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The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS

Full Plate by Abbie Attwood

Full Plate is a podcast about healing from diet culture, creating peace with food, reclaiming body autonomy and trust, and taking a weight-inclusive approach to our well-being. Each week, Abbie interviews guests or answers listener questions that explore our relationship to food and our bodies. Abbie is an anti-diet nutritionist with a master’s in nutrition and integrative health. She is also the founder and owner of Abbie Attwood Wellness, a virtual private practice dedicated to

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26:53

“You’re Here for a Reason”: Living Fully When Eating...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/10/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comWhat if you’ve been working on your relationship with food and your body for years…and you’re still struggling? Does that mean you’re doing recovery wrong?This is at the heart of today’s bonus episode of Full Plate, and I think it’s a conversation we desperately need more of.(To hear the full conversation, become a paid subscriber right here.)Eating disorder stories are often told from one of two places:

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47:54

You Understand Diet Culture, So Why Do You Still Hate...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/09/29

Today I’m speaking with Stephanie Dodier, a non-diet nutritionist, certified Intuitive Eating counselor, and cognitive behavior coach. Our conversation covers a lot of ground, but constantly circles this question:What happens when you understand all of this diet culture stuff intellectually…but it still doesn’t quite feel true for you and your body?We get into:* The difference between eating something because you genuinely enjoy it and eating it because diet culture told you to* Why satisfaction and

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6:26

Beyond GLP-1 Weight Loss: Weight Regain, Long-Term...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/09/22

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comThis is part two of my conversation with Ragen Chastain. We pick up with the question of what happens when people stop taking GLP-1 medications, and whether “taking them for life” is actually supported by the research.From there, Ragen takes us deeper into the research on weight regain, body composition changes, and the increasingly broad claims that GLP-1 medications can treat everything from

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39:32

GLP-1 Medications: What We Know About Safety, Food...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/09/15

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound have gone from relatively niche diabetes medications to one of the biggest (and most controversial) stories in health and wellness.As you may have noticed, I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from the podcast the past couple of months while I’ve been recovering from a SCAD heart attack.Today, I'm back with a brand new conversation about weight loss drugs with Ragen Chastain, a researcher, writer, speaker, and board-certified patient advocate

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74:06

How to live in a body that hurts: chronic illness,...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/08/25

What does it mean to live in a body that doesn’t always do what you wish it would? A body that’s unpredictable, maybe in pain, maybe exhausted — a body shaped by chronic illness, disability, or medical trauma?This week on the podcast, I’m revisiting an episode with the deeply compassionate Dr. Jennifer Caspari, a psychologist who specializes in health psychology and lives with cerebral palsy. Her personal and professional wisdom come together in such a powerful way — this conversation felt like a

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5:44

A Rare Diagnosis and Body Trust in Recovery

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/07/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comhttps://abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/subscribeToday's episode is a bit different than usual. I'm sharing (solo) a bit about where I've been, what's been going on with my health, and what it all means for this podcast.To listen, upgrade to paid right here. Paid subscribers get access to all bonus content -- including the full archive of paywalled podcast episodes and newsletters.In the episode, I get

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70:06

The Wisdom in Dissociation: When Leaving Your Body Is...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/06/29

Abbie is joined by the incredible Monika Ostroff, executive director of MEDA, clinician, author, and person with lived experience of both anorexia and DID — for one of the most illuminating conversations the show has ever had. This one will change the way you think about survival, the body, and what healing actually asks of us.In this episode:- What dissociative identity disorder (DID) actually is — and how it's almost nothing like what you've seen in media- Why DID is far more common than most

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64:36

The Chronic Pain and Diet Culture Connection Nobody's...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/06/22

I'm joined by DK Ciccone — comprehensively certified Pilates instructor, pain reprocessing therapy practitioner, and author of You're Meant to Move — for a conversation that is both deeply personal and clinically rich. We talk about what chronic pain actually is, why so many people have been dismissed or mislabeled, and what it looks like to rebuild a relationship with movement that isn't driven by fear, punishment, or diet culture.This was originally a paid episode. Consider upgrading to a paid

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70:12

Reclaiming Childfree: Chrissy King & Claire Gould on...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/06/15

This week's episode is one I have been so excited to share. I'm joined by two brilliant, generous, and deeply thoughtful guests — writer, educator, and body liberation advocate Chrissy King, and creative and founder Claire — who have co-created the Child-Free Coven, a community and mutual aid space for people who are child-free, by choice or by circumstance.In this episode:*What the word “childfree” actually means — and why Chrissy and Claire are actively reclaiming it*Why being childfree is not

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6:12

Diet Culture Recovery, OCD, and Size Inclusive...

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2026/06/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comThis is part two of my conversation with Kate Zigrang, founder of Viva Voce — and this is where everything shifts.To hear it: abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/subscribeWe left off last week with Kate at a turning point: an OCD diagnosis, a doctor who finally told her the truth about her health, and something beginning to loosen. This episode is about what came next — the harder, slower, more relational

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39:24

Inherited Body Shame, Disordered Eating, and Learning...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/06/01

Kate Zigrang is an advocate, entrepreneur, impact investor, and the founder of Viva Voce — a size-inclusive fashion marketplace and community rooted in body justice. But before we get to what she's built, we go back to where it all started.In this first part of a two-episode conversation, Kate takes us through her personal history with her body — from watching her mom navigate the world in a larger body and absorbing the shame that surrounded her, to puberty changing her own body in ways she wasn't

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24:06

Is It OCD, Anxiety, or Disordered Eating? The...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/05/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comAbbie sits down with Dana Colthart, LCSW, a therapist specializing in OCD and eating disorders, to explore one of the most under-diagnosed and misunderstood overlaps in mental health. From intrusive thoughts to diet culture to why you can’t logic your way into recovery, this conversation explores what's truly driving our fears, our coping strategies, and the compulsions holding us back.The first part of

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56:12

Moving Without Punishment: A Weight-Neutral Approach...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/05/18

Abbie speaks with Anna Maltby — health journalist, personal trainer, and author of the How to Move newsletter — for a conversation that pulls back the curtain on the fitness industry. At the heart of this episode is: what does look like to rebuild a relationship with movement that isn’t rooted in shrinking, earning food, or “fixing” your body?They talk about how fitness media manufactures insecurity to sell us solutions, what people are unlearning when they come to weight-neutral movement, why

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54:58

Why Girls Are Struggling With Their Bodies More Than...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/05/11

Body image researcher and Rutgers University psychology professor Dr. Charlotte Markey is back for a second time on the podcast. She has spent nearly three decades researching body image, and has written books for tweens, teens, boys, girls, and adults.We get into so much…including:* Body image as relational: how environment and relationships shape how we feel in our bodies* The father dynamic, achievement culture, and how a critical home environment affects girls* Biohacking and wellness culture as

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6:30

Dating in Recovery: On Vulnerability, Diet Culture in...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/05/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comAbbie answers a listener question about one of the most complicated intersections: dating (relationships) and diet culture — especially when you're carrying a history of body shame, disordered eating, and the ongoing, nonlinear work of recovery.Elizabeth, a listener in her early 30s, writes in about the men she keeps encountering on the apps — the gym-obsessed ones, the salad-only ones — and asks a

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63:51

"GLP-1 Marketing is Scorched Earth": On Culture,...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/04/27

There’s a lot of noise right now around GLP-1 medications—conflicting advice, emotional stories, and a cultural shift that feels hard to name.Abbie sits down with Virgie Tovar—author, activist, and leading voice on weight stigma—to slow things down and ask a deeper question: what is actually happening here?They talk about how GLP-1s work, how they’re being marketed, what ethics have to do with this, and why so many people are feeling confused, overwhelmed, and even destabilized—especially those with

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5:56

“It Works Until It Doesn’t”: Under-Eating, Shrinking...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/04/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comToday's episode is available in full for paid subscribers. You can upgrade right here. Thank you so much for your support!This is Part 2 of my conversation with Leslie Schilling, and we get into the harder, thornier stuff—the cultural forces that make all of this so difficult to navigate, and the clinical tools Leslie uses to help people find their way through.We cover:— What weight suppression actually

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33:13

The Dark Side of Discipline: Exercise Dependence,...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/04/13

In today’s episode, I chat with Leslie Schilling, a registered dietitian who specializes in working with athletes and disordered eating, about what it looks like when our relationship with exercise is no longer healthy. We get into so much, including:- what exercise dependence actually means (and why it’s often missed)- why it’s not about quantity—but compulsion, rigidity, and fear- the overlap between exercise dependence and eating disorders- signs your relationship with exercise might need

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37:42

Can Dogs Heal What Therapy Alone Cannot? On Recovery,...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/04/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.comAbbie is joined by Shannon Kopp, founder of SoulPaws Recovery Project, to explore the role of the human-animal connection in recovery from eating disorders, substance use, trauma, and mental health challenges.Shannon shares her personal experience with bulimia, depression, and loss—and how her relationships with animals became a turning point in her healing. They also talk about the science behind why

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58:14

Kids, Body Image, GLP-1s, and Disordered Eating: What...

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS ·

2026/03/30

Abbie is joined by adolescent medicine specialist Dr. Lauren Hartman to talk about what it really means to care for kids in a culture obsessed with shrinking them.They explore the rise in eating disorders among younger children, the sneaky evolution of diet culture into “wellness,” and the complicated, high-stakes reality of GLP-1 medications in adolescence. At its heart, this conversation is about protecting kids from shame — and helping parents trust their instincts.In this episode, we discuss:*

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