Amy's Gift & EDCI present:

Qceating Disorders

Virtual

Conference

every. body. belongs.

10.10.2020

"Working to create a world where every BODY belongs."

introducing

Keynote Speaker

sarah stevens

Creator, Writer, Speaker &

Founder of The Beautifull Project

"The world is more than it used to be when you are all of you in it."

-Sarah Stevens

In 2016, Sarah founded The Beautifull Project - a storytelling collective that invites women back to their bodies and into a world where they belong with substance and strength. A gifted storyteller herself, Sarah has a skill for using her own experience as a woman navigating the world in a fat body to invite her audience to encounter the parts of themselves they hide away from the world - the parts they believe to be “too much”.

Healing from her own undiagnosed eating disorder of many years, Sarah amplifies a message that moves beyond a body positive sentiment and creates a movement that makes room for every body to tell their truth and take up space. Explore her work and the "chorus of courage" she is creating at www.thebeautifullproject.com.

&

Keynote Speaker

michelle Roling

Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Co-Founder of EDCI

Michelle Roling is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. She has been a Senior Staff member of Iowa State University’s Student Counseling Services for twenty years in a variety of roles and is the eating disorder coordinator. Michelle is a co-founder of the Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa which will be celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary in 2020. Michelle has a private practice, in Ames, Iowa, “Sharing is Healing”, working with clients ages 5-95 with presenting concerns of body image, eating disorders and their co-occurring mental health diagnoses

The largest part of her life comes from the time spent with husband, Shawn, their 3 boys, 2 new daughter –in laws both weddings during Covid and she loves spoiling the family fur babies. Advocating for the older sons’ cystic fibrosis treatment and fundraising for a CF cure play a significant role in her life.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Kiss BMI Goodbye:

Breaking Up with a Weight-Centered

Approach to Wellness

Is it really possible to break up with a weight-centered approach to wellness
once and for all? It’s one thing to understand diets fail. It is another to recognize disordered
eating and eating disorder recovery is dependent on creating a rule-free relationship with
food. How does it work? The role of society's ideal body size must be acknowledged. We
must call out society’s weight belief that a healthy body is a thin body. Abandoning this myth
that thin equals healthy is the very foundation on which a sustainable approach to wellness
can - and should - be built. This session will focus on how we can each move toward a
weight neutral, body affirming lifestyle.