Episode 144--Joyful Eating, my Conversation with Nutritionist Tansy Boggon

Childless not by Choice

Intro: Hello, and welcome to episode 144 of the Childless not by Choice Podcast. My name is Civilla Morgan. My mission is to recognize and speak to childless not by choice women and men around the world, reminding you, us, that we can live joyful, relevant, fulfilled, childless not by choice, lives.

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What is today’s show about?

Joyful Eating!

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Intro:

I was thinking as I prepped for this episode that I don’t believe I’ve ever read a book by a nutritionist. I’m sure at some point most of us have read some type of nutrition flyer our doctor gave us at an appointment. Or maybe we googled a particular food, or even what food to eat for a certain medical complaint like certain fruit or vegetables are good for inflammation. Or if you are like me, I make many food decisions based on what I read on the label. I watch the sugar, salt, carbohydrates, etc. Well, except during my birthday month. But I digress!

Reading Joyful Eating was an eye opener as I think my biggest take aways were: not beating myself up over my weight, not feeling guilty about my food choices, to diet or not to diet, and my general relationship with food!

Today we are chatting with Nutritionist/ Author | Nutrition Writer | Recipe Developer | specialising in a non-diet and mindful eating approach, Mrs. Tansy Boggon. I put a link in the show notes to her website, blog, and social media contact. Tansy Boggon wife of our June interview guest Rob Hutchings! Link to that episode in the show notes! Hi Tansy, welcome to the show! We have so much to talk about!

Body of episode:

1. As I read your book Joyful Eating, I dog-eared and highlighted so many pages! And I love how you start with your food story, including the story of your mom and grandmother. Why did you choose to start Joyful Eating in this way? What caused you to become a nutritionist?

1. (pg 7, 13).

1. Do you believe the stress of childlessness, our self-worth even, can tie in with our relationship with food?

1. Well, speaking of the previous question, on page 26 you speak of ‘the myth of optimal health’. (read highlighted section). On Page 27 you say…read section). I thought it so intriguing and important to recognize that weight, healthy weight, can be relative to the doctor we are seeing: cardiologist, primary care provider, psychologist, etc. Tell us more!

1. Self-care is definitely important right? Many childless not by choice people are doing what they can healthwise to try to have kids. Then coming out the other side of not being able to have kids do you let go of your health and self-care, or find a happy medium? In fact, on page 70 you say that ‘accepting what is does not imply inaction’. I love that!

1. In our pre-interview, you said that ‘Life can bring joy even as a childless not by choice couple. It has brought a playfulness after the time of adulting and also trying to have a child’, Can you speak to the person listening who may be trying to figure out the ‘playfulness’ aspect of life, for those who have partners as well as those of us who do not?

7) Tell us about your children’s book, how is that done as a childless not by choice person? I mean there are lots of childless not by choice people working with children every day, but is it a giant step to write a book for and about children?

8) And of course, we understand that one’s comfort level around children relies on how raw, where you are in your CNBC journey, so definitely don’t beat yourself up if you just can’t be in the room at that moment. But tapping into the way children see the world is a beautiful way for childless not by choice people see the world.

NOTE:

Chapter two of Joyful Eating is available as a free download from Tansy’s website.

Articles/links of interest:

• BLOG: https://www.joyfuleatingnutrition.com/single-post/personal-reflections/living-a-meaningful-life-without-children/

• https://21stcenturyhannah.libsyn.com/episode-61-alternative-nutrition

• ‘The Weight of a Woman’, sequel to ‘Joyful Eating’

• Nutrition for Children: ‘The Superheroes on Your Plate’.

This is the Rob Hutchings episode:

• https://childlessnotbychoice.net/episode-141-downriver-nomad-my-conversation-with-rob-hutchings/

EPISODE CLIPS:

‘I acknowledge that my relationship with my food and my body are constantly evolving...’

‘We’ve been taught our whole lives that the way to change our bodies is to criticize, to put it down...’

‘...rather than focusing on this weight…we’re imposing an outcome that we want that is very arbitrary…based on what I believe, or the weight I was 20 years ago, or what we see in a magazine…’

‘I’m not going to have a tummy issue because I never had children…I have a tummy issue.’

‘Chapter

‘Health is not static, it’s dynamic.’

Special thank you to:

Tansy Boggon

Tansy’s Contact Information:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tansyboggon/

www.joyfuleatingnutrition.com

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