Episode 020 Kaitlin-Bolt-Lovett: Building Body Trust Through Intuitive Eating
In this episode we sit down with...Kaitlin Bolt-Lovett
Kaitlin Bolt-Lovett is a Registered Dietitian whose private practice embraces each unique individual and works to empower through reflection and education. She focuses FIRST on the relationship between food and body with a goal of creating confidence and harmony between mind and body. She values the personal intricacies of each client’s experience and approaches the relationship with a tailored perspective.
After battling through her own sport induced eating disorder for over 2 decades, Kaitlin wanted to build a private practice based on healing relationships with both food and body. Through her own experiences and continuing education, she found the social justice movement HAES(R), intuitive eating, and taking an inclusive approach to her work to be powerful and compelling. She emphasizes creating a safe space for clients to feel empowered to explore their relationship with themselves while provides an opportunity to turn inward instead of constantly looking to the external. This generates self-awareness and trust that can break through the societal biases that often work against our ability to feel WHOLE.
I interviewed Kaitlin a couple of months ago & have been WAITING on pins + needles to release this conversation it's so damn good.
You're going to love Kaitlin- I still can't believe how honest she got in our conversation. BEYOND grateful for her truth.
Here's the deal- most of us struggle with food, body image issues, & perhaps the most uncomfortable- SHAME. But we're not really talking about it.
It's one thing to hear someone else's story & think "poor them"- but it's the stories that make us go” I know exactly how she feels" that really create change.
This my love is what my conversation with Kaitlin is all about. I hope you feel supported when listening.
What we talk about:
I needed some sort of external validation through something, It felt really good to have a relationship with someone, just bonding with other girls without thinking of my health.
I am a very sensitive individual and introvert, purging helped me with my feeling of comfort, as much as I was surrounded by people, I was lonely, you put so much stress in your body when you purge.
It was not always a safe space for me, sometimes I was forced to eat, when you're in your eating disorder, you're seeking control, I wasn’t able to distract or numb the pain that I was feeling.
There was so much pressure on a lot of things that I was not sure about, the first time that I had a sense of myself outside of a team was at work, I didn’t know how to not be busy, slow down, and be quiet, there was something that I missed and I needed to still find.
It’s going to take time to feel comfortable, you need to get to this point instead of restricting yourself, my body wasn’t functioning as I wanted to.
What does it look like to be in your own space?
I will not be silent, I will speak for myself, letting go of that perfection of being loud.
At some point we have to allow ourselves to grow and change, we always need to learn to grow.
Connect with our guest Kaitlin...
IG: @alifenourished
Website: www.alifenourished-rd.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlifenourishedLLC/
E-mail: kaitlin@alifenourished-rd.com
Meet Your Host:
Katelyn Parsons is an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Certified Intuitive Eating + Body Image Coach, as well as the host of The Modern Girl Podcast.
After years of struggling with bulimia and disordered eating, she not only found recovery but recognized a crucial missing link in the wellness industry- empowerment + individual sustainability around health. This inspired her entrepreneurial journey and life mission to shift the conversation toward healing our relationship with food and body.
For the past 4 years, Katelyn has helped countless high-achieving women transform their relationship with food and body image through an integrative, evidence-based process so that they can move through each day feeling more present, empowered, and comfortable in their skin, without worrying about what to eat.
You’ll also find Katelyn snuggled up with her cat or strolling the beach in sunny San Diego with her husband and their pup Winnie.
Ready to heal your relationship with food + body?