Grace and I discuss how navigating chronic body symptoms and chronic illness can negatively impact on our body image. And how easily this can spiral in dieting, disordered eating or an eating disorder.

Grace wonderfully weaves her story of navigating
MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) and vulvodynia into her professional knowledge as we explore body image as more than just our appearance but our sense of self and body trust. She shares some support and tips for how to improve body image for those navigating a chronic condition.

About Grace Hamner

Grace is a Body Image Resilience and Intuitive Eating Coach. She is a serial entrepreneur and a homeschooling mother of 3. Grace is an avid proponent of authenticity, mental health, awareness, vulnerability, creativity and civil discourse. As such Grace strives to incorporate these elements into her various entrepreneurial endeavors including an online Body Image Resilience Course, body positive art and a blog.

You can learn more about Grace through the following links:
Website: ⁠www.gracehamner.com
Instagram: @theseasonsofgrace

Tiktok: @gracehamner

Study mentioned:

• Guest, E. et al.(2019). The effectiveness of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in adults: A systematic review. Body Image, 30:10-25.

Book Recommendations:

• The Body Is Not An Apology (Sonya Renee Taylor)


• More Than a Body (Lexie and Lindsay Kite)


• Intuitive Eating (Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch)
  

Here’s how to learn more from me, Emma Townsin (Registered Dietitian and Intuitive Eating Counsellor)

Instagram: @food.life.freedom

Website: www.foodlifefreedom.com

Read more on the blog

Free e-book: “5 steps to get started with intuitive eating”

Individual support

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Music: ⁠Making progress by Dan Phillipson⁠

*This podcast can't provide individualised health or nutrition advice. We are all unique . Please use this as an opportunity to learn and explore but if something does not sit with you then it's not meant for your unique self. And if you have any health concerns, please seek personalised support from a registered healthcare provider.