The Mindful Dietitian Interview Series - Grace Wong
Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grace Wong, RD on finding courage in discomfort, the importance of tough conversations both with our clients and within our communities and the confusions around HAES and client-centered practice.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks for joining to me hear the inspiring </span><strong>Grace Wong</strong> from<span style="font-weight: 400;"> Calgary, Canada who is a registered dietitian specializing in eating disorders, mental health nutrition and parent-child feeding relationships</span><strong>. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Graces advocates for the non-diet approach, HAES and weight acceptance in her practise and campaigns for a supportive community where practitioners can engage in respectful disagreements and ongoing professional and personal develop to broaden perspectives and strengthen and advance our work. </span></p><br> <p><strong>Here Grace shares:</strong></p><br> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Renting & Venting’ - meeting on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themindfuldietitian/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mindful Dietitian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> FaceBook page and the importance of giving our emotions a safe space. </span> </li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Weight/Food’ = Emotions. Why and how we need to move emotionally with our clients.</span></li> <br> </ul><ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Working with Ellyn Satter - Models and Attitude in practise;</span><br> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Understanding the entire development process and behaviours</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and how they progress.</span> </li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Being clear, assertive and confident in our work.</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of talking through our disagreements with other professionals.</span></li> <br> </ul> </li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Exploring discomfort; how to become comfortable with conflict and how it can advance our work.</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emotions continued; making room for clients to experience the full spectrum of emotions for change and healing.</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patient Centric Care in HAES/non-diet approach and the confusion around motivational interviewing </span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Focussing not only on the approach, but discussing the science with clients means weight loss will not stand’.</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncertainty and perfectionism in practise and hopes for the future.</span></li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p><strong>Connect with Grace </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/gracewongrd/"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
