Episode 90: Dr. Lauren Merklin

This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! This week's sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm Register for our LLS Team! - https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2bf031cdae16440cbd22a392dc36dfd9 We started a YouTube Show! It's called Life After MLM : The Show (obviously) and we stream LIVE every Friday at 9am pst! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertaBlevinsLAMLM Lauren and I connected on Instagram, where she is doing some difficult work dismantling toxic diet culture and anti fat bias. As a former member of Le-Vel, Lauren had an important MLM story to share filled with toxic positivity and a nasty upline. As an educator, Dr. Merklin takes us on a journey to help end the stigma of fatphobia, educate us on the startlingly familiar statistics of the diet industry, and share some pretty cool history about the body positivity movement. Show Notes Anti Diet Fatty on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/secretlifeofemotionaleating/ Anti Diet Fatty on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/antidietfatty/ Health at Every Size - https://amzn.to/3h4sI0t 9 Responses to Unsolicited Body/Food Comments: https://www.antidietfatty.com/f/9responses The Black History of the Body Positive Movement - https://zenerations.org/2020/08/21/the-black-history-of-the-body-positive-movement/ Intuitive Eating - https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/ Anti-Diet Alchemy Membership (unlearn diet culture & fatphobia with a community where you belong) - https://www.antidietfatty.com/courses/alchemy Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa & https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa2.0 Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices