The Mindful Dietitian Interview Series - Megan Bray
Summary: <p><span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Megan Bray, APD bring us her thoughts on practice-based evidence in Eating Disorders, the Clinician's lived experience and how we can all contribute to equitable care.</strong></span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please join me as I speak with the immensely </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">passionate </span><strong>Megan Bray</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of </span><strong>Food Mind Body Queensland.</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> As a registered dietitian and trainer, Megan supports eating disorders recoveries through a diet-free and body positive approach, whilst also using her own lived experience to reduce shame and support her clients through compassion and empathy. </span></p><br> <p><strong>Here Megan shares:</strong></p><br> <p> </p><br> <ul> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her journey to Prague for the June 2017</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">International Conference on Eating Disorders and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">importance of bringing the community together for ‘rich discussions’ to improve client approaches and recovery</span></strong></li> <br> </ul><ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The focus on diagnoses; we need to shift towards an individualised approach</span></li> <br> </ul><ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking outside the manualised approach; Practise Based Evidence and how the theory can be applied</span></li> <br> </ul><ul> <li> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Her l</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ived eating disorder recovery experience and why it’s important to see a dietitian during recovery</span> </li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How sharing your own shame and vulnerabilities can creates a supportive, trusting environment and reduce client’s expectation of judgment </span></li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p> </p><br> <ul> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Advice for Dietetic/Nutrition students who are recovering or have an Eating Disorder</span></strong></li> <br> </ul><ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The emphasis on mentoring and supervision</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why we need practitioners to stop engaging in disordered eating behaviours </span></li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p> </p><br> <ul> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">How ‘labels’ and ‘numbers’ can hinder recovery and how some behaviours need to be acknowledged as simply ‘human’</span></strong></li> <br> </ul><ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The power of images/photos and the feminist and body positive movement in opening our mind to size diversity and building self-worth.</span></li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p><strong>As discussed in the podcast:</strong></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.foodmindbody.com.au/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food Mind Body</span></a></p><br> <p><strong>Connect with Megan:</strong></p><br> <p><a href="mailto:megan@foodmindbody.com.au"><span style="font-weight: 400;">megan@foodmindbody.com.au</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/meganbray_dietitian/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.instagram.com/meganbray_dietitian/</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/fmbwellbeing/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/fmbwellbeing/</span></a></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find out more about Megan </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/fmbwellbeing/photos/pb.1774144362845191.-2207520000.1486780262./1804520219807605/?type=3&theater"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a></p>
