Episode 91 – How to Manage Stress When Working Online Feat. Lindo Bacon

• [1:37] How the physical care of ourselves play a part in our stress care
• [2:39] Lindo Bacon explains how they started their career due to self-image struggles and diets
• [3:49] What Lindo’s higher education degrees taught them about the health and weight industry
• [4:24] The misbeliefs of the physical body and image from large health corporations
• [5:00] How diets can actually negatively affect a person
• [5:19] 1 way to free oneself from misguided beliefs of weight and image
• [5:29] How trust and intuition can guide us to positive eating habits 
• [6:21] How intuitive thinking, trust, and community affects overall mental health
• [7:04] How traditional beliefs of diet and exercise can negatively affect a person over time
• [9:12] The #1 leading organization that offers the best resources regarding health and body size
• [9:44] Lindo’s new books – one cuts the scientific jargon for the everyday person to read, and the book well explores beyond health at every size
• [10:26] How to shift your thinking for overall better health and stress management
• [11:06] How society’s unrealistic ideals of body image go deeper than the physical
• [11:47] Why Lindo says self-love can be problematic
• [12:51] The concept of being “thin” and its advantages
• [13:25] The importance of how compassion and community (counter-cultured) can affect value, self-love, and acceptance
• [16:26] What an accepting community can do for you
• [17:00] Lindo’s new book “Radical Belonging” on freedom and culture
• [17:22] What does intuitive eating mean and what are the benefits?
• [18:35] How something as simple as a celebration is beneficial and involves community
• [18:57] How enjoying food goes beyond just physical nourishment
• [20:37] Why it’s okay to give yourself permission to eat the “bad foods”
• [23:21] Lindo’s #1 suggestion on stress management, and the involvement of food
• [24:34] Why it’s important to learn how to reward yourself
• [25:52] #1 lesson Lindo learned during the pandemic
• [28:04] 2 beneficial activities that you can do that allow you to “just be”
• [29:34] Lindo’s use of the word “Fat” is not what you think! How reclaiming it supports the fat-friendly movement

In this episode, I’m joined by researcher, author, and former professor Dr. Lindo Bacon where we chat about intuitive eating, body image, and the importance of community. We discuss how shifting our beliefs and ideals of “health at every size” can have a profound positive effect on our overall physical and mental health. Find out how you can shift your mindset now!