Resources

I’ve included some resources here that I’ve found useful in my own learning and in my work with clients. Most are non-academic (though many include research), and are meant to be accessible and engaging.

As always, I encourage you to pay attention to how your nervous system responds. Not every resource will be helpful at every time—and something that doesn’t land now might feel more useful later.

Food & Body Image

• Maintenance Phase
  A podcast that critically examines and debunks common myths about health, weight, and diet culture. Recommended episodes: “Anti-Fat Bias”, “Eating Disorders”, “The Body Mass Index”, “The Obesity Epidemic”, “Is being fat bad for you?” “The Trouble With Calories”, “The Trouble With Sugar”, “Ozempic”.

• Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDRD
  A HAES-informed podcast exploring intuitive eating, anti-diet culture, and the relationship between food, bodies, and society.

• What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
  A powerful and accessible exploration of fatness, anti-fat bias, and the social realities of living in a larger body.

Family & Emotional Development

• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  A memoir that offers an honest look at growing up with a controlling and emotionally complex parent.

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
  A widely used resource for understanding the impact of emotionally immature caregivers and developing a clearer sense of self.