047: The Gray Area with Maria Sylvester Terry, MS, RD, LDN

<p>Maria Sylvester Terry, MS, RDN, LDN is a registered dietitian working in private practice in New Orleans. Her mission is to provide nutritional guidance from a lens of self-care and to help clients go from confused to confident with food choices. Working with Maria means cultivating a positive relationship with food, learning how to fuel your body consistently, and approaching nutrition without restrictive food rules. As a former teacher, Maria strives to deliver educational and encouraging content on social media to break through the cacophonous noise of diet culture.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the episode Maria shares her journey from teacher to dietitian which was neither "glorious" nor classic, but fueled by poor mental health.</p> <p>She tells how her definition of what it means to be healthy and fit growing up was dictated by fatphobia and a weight centric pediatrician.</p> <p>We talk all about what her nuanced gray area approach to nutrition looks like for her clients and discuss some of the frustration with anti-diet culture that we've both been hearing from clients and seeing ourselves.</p> <p>We then round out the episode with Maria sharing how to approach goals and accountability from a non-diet lens using curiosity and flexibility rather than judgement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Questions for Maria? Email hello@mariaterrynutrition.com.</p> <p>Find her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vitamin_ri/" target="_blank">@vitamin_ri</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sign up for her newsletter, Sunday Brunch, at <a href="https://mailchi.mp/55bb98da7cea/signmeup" target="_blank">https://mailchi.mp/55bb98da7cea/signmeup</a>.</p> <p>Follow GTB on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/giveemthebirdpodcast/">@giveemthebirdpodcast</a>.</p> <p>Subscribe on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqqPIn5fwWPDb3oxDmZB19A">YouTube</a>!&nbsp;</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>