Episode 149: This week I talk with RD, nutrition therapist and educator Dana Sturtevant, who is the co-founder of Be Nourished. We chat about her history studying nutrition, how she became disillusioned with the weight loss model, and her use of motivational interviewing.
Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a nutrition therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, writer, and activist specializing in chronic dieting, disordered eating, and body acceptance. A Certified Kripalu yoga teacher, Dana draws from her yoga teaching experience to incorporate mindfulness and self-acceptance practices into her conversations about food, body shame, health, and healing. After becoming a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers in 2002, Dana has traveled around the country training thousands of helping professionals in the art and science of behavior change counseling. As a speaker and writer, Dana advocates for compassionate, weight-neutral self-care and offers supervision, training, and consultation for helping professionals. Her work has been featured in Self, Real Simple, Huffington Post, and The New York Times.
00:04:45
A brief intro to Dana
00:07:30
What was food like her for growing up?
00:16:00
What exercise was like for her when she was young
00:19:45
How Dana got interested in nutrition and dietetics
00:22:45
How her eating changed when she went to college
00:30:30
What finally convinced her to leave the weight loss field
00:34:15
How she met her current business partner
00:36:45
How Dana first discovered motivational interviewing
00:38:25
What exactly is motivational interviewing?
00:41:45
Her initial reaction to motivational interviewing
00:44:45
How she uses it in her every day life
00:46:00
What is body trust?
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