In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri interviews Ashantis Jones, a counselor and ASM-certified personal trainer, about healing body image and movement through an intersectional, weight-inclusive lens. Ashantis shares how her eating disorder recovery, later neurodivergence diagnoses (ADHD/autism traits and ARFID), and experience with fibromyalgia shaped her approach to care, emphasizing that diagnoses can be useful but aren't always required to provide support. They discuss body positivity as a social justice movement, how privilege and systemic oppression—including racism, fatphobia, ableism, and capitalism—shape access to care and eating disorder treatment, and why decolonizing mental health matters. Ashantis explains that weight-inclusive fitness can look the same as weight-centric training, but focuses on functional goals, accommodations, rest, and building body trust rather than weight loss.

06:38 Recovery Origin Story

11:47 Eating Disorder Realizations

13:19 ARFID ADHD Nuance

15:58 Diagnoses And Shame

19:34 Intersectionality Basics 24:10 Decolonizing Mental Health

31:02 Defensiveness And Learning

32:26 Learning Beyond Your Bubble

33:12 Pandemic Backlash and Diet Culture

40:12 Movement as Body Trust

42:45 Chronic Illness and Ableism Realities

56:13 Read Books Not Hot Takes

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In this episode of The Body Grievers® Club, Bri joins therapist/social worker Monica Freudenreich to discuss eating disorders versus disordered eating, emphasizing that most people with eating disorders often go unrecognized or dismissed by providers who lack specialized training and may be influenced by diet culture trends. They describe how diagnostic labels can shift, how insurance and treatment systems affect care, and why focusing on functioning and quality of life matters more than whether someone meets a specific DSM threshold. They critique applying abstinence-based addiction models to food, highlight how "health" is often reduced to weight, and explore the roles of rest, connection, joy, and reducing shame in healing. They also preview an upcoming master class for providers and individuals on assessment, blind spots, body image, and practical strategies.

04:18 Recognizing Disordered Eating

06:58 Monica's ED Work Journey

09:55 Bri's ED Center Reality

12:41 Provider Dissonance Dieting

18:57 Labels Don't Matter

25:42 Healing Inside Diet Culture

35:36 Rest as Radical Health

37:25 Rethinking Addiction and Connection

38:54 Comfort Coping Without Shame

47:55 Rejecting Diet Culture

50:18 About the Masterclass

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Join our upcoming masterclass: Eating Disorder vs. Disordered Eating

Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9DcIMGxMs

Episode 37: Rest Feels Unsafe

Get on the waitlist for Body Image Bootcamp for providers at https://bodyimagewithbri.mykajabi.com/bootcamp-waitlist-2025

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In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri interviews licensed clinical social worker and parent Keri Baker about body image, food, and raising kids—especially when both parent and child live in larger bodies. Keri shares her history of early dieting, years of chronic dieting, likely undiagnosed eating disorder symptoms, and finding intuitive eating and anti-diet care through supportive providers. They discuss parenting a child with ARFID (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder), how it's often mistaken for picky eating, and the added difficulty of seeking medical care when professionals dismiss concerns or focus on weight.

04:02 From Diet Culture to Intuitive Eating

09:43 Parenting With ARFID

13:04 Weight Stigma in Healthcare

22:30 Talking Body Image With Teens

28:33 Intuitive Eating Starts With You

29:51 Division of Responsibility Basics

31:04 When Kids Eat Differently

37:45 Good Enough Nourishment

39:30 Habituated Foods and Interoception

44:25 Advocating at Doctor Visits

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