Navigating language & Stepping Up with Amee Severson

The Mindful Dietitian

Amee Severson on Trauma Informed care and raising Intuitive Eaters

In this episode, Amee makes a very exciting announcement (which might just involve a book and a partnership with the amazing Sumner Brooks!!), how she found her voice (which includes crossing paths with body positive leading advocate; Lindo Bacon), every dietitians responsibility when working with human beings, more on the weaponizing of words, how dietitians are so much more than ‘food managers’, what trauma informed care really is and how to have thoughtful and empathic conversations with fat / larger bodied clients and self-care on social media.

Here Fi and Amee speak about:

• What Amee has been up to; from working online at home to finishing her final semester of grad school and becoming a body trust provider.

• Amee’s new and exciting project with Sumner Brooks and how it evolved; YES, you heard right! It’s an intuitive eating book for kids (geared towards parents and caregivers)!

• How Amee and Sumner are working to ensure the book is inclusive, HAES aligned and informed by social justice.

• Amee’s personal growth and evolution; how she found her place and how she found her voice – and it includes an informative car ride with the inspiring Lindo Bacon!

• Every dietitian’s responsibility when working with human beings.

• The weaponizing of words and how the words we use really, really matter!

• Understanding how our role is so much more than ‘food managers’ and ‘just listening’ to clients.

• The essential need for ongoing unlearning and relearning.

• Trauma-informed care; what it really means and what it isn’t.

• How smaller bodied dietitians can be alongside, and have truly thoughtful and empathic conversations with fat / larger bodied clients.

• Self-care on socials; Amee shares how she cares for herself whilst communicating on social media and how you can too!

As mentioned in the podcast:

Sumner Brooks, MPH, RD, LD – you can also hear Fi and Sumner chat on Ep. 6 of The Mindful Dietitian podcast, find it here!

Ellyn Satter Institute – Division of Responsibility

Lindo Bacon, PhD, Author, Researcher and Advocate

More about Amee:

Amee is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in private practice in Bellingham, Washington and has also worked with students at Western Washington University. Amee’s work with individuals focuses on repairing relationships with food and body for all of her clients. She found this work after recovering from an eating disorder herself. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is completing her Master’s of Professional Practice from Iowa State University. She is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and has received training under the Original Intuitive Eating Pro’s Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole. She is undergoing certification as a Body Trust Provider. Amee has written articles for Healthline, Greatist, and the Scientific American blog.