For our final episode of the Season, we are joined by author, radical dietitian and social action poet, Dr Lucy Aphramor. With a PhD in Advancing Critical Dietetics, Lucy developed Well Now – their compassionate, trauma informed approach to public health – while working in the NHS as a community dietitian. A radical voice in weight-inclusive health, Lucy’s practice and teaching focuses on building a society where people of all shapes, genders, ages, races and identities are treated with respect and dignity. And if that wasn’t enough, Lucy is also a talented social action poet – The Naked Dietitian – with standout reviews from their performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Lucy graciously shares with us their journey towards questioning weight stigma in the NHS, leading to them developing their weight-inclusive dietetics practice, Well Now, and embodying the role of radical dietitian.  We talk about the impact of weight loss and BMI-focused public health policy, and Lucy's alignment with - and subsequent step away from - Health At Every Size. Lucy also examines the importance of respect in patient engagement, we talk about the problematic role of pity in our inter-personal relationships, and as a truly fitting way to finish off the Season, Lucy shares with us an excerpt of one of their original social action poems.  

If you want to hear more about Lucy's work, you can find out all about it through their website: https://lucyaphramor.com/

You can also find Lucy on Instagram using @poetlucywellnow

This Season of Well Undone is brought to in partnership with The Diet-Free Revolution, the new diet-debunking book from clinical psychologist Dr Alexis Conason. Out on the 29th June, and available to pre-order wherever books are sold, you can find a copy in all your usual bookshops.

If you want an even deeper dive, you can also get 30% off Alexis' online 6-week mindfulness-based anti-diet course using the code: WELLUNDONE30

Our guest this week is Dr Nadia Craddock. Body image researcher at the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of West England, Nadia has expertise in numerous facets of body image, including eating disorders, colourism, fashion warning labels, and so much more. With her PhD focused on body size representation in fashion, advertising and beauty, Nadia is a go-to expert in the area of body image and Corporate Social Responsibility, and is passionate about developing a society where we can all live happier, healthier lives, free of body image anxiety and obsession.

From her work developing and implementing body image programmes with the World Association Of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts, to collaborating with the Dove Self-Esteem Project and UNICEF on body image curriculum in Indonesia, Nadia gives us a whistle-stop tour of her amazing work in the body image space. We talk about her involvement in last year's open letter to the UK Government on addressing weight stigma on public policy, and Nadia shares with us her reflections on April's Women and Equalities Committee's body image public inquiry report, which she and her colleagues contributed to, on behalf of the Centre of Appearance Research. Nadia also shares some interesting insights from her PhD, and we talk about the role of the fashion, advertising and beauty industries in developing positive body image at a societal level.

If you want to hear more about Nadia's work, you can find her on Instagram using @nadia.craddock

You can also listen to more of that wonderful voice on Nadia's own brilliant podcasts: The Body Protest and Appearance Matters

This Season of Well Undone is brought to in partnership with The Diet-Free Revolution, the new diet-debunking book from clinical psychologist Dr Alexis Conason. Out on the 29th June, and available to pre-order wherever books are sold, you can find a copy in all your usual bookshops.

If you want an even deeper dive, you can also get 30% off Alexis' online 6-week mindfulness-based anti-diet course using the code: WELLUNDONE30

Our guest this week is Dr Alexis Conason. A New York-based clinical psychologist, Alexis specialises in the treatment of eating disorders – often overeating related - which she carries out alongside her extensive research into body image, overeating behaviours, and so much more. Passionate about weight-inclusive care, Alexis founded The Anti-Diet Plan in 2018, a programme designed to help people embrace a mindful, peaceful and compassionate approach to eating and body respect, and is very shortly releasing her new book: The Diet-Free Revolution (sponsor of this Season, no less).

In this episode, we talk about the impact Alexis sees in her patients of weight stigma, how it affects our mental and physical health, and what can (and should) be done differently when it comes to medical professionals engaging in conversations around weight and health. Alexis graciously talks us through her soon-to-be-released new book The Diet-Free Revolution, shares her own journey to discovering Health At Every Size, and answers one of the most important but often unasked questions in this space - what is a diet?  

If you want to hear more about Alexis' work, you can find out all about it through her website: https://drconason.com/

You can also find Alexis on Instagram using @theantidietplan

This Season of Well Undone is brought to in partnership with The Diet-Free Revolution, the new diet-debunking book from clinical psychologist Dr Alexis Conason. Out on the 29th June, and available to pre-order wherever books are sold, you can find a copy in all your usual bookshops.

If you want an even deeper dive, you can also get 30% off Alexis' online 6-week mindfulness-based anti-diet course using the code: WELLUNDONE30