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Whether You Know it or Not, You're Likely Making this Mistake with Food

Paige Smathers

Oct 28, 2019

Whether You Know it or Not, You're Likely Making this Mistake with Food

Whether we know it or not, most of us are operating on this premise with food: If I'm just mean enough to myself this time, maybe I'll...

Paige Smathers

Aug 19, 2019

Does this Ever Get Easier?

"Whoa, this sounds like a lot of work! You're really saying you watch your thoughts and practice mindfulness, self-compassion with your...

The Ingredient Most People are Missing in Their Approach to Food

Paige Smathers

Jul 22, 2019

The Ingredient Most People are Missing in Their Approach to Food

Self-compassion is the foundation of the work I do with nutrition. It might sound strange coming from a registered dietitian, but it's...

Paige Smathers

Jul 15, 2019

153: Hitting Diet Rock Bottom

We're all familiar with what the term 'rock bottom' means—but, what does that look like with food and body image? Jennifer McGurk, RDN,...

152: What Does it Look Like When Things are Going Well with Nutrition and Body Image?

Paige Smathers

Jun 24, 2019

152: What Does it Look Like When Things are Going Well with Nutrition and Body Image?

This podcast outlines ways to identify when things are going well with your relationship with food. It's understandable that we spend...

151: The Distinction Between Mindfulness and Intuitive Eating

Paige Smathers

Jun 10, 2019

151: The Distinction Between Mindfulness and Intuitive Eating

This week on the podcast, I'm sharing an episode where I was a guest discussing mindfulness, intuitive eating, self-compassion and more:...

Paige Smathers

Apr 23, 2019

Anti-Inflammation Hack: Love Yourself

With all the health gurus and influencers promoting hacks for anti-inflammation, this part of the story is really important because...

8 Surprising Facts I Learned about Nutrition while Getting my PhD in Nutritional Sciences

Paige Smathers

Mar 25, 2019

8 Surprising Facts I Learned about Nutrition while Getting my PhD in Nutritional Sciences

They say the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know and that is 100% true in my experience as someone who has spent the...

Paige Smathers

Mar 11, 2019

Tips for Parents with Picky Eaters

I wrote this blog post back in 2014 and am re-posting it with some edits for parents with picky eaters. I was shopping in Costco the...

Struggling to Call A Truce with Food? Try This.

Paige Smathers

Feb 11, 2019

Struggling to Call A Truce with Food? Try This.

“I don’t trust myself around that food.” If this is something you find yourself saying regularly or if you’ve ever even had that thought,...

Paige Smathers

Jan 28, 2019

It Doesn't Really Matter What You Eat

It doesn't really matter what you eat. Does that sound crazy? It probably does, and it probably sounds even stranger coming from a...

141: When Intuitive Eating Is Your Native Language

Paige Smathers

Jan 21, 2019

141: When Intuitive Eating Is Your Native Language

Diana K. Rice, RD, LD, is known as The Baby Steps Dietitian and is the founder of Diana K. Rice Nutrition, LLC, where she works with...

Paige Smathers

Jan 7, 2019

140: The Magical Power of Saying No

I've missed all of you while I took a two month break from podcasting!! Happy New Year and welcome to 2019. This podcast episode is all...

139: Your Holiday Food & Body Image Survival Guide

Paige Smathers

Oct 31, 2018

139: Your Holiday Food & Body Image Survival Guide

Molly Bahr, LMHC is a licensed mental health counselor currently stationed for a year in Haiti. She has a private practice primarily...

Paige Smathers

Oct 31, 2018

How to Spot a Fad Diet

Diets have evolved through the years. A decade or so ago, you could spot a diet from a mile away with blatant statements of restriction,...

Paige Smathers

Oct 17, 2018

Our Bodies Like Averages

It's easy to get caught up in perfection with nutrition. We are constantly bombarded with messages making it seem like it's necessary to...

How to Navigate Nutrition Research with Confidence

Paige Smathers

Oct 1, 2018

How to Navigate Nutrition Research with Confidence

It is extremely tricky to be a consumer in today’s world with so much media influence. There is so much pressure and conflicting messages...

Perfectionism [with food] Is A Shapeshifter

Paige Smathers

Sep 26, 2018

Perfectionism [with food] Is A Shapeshifter

I talk a lot about intuitive eating, positive nutrition, trusting your body and learning to be at peace with food in the work I do as a...

Paige Smathers

Sep 17, 2018

What is Normal Eating?

Everyone seems to have an opinion about what you should be eating, how you should eat it, and when. The lure of diets can be...

Paige Smathers

Sep 10, 2018

10 Reasons Diets Don't Work

My official title is dietitian but promoting diets simply isn't my jam. To make sure we are all on the same page when I use the word...