by Louise Adams | 27 Jun 2023 | Uncategorized
In this episode I’m speaking with Sharon Maxwell, an outraged fat activist with lived experience of a restrictive eating disorder. She’s sharing an appalling story about the goings on at NEDA, an American eating disorders organisation. Not only did NEDA...
by Louise Adams | 5 Jun 2018 | Uncategorized
Many people come to the anti-diet approach in order to work on their relationship with food. Exhausted with the merry go round of diet-regain-repeat, riddled with food rules, confusion and enormous guilt, those who are brave enough to ditch dieting are seriously READY...
by Louise Adams | 29 May 2018 | Uncategorized
#MeToo has highlighted a very uncomfortable truth: sexual violence against women is ridiculously common. Just about every female on the planet can recount at least one story of unwanted sexual attention, and far too many can recount multiple abusive experiences. This...
by Louise Adams | 23 May 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s no secret that over the last few years, dieting has seriously fallen out of fashion. There’s growing recognition of just how ineffective diets are in achieving sustainable weight loss, alongside increasing acknowledgment of the psychological harm that it...
by Louise Adams | 15 May 2018 | Uncategorized
My 10-year-old daughter is doing her NAPLAN tests at school. We received a cute little note from the teacher to help the students practice self-care during what may be a stressful week. There was a list of ‘tips’ which parents were asked to sign off on. Most of these...
by Louise Adams | 8 May 2018 | Uncategorized
On the weekend I read an article about gambling addiction, and it got me thinking about how similar it is to weight loss dieting. The article was about Doug, who was drawn into the pokies after a big win one night. Within 15 minutes of sitting down, he won more than...
