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#215: The Dark Side of Discipline: Exercise Dependence, Under-Fueling, and Why Rest Feels So Hard with Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CSCS, CEDS-C
In this episode, Abbie chats with Leslie Schilling, a registered dietitian who specializes in working with athletes and disordered eating, about what it looks like when our relationship with exercise is no longer healthy.
#214: Can Dogs Heal What Therapy Alone Cannot? On Recovery, Mental Health, and the Human-Animal Bond with Shannon Kopp
Abbie is joined by Shannon Kopp, founder of SoulPaws Recovery Project, to explore the role of the human-animal connection in recovery from eating disorders, substance use, trauma, and mental health challenges.
#213: Kids, Body Image, GLP-1s, and Disordered Eating: What a Pediatrician Wants You to Know with Dr. Lauren Hartman
Abbie is joined by adolescent medicine specialist Dr. Lauren Hartman to talk about what it really means to care for kids in a culture obsessed with shrinking them.
#212: How Your Attachment Style Impacts Your Relationship with Food with Therapists Kate Garland and Vanessa Scaringi
In this episode, I’m joined by therapists Vanessa and Kate to explore the powerful connection between attachment theory and eating behaviors—why food can feel like safety, control, or comfort, and how early relationships influence the way we cope today.
#211: When Perfectionism Impacts Our Health, Body Image, and Self-Worth with Dr. Lisa Folden (best of)
This week, I’m bringing back a listener favorite—my conversation with Dr. Lisa Folden, who is a physical therapist, anti-diet coach, and weight-inclusive movement practitioner.
#210: This S**t Is So Hard. Is Recovery Worth It?
In this bonus episode, Abbie is joined by her husband Jeb (nearly a decade sober) to respond to a listener question: Is healing actually worth how hard it feels?
#209: "I Refuse to Be Good": Women, Bodies, and the Cost of Compliance with Savala Nolan
In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by the incredible Savala Nolan (back for the second time) to talk about her new book Good Woman: A Reckoning, which is a lyrical, unflinching exploration of the expectations placed on women’s bodies, voices, marriages, appetites, and lives.
#208: Fibermaxxing, Protein Hysteria, and the Trap of “More Is Better"
In this episode, we're slowing down the “fibermaxxing” conversation and coming at it through the lens of science, context, and a compassionate relationship with food.
#207: Raising Kids in Diet Culture: Eating Disorder Prevention, Protection, and Real Conversations with Zoë Bisbing, Body Image Therapist
Zoë Bisbing, psychotherapist and eating disorder specialist, joins me to unpack the invisible lessons our kids absorb—and how parents can respond to “hard body moments” without shame or overcorrection.
#206: The Hidden Cost of Diet Culture in Endurance Sports with Zoë Rom and Kylee Van Horn, RD
Zoë Rom is a journalist, elite runner, and advocate for nuanced storytelling in sports media. Kylee Van Horn is a dietitian working directly with athletes. They join me to share their insights on how diet culture and running culture intersect.
#205: The Weight We Inherit: Dieting and Disordered Eating as Intergenerational Trauma with Therapists Ashley Wilfore and Sarah Louer
Therapists Ashley Wilfore and Sarah Louer know what it's like to have dieting and body shame passed down to you like a family heirloom. We discuss what it means to experience intergenerational trauma, how disordered eating and body hatred get inherited and perpetuated through family values and behaviors, and what it's like to grow up surrounded by diet culture in your home.
#204: The Impact of Chronic Stress on Digestion, Psychological Restriction in Autoimmune Disease, and Feeling Safe with Food Again with Meg Bowman
Abbie sits down with Meg Bowman, a nutritionist who works at the intersection of mental health, trauma, and nutrition, to explore how our lived experiences—especially chronic illness and trauma—shape our relationship with food and our bodies.
#203: The Politics of Appetite: GLP-1s, "Food Noise," and the Longterm Impact of Hunger Suppression with Christyna Johnson
Abbie is joined by Christyna Johnson, a registered dietitian whose work sits at the intersection of nourishment and social justice (a perfect fit for Full Plate, as you all know).
#202: We Can't Save America with Protein: The New Dietary Guidelines, MAHA Misinformation, and Processed Foods With Anna Sweeney, RD
Abbie is joined by registered dietitian Anna Sweeney for a conversation that gently but firmly pushes back on the loudest nutrition narratives we’re seeing and hearing right now (carbs, sugar, protein hype, processed foods, “good fats” and everything in between).
#201: Trauma Hits Like a Tsunami. Healing Happens in Tiny Glimmers With Sharon Maxwell
Sharon Maxwell returns (she might hold the record!?) to talk about embracing pleasure with food and bringing fat joy into the new year.
#199: The Cost of Self-Abandonment and How to Finally Choose Yourself with Yasmine Cheyenne (best of)
Because it's the end of the year, I figured we needed this one: Yasmine Cheyenne helps us walk some of our most challenging paths: self-forgiveness, people-pleasing, unhealthy relationships, and comparison.
#198: Holiday Q&A: Food Comparison, Friends on Diets, Body Image, Boundary Struggles, and Befriending Rest
Abbie answers this month’s community Q&A questions.
#197: Is Perimenopause a Diet Now? Talking Soft Pants and Midlife Wellness Traps with Cole Kazdin
In this episode, Cole Kazdin returns (her second time on the pod!) to talk to Abbie about perimenopause and all the misinformation out there about it.
#196: Is Psychedelic Therapy a Future Treatment for Anorexia? Exploring the Research with Dr. Marissa Raymond-Flesch
Dr. Marissa Raymond-Flesch talks with Abbie about leading a groundbreaking clinical trial at UCSF exploring psilocybin-assisted therapy for young adults with anorexia — a first-of-its-kind study looking at whether psychedelics might help loosen some of that rigidity, support new ways of relating to food and the body, and offer hope where other approaches haven’t.
#195: Forget “Aging Gracefully”: How to Live Fully in a Changing Body with Deb Benfield, RDN
Deb Benfield, RDN, returns to talk about what it really means to age unapologetically.

