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Dear Peloton, I write to you as a member, a psychologist specializing in eating disorders and body image concerns, and long-time fitness professional. In fact, I’ve been certified as a personal trainer for 25 years, am certified as a lifetime spinning instructor, and have taught hundreds, if not thousands, of group exercise classes. And whileContinue reading Dear Peloton, Where Are Your Fat Instructors?
Levels of Care in Eating Disorder Treatment If you’re struggling with an eating disorder and have started to research treatment, chances are you’ve come across different types of therapies in different formats and locations. You might have noticed that a number of professionals are involved in eating disorder treatment (e.g., psychotherapist, registered dietitian, medical doctor,Continue reading Levels of Care: Choosing the Right Eating Disorder Treatment
In our teaching of DBT skills, I always say that radical acceptance is one of the hardest skills to learn. To do. To embody. I feel this way myself. As much as I talk about acceptance, I find my brain constantly wants to err on the change side of the acceptance-change continuum. It wants toContinue reading Radical Body Acceptance
So many people struggle to have a healthy relationship with exercise. For some, it’s difficult to move in a way that feels easy, joyful, and sustainable. For others, the concern is that physical activity because repetitive and compulsive. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Exercise can be an affirming, joyful part of yourContinue reading Intuitive Exercise – Healing Your Relationship with Movement
Psychology, taking its tune from medicine, has honed in on obesity as a problem its providers need to fix. Medicine views obesity/overweight as a disease; psychology has co-opted the disease model and posits weight as a behavior demanding therapeutic intervention. But these approaches are flawed, and psychology’s focus on weight-loss interventions is unethical, violating theContinue reading How Psychology’s Focus on Obesity Does More Harm Than Good