251: Meredith Renshaw RD/N on Healing Disordered Eating in College

Today I’m excited to have guest, Meredith Renshaw on the show! Meredith is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at Free Method Nutrition, a virtual group nutrition practice that exists to equip women with the skills to overcome and the wisdom to move beyond the influences of diet culture. Meredith knows it can be overwhelming to establish a healthy relationship with food, in a world that suggests we should constantly be trying to make ourselves smaller. So often, women are fed lies that happiness is found in the size of their jeans, the number on the scale, or the calories burned in a day. She is committed to setting women free from this narrative. 

Meredith champions women to find the food freedom they never imagined was possible, by helping them redefine health, ditch the restrict-binge cycle and embrace intuitive eating. She specifically enjoys working with college women to find peace with their body size and feel confident in their food choices in an environment where diet culture thrives. She works to empower college women to walk away from a life of shame and guilt around food and body image.

In her work at Free Method Nutrition, Meredith uses The FREE Method process, that is designed to take women from fed up and overwhelmed with diets and body dissatisfaction to freed up and empowered with lasting habits of Intuitive Eating and body respect. Meredith’s speciality areas are eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, body image concerns and women’s health.

In this episode we discuss:

• Meredith’s role as lead dietitian at Free Method Nutrition. 
• Meredith’s journey from weight loss dietitian to intuitive eating dietitian, how her years working at a college campus sparked her passion for working with people in college to work towards food freedom.
• The emotional impacts that can exacerbate the likelihood of developing ED in college
• How normalized diet culture is in a college setting.
• Tangible ways college students can protect themselves from diet culture.
• Healing from perfectionism while in college.
• How Meredith practices wellness without obsession.

Get to know Meredith:

Email: meredith@freemethodnutrition.com

Instagram: @meredithren.rd

Food Freedom Handbook (free download): freemethodnutrition.com/guide 

Start your food freedom journey with our self-paced course, Free Method: Fundamentals

Click here to download our free e-book, How to Eat for Hormones.

Resources for you:

• Learn more about our services at Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Read testimonials from our amazing clients here. 
• Join our FREE support group for like-minded women, the Nourishing Women Community for more community & support.
• Take a look at our online shop, the Wellness Without Obsession Shop.
• Join the waitlist for our new program coming in May, Get Your Period Back Playbook.

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• Nourishing Minds Nutrition Instagram
• Nourishing Minds Nutrition website

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