Body Kindness

By Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN, Certified Exercise Physiologist

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This is a show about health, not weight loss. It's time to redefine what it means to pursue health, where your well-being matters more than your weight. When you practice Body Kindness®, you create a more satisfying life by being good to yourself. Learn how self-compassion and acceptance help you cultivate a "caregiver" voice and quiet the "inner critic". HAES Dietitian and Certified Exercise Physiologist Rebecca Scritchfield and her guests have interesting conversations about the cultural influences that keep you stuck in "diet prison" and how you can break free to create meaningful changes in your life. Instead of dieting, you'll practice self-care, including better sleep, flexible eating patterns, having more fun, and moving in way that feels good, not punishing. Regular guest Bernie Salazar, a former Biggest Loser "winner" shares why he's happier and healthier as a fat man.

Episode Date
#180 - The Switch Witch with Bernie Salazar
Oct 31, 2023
#179 - Treating Your Anxiety with Kindness with The Anxiety Sisters
Mar 18, 2022
#178 - What If I'm 'Too Numb' to Connect? with Bernie Salazar
Feb 11, 2022
#177 - Bouncing Back from Numbness with Bernie Salazar
Jan 10, 2022
#176 - Why Intuitive Eating Works for Diabetes Concerns
Aug 03, 2021
#175 - Why Modified Movement Works for Diabetes
Jul 04, 2021
#174 - The Truth About Carbs and Diabetes
Jun 07, 2021
#173 - Busting Myths about Blood Sugars and Diabetes
May 12, 2021
#172 - Understanding Weight Concerns and Diabetes Self-Care
Apr 29, 2021
#171 - How to Deal with Diabetes Diagnosis Shame
Apr 09, 2021
#170 - The Body Is Not An Apology with Sonya Renee Taylor
Mar 01, 2021
#169 - Bernie and Rebecca Discuss Emotional Eating
Feb 09, 2021
#168 - Hope in Healing: Blending Psychedelic Medicine with Emotion Coaching with Dr. Adele Lafrance & Dr. Joe Tafur
Feb 03, 2021
#167 - Body Kindness Backstory with Rebecca Scritchfield and Bernie Salazar
Jan 13, 2021
#166 - Why We Need to Brave Body Shame in 2021 with Julie Sweeney
Jan 04, 2021
#165 - You Are MORE Than A Body. How To Heal Your Relationship With Yourself - Doctors Lindsay and Lexie Kite
Dec 29, 2020
#164 - Reflections and Intentions to Learn and Grow with Bernie Salazar
Dec 23, 2020
#163 - Rebecca and Bernie with Aubrey Gordon, on What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Dec 01, 2020
#161 - 2020 Burnout: Saving Our Mental Health for the Greater Good
Nov 06, 2020
#160 - Rage Becomes Her: Why Self-Care Won't Save Us with Soraya Chemaly
Oct 14, 2020
#159 - Bodies on the Ballot with Jaclyn Friedman, author and activist
Oct 08, 2020
#158 - Creating Communities Where You Belong with Dr. Joy Cox author of Fat Women in Black Bodies and Co-founder of Jabbie app
Sep 29, 2020
#157 - Becoming an Embodied Anti-Racist for Collective Trauma Healing with Francesca Marguerite Maximé
Sep 20, 2020
[Repost] #109 - Under Pressure - How Anxiety Shows Up for Today's Teen Girls and How Parents Can Help with Lisa Damour, PhD
Sep 10, 2020
#156 - Helping Young Adults Explore Their Radical Anatomy with Kelly Jensen
Aug 20, 2020
#155 - The Truth About IBS, Anxiety, and Effectiveness of the Low FODMAP "Diet" with Kate Scarlata, RDN
Aug 10, 2020
#154 - How to Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness with Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch authors of Intuitive Eating
Jul 29, 2020
#153 - Help with Picky Eating, Is it ARFID? with Rebecca Thomas
Jul 13, 2020
#152 - Changing the Value Systems in Yoga with Janessa Mondestin, Yoga Therapist and Director of Culture for Yoga International
Jun 30, 2020
#151 - White Supremacy of Yoga with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black Body
Jun 14, 2020
#150 - Racism Explains the Origins of Fat Phobia and Diet Culture, with Sabrina Strings PhD, Author of Fearing the Black Body
Jun 07, 2020
[Repost] #65 - So You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma Oluo
Jun 01, 2020
#149 - Learn & Grow Part 13 – How to Avoid a "Weight Lecture" at the Doctors with Bernie Salazar
May 18, 2020
#148 - Improve Your "Family System" by Creating "Fair Play" at Home with Eve Rodsky
May 07, 2020
#147 - Compassion through Crisis, Stories of Hope & Gratitude for Healthcare Workers
Apr 25, 2020
#146 - A different type of COVID-19 loss: Pregnancy dreams "on hold" with Fertility Coach Nicola Salmon
Apr 21, 2020
#145 - Coping with Anxiety During COVID-19
Apr 09, 2020
#144 - Resilience Practices for Anxiety and Body Shame During COVID-19 with Nicola Haggett
Mar 30, 2020
[Repost] #117: How to recover from BURNOUT with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Mar 24, 2020
#143 - "I Developed a Restrictive Eating Disorder in Elementary School. Here's Why It Wasn't Diagnosed for Over a Decade" with Gloria Oladipo
Feb 24, 2020
#142 - Believe Me: Why trusting women is essential for collective well-being with Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
Feb 12, 2020
#141 - How the 4 S's help you "show up" for kids well-being with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD Bestselling Author
Jan 29, 2020
#140 - Boys and Sex: Navigating the new masculinity with bestselling author Peggy Orenstein
Jan 19, 2020
#139 - How to experience the joy of movement and the power of moving in community with Kelly McGonigal PhD
Jan 06, 2020
#138 - Why being "ANTI-diet" is "pro" health with Christy Harrison, HAES dietitian, host of Food Psych podcast and author of Anti-Diet
Dec 30, 2019
#137 - Listener Q&A: How can teachers help kids with body kindness? What if I'm feeling detached from my body?
Dec 19, 2019
#136 - Listener Q&A: Can I learn to like exercise? How do I address co-workers food shame?
Dec 12, 2019
#135 - Take Meaningful ACTion toward change with Steven C. Hayes PhD author of A Liberated Mind
Dec 03, 2019
#134 - Listener Q&A: What's the real deal with Intermittent Fasting?
Nov 20, 2019
#133 - Learn & Grow Part 12 – "Dear Panic Attack, Thank You for All You Have Shown Me." (and Other Gratitudes From Body Kindness Readers and Listeners)
Nov 04, 2019
#132 - Intuitive Eating: The history, growth and impact with co-creators Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Oct 26, 2019
#131 - Actress Lisa Linke on Diet Culture, Fatphobia in Entertainment and Healing Her Body Relationship
Oct 14, 2019
#130 - Empowering teens to find validation within themselves with Angie Manfredi, author of The (Other) F Word
Oct 08, 2019
#129 - Listener Q&A – Your Body Kindness Questions, Answered
Sep 29, 2019
#128 - How time tracking can help you improve your life with Laura Vanderkam, author of Off the Clock
Sep 16, 2019
#127 - Please Don't Screw Up Our Kids! Part 2: A Conversation About Food, Weight and Body Image with Virginia Sole-Smith of Comfort Food Podcast
Sep 03, 2019
#126: Concerned about your child's weight? Here's how you can help them without harming
Aug 27, 2019
#125 - Kurbo Weight Watchers App for Kids is Upsetting Parents and Professionals
Aug 19, 2019
[Repost] #26 - Be the Expert on Your Body: Intuitive Eating as an act of Body Kindness with Evelyn Tribole, co-author of Intuitive Eating book and workbook
Aug 13, 2019
[Repost] #31 - Intimate Justice & How To Talk To Kids About Sex, with NYT Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein
Aug 06, 2019
[Repost] #53 - Why We All Need Fat Activism with Marilyn Wann, Author of Fat!So? and Creator of the YAY! Scale
Jul 24, 2019
#124 - Eliminating weight stigma from medical care with Jennifer Gaudiani MD, author of Sick Enough
Jul 22, 2019
#123 - Learn & Grow Pt 11 - Why we finally said "I'm sorry" to our bodies and how you can do it too
Jul 15, 2019
#122 - Sex is a Social Skill: How to have open sexual communication with Dawn Serra
Jul 08, 2019
#121 - How we feel about Nike's fat mannequin with Bernie Salazar and Ragen Chastain
Jun 25, 2019
#120 - Fearing the Black Body Part Two - BMI is not just a bogus measure, it is masking medical sexism and racism with Sabrina Strings
Jun 18, 2019
#119 - Fearing the Black Body Part One with Sabrina Strings PhD - Why Health is about Access, Not Weight
Jun 11, 2019
#118 - Burnout Part 2: Changing Your Relationship to Your "Madwoman in the Attic" with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Jun 03, 2019
#117 - How to recover from BURNOUT (Part 1) with Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
May 23, 2019
#116 - Learn & Grow Pt 10 - How to get the sleep your brain and body really need
May 13, 2019
#115 - Please Don't Screw Up Our Kids! Part 1: A Conversation About Food, Weight and Body Image with Virginia Sole-Smith of Comfort Food Podcast
May 01, 2019
#114 - Listeners ask us about orthorexia, coping with weight regain after stress and anxiety, and body kindness when everyone is pursuing weight loss
Apr 15, 2019
#113 - Learn & Grow Pt 9 - The Upside of Stress (and Emotional Eating)
Apr 02, 2019
#112 - Reflect and Retreat: How has culture informed your relationship with your body? A conversation and performance poetry reading with sociologist and author Kimberly Dark
Mar 18, 2019
#111 - Negative body image, depression, and mindful self-care in pregnancy and postpartum with Dr. Jennifer Webb
Mar 04, 2019
#110 - Learn & Grow Pt 8 – How Your Body Fights to Regain Weight After Dieting (Research from The Biggest Loser)
Feb 25, 2019
#109 - Under Pressure - How Anxiety Shows Up for Today's Teen Girls and How Parents Can Help with Lisa Damour, PhD
Feb 11, 2019
#108 - How Weight Stigma Harms Culture and Excludes Higher Weight People from IVF, Hip Replacements and More, with Fiona Willer
Jan 28, 2019
#107 - Learn and Grow Pt 7 - The Biggest Loser Did Not Exist to Create Better Lives with Bernie Salazar a former "winner" of the show
Jan 15, 2019
#106 - Trauma Resilience: How Body Kindness is Helping Me Heal
Jan 07, 2019
#105 - An Anti-Diet New Year: Body Shame Out, Body Kindness In
Jan 01, 2019
#104 - Body Kindness Reader Stories – How I Finally Ditched Diets and Learned How To Love Myself
Dec 24, 2018
#103 - Diet and the Disease of Civilization with Dr. Adrienne Rose Bitar
Dec 16, 2018
#102 - Learn & Grow Pt 6 - Creating New Habits Takes Serious Effort. Here Are Your Tools.
Dec 10, 2018
#101 - Worried about being called fat? Anticipated weight stigma harms health with Dr. Angela Meadows, PhD
Dec 03, 2018
#100 - Diet Culture Exists Because We Don't Want to Die with Michelle Allison the Fat Nutritionist
Nov 26, 2018
#99 - Learn & Grow Pt 5 - How Mindfulness Helps You Handle Bad Emotions
Nov 12, 2018
#98 - Understanding Weight Stigma Research Part One - with Jeffrey Hunger, PhD
Nov 05, 2018
#97 - Learn & Grow Part 4 - You don't have a food addiction. You need permission to eat (and eat emotionally)
Oct 29, 2018
#96 - Why Dieting Doesn't Usually Work with Neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt, PhD
Oct 17, 2018
#95 - Body Kindness Learn & Grow Part 3 - Reflections on Intuitive Eating from Principles to Practice
Oct 15, 2018
#94 - Body Kindness Learn & Grow Part 2 - Extreme Exercise is Unnecessary
Sep 26, 2018
#93 - Body Kindness Learn & Grow Part 1 - Ditching 'Diet Brain' for Body Kindness
Sep 11, 2018
#92 - Talking About Food and Bodies in the Home with Anna Lutz, RDN
Sep 04, 2018
#91 - Raising HAES Body Kindness for families with Kristy Fassio
Aug 27, 2018
#90 - You Have the Right to Remain Fat (and be a fat ally) with Virgie Tovar
Aug 20, 2018
#89 - Body Kindness in Postpartum Women: Body Image, Postpartum Depression, and Disordered Eating with Lindsay Stenovec, Creator of The Nurtured Mama
Jul 26, 2018
#88 - Why Women Fake Orgasms with Emily Nagoski, PhD author of the bestselling book Come As You Are
Jul 17, 2018
#87 - Weight and Body Conversations in the Media
Jul 03, 2018
#86 - Racial Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes with "The Radical Doula" Miriam Zoila Pérez
Jun 22, 2018
#85 - Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick with feminist author Maya Dusenbery
Jun 19, 2018
#84 - Body Image Flexibility: Insights from Self-compassion and Positive Body Image Research with Jennifer Webb, PhD
Jun 12, 2018
#83 - Dietland on AMC with Sarai Walker, author of the novel, Dietland
Jun 04, 2018
#82 - Practicing Body Kindness with the Loving-Kindness Meditation
May 30, 2018
#81 - Mindful Eating for Well-Being, Not Weight Loss with Lilia Graue and Michelle May
May 24, 2018
#80 - Diversity in Fashion with Straight/Curve Documentary Filmmaker Jenny McQuaile
May 18, 2018
#79 - Diets Can Kiss My A** with Jes Baker author of Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls
May 08, 2018
#78 - 'My doctor suggested weight loss surgery without even asking about my habits' - Weight stigma in medicine with Bernie Salazar
May 01, 2018
#77 - Diversity in Dietetics - Why cultural competency isn't enough to improve health care with Tamara Melton, RDN, Co-Founder of Diversify Dietetics
Apr 23, 2018
#76 - Writing and Reading About Health and Nutrition with Carrie Dennett
Apr 14, 2018
#75 - Your Body Is Not an Apology, with Author, Poet, and Activist Sonya Renee Taylor
Apr 03, 2018
#74 - It's Good to be "RAD" Why radical dietetics is a good thing for health enhancement with Dana Sturtevant of Be Nourished
Mar 21, 2018
#73 - How we can all MEND our relationship with ourselves with Rosie Molinary, author of Beautiful You
Mar 08, 2018
#72 - Weight Watchers, Diet Culture and Our Kids: Four Adults Chat it Out
Mar 05, 2018
#71 - Athletes at Every Size and The Plight of the "Fit Fatty" with Ragen Chastain, Guinness World Record Holder, Speaker, and Fat Activist
Feb 28, 2018
#70 - Enough As She Is, Helping Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards with bestselling author Rachel Simmons
Feb 20, 2018
#69 - A Money Health Checkup with Somatic Therapist Bari Tessler Linden
Feb 13, 2018
#68 - The RBG Workout with Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Trainer Bryant Johnson
Feb 06, 2018
#67 - You Do You: How to Give Fewer F* by Being Yourself with bestselling author Sarah Knight
Jan 29, 2018
#66 - How to Do "Body Positivity" with Megan Crabbe (aka BodyPosiPanda), author of Body Positive Power
Jan 23, 2018
#65 - So You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma Oluo
Jan 16, 2018
#64 - The Beauty of Being a Misfit - A Manifesto for Everyone Who Doesn't Fit In
Jan 09, 2018
#63 - Goal Digging for an Anti-Diet Year
Jan 01, 2018
#62 - Body Kindness Book Turns 1 and Our Favorite Episodes, Revisited
Dec 27, 2017
#61 - Rebecca's (Solo) Birthday Party and Self-Reflection
Dec 20, 2017
#60 - Rebecca and Bernie catch up - A rare face to face recording in Chicago!
Dec 12, 2017
#59 - Betrayed by cancer: Starting body acceptance over after surgical scars with Amy Herbert
Dec 05, 2017
#58 - Holding My Pregnancy for Ransom - An infertility 'body betrayal' story from Liz Shaw, co-author of Fertility Foods Cookbook and founder of the Bumps to Baby community
Nov 28, 2017
#57 - Get 'Unscrewed' in this #MeToo world with Jaclyn Friedman, activist and author of Unscrewed
Nov 19, 2017
#56 - I Feel Trapped By My Diagnosis - Finding Your New Normal with Anna Sweeney, Dietitian and Disability Rights Advocate
Nov 13, 2017
#55 - Resilience through an Eating Disorder with Christy Harrison, host of Food Psych Podcast, HAES Dietitian, and Intuitive Eating Counselor
Nov 06, 2017
#54 - It's Never Just About the Hair - Metastatic Breast Cancer and Resilience with Bare Short Film Director Kerith Lemon and Co-Writer Rebecca Hall
Oct 31, 2017
#53 - Why We All Need Fat Activism with Marilyn Wann, Author of Fat!So? and Creator of the YAY! Scale
Oct 24, 2017
#52 - Radical Self-Acceptance with Body Image Activist and Author Rosie Molinary
Oct 17, 2017
#51 - Why Diets are Bad for Your Brain with Neuroscientist and TED Talk Superstar, Sandra Aamodt, PhD
Oct 10, 2017
#50 - Challenging The Overwhelm with Bestselling Author Brigid Schulte - How Can We Find the Time to Have a Good Life?
Oct 03, 2017
#49 - Yoga Farts, Crazy Sweat, and Weight Concerns with Bernie Salazar
Sep 26, 2017
#48 - Heal Your Body Image with a Connection-Based Yoga Practice with Melanie Klein
Sep 19, 2017
#47 - The Perfect Body For Movement… Is YOURS. How to Build Self-compassion Through Yoga with Anna Guest-Jelley of CurvyYoga.com
Sep 11, 2017
#46 - Goodbye, Biggest Loser! Hello, September 'Spiral Up' Challenge
Aug 31, 2017
#45 - Is This a Diet Too? Why 'Healthy Eating' is So Confusing for Non-Dieters, with HAES Dietitian Glenys Oyston and Body Image Coach Sarah Vance
Aug 21, 2017
#44 - How Can I Still Love My Body If I Want To Get to a Healthier Place? with Registered Dietitian Holley Grainger
Aug 17, 2017
#43 - What To Do When You Have Your Wake Up Call And It's Time To Change For Good: How Intuitive Eating Dietitian Alexis Joseph Liberated Herself From Diet Culture
Aug 14, 2017
#42 - Intuitive Eating For Families, With Elyse Resch, Co-Author Of Intuitive Eating
Aug 09, 2017
#41 - Not All Eating Disorders Are 'To The Bone': Discussing ED Stereotypes With Chevese Turner From the Binge Eating Disorder Association
Aug 04, 2017
#40 - Strong is the New Pretty - Celebrating Girls Being Themselves with Author & Photographer Kate T Parker
Jul 26, 2017
#38 - Why Do Men Hide Their Body Image Issues? With HAES Dietitian Aaron Flores
Jul 10, 2017
#37 - Bringing Body Kindness In The Family, with 'Born To Eat' Author Leslie Schilling
Jun 28, 2017
#36 - Finding Your True Voice With The Power Of Metaphor, with Psychologist and Author Anita Johnston
Jun 21, 2017
#35 - Our 'Sexperiment' Month
Jun 15, 2017
#34 - How To Let Your Body Receive Pleasure with With Dr. Sybil Lockhart from OMGYes.com
May 22, 2017
#33 - Sex For One And All: How To Reconcile Your Body Image With Your Sex Life, with Sex Educator, Activist, Author Elle Chase
May 15, 2017
#32 - Orgasm Inequality - Achieving Parity In Achieving Climax, With Sexuality Scholar And Body Acceptance Activist Melissa Fabello
May 08, 2017
#31 - Intimate Justice & How To Talk To Kids About Sex, with NYT Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein.
May 01, 2017
#30 - Cookies And Calendars - Our Highs And Lows
Apr 27, 2017
#29 - The Intersection Of Bridal Culture And Diet Culture, with Author & Refinery29 Columnist Kelsey Miller
Apr 24, 2017
#28 - Yoga Is For Every Body, with Author, Yoga Teacher & Body Positive Advocate Jessamyn Stanley
Apr 17, 2017
#27 - Culture Jamming And Mindful Healing With Jes Baker
Apr 12, 2017
#26 - Be the Expert on Your Body: Intuitive Eating as an act of Body Kindness with Evelyn Tribole, co-author of Intuitive Eating book and workbook
Apr 03, 2017
#25 - Bob Harper's Heart Attack
Mar 27, 2017
#24 - Moms Get Real - Guiding Our Kids To Love Food, With Dietitian Sally Kuzemchak
Mar 20, 2017
#23 - Why Moderation Isn't As Sexy As Eliminate, with Nutrition Diva Monica Reinagel
Mar 10, 2017
#22 - Why Healthy Eating Should Not Look Like Dieting, Award Winning Chef & Dietitian Ellie Krieger
Mar 06, 2017
#21 - Facing A Fear - Bernie Sees The Doctor
Feb 27, 2017
#20 - How Dieting Disrupts Your Body's Natural Wellbeing, with Dr Kari Anderson of Green Mountain at Fox Run
Feb 20, 2017
#19 - Why Loving Food is Good for You, with Registered Dietitian Julie Duffy Dillon
Feb 13, 2017
#18 - The Health Benefits Of Bad Emotions: Why Befriending Your Critical Voice Helps You Take Care Of Yourself, With Connie Sobczak
Feb 06, 2017
#17 - Handling This Messy Life
Jan 30, 2017
#16 - The Religion of Diet Culture, with Dr. Alan Levinovitz
Jan 25, 2017
#15 - It's My #BookBirthday, Let's Celebrate Body Kindness
Dec 27, 2016
#14 - Learn & Grow Part 13 – "Dear panic attack, Thank you for all you have shown me" (and other gratitudes from Body Kindness readers and listeners)
Nov 11, 2016
#13 - Can You Be Body Positive And Want To Lose Weight?
Oct 17, 2016
#12 - Worried About Your Child's Weight? How To Handle It With Body Kindness
Sep 16, 2016
#11 - Learn & Grow Pt 11 - Why we finally said "I'm sorry" to our bodies and how you can do it too
Aug 22, 2016
#10 - Learn & Grow Pt 10 - How to get the sleep your brain and body really need
Jul 20, 2016
#9 - Learn & Grow Pt 9 - The Upside of Stress (and Emotional Eating)
Jun 20, 2016
#8 - Learn & Grow Pt 8 - How Your Body Fights to Regain Weight After Dieting (Research from The Biggest Loser)
May 10, 2016
#7 - Learn & Grow Pt 7 - The Biggest Loser Did Not Exist to Create Better Lives with Bernie Salazar, a former "winner" of the show
Apr 18, 2016
#6 - Learn & Grow Pt 6 - Creating New Habits Takes Serious Effort. Here Are Your Tools
Mar 21, 2016
#5 - Learn & Grow Part 5 - How Mindfulness Helps You Handle Bad Emotions
Mar 07, 2016
#4 - Learn & Grow Part 4 - You don't have a food addiction. You need permission to eat (and eat emotionally)
Feb 22, 2016
#3 - Learn & Grow Part 3 - Reflections on Intuitive Eating from Principles to Practice
Feb 08, 2016
#2 - Learn & Grow Part 2 - Extreme Exercise Is Unnecessary
Jan 25, 2016
#1 - Learn & Grow Part 1 - Ditching 'Diet Brain' for Body Kindness
Jan 08, 2016