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158: Interview with Vania Phitidis - Seven Health: Eating Disorder Recovery and Anti Diet Nutritionist

Episode 158: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Vania Phitidis.


Jul 11.2019


Jul 11.2019

Vania is a certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, a certified MB-EAT teacher (Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training) and a qualified Self Esteem mentor with the More to Life Programme. She has been coaching and mentoring people to become more of their authentic selves for over 25 years. She works with a Health At Every Size (HAES), weight inclusive approach.

She has a B.A. in Psychology and an Msc. in Education for Sustainability with a focus on behaviour change.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

00:03:45

A bit about Vania’s background

00:06:00

What was food + body image like for her growing up?

00:10:00

How a mouth infection kicked off an eating disorder

00:21:00

Why her first exposure to intuitive eating didn't stick

00:23:20

How her time in the film industry impacted her and why she left

00:30:00

Vania's journey out of her eating disorder

00:32:45

How meditation and mindfulness fit into the picture

00:39:00

Her experience with silent retreats

00:45:45

How mindfulness applies to food

00:51:30

Mindfulness vs cognitive behavioral therapy

00:53:30

RAINS and how it can help

01:00:00

Vania’s More To Life Weekend experience

01:08:30

How she was able to apply these skills to her relationship with food

01:11:15

Her work as a self-esteem mentor

01:17:30

Her daughter’s autism diagnosis

01:28:45

How Vania decided to become an intuitive eating counsellor

01:30:45

Where is the overlap between intuitive eating and mindfulness?


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