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Body Trust is a Birthright | Dana Sturtevant & Hilary Kinavey | TEDxFurmanU

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Join Hilary and Dana, the therapist dietitian team that created a body trust approach to healing from the effects of living in a weight obsessed world, as they introduce a new conversation on weight and well-being. Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a co-founder of Be Nourished and 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, tr …...more
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Body Trust is a Birthright | Dana Sturtevant & Hilary Kinavey | TEDxFurmanU
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2019May 15
Join Hilary and Dana, the therapist dietitian team that created a body trust approach to healing from the effects of living in a weight obsessed world, as they introduce a new conversation on weight and well-being. Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a co-founder of Be Nourished and 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. Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC is a co-founder of Be Nourished and a licensed professional counselor, facilitator, educator, speaker, writer, and activist. Hilary’s private practice, where she specializes in disordered eating and dieting, body shame and weight bias, and trauma, has been thriving for over 19 years. Her counseling framework is collaborative and informed by a relational, systemic and social justice lens. Hilary has additional training in workshop facilitation, mind-body coaching, and is a certified Daring Way facilitator. She is a sought-after speaker on topics such as weight-inclusive approaches, weight bias, Body Trust® and the intersections of activism and therapy. She offers individual counseling and coaching, consultation, and training for organizations and professional groups. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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