is reality TV negatively impacting your body image?

Sam Abbott (@pcos.nutritionist) is back on the pod to share something near and dear to her heart: reality television. In this episode, Melissa and Sam talk about the way reality TV portrays stories about body image, diet culture, and eating disorders. We explore storylines from the Real Housewives franchise, Love is Blind, Love Island, Selling Sunset, and more. We hope you’ll learn how to use your body image skills to enjoy the “escapism” of these shows without activating disordered thinking, eating or body image struggles. We talk about how to challenge harmful body norms that impact both your individual anti-diet work and society as a whole.

Sam is a fellow registered dietitian nutritionist who helps those with PCOS ditch diets, improve insulin resistance and balance hormones without feeling guilty or stressed about food. She is the owner of PCOS Nutrition Company, where nutrition coaching services are centered around improving hormone balance without a side of diet culture or weight stigma. Sam is passionate about empowering people with PCOS to find peace and balance with nutrition, hormones, body and life. If you’d like to listen to her original Break the Diet Cycle podcast episode about PCOS nutrition, you can find it here: https://melissalandrynutrition.com/how-does-weight-impact-pcos-and-your-hormones-with-sam-abbott/

Episode Resources:

• Follow Sam on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist for free tips and support for PCOS nutrition
• Get Sam’s PCOS Intuitive Eating Workbook: https://pcosnutritionco.com/workbook/
• Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
• Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt

Want coaching support for a life of No More Guilt? Right now, Melissa is only accepting 1:1 clients. However, for Break the Diet Cycle listeners ONLY - Melissa is considering bringing back groups in time for 2023 for the right set of women really ready to do this work! If you are interested in staying in the loop of any upcoming groups, add your name on the waitlist here: https://mailchi.mp/5d3986bd6987/nomoreguiltgroups