In this episode, I am joined by Brianna M. Campos, LPC, fat-positive, Health At Every Size provider, mental health counselor, therapist, and body image coach. Bri is passionate about helping others maneuver through their body image journey and heal the relationship that her clients have with their bodies. You can find her on Instagram at @bodyimagewithbri.

SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• The intersection one’s relationship to body, food, and movement.

• The normality of body negativity vs the taboo nature of body positivity.

• The importance of separating the act of overeating and living in a larger body.

• The Poodle Science theory that people can live in all different bodies sizes and have the same level of health.

• How the Health at Every Size® (HAES) approach shifts the focus from weight-focused to a health-focused paradigm, and challenges key assumptions of traditional approaches to weight management while addressing weight bias and stigma in individuals living in larger bodies.

• HAES in the context of a weight neutral, public health approach with an emphasis on intuitive eating, body acceptance, and physical activity.

• The need for social change related to body acceptance to reduce weight stigma and bias.

• The dangers of a $72 billion weight loss industry.

• How one cannot have true food freedom while manipulating their body size.

• How fear of living in a fat body can lead one to miss out feelings of belonging.

• The physical and mental before and after effects of weight loss surgery.
  

ABOUT BRIANNA M. CAMPOS, LPC:

Brianna (Bri) Campos is a licensed mental health counselor based in New Jersey. As a body image educator and founder of Body Image With Bri, she’s passionate about all things body image and practices through the lens of Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating. Utilizing a weight-inclusive approach, she combines her clinical skills and lived experience to teach others how to maneuver through their own unique body image journeys.

Known as @bodyimagewithbri to her Instagram followers, Bri uses her platform to spread fat positive, HAES awareness, and education. Bri is also the host of the “Body Image With Bri™” podcast that explores the ins and outs of body image, self-esteem, diet culture, self-love and finding peace as you come home to your body. Bri’s goal is “to help change the conversation from diets & rules to acceptance & freedom.”

CONNECT WITH BRI:

• Get to know Bri here and by visiting her website bodyimagewithbri.com

• Reach out to Bri here

• Learn about Bri’s services here

  • Body Grievers Group - save your spot on the waitlist

  • Body Image Supervision Cohort - reserve your spot on the waitlist

  • 90-min Intensives for Providers

  • Guest Coaching & Q&A Presentations

• View Bri’s products “designed to help facilitate healing with clients & providers in their body image excavation”

• Follow Bri on Instagram (@bodyimagewithbri)

• Listen to the “Body Image with Bri” podcast

• Listen to more of Bri in:

  • “Body-Image Healing and Body Grief with Brianna Campos” for the Food Psych Podcast

  • “Everyone is Welcome in the Intuitive Eating Community with Brianna Campos” for the Intuitive Bites Podcast

  • “How To Stop a Bad Body Image Day in Its Tracks w/ Brianna Campos” for the Listen to Your Body Podcast

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.