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Welcome to WithAll’s Blog!
Here, we share observations on the diet culture and body ideals that have surrounded most of us from our birth through today. We also write about the why and how of the cultural transformation WithAll (with you) is driving to fundamentally alter body and food perceptions and understanding. These posts offer insights, tips, and resources to help you, an adult role model like us, create and hold the space where young people grow free of the harmful messages that do not serve health and wellbeing.
If there is a topic related to young people, body image, and food that you are interested in having us write about, or if you would like to submit a request to be a guest author, please email us at hello@withall.org with “Blog request” in the subject line.
It’s true that certain foods provide more nutritional value to our bodies than others. And it is important to help kids understand that what we eat has a significant impact on things like our energy levels. However, we can teach kids this by focusing on things like...
This Halloween, we’re encouraging adults to keep Halloween shame-free by: not talking about candy as “bad,” “unhealthy,” or “junk;” not commenting on people’s bodies (including my own!) Are you committed to doing this too? If so, click the links below to share the...
Introducing… the What to Say Halloween Challenge! This October, we want to combat diet culture by focusing on the things we love about Halloween! So, we’ve created our first social media challenge of 2022: the What to Say Halloween Challenge. If there’s something...
Deciding how to approach Halloween candy is an opportunity to think about how we approach what we say around our children for all the foods we think of as “bad” or “unhealthy” during this season, and beyond. WithAll’s What to Say Initiative is dedicated to preventing...
https://vimeo.com/700691600 Whether a young athlete, coach or parent of an athlete, this video will equip and inspire you to support the health of the athletes in your life and hear the powerful stories of two of the world’s top athletes. Athletes have a significantly...
You’ve got questions, we’ve got experts. This virtual session with Dr. Katie Loth and Dr. Charlotte Markey in April 2022 goes deeper into how you can support life-long health and well-being for the kids in your life through the words you say and actions you model...
Elie: When I was 15 years old, I was hospitalized for my eating disorder (ED). I was diagnosed at a trip to the doctor's office: an appointment I had made not because I had become a shard of my former spastic, goofy self, nor because I had about the same amount of...
Thank you for taking the pledge to stop diet and weight talk around the kids in your life. As you're living out the pledge, you may notice other adults your child looks up to do not know the importance of their words about food, body, and exercise. You may notice some...
https://vimeo.com/647846053 Recorded November 28, 2021 "I had way too many cookies this Christmas. I'm going to need to go on a diet in the new year to get things back on track." "I can't eat those potatoes. They're full of fat and butter, it's so bad for you!" "I'm...
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THE PLEDGE: I believe that words matter. I want to make a positive impact on the kids in my life by stopping harmful diet and weight talk. I am committed to making sure that every child gets a chance to develop healthy relationships with food and body.
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Shannon assists with the logistics of development and operations and making every day run as smoothly as possible. Her day-to-day focuses on our Recovery Support Program, budget management, events, and administrative support. She enjoys being part of the nonprofit world and finding ways to help enhance the organization. She has a heart for serving others and helping people succeed.
Shannon has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health & Exercise Science from Gustavus Adolphus College and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from Walden University.
Outside of work, you can find Shannon chasing her two girls around, attending sporting events and finding the next brewery or winery to explore.
Lindsay leads our operations, programming, fundraising, and communications to better fulfill our mission. She enjoys engaging with our supporters and stakeholders to build stronger connections to our work. Outside the office, you can find her planning her next trip, exploring the Twin Cities, or reading her book club’s latest pick.
With ten years of experience in nonprofit and foundation administration, Lindsay is a creative project manager working to strengthen all our operations. She loves being a part of a team deeply dedicated to discovering innovative and effective strategies to end eating disorders and is excited to invite others into this important work. Efficient and collaborative, she executes activity across all operations, including fundraising, events, communications, and programming. Lindsay has a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the University of Northwestern, St. Paul, and a fundraising certificate from the University of St. Thomas. She and her family live in Richfield, MN.
As Executive Director, Lisa leads WithAll’s strategic growth as a sustainable social enterprise dedicated to the prevention of and healing from eating disorders.
Lisa has more than 20 years of experience in public affairs, community relations, and law, and nearly 15 years of experience in non-profit leadership, most recently at Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media. She is a graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law, a member of the Minnesota Bar, and a Minnesota Supreme Court appointee to Minnesota’s Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. She volunteers with her daughter’s school and with youth sports.
Lisa does this work because she knows eating disorders are not a choice; they are deadly, and they are everywhere. She also knows kids are not born with harmful thoughts and actions around food or their body—and it’s our job as adults to keep it this way so they can focus their precious brains and time on things that matter.
Lisa finds laughter, all children, and the numerous variations of sparkling water to be delightful.