IN THIS EPISODE:

This week I welcome Jaren Soloff, RD, IBCLC, who serves as an expert in women’s health. While continuing to practice in the field of eating disorder treatment, Jaren gained additional experience as an IBCLC to fuse her love of nutrition and women’s health. Now working solely in private practice at FULL CRCL, Jaren combines her expertise as a skilled nutrition therapist and lactation consultant to support mothers in nourishing themselves and their babies with confidence. Informed by her own journey and the hundreds of women she has counseled, Jaren’s experience comes full circle to support women in navigating pregnancy, birth and postpartum from a simple and intuitive framework.

SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• The idea that everyone has been an intuitive eater at some point in their life.

• The beauty and connection of the mother-baby feeding relationship.

• How a parents’ relationship with food and body impacts how they feed their child.

• The effects of weight stigma and diet culture for women in postpartum.

• Navigating through the “triggers” during pregnancy and postpartum.

• The impact of engaging in behaviors during pregnancy.

• The ways in which social media can negatively impact someone during postpartum.

• Jaren’s book, “The Postnatal Cookbook”
  

ABOUT JAREN SOLOFF:

Jaren Soloff is a Registered Dietitian and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who has always felt a connection to supporting women in some way professionally. For the longest time, she was stumped on how to find a profession that would allow her to integrate her interest in feminism, social justice, health, law and community. Finding the profession of lactation consulting after Jaren had her daughter was a gift that provided her the opportunity to integrate both her lived experience as a mother and as a recovered professional.

Jaren spent the early portion of her career working as a Registered Dietitian counseling individuals who struggled with eating disorders, disordered eating and chronic dieting. In her counseling, she taught about how as babies we are all born knowing how to eat intuitively. Jaren thought ‘if I could help support mothers in preserving their infants ability to eat intuitively from the beginning when breast or chestfeeding that I could ultimately have a larger impact on how our children navigate their own relationships with food and bodies.’

After having her first daughter, Jaren’s desire to become a lactation consultant hit her with full force after having her own breastfeeding challenges. Now, Jaren’s personal and professional experience have come full circle (the inspiration for the name of her practice!) in helping to support other mothers in her community. FULL CRCL provides nutrition counseling and lactation consultations to help both mom and baby thrive in motherhood. Informed by her own journey and the hundreds of women she has counseled, Jaren’s experience comes full circle to support women in navigating pregnancy, birth and postpartum from a simple and intuitive framework.

Jaren prides herself on blending her experiences as both a nutrition therapist and lactation consultant to provide mothers with expert feeding support and a dose of compassion, listening and empowerment. Most recently, Jaren released “The Postnatal Cookbook: Simple and Nutritious Recipes to Nourish Your Body and Spirit During the Fourth Trimester,” for new moms.

CONNECT WITH JAREN SOLOFF:

• Visit FULL CRCL to learn more about Jaren and her practice

• Check out FULL CRCL’s nutrition counseling and virtual lactation consulting services

• Book an appointment with Jaren or email her directly

• Follow FULL CRCL on Facebook and Instagram

• Subscribe to FULL CRCL’s blog

• Read Jaren’s article “What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Eye Loss” written for The Mighty

• Purchase a copy of The Postnatal Cookbook on IndieBound, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Powell City of Books, and Bam Books-a-Million

• Get a free chapter + 5 free lactation boosting recipes from The Postnatal Cookbook

ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:

Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. Karin is the founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center located in Boston, MA. You can visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center online to learn more about Karin and her center’s services. You can also connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.