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