by anna | Oct 21, 2015 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Body Trust®, HAES, Health at Every Size, Kindness, Relationship, The Weight of the World
By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD Most people recoil when they first hear us use the term “fat” when we give a talk. And then we explain that part of the work in the body positive movement is reclaiming the word fat, to strip it of its negative or pejorative... 
by anna | Sep 16, 2015 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Body Trust®, Embodied Practitioner, HAES, Health at Every Size, Newsletter, The Weight of the World
The arena of body acceptance and positivity is a beautiful and varied one. There are many strong and capable voices, leaders and ideas. We want you to know where we are coming from so you can: Feel safe exploring our work. Think about it and see how it is for you.... 
by anna | Sep 4, 2015 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Respect, Body Trust®, HAES, Health at Every Size, Inspiration, Joyful Movement, Kindness, Nourishment
By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD We currently live in a culture that believes health comes in only one body size: thin. People (including physicians and other health care providers) make all kinds of assumptions about a person’s health just by looking at them (or... by anna | Feb 26, 2015 | Attuned Eating, Body Trust®, HAES, Health at Every Size, Intuitive eating, The Weight of the World
By Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC It’s Eating Disorder Awareness week, and with all the discussion about eating disorders this week, we wanted to shed some light on Binge Eating Disorder (BED). It’s a bit more complicated than it may seem. Dana and I attended the 18th Annual... by anna | Feb 17, 2015 | Be Nourished, Body Positive, Body Trust®, Eating disorders, HAES, Health at Every Size, Kindness, Nourishment, The Weight of the World
By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD & Rachel Sterry, ND You have a right to refuse to be weighed. This surprises people. And to some, it feels like a bold stance to take. But it is your right. And we believe it is an act of radical self-care. By stating your needs around... by anna | Sep 26, 2013 | Be Nourished, HAES, Health at Every Size, Intuitive eating, Newsletter, Nourishment
By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD It is BEDA’s Weight Stigma Awareness Week, so I thought I’d write a little bit about how I came to Health at Every Size®. Early in my career, I worked as a “health research interventionist” at a fairly well known research center in the... 