Damara Loewen

In the therapy room, “health” can sound neutral, compassionate, even grounding — yet it often carries the weight of cultural bias we’ve inherited without realizing it.  Before we talk with clients about health, we need to understand what we’re actually saying, and what our words might be reinforcing. In this post, we’ll explore three common ways anti-fat bias shows up in our language — through the words we choose, the assumptions underneath them, and the moments when we stay silent. Each...

This post helps you spot the hidden fear of food that diet culture normalizes— because enrecognizing it is the first step toward food freedom.

Don't think very many of your clients struggle with disordered eating? You'd be surprised.