Leah Kern's guest appearances

Leah Kern

Beyond The Mirror

What She Gained

Understanding Disordered Eating

OwlTail

Today I have a very eclectic conversation with Leah Kern (https://www.instagram.com/leahkern.rd/) we cover:  Who Leah is and why she's so passionate about intuitive eating. How to use cannabis and remain intuitive with your food intake, even with "the munchies". Why kid's books seem to be our first insight into diet culture and anti-fat bias and what to do about it as a parent. The combination of thoughts around loving your parents but also being annoyed about their diet culture habits.  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.

Today I have a very eclectic conversation with Leah Kern (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/leahkern.rd/)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/leahkern.rd/)</a> we cover: <ul> <li>Who Leah is and why she's so passionate about intuitive eating.</li> <li>How to use cannabis and remain intuitive with your food intake, even with "the munchies".</li> <li>Why kid's books seem to be our first insight into diet culture and anti-fat bias and what to do about it as a parent.</li> <li>The combination of thoughts around loving your parents but also being annoyed about their diet culture habits.</li> </ul> Listen to Leah's podcast, Shoulders Down: <a href="https://leahkernrd.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://leahkernrd.com/podcast/</a> Leah's blog on cannabis: <a href="https://leahkernrd.com/intuitive-eating-and-cannabis-use-how-to-prevent-binging-when-you-get-high-munchies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://leahkernrd.com/intuitive-eating-and-cannabis-use-how-to-prevent-binging-when-you-get-high-munchies/</a> Get in touch with Leah: <a href="https://leahkernrd.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://leahkernrd.com/contact/</a> Download my free book: <a href="https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/freeguide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/freeguide/</a> Sign up to the presale list for the ASS programme: <a href="https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/anti-summer-shred-project/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/anti-summer-shred-project/</a> 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.

E011 - Leah Kern: Intuitive Eating, Cannabis & Kid’s Books

Intuitive eating has become a hot topic in the media. I’m glad it’s become popular, but that comes with a danger… diet culture has adopted intuitive eating for its own purposes. So, as people who actually want to heal our relationship with food and not subscribe to diet culture, how do we approach intuitive eating? During this week’s episode, we discussed just that.   This episode is with my dear friend, Leah Kern. Leah is an anti-diet dietician. She’s an RD and a certified intuitive eating counselor. Her practice specializes in helping people heal their relationship with food using intuitive eating.    [00:01- 02:15] Introductions [02:15-07:53] Principles of Intuitive Eating  How intuitive eating came to be. The framework of intuitive eating - how it can become another "diet." The basics of intuitive eating.    [07:54 - 10:34] Leah's Advice for Someone Who Wants to Work on Their Intuitive Eating  Identifying whether it's a diet or not.  How do social media, mobile apps, and society impacts one's relationship with food?     [10:35 - 13:38] The Difference with Eating Disorder Care  It's temporary  The long-term goal of being able to stabilize one's relationship with food.  Trusting your body's cues - the end goal of eating disorder recovery.     [13:39 - 28:57] How Leah Integrates Science into the Framework of Intuitive Eating?  Introduction of gentle nutrition. Intuitive eating comes from a place of self-care. The importance of balancing nutrition and variety for the body.  Leah elaborates on the true essence of balancing - not a salad and burger kind of balancing.  Society’s impact on diet culture made it more like a business venture.       [28:58 - 36:38] The Fusion of Movement and Exercise in Intuitive Eating  What is movement in the intuitive eating perspective?  Understanding what it means to be strong and finding the inspiration in its meaning before indulging in exercises.     [36:39 - 38:08] Outro  Where can you find Leah?    Tweetable Quotes:  "Intuitive eating is eating for the way you want to feel in your body, not the way you want to look in your body." - Leah Kern, RD   “If you are eating and exercising with the intention of wanting to manipulate the size and shape of your body, you are probably going to end up disappointed.” - Leah Kern, RD   Resources:   Leah Kern’s Website  Leah Kern’s Instagram  Shoulders Down Podcast    LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who may need this podcast by sharing this episode.   Be sure to sign up for my weekly newsletter here!    You can connect with me, Rachelle Heinemann on Instagram, through my website www.rachelleheinemann.com, or email me directly at rachelle@rachelleheinemann.com

Intuitive eating has become a hot topic in the media. I’m glad it’s become popular, but that comes with a danger… diet culture has adopted intuitive eating for its own purposes. So, as people who actually want to heal our relationship with food and not subscribe to diet culture, how do we approach intuitive eating? During this week’s episode, we discussed just that. This episode is with my dear friend, Leah Kern. Leah is an anti-diet dietician. She’s an RD and a certified intuitive eating counselor. Her practice specializes in helping people heal their relationship with food using intuitive eating.  [00:01- 02:15] Introductions [02:15-07:53] Principles of Intuitive Eating <ul> <li>How intuitive eating came to be.</li> <li>The framework of intuitive eating - how it can become another "diet."</li> <li>The basics of intuitive eating.</li> </ul> [07:54 - 10:34] Leah's Advice for Someone Who Wants to Work on Their Intuitive Eating <ul> <li>Identifying whether it's a diet or not. </li> <li>How do social media, mobile apps, and society impacts one's relationship with food? </li> </ul> [10:35 - 13:38] The Difference with Eating Disorder Care <ul> <li>It's temporary </li> <li>The long-term goal of being able to stabilize one's relationship with food. </li> <li>Trusting your body's cues - the end goal of eating disorder recovery. </li> </ul> [13:39 - 28:57] How Leah Integrates Science into the Framework of Intuitive Eating? <ul> <li>Introduction of gentle nutrition.</li> <li>Intuitive eating comes from a place of self-care.</li> <li>The importance of balancing nutrition and variety for the body. </li> <li>Leah elaborates on the true essence of balancing - not a salad and burger kind of balancing. </li> <li>Society’s impact on diet culture made it more like a business venture.   </li> </ul> [28:58 - 36:38] The Fusion of Movement and Exercise in Intuitive Eating <ul> <li>What is movement in the intuitive eating perspective? </li> <li>Understanding what it means to be strong and finding the inspiration in its meaning before indulging in exercises. </li> </ul> [36:39 - 38:08] Outro <ul> <li>Where can you find Leah?</li> </ul> Tweetable Quotes:  "Intuitive eating is eating for the way you want to feel in your body, not the way you want to look in your body." - Leah Kern, RD “If you are eating and exercising with the intention of wanting to manipulate the size and shape of your body, you are probably going to end up disappointed.” - Leah Kern, RD Resources:  <ul> <li><a href="https://leahkernrd.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leah Kern’s Website</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/leahkern.rd/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leah Kern’s Instagram</a> </li> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shoulders-down/id1616910063" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Shoulders Down Podcast</a></li> </ul> LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who may need this podcast by sharing this episode. Be sure to sign up for my weekly newsletter <a href="https://app.mailerlite.com/sites/preview/5609699" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>!  You can connect with me, Rachelle Heinemann on Instagram, through my website <a href="http://www.rachelleheinemann.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.rachelleheinemann.com</a>, or email me directly at <a href="mailto:rachelle@rachelleheinemann.com" rel="noopener">rachelle@rachelleheinemann.com</a>

46. Intuitive Eating Gone Wrong with Leah Kern, RD.

Intuitive eating is on the rise, particularly among young adults. Intuitive eating is a specific practice that encourages you to tap into your body’s hunger cues. Want to know more about it? In this episode, I’m joined on the show by intuitive eating counselor Leah Kern, RD, who sits down with me to discuss intuitive eating, how to get started, and much more. When we learn to be our authentic selves, we will gain so much in our lives and inspire others to change their lives. Leah Kern is an anti-diet registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor who specializes in helping people heal their relationship with food and body through the framework of Intuitive Eating. Leah teaches her clients to harness their body's innate wisdom to govern how they eat and live in her private practice. Leah believes that the work involved with unraveling years of conditioning in diet culture and learning to come home to one's body is deeply spiritual work, and she treats it as such. Leah's mission is to help her clients heal their relationship with food and body so they can finally live their most aligned and fulfilling lives without being bogged down by constant food thoughts. Listen to learn more: Leah’s journey with intuitive eating {03:00} When your intuition lets you know you are out of alignment. {08:54} What we gain in life when we stop obsessing about food {12:40} Where do you start if you want to connect with your bodies? {28:00} Plus much more, including stories of others who have learned to be their authentic selves.   Resources: Connect with Leah Instagram: @leahkern.rd Website: www.leahkernrd.com   Connect with Molly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/ Free Mini Training: https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining

Intuitive eating is on the rise, particularly among young adults. Intuitive eating is a specific practice that encourages you to tap into your body’s hunger cues. Want to know more about it? In this episode, I’m joined on the show by intuitive eating counselor Leah Kern, RD, who sits down with me to discuss intuitive eating, how to get started, and much more. When we learn to be our authentic selves, we will gain so much in our lives and inspire others to change their lives. Leah Kern is an anti-diet registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor who specializes in helping people heal their relationship with food and body through the framework of Intuitive Eating. Leah teaches her clients to harness their body's innate wisdom to govern how they eat and live in her private practice. Leah believes that the work involved with unraveling years of conditioning in diet culture and learning to come home to one's body is deeply spiritual work, and she treats it as such. Leah's mission is to help her clients heal their relationship with food and body so they can finally live their most aligned and fulfilling lives without being bogged down by constant food thoughts. Listen to learn more: Leah’s journey with intuitive eating {03:00} When your intuition lets you know you are out of alignment. {08:54} What we gain in life when we stop obsessing about food {12:40} Where do you start if you want to connect with your bodies? {28:00} Plus much more, including stories of others who have learned to be their authentic selves. Resources: Connect with Leah Instagram: @leahkern.rd Website: <a href="http://www.leahkernrd.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.leahkernrd.com</a> Connect with Molly Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/mollykatewellness/</a> Free Mini Training: <a href="https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mollykatewellness.com/freeminitraining</a>