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#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.
#194: Chronic Illness and the Weight-Food-Body Connection
In this episode, Abbie answers a listener question about why chronic illness and disordered eating overlap so often.
#193: Why Processed Food Isn’t the Problem and Other Wellness Culture Myths with Shana Spence, RD (best of)
Shana Spence, a registered dietitian (who you might know as @thenutritiontea on social media), joins the pod to bust myths about processed foods and to discuss how family, culture, privilege, and societal influences shape our relationship with food.
#192: Binge Eating, Perfectionism, and the Myth of Willpower with Dr. Regina Lazarovich
On this new episode of the Full Plate Podcast, Abbie is joined by Dr. Regina Lazarovich, a clinical psychologist, Health at Every Size (HAES)–aligned provider, and someone with lived experience of binge eating and perfectionism.
#191: Parenting Through the Perimenopause / Puberty Overlap + Creating a Diet-Culture-Free Home with Oona Hanson
Oona Hanson, educator and parent coach who supports families navigating diet culture and eating disorders, joins the pod to talk about midlife body challenges as well as the pressures teens are facing around food and weight.
#190: Behind the Buzz of GLP-1s: Side Effects, Long-Term Risks, and Weight Loss at All Costs with Ragen Chastain (Best of)
Ragen Chastain is back to continue our conversation about weight, health, and diet culture — this time answering listener questions about the GLP-1s you’ve been hearing so much about: Wegovy, Ozempic, and other weight-loss drugs.

