Jun 23, 2023
Today I have a very eclectic conversation with Leah Kern (https://www.instagram.com/leahkern.rd/) we cover:
Listen to Leah's podcast, Shoulders Down: https://leahkernrd.com/podcast/
Leah's blog on cannabis: https://leahkernrd.com/intuitive-eating-and-cannabis-use-how-to-prevent-binging-when-you-get-high-munchies/
Get in touch with Leah: https://leahkernrd.com/contact/
Download my free book: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/freeguide/
Sign up to the presale list for the ASS programme: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/anti-summer-shred-project/
Full Timestamps:
Introduction [00:00:11]
The host introduces Leah Kern, an anti-diet dietitian and certified
intuitive eating counsellor, and explains the topics they will
discuss, including marijuana and intuitive eating, and the impact
of diet culture on children's books.
Discovering intuitive eating [00:04:32]
Leah shares her personal journey of discovering intuitive eating
from a disordered place and how it changed her life, leading her to
pursue a career as an anti-diet dietitian.
Transitioning to Weight Inclusive Health [00:08:59]
Leah talks about her experience in college and how her professors
were transitioning the curriculum from being weight normative to
weight-inclusive health at every size.
Using Cannabis and Intuitive Eating [00:12:22]
Leah discusses the importance of talking about cannabis usage and
intuitive eating, and how it can affect people's relationship with
food. She also shares her top tips for people who use cannabis
recreationally and want to stay connected with their bodies.
Unwanted Side Effects of Cannabis Usage [00:13:22]
Leah emphasizes that people use cannabis for many different
reasons, including medicinal use, but unwanted side effects such as
feeling out of control with food can affect the quality of life.
She encourages people to seek the right tools and support to get
their relationship with food to a point where cannabis doesn't
equal an automatic out of control binge situation.
Why it's important to talk about cannabis and intuitive eating
[00:15:39]
Leah Kern discusses why it's important to talk about the
relationship between cannabis and intuitive eating, and how it can
be adapted to support people who use cannabis.
Using the intuitive eating framework with cannabis
[00:17:30]
Leah Kern and the host discuss how the intuitive eating framework
can be applied to the experience of using cannabis, and how it
takes practice over time.
Food habituation and the sadness of saying enough [00:22:45]
Leah Kern explains the concept of food habituation and how it can
help people who struggle with binging when high. She also discusses
the sadness of saying enough and how it's a choice between feeling
uncomfortable for hours or just a few moments.
Intuitive eating and children's books [00:25:58]
The speakers discuss the anti-fat bias and diet culture messages
present in popular children's books, such as Harry Potter, and the
impact they can have on children's body image and self-worth.
Parenting and body image [00:30:46]
The speakers discuss the difficulty of navigating popular media
with harmful messages and the importance of providing explicit
messaging at home to help children develop a healthy body
image.
Media Literacy [00:31:55]
The host and guest discuss the importance of media literacy in
helping pre-teens and teens understand why certain body image
ideals are problematic.
Parents and Diet Culture [00:35:00]
The guest shares her experience growing up with a father who was
always dieting and a mother who was not explicitly dieting but
still had some diet culture tendencies.
Deeper Emotional and Mental Health States [00:39:03]
The hosts discuss the love-hate relationship with social media and
how it has allowed for more conversations around deeper emotional
and mental health states.
Healing relationships with food and body [00:40:06]
Leah Kern talks about how it's normal to have complex feelings
about food and body, and how she helps her clients heal their
relationships with food and body.
Finding a comfortable exercise environment [00:43:21]
Leah Kern talks about her struggle to find a comfortable exercise
environment that is free from diet culture and how she has made
notes to herself to find a teacher that she feels comfortable
with.
Finding a Safe Fitness Space [00:48:17]
Leah and the host discuss the challenges of finding a safe fitness
space, especially for people in larger bodies.
Creating a Directory of Trusted Professionals [00:49:31]
The host mentions Tali Rae's work on creating a directory of
trusted professionals and places in the UK, and the need for
similar directories in the US.
Leah Kern's Work and Content [00:49:51]
Leah shares her Instagram, website, and podcast, which covers
topics such as cannabis and intuitive eating. The host links to her
work in the show notes.