Episode 16: Undieting and Holistic Nutrition for Latina Moms with Marissa Prieto

We are in a new year, and just like every start of a new year, we see and hear ads and marketing campaigns about meeting “weightloss” resolutions. As you probably know, numerous studies demonstrate that New Year’s weight loss resolutions almost never work. Instead of planning on a quick fix diet or weight loss program, we should consider a sustainable, long-term approach that would help us become more present and self-compassionate toward ourselves.

That’s why I brought a special guest with us today! Marissa Prieto is a Non-Diet Latina Registered Dietitian, with more than 12 years of experience, a Certified Holistic Health Coach, and Intuitive Eating and HAES aligned practitioner. 

She is committed to helping Latina women and Latina mothers improve their relationship with food and their body so that they can live a joyful life without the stress of dieting, keep their cultural foods alive, & break the generational cycle of dieting in their family.

It was an honor to have Marissa here with us. We talk about how we can unlearn the negative perceptions that we grew up with about our ancestral and cultural foods and how we can heal ourselves to be self-compassionate mujeres and create a body-neutral or body-positive mindset about undieting. 

If you are someone who has always struggled with your relationship with foods and/or body image, or even if you are pregnant or in your postpartum period as a new mami, know that this episode is for you.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How we can unlearn the negative perceptions that we grew up with about our ancestral and cultural foods
• How we can heal ourselves to be self-compassionate mujeres
• How to create a body-neutral and/or body-positive mindset about undieting.

You can follow Marissa Prieto on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠ and her ⁠website⁠ to learn more about her journey and how you can heal toward having a positive relationship with food, mind, & body.