Kindful Body Conversations
Curated conversations to answer your most asked questions about eating disorders, treatment and nutrition counseling
In this video, Marcella Cox, LMFT and Founder of Kindful Body, and Dianna Marino, RD at Kindful Body discuss the role of a dietitian in recovery.
Some of the questions answered in this video are:
• What is a dietitian?
• When is it time to see a dietitian?
• What do sessions look like with a dietitian?
• How do you work with a client struggling to achieve their goals?
• What is Intuitive Eating?
• What's the difference between eating disorders and disordered eating?
• Can you benefit from seeing a dietitian if you are struggling with disordered eating?
Questions we'll answer in this video are:
• Doesn’t everybody struggle with body image and try to control what they eat?
• How do I know when it crossed the line into disordered eating or an eating disorder?
• What are some signs or struggles that would indicate that I need professional help?
• My problem is eating too much, not too little. Why do I need to see a therapist and a dietitian?
• What resources do you recommend for finding help with my struggles with food and my body?
Clinician Quick Tips
Hear from our Kindful Body clinicians and dietitians and discover practical tips for managing eating disorders, body image, and self esteem.
Dianna Reilly, a Kindful Body dietician, offers actionable strategies you can use on tough body image days.
Discover the importance of nourishment, comfort, and joy on difficult body image days. Get to know Dianna by visiting her page below!
Gain insights from Lauren Lambert, a Kindful Body clinician, as she explores how to utilize opposite action on difficult body image days.
While it’s natural to not always love or like your body, it’s possible to still care for yourself anyway. Check out the video to find out how.
Hear from Kindful Body founder Marcella Cox as she helps you get to know your inner body checker.
We all have days where we struggle with body image. Getting to know the feeling behind the impulse to body check helps people navigate “bad body days” and deepen their self-awareness.
Samantha Young, Kindful Body Clinical Director guides you through a relaxation meditation technique in this calming video.
Watch this video to try a simple, yet effective body scan meditation that will bring your attention to your breathing and releasing stress.
Hear from Kindful Body founder Marcella Cox as she walks you through the steps of the IFS U-Turn.
This U-Turn helps clients deepen their self-awareness, which gives them more choice in how to respond to others and opens the door for more connection in relationships!
Hear from Kindful Body clinician Faith Brandt as she walks you through a guided check-in with your breath.
Faith’s specialties include binge eating, midlife eating and body image issues, mindfulness, and self-compassion. Get to know Faith Brandt by viewing her page on our website!
Hear from Kindful Body clinician Courtney Fazli as she shares about herself and a coping skill she loves: butterfly tapping!
Courtney works with clients who feel stuck in their negative thoughts about their bodies and their relationship with food, and uses EMDR techniques to help them live a whole-hearted life. Get to know Courtney by viewing her page on our website!
Meet Dianna Marino, one of our Kindful Body dietitians, who offers nutritional counseling and guidance.
Learn more about Dianna's approach and a special technique she uses with her clients to build a better relationship with their food.
Meet Ashley Ellis Eid, one of our Kindful Body clinicians, who shares a realistic and helpful coping skill that can be used anywhere at any time.
Learn more about Ashley and how she can support you through eating disorder related anxiety and body image issues.
Meet Jody Green, one of our Kindful Body clinicians, who shares a DBT skill you can use to deal with big emotions.
Learn more about Jody and how she can support you in your eating disorder recovery.
Meet Lauren Lambert, one of our Kindful Body clinicians, who walks you through an intention setting exercise in this video.
Learn more about Lauren, her therapeutic style, and how she can support you in your recovery from eating disorders.
Kindful body clinician Jen Villaseñor shares an important way to gain insight into your disordered eating behavior through chain analysis.
Watch to learn more about Jen, this DBT-inspired tool, and to get a sense of what it would be like to work with her in your eating disorder recovery journey.
Kindful Body dietician Alisha Dudish has been supporting clients with disordered eating for the past 12 years. Her “Mindfulness at a Meal” coping skill is one that is a vital practice to your eating disorder recovery.
Watch to hear more about this tool, and learn about Alisha as a therapist and beyond.
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