicola uses her platform to challenge weight stigma in the fertility world and empower plus-sized individuals to take control of their reproductive health with confidence

Ali and Hannah are thrilled to sit down with @thatfatdoctor the fabulous Dr. Katelyn Baker, a renowned clinical psychologist who's an expert in self-esteem, eating disorders, and LGBTQ+ issues. Dr. Katelyn is here to spill the tea on the harmful ways society teaches plus sized kids to eat and how those ridiculous expectations set the stage for eating disorders to take over. She gets real about her own experiences and professional insights on ‘atypical’ anorexia, how weight stigma messes with our romantic relationships, learning the language of self-love, and so much more!

Hannah and Ali chat with the one and only Virgie Tovar! She's a plus-size Latina, author, TEDx speaker, academic, and a leading expert in the fight against weight-based discrimination. Virgie is all about teaching people the truth about fatphobia and the beautiful benefits of celebrating body diversity. Virgie shares her incredible journey, from battling fatphobia at every turn to rediscovering her childhood love for her body, finding love, and building an awesome community. She shares her experience of being a fat woman getting married amidst the Ozempic craze.

Ali and Hannah are joined by Gabby Villasenor, founder of Fuelled By Feeling. Gabby, a lifelong athlete, shares her journey of transforming her perspective on exercise from a punishment to a gift. Growing up with messages dictating how food and movement should be, Gabby developed a harmful relationship with both from a young age. She takes us through her story of mindset shifts, hard work, and ultimately bettering her relationship with movement.

Hannah and Ali are thrilled to bring you an incredible lineup of powerful stories in our new season, "The One About Stories." In our first episode, Ali and Hannah are joined by Vinny Welsby, a badass world-leading expert on dismantling anti-fat bias and diet culture. Coming from a background with poverty and abuse, Vinny is now a TEDx speaker, best-selling author of the book “Fierce Fatty: Love Your Body and Live Like The Queen You Already Are,” and host of the Fierce Fatty Podcast.

Hannah, Ali and Registered Dietitian, Rachael Hartley, are here in this final episode of the Intuitive Eating series to help guide the listeners to focus on the power of adding food in for health and wellness vs. excluding foods for fear while remembering that health is so much more than the food we eat or the choices we make.

On this week’s episode Hannah and Ali are joined by certified personal trainer Julie Newbry. Hannah, Ali and Julie will help you connect to the ‘why’ behind movement and help you feel the difference when movement is not guided by rigid rules or diet culture.

In this episode, Hannah and Ali are joined by registered dietitian and eating disorders specialist Christyna Johnson. Together they use their expertise to help you take the first small steps towards a place of respecting your body for all the wonderful, incredible things it is able to do.

The diet world wants you to believe that the only permissible reason to eat is physical hunger and eating in response to anything apart from hunger cues is wrong. Hannah, Ali and Mimi are here to call B.S. on this harmful rhetoric and help to support you in your journey of learning to cope with your emotions while remembering there are no conditions on “unconditional permission”.

The purpose of Intuitive Eating is to connect body, mind and the food we eat which means learning to allow and respect the sensations that come with fullness. In this week’s episode Hannah, Ali and Aaron will start you on the path towards using this sixth principle of Intuitive Eating to give you permission to truly feel your fullness while tuning into and trusting your body.

Diet culture wants us to believe that adding pleasure or satisfaction is indulgence but Hannah, Ali and Kathleen are here to tell you this important principle is possible for all. This episode will give you all the goods on this fifth Intuitive Eating principle and be sure to leave you feeling satisfied!

Shana’s philosophy is that life is complicated enough, and there shouldn’t be a reason to restrict yourself with the food you eat, which made her the perfect guest to help Hannah and Ali answer all your listener questions about challenging food rules.

Diet culture loves to reinforce the rules and fears around what to eat. In this week’s episode, Hannah, Ali and Alissa go step by step into this important third principle- what it is and how to start making peace with food.

In this week’s episode, Hannah and Ali talk all things Intuitive Eating principle #2: Honor Your Hunger. They are joined by a dietitian who needs NO introduction- the one, the only Christy Harrison.

In the series premiere, Hannah and Ali are joined once again by the fantastic Sammy Previte to talk all things principle #1: ‘Reject the Diet Mentality’.