Content Warning: In this workshop we discuss diet culture. There is mention of dieting, disordered eating, eating disorders, and body image. Please proceed with care.

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Fuck Diet Culture is a part of Bad Moms, a series of workshops dedicated to moms of all kinds, from pregnant curious to the first years of parenthood. Learn from evidence-based experts, hear stories from moms who’ve lived through it, and connect with a community of moms with a vibe like yours. All with the bold joy, style and thoughtfulness you can expect from the teams behind Bad Academy and Brood. 

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Diet culture is infused in so many paths of our lives. And for those who are pregnant, or in the first five years of parenthood, understanding and unpacking how it’s impacted us is emotional, challenging and maddening. We are gathering experts and our community to unpack and begin to understand our world’s complex relationships with food, exercise, fatphobia and stepping into parenthood. With a trauma-informed lens, we will uncover some of our own biases, through education and practical tips/ways to work through it. 

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You’ll walk away from this 75 minute online workshop with resources, new thinking, and ways to have conversations with your family and friends (and yourself) about your experience of parenthood and diet culture. Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions during the event, and afterwards, and connect with a community of like-minded people. Everyone’s privacy will be protected as this will be recorded should you miss the event or want to watch it afterwards.

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Fuck Diet culture is for you if:

• Are pregnant or a new parent
• Have a history/relationship with diet culture that you want to unpack
• Are curious about how your experience with diet culture could affect your kids
• Looking to connect with a community of parents engaging in this conversation 

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We will cover:

• Diet Culture Overview: what is it, and what are our biases?
• What fatphobia is and how it might show up in pregnancy, postpartum and early parenthood
• How feeding our kids affects our psyche and our own relationships with food
• What you really need to think about when feeding yourself (pregnancy) and your baby (postpartum)
• Tips and tools to combat it, and to begin a new relationship with your body and food!

Vinny Welsby (they/them) An Anti-Diet, Pro-Fatty Body Acceptance Coach, Tedx Speaker, Best-Selling Author, And Human Behind Fierce Fatty

Stephanie Dang, RD (she/her), Registered Dietitian, Co-Founder at CAYA Health Centre & Registered Dieticians

Dr. Thara Vayali, BSc, MA, ND (she/they) - Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Hey Freya, Medical Advisor & Naturopathic Physician & Naturopathic Physician